Project report (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1998. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-132).

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseMGFAR.pdf: 2423677 bytes, checksum: 0e44f6c91d60f18d3a096318f94c32fc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-06 / This research refers to the management of early childhood education, representing a diagnosis of the early childhood education institutions in São Carlos, named Creches (Day Care Centers). This study is important because it intends to contribute to the discussion of some questions about children s education in Creches (Day Care Centers); moreover, due to the lack of exploitation of this theme. The research was focused on the configuration and specificities of early childhood education management in the Creches (Day Care Centers) once it was transferred from Social and Assisting Promotion Department to the Educational Department, defined by LDB Law number 9394/96. The study main target was to put in doubt the elements brought by the management to the discussion of the work in the Creches (Day Care Centers). The paper was organized in several parts, in order to cover methodological issues; early childhood education national policies and how they interact with the actions promoted by the city-hall; a description of the city Creches (Day Care Centers), mentioning some statistic data, organization and operation, professionals who work in the Creches (Day Care Centers) and the city actions to implement the early childhood education in the Creches (Day Care Centers) during the last four years (2001-2004); nowadays perspectives in school management, emphasizing the participative management and an analysis of the school administration/management under a foucaultian perspective, posing the area as a field of knowledge/power; the presentation and analysis of the data collected through interviews with São Carlos Creches (Day Care Centers) principals. To make this study possible, it was necessary to combine bibliographical research about the early childhood education matters, the school administration/management and the adopted references; the documents research meant to characterize the updated childhood education public policies, based on the laws, the plans and some others, like documents which read contents and prescriptions about the early childhood education; and the data collecting through 14 interviews testimonies with principals of the city Creches (Day Care Centers) in São Carlos. The results of these interviews were a great amount of data, from which we selected some speeches, the most important parts to help characterize the management, the discussion and the analysis suggested. In the closing, as final considerations, we reassured many points discussed throughout the paper, viewing the necessity to proceed a reflection about the possible precocious school process of young children, as long as the proposal of other studies about the management of the institutions that assist children from 0 to 3 years old. / A tese aborda a temática da gestão da educação infantil, apresentando-se como um estudo diagnóstico da gestão das instituições de educação infantil, especificamente das Creches do Município de São Carlos. A importância do estudo está na contribuição dada à discussão de questões sobre essa gestão nas Creches, e ainda no fato de a temática em pauta ser pouco explorada. A pesquisa desenvolvida teve como questão norteadora a configuração e a especificidade da gestão da educação infantil nas Creches após sua passagem do âmbito da Assistência e Promoção Social para a esfera da Educação, indicada pela LDB, Lei nº 9.394/96. O estudo teve como principal objetivo problematizar os elementos que a gestão traz para a discussão do trabalho na Creche. Foi organizado de modo a tratar sobre o percurso metodológico da pesquisa; as políticas de educação infantil em âmbito nacional e a relação com as ações empreendidas pelo município de São Carlos; a caracterização das Creches municipais apontando dados estatísticos, organização e funcionamento, profissionais que nela trabalham e as ações do município para implementação da educação infantil nas Creches no período de 2001 a 2004; as perspectivas em gestão escolar na atualidade, com ênfase na gestão participativa, e, ainda, a análise da administração/gestão escolar utilizando-se de aportes teóricos na perspectiva foucaultiana ao discutir a área enquanto um campo de saberpoder; a discussão sobre a gestão e a educação infantil de 0 a 3 anos a partir das falas das diretoras das Creches municipais de São Carlos. Para a realização do estudo combinou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica sobre as questões da educação infantil, da administração/gestão escolar e do referencial utilizado; a pesquisa documental para caracterizar as políticas públicas de educação infantil atuais, sendo as leis, os planos e outros como documentos que veiculam conteúdo e prescrições sobre a educação infantil; e a pesquisa de campo com a realização de 14 entrevistas do tipo depoimento com diretoras das Creches existentes na rede municipal de ensino. Nas considerações finais retomam-se as questões norteadoras da pesquisa a partir da análise das falas das diretoras, caracterizando a gestão da Creche na área da educação. Aponta-se ainda a necessidade de reflexão sobre o possível processo de escolarização precoce das crianças pequenas, bem como a proposição de outros estudos na área da gestão das instituições que atendem à faixa etária de 0 a 3 anos.

This case study considers the relationship between context, school policy and environmental teaching and learning processes at a community-based early childhood development centre in South Africa. The study recognises that educational practices in the early childhood development field are shaped by historical, cultural, economic and political realities at both local and national levels. It is from the understanding that each school is a unique composition of these shaping factors that the research was designed to consider the community-based school participating in this study. By compiling a contextual profile, this study attempts to consider dominant contextual factors affecting the school. Through the critical discourse analysis of a school policy document, this study considers local level policy, and through the literature chapter, national policy. Teacher interviews provide insight into teacher understanding of school policy in response to contextual issues, as well as providing insight into how teachers perceive their translation of policy into teaching practice. Observations of lessons in the centre provided an. opportunity to see how context and policy translated into and influenced environmental teaching and learning processes. This study looks at how environmental education is addressed in the Raglan Road Child Care Centre, and provides insight into how environmental education within the context of the school and in relation to school policy may be strengthened. It comments on the tensions and ambivalences arising from the relationships between context, policy and environmental teaching and learning processes and makes recommendations to address these ambivalences in ways that are contextually relevant. The main recommendations were designed to be practically useful for the school involved in the study and are focused around engaging the ambivalences emerging from this study to open up 'spaces' for deliberating environmental teaching and learning processes and other tensions arising out of the study at an ECD level. Recommendations included: 1) engaging with the strong development focus in school policy and the educational focus in national policy and teacher discourse; 2) deliberating the ways in which school policy and national policy respond to risk; 3) engaging with the ambivalence in the school-parent relationship; 4) the re-alignment of the explicit curriculum and broadening the contextually-based view of whole child development; and 5) engaging the ambivalence in approaches to education at the centre.

O presente estudo teve como principal objetivo investigar a comunicação verbal e não-verbal na interação educadora-bebê, nos primeiros dois anos de vida. Participaram da pesquisa 4 bebês, com idades entre 5 e 14 meses, que freqüentam o berçário de uma Escola de Educação Infantil e a educadora responsável pelo atendimento a esta turma. Foi realizado um estudo observacional (filmagem) em dois contextos de interação: diádico (troca de fraldas) e grupal (sala de aula), em uma instituição de ensino particular, localizada em um bairro de nível socioeconômico médio-alto, na cidade de Porto Alegre. Os filmes foram transcritos e pontuados conforme protocolos construídos para este estudo. A análise das descrições gerou três principais categorias de comportamento das crianças (choro, exploração/jogo social e conflito/disputa por atenção). Do ponto de vista da educadora, foram observados comportamentos verbais distribuídos em quatro categorias: Perguntas, Comentários, Comandos e Outros Comportamentos verbais. Os comportamentos não verbais foram classificados em três tipos gerais: Contato Físico, Relação com Objetos e Ausência de Interação. Os dados deste estudo sugerem que o papel da educadora do berçário envolve a capacidade de acolher demandas de crianças que ainda não têm condições de verbalizar, mas que, através de suas atitudes, indicam suas necessidades. Sendo assim, além de realizar atividades mais voltadas ao cuidado e assistência, desenvolver as potencialidades cognitivas e físicas do bebê, o trabalho com bebês também envolve atenção especial às necessidades emocionais da criança. Os resultados deste estudo sugerem que mesmo antes da emergência da linguagem, a criança desenvolve, nos primeiros dois anos de vida, uma incrível capacidade comunicativa. Estas interações iniciais com o ambiente já configuram formas simbólicas de expressão que não se restringem à fala, mas são formas não verbais de comunicação. Seu desenvolvimento depende da capacidade dos cuidadores de perceber e traduzir estas diferentes formas de linguagem. / The present study aimed to investigate the verbal and nonverbal communication in the educator-infant interaction, in the first two years of life. Four infants, aged 5, 9, 13 and 14 months, took part in the study, as well as the educator responsible for the class. The infants were enrolled in a private education institution, located in a medium-high class neighborhood, in the city of Porto Alegre. An observational study was conducted with both the children and the teacher being filmed in two interactive contexts: dyadic and group. The videos were coded by two independent coders based on the child´s and teacher´s behaviours. Three main child´s categories were generated: crying, exploration/play and conflict/dispute of attention. The teacher´s verbal categories were: questions, commentaries, commands and other verbal behaviours. The nonverbal behaviours were: physical contact, relations with objects and absence of interaction. The analysis of the observations also showed a rich spectrum of verbal and nonverbal behaviors, on the part of the educator, associated to the child's basic needs. Even the most operational activities (feeding, changing diapers, containing, etc) were taken by the educator as an educational moment, since they were constantly accompanied by dialogues, conversations, descriptions, comments or questions. The results of this study suggest that even before the emergency of language, the child shows, in their first two years of life, an incredible communicative capacity. These initial interactions with the environment already represent symbolic forms of expression which are not limited to the speech, but are forms of nonverbal communication. His/her development depends on the caretaker’s capacity to notice and translate these different language forms.

[pt] Intervenções na primeira infância pautadas na promoção da parentalidade em famílias de baixa renda possuem o potencial de aumentar o desenvolvimento infantil, diminuindo assim os riscos sociais provenientes do baixo nível socioeconômico. O presente estudo investigou a viabilidade técnica para implementação do programa de intervenção Leitura Desde o Berço em uma Creche Municipal da região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, e a capacidade deste programa em gerar aumento no desenvolvimento cognitivo e da linguagem de crianças entre 24 e 42 meses de idade. Participaram 16 díades cuidador-criança matriculadas no Centro Municipal de Educação Infantil em Seropédica/RJ. Os resultados mostraram que o programa Leitura Desde o Berço possui qualidade de recursos e técnicas, porém, houve baixa adesão da instituição de Educação Infantil e dos cuidadores, assim como o programa não produziu aumento das habilidades cognitivas e de linguagem das crianças. Dessa forma, sugere-se a implementação de políticas públicas em educação e saúde voltadas para o desenvolvimento infantil no currículo educacional dos Municípios, para que programas de intervenção possam ser incluídos em creches e escolas e investigações dos seus efeitos em fases mais avançadas do desenvolvimento infantil possam ser realizadas. / [en] Early childhood interventions based on the promotion of parenting in low-income families have the potential of increasing the childhood development, therefore lowing the social risks from the low socio-economic status. This study investigated the technical viability for implementation of the intervention program Leitura Desde o Berço in a Municipal Nursery in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro and the capacity of this program to produce an increase in cognitive and language development in children of 24-42 months of age. Sixteen caregiver-child dyads that were enrolled at the Municipal Center for Early Childhood Education in Seropédica/RJ participated in this study. The results showed that the program Leitura Desde o Berço presents quality of resources and techniques, however, there has been little involvement of the institution and caregivers, such as the program did not increase children s cognitive and language skills. Thus, we suggest the implementation of public policies in education and health aimed at childhood development in the educational curriculum of the municipalities, so that intervention programs can be included in nurseries and schools and investigations on their effects in later stages of child development can be carried out.

The study was carried out to investigate the implementation of the Malawian ECD policy in CBCCC in Namatubi Kanyenjere area. Both primary and secondary techniques were used to carry out the research. Literature review was carried out to ascertain the evolvement of ECD over the years and establish the basis of the current policy. Interviews were carried out with three respondent groups namely CBCCC committees, care givers and government officials. This was done to assess perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of the ECD policy among communities as well as the roles played by different stakeholders in the policy implementation. Over 90% of the CBCCC in Chitipa were initiated by communities and duly registered by the government. However there is little monitoring thereof by the government officials which dwindles the activities of the centres. Communities, stakeholders and government face various challenges that require concerted efforts to help improve the implementation of the ECD policy. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / The child's becoming is influenced by the education situation as a whole. The mother-child relationship plays a crucial role to the child's becoming, hence the initial bonding between mother and child is considered all-important. All further becoming is based on the motherchild relationship. Another factor that influences becoming is the family situation, with specific reference to the father. Because the family functions in the context of a particular society, the shift of emphasis in the modem family and social factors cannot be discounted in the discription of becoming. Becoming takes place in conjunction with learning, development and maturation. These processes are differentiable but inseparable. The different domains of becoming and development, namely the affective, cognitive, normative, physical and social, form the overall context within which the child is investigated. An adequate educational environment leads tot the child's adequate becoming. At the centre of any adequate educational environment is the educator acting as mediator between child and learning content. Both the primary and the secondary educational situation should comply with the requisites for adequacy. An empirical investigation was undertaken in accordance with ideographic research methods. The status of overall becoming and development in children who had been subjected to different types of daycare was determined in relation to the education situation as a whole, which is why both the primary and the secondary educational situation were drawn into the investigation. This research has produced the finding that daycare does not necessarily harm the child's becoming. The overall educational situation must be considered at all times. Daycare has a recognisable influence on the child's becoming, but the mother-child relationship is the most decisive factor for the child's becoming. / Kinderlike wording word deur die opvoedingsituasie as totaliteit belnvloed. Die moederkindverhouding speel die allerbelangrikste rol by kinderlike wording. Daarom word die aanvanklike binding tussen moeder en kind baie hoog aangeskryf. Alie verdere wording word geskoei op die moeder-kindverhouding. Die gesinsituasie, met spesifieke verwysing na die vader, is verdere faktore wat wording belnvloed. Omdat die gesin binne 'n bepaalde samelewing funksioneer, kan die klemverskuiwing van die moderne gesin en die samelewingsfaktore nie buite rekening gelaat word by die beskrywing van wording nie. Wording vind sy neerslag in samewerking met leer, ontwikkeling en ryping. Hierdie begrippe is onderskeibaar, maar kan nooit geskei word nie. Die verskillende domeine van wording en ontwikkeling, naamlik die affektiewe, kognitiewe, normatiewe, fisieke en sosiale domeine, vorm die totaliteit waarbinne die kind beskou word. 'n Toereik:ende opvoedingsmilieu gee aanleiding tot toereikende wording by die kind. Midde 'n toereikende opvoedingsmilieu staan die opvoeder as bemiddelaar tussen die kind en die inhoud. Die primere sowel as die sekondere opvoedingsituasies behoort aan die vereistes van toereikendheid te voldoen. 'n Empiriese ondersoek is aan die hand van die ideografiese navosingsontwerp onderneem. Die wording en ontwikkeling van kinders vanuit verskillende tipes dagsorg is bepaal. Die wording en ontwikkeling van die kind in totaliteit word in aanmerking geneem. Wording word dan in verband gebring met die opvoedingsituasie in sy totaliteit. Daarom is die primere sowel as die sekondere situasies by die ondersoek betrek. Hierdie navorsing bevind dat kinderlike wording nie noodwendig negatief deur dagsorg beinvloed word nie. Die totale opvoedingsituasie van die kind moet telkens in berekening gebring word. Dagsorg oefen wel 'n invloed op kinderlike wording uit, maar die moederkindverhouding is die mees bepalende faktor by kinderlike wording. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-06T23:46:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Objetivo: Descrever e discutir a Introdução de alimentos industrializados e de uso tradicional na dieta de criancas frequentadoras de bercarios em creches publicas e filantropicas do municipio de São Paulo, alem de identificar a idade de Introdução do queijo petit suisse e macarrao instantaneo e comparar suas composicoes nutricionais com a alimentacao recomendada para a idade (leite materno e refeicao salgada), visando estimar erros nutricionais e efeitos na Saúde dos lactentes. Metodos: Estudo composto por duas observacoes transversais, com a primeira realizada em 2007 e a segunda em 2010. Foram estudadas 636 criancas (4-38 meses) de bercarios de creches. A Introdução de alimentos, na segunda observacao, foi avaliada, como na primeira em 2007, por meio da aplicacao junto as maes de um questionario estruturado e pre-codificado, composto por perguntas abertas e fechadas, elaborado e previamente testado para a coleta de dados. Para cada um dos alimentos analisados, foi registrada a idade em meses de Introdução. No calculo da composicao centesimal do leite materno e da refeicao salgada utilizaram-se Tabelas de Composicao de Alimentos. Para avaliacao da adequacao nutricional foram utilizadas as Recomendacoes de InGestão Diaria por faixa etaria. Resultados: Os resultados mostram Introdução precoce de alimentos com potencial obesogenico, como salgadinhos, bolacha recheada, suco artificial e refrigerante, queijo petit suisse e macarrao instantaneo. Estes ultimos foram consumidos por 89,6% e 65,3% dos lactentes ainda no primeiro ano de vida. Os percentuais de adequacao para carboidrato foram superiores a duas vezes o recomendado e os percentuais de sodio superiores a 20 vezes os encontrados nos alimentos recomendados. Conclusoes: Ressalta-se a necessidade de inclusao de orientacoes nutricionais para pais/responsaveis e educadores, visando desestimular o consumo precoce dos alimentos industrializados, que ocorre em proporcoes altissimas entre lactentes. Alem disso, faz-se necessario a implementacao de politicas publicas no combate a obesidade e doencas cronicas nao transmissiveis ja nos primeiros anos de vida, pois estes alimentos apresentam elevada densidade energetica e baixa qualidade nutricional / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações