O presente estudo buscou identificar os saberes construídos por diretores e coordenadores da rede municipal de educação no município de São Bernardo do Campo na realização do trabalho de formação de professores em serviço, bem como a relação entre esses saberes e a formação oferecida aos diretores no período entre 1998 e 2008. O trabalho inicia pela construção dos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos a partir da revisão da literatura atual sobre formação continuada de professores, na qual se destacaram alguns conceitos que nortearam a pesquisa empírica, dentre eles, o de saber docente (Ruth Mercado), vida cotidiana (Agnes Heller), mediação (Lev Vigotsky), atividade (Alexis Leontiev) formação em serviço (Antônio Nóvoa), profissionalização (Maria Roldão), gêneros profissionais (Yves Clot) e saberes do formador de professores (Marguerite Altet). O trabalho empírico, em moldes qualitativos, investigou os percursos realizados por diretores e coordenadores pedagógicos, na construção de saberes necessários à formação docente, dentro das escolas da rede municipal. Os procedimentos adotados incluem entrevistas com diretores, coordenadores e gestores do sistema de ensino, análise de documentos produzidos sobre a escola e relativos à formação dos formadores de professores. Também foram realizadas observações em momentos formativos, como HTPC e reunião pedagógica, procurando evidenciar situações que explicitem os saberes construídos por eles: a escuta ativa, o planejamento da ação formativa, a articulação teoria e prática, a mediação e os procedimentos metodológicos (a devolutiva, a intervenção e o encaminhamento). A pesquisa mostra que o estabelecimento de um compromisso com a aprendizagem como finalidade da gestão escolar resulta de investimento formativo realizado pelo sistema de ensino. O estudo pode contribuir com o reconhecimento desses profissionais como atores de valor legítimo na formação de professores. / The present study attempted to identify the knowledges constructed by school principals and coordinators in teachers in-service training activities in the São Bernardo do Campo municipal school system, and the relation between these knowledges and the formation offered to the principals in the period between 1998 and 2008. The work starts by the construction of the theoretical-methodological assumptions based on the review of the current literature on teacher continued education. In this review, some of the guiding concepts of the empirical research emerged, namely, teacher knowledge (Ruth Mercado), daily life (Agnes Heller), mediation (Lev Vigotsky), activity (Alexis Leontiev), in-service education (António Nóvoa), professionalization (Maria Roldão), professional genres (Yves Clot), and teacher educator knowledges (Marguerite Altet). The empirical study, of a qualitative nature, investigated the trajectories followed by school principals and pedagogical coordinators in the construction of the knowledges necessary to teacher education within schools of the municipal education system. The procedures adopted included interviews with school principals, coordinators and managers of the education system, the analysis of documents produced about the school, and documents related to the training of teacher educators. Observations were also carried out at formative moments, such as HTPC and Pedagogical Meetings, with the purpose of clarifying situations that bring to the fore the knowledges constructed by them: the active listening, the planning of the formative action, the articulation between theory and practice, the mediation and the methodological procedures (feedback interview, intervention, and referral). The research shows that the establishment of a commitment to learning as the aim of school management results from a formative investment made by the school system. The study can contribute to the recognition of these professionals as agents of legitimate value in the formation of teachers.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:20:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Abel Menezes Filho.pdf: 3516626 bytes, checksum: 16d38d1a4c30b5388fbfbd87fba6f4c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / On the basis of the knowledges are fragmented and placed in watertight compartments, this thesis proposes that art, by its transdisciplinary characteristics, may contribute to bridging, to make reconnections, entanglement. The complex thinking is the inspiration and literature was the method chosen to shows this possible dialogue. The narrative is woven by four characters, two women and two men, who proposes to write a collective book. The characters lives in different cities and began the dialogue by e-mails. The model chosen was the caduceus of Hermes, a bat where two snakes interwine , in seven vertexes. Unfolded in the plane there are three narratives, parallel, autonomous and simultaneously intertwined. The side snakes is the form I found to dialogue with the authors with more fluidity and break with the usual understanding of notes, which support or complement the main text, often by rote. Caduceu s doublé helix has resonances with the genetic code, that from four letters, combined in pairs, in different extents, create all forms of life. Although any of the four characters have their predominant thematic fields, the knowledges exchange became possible and the model suited as well / A partir da compreensão de que os saberes estão fragmentados e dispostos em compartimentos estanques, esta tese propõe que a arte, por suas características transdisciplinares pode contribuir para fazer pontes, religações, entrelaçamentos. O pensamento complexo é a inspiração e a literatura foi o método escolhido para mostrar esse possível diálogo. A narrativa é tecida por quatro personagens, duas mulheres e dois homens, que se propõem a escrever um livro coletivo. Os personagens moram em cidades diferentes e começam o diálogo por e-mails. O modelo escolhido foi o caduceu de Hermes, um bastão em que se entrelaçam duas serpentes, em sete vértices. Desdobradas no plano existem três narrativas, paralelas, autônomas e, simultaneamente entrelaçadas. As serpentes laterais é a maneira que encontrei para dialogar com os autores com mais fluidez e romper com a compreensão habitual de notas, que sustentam ou complementam o texto principal, muitas vezes de forma mecânica. A dupla espiral do caduceu tem ressonâncias com o código genético, que a partir de quatro letras, combinadas ao pares, em extensões diferentes, criam todas as formas de vida. Embora cada um dos quatro personagens tenha seus campos temáticos predominantes, foi possível a troca de saberes e o modelo mostrou-se adequado

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:52:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Abel Menezes Filho.pdf: 3516626 bytes, checksum: 16d38d1a4c30b5388fbfbd87fba6f4c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / On the basis of the knowledges are fragmented and placed in watertight compartments, this thesis proposes that art, by its transdisciplinary characteristics, may contribute to bridging, to make reconnections, entanglement. The complex thinking is the inspiration and literature was the method chosen to shows this possible dialogue. The narrative is woven by four characters, two women and two men, who proposes to write a collective book. The characters lives in different cities and began the dialogue by e-mails. The model chosen was the caduceus of Hermes, a bat where two snakes interwine , in seven vertexes. Unfolded in the plane there are three narratives, parallel, autonomous and simultaneously intertwined. The side snakes is the form I found to dialogue with the authors with more fluidity and break with the usual understanding of notes, which support or complement the main text, often by rote. Caduceu s doublé helix has resonances with the genetic code, that from four letters, combined in pairs, in different extents, create all forms of life. Although any of the four characters have their predominant thematic fields, the knowledges exchange became possible and the model suited as well / A partir da compreensão de que os saberes estão fragmentados e dispostos em compartimentos estanques, esta tese propõe que a arte, por suas características transdisciplinares pode contribuir para fazer pontes, religações, entrelaçamentos. O pensamento complexo é a inspiração e a literatura foi o método escolhido para mostrar esse possível diálogo. A narrativa é tecida por quatro personagens, duas mulheres e dois homens, que se propõem a escrever um livro coletivo. Os personagens moram em cidades diferentes e começam o diálogo por e-mails. O modelo escolhido foi o caduceu de Hermes, um bastão em que se entrelaçam duas serpentes, em sete vértices. Desdobradas no plano existem três narrativas, paralelas, autônomas e, simultaneamente entrelaçadas. As serpentes laterais é a maneira que encontrei para dialogar com os autores com mais fluidez e romper com a compreensão habitual de notas, que sustentam ou complementam o texto principal, muitas vezes de forma mecânica. A dupla espiral do caduceu tem ressonâncias com o código genético, que a partir de quatro letras, combinadas ao pares, em extensões diferentes, criam todas as formas de vida. Embora cada um dos quatro personagens tenha seus campos temáticos predominantes, foi possível a troca de saberes e o modelo mostrou-se adequado

Esta tese, intitulada Docência no Ensino Superior: revelando saberes dos professores da área da saúde da Unicruz, trata do papel exercido do papel exercido pelas universidades comunitárias no desenvolvimento científico e humano; na colaboração com a produção e disseminação do conhecimento produzido; na necessidade de buscar cada vez mais a qualificação do trabalho desenvolvido pelos profissionais da área da saúde. Para isso, o problema da investigação assim se expressa: Dentre os saberes mobilizados na prática pedagógica dos professores da área da saúde, quais os que se evidenciam/predominam e em que situações pedagógicas qualificam sua prática. Na proposição de tese, os professores dos cursos de Biomedicina, Enfermagem, Farmácia, Fisioterapia, Nutrição são sujeitos do conhecimento, e sua prática é um espaço de produção e mobilização de saberes. Os objetivos que delimitam e cercam o objeto de investigação consistem em: (re) conhecer os saberes mobilizados na prática pedagógica dos professores da área da saúde; identificar os saberes que predominam/evidenciam na prática, bem como os motivos; analisar as situações que qualificam a prática pedagógica. A abordagem é de natureza qualitativa da pesquisa, através de um estudo de caso. A opção foi por estruturar a tese em duas partes: o contexto dos saberes docentes e o sentido do saberes na realidade institucional. Para tanto, perpassam as duas partes os três grandes eixos do trabalho: I universidade: surgimento e contribuições; trajetória e compromisso; II – docência universitária: concepções e sentidos; III – saberes docentes: vivências e desafios. A fim de dar conta do entrelaçamento dos saberes, a tese está organizada em quatro capítulos. Os sujeitos que fizeram parte da pesquisa e que responderam ao questionário semiestruturado foram em número de dez professores, dois de cada um dos cursos, com amostra intencional, tendo-se, como critério, professores que estivessem trabalhando há mais de um ano na universidade, efetivos e que demonstrassem interesse pelo estudo. Com a síntese e análise dos questionários, foram selecionados cinco docentes para a entrevista, tendo em vista o aprofundamento de algumas questões. Foram definidas, como categorias, os saberes mobilizados na prática pedagógica; os saberes que se evidenciam/predominam; as situações pedagógicas que qualificam a prática. Em cada uma das categorias, outras foram sendo identificadas e apresentadas para reflexão. Em síntese conclui-se que a construção teórica e os depoimentos dos docentes confirmam a proposição inicial e evidenciam que, a retomada dos projetos Institucionais e de cursos; a prática interdisciplinar, o Fórum Permanente da Pedagogia Universitária são possibilidades de qualificar a prática dos docentes. / This thesis, entitled “Graduate teaching: revealing knowledges of professors of the health teaching area at UNICRUZ”, deals with the role of the communitarian universities on the scientific and human development; on their collaboration with the production and dissemination of the knowledge produced and on the need to look for the qualification of the work developed by the professionals of the health area. Thus, the investigation problem is expressed as follows: Among the knowledges mobilized in the pedagogical practice of the professors of the health area, the ones that predominate/are evidenced and in which pedagogical situations their practice is qualified. In the thesis proposition, the professors of the Biomedicine, Nursery, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy and Nutrition courses are the subjects of the knowledge, and their practice is a production space and mobilization of knowledges. The approach is a research of qualitative nature through a case study. The option was to structure the thesis in two parts: the context of the teaching knowledges and the meaning of the knowledges in the institutional reality. Therefore, the two parts pass by the three big work axis: I university: its arising and contributions, trajectory and compromise; II – universitarian teaching: conceptions and meanings; III - teaching knowledges: sociability and challenges. Aiming to understand the interlacement of knowledges, the thesis is organized in four chapters. Ten professors, two of each of the courses under study, were the subjects that took part in the research and that answered the semi-structured questionnaire. The subjects were intentionally chosen, and the criterium used was to choose effective professors working for more than one year at the university and who also demonstrated interest in the study. After the synthesis and analysis of the questionnaires, five professors were selected for an interview, aiming to better understand some questionings.The knowledges mobilized during the pedagogical practice were defined as categories; the predominating/evidenced knowledges and the pedagogical situations that qualify the pedagogical practice. In each one of the categories, others were identified and were taken into account for reflection. In synthesis, it is concluded that the theoretical construction and the professors testimony confirm the initial proposition and put into evidence that the retaking of institutional projects and of courses; the interdisciplinary practice and the Permanent Universitarian Pedagogical Forum are possibilities to qualify the practice of the professors.

My project is centered around a community garden in Upland, California called the People and Their Plants garden. This garden represents a five hundred year living history designed to show the changes in the ecological landscape of Southern California caused by colonization. This autoethnographic thesis works towards personal, interpersonal, and community-wide decolonization through building reciprocal relationships with Indigenous Elders. I explore, critique and problematize research and ethnography by examining the politics of knowledge, language, history, and ecology. I interrogate my own learned knowledge systems as well as colonial/capitalist food systems—and recognize how those systems/relations have worked to render Indigenous ways of knowing as invisible. Furthermore, I examine the connection between colonialism, gender, and capitalist food systems. I explain how the People and Their Plants garden is an act of resistance to colonial/capitalist food systems as it creates space for alternative economic practices and decolonial food practices. As part of this project, I co-authored a brochure about the garden with a Tongva Elder.

This thesis argues that the state apparatus has failed to provide Africans with a culturally compatible form of governance. The state is a product of colonial origin, and thus, has failed to resonate with Indigenous African spirituality, moral consciousness or political tradition. By grounding my argument in the Eritrean context, I make the case that the Eritrean state – not unlike other African states – is failing in three fundamental ways. First, it is oppressive towards Indigenous institutions of governance, particularly the village baito practiced in the rural highlands of Eritrea. Second, the state promotes a national identity that has been arbitrarily formed and colonially imposed in place of Indigenous ones, such as those formed around regional or linguistic groupings. Lastly, because the Eritrean state is a rather new phenomenon that suffers from a crisis of legitimacy, it inevitably falls back on processes of violence, coercion and control to assert its authority.

This thesis argues that the state apparatus has failed to provide Africans with a culturally compatible form of governance. The state is a product of colonial origin, and thus, has failed to resonate with Indigenous African spirituality, moral consciousness or political tradition. By grounding my argument in the Eritrean context, I make the case that the Eritrean state – not unlike other African states – is failing in three fundamental ways. First, it is oppressive towards Indigenous institutions of governance, particularly the village baito practiced in the rural highlands of Eritrea. Second, the state promotes a national identity that has been arbitrarily formed and colonially imposed in place of Indigenous ones, such as those formed around regional or linguistic groupings. Lastly, because the Eritrean state is a rather new phenomenon that suffers from a crisis of legitimacy, it inevitably falls back on processes of violence, coercion and control to assert its authority.

Since the decoding of the human genome project concluded in 2003, rapid technological advances in the area of human genetics including genetic testing and bio banking have accelerated. Public discussion of genetic testing and biobanking are the focus of this thesis. Genetic profiling and predictive tests aim to establish the causal conditions for disorders such as Fragile X, cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease. Biobanking involves the storage of genetic material for genetic research and can also include genealogical research. The complex and varied relationships that Maori (indigenous peoples of New Zealand) in different social locations have with western science (and human genetics in particular) is at the heart of this thesis. The thesis explores the responses of three differently located Maori social groups to the challenges posed by genetic testing and biobanking. Focus/contact group discussion with Maori members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group of rongoa or traditional Maori health practitioners, and a group of Maori lawyers illustrate both diversity in the ways in which Maori respond to the issues posed by human genetics, and connections among them as they draw on Maori ontologies and epistemologies. In the analyses of these discussions which constitute the core of this thesis, Maori can be seen juggling alternative frames of reference and negotiating between knowledge systems. The thesis does not purport to provide an overview of Maori responses to genetic testing. Instead it uses discussion among three groups of research participants to illustrate the relevance of temporal and relational knowledge in local situations. A range of social science and Te Ao Maori conceptual tools are used to analyse conversations among research participants. These tools include discussion of power/knowledge and governmentality, actor network theory, sociological discussions of agency as well as concepts of whakapapa, kaitiaki, mauri, and mana motuhake. My goal is to illustrate both connection and heterogeneity in Maori responses to the challenges posed by genetic testing and bio banking.

Over the past decade, the Ontario Ministry of Education has committed to increase relevant teaching material for Indigenous students. While seemingly significant, a mere “increase” in “Indigenous content” is not enough to combat the racist and colonial mentality inherent within the Ontario history curriculum. Canadian history is steeped with idealistic, imperialist discourses organized around keywords such as peacekeeping and multiculturalism, as well as progress, development, identity, and nation building. The latter serve to not only erase, but also to legitimize the atrocities of Canada’s colonial past. At the 2009 G20 meeting, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated, “Canada has no history of colonialism.” In keeping with scholars such as Smith and Alfred and Corntassel, I argue that not only does Canada have a history of colonialism, but the mainstream curriculum must be decolonized if Canada is to move towards an equal and just society. The theory guiding this research is decolonial theory. In addition, Fairclough’s conceptualization of Systematic Textual Analysis provides the methodological basis for this project. I analyse three textbooks approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education for the grade ten history curriculum, as well as supplementary curriculum documents. Considering two objectives, change and a colonial mentality, I find only modest change between 2000, 2006, and 2008 in Indigenous content in the curriculum. Further, a colonial mentality continued to be deeply entrenched within all three textbooks and the history curriculum itself. This research seeks to open up the questions and responsibilities pertaining to the wrongs of the past and contribute to the burgeoning field of decolonized knowledges and education. / Graduate

This performance-as-research project documents, both through linguistic and non-linguistic texts, an investigation of the materiality of performative knowledges and analyses Music Theatre as an ecstatic and hyper-erotic creator of these knowledges. By actively engaging in a performative translation of an historical Music Theatre work, this research investigates how ecstatic inscription creates materiality within the performative knowledges of Music Theatre, and aims to provide further substance to the discourse surrounding performative knowledges and their relation to the epistemology and methodology of performance-as-research.