Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:54:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elaine Cristina de Almeida Sleiman.pdf: 9124346 bytes, checksum: 7b3a36944ed58f3c47804b18b139b9f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-30 / The purpose of this research is to investigate a methodological proposal of music teaching, whereas it s one of the art s languages to be applied to educators as an exercise with no specific formation. The theme election was motivated by research s reports where is evidenced that Art educators, in many cases, doesn t have a specific formation in the area. In this manner, taking into consideration the relevance of Art in school curriculum and the concrete reality of nonqualified educators, this paper consists of the application of a Musical Education methodology at the classroom, preceded by a preparing of the class educator program. The research was conducted according to characteristics of a didacticeducative trial, derived of Vygotsky searches, that consists of keep up with the educator s work, with a 4º year students group on primary school of private Goiania education system. The trial was based on a teaching plan with music activities, within a period of seven weeks, elaborated jointly by the researcher and the group s educator. The methodological proposal had its theoretical supports on A. M. Barbosa work, geared towards the Art and Education teaching, on Maria T., O. Fonterrada and Koellreutter with their theorization of music teaching, as the theoretical-methodological orientations of historic-cultural theory, mainly on L.S. Vygotsky and V. Davydov formulation. Besides the didactic-educative trial, including class observation, other procedures were realized as the educator s interview, observation of the school and analysis of episodes referring to educator s mind development. The data analysis was orientated with the purpose to verify effects of the researcher s action on preparing the educator based on the teaching methodology and the educator performance on the development of students mind process. / O propósito desta pesquisa foi investigar uma proposta metodológica de ensino de música, enquanto uma das linguagens das aulas de arte a ser aplicada a educadores em exercício sem formação específica. A escolha deste tema foi motivada por relatos de pesquisa em que se constata que educadores que trabalham com o ensino da Arte, em muitos casos, não têm formação específica nessa área. Dessa forma, considerando-se a relevância da presença da Arte nos currículos escolares e a realidade concreta de existência de educadores não habilitados, este trabalho consistiu da aplicação de uma metodologia de ensino de Educação Musical na sala de aula, precedida de um programa de preparação da educadora da classe. A pesquisa foi conduzida conforme as características de um experimento didático-formativo, derivado das pesquisas de Vygotsky, que consiste do acompanhamento assistido do trabalho de uma educadora, numa classe de educandos do 4º ano do ensino fundamental da rede privada de ensino de Goiânia. O experimento teve por base um plano de ensino com atividades de música, num período de sete semanas, elaborado conjuntamente pela pesquisadora e pela educadora da classe. A proposta metodológica teve como suporte teórico a obra de A. M. Barbosa direcionada ao ensino da Arte e Educação, de Marisa T. de O. Fonterrada e de Koellreutter, na teorização do ensino da Música, bem como as orientações teórico-metodológicas da teoria histórico-cultural, principalmente na formulação de L.S.Vygotsky e V. Davydov. Além do experimento didático-formativo, que inclui a observação de aulas, foram utilizados outros procedimentos como a entrevista com a educadora da classe, observação da escola e análise de episódios referentes ao desenvolvimento mental dos educandos. A análise dos dados foi orientada para verificar os efeitos da ação da pesquisadora de preparação da educadora na metodologia de ensino e da atuação da educadora no desenvolvimento dos processos mentais dos educandos.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:54:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SERGIO GOMES DE MIRANDA.pdf: 12598214 bytes, checksum: 22d68bf96d99866403664d35f96d8386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-17 / The present dissertation is the result of a research done in a public state school of Senador Canedo GO. The subjects of this study were the teacher and the students of a first-year high school class, and the theme of our investigation was the teaching/learning process of text production more specifically, the writing of compositions. The Historic- Cultural Theory and the Developmental Teaching Theory underlie this research. Such theories advocate for the idea that human development is the result of historic, cultural and social relations, in a dialectic relationship between external and internal factors in an individual, in a way that, with the activity, the individual turns objective relations into subjective ones, by means of the internalization/appropriation process, which promotes his/her cognitive development and the building of his/her awareness. The theories already mentioned also defend the thesis that learning takes place in the process of appropriation of scientific knowledge and theoretical concepts, viewing the school as the locus for learning activities, since it deals with contents in a theoretical-scientific way. Due to its theme, this research is also founded on Text Linguistics, considering the social and psychological character of text production. This qualitative research was done with the description and analysis of the teaching/learning process observed in the classroom and of the teacherstudent relationship, with semi-structured interviews with both teacher and students, as well as with documental analysis, in which the main document was a writing activity performed by the students. In addition to the instruments previously mentioned, a didacticformative experiment was done, in which a didactic path was created and a plan, based on developmental stages, was designed, in order to find out what kind of learning the students would present with the use of writing activities that had been organized according to the Developmental Teaching Theory. Under the guidance of that experiment, the students wrote another composition with the same theme of the one previously written. Data analysis included the comparison of the two compositions, and the results revealed a significant difference in terms of conceptual acquisition/formation, the building of theoretical thinking, the organization of linear thought in accordance with cohesion and coherence criteria, as well as the appropriation of the historically and culturally developed model of the writing of compositions. / Esta dissertação é o resultado de uma pesquisa realizada em uma escola pública estadual de Senador Canedo, cujos sujeitos foram o professor e os alunos de uma turma de 1º ano do Ensino Médio, estudo que tem por tema o processo de ensino-aprendizagem da produção do gênero dissertativo. Subjazem a esta pesquisa a Teoria Histórico-Cultural e a Teoria do Ensino Desenvolvimental, que defendem o desenvolvimento do homem como resultado das relações históricas, culturais e sociais, numa relação dialética entre o externo ao indivíduo e o seu interno, de modo que, através da atividade, ele subjetiva as relações objetivas, por meio do processo de interiorização/apropriação, que promove o seu desenvolvimento cognitivo e a formação de sua consciência, bem como, defendem que a aprendizagem se dá no processo de apropriação do conhecimento científico e de conceitos teóricos, entendendo a escola como um local privilegiado para a atividade de aprendizagem, por atuar com os conteúdos de forma teórico-científica. Em virtude de seu tema, esta pesquisa também se baseia em conhecimentos da Lingüística Textual, devido ao entendimento do caráter social e psicológico da produção textual. Esta pesquisa qualitativa foi realizada por meio da descrição e análise de observações do processo de ensinoaprendizagem em sala de aula e da relação professor-aluno, de entrevistas semiestruturadas ao professor e aos alunos e da análise documental, cujo principal documento foi uma produção de texto dissertativo realizada pelos alunos. Ainda, foi realizado, junto aos sujeitos desta pesquisa, um experimento didático-formativo, no qual foi criado um caminho didático e produzido um plano de aulas baseado em etapas desenvolvimentais, no sentido de responder que aprendizagem os alunos apresentariam mediante o ensino da produção de textos dissertativos organizado segundo a Teoria do Ensino Desenvolvimental. Sob a orientação desse experimento, os alunos produziram outro texto acerca do mesmo tema do texto produzido anteriormente ao experimento, como base comparativa para análise, a qual explicitou uma diferença significativa em termos de formação/aquisição do conceito, formação do pensamento teórico, apropriação do modelo histórico-culturalmente desenvolvido de produção do texto dissertativo e de organização linear do raciocínio segundo os critérios de coesão e coerência textuais.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:54:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sonia Luci Zimmermann Lando.pdf: 3057659 bytes, checksum: 44eaf1d6102f10a89865884b13924a92 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-20 / The study aimed to investigate practices of teaching with play activities in early childhood education in nursery school and their role in mental and emotional development of children. Such activities were understood as part of those knowledge, skills and attitudes to be internalized by children at this age, in schools. The research was an application of a teaching experiment which content was to carry out ludics activities aimed at changing students' mental actions in relation to expected levels of mental and emotional development. The research was based on theoretical historicalcultural theory and the theory of developmental teaching of V. Davidov. The accomplishment of the experiment and its analysis allowed to proving the effectiveness of the professor in the progress of the mental processes of children requiring, however, firm and determined actions of the teacher, a minimal structure of class organization to carry on teaching activities and students and unrestricted respect for social, cultural and psychological of children needs. / O estudo teve por objetivo investigar práticas de ensino com atividades lúdicas na Educação Infantil em creche e seu papel no desenvolvimento mental e afetivo das crianças. Tais atividades foram entendidas como parte integrante daqueles conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes a serem internalizadas por crianças dessa faixa etária, em escolas. A pesquisa consistiu da aplicação de um experimento didáticoformativo, cujo conteúdo foi a realização de atividades lúdicas visando mudanças nas ações mentais dos alunos em relação a níveis esperados de desenvolvimento mental e afetivo. A investigação teve como base teórica a teoria histórico-cultural e a teoria do ensino desenvolvimental de V. Davidov. A realização do experimento e sua análise permitiram comprovar a eficácia do trabalho da professora no progresso dos processos mentais das crianças exigindo-se, no entanto, atuação firme e determinada da professora, uma estrutura mínima de organização da classe para levar em frente as atividades docentes e discentes e respeito irrestrito às características sociais, culturais e psicológicas das crianças.

This study explores issues arising from the adoption of the term 'clean and green' for marketing New Zealand dairy products. Three dimensions of environmental quality were investigated: that of sustainable dairying and best practice for the benefit of farmers and the industry; resource management legislation and being a 'good neighbour'; and export marketing opportunities and issues. The study was undertaken during a time of major structural upheaval in the dairy industry, including yearly company amalgamations in the study area, rapid conversion of farmland to dairying, as well as factory expansion to process the increasing supply of product. The focus of the study was on the individual farmer, how perceptions and preferences are formed, and how in turn, these influence farm practice. World views drawn from Cultural Theory were adopted as the basis for analysis. Farmers were classified according to particular world views and the symbolic and reflexive use of concepts such as 'clean and green' was analysed. A model of overlapping ecological, agricultural and social systems was used to develop a wider understanding of preference formation. Through a mixed methodology, focusing on a case study approach, farmer and stakeholder world views were compared on key themes, including the 'clean green' pastoral myth, 'cues for care' and environmental issues. Media discourse as well as consumer views were used to expand understanding of the context. The study found that both farmers (within their groups) and stakeholders held different objectives and opinions on environmental issues and options for change, based on their various world views and preferences. There was general agreement both among farmers and stakeholders on the New Zealand 'clean green' image and 'cues for care', or signs that indicate good farm management. The reason for this was demonstrated to be the way in which these two aspects are communicated; through symbolic images that each individual perceived in terms of their respective world view. A symbolic form of action, an environmental management system, was trialled with farmers. Analysis indicated that national aspirations created by the 'clean green' pastoral myth required farmers to respond to environmental expectations, but that an image that symbolized environment as care and quality, rather than as place was needed to provide a less ambiguous goal. The findings of the trial were integrated with theory to interpret context and develop policy, strategy and action proposals for a system for environmental quality for the industry. The study has implications for non-regulatory mechanisms relevant to sustainable dairy farming, communication within the rural community, and branding.

This thesis investigates factors which impact on Indigenous student learning and success in secondary schooling in South Australia. The research contributes to greater understandings of why Indigenous students make the decision to stay on at school, and highlights the importance of teachers and culturally responsive schooling for improved learning outcomes.

Syftet med studien var att genom gymnasielärares utsagor söka spår av grundtankar i Vygotskijs teoribildning i deras syn på lärande. Detta för att ta reda på vilka kriterier lärare utgår ifrån när de gör sina didaktiska val i undervisningen och på vilket sätt Vygotskijs grundtankar återspeglas i lärares syn på lärande. Vår studie grundar sig på kvalitativa intervjuer. I undersökningen deltog fyra lärare på två gymnasieskolor. Efter att materialet var transkriberat, gjordes en analys utifrån de fyra aspekterna som kännetecknar ett socio-kulturellt perspektiv enligt Vygotskij: de sociala, de medierande, de situerade och de kreativa med betoning på lärarroll och lärande. Vi använde oss av en hermeneutisk ansats för att analysera resultatet där vi använde relevant forskning för att förstärka vår tolkning av respondenternas utsagor. I studien framkom att lärare gav uttryck för att samspel och dialog är viktiga inslag i undervisningen. Vi har även funnit spår av de medierande aspekterna där lärare som mediator har en aktiv roll, men att de samtidigt förespråkar en traditionell katederundervisning. Vår slutsats är att lärare inte stödjer sig på någon specifik vetenskaplig teori i sin syn på lärande. Vi har emellertid tolkat det som att lärare vid sina didaktiska val i undervisningen väljer att reflektera över hur elever tillägnar sig kunskap framför vad elever ska lära och utveckla. Den syn på lärande som vi kan skönja utifrån lärares utsagor är en blandning av olika teorier som färgats av Vygotskijs teoribildning. / Aim with the study was that through high teachers’ statements apply for tracks of basic thoughts of Vygotsky’s theory education in their sights on learning. This is to ascertain what criteria teachers assume when they do their didactic choices in the education and how Vygotsky’s basic thoughts are reflected in teachers’ sights on learning. Our study bases itself on qualitative interviews where four teachers from two high schools were participated. After the transcription, the analysis was done on the basis of the four aspects that characterize the socio-cultural perspective according to Vygotsky’s theory of education: the social, the mediated, the situated and the creative aspects. We chose to use the hermeneutic method for analyze of our result where we used relevant research in order to strengthen our interpretation of teachers’ statements. In the study the teachers expressed that interaction and dialogue are important elements in the education. We also have found tracks from the mediated aspects there teachers as a mediator has an active role, but that they at the same time recommend a traditional education. Our conclusion is that teachers are not based their learning on some specific scientific theory. We however have interpreted that the teachers when they choose a method, prefer to reflect over how students are getting knowledge instead of what students shall learn and develop. That sight on learning as we possibly can discern on the basis of teachers’ statements is a mixture of different theories that has been influenced by Vygotsky’s theory of education.

<p>Syftet med studien var att genom gymnasielärares utsagor söka spår av grundtankar i Vygotskijs teoribildning i deras syn på lärande. Detta för att ta reda på vilka kriterier lärare utgår ifrån när de gör sina didaktiska val i undervisningen och på vilket sätt Vygotskijs grundtankar återspeglas i lärares syn på lärande.</p><p>Vår studie grundar sig på kvalitativa intervjuer. I undersökningen deltog fyra lärare på två gymnasieskolor. Efter att materialet var transkriberat, gjordes en analys utifrån de fyra aspekterna som kännetecknar ett socio-kulturellt perspektiv enligt Vygotskij: de sociala, de medierande, de situerade och de kreativa med betoning på lärarroll och lärande. Vi använde oss av en hermeneutisk ansats för att analysera resultatet där vi använde relevant forskning för att förstärka vår tolkning av respondenternas utsagor.</p><p>I studien framkom att lärare gav uttryck för att samspel och dialog är viktiga inslag i undervisningen. Vi har även funnit spår av de medierande aspekterna där lärare som mediator har en aktiv roll, men att de samtidigt förespråkar en traditionell katederundervisning.</p><p>Vår slutsats är att lärare inte stödjer sig på någon specifik vetenskaplig teori i sin syn på lärande. Vi har emellertid tolkat det som att lärare vid sina didaktiska val i undervisningen väljer att reflektera över hur elever tillägnar sig kunskap framför vad elever ska lära och utveckla. Den syn på lärande som vi kan skönja utifrån lärares utsagor är en blandning av olika teorier som färgats av Vygotskijs teoribildning.</p> / <p>Aim with the study was that through high teachers’ statements apply for tracks of basic thoughts of Vygotsky’s theory education in their sights on learning. This is to ascertain what criteria teachers assume when they do their didactic choices in the education and how Vygotsky’s basic thoughts are reflected in teachers’ sights on learning.</p><p>Our study bases itself on qualitative interviews where four teachers from two high schools were participated. After the transcription, the analysis was done on the basis of the four aspects that characterize the socio-cultural perspective according to Vygotsky’s theory of education: the social, the mediated, the situated and the creative aspects. We chose to use the hermeneutic method for analyze of our result where we used relevant research in order to strengthen our interpretation of teachers’ statements.</p><p>In the study the teachers expressed that interaction and dialogue are important elements in the education. We also have found tracks from the mediated aspects there teachers as a mediator has an active role, but that they at the same time recommend a traditional education.</p><p>Our conclusion is that teachers are not based their learning on some specific scientific theory. We however have interpreted that the teachers when they choose a method, prefer to reflect over how students are getting knowledge instead of what students shall learn and develop. That sight on learning as we possibly can discern on the basis of teachers’ statements is a mixture of different theories that has been influenced by Vygotsky’s theory of education.</p>

En av de viktigaste frågorna i världen idag är naturresurshantering. Med en väx-ande befolkning och hoten från klimatförändringar kommer förvaltningen av jordens naturresurser bli än viktigare, såväl för dagens generation som kommande generationer. En viktig aspekt när det gäller naturresurshantering är hur människor uppfattar och värderar naturen. För att komma närmare dessa miljövärden har ett flertal olika vetenskapliga tillvägagångssätt föreslagits. Den här avhandlingen undersöker hur det är möjligt att närma sig miljövärden under olika omständighe-ter och utifrån olika behov. Detta görs genom att undersöka hur olika teorier har använts, och kan användas, avseende olika våtmarker i Kenya. I utvecklingslän-der har naturresurser, teoretiskt sett, ett högre värde eftersom fattiga människor till en högre grad är direkt beroende av naturresurser och ekosystemtjänster. Ut-gångspunkten i denna avhandling är sex våtmarksområden i Kenya under olika förvaltning och med ett flertal, både aktuella och potentiella, användare. I av-handlingen undersöks hur lokalsamhället, myndigheter, industrier och turister uppfattar och värderar våtmarkerna. Genom att applicera ett arenaperspektiv, som betonar vikten av tvärvetenskap, diskuteras i avhandlingen det ekonomiska värdet av miljön för att sedan applicera andra metoder såsom emergy analys, stakeholder analys, kulturteori och riskanalys för att bredda och berika värderingen av miljön. / One of the most important issues in the world, both for present and future genera-tions, concerns natural resource management. With a growing global population and the threat of climate change, issues relating to natural resource management will grow in importance with time. One fundamental aspect of natural resource management is how people perceive and value the environment. The value that is ascribed to natural resources will be one of the determinants in the choices that people face in regards to their management. A wide range of approaches have been suggested to approach environmental values. This thesis focuses on analys-ing the assessment of environmental values under different circumstances and needs. This is done by exploring the ways various theories have and can be used to approach natural resource valuation in different wetland management situations in Kenya. In the developing world the value of natural resources can, theoreti-cally, be seen as even higher than in the developed world, due to poor peoples’ direct dependency on their natural resources and the ecosystem services and goods that they provide. The point of departure in this thesis is six wetland areas with different management strategies and with multiple users. It examines how local communities, governmental authorities, industries and tourists perceive the value of the wetlands. By applying an arena perspective, that emphasises the need of interdisciplinarity, this thesis discusses the economic value of the environment and applies other methods such as, emergy analysis, stakeholder analysis, cultural theory and risk analysis, to enrich the valuation of environment.

This thesis is concerned with placing public art within the broader modernist spatialisation of social relations. The research takes place around two related enquiries. The first emerges from questions raised by the art critic Rosalyn Deutsche with regard to the proposition that public art functions as both a profession and technology that attempts to pattern space so that docile and useful bodies are created by and deployed within it. Following such questions, this thesis seeks to scrutinise the ways in which discourses on public art might operate in enabling, maintaining or disrupting everyday practices and socio-spatial relations. Secondly, as a foray into methodologies of public art research, the thesis considers Foucauldian governmentality approaches in terms of what these might have to offer an investigation of public art. The thesis undertakes the analysis of a wide range of texts connected with three South Australian urban developments for which public art was separately proposed, designed, selected and installed. Attention is given principally to the Rundle Street Mall, a pedestrianised shopping street in the city-centre of Adelaide, examined at several moments throughout the period of its development (1972-1977) and later refurbishment (1996-2001). Also discussed are the Adelaide Festival Centre Plaza (1973-1977) and the Gateway to Adelaide (1996-2000), the latter project involving the reconstruction of a major traffic intersection on the outskirts of metropolitan Adelaide. Through these examples the thesis documents key debates in the history of Australian discourses concerning public art. In addition, this study brings attention to the relations between artwork and a proliferation of individuals, agencies, and other interests, highlighting the competitions over space, authority and expertise, and the often unexamined role that public art plays in maintaining or unsettling socio-spatial relations. Knowledge about public art, it is argued, is produced, transformed and deployed across a range of discursive sites (contemporary art, urban design, planning, transport and others) and becomes tied to specific problems of governing. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2008

This thesis is concerned with placing public art within the broader modernist spatialisation of social relations. The research takes place around two related enquiries. The first emerges from questions raised by the art critic Rosalyn Deutsche with regard to the proposition that public art functions as both a profession and technology that attempts to pattern space so that docile and useful bodies are created by and deployed within it. Following such questions, this thesis seeks to scrutinise the ways in which discourses on public art might operate in enabling, maintaining or disrupting everyday practices and socio-spatial relations. Secondly, as a foray into methodologies of public art research, the thesis considers Foucauldian governmentality approaches in terms of what these might have to offer an investigation of public art. The thesis undertakes the analysis of a wide range of texts connected with three South Australian urban developments for which public art was separately proposed, designed, selected and installed. Attention is given principally to the Rundle Street Mall, a pedestrianised shopping street in the city-centre of Adelaide, examined at several moments throughout the period of its development (1972-1977) and later refurbishment (1996-2001). Also discussed are the Adelaide Festival Centre Plaza (1973-1977) and the Gateway to Adelaide (1996-2000), the latter project involving the reconstruction of a major traffic intersection on the outskirts of metropolitan Adelaide. Through these examples the thesis documents key debates in the history of Australian discourses concerning public art. In addition, this study brings attention to the relations between artwork and a proliferation of individuals, agencies, and other interests, highlighting the competitions over space, authority and expertise, and the often unexamined role that public art plays in maintaining or unsettling socio-spatial relations. Knowledge about public art, it is argued, is produced, transformed and deployed across a range of discursive sites (contemporary art, urban design, planning, transport and others) and becomes tied to specific problems of governing. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2008