Um aspecto promissor das pesquisas mais recentes sobre formação docente é a atenção que vem sendo dirigida ao professor. Dentro desse quadro, o presente trabalho tem como especificidade o interesse em investigar a identidade de futuros professores, em um curso de formação inicial. Reconhecemos a caracterização do perfil do licenciando como importante na problemática que envolve o próprio curso, sobretudo pela intenção de contemplar, também, a dimensão sócio-cultural destes alunos. Nesse sentido, buscamos apoio e fundamentação teórica nos estudos de P. Bourdieu e nas pesquisas sobre representações sociais. Partimos da hipótese de que as representações de ciência/física/educação/perfil profissional do professor evoluem, se modificam e se articulam, no espaço de alguns anos, como parte do processo de formação inicial, resultado das interações e ações que o aluno da licenciatura vivencia. Investigar alguns elementos desse processo é o objetivo central do presente trabalho. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, envolvendo alunos do Curso de Licenciatura em Física do IFUSP, privilegiando representações do ser professor e da visão de ciência. Foram analisados, através de diferentes estratégias, três momentos do curso - o ingresso, o percurso e as condições de conclusão/evasão. Nossos resultados indicam que os ingressantes, em comparação com outras carreiras da USP, apresentam alta mobilidade educacional intergeracional e capital cultural mais limitado. Quanto às suas expectativas em relação à futura profissão, muitos não desejam exercê-la, sendo que essa fração aumenta ao longo do curso. Por outro lado, o curso tem um impacto positivo sobre os alunos, promovendo transformações de suas concepções de ciência e de suas representações sobre ser professor. Esses resultados apontam para a necessidade de promover um contínuo processo de discussão sobre a construção da identidade profissional do professor, ao longo do curso, para além do trabalho desenvolvido localmente nas disciplinas. / In recent years, more attention is being directed to teacher professional identity. In this context, we intend to investigate the identities of students during a physics teacher education university course. We consider that aspects like these must be inherent to the planning and developing of own undergraduate courses, especially considering social and culture context. With this purpose, we search for support on Bourdieu ideas and on social representation theories. To accomplish this intention, we developed a case study, taking as an object the Physics Teaching Course of the University of São Paulo. Special attention was directed to student representations about teacher profiles and their science conceptions, as well as to their expectation towards future profession practices. Three moments of the students formation were analyzed, through different approaches, including admission, trajectories and graduation (or not), searching for possible evolutions of their ideas about being teacher and studying Physics. Our results indicate that these students present very peculiar social characteristics and cultural capital baggage, as compare to other students in graduate courses at the same university. Most of them don\'t want to be teachers and their expectations toward future professional are restricted, decreasing along the advancing of the course. On the other hand, it seems clear that the course actions and design impact positively on their comprehensions about being teacher, withdrawing from technical professional profiles towards a more reflexive one. The same thing happens with science conceptions, the course promoting a more critical approach. It could be said that student identity shows a dual perspective, bounding through difficulties and successes. From these results, it came out that it must be very important that teacher identity should be explicit discussed in different times through their formation, aiming its clear and conscious course of construction along the time.

[pt] O abuso sexual praticado contra crianças é um crime hediondo que nos remete a uma história de dominação e poder do mais forte contra o mais fraco, e do adulto contra a criança, sejam eles familiares ou estranhos. Atualmente essa questão vem mobilizando autoridades governamentais, profissionais de saúde, de educação e a sociedade, através da mídia, da criação de leis, de campanhas educativas e da academia. Muitos embates têm sido travados visando encontrar as melhores alternativas para o enfrentamento do problema. Com base na noção de que a representação social contém um caráter prático e operacional, voltado para a ação, o presente estudo teve dois objetivos centrais: primeiro, identificar as representações sociais dos responsáveis por crianças vítimas de abuso sexual acerca dos agressores, dos profissionais e dos serviços de atenção à criança vítima de abuso sexual; e segundo, entender como essas representações influenciam a resolutividade dos casos atendidos.Conclui-se que a adesão ao tratamento, primeira condição para a resolutividade, é fortemente influenciada pelas representações sociais dos responsáveis, em particular aquelas relativas à função desempenhada pelas autoridades e à figura do autor do abuso sexual. O estudo mostra ainda que os responsáveis fazem circular essas representações, mas se ressentem do fato de nem sempre elas serem ouvidas, o que demonstra a necessidade de estabelecer uma escuta diferenciada que valorize e compreenda suas representações sociais como fatores determinantes no sucesso do acompanhamento e adesão ao tratamento. Apoiar, sustentar e valorizar a fala dos responsáveis, dar voz a estas representações e frustrações, é pois fundamental para construir ações efetivas na trajetória de enfrentamento da questão de modo a contribuir na resolutividade dos casos de abuso sexual. / [en] Sexual abuse practised against children is a hideous crime which reminds us to a history of domination from the strongest to the weakest, from adults against children; being their relatives or unknown people. Nowadays, this question has been mobilizing governmental authorities, educational and health professionals and society as a whole through educational marketing campaigns, academic institutions, and also the criation of new legislation. Battles have been battled in order to find better alternatives to face this problem.Based on the idea that social representation contains a practical and operational character, which is focused on the action, this study had two principal objectives: Firstly, to identify the social representations from people who are in charge for children who are victms of sexual abuse, in relation to the their aggressors; representations from all the professionals involved and also from children protection programs. Secondly, to understand how these social representations influence the sexual abuse cases solutions.We conclude that the treatment adherence, which is the first condition towards the solution, is strongly influenced by parent social representations. Particularly, those ones related to the function represented by authorities and by the sexual abuse author figure. The study still shows that responsibles make to circulate these representations, although they feel resentful about the fact they are not always listened to. It demonstrates the necessity of establishing a differencial listening service, which understands and makes valuable their social representations as determining facts for the treatment adherence, its accompanying and success. Supporting and sustaining in order to become worthy these responsible clamours, as well as giving the right importance to their representations and frustrations. Therefore, these attitudes are fundamental to build effective actions during the jouney to face this question, in order to contribute to the sexual abuse cases solutions.

Le concept de stress s’est imposé comme un objet de la pensée scientifique, qui connaît depuis de nombreuses années un grand succès de vulgarisation auprès du grand public, devenant ainsi un objet de la pensée du sens commun. C’est cet objet dans le cadre du travail, que nous avons étudier dans une recherche exploratoire, à l’aide d’un questionnaire que nous avons élaboré, dans une approche psychosociale et des représentations sociales, dont le but est d’explorer l’existence de représentations sociales du stress au travail dans l’entreprise, de ses variations en fonction du sexe, à la fois dans et par la dynamique des relations hiérarchiques qui structurent l’entreprise (comparaison ascendante et horizontale) dans un contexte normal et de substitution, également d’explorer l’existence de valeurs sociales du stress au travail ainsi que des pratiques considérées comme pouvant être les plus efficaces pour faire face au stress au travail, et également des effets psychologiques en fonction des dimensions au MBI. Les résultats que nous présentons ici laisseraient apparaître l’existence d’un champ organisé de représentations du stress au travail et également de l’existence de rapports symboliques entre les statuts hiérarchiques et entre hommes et femmes. / The concept of stress has become an object of scientific thought, which for many years has been a popular success with the general public. So stress has become an object of common sense thinking. It is this object within the framework of the work, that we have studied in an exploratory research using a questionnaire that we have elaborated, in a psychosocial approach and Social Representations which purpose is to explore the existence of Social Representations of workplace stress in the workplace, of its variations according to sex, both in and part of the dynamics of the hierarchical relations that structure the company (upward and horizontal comparison) in a normal and substitution context, also to explore the existence of social values of work stress as well as practices considered to be most effective in coping with work-related stress, and also psychological effects according to MBI dimensions. The results we present here would reveal the existence of an organized field of representations of stress at work and also the existence of symbolic relationships between hierarchical statuses and between men and women.

<p>In Western society, food is debated and in various ways contested. Social science research has described various cultural imperatives related to food and choices of diet, that raises questions about how people understand issues of food and eating in their everyday lives. The aim of this study is to explore everyday notions of food and eating in urban Sweden. Drawing on social representations theory, qualitative interviews were carried out with fifteen men and women about their experiences and understandings of food and eating, also using a photo-elicitation method where visual material from cookery books and dietary advice were used as a point of departure for the interview conversation.</p><p>The interviewees categorize food into different sorts, such as ‘ordinary food’, ‘modern food’, ‘dangerous food’, ‘healthy food’, ‘ethic food’ and ‘festive food’, that are ascribed a meaning in relation to different arenas in time and space, for instance childhood, and related to health values as well as ethical and aesthetic values. Food is also discussed as different diets, such as mixed or vegetarian, and patterns of eating, which are in turn related to risk, health and the body. The analysis thus reveal notions about what food is and how we should eat, notions that are characterised by internal tensions and contradictions such as discipline contra pleasure, societal norms contra personal interests, everyday life contra ideals. These ‘fields of tension’ are analysed as a cultural repertoire of identity-positions. Finally, these results are discussed in terms of risk and opportunities, where the reflexive human being is depicted as able to both incorporate food imperatives and to challenge these imperatives in a process of striving for bodily and mental balance.</p>

In Western society, food is debated and in various ways contested. Social science research has described various cultural imperatives related to food and choices of diet, that raises questions about how people understand issues of food and eating in their everyday lives. The aim of this study is to explore everyday notions of food and eating in urban Sweden. Drawing on social representations theory, qualitative interviews were carried out with fifteen men and women about their experiences and understandings of food and eating, also using a photo-elicitation method where visual material from cookery books and dietary advice were used as a point of departure for the interview conversation. The interviewees categorize food into different sorts, such as ‘ordinary food’, ‘modern food’, ‘dangerous food’, ‘healthy food’, ‘ethic food’ and ‘festive food’, that are ascribed a meaning in relation to different arenas in time and space, for instance childhood, and related to health values as well as ethical and aesthetic values. Food is also discussed as different diets, such as mixed or vegetarian, and patterns of eating, which are in turn related to risk, health and the body. The analysis thus reveal notions about what food is and how we should eat, notions that are characterised by internal tensions and contradictions such as discipline contra pleasure, societal norms contra personal interests, everyday life contra ideals. These ‘fields of tension’ are analysed as a cultural repertoire of identity-positions. Finally, these results are discussed in terms of risk and opportunities, where the reflexive human being is depicted as able to both incorporate food imperatives and to challenge these imperatives in a process of striving for bodily and mental balance.

The main aim of this study was to reveal the prevailing social representations of European Union. In order to fulfill the aim, first a semi-structured interview was conducted to 13 demographically different individuals and the content analysis of the interviews revealed five categories namely, Turkey&rsquo / s membership to EU, Problems of Turkey, Structure of EU, EU as Disadvantageous and EU as Advantageous. Second, in order to examine the media representation of EU, three newspapers representing different political views were qualitatively analyzed and the dimensions of EU as a must, EU as a threat, and EU as difficult were exposed. Finally, according to the thematic units and categories generated from the qualitative analyses / a &ldquo / Social Representations of EU&rdquo / scale was formed and applied to 243 university students. Four sub-scales, namely EU membership is disadvantageous, EU membership is advantageous, religious and cultural threats and EU membership is difficult were extracted from the scale with the reliability coefficients varying from .61 to .88. In order to investigate whether the different factors of social representations of EU are differing on particular dimensions as political view, exposure to media, newspapers read or SES levels, variance analyses were performed. On the other hand, for answering the question of whether the representations of EU could be predicted from life expectations, perceived political agenda or individual dimensions multiple regression analyses were held. Significant differences were found in EU membership is disadvantageous representation in terms of university (Gazi University-METU), gender, and political views of newspapers read. EU membership is advantageous representation differed along the levels of gender and newspapers read. Religious and cultural threats were to be differed along the levels of university, gender, political view, newspapers read and exposure to media. Finally significant differences in EU as difficult representation was found in terms of the ideology of the newspapers read. Feelings toward EU and evaluation of the membership dimensions were found to contribute to the prediction of EU as disadvantageous, EU as advantageous, religious and cultural threats, and EU as difficult representations. Moreover, religious and cultural threats representation is significantly predicted from political view and media exposure.

The fall of Communism in 1989 presented a unique opportunity for social psychology to contribute to the understanding of these historic events. Through the framework of the theory of social representations, lay meanings and understanding of terms such as ‘democracy’, ‘the individual’ and ‘the community’ were examined in Slovakia and in Scotland. Lay representations of complex concepts are likely to be formed, maintained and changed by both implicit and explicit processes. Some features of representations may be deep-seated and transmitted across generations and across cultures, relatively resistant to change. Others are shaped by already existing thinking schemata and reflect more current social practices. Questions asked where, what were the effects of 40 years of Soviet totalitarianism on the meaning of these terms in Slovakia compared to Scotland, a stable democracy. What aspects of meaning are shared, what aspects vary and reflect the specific political, economic and social histories of these two nations. Data were collected over various phases from 1992 to 1996. The primary methods used were word associations and the rating of single terms through the use of various rating scales. Some interview data were also used. Results indicate that aspects of the meaning of democracy was relatively stable and shared between Slovaks and Scots. For both samples, democracy was conceived primarily in relation to freedom and to value terms such as rights, justice and equality. Compared to the Scottish sample, the meaning of democracy in the Slovaks revealed a highly emotive aspect which reflected the inter-relationship between the current political and social climate with that of their more recent past. For meanings attached to the terms ‘the individual’ and ‘the community’, results varied depending on the method. Conceived of as separate terms, the overall content of meaning of both ‘the individual’ and ‘the community’ were not largely shared by the Slovaks and Scots, lending some support to the dominant view that Soviet totalitarianism destroyed or distorted naturally occurring communities. Taking a more holistic approach and viewing the individual/community as a relational whole, shared aspects of meaning could be identified which were more deep-seated and enduring over histories and cultures, other aspects, in Slovaks, reflected more their recent past. These results are discussed in terms of a structural approach to social representations, which emphasis both stability and change in how meaning is formed, maintained and changed, as well as the multi-layered nature of meaning.

This study examines the social representations of Thailand’s tourism development and related social impact, as perceived by respondents from Bangkok, Thailand. Employing social representations theory (SRT) and social exchange theory (SET), this study adopts qualitative methods to obtain respondents’ representations of tourism development in Bangkok. For the study, forty in-depth interviews and four focus-group interviews were conducted with respondents who were either involved or not involved in the tourism industry. The two main issues considered were, firstly, the determination of the concepts used to perceive tourism development and its social impact among Thai people and, secondly, how social exchanges affected these perceptions. The research suggests that there are four clusters of respondents who share common perceptions and certain socio-economic characteristics. Cluster one: respondents in this cluster are highly involved in tourism and are mostly of high socio-economic status. They share perceptions of Thailand’s tourism development as moving slowly forward, but hampered by red-tape management and bureaucratic problems. This cluster views economic impact in a positive light, especially with regard to the country’s increased revenue, and they perceive of culture as a tourism product. This group viewed environmental impact as a global problem and they mostly expressed the view that the tourism industry has a social responsibility to reduce the causes of pollution. Cluster two: respondents in this cluster are not involved in tourism and have a high socio-economic status. They perceive tourism development as having both positive and negative aspects. Economic impacts were represented both positively, in terms of national revenues and job creation, and negatively, in terms of fostering a materialistic society. Generally, this cluster views the social impact of tourism more negatively. Cluster three: respondents in this cluster are in mid-level-management positions in industries both involved and not involved in the tourism industry. They perceive tourism development in both positive and negative terms. They have favourable views of the economic impact of tourism and view Thai culture as a tourism product. Some respondents in this cluster are concerned about the environmental impact of tourism. Cluster four: respondents in this cluster have a low socio-economic status and include those involved and not involved in the tourism industry. This cluster perceived tourism development in positive terms. They predominantly viewed tourism development as a way to modernise society. This study also found six factors that affect individuals’ social representations of tourism development and social impact: personal benefits, socio-economic background, cultural values, personal traits, and socially derived and direct experiences. Of these, four were intrinsic factors—personal traits, direct experiences, individual benefits, and socio-economic backgrounds. The remaining two - socially derived and cultural values - were extrinsic factors. This study found that extrinsic factors are the main sources of individual representations and lead to hegemonic social representations. The significance and contribution of this research lies in two categories—theoretical and practical. From the theoretical angle, this research makes a number of contributions to the body of knowledge of social representation and social exchange. In terms of a practical contribution, these results can assist the Thai government to review the issues raised and ultimately provide more effective management.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O fio condutor deste trabalho é a abordagem das representações do velho, da velhice e do envelhecimento, tendo como material de análise matérias da revista Veja, de 1968 a 2003. O estudo foi centrado nas imagens, sentidos e significados destas três categorias, destacandose a preponderância, permanência ou o desaparecimento de algumas representações observadas ao longo dos anos analisados. Sobressaiu das análises o crescimento da visibilidade do tema nas revistas, bem como a utilização do discurso de especialistas corroborando as visões prevalentes, conferindo legitimidade a padrões de saúde, de comportamento e de estética. Lidando com as imagens disponíveis nas publicações, margeando as representações-chave para um dado momento, foi possível observar outras tantas, as quais flexibilizaram uma primeira leitura do material que, a princípio, conferia ao mesmo menor variabilidade de representações do que aquela que, de fato, foi observada. / The conducting thread of this work is the social representations of the elderly, of old age and aging, according to the material published by Veja magazine (from 1968 to 2003). The study was based on the images, meanings and significances of these three categories, giving special attention to the preponderance, the permanence or the disappearance of some of the representations observed along the analyzed years. The analysis highlighted the growing visibility of the subject in the magazines, as well the use of specialists to corroborate the prevalent visions, inferring legitimacy to health, behavior and esthetics patterns. Examining the images available in the different issues, it was possible to observe that, besides the key representations of a certain time, there were many others that made the reading of the material more flexible, contradicting the first idea that there were fewer varieties of representations than those that had really been observed.