The objective of this qualitative longitudinal study was to assess stakeholder perceptions after one year of a new school feeding program to contrast and compare to pre-program expectations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using questions reviewed by an in-country collaborator for cultural sensitivity and appropriateness. Follow up questions were determined from participant response. The interviews were analyzed by performing content analysis using open and axial coding to find key concepts in the data. The results showed the school feeding program met stakeholder expectations regarding reduction in absenteeism and truancy, improving classroom behavior and increasing enrollment as well as relieving short term hunger. The stakeholders also reported unexpected improvements in behavior of the child at home, increased disposable income, and extra meals being served at home.

The growth of the Church in Africa, namely at numerical level 1 is tremendous. However, we notice that her impact on society and public life is not so visible as the growth is, since Christian values are embodied by Christians. Yet, the Church has huge human resources1 pastors, missionaries, lay leaders and theologians. The challenge for the Church in Africa is to incarnate and inculturate these values and the living message of the Gospel. In this thesis we question the co-operation between the Church and mission agencies, between native pastors and western missionaries. We notice that since 150 years, there has been a huge gap between these two entities. This is due to the fact that Theology and Missiology look like two lines that never meet. This situation leads us to revisit not only the current paradigm Church-Mission but also the current link between Theology and Missiology. We propose the following theses: 1. Theology is mission-centered. The goal of Theology is to extend the Kingdom of God by the prodamatlon of the Gospel so that every nation (ethne) may be represented in the Kingdom, and by the communication of Christian values so that a new society or a new civilisation may emerge and may take over the current and corrupted society. 2. To explore the Biblical data on Church and Mission, the only ontological approach appears to be limited, therefore the functional approach must be added. The right question is not only “What the Church Is" but also "For what the Church Is" 3. The local Church is the representation of the Universal Church in a given location. This local church is culturally rooted. Cultural plurality is a sine qua non condition for the Universal Church. 4. The local Church is the basis of mission. The basic reflections on mission must take place within the local Church, at the grass root level. All human resources, from mission agencies and para-church organisation are accountable to the local Church. 5. The major themes of healing, liberation and identity are at the core of the Gospel. Theologians must articulate these themes in their discourse. 6. Co-operation between local Churches, or within a duster of local Churches, gives opportunities to succeed in term of mission since no local Church can do mission alone.

The goal of this paper is to offer new insights into the climate change debate by shifting away from the heated anthropologic arguments that dominate politics, media, and popular science. Instead, I choose to rely on the long-term impacts of a changing climate on our planet. The paper begins with a break down of key processes involved in short-term and long-term climate change, using the latest research. After a foundational understanding of climate sciences is established, we will discuss the failure of the climate change debate in educating the general public about the facts of a changing climate. Finally, the importance of long-term foresight in climate policy and education, and how this perspective could drastically progress the climate debate, will be discussed.

Lietuvoje organizuojamas neformalus muzikinis ugdymas susilaukia vis didesnio ne tik visuomenės, bet ir švietimo sistemos atstovų susidomėjimo. Poreikiams tenkinti ir srities tikslus įgyvendinti nepakanka pagrindinį dėmesį sutelkti tik į interesus atitinkančius ugdymo įstaigą ar mokymo programą. Reikšmingais tampa tokie neformaliojo muzikinio ugdymo faktoriai, kaip meno vartotojo ugdymas, moralinių nuostatų formavimas, kritinio požiūrio puoselėjimas, emocinio sąmoningumo skatinimas, kūrybinių galių plėtojimas, ugdytinių džiaugsmo pasirinkta muzikine veikla skatinimas. Minėtus faktorius apjungia šiuolaikinės edukacinės paradigmos. Pastarosios kritiškai vertina klasikinį mokymo modelį, stipriai išreikštą vertinamąją aplinką, paklusnumo / naudingumo bei leista / uždrausta santykiais. Šiame kontekste išryškėja mokinių pažangos ir pasiekimų vertinimo proceso svarba, kuris meno / muzikos mokyklose pasitelkiamas siekiant susidoroti su drausmės problemomis, nusirašinėjimu, sąmoningu vėlavimu į pamokas arba jų praleidinėjimą be pateisinamos priežasties ir pan. Nors pastaruoju metu pastebimas vis didesnis mokslininkų susidomėjimas mokinių pažangos ir pasiekimų vertinimo sistemos problemų sprendimui bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje, tačiau vertinimo sritis neformaliame muzikiniame ugdyme iki šiol vis dar lieka nepakankamai tyrinėta. Ši problema ypač aktuali rengiant būsimuosius muzikos pedagogus, kurie ateityje dirbs su ugdytiniais meno / muzikos mokyklose, prisidės prie pažangios ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Non-formal musical education organized in Lithuania is getting more and more attention not only from society, but as well from educational community too. In order to fulfill the needs and aims it is not sufficient to focus on the interests, which satisfy the educational institution or a training program. Such non-formal musical education factors as education of the art consumer, moral attitude formation, fostering critical approach, encouragement of emotional awareness, development of creative capacity, inducement of students’ joy using a chosen musical activity become significant. The factors mentioned above are linked by the contemporary educational paradigms. The latter criticize the classical model with its strongly expressed evaluative environment, obedience / usefulness and allowed / forbidden relations. In this context the importance of the assessment process of students’ progress and achievement becomes intense. It is necessary for art / music schools to manage the discipline problems, copying, intentional lateness to classes or being absent without a justifiable reason and so on. Recently an increasing interest of scientists in solving the students’ progress and achievement assessment system problems in the secondary schools can be noticed. However, the assessment area in non-formal musical education still has not been sufficiently investigated. This problem is especially relevant while preparing the future music pedagogues, who will work with students in art /... [to full text]

The dissertation examines how medieval poetic tradition was reactivated in the production of poetry from the period between the two world wars—the Polish interwar period, defined here as one of literary transition. The positioning in regard to certain literary conventions and the quest for a new normativity that is so prevalent in interwar poetry is also reflected in the era’s poetry on the theme of Mary. Marian lyrics, owing to their strong position in Polish literature (but also by dint of their role in Polish piety and national identity), serve as an indicator in identifying and defining certain poetic processes. Central to this are the respective relationships of Marian themes to tradition and to the poetic norms of the era: is a given poem located along the traditional axis (if so, which), does it run counter to it, or is it an innovation? The poems analysed—Julian Przyboś’ Heavenly Blue, Jerzy Liebert’s Litany to the Virgin Mary, Tytus Czyżewski’s De profundis, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska’s The Black Portrait, Józef Czechowicz’ pious rhymes—represent disparate poetic models: the Krakow Avant-garde, Catholic literature, formism/futurism, the circle of Skamander, the Poetics of the Third Sphere in the Second Avant-garde. Reflected here is the broad spectrum of the period’s poetic trends, tendencies, and constellations—as are the historical and literary events of the era. Despite important differences in the poetic/aesthetic models, in these poems it is possible to identify shared characteristics relevant to this study, that is, elements of medieval poetry. The identifying criterion for these elements here is the concept of dogmatic formal language. In the poems medieval poetics are transformed into their own modern form and integrated into the respective poetic models. No other literary epoch offers what the poets are seeking better than poetic formal language modelled on medieval liturgical language. The five poets all participate in what has been called the interwar paradigm shift in Polish poetry—a parameter that only indirectly relates to modernism. The term high modernism (in the sense of the culmination of Polish poetic modernism) can serve to summarize the historical and literary delimitations and definitions in the study. As interwar poetry is indeed part of the definitive emergence and full expansion of modernism in Polish literature, serving as a link between tradition and innovation, such a study of the influence of high modernism and Marian lyrics on each other aspires to reflect general processes in the poetry of the time.

Australia and the UK are both prominent economies in the international arena and share a strong trade and investment relationship. Interestingly, the UK while being a significant destination for Australian exports is an even more significant destination for Australian direct investment, a case anomalous to international trends. Analysis of this case elicits the question as to what factors differentiate between the firms that export and those that FDI. It is imperative to understand the differentiating factors between exports and direct investment as market entry decisions are decisive to the success of firms in international markets. A number of theories of international market entry have developed over the last quarter century, the ownership, location, and internationalisation model (OLI) is used in this study. The importance of the variables developed in this model are identified, and assessed as to their relevance to entry of Australian firms into the UK market through FDI or Exports. Qualitative information is used to support initial quantitative profiling. Results of the investigation indicate that while some variables were at times decisive, they were not predictive at all in other situations. The full interaction of the variables in the model was therefore concluded to be essential to fully differentiate between exports and FDI in all cases.

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L'objet de la présente thèse était d'examiner les caractéristiques de complexité et de dynamique du momentum psychologique (MP) en sport. Une première série d'études a tenté d'explorer qualitativement (étude 1) et quantitativement (études 2, 3 et 4) ces caractéristiques en situations naturelles de compétitions sportives. L'étude 1 a mis en évidence la richesse des contenus du MP, la diversité de ses mécanismes de déclenchement (dissonance, consonance, perturbation du flux de pensées), ainsi que ses formes de développement au cours du temps (processus d'amplification). Ces résultats témoignent de l'enracinement du MP dans une histoire d'événements signifiante. Les études 2, 3 et 4 ont montré que certains contenus affectifs du MP, tels que l'anxiété compétitive et la confiance en soi, peuvent subir des changements abrupts au cours des phases de MP, ce qui suggère le caractère non linéaire du phénomène. Par conséquent, une seconde série d'études (études 5, 6, 7 et 8) a ensuite été réalisée afin de tester expérimentalement les propriétés potentielles de non linéarité et de dépendance à l'histoire du MP en adoptant l'approche des systèmes dynamiques. Ces études étaient basées sur des scénarios de performance de prise d'ascendant (momentum positif) ou de décrochage (momentum négatif) impliquant des situations d'acteur en position virtuelle (études 5 et 6) ou réelle (étude 7), ou encore des situations de spectateur (étude 8). Le MP est apparu évoluer sous la forme d'un patron d'hystérésis négative (études 5, 6 et 8) ou d'un patron de limite critique décalée (étude 7) dans le sens où le MP négatif se déclenchait plus rapidement que le MP positif. L'hystérésis négative observée chez les spectateurs (étude 8) présentait, quant à elle, une asymétrie évoquant un déclenchement plus rapide du MP positif. Ces résultats attestent des propriétés de non linéarité et de dépendance à l'histoire du MP, montrent l'influence du degré d'implication dans la situation sur sa dynamique et confirment l'hypothèse générale selon laquelle le MP est un phénomène complexe et dynamique. / The present thesis aimed to examine the characteristics of complexity and dynamics of psychological momentum (PM) in sport. A first series of studies attempted to explore qualitatively (Study 1) and quantitatively (Studies 2, 3, and 4) these characteristics in natural situations of sport competition. Study 1 evidenced the richness of PM contents, its mechanisms of emergence (dissonance, consonance, and thought flow disturbance), as well as its forms of development over time (amplification processes). These findings suggest that PM is rooted in a meaningful history of events. Studies 2, 3, and 4 showed that certain affective contents, such as competitive anxiety and self-confidence, can change abruptly during PM phases, which suggests the nonlinear character of PM. Consequently, a second series of studies (Studies 5, 6, 7, and 8) was then conducted in order to experimentally test the potential properties of non linearity and history-dependence of PM through the lens of the dynamical systems approach. These studies were based on ascending (positive momentum) versus descending (negative momentum) scenarios of performance that were virtually (Studies 5 and 6) or actually (Study 7) experienced by actors, or that were seen from the point of view of a spectator (Study 8). Variations of PM displayed patterns of negative hysteresis (Studies 5, 6, and 8) and critical boundary that was lagged so that negative PM was triggered faster than positive PM. The negative hysteresis that was found among spectators (Study 8) displayed an asymmetry that reflected a faster triggering for positive PM. These findings evidence the properties of non linearity and history-dependence of PM, show the influence of the degree of involvement in the situation on PM dynamics, and support the general hypothesis that PM is a complex and dynamical phenomenon.

Esta tese analisa a emergência histórica da participação comunitária no campo da saúde e as ressonâncias contemporâneas desta experiência na prática política do Fórum em Defesa do SUS do Rio Grande do Sul, em sua luta contra a privatização da saúde. A participação comunitária emerge como um foco de experiência no contexto de irrupção da Reforma Sanitária e de defesa de um sistema público de saúde. As condições de possibilidade para a emergência deste foco de experiência vinculam-se à produção histórica dos diferentes lugares que ocuparam os sujeitos, como foco de investimento, na construção das políticas públicas de saúde brasileiras desde o século XIX. Esse foco de experiência produz os sujeitos como força política ativa na formulação e implementação da política pública de saúde. Ele tem como parte de seu regime de veridicção a distinção entre público e privado, contornando o privado como aquilo do qual o público deve afastar-se, demarcando fronteiras dicotomizadas. O foco de experiência da participação comunitária, ao aproximar-se do direito, como estratégia política de luta e de institucionalização nas malhas do Estado, percorre o caminho em direção à imunização negativa do direito à saúde pelo Estado. A participação comunitária, quando encontra o direito, insere-se nesse universo dual do sistema de propriedades e passa a generalizar o comum de sua reivindicação em um sentido de propriedade pública, ou seja, propriedade estatal. Nesse sentido, propomos uma participação comunitária que não se limite a reproduzir modelos e que rompa com a dicotomia público/privado, em prol da noção de comum e da afirmação de uma norma de vida. Isso pressupõe uma inversão, não mais o direito e seu regramento reproduzindo modelos de vida, mas a vida produzindo normas de vida sem cessar. / This thesis analyzes the historical emergence of community participation in the health field and contemporary resonances of that experience in the political practice of the Forum in Defense of SUS of Rio Grande do Sul, in its fight against health privatization. Community participation has emerged as a focus of experience in the context of the Sanitary Reform and defense of a public health system. The conditions of possibility for the emergence of such focus of experience are linked to the historical production of different places the subjects have occupied, as a focus of investment, in the construction of Brazilian public health policies since the nineteenth century. This focus of experience has produced the subjects as an active political force in both the formulation and implementation of the public health policy. As an integral part of its veridiction regime, it has the distinction between public and private delineating the private as something from which the public should be moved away, thus drawing dichotomized borders. The focus of experience of community participation, by approximating to law, as a political strategy of fight and institutionalization in the State meshes, follows the path of negative immunization of the right to health by the State. Community participation, by associating with law, enters this dual universe of the system of properties and starts generalizing what is common in its claim as being public property, i.e. State property. In this sense, we have proposed a kind of community participation that is not limited to the reproduction of models and is able to disrupt the public/private dichotomy in favor of both the notion of common and the affirmation of a life norm. This presupposes an inversion - instead of the reproduction of ways of life by law and its rules, the incessant production of life norms by life itself.

A ascensão do paradigma informacional é resultado do advento das tecnologias de informação e comunicação cujos impactos sociais refletem-se no mundo do trabalho e nas identidades profissionais. A identidade profissional daqueles que trabalham com informação, é fortemente influenciada por esse novo paradigma. O estudo pretende compreender como é construída a identidade profissional dos bibliotecários a partir das representações sociais dos membros dirigentes das entidades de classe da profissão. Foi aplicado um questionário a um membro de cada um dos 14 Conselhos Regionais, além do Conselho Federal, e a um representante de cada uma das quatro associações escolhidas para a pesquisa, além da FEBAB. Oito questionários, dos vinte enviados, retornaram respondidos. Constatou-se que os dirigentes são otimistas em relação ao futuro da profissão, percebem um “mercado potencial” considerável para os bibliotecários. Notam que as faculdades estão “atualizando seus currículos” tendo em vista a nova realidade informacional. Quanto à mudança na denominação profissional todos são contrários, em função dos aspectos legais que a regulamentam. O bibliotecário é visto como um “mediador”, também percebem um tímido reconhecimento social do trabalho bibliotecário. “Pró-atividade” e “atualização” são características que os dirigentes percebem no bibliotecário contemporâneo, e afirmam que embora haja conflitos e tensões com outras categorias profissionais, o bibliotecário é o mais apto a prestar bons serviços no que diz respeito à informação. / The rise of the informational paradigm is the result of the advent of information and communication technologies and its social impacts reflect in the work field and in professional identities. The identity of professional librarians is strongly influenced by this new paradigm, as shown in the present study by the social representations drawn by the leaders of institutions that represent the profession of librarian. The objective of this study was to understand how the professional identity of librarians is formed. Leaders of representative institutions were found optimistic the future of the profession, noticing a significant potential work market for librarians. A questionnaire was applied to a member of each Regional Councils, a member of the Federal Council, a representative from each of the five associations selected for the research and a representative of FEBAB. Eight of the twenty questionnaires sent were answered. According to them the Librarianship colleges are "upgrading their curricula" in view of this new reality. As for the change in professional designation, all are opposed to it due to its legal aspects that determine the work field for the profession. The librarian is seen as a "mediator" and the leaders perceive an incipient social recognition of librarian´s work. "Pro-activity" and "professional upgrade" are characteristics of the contemporary librarian perceived by the leaders. Although there are conflicts and tensions with other professional categories, the leaders believe the librarian is the most capable for providing good services in the information society.