Diversity Experience Index Informs Sense of Belonging

Paul A. Beckman

doi:10.30827/relieve.v29i1.27081

Autores

Paul A. Beckman Universidad Estatal de San Francisco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/relieve.v29i1.27081

Palavras-chave:

Menores estrangeiros não acompanhados, sentido de pertença, teoria dos grafos

Resumo

Este projeto de investigação foi desenvolvido para demonstrar uma nova abordagem que permita aumentar o sentido de pertença dos indivíduos aos grupos de que fazem parte. A base da abordagem reside na aplicação de conceitos de um ramo da matemática chamado Teoria dos Grafos. Esta teoria fornece conceitos e cálculos que podem ser aplicados para compreender as estruturas que surgem quando os elementos ou interagem numa rede; neste caso, as pessoas individuais que interagem quando se juntam para participar em alguma atividade são consideradas como elemento de análise. Em particular, esta metodologia de análise é aplicada a MENA ou Menores Estrangeiros Não Acompanhados, que são crianças que chegam sem supervisão ou orientação de um adulto vindos de países estrangeiros para construir uma nova vida no seu novo país, que, neste caso, é Espanha. Um dos objetivos é aumentar o Sentido de Pertença destas crianças a grupos em que estão integradas outras crianças do programa, com as quais não partilham características comuns (idade, país de origem e tempo de permanência em Espanha). E como elemento de análise, utiliza-se o conceito de “Diversity Experience Index” ou DEI, que mostra, para qualquer indivíduo, o número de interações que teve com outros indivíduos com características particulares. Os valores deste índice para um estudante podem sugerir futuras interações no programa para atingir o objetivo de aumentar o seu Sentido de Pertença a outros estudantes no programa.

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Biografia do Autor

Paul A. Beckman, Universidad Estatal de San Francisco

Information Systems Department, College of Business, San Francisco State University.

Paul A. Beckman has a BS in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and an MS in Management with an emphasis in Information Management and Engineering with an emphasis in Human Factors from Purdue University-West. In addition to his teaching tasks and research on Information and Communication Technologies and their human and educational dimension, he has experience as a programmer and analyst at Hewlett-Packard, an academic researcher at San Francisco State University, and a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses.

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