Helder Gusso- Doctor of Psychology
- Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Helder Gusso
- Doctor of Psychology
- Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Head of Educational Technology at PBS Together (Australia) and university professor.
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Introduction
I’m passionate about supporting people develop their skills to work in Behaviour Analysis, using the best of behavioural sciences and educational technologies.My journey includes 20 years of applied experience, also as a teacher and researcher at some of Brazil’s leading universities. Now, I’m continuing this journey in Australia, always driven by the desire to transform lives through Behavioural Sciences, research, education and positive behaviour support.
Current institution
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October 2015 - present
Education
March 2009 - December 2013
Field of study
- Behavior Analysis in Organizations, Work and Learning
February 2006 - December 2008
Field of study
- Behavior Analysis in Organizations, Work and Learning
March 2001 - November 2005
Publications
Publications (49)
This study’s objective was to evaluate a MOOC constructed from educational principles based on behavioral theory. The evaluation included the analysis of the performance, retention, and perception of the students. This MOOC consisted of an initial test, three teaching units, a final test and an assessment of the students' perception. The mean grade...
A Análise do Comportamento é um sistema teórico na área da Psicologia com grande repercussão nos campos aplicados desde meados do século XX. No campo da Educação, contribuições como o Ensino Programado e o Sistema Personalizado de Ensino (PSI) são bastante conhecidos. A produção científica sobre o PSI foi muito fértil até a década de 1980, atestand...
This article is a collective response to the 2020 iteration of The Manifesto for Teaching Online. Originally published in 2011 as 20 simple but provocative statements, the aim was, and continues to be, to critically challenge the normalization of education as techno-corporate enterprise and the failure to properly account for digital methods in tea...
Higher Education institutions around the world were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension of social distancing measures requires an adaptation from the on-site to the remote teaching format. This demands planning, as well as taking into account the conditions of both teachers and students. In this article, we propose guidelines to lead t...
Since the 1970 decade there are professional interventions and knowledge production in Brazil on Organizational Behavior Management. At the last ten years, the interests about the field has growing up. Define organizations is a important requisite to guide the work of the behavior analists and to orientated more clearly analytical-behavioral interv...
Um fenômeno conhecido nos MOOCs é a alta evasão de estudantes. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos da aplicação de princípios educacionais fundamentados na Análise do Comportamento na evasão de estudantes. Foram examinados os dados de um MOOC ofertado por uma universidade pública brasileira, cujo objetivo era tornar os participantes apto...
Trabalhar como professor exige diversas habilidades, incluindo programar ensino. As pesquisas sobre Programação de Condições para Desenvolver Comportamentos (PCDC) evidenciam seu potencial como tecnologia útil para apoiar práticas educativas. Contudo, se faz necessário criar recursos que possibilitem que a PCDC seja mais acessível ao contexto educa...
The research aimed to analyze the teaching of Behavior Analysis in undergraduate Psychology courses in Brazil. The sample included data from federal public universities and other higher education institutions (public and private) that had graduate programs in Behavior Analysis. Through documentary analysis, 82 Behavior Analysis-related courses were...
Learning objectives designate what students should be able to do to transform their social reality. Evidence shows tertiary education teachers usually do not know how to propose meaningful learning objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a MOOC to teach how to formulate relevant learning objectives. This study has mea...
A Programação de Ensino ou, conforme proposta de denominação mais recente, a Programação de Condições para Desenvolvimento de Comportamentos (PCDC) é uma tecnologia de ensino baseada nos princípios do comportamento operante. Esse processo é constituído por múltiplas etapas, dentre elas a caracterização de necessidades de aprendizagem de uma dada po...
As tecnologias digitais possibilitaram mudanças significativas na educação, especialmente no contexto a distância. Com o desenvolvimento dessas tecnologias, mais pessoas passaram a ter oportunidade de se capacitar; o deslocamento para o centro de formação deixou de ser um dificultador, assim como a necessidade de estudo em um período definido. Ness...
The aim of this research was to examine the teaching of Behavior Analysis (BA) in undergraduate Psychology courses in Brazil. For this purpose, syllabus of course units related to BA, provided by federal universities with Psychology courses or higher education institutions that had postgraduate programs in the area, were examined. 82 course units r...
Higher education institutions around the world were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The extension of physical distance measures between people imposed the adaptation of face-to-face teaching in universities to the emergency remote teaching format. The objective of this study was to compare the performance of students in a course adapted for remo...
Quais são as características dos comportamentos profissionais (que deveriam ser) desenvolvidos no nível superior que os diferenciam daqueles desenvolvidos, por exemplo, no ensino de nível técnico? Quais variáveis um professor de nível superior deve considerar ao planejar o ensino? Quais são as variáveis específicas que devem ser avaliadas no atual...
Higher Education institutions around the world were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension of social distancing measures requires an adaptation from the on-site to the remote teaching format. This demands planning, as well as taking into account the conditions of both teachers and students. In this article, we propose guidelines to lead t...
This article highlights the duty of the public employee to oppose any governmental policy that goes against constitutional principles and objectives. The defense of this position is made from an organizational analysis of the State. Theoretical contributions such as the understanding of State and Domination in M. Weber, Organization in D. Katz and...
This article highlights the duty of the public employee to oppose any governmental policy that goes against constitutional principles and objectives. The defense of this position is made from an organizational analysis of the State. Theoretical contributions such as the understanding of State and Domination in M. Weber, Organization in D. Katz and...
Bolsoni-Silva, A.; Zilio, D.; Gusso, H.; de Almeida, J. H.; Mayer, P. (Org.) Comportamento em foco Vol 9: Análises teóricas, educação e questões sociais. São Paulo: ABPMC, 2019.
Acreditação de Analistas do Comportamento pela ABPMC: Um breve exame da história desse processo, de sua função e de possíveis caminhos para seu futuro 1 Comissão de Acreditação da ABPMC Diante do convite público para analisar as propostas apresentadas pela Comissão de Desenvolvimento Atípico da ABPMC, realizado no Boletim Contexto em 17 de outubro...
This study describes the scope of practice of work and organizational (I/O) psychologists in the Southern Region of Brazil. A total of 300 participants who work in the three states of the Southern Region answered a questionnaire online. Results indicated that they: are mainly women (88.3%), up to 49 years old (75.3%), specialists (62.7%), registere...
O objetivo neste capítulo foi explicitar algumas das contribuições do campo da Análise de Sistemas Comportamentais na atuação no campo organizacional. Destacamos o equívoco ainda presente em publicações no campo da Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho em reduzir o trabalho de diagnóstico organizacional à mensuração de processos psicológicos espe...
A primeira Jornada de Análise do Comportamento de Florianópolis (#JACFLORIPA)
visou promover acesso ao conhecimento em Análise do Comportamento em relação à atuação em campos profissionais, como clínica e saúde, bem como tornar acessível o conhecimento produzido na área, o qual orienta o trabalho profissional em Análise do Comportamento.
Em pesquis...
Volume 7 da coleção Comportamento em Foco da Associação Brasileira de Psicologia e Medicina Comportamental, com capítulos decorrentes de apresentações realizadas nos encontros anuais da associação.
The effect of water deprivation duration and time of data collection on the amount of bar pressing was evaluated in two experiments with rats submitted to a continuous reinforcement schedule. In the first experiment, 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours of deprivation regimens were compared. The 6 hours regimen produced fewer lever pressing responses than the ot...
Given the importance of promoting and maintaining performance at appropriate levels of productivity, quality and safety, the indication to managers to use the strategies, principles and procedures of the field called Performance Management is recurrent. In this context, the presentation of performance feedback to employees is a popular feature in t...
The work carried out by behavior analysts in the organizational field has been growing in diversity and quality. Nevertheless, there are challenges to be faced by people interested in performing their work based on Organizational Behavior Management. This chapter presents 12 challenges that need to be addressed to maximize the chances of profession...
The objective of this research was to identify behaviors of social parents in shelters. A procedure
of indirect observation through documents was performed in order to identify classes of
behavior. The procedure consisted of selecting and transcribing passages on specialized literature
that make reference to components of behavior of social parents...
O aumento na expectativa de vida decorreu em maior quantidade de pessoas idosas no mundo, acarretando também em maior incidência de doenças neurodegenerativas, como a Doença de Alzheimer. Segundo a Associação Brasileira de Alzheimer, em torno de 500 mil pessoas são acometidos por essa demência no país. Além dos estudos clínicos com humanos, a reali...
The quality of teaching in college education depends on multiple variables, since public policies to even the behavior of teachers and students. Among the components of the teaching process, the learning evaluation is considered one of the most problematic topics in teaching work. This research assesses the efficiency of presenting weekly informati...
A preocupação com questões relacionadas à sustentabilidade e ao papel das mudanças comportamentais para evitar colapsos sociais está presente na análise do comportamento desde seus primórdios. A preocupação mundial com questões ambientais na década de 1970 também repercutiu no âmbito da análise do comportamento. É possível distinguir entre estratég...
The first studies on cultural phenomena within the field of Behavior Analysis were initiated during the 1950s. Since the 1980s, the field of Behavior Analysis has incorporated many new studies related to ‘culture’, after Glenn’s development of the concept of metacontingency. However, there are few examples of research that recognize the accomplishm...
