Education in cooperative cells as a social innovation: a case study in the Brazilian semiarid

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Autore principale: Bruno de Souza Lessa
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contents Education in cooperative cells as a social innovation: a case study in the Brazilian semiarid Bruno de Souza Lessa Ana Clara Aparecida Alves Souza José Carlos Lázaro da Silva-Filho Administración y Contabilidad Semiarid Dimension Education Collaboration Social innovation Social innovation’s fundamental objective is to promote life quality. Any new initiative with this purpose might be considered a social innovation. From this concept, it is perceived as social innovation the efforts of the Programa de Educa ̧ cão em Células Cooperativas (PRECE), an initiative originated in Pentecoste, a municipality in the state of Ceará, located in the Brazilian semiarid region. This program has benefitted hundreds of youngsters, enabling their access to knowledge and further approval in university entrance exams. The educational method of collaboration in cells made possible broadening the horizons of many youngsters coming from rural communities, even when lessons were ministered under a tree in the middle of a farm. The objective of this study is to identify the dimensions of social innovation, according to Tardif and Harrisson (2005), existing in the PRECE’s proposal. It is aimed to evidence how the initiative is composed, bringing to light the essential elements that make it social innovative. A case study of PRECE was carried out through qualitative research. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with members of the direction and coordination of the Program, and analyzed using the software NVivo 10. The results highlighted how the dimensions of social innovation are composed within PRECE. This research contributes by foregrounding a social initiative that has been capable of changing individual realities in the Brazilian semiarid and showing how such initiative is constituted in the social innovative perspective. 2016 artículo científico 1809-2039 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=97347030003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=973 RAI - Revista de Administração e Inovação application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo RAI - Revista de Administração e Inovação (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.13
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spellingShingle Education in cooperative cells as a social innovation: a case study in the Brazilian semiarid
Bruno de Souza Lessa
Administración y Contabilidad
Semiarid
Dimension
Education
Collaboration
Social innovation
Education in cooperative cells as a social innovation: a case study in the Brazilian semiarid Bruno de Souza Lessa Ana Clara Aparecida Alves Souza José Carlos Lázaro da Silva-Filho Administración y Contabilidad Semiarid Dimension Education Collaboration Social innovation Social innovation’s fundamental objective is to promote life quality. Any new initiative with this purpose might be considered a social innovation. From this concept, it is perceived as social innovation the efforts of the Programa de Educa ̧ cão em Células Cooperativas (PRECE), an initiative originated in Pentecoste, a municipality in the state of Ceará, located in the Brazilian semiarid region. This program has benefitted hundreds of youngsters, enabling their access to knowledge and further approval in university entrance exams. The educational method of collaboration in cells made possible broadening the horizons of many youngsters coming from rural communities, even when lessons were ministered under a tree in the middle of a farm. The objective of this study is to identify the dimensions of social innovation, according to Tardif and Harrisson (2005), existing in the PRECE’s proposal. It is aimed to evidence how the initiative is composed, bringing to light the essential elements that make it social innovative. A case study of PRECE was carried out through qualitative research. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with members of the direction and coordination of the Program, and analyzed using the software NVivo 10. The results highlighted how the dimensions of social innovation are composed within PRECE. This research contributes by foregrounding a social initiative that has been capable of changing individual realities in the Brazilian semiarid and showing how such initiative is constituted in the social innovative perspective. 2016 artículo científico 1809-2039 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=97347030003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=973 RAI - Revista de Administração e Inovação application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo RAI - Revista de Administração e Inovação (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.13
title Education in cooperative cells as a social innovation: a case study in the Brazilian semiarid
topic Administración y Contabilidad
Semiarid
Dimension
Education
Collaboration
Social innovation
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