"The desire to live, to love, to be with people, to excel or achieve, and to believe in something lasting leads to problems, each of which requires a struggle of some type, either slight or great. It is during the period of life called adolescence that many human beings either successfully or unsuccessfully solve some of these problems. A teacher or parent will be more capable of helping the adolescent through this phrase of life if he understands the mental, motor, social, and emotional development of the adolescent. Therefore, the teacher and parents must not only be interested in the adolescent during school time, but must also have a knowledge of the activities in which the adolescent participates and of the facilities offered by the community which affect his out-of-school life"--Introduction. / "July, 1951." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: H. W. Dean, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-105).

"The purpose of this paper was to make an investigation of the first-year shorthand failures in the Pepperell High School of Lindale, Georgia. Every endeavor was made to locate the cause or causes of each failure in the course as a means of finding ways by which shorthand teachers might better counsel with pupils who express a desire to enroll in beginning shorthand"--Introduction. / "August, 1959." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: J. Frank Dame, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-43).

This diploma thesis deals with the role of the teacher and family in primary school education of unsuccessful pupils. The first and, at the same time, the most extensive chapter of the theoretical part is concerned with the definition of school failure and its different concepts. Moving on, it focuses on the causes of school failure as their determination is absolutely necessary for teachers to be able to work effectively. Causes of school failure, may, inter alia, be related to the pupil's family, whose role is described in the second theoretical chapter. This chapter is focused on the relation between the pupil's family and their success at school and defines the factors that influence the pupils' performances and results in connection with their family environment. The third and last chapter of the theoretical part deals with effective methods of working with the pupils who are unsuccessful at school and provides a comprehensive set of areas that are significant for the support of unsuccessful children and that, at the same time, help prevent potential failure. The empirical part of this diploma thesis is based on qualitative research. The goal of the thesis is to determine how primary school teachers approach school failure and what effective methods they utilize based on their approach. The...

As escolas públicas têm procurado psicólogos da rede pública e particular para realizarem avaliações psicológicas em várias crianças com histórias de fracasso escolar. Muitas são as críticas já formuladas em relação às práticas da saúde, cúmplices da produção do fracasso escolar, que focalizam seu olhar na criança encaminhada culpando-a pelo seu fracasso. Essas críticas revelam que as causas desse fracasso são encontradas nos mecanismos institucionais e nas relações que perpassam o dia-a-dia das escolas públicas. Este trabalho tem como objetivo construir uma forma de avaliar e problematizar as relações, os campos de forças nos quais ocorrem os encaminhamentos de crianças para avaliação psicológica e descrever essa realidade. Foram-nos encaminhados 139 alunos de 22 escolas estaduais (da 14a DE-SP). O processo de avaliação, realizado nas escolas, consistiu em pesquisar a história escolar das crianças, as características de suas salas de aula, os bastidores do encaminhamento, as versões das professoras, pais e crianças, os efeitos das ações da escola sobre as crianças e a expectativa da escola em relação ao trabalho do psicólogo. Foram entregues relatórios sobre as crianças e as escolas contendo essas informações, nosso objetivo e concepções. Várias crianças encaminhadas eram consideradas \"lentas\" por suas professoras. Em 33,1% dos casos foi pedido laudo para enviar as crianças para a classe especial. A maioria dos encaminhamentos (88,4%) eram explicados, pelas professoras, através de mitos que foram problematizados com elas. A expectativa em relação ao trabalho foi que se realizasse uma avaliação individual da criança em 59,7% dos casos e um trabalho de interlocução com as professoras em 32,4%. Foi frequente o sentimento de incapacidade nas crianças e de solidão nas professoras. As justificativas utilizadas para enviar as crianças para avaliação estavam relacionadas em 18,0% dos casos a questões institucionais e em 82,0%, a motivos individuais. Destes últimos, 84,2% não apresentaram, durante nosso trabalho, as atitudes referidas pelas professoras como justificativas para o encaminhamento. A expectativa de uma avaliação individual da criança, a existência de mitos por parte das professoras e de problemas individuais nas crianças não impedem que o rumo de uma história escolar, que tende para a estigmatização, seja alterado. Há associação estatisticamente significante entre a possibilidade de discutir o trabalho com as professoras e a alteração das relações e histórias escolares. Foi possível problematizar a história escolar de 88,5% das crianças encaminhadas ao se criar estratégias para pensar os encaminhamentos, estabelecendo relações entre as várias versões, as expectativas e apropriações que vão se dando em relação ao trabalho, e as práticas e efeitos que elas encerram. Avaliar é algo que se dá em movimento, sempre produz efeitos. Problematizar a produção de um encaminhamento implica movimentá-lo. / The public schools have looked for psychologists of the public and private sectors to carry out psychological assessment in several children presenting a history of school failure. Many are the criticisms already formulated in relation to the practices of the health service, accomplices of the production of the school failure, which focus their attention on the child being advised, blaming her for the failure. These criticisms reveal that the causes of this failure are to be found in the institutional mechanisms and in the relations woven in the day-to-day of the public schools. The objective of this work is to build a form to assess and render as a problem the relations, the fields of forces, in which the children are referred to a psychological assessment and describe this reality. 139 students of 22 state schools have been directed to our care. The process of assessment, carried out in the schools, consisted in researching the school history of the children, the characteristics of their classrooms, the background for their being referred, the version of the teachers, parents and children, the effects on children of the actions taken by the school and the expectation of the school with regard to the work of the psychologist. Several children being advised were considered \"slow\"by their teachers. 33,1% of the cases an appraisal to send the children to a special class has been asked. 88,4% were explained, by the teachers, through myths which were rendered as a problem together with them. The expectation with regard to the work was that an individual assessment of the child be carried out in 59,7% of the cases and a work of interlocution with the teachers in 32,4%.. The feeling of incapacity in the children and loneliness in the teachers was frequently reported. The explanations used to send the children to an assessment were related in 18,0% of the cases to institutional issues and in 82,0% of the cases to individual reasons.Out of the latter, 84,2% did not present, during our work, the attitudes referred to by the teachers as accounting for their being advised. The expectation of an individual assessment of the child, the existence of myths on the teachers side and of individual problems in the children do not prevent that the destiny of a school history, which tends to stigmatization, be altered. There is statistically significant association between the possibility of discussing the work with the teachers and the alteration of relations and the school histories. It was possible to render as a problem the school history of 88,5% of the children advised by creating strategies to think the fact of their being directed, establishing relations among the several versions, the expectations and appropriations which occur in relation to the work, and the practices and effects they encompass. Assessing is something which happens in movement, it always yields effects. To render as a problem the act of referring a child to an assessment means to give movement to it.

ABSTRACT Migrant students face many challenges to their educational experiences due to the migratory lifestyle of their families as they seek employment in agriculture across state and school district lines. For migrant student with disabilities, these challenges are exacerbated. Migrant children with disabilities may be eligible and entitled to educational services from migrant education, special education, and ELL programs which are distinct federal programs coordinated as separate agencies. This exploratory study examined the extent to which, if any, collaboration exists within three Florida school districts' providing educational services to migrant children with disabilities through the migrant education, special education, and ELL programs. Data were collected through personal interviews with nine district level supervisors, one each per district: migrant education, special education, and ELL programs using a semi-structured interview protocol. Data were analyzed through a latent content analysis to identify, code, and categorize patterns (Mayan, 2009) regarding the extent to which, if any, supervisors collaborated when developing and coordinating educational services for migrant students with disabilities. Further, data were reviewed through document analysis provided by the participants or accessed through school, district, or state websites. Finally, the data from the interviews and document analysis were aligned with Gitlin et al. (1994) five-stage model for collaboration framework to determine the extent to which, if any, the characteristics of the five stages for collaboration exists for each district, and if not, the potential for them to be developed and lead to collaboration. The intent of this study was to explore current practice and use this knowledge to provide recommendations for future practice and scholarship regarding interagency collaboration between migrant education, special education, and ELL programs providing educational services to migrant students with disabilities. The findings for this study suggest that collaboration benefits students, programs and overall school systems. However, instilling a spirit and developing a culture of collaboration is challenging and requires direct deliberate and explicit work by the districts. Recommendations for research and practice are provided.

Through this study I have provided an understanding of what French immersion was like for children who left the program. I have considered an important aspect of the French immersion program that has been neglected in the research literature. My main research question was: What were the experiences of French immersion students who withdrew from their program during the elementary years? Subsequent questions included: How did they deal with repeated failure? How did they cope with the frustration? How did these failures and frustrations change after they left the French immersion program? How do they make sense of their experiences?<p>In this study, I listened to students voices to gain insights that lead to an understanding of how they make sense of what school was like for them during their years in French immersion. Using narrative inquiry, I focused on the lived, storied experiences of students who have not succeeded in a French immersion program. By listening to the students storied conversations, I have developed a deeper understanding of failed immersion experiences than that which is currently provided in the literature.<p>The six students in this study were aware of their lack of progress in the French immersion program and were unable to become active participants in the classroom community. The inability to become engaged further marginalized them as learners and led to the development of school stories about them. These school stories soon became designated identities with which the children had to cope. <p>By honoring the experiences of the students and including their voices, I have outlined information to aid educators to make decisions for more appropriate programming choices. This information demonstrates the need for timely intervention for some students to improve their school experience. Parents, teachers, and policy makers can then make decisions with the added knowledge provided by the students stories.

Through this study I have provided an understanding of what French immersion was like for children who left the program. I have considered an important aspect of the French immersion program that has been neglected in the research literature. My main research question was: What were the experiences of French immersion students who withdrew from their program during the elementary years? Subsequent questions included: How did they deal with repeated failure? How did they cope with the frustration? How did these failures and frustrations change after they left the French immersion program? How do they make sense of their experiences?<p>In this study, I listened to students voices to gain insights that lead to an understanding of how they make sense of what school was like for them during their years in French immersion. Using narrative inquiry, I focused on the lived, storied experiences of students who have not succeeded in a French immersion program. By listening to the students storied conversations, I have developed a deeper understanding of failed immersion experiences than that which is currently provided in the literature.<p>The six students in this study were aware of their lack of progress in the French immersion program and were unable to become active participants in the classroom community. The inability to become engaged further marginalized them as learners and led to the development of school stories about them. These school stories soon became designated identities with which the children had to cope. <p>By honoring the experiences of the students and including their voices, I have outlined information to aid educators to make decisions for more appropriate programming choices. This information demonstrates the need for timely intervention for some students to improve their school experience. Parents, teachers, and policy makers can then make decisions with the added knowledge provided by the students stories.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on November 27, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010. / Prepared for: Dept. of Educational Studies. Title from title-page of electronic thesis. Bibliography: leaves 191-202.

Orientador: Zilda Maria Gesueli Oliveira da Paz / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T09:26:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Barbosa_AdrianaElizabethVilellaFernandes_M.pdf: 902384 bytes, checksum: ba12bfedd8fd4d5a4b9442d5ee620426 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Uma das maiores preocupações no contexto educacional em nosso país, hoje, diz respeito ao fracasso escolar. Para estabelecer uma proposta de intervenção eficaz nos problemas de aprendizagem, tem se recorrido à interlocução entre as áreas da educação e da saúde. O número elevado de alunos encaminhados ao serviço de saúde mental é um indicador de que a reflexão sobre a relação saúde/escola deve ser aprofundada. Pais, professores e profissionais da saúde têm cada um a sua maneira, buscado estratégias para que o sucesso escolar seja alcançado, as quais se dão com ações isoladas de intervenção e que não têm alterado significativamente o desempenho escolar desses alunos. O objetivo da pesquisa foi estudar a trajetória de cinco alunos da rede municipal da região metropolitana de Campinas, encaminhados a atendimento na área da saúde, com queixas de dificuldade de aprendizagem, buscando analisar a interlocução saúde/escola e a dinâmica interdisciplinar que permeia esses casos. A abordagem metodológica escolhida foi o estudo de caso. A coleta de dados resultou da análise de prontuários e entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores e profissionais da saúde. A interpretação dos dados nos faz concluir que a relação saúde/escola não está de todo estabelecida e o estudo dos cinco casos apresentados neste trabalho indica que ambas as áreas (saúde e educação) percebem a necessidade de maior integração entre elas, mas se acomodam ao modelo gerencial existente, o qual não propicia um trabalho mais sistemático e interdisciplinar. / Abstract: One of the greatest concerns of the educational context in our country today regards to school failure. In order to establish an efficient intervention proposal about learning problems, both education and health fields have been connected together. The great number of students sent to mental health service is an indicator that the study over the health/school relationship needs to be deepened. Parents, teachers and health professionals have, in their own way, sought strategies to school success achievement, through isolated intervention actions that have not significantly helped increase these students? performance. The purpose of this survey was to study the course of five students from public school from the metropolitan area of Campinas, sent for health service for learning difficulties, seeking to analyze the interconnection between health and school and the interdisciplinary dynamic surrounding these cases. The methodological approach chosen was the case study. The data collection resulted from the analysis of semi-structured records and interviews with teachers and health professionals. It can be concluded that the relation between health and school is not at all established and the investigation of the five cases described in this work indicates that both educational and health care fields are aware of their need of a better integration of the two fields. However, both of them are settled in the current model of management, which does not allow a more systematic and interdisciplinary work. / Mestrado / Interdisciplinaridade e Reabilitação / Mestre em Saúde, Interdisciplinaridade e Reabilitação