Ferramentas da gestão estratégica: Bussiness Model Canvas e Identidade Institucional aplicadas a um Projeto de Extensão Universitária / Strategic management tools: Business model Canvas and institutional identity Applied to a University Extension Project

O presente artigo mostra a importância da realização de uma pesquisa qualitativa através da análise documental, para levantamento e avaliação de toda a documentação do projeto de extensão Museu 3D (PM3D), e através disto, adaptar ferramentas de gestão estratégica (Business Model Canvas – BMC e identidade institucional) ao projeto. Os resultados mostram a criação do BMC3D para o PM3D, e com este a formulação da identidade institucional do projeto, a partir da identificação da sua missão (a função do projeto para a sociedade), visão (aspirações futuras do projeto, onde ele quer chegar), e valores (diretrizes e princípios). A realização deste estudo evidencia a possibilidade de tratar projetos de extensão como valorosos empreendimentos, à semelhança de empresas, e, o PM3D pode ser um promissor exemplo neste sentido.

Recognition through dialogue: How transatlantic relations anchor the EU’s identity

In spite of being criticised as ‘talking shops’ and easily replaced by technological innovations, dialogues – defined as face-to-face interactions in an institutionalised framework – remain a staple of international politics. While prevailing accounts have shown that dialogues help states advance their quest for security and profit, the key role dialogues play in the quest for recognition has been overlooked and remains undertheorised. Emphasising the socio-psychological need for ontological security, this article argues that institutions relentlessly engage in dialogues because it allows them to seek, gain and anchor the recognition of their identity. The significance for international relations is illustrated through the emblematic case of the European Union–US dialogues, specifically the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue. The multi-method qualitative analysis based on original interviews, participant observations, visuals and official documents demonstrates how the European Union exploits these dialogues with its ‘Significant Other’ to seek, gain and anchor the recognition of its complex institutional identity.

INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY OF ADOLESCENTS: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS

To explore the components and factors influencing institutional identity in Pakistani adolescents, a thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data, collected from 9 boys and 9 girls in their adolescent age that ranged between 15-17 years. These adolescents were students of grade 9-10, and were sampled from different cities of Pakistan. Thematic analysis revealed that institutional identity comprised of belongingness, personal evaluation and reputation. Analysis also revealed that peer, parents, teachers, infrastructure, curriculum, rules & regulations and extracurricular activities influence various components of institutional identity. This paper provides theoretical and practical implications for the institutional identity development of adolescents in Pakistan.

UniversityNeighborhood: an analysis of extension activities developed in the Tamarindo Community

The development ofthis work is based on the tripod: local and regional context; emphasis on academic and curricular mobility, which enables the integration of theory-practice, teaching-research-extension, achieving the necessary integration and synergy between the university and the community; and in the institutional commitmentand identity, promoting the construction of a strong institutional identity, with the clarity of its mission and the involvement of all institutional agents for the establishment of an organizational structure that acts in an organic and effective way. The mainobjective of this study and investigation will be to discuss the contribution of the social project of university extension “Universidade Bairro” (Neighborhood University) developed by ISECENSA in TamarindoCommunity, located in Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, for the academic and professional trainingof students. The locusof the research will be the Tamarindo Community, located in the urban area of Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ. The population will be students enrolled in higher education courses at ISECENSA(2021/2022) who work in the development of extension actions and community residents.As for the approach to the problem, the study and investigation will have a qualitative approach. For data collection, multiple data sources will be used: bibliographic research, participatory observation, interviews and questionnaires.What is expected from this project is a reflection on the importance of socio-academic work for academic training, developing them, encouraging them, leading them to systematize and socialize reflections on practice in the various fields of activity.As well as contributing to the establishment of an Extension Policy for ISECENSA and to subsidizing the academic and institutional actions developed with the Tamarindo Community.

Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students

The current study presents the validation process of a measure of institutional identity for university students. The research is composed of two studies. Study I consisted of the generation of an item pool based on the literature review, semi-structured interviews, and expert opinion, which were administered to a convenient sample of university students (n = 707; 300 males and 407 females) in Pakistan. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure with 20 items, and the factors were named commitment (α = 0.84) and crisis (α = 0.74). The two-factor solution was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed an excellent model fit with the two-factor structure. Study II reports on the convergent and divergent validity of the scale which was carried out on an independent sample (n = 120). Results provided evidence of convergent validity as depression correlated negatively with the commitment subscale and positively with the crisis subscale. Divergent validity was ensured by a non-significant correlation between the subscales of the newly developed scale and a measure of religious belief. Moreover, the implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

Environmental Education for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: Design of an Instrument for Its Evaluation

Higher Education Institutions (HEI) play a fundamental role in the transition towards Environmental Education for Sustainability (EES). As a consequence, one of the most critical challenges is the need to know their level of incorporation into the environmental agenda. Therefore, an instrument was made and validated to determine the level of incorporation of Environmental Education for Sustainability into the environmental agenda of HEIs. For its construction, the dimensions of Institutional Identity, Teaching, Research, Extension/dissemination, and Linkage were considered, relying on a total of 17 items. Its validation was carried out through an expert review and expert judgment, and a pilot test was carried out to adapt it to the target population. The main result was an instrument that integrates the substantive and procedural functions of HEIs. Following the expert review, the instrument was improved according to their suggestions. The expert judgment showed an adequate content validity (Aiken’s V > 0.80; LL > 0.60). The pilot test also suggested that the understanding of instructions and items was adequate with an optimal value of internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.862). An instrument that determines the level of incorporation of the EES in the substantive and procedural functions of HEIs is presented, valid in content, and with adequate levels of clarity and understanding of the target population.

Inspiration and Institution in Catholic Missionary Martyrdom Accounts: Japan and New France, 1617–49

This article focuses on the martyrdoms of the French Jesuit Antoine Daniel in New France and the Spanish friars Alonso Navarrete and Hernando Ayala in Japan. Drawing upon the accounts written by the missionaries Paul Ragueneau and Jacinto Orfanel, it shows how they adapted apostolic teaching and the Tridentine vision of the priesthood to interpret the acts of their brethren as sources of inspiration and models of renewed institutional identity. It argues that martyrdom was viewed as a pastoral responsibility in the missions to New France and Japan. Martyrs were portrayed as divinely inspired to lay down their lives for their communities, while the act of martyrdom was viewed as a literal, semi-liturgical sacrifice imbued with the sacramentality of the priesthood. Martyrdom was perceived both to fulfil an urgent pastoral need within communities and to model the apostolic vision of the Roman Catholic Church.

Institutional identity of pedagogical education: problems and development trends

Introduction. The ongoing geopolitical and socio-economic global changes, undoubtedly, have a strong impact on educational systems in general and on the paradigm of pedagogical education in particular. The ability of educational ecosystems to anticipate possible changes, respond to them in a timely manner, and, ideally, to make these changes manageable, seems to be relevant. Materials and methods. Content analysis of pedagogical literature, source study method, comparative description, binary analysis, linguistic analysis. Results. The analysis of socio-cultural and educational tendencies, as well as the university trends and the actual trends in pedagogical education, let the authors conclude that pedagogical education faces an institutional crisis. Discussion. The post-critical phase of development of the pedagogical university’s institutional identity is represented by a stage of formation and implementation of a new institutional model of pedagogical education – Open Pedagogical Education of the Future (OPEF). The open transregional project-based educational institution trains personnel for constructing a knowledge economy; it is an innovational basic centre for improving pedagogues’ professional mastery, as well as a resource centre for advanced educational projects providing systemic training of innovation agents. Conclusion. The open pedagogical education of the future should become a basis for creating a new manageable educational and pedagogical reality which, in turn, will become a foundation of the new pedagogy.

Investigating grade R teacher institutional identity presented in policy and expressed through narrative in a time of transition

This study investigated Grade R (reception year) teacher institutional identity presented in policy and expressed through teacher narratives. The study was conducted in the context of a major national policy transition that involved the physical and contextual shift of Grade R out of the Early Childhood Development sector and into the formal schooling sector. This study highlighted the way in which this shift has resulted in mixed policy messages, which have implications for Grade R teachers’ institutional identities and learning trajectories across their landscapes of practice. The thesis begins by exploring the South African Education context in general as well as the Early Childhood Development context in particular. In order to understand the institutional identities of Grade R teachers as both storied by others (in policy) and by themselves, the study conducted a documentary analysis of policy relating to Grade R teachers and Grade R teacher narrative expressions of their identities. The methodological approach of the study involved a qualitative approach, drawing on grounded theory analytical techniques to closely examine policy documents and teacher generated data gathered through interviews and questionnaires. The study was guided by a sociocultural perspective and drew on three key sociocultural theorists whose work provided complementary perspectives on teacher identity. Sfard and Prusak’s (2005) operationalization of identity as narratives was used to define the unit of analysis for the study (i.e. identities as stories). Gee’s (2000) definition and conceptualization of institutional identity was supplemented with Wenger-Trayner, Fenton-O'Creevy, Hutchinson, Kubiak, and Wenger-Trayner’s (2015) notion of identity as journeying across landscapes of practice. This complementary framing allowed for focused and detailed analysis of policy documents and Grade R teacher identity stories. The study addresses the research gap of an under-representation of identity research in early childhood teacher education and particularly in the South African context. This study is significant as it is the first study of its kind to explore the importance of identity formation for Grade R teachers as newcomers to the formal schooling landscape. Findings from the policy analysis point to mixed messages moving across a spectrum of descriptors from the not yet qualified ‘mothers and ‘caregivers’ to qualified ‘specialised’ educators. These descriptors have implications for the differentiated roles and responsibilities (institutional identity) of Grade R teachers. The findings from teacher identity narratives highlighted tension in the navigation of the policy promoted institutional identities. Teacher narratives pointed to vastly contrasting experiences of teachers with specialised and qualified institutional teacher identities to those with not yet qualified institutional identities. For the former, there were high levels of confidence in their job security and in terms of recognition received from others. For the latter, however, there was vulnerability in terms of the stability of their jobs and remuneration as well as low levels of recognition from others. The study draws on the findings from the analysis to suggest recommendations for Grade R policy, Grade R teacher education (both inservice and pre-service); as well as Grade R professional development initiatives.