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Belando-Montoro, María R.; Barros, Rosanna; Lampreia Carvalho, Fátima – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
This article presents a cartography of the field of research in adult learning and education (ALE) via a comparative study of academic production at doctoral level in Spain and Portugal based on a systematic documentary analysis of the summaries of doctoral theses concluded between 2006 and 2018. The aim is to advance the state of the art of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Research, Doctoral Dissertations
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Pirra, Miriam; Carboni, Angela; Diana, Marco – Education Sciences, 2020
Serious gaps are found when evaluating the recognition and inclusion of gender aspects in transport strategies, research and innovation. Similar issues can be spotted in the transport labor market, where only 22% of workers are women at the European level. The roots of these limitations are in the low participation of women in Science, Technology,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 22-25, 2021 in New York, USA-www.ihses.net. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Foreign Students
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Carvalho, Teresa; Machado, Maria de Lurdes – Australian Universities' Review, 2010
While Portugal is one of the European countries with a high representation of women in higher education, there is both horizontal and vertical segregation. The way universities and especially managerial positions are culturally embedded by masculinity is one of the obstacles women have traditionally faced. Recently, higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Women Faculty, Women Administrators
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White, Kate; Carvalho, Teresa; Riordan, Sarah – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
This article explores the role of senior managers in consolidating and interpreting new managerialism in higher education in Australia, South Africa and Portugal, and perceptions of potential effects on gender. The impact of managerialism on decision-making in Australia was increased centralisation with the Vice Chancellor operating as a Chief…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Gender Issues, Decision Making
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Carvalho, Teresa; Santiago, Rui – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
This paper provides an analysis of the potential impact of changes in recruitment and hiring processes in Portuguese higher education institutions--under the New Public Management framework--on the representation of women in academia. Based on official data from the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, two major…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Females, Gender Bias