D.Phil. / The aim of this research is the development of a spiritual leadership framework or paradigm for MBA programmes. The following research questions support the central research problem: Research Question One: What is meant by the concept of Spirituality (including its link to spiritual intelligence, spiritual leadership and its challenge to the traditional leadership view)? (Chapter Two) Research Question Two: What are the relevant criteria for the evaluation of a spiritual leadership development programme? (Chapter Three) Research Question Three: What should be the framework of such a spiritual leadership programme (elective)? (Chapter Four) Research Question Four: What is the potential value of a spiritual leadership elective to the MBA programme, the MBA students and how does it change their perspective regarding leadership? (Chapter Six) Research Question Five: Can spiritual leadership make a significant contribution to organisations? (Chapters Two and Six) Research Question Six: To what extent can the results of this research be generalised to all business schools in South Africa? (Chapter Seven)

Literature study on piano technique, which consists mainly of piano pedagogues' empirical considerations, indicates the existence of common strategies/theories regarding the development of a piano technique. A meaningful and scientifically grounded piano-technical orientation is one of the major factors during the first few months of piano tuition and provides a basis for the development of an advanced piano technique. The majority of beginner piano courses use the adjacent, legato five finger method. The researcher identified six beginner courses, which were analysed in order to measure their presentation of a well-structured piano-technical development against the recommendations of well-known piano pedagogues/author~ in this field. During this process, demerits in the sequence, structure and presentation of the basic movements in piano playing were found. In most instances the use of the bigger levers are not addressed at all. All the levers and their specific movements should be addressed from the very first lesson. A logical motoric and educational process is to concentrate on the bigger levers (giving the support), which perform slower and easier movements, and then move on to the smaller levers, which perform faster and more complicated movements. All theoretical information in the beginner books studied is properly explained and presented in a very structured manner. The researcher is, however, concerned about the fact that there is not enough structure in the sequence of teaching and developing the basic technical movements in the beginner piano courses using the adjacent, legato five finger method. The connection between sound and movement is not made. Authors in the field of piano technique emphasize the fact that the movements the beginner is taught during the first lessons provide the technical foundation for the rest of his/her life. To address demerits in the structure, presentation and discrepancy in the sequence of learning the basic movements, the researcher compiles exercises for the beginner. These exercises concentrate on specific movements and results in sound recommended by well-known authors in the field of piano technique. In addition the researcher strives to explain the movements as clearly as possible and illustrates them with photographs and pictures. / Thesis (DMus (Performing Arts))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Music / unrestricted

Cette thèse a pour objet d’étude la constitution de rapports à la lecture socialement situés, au long des différentes socialisations connues par les individus. Elle propose de montrer comment une expérience spécifique – celle de la classe préparatoire littéraire– peut amener à la reconstruction de pratiques et de représentations de la lecture.L’entrée en classe préparatoire incite en effet à l’élaboration de façons de lire particulières,impliquant également une redéfinition de ce qui est entendu par « lecture », en fonction du passé de lecteur des individus et de leurs origines socio-culturelles, mais aussi de leurs projets futurs. C’est en considérant l’ensemble de la carrière de lecteur(depuis les premières expériences lectorales jusqu’à celles qui suivent de peu la classe préparatoire) qu’on appréhende l’expérience de l’hypokhâgne et de la khâgne.Ce travail, se basant sur 49 entretiens semi-directifs menés auprès d’étudiants et d’anciens étudiants de CPGE littéraire, filière A/L, s’inscrit ainsi dans une démarche qualitative. Il s’appuie également sur les principales études sociologiques portant non seulement sur les pratiques et les représentations de la lecture mais aussi sur l’expérience étudiante en tant qu’elle est à l’origine de processus de socialisation différenciés.En croisant ces questionnements, on considère la lecture non pas uniquement comme une pratique culturelle mais aussi comme un instrument de travail intellectuel dont la maîtrise demande l’élaboration de dispositions particulières. / This thesis analyzes how attitudes towards reading are generated along social lines,as individuals go through various social situations. It aims to show that a specific experience,namely the French two-year selective literary preparatory courses, can foster new reading practices and representations. Indeed, from the very start, developing distinctive reading practices is made necessary by these preparatory courses, as well as redefining how reading is usually perceived, based not only on readers’ histories and socio-cultural backgrounds but also on their future projects. Both « Hypokhâgne » and« Khâgne » Years can only be understood by taking into account all the individual’s reading career, from the first reading experiences to those that take place shortly afterthis course.Forty-nine semi-structured interviews of current and former students of literary preparatory courses with a minor in humanities were conducted and provided the material for the present qualitative study, along with the main sociological studies aboutnot only reading practices and representations, but also on the student experience, inasmuch as it provides the basis for differentiated socialisation processes. Reading is viewed not just as a cultural practice but as an intellectual work tool that requires to have developed peculiar habits.

Online courses have increased in enrollments over the past few decades. As the number of students taking online courses have increased, so has the number of students who have dropped or failed an online course. According to the literature, online courses may have higher drop rates than traditional, face-to-face courses. The number of students who fail an online course is, also, of concern. As online courses may continue to grow over the next few decades, studies on persistence in online courses may benefit students, administrators, instructional designers, educators, and researchers. Although previous research studies have addressed persistence in online courses, very few examine it from the perspectives of students who were unsuccessful in their courses. These students may have unique insights about the online experience that may have related to their lack of success. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of university students who have failed or dropped an online course through the lenses of transactional distance theory and Kember’s model of dropout in distance education. Transactional distance theory discusses the dialog, structure, and learner autonomy involved in an online course, while, Kember’s model presents categories that may relate to dropping an online course. Together, the theory and model may help in understanding the experiences of students who have dropped or failed an online course. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants from a large Southeastern university in the United States. Based on the participants’ responses, the data was sorted and ranked according to the amount of transactional distance in their courses, as well as the categories of Kember’s model. Many of the participants who experienced low or high transactional distance have, also, expressed an issue with the goal commitment category of Kember’s model. Additionally, there were important differences in the student characteristics of those who dropped or failed an online course. Furthermore, suggestions for improving online courses were given by the participants. Some of these suggestions included more student-instructor interactions, the use of more technology tools in their online course, and for orientations to the online environment to be offered.

Eight home economics teachers and I took up the invitation of Coulter (1993) to explore the work of Mikhail Bakhtin as a way of making us more "wide awake" (Greene, 1978) and "answerable" (Clark & Holquist, 1984) for our teaching and researching practices. The study involved learning from our own experiences inquiring into global home economics education. We met as a group once a month, and I met periodically with each teacher, for one semester. Using action research, conceptualized as grounded ethical practice, the research methods were primarily dialogues as conversational inquiry, whereby greater emphasis was given to listening and hearing than ocularcentric methods of gathering data. The three research questions that guided the study related to learning from experience in: the substantive area, in this case developing curriculum for a global perspective in home economics; the action research process, in this case as a process to effect a specific educational change; and the self or personal growth, in this case primarily professional development (Reinharz, 1992). This research report includes narrative and reflective accounts from three forms of action research within the study: teachers cooperating with an outside researcher where the researcher defines the topic and purpose of the research; teachers collaborating with a researcher where the research is seen as mutually beneficial and the topics and purposes are jointly defined; and teachers defining and conducting their own research independently or in collaboration with one another. It captures the diversity and complexity of the teachers' and the researcher's experiences and explores some of the struggles, the tensions, and the inner turmoil associated with action research for educational change. As a result of this research, we have become more consciously intentional in our practices and more thoughtful and reflective of their consequences. The phrase theorizing practice/practicing theorizing captures this notion as the teachers and I turned/retumed to the ethical questions that hold us in education. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

The aim of the thesis is creating a business plan concept for a company focusing on organisation of educational seminars and thereafter verification of its viability and feasibility. Thesis is divided into two separate sections. First section comprise the theoretical background of business plan and description its structure. Second part consists of the business plan itself.

Der Ansatz des Konnektivismus und die rasante Verbreitung von Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) haben eine anhaltende Debatte um die Chancen, Schwierigkeiten und Perspektiven offener Lernnetzwerke in der Hochschulbildung ausgelöst. Die Diskussion reicht dabei vom befürchteten Verlust des Einflusses der Dozierenden als Gewährleister einer kritischen und vielseitigen Auseinandersetzung mit Themen und Lerninhalten, über die lernerseitigen Voraussetzungen für eine erfolgreiche und gewinnbringende Beteiligung an konnektivistischen Kursangeboten, bis hin zur Frage, inwiefern offenes, vernetztes Lernen im institutionell verfestigten Rahmen der Hochschule überhaupt realisiert werden kann. Verlässliche Daten über konnektivistisch ausgerichtete MOOC-Angebote (sogenannte cMOOCs) mit vorrangig studentischer Beteiligung gibt es kaum, da diese im deutschsprachigen Raum bisher vor allem in non-formalen Settings bzw. im Weiterbildungsbereich angeboten und genutzt wurden. Dieser Beitrag stellt zentrale Ergebnisse der Durchführung und Evaluation eines cMOOC mit hauptsächlich studentischen Teilnehmenden vor, der im Sommersemester 2013 und Wintersemester 2013/14 in Kooperation zwischen drei deutschen Universitäten (Dresden, Chemnitz, Siegen) durchgeführt wurde. Der Fokus liegt auf der Frage, in welchem Ausmaß offenes, vernetztes Lernen im Rahmen eines Hochschulkurses ermöglicht werden kann und Lernergebnisse sich identifizieren lassen. Hierzu erfolgt eine Kombination quantitativer und qualitativer Evaluationsdaten.

As the cruise industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, additional qualifications for its management personnel are becoming increasingly important. Many new ships are built each year, leaving a void in experienced personnel. Additionally, some leave the ships in order to improve professional qualifications on shore. Whereas many of the companies are training personnel onboard using on-the-job training, the concepts addressed in college-level management programs remain lacking. The goal was to implement and evaluate delivery of formal coursework to English-speaking, multicultural cruise ship personnel onboard by using emerging technologies that are available today. College-level management courses using Web 2.0 technologies were designed, delivered and evaluated. Two courses were offered each was split into two groups using different technologies. Group 1 used non-emerging technologies via a web page with additional material to support the textbook. This group also used discussion forums, online quizzes and tests and online grade book. Group 2 used the same features as the first and Web 2.0 technologies including Wikis, blogs, vodcasts, YouTube.com video clips, and synchronous Instant Messaging. Both groups had intense, positive distant interactions with faculty and had comparable outcomes. The least effective technology was the wiki and the most, the Discussion Forum. The finding was that the cruise industry may well have developed a distinct culture is an important one that may well lead to a better understanding of acculturation. Three weeks proved an ideal length of time for students to complete the 1.5-credit courses. Dividing 4.5-credit courses into 1.5-modules proved successful. Out of the original 249 applicants, 162 students participated from 36 different countries located on 64 different ships around the world.

Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document / Thesis (D Mus)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Music / unrestricted

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-07-31T13:18:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) A IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DOS CURSOS TÉCNICOS DO PRONATEC NO CAMPUS VITÓRIA DE SANTO ANTÃO DO IFPE ok.pdf: 2644607 bytes, checksum: 78c5c35727b5b68f3569994fb3238602 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-31T13:18:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) A IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DOS CURSOS TÉCNICOS DO PRONATEC NO CAMPUS VITÓRIA DE SANTO ANTÃO DO IFPE ok.pdf: 2644607 bytes, checksum: 78c5c35727b5b68f3569994fb3238602 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-31 / FACEPE / Esta pesquisa, caracterizada como estudo de caso, tem como objetivo principal analisar a implementação dos cursos técnicos (Técnico em Segurança de Trabalho e Técnico em Alimentos) da Bolsa-Formação do Pronatec no Campus Vitória de Santo Antão do IFPE. O Campus do IFPE que serviu como local de nossa pesquisa localiza-se na Zona da Mata de Pernambuco, uma região caracterizada por forte dependência da economia agrícola, notadamente o cultivo da cana-de-açúcar, por empreendimentos agroindustriais e da indústria de alimentos, e que apresenta indicadores sociais preocupantes. Nossa investigação teve como referencial teórico o materialismo dialético e utilizamos como instrumentos de pesquisa a análise documental, entrevistas estruturadas e entrevistas semiestruturadas. As entrevistas foram realizadas com docentes, egressos e gestores dos cursos pesquisados, servindo as estruturadas para uma caracterização do público pesquisado e as semiestruturadas para uma efetiva investigação sobre a implantação dos cursos. Verificamos que as iniciativas do Estado brasileiro referentes à qualificação profissional nos últimos vinte anos guardam importantes semelhanças com o Pronatec e se revelam como diferentes programas que favorecem o capital, inspirados pela Teoria do Capital Humano e consequentemente dissociados de uma efetiva preocupação com a elevação da escolarização dos trabalhadores e contrárias a uma formação integral dos mesmos. Identificamos na implementação dos cursos técnicos do Pronatec investigados problemáticas que se repetem também em outras iniciativas de formação profissional realizadas pelo Estado brasileiro como: problemas na seleção de cursistas, evasão escolar, precarização presente nos cursos, dificuldade para a realização de estágios obrigatórios e dicotomia entre a realidade e as expectativas dos egressos. Ao lado desta série de problemas, identificamos docentes satisfeitos com seu trabalho, egressos esperançosos com seu futuro profissional e uma expressiva parcela de jovens técnicos que ingressaram em cursos de nível superior. / This research, characterized as a case study, has its major goal to analyze the implementation of technical courses (occupational safety and health technical course and food technical course) of the scholarship called Bolsa-formação of the Pronatec at Campus Vitoria de Santo Antão, IFPE. The Campus of IFPE, which served as the site of our research, is located in the forest zone of Pernambuco, an area characterized by a strong dependence of the agricultural economy, especially the cultivation of sugarcane, agro-industrial enterprises and the food industry that presents alarming social indicators. Our investigation had the dialectical materialism as the theoretical framework and we used document analysis, structured and semistructured interviews as research tools. The interviews were conducted with teachers, graduated students and managers of the courses under study, serving the structured interviews for a characterization of the participants and the semi-structured one, for the effective study on the implementation of the courses. We found that the initiatives of the Brazilian State relating to professional qualifications in the last twenty years keep important similarities with Pronatec, revealing how different programs that favor capital, inspired by the Theory of Human Capital, are thus dissociated from an effective concern with the increasing of workers‟ schooling and contrary to their integral formation. In the implementation of the Pronatec technical courses, we identified problems that are also repeated in other vocational training initiatives undertaken by the Brazilian government as: student selection problems, school dropout, precariousness in the courses, difficulty performing compulsory internship, and dichotomy between the reality and expectations of graduated students. Alongside this series of problems, we identified teachers satisfied with their work, hopeful graduated students with their professional future and a significant portion of young technicians who started undergraduate courses.