Intelectuais negros e mulatos1 fossem jornalistas, escritores, advogados ou engenheiros (no caso dos irmãos Rebouças) existiram em um período em que o negro, supostamente, não deveria contar com possibilidades de inserção socioeconômica em setores acima da escravidão ou de um negro livre prestador de serviços básicos. Entretanto, características próprias do período relacionadas à intensa presença do negro e do mulato na sociedade e em suas atividades cotidianas, sua lógica simbólica e de sociabilidade propiciaram a inserção destes em ambientes e estratégias de sobrevivência, superação de obstáculos, muitos próprios de sua ascendência, e a ascensão social. Não obstante, esta presença intensa coincide, inclusive, com outra, a produção gráfica, que, por sua vez, está relacionada à valorização da escrita e da leitura em uma sociedade cuja alfabetização era precária e extremamente restrita. O escopo do presente opúsculo está concentrado em identificar e refletir sobre alguns mecanismos de inserção e ascensão social de negros e mulatos dentro de um universo simbólico de sociabilidade próprio de um período (segunda metade do século XIX), de um modelo governamental (Monarquia) e de uma composição trabalhista específica (escravidão). Ascensão esta, vinculada à produção impressa (jornalística e literária), à inserção no universo intelectual rebuscado e à proximidade das altas instâncias sociais, governamentais e econômicas provenientes de tais atividades ou relacionadas a estas. / Black Intellectuals and mulattos, are journalists, writers, lawyers or engineers (in the case of brothers Rebouças), existed in a period in which the black person, supposedly, should not count with possibilities of insertion in socioeconomic sectors above the slavery or a black person free providing basic services. However, characteristics of the period related to the intense presence of black person and mulatto in society and in their daily activities, their symbolic logic and sociability propitiated the insertion of the black people in environments and survival strategies, overcoming obstacles, many own of his ancestry, and social advancement. However, this presence intense coincides, inclusive, with another that it, the graphic production, that, in turn, is related to the development of writing and reading in a society whose literacy was fragile and extremely restricted. The scope of this leaflet is concentrated in identify and reflect on the mechanisms of inclusion and social advancement of blacks and mulattos within a symbolic universe of sociability own a period (second half of the 19th century), a model government (Monarchy) and a composition specific labor (slavery). Ascension this, linked to production printed (journalistic and literary), entering the intellectual universe fetched and the proximity of high social institutions, governmental and economic from such activities or related to these.

This study investigates the effect of access to a visual outline of the text structure of a Talmudic passage on comprehension of that passage. A system for defining the text structure of Talmudic passages was designed by merging and simplifying earlier text structure systems described for Talmudic passages, following principles taken from research on text structure. Comprehension of two passages were compared for students who did traditional reading of a Talmudic passage (the passages had punctuation added, and a list of difficult words and their meanings was appended) (the control condition), and students who read the passage with these same materials as well as with an outline of the text structure of that passage (the experimental condition). Seventy-two 10th and 11th graders participated. After a brief training on text structure, students were randomly assigned to the control or experimental condition for Passage 1. All students took a comprehension exam on Passage 1. In the next session, all students who read Passage 1 in the control condition read Passage 2 in the experimental condition, and all students who read Passage 2 in the experimental condition read Passage 2 in the control condition. Students then took a comprehension exam for Passage 2. The text structure outline improved students’ ability to comprehend Passage 2, but no benefits were seen on Passage 1. The results provide evidence that awareness of the text structure of a Talmudic passage helps readers when the passage is concrete and somewhat well organized.

Intelectuais negros e mulatos1 fossem jornalistas, escritores, advogados ou engenheiros (no caso dos irmãos Rebouças) existiram em um período em que o negro, supostamente, não deveria contar com possibilidades de inserção socioeconômica em setores acima da escravidão ou de um negro livre prestador de serviços básicos. Entretanto, características próprias do período relacionadas à intensa presença do negro e do mulato na sociedade e em suas atividades cotidianas, sua lógica simbólica e de sociabilidade propiciaram a inserção destes em ambientes e estratégias de sobrevivência, superação de obstáculos, muitos próprios de sua ascendência, e a ascensão social. Não obstante, esta presença intensa coincide, inclusive, com outra, a produção gráfica, que, por sua vez, está relacionada à valorização da escrita e da leitura em uma sociedade cuja alfabetização era precária e extremamente restrita. O escopo do presente opúsculo está concentrado em identificar e refletir sobre alguns mecanismos de inserção e ascensão social de negros e mulatos dentro de um universo simbólico de sociabilidade próprio de um período (segunda metade do século XIX), de um modelo governamental (Monarquia) e de uma composição trabalhista específica (escravidão). Ascensão esta, vinculada à produção impressa (jornalística e literária), à inserção no universo intelectual rebuscado e à proximidade das altas instâncias sociais, governamentais e econômicas provenientes de tais atividades ou relacionadas a estas. / Black Intellectuals and mulattos, are journalists, writers, lawyers or engineers (in the case of brothers Rebouças), existed in a period in which the black person, supposedly, should not count with possibilities of insertion in socioeconomic sectors above the slavery or a black person free providing basic services. However, characteristics of the period related to the intense presence of black person and mulatto in society and in their daily activities, their symbolic logic and sociability propitiated the insertion of the black people in environments and survival strategies, overcoming obstacles, many own of his ancestry, and social advancement. However, this presence intense coincides, inclusive, with another that it, the graphic production, that, in turn, is related to the development of writing and reading in a society whose literacy was fragile and extremely restricted. The scope of this leaflet is concentrated in identify and reflect on the mechanisms of inclusion and social advancement of blacks and mulattos within a symbolic universe of sociability own a period (second half of the 19th century), a model government (Monarchy) and a composition specific labor (slavery). Ascension this, linked to production printed (journalistic and literary), entering the intellectual universe fetched and the proximity of high social institutions, governmental and economic from such activities or related to these.

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The reading of literature is rarely practiced in our high schools today yet many studies have shown that voracious, free, voluntary reading improves students' grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and composition. The demands of our present day economy require higher literacy rates of our citizens if businesses are to compete successfully in the international marketplace. However, the majority of high school students do not or cannot make time to read for pleasure. The purpose of this study is to ascertain if English 9 students and transitional English students would welcome a reading program as part of their course work. I selected School District # 43 (Coquitlam's) A Literature Based Individualized Reading Program because it has been used successfully in the district's elementary and middle schools and because it allows teacher-librarians to actively promote the reading of literature, beyond their more traditional role of book displays and booktalks. A questionnaire was administered by the teacher-librarian/researcher to three classes at the end of the six week program asking students to give their opinions on those aspects they liked and disliked about the program. Two teachers who also took part give their opinions as well. Major findings indicate that a reading program is acceptable to most students i f some alterations are made to the design of the unit. English 9 students educated in Canadian classrooms prefer more choice in reading materials and fewer written assignments that interfere with their readings. Entry level English as a Second Language, or transitional English students, need more support than our modified program gave them. The more advanced transitional English (TRAN) students handled the demands of the program quite well. A reading unit at the secondary level, then, must be simplified and tailored to the needs of specific groups before it is accepted by a majority of teachers and their students.

This master’s thesis looks at discourses that use the pronoun ”hen”. The media debate in Sweden over this pronoun in 2012 started in connection with the publishing of a children’s picture book: Kivi och monsterhund, by Jesper Lundqvist and Bettina Jansson. The essay investigates how eight librarians, who take an interest in and work with gender issues, talk about the pronoun hen and about this picture book and other books that have characters which are not named as a sex/gender. The essay takes a discursive perspective on reality and on the construction of knowledge and carries out a discourse analysis of the librarians’ talk in the qualitative interviews that were made for this study. In the analysis of these interviews Yvonne Hirdman’s theory of the gender system takes a central part. The result of the analysis is seven discourses that are central to the librarians talk about books and gender and where the pronoun hen is a focus or a related issue. The essay argues that gender categorization is a dominant discourse in our western society and that certain uses of the pronoun hen, especially the discourse named as the Human-discourse, challenges this domination. The discourses that most librarians used were within the reasoning of the dominant discourse of gender categorization. A conclusion is that the meaning of the pronoun hen is not determined by any one discourse but that there may be a political intervention working towards integrating the pronoun hen into the dominant discourse of gender categorization and thereby neutralising the pronoun.

Between 1979 and 1994, conservative, Protestant Christian fiction, or simply "evangelical fiction," has burgeoned into a powerful literary representative of America's modern evangelical subculture. This study examines that phenomenon by combining: (a) close textual analysis of the novels, particularly novels written by two important evangelical novelists--Janette Oke, romance writer, and Frank Peretti, author of supernatural thrillers; (b) analysis of the reading habits and tastes of 218 readers of evangelical fiction in the Muncie, Indiana, area by way of questionnaire responses and also follow-up interviews with 75 of those respondents; and (c) careful investigation of the cultural context in which these novels are written, published, and read.One particular issue investigated is whether readers read these novels primarily for entertainment or for spiritual edification. On one hand, these novels fit into the category of "popular" fiction and therefore meet readers' needs for entertainment, albeit entertainment that is consistent with evangelicals' theology, lifestyle, and world view. On the other hand, these novels fill readers' needs for edification, for overt religious support and teaching, for perpetuation of what evangelicals already believe. They are, in Roland Barthes' words, examples of doxa, i.e., history transformed into nature.Another special issue investigated is the role that these novels play in the battle against mainstream secular culture. In particular, Oke's novels function as cultural preservers, particularly of nineteenth-century models for the family, morality, and unworldliness; and Peretti's novels function as cultural combatants, actively naming and attacking secular enemies, especially the New Age movement and abortion industry.The study concludes that evangelical fiction not only reflects evangelical subculture, but also affects it; that the genre has undergone dramatic changes from 1979 to 1994 and that publishers, writers, and readers are calling for more sophisticated fiction. However, evangelical fiction, as a cultural expression, falls within what is sometimes called the "evangelical ghetto" and, since evangelicalism is a religious orthodoxy, the fiction will have difficulty emerging from that ghetto. / Department of English

The purpose of this master's thesis is to examine children's communication and interaction during story time at the public library. The aim is also to examine how to develop the story time – in terms of participation and equality – at a specific library. Action research was used as a research strategy and participant observation, log, tutoring and interviews as methods to collect data. Since action research is done on the basis of practice, a significant collaboration with the librarian and the participant children is taking place within this study. Research from the fields of Library and Information Science, Education and Childhood Sociology form the interdisciplinary research area to which this study links. The theoretical framework consists of theory and concepts from the Socio-cultural Perspective, Poststrucuralist Feminism and Childhood Sociology. Furthermore, Inclusion, a child's perspective, as well as context and gender pedagogy are concepts thoroughly integrated in the analysis and discussion of the results. The main results define the communication and interaction during story time in this specific library. The communication between children and the librarian proved to be dynamic and the use of artefacts was an effective way to stimulate this. The analysis of the results of the developmental process of the story time, indicated that the pedagogical approaches and self-reflection were crucial elements for change. The study's main action was to use a standard challenging book during story time. This proved to be effective in enhancing such self-reflection and for the critical discussion about equality issues. The process itself was also thoroughly visualized in the material. In my conclusion I reflect upon the relationship between the appearance of the communication and the story time context, as well as the relationship between the pedagogical approaches and development. This is a two years master's thesis in Archive, Library and Museum studies.

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This thesis uses the minute books and manuscript magazines of Glasgow’s literary societies as evidence for my argument that the history of mutual improvement groups—including literary societies—needs to be re-written as a unique movement of ‘improvement’ during the long nineteenth century. In foregrounding the surviving records, I examine what it meant to be literary to society members in Glasgow during this period. I discuss what their motivations were for becoming so, and reflect on the impact that gender, occupation and social class had on these. I demonstrate that these groups contributed to the education and literacy of people living in the city and to a larger culture of ‘improvement’. Further, I argue that there is a case to be made for a particularly Scottish way of consuming texts in the long nineteenth century. In Glasgow, there were at least 193 literary societies during this period, which I divide into four phases of development. I provide an in-depth examination of two societies which serve as case studies. In addition, I give an overview and comparison of the 652 issues of Scottish and English society magazines I discovered in the context of a larger, ‘improving’ culture. I offer possible reasons why so many literary societies produced manuscript magazines, and show that this phenomenon was not unique to them. These magazines fostered a communal identity formed around a combination of religion, class, gender and local identity. I determine that societies in England produced similar types of magazines to those in Scotland possibly based upon the Scottish precedent. These materials substantially contribute to the evidence for nineteenth-century mutual improvement societies and their magazines, and for working- and lower-middle class Scottish readers and writers during the long nineteenth century, social groups that are under-represented in the history of reading and in Victorian studies.