KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND THE CHALLENGES TO UNIVERSITY TEACHING: APPLICATION TO PORTUGAL

Orlando P. PEREIRA and Maria Manuela C. COUTINHO

Estudios Economicos de Desarrollo Internacional, 2009, vol. 9, issue 2, pages 107-124

Abstract: In this research one reflects upon about growth and development factors in a knowledge based economy. In this kind of society man is seen globally and his learning is a continuous personal and social enrichment process of the intellectual capital. Therefore, the identification and characterization of the contribution of university teaching to structure knowledge society, is a guideline for this research, bearing in mind that the technological complexity lies on the harmony and complementarity of human, relational and technological capitals. As man is in the centre of all economical and social dynamism, the characteristics of his emotional structure have a direct influence on his individual and collective performance. In this sense, we are trying to establish if university teaching is contributing to the production of emotional capital, alongside with the other capitals, so as to increase performance in the different companies and organizations. The methodology of this work is based on our own survey, which was structured according to Likert scale, with five answer options, coded from 1 (one) to 5 (five), 1 (one) being Strongly disagree and 5 (five) Strongly agree. Our target populations for the study are university students in the North of Portugal.

Keywords: knowledge; teaching; learning; performance; capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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