Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have provided an analysis of education policy development in South Africa between May 1994 and mid-1997. My main aim has beento understand the policy vision that the post apartheid state has enacted as the basisfor educational reconstruction.<br /> <br /> The conceptual framework of this thesis is located in the academic fields of Education and Development and Policy Sociology. I have focused on the interaction between the broad delimitations set by the structural, economic and political dimensions in society on the one hand, and the political and policy dynamics that have given education policy its specific meaning on the other hand. The role of the government in enacting a specific policy vision has been at the centre of my analysis.<br /> <br /> The government has effected a conservative vision with the adoption of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) macroeconomic strategy. GEAR has targeted the development of an export-based global economy along post fordist lines. Predicated upon an emphasis on fiscal discipline, the dominant policy orientation has supported equity but without an emphasis on redress. This approach has not provided the necessary basis for education reconstruction.<br /> <br /> The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Outcomes-based education (OBE) embody a definite '/ision in terms of which education policy would be aligned with economic development. This vision is based on the false assumption that education should playa fundamental role in producing the sophisticated labour demands of a globally competitive economy. The logic of both GEAR and the NQF is internally inconsistent and the relationship between these two policy frameworks is unsustainable.

Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have provided an analysis of education policy development in South Africa between May 1994 and mid-1997. My main aim has beento understand the policy vision that the post apartheid state has enacted as the basisfor educational reconstruction.<br /> <br /> The conceptual framework of this thesis is located in the academic fields of Education and Development and Policy Sociology. I have focused on the interaction between the broad delimitations set by the structural, economic and political dimensions in society on the one hand, and the political and policy dynamics that have given education policy its specific meaning on the other hand. The role of the government in enacting a specific policy vision has been at the centre of my analysis.<br /> <br /> The government has effected a conservative vision with the adoption of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) macroeconomic strategy. GEAR has targeted the development of an export-based global economy along post fordist lines. Predicated upon an emphasis on fiscal discipline, the dominant policy orientation has supported equity but without an emphasis on redress. This approach has not provided the necessary basis for education reconstruction.<br /> <br /> The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Outcomes-based education (OBE) embody a definite '/ision in terms of which education policy would be aligned with economic development. This vision is based on the false assumption that education should playa fundamental role in producing the sophisticated labour demands of a globally competitive economy. The logic of both GEAR and the NQF is internally inconsistent and the relationship between these two policy frameworks is unsustainable.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Black South Africans have been exposed to an unequal and divided education system. It has been expected that the basis for an equitable education system would be laid in the post apartheid period. In this thesis I have provided an analysis of education policy development in South Africa between May 1994 and mid-1997. My main aim has beento understand the policy vision that the post apartheid state has enacted as the basisfor educational reconstruction.The conceptual framework of this thesis is located in the academic fields of Education and Development and Policy Sociology. I have focused on the interaction between the broad delimitations set by the structural, economic and political dimensions in society on the one hand, and the political and policy dynamics that have given education policy its specific meaning on the other hand. The role of the government in enacting a specific policy vision has been at the centre of my analysis.The government has effected a conservative vision with the adoption of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) macroeconomic strategy. GEAR has targeted the development of an export-based global economy along post fordist lines. Predicated upon an emphasis on fiscal discipline, the dominant policy orientation has supported equity but without an emphasis on redress. This approach has not provided the necessary basis for education reconstruction. The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Outcomes-based education (OBE) embody a definite '/ision in terms of which education policy would be aligned with economic development. This vision is based on the false assumption that education should playa fundamental role in producing the sophisticated labour demands of a globally competitive economy. The logic of both GEAR and the NQF is internally inconsistent and the relationship between these two policy frameworks is unsustainable. / South Africa

El presente trabajo analiza desde una perspectiva teórica y empírica la insolvencia empresarial. Los éxitos y fracasos de las empresas son inherentes al capitalismo desde sus inicios (aunque también han ocurrido en otros sistemas económicos), pero, desde un punto de vista social, sería deseable pronosticar el fracaso de una empresa dado que ello provocaría una reasignación de recursos hacia actividades más provechosas para la sociedad.Con ello se evitarían las indeseables consecuencias que todo fracaso empresarial comporta. En primer lugar, a los que tienen estrecho contacto con la entidad: trabajadores, proveedores, clientes, administraciones públicas y bancos se ven involucrados de forma muy directa puesto que, para unos supone la pérdida de su trabajo y, para otros, de un importe de dinero invertido en la firma (el caso de los bancos o los proveedores, por ejemplo) siendo, en muchos casos, irreversible.A estos efectos cuantificables y relacionados directamente con el fracaso, cabe añadir otros indirectos que también se podrían valorar: los costes legales que desencadena el proceso no son nada desdeñables así como las pérdidas que se pueden ocasionar si la entidad cotiza en un mercado financiero (lo que afecta directamente a los inversores). Pero, además, acaba teniendo una repercusión sobre el resto de la economía en aspectos diferentes como la tasa de paro (en el caso español es el más alto de toda la Unión Europea); la morosidad en las entidades de crédito (lo cual repercute en una actitud restrictiva por parte de las entidades para conceder préstamos); o un coste de oportunidad, los impuestos que se dejan de recaudar (con lo cual, la sociedad pierde recursos).En síntesis, el fracaso empresarial no es un hecho sin repercusiones económicas, aunque también cabría comentar otro tipo de consecuencias, ya sean sociológicas o psicológicas (en especial, las referentes a los parados de larga duración). Por consiguiente, todos ellos constituyen motivos más que suficientes para investigar en este tema.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:58:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_luciane_maciel_xavier_pereira.pdf: 466559 bytes, checksum: 9b6c922071168b01d504e5df9226b8fd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-10-06 / The present work aimed to analyze the dissertations about The Teaching in Elementary School, produced in the Program of Post-Graduate Studies of Mathematics Education at a Catholic University Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, in the period from 1994 to 1997. After the analysis of the eight dissertations, it was possible to categorize them in relation to the chosen objective of the research. The attained results allowed to conclude that the preferences in the research were the contents worked in the classroom and they were divided into the teacher and student s point of view, and fifty percent of these papers (dissertations) have chosen as theme the numbers and their operations. Beside this, most of the papers (seven) have tried to create a situation in where they could develop a significance to the chosen Mathematics notions / Este trabalho teve como objetivo, fazer um mapeamento das dissertações sobre assunto do Ensino Fundamental, produzidas no Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, no período de 1994 a 1997 inclusive. Após a análise de cada uma das oito obras, foi possível categorizá-las principalmente quanto ao objetivo de pesquisa escolhido. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que a preferência das pesquisas foi por conteúdos trabalhados em sala de aula, distribuídos em dois pontos de vista do professor ou do aluno, sendo que a metade dos autores desses trabalhos escolheu como tema números e suas operações Além disso, a maioria (sete dissertações) mostrou uma preocupação em criar situações que propiciassem o desenvolvimento de significado para as noções matemáticas escolhidas