Ana Lucia Cortegoso

Comportamentos de agentes educativos como parte de contingências de ensino de comportamentos ao estudar

Educational agents behaviors like “commenting on works done”, “identifying when to make an interference”, “presenting consequences to be kept studying” and “making an interference when facing other behaviors than study” were identified by observing supervised studying sessions of children in an educational agency. In that behaviors it was possible to identify, too, many proprieties, like frequency, duration, latency, topography and temporal distribution, which were part of contingencies related to acquisition and maintenance of studying.

Condutas de mediadores em processos de decisão coletiva como condição para uma educação emancipatória na Economia Solidária

The purpose of this study was to identify the behavior and the dimensions of behavior of mediators of incubation processes of solidarity entrepreneurships relevant in promoting decision making processes compatible with the principles of cooperativism. The data were collected in meetings of a sewing cooperative which were recorded on video. About 20 members and one mediator were present in the meetings. The results indicated the occurrence of the following behaviors of the mediator: presenting information in a clear, complete and objective manner to the participants; promoting the participation of the participants (asking for manifests, giving word and presenting questions) and proposing motions for the matters discussed. For most of the time, the mediator was a facilitator in the process of decision making, promoting the participation of members of the organization in this process and an appropriate formation of these members in forming the groups autonomy.

Identificação e descrição de relações comportamentais na economia solidária

Which behaviors, in the ambient-organisms relations, are concerned with solidary economy as a form of organization for work that reflects on society? Data accessed by interviews, from documents and permanent register of information in situations of collective work about aspects of performance from actors in that human activity field allowed identifying and describing organizational and individual behaviors. These were considered relevant to cooperative cultural practices, equitable distribution of the benefits of work and a less predatory relation of the human being with his environment, including the social one. The product of this study, as a systematization of activities in an agency that incubates solidary groups, represents a contribution for better understanding about the role of different social actors in the complex social phenomena that is solidary economy, based on the use of concepts as behavior according to the behavior analysis view.

A experiência de incubar um empreendimento solidário formado por usuários de saúde mental

Introduction: From the articulation of mental health and social economy actors in a city of Sao Paulo, a solidarity group was created trough an incubation process using the partnership between the Center for Psychosocial Care and the Regional Incubator for Popular Cooperatives. The incubation is an advisory process for groups in the formation and consolidation of economic enterprises. The incubation method of this incubator comprises sixteen classes of behavior. Objective: To describe and reflect on the process of incubation performed by this group. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative research, we used multiple data sources, such as reports, projects, meeting minutes, among others. All ethical guidelines were followed. Results: From the analysis of the documents, it was found that is relevant the building of partnerships and the community involvement in the process of social inclusion by the work of mental health users. We emphasize the importance of the technicians’ presence in the group, understanding it as the right to health protection. It should be considered that there are still challenges to achieve self-management and operational users in the transformation of workers/members. Conclusions: It is expected that this research contribute to the reflection of other experiences and also to the knowledge on incubation methodology in mental health.

Comportamento humano e normas de conduta em economia solidária: relato de experiência

This study is about the application of a procedure to promote rules formulation in solidarity based enterprises as from the concept of behavior (relations among reply categories and preceding and subsequent stimuli) by members of a cooperative, as part of their capacity development for cooperative work. Eight women participated in a workshop in which information about rules relevance and behavior concept were presented; they pointed out desirable behaviors by members of a solidarity based enterprise, described desirable and undesirable behavioral relations according to the groups point of view, demonstrating capacity to identify relevant aspects of these relations and potential contingencies to the maintenance of these behaviors.