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This paper aims to analyze the impact of lockdown on education in the context of social acceleration. In this paper, we address the necessary (re)construction required to enhance the education of adolescents. From this perspective, it examines the potential of the adolescent brain, as advocated by Daniel Siegel. The present study employs a bibliographical research methodology to investigate the impact of social acceleration on education in the aftermath of the lockdown. We emphasize that the adolescent phase is crucial for the development of potentials in the educational context. In this vein, a philosophical analysis of the school is conducted, highlighting it as a space for (re)constructing practices that encourage adolescents to listen to the world around them. Therefore, the school must illuminate the potential of adolescence, such as creativity and openness to novelty, as a space for (re)creating subjects in times of acceleration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to investigate the association between the compliance of the institutional mission of open capital Brazilian companies and the use of non-financial performance indicators. To achieve this goal, it was operationalized a descriptive and quantitative research, considering non-financial companies listed on B3. The institutional mission was measured based on the characteristics proposed by Pearce & David (1987) and David (1989) studies. Likewise, the indicators of non-financial performance were measured based on the research realized by Marquezan, Diehl and Alberton (2013) and Vargas, Diehl, Ayres, & Monteiro (2016). Data referring to nine characteristics associated to mission, as well as nonfinancial indicators of eight distinct groups were collected in annual reports and institutional websites from the companies by the content analysis. The probabilistic sample consisted in 115 companies referring to the fiscal year of 2018. The significance analysis of the relations was realized using Fisher's Exact Test. The results found showed evidence concerning the presence of relations between the compliance of the institutional mission and non-financial performance indicators, suggesting that the analyzed companies make use of these indicators to track the compliance of the declarations expressed in the mission. In practical terms, this study contributes by reinforcing the relevance of the institutional mission to the achievement of entrepreneurial objectives and strategies and by demonstrating that the non-financial performance indicators may be preferable in order to monitor whether what was stated in the mission is being achieved. A new perspective on the analysis of non-financial indicators was inserted in the context of researches that analyze the relation between mission and performance, bringing theoretical contributions and providing new insights for discussions related to the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding the effects of COVID-19 on protected areas (PAs) is very important because these spaces are crucial for international policies for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to fully understand the impacts of COVID-19 on terrestrial and marine protected areas (PAs). To address this concern, we conducted a systematic review on the literature of the impacts of the pandemic on PAs. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines which helps authors to follow certain specific criteria when they make a systematic review on a topic. Following it, we examined five databases, together with complementary search perform in Google Scholar. Lastly, we made a qualitative assessment of articles retrieved, studying short-term changes, and identifying positive and negative effects, as well as challenges and opportunities that arise. After identifying, screening, and selecting, we included 14 journal articles published between February 2020 and May 2021. In the results we showed how the new virus-related restrictions affected the ecological, social and management dimensions of PAs. We discuss how these conserved areas gained social relevance during the pandemic but, at the same time, the vulnerability of related actors increased. Also, we suggested that some social problems differed between develop and developing countries. Additionally, digital tendencies consolidated in PAs management, research, and engagement. Overall sustainability of these places was compromised. We concluded that COVID-19 made humans to see everything through the lenses of health and PAs were not the exception.