De nos jours, les comparaisons internationales dans le champ de l’éducation semblent particulièrement d’actualité comme en témoignent la multiplication des ouvrages sur le sujet, l’augmentation des rapports internationaux et la recrudescence des évaluations standardisées sur les compétences des élèves. Dans cette thèse, les systèmes éducatifs sont examinés du point de vue de leur capacité à favoriser l’égalité et à créer des opportunités pour les individus. Nous opérons un focus particulier sur la France et la Suisse, deux systèmes dans lesquels l’organisation de l’éducation est fondamentalement différente. Ces systèmes éducatifs sont comparés à l’aune de la théorie des « capabilités » de Amartya Sen. Cette théorie permet de nous intéresser au degré de liberté que peuvent avoir les individus dans leur parcours et à l’ensemble des possibilités disponibles dont ils bénéficient, ce que nous pouvons appeler leur « espace des possibles ». Nous analysons alors comment les opportunités et les contraintes peuvent s’ouvrir ou se fermer dans le temps dans chaque système éducatif. Dans la mesure où l’analyse de la liberté de choix et des opportunités des personnes nécessitent une approche dynamique, la partie empirique est basée sur deux bases de données longitudinales. Pour la Suisse nous mobilisons les données TREE (Transition de l’Ecole à l’Emploi) et pour la France les données du panel DEPP-EVA (Direction de l’Evaluation, de la Prospective et de la Performance -Entrée dans la Vie Adulte). / International comparisons in the field of education seem to be particularly in vogue at the moment, as reflected in the proliferation of books on the subject, the burgeoning number of international reports and a fresh upsurge in standardised student assessments. In this thesis, education systems are examined from the perspective of their ability to contribute to equality and in particular to create opportunities for individuals. We particularly focus on France and Switzerland, two systems in which organisation of education is fundamentally different. These education systems are then compared in the light of Amartya Sen’s theory of capabilities. This theory allows us to investigate the degree of freedom that individuals have in their trajectories and the range of opportunities available to them, what might be called their ‘opportunities space’. Then we analyse how opportunities and constraints open up and close off over time in each education system. Considering that the analysis of people free choices and opportunities require a dynamic approach, the empirical part is based on two longitudinal database. For Switzerland, we make use TREE (Transition from Education to Employment) and the DEPP-EVA panel for France (Department of Evaluation, Forecasting and Performance - Adulthood Entry).

The target of the thesis is to describe present higher education system in Slovakia and the way of breakdown of subsidies for public universities and higher schools with focus on comparison with the Czech Republic. First part is about historical development and present state of higher education in Slovakia. Second part is focusing on grants for carrying out accredited study programs and the last part is analysis of study field coefficient and coefficient of employability of graduates. According to used methods I found out that different ways how to evaluate performance of higher schools and universities leads to different results, though they are using the same characteristics.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LARISSA_Dissertacao_15_08_2011.pdf: 776066 bytes, checksum: 5f119dd7f54b2c72b4c213f0a47c4aeb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-22 / The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of the supervised training concerning the skills development of nurses drawn up by the national curricular guidelines. The study aimed to reflect on the development of skills in view of students and professors involved with the training process, through the actions developed in the everyday training. This is a qualitative research, featured as a case study. The supervised training was implemented in the nursing program in the second semester of 2010. The researchers are students of the last semester of graduation and professors of the first group of this supervised training. The data was collected through semi-structured questionnaires. The data collected through open-ended questions consists in statistical analysis and the closed-ended questions were analyzed and interpreted by the method of content analysis. To summarize, the development of skills goes beyond the repetitive actions. Its development requires a thorough knowledge of concepts, methods and objectives which we aim to achieve / A presente pesquisa objetivou analisar o papel do Estágio Curricular Supervisionado (ECS) no desenvolvimento das competências do profissional enfermeiro conforme as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais. O estudo buscou refletir acerca do desenvolvimento das competências na visão dos alunos e dos docentes envolvidos com o processo de estágio, por meio de ações desenvolvidas no dia a dia de estágio Trata-se de pesquisa quanti qualitativa, caracterizada como estudo de caso. O Estágio Curricular Supervisionado foi implantado no curso de enfermagem no segundo semestre de 2010. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa: alunos do último semestre da graduação e docentes desta primeira turma de ECS. A coleta de dados se deu por meio da aplicação de questionários semiestruturados. Os dados obtidos por meio de perguntas fechadas passaram por análise estatística e os obtidos por meio de perguntas abertas foram analisados e interpretados através do método de análise de conteúdos. Concluímos que o desenvolvimento das competências profissionais vai além da realização repetitiva de determinadas ações. Seu desenvolvimento requer um conhecimento aprofundado de concepções, métodos e objetivos que se almeja alcançar.

The aims of the research were twofold, namely, investigate challenges that hindered the implementation of inclusive education in Ethiopia and develop a framework that can enhance the inclusion of children with disabilities (CwDs). The ecology of human development has served as the theoretical lens underpinning this study to discover challenges that hindered the implementation of inclusive education. These barriers were also investigated from micro, meso, exo, and macro perspectives in the system. With this, I employed qualitative approach under the hegemony of constructivism paradigm. The hermeneutic design of the study enabled me to build knowledge about the barriers that hindered the implementation of inclusive education. Subsequently, using semi-structured interview and focus group discussion as instrument, I listened to experts in education, school supervisors, professionals in SNE and education vice heads. Thereafter, the data analysis went by transcribing the recorded interview verbatim. Then, using the transcribed and chunked data, I mapped the range and nature of phenomena, created typologies and found out associations between themes with a view to provide explanations for the findings. The process of mapping and interpretation was also guided by the original research aims as well as by the themes that have emerged from the data themselves. The participants revealed that the challenges to implement inclusive education ranged from the absence of mandatory national inclusive policy to the low income of the families of CwDs. Therefore, lack of collaboration among stakeholders of education, misconception of inclusive education, shortage of trained teachers, poor allocation of finance, poor school infrastructure and lack of mandatory inclusive policy were the few identified barriers among others. Finally, I have recommended collaborative effort among stakeholders to ensure inclusion of CwDs. / Inclusive Education / D. Phil.

This study explores the feelings, perceptions and experiences of Mathematics educators as they use classroom management to improve Mathematics education in the sampled four secondary schools in the Gauteng province. The main research question was to understand the place and role of effective classroom management in the improvement of mathematics education. In answering this question, the researcher collected data through purposively and conveniently selected four schools in Gauteng province. The researcher engaged the Mathematics head of department and Mathematics educators of participating schools to conduct face-to-face semi-structured interviews with heads of departments, and focus group discussions with Mathematics educators. Data was also collected through limited observation of different administrative aspects in Mathematics classrooms. Data collected was thematically analysed. The data analysis resulted in four main themes emerging. Overall, it was identified that Mathematics educators are expected to perform multiple tasks which necessitate good classroom management skills thereby enhancing an improvement in the performance of learners. From the data obtained, analysed and discussed, the study established that good Mathematics teaching cannot be separated from effectively managing classes, and that effective classroom management is a necessity in Gauteng province. Several elements which enhance effective classroom management were found to be, possession of relevant and adequate resources in the form of material and physical or material, educator professional skills and characteristics, parental and school management support as well as positive learner participation. it was seen that educators were facing several challenges which interfere with their efforts to restore and maintain an organised teaching–learning environment. / Educational Management and Leadership / Ph. D. (Educational Management)

This master‘s thesis deals with analysis of the current system of training employees in the company ELKO EP, s.r.o. On the basis of facts the thesis provides innovation of the current staff training. Innovated system of education should lead primarily to more effective education system, improvement in the monitoring of the output of the educational activities and above all the innovated system should save the company’s expenses. The process of education in ELKO EP is one of the benefits for employees and it also plays the role of promoter for the employee motivation in their knowledge development and expansion of valuable human capital.

Particular parts of the project 'Uniform Education System for Expert Activities' are listed and described in this dissertation. Legal approaches to the issue of expert activities in selected European countries were mapped on the basis of researches. The fact that the current legal regulation of expert activities in the Czech Republic does not include the obligation of the lifelong learning of experts, does not specify the ways and forms of verifying of qualification requirements before appointing to the office, and also does not provide for the further educating after the registering on the list of experts, is seen as a problematic situation. The suggested system is divided in two basic parts: before registering the expert on the list of experts, focusing on the qualification requirements and the way of their verification by administrative authorities, and after appointing to the office and registering to the central list of experts, focusing on lifelong learning during the whole time of practising of the profession, as well as on the form and content. Some basic methods of sociological survey (especially introductory seminars and questionnaire surveys) were used as the information source. These dates were evaluated and applicable conclusions were compiled and integrated into in more detail described components parts of the suggested education system, in which also the already existing training courses and workshops were taken in consideration. For the purpose of regular verifying of expert's professional qualification, a credit system was developed, as well as the periodicity of verifying of the expert's professional qualification and the form of record keeping in the Index of Expert's Professionalism.

<p>Imajući u vidu nizak nivo&nbsp; ekolo&scaron;ke&nbsp; svesti&nbsp;stanovni&scaron;tva, za predmet istraživanja&nbsp;eksplicitno &nbsp;je određeno proučavanje mogućnosti&nbsp;za pro&scaron;irivanje&nbsp; kurikuluma srednjo&scaron;kolskog&nbsp;obrazovanja&nbsp; ekohemijskim nastavnim&nbsp;sadržajima,&nbsp; kao i izrada modela za njihovu&nbsp;integraciju u nove kurikulume, u okviru reforme&nbsp;srednjo&scaron;kolskog obrazovanja koja je&nbsp; u toku u&nbsp;Republici Srbiji.&nbsp; Ekolo&scaron;ki i ekohemijski&nbsp;sadržaji u nastavnim planovima i programima u&nbsp;srednjem stručnom obrazovanju u Srbiji, prema&nbsp;važećim nastavnim planovima i programima,&nbsp;ograničeni su, i to u veoma uskom obimu, na&nbsp;nastavu op&scaron;tih predmeta (pre svega hemije i&nbsp;biologije) u &scaron;kolama u kojima ovi predmeti&nbsp;postoje u kurikulumu, kao i na predmet&nbsp;Ekologija&nbsp; u pojedinim profilima srednjeg&nbsp;stručnog obrazovanja. To znači da u mnogim&nbsp;srednjim stručnim &scaron;kolama učenici nemaju&nbsp;dodir sa ekolo&scaron;kim nastavnim sadržajima koji&nbsp;su neophodni svakom čoveku kako bi razvio&nbsp;ekolo&scaron;ku svest i svojim pona&scaron;anjem i stavovima&nbsp;o za&scaron;titi životne sredine omogućio održivi&nbsp;razvoj planete svojim aktivnostima u odabranoj&nbsp;profesiji, ali i u svakodnevnom životu.&nbsp;Imperativ uvođenja ekolo&scaron;kog principa u&nbsp;nastavu, u svim segmentima i na svim nivoima obrazovanja, nameće potrebu za pro&scaron;irivanjem kurikuluma hemije i stručnih predmeta svih profila u srednjem stručnom obrazovanju, u skladu sa potrebama buduće profesije učenika.</p> / <p>Given the low&nbsp; level of environmental&nbsp;awareness,&nbsp; the subject matter&nbsp; is explicitly&nbsp;determined by&nbsp; studying the possibility&nbsp; of&nbsp;expanding the&nbsp; curriculum&nbsp; of secondary&nbsp;education&nbsp; teaching&nbsp; eco-chemical&nbsp; facilities, and&nbsp;develop a model&nbsp; for their integration&nbsp; in the&nbsp; new&nbsp;curriculum,&nbsp; within the framework of&nbsp; the reform&nbsp;of secondary education&nbsp; which is&nbsp; in progress&nbsp; in&nbsp;the Republic of&nbsp; Serbia. Ecologically and&nbsp; eco-chemical&nbsp; facilities&nbsp; in&nbsp; the curricula&nbsp; of&nbsp; vocational&nbsp;education&nbsp; in Serbia,&nbsp; according to the current&nbsp;curricula, are limited,&nbsp; and&nbsp; that&nbsp; in a very&nbsp; narrow&nbsp;scope,&nbsp; the teaching of&nbsp; general subjects&nbsp;(primarily&nbsp; chemistry&nbsp; and biology)&nbsp; in schools&nbsp;where&nbsp; these subjects&nbsp; exist&nbsp; in the curriculum,&nbsp; as&nbsp;well as&nbsp; the&nbsp; subject of&nbsp; ecology&nbsp; in different&nbsp;profiles of secondary&nbsp; vocational education. This&nbsp;means&nbsp; that in many vocational schools students&nbsp;do not have&nbsp; contact&nbsp; with environmental&nbsp;educational&nbsp; facilities that&nbsp; are&nbsp; necessary for&nbsp;every&nbsp; man&nbsp; to develop&nbsp; environmental awareness&nbsp;and&nbsp; their behavior and&nbsp; attitudes towards&nbsp;environmental protection&nbsp; enable sustainable&nbsp;development of the &nbsp;planet with their activities in&nbsp;the&nbsp; chosen profession,&nbsp; but&nbsp; also in everyday life.&nbsp;Imperative&nbsp; to introduce&nbsp; ecological&nbsp; principles in teaching,&nbsp; in all areas&nbsp; and at all&nbsp; levels of education,&nbsp; the need&nbsp; arises&nbsp; to expand&nbsp; the curriculum&nbsp; of chemistry and vocational courses of all kinds&nbsp; of&nbsp; secondary vocational education, in&nbsp; accordance with &nbsp;the needs of&nbsp; future&nbsp; students of the profession.</p>

The purpose of this research was to explore the subject of integrating philosophy of education and the goals of education in education practice at the high schools in Kenya. It is stated that the impact of education practice is hinged in the statement of philosophy of education and the goals of education which has been neglected by researchers and scholars in Kenya. An intensive literature review which was undertaken revealed that philosophy of education and the goals of education are flouted in education practice. The sources of literature review were books, journals, policy documents, dissertations, theses, newspapers, and websites. In this qualitative research, phenomenology was selected as suitable theoretical framework to situate education practice as a human activity which is shaped by philosophy of education and the goals of education. A qualitative design was used, and purposive sampling was identified to select the schools and the respondents. The respondents in this research included the school principals, teachers, education officers, board of governors, and the parents-teachers’ representatives. The main qualitative research methods involved literature review and interviews. In this study, ideograms were utilized in the process of analysing the responses acquired from the respondents. According to the respondents, the statement of philosophy of education is foreign in the high schools, but the goals of education are printed in the syllabi, and this explains why the study focused on the goals as the familiar items. The views obtained from the respondents emphasized on what is envisioned to occur at the high schools, and this explains that the students are estranged from philosophy of education. It was concluded that high school pedagogy is exposed to conflicts in relation to integrating philosophy of education and the goals of education. In this case, the study recommended the following insights to improve the process of integrating philosophy of education, the goals of education, and education practice in Kenya: The necessity of revising the content and material resources of high school syllabi to comprise the attributes of philosophy of education in pedagogical activities.  Another suggestion emphasized on restructuring evaluation strategies to integrate the attributes of social cohesion, human progress and economic development.  The final recommendation is that the teaching and learning activities are necessary to intensify knowledge transfer which articulates the attributes of philosophy of education and the goals of education. / Teacher Education / D. Ed. (Philosophy of Education))

AFRIKAANS: Die doel van hierdie studie was om te beskryf op welke wyse ek, in samewerking met die deelnemers aan my studie, ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan ontwikkel het. Die behoefte aan ‘n gestruktureerde MIV&VIGS-skoolplan het ontstaan tydens ‘n omvattende navorsingsprojek, waarvan hierdie studie deel uitmaak en waartydens laerskoolonderwysers die behoefte uitgespreek het om MIV&VIGS-geïnfekteerde en -geaffekteerde kinders beter te ondersteun. Ek het my studie vanuit ‘n interpretivistiese benadering onderneem en my navorsingsproses verdeel in drie fases, wat onderlê is deur deelnemende aksienavorsingsbeginsels. ‘n Gevallestudie is as navorsingsontwerp gebruik. Agt laerskoolonderwysers, in ‘n informele nedersettingsgemeenskap binne die Nelson Mandela Metropool, is by wyse van gerieflikheid geselekteer. Deur die verloop van hierdie studie het ek ‘n multi-metodiese benadering geïmplementeer. Gedurende Fase 1 het ek eerstens relevante verwante studies binne die omvattende navorsingsprojek tematies ge-analiseer, om deelnemers se idees en behoeftes betreffende ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan te identifiseer. Tweedens het ek gedurende ‘n eerste veldbesoek twee fokusgroepbesprekings gefasiliteer, om te bepaal wat deelnemers se bestaande kennis met betrekking tot die Departement van Onderwys se Nasionale MIV&VIGS-Beleid was; wat hulle onderliggende rasionaal vir die ontwikkeling van die MIV&VIGS-skoolplan was; wat die moontlike inhoud van ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan sou behels; asook hoe en deur wie die MIV&VIGS-skoolplan aangewend en benut sou kon word. Hierna het ek die rou data getranskribeer en op tematiese wyse ge-analiseer en geïnterpreteer. Ek het voortdurend gebruik gemaak van observasies, wat vasgelê is in die vorm van veldnotas, asook foto’s. Vir Fase 2 het ek tydens ‘n tweede veldbesoek ‘n deelnemende aksienavorsingswerkswinkel gefasiliteer. Gedurende hierdie werkswinkel is die inhoud van die MIV&VIGS-skoolplan verfyn en gefinaliseer. Vervolgens het Fase 3 die dokumentering van die MIV&VIGS-skoolplan behels, in die vorm van ‘n formele dokument en ‘n plakkaat. Tydens my derde veldbesoek, met die bekendstelling van die skool as Resource and Support Centre in die gemeenskap, is die MIV&VIGS-skoolplan in tweeledige vorm (plakkaat en formele dokument) aan die skoolhoof oorhandig. Die gebruik van ‘n navorsingsjoernaal het my in staat gestel om deurgaans my persoonlike opinies, reflektiewe gedagtes en indrukke van my navorsingstudie aan te teken. Tydens data-analise het ek drie temas geïdentifiseer. Eerstens is die onderliggende rasionaal vir ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan bepaal, waar verbandhoudende subtemas aangedui het dat onderwysers hulle kennis en vaardighede wou oordra na ander skole in die omgewing ter ondersteuning van die breër gemeenskap; dat die oordrag van kennis en vaardighede om geïnfekteerde en geaffekteerde kinders in die klaskamer meer effektief te ondersteun ’n behoefte was; en dat die behoefte verder bestaan het om kennis en vaardighede te dokumenteer in die vorm van ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan. Tweedens is die deelnemers se verwagtinge met betrekking tot ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan gepeil, waar moontlike fundamentele beginsels vir ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan en die implementering van ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan, as subtemas geïdentifiseer is. Derdens is die moontlike inhoud van ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan bepaal. Die subtemas wat voorgekom het, was die identifisering en verwysing van geïnfekteerde en geaffekteerde kinders, asook ondersteuning aan hierdie kinders. Op grond van die bevindinge van my studie kan die gevolgtrekking gemaak word dat deelnemende aksienavorsing ‘n moontlike wyse is waarop ‘n MIV&VIGS-skoolplan, in samewerking met onderwysers, ontwikkel kan word. ENGLISH: The purpose of this study was to describe the manner in which I, in collaboration with the participants of the study, developed an HIV&AIDS school plan. The need for a structured HIV&AIDS school plan stemmed from a broad research project of which this study forms part and during which the participating educators expressed the need to support HIV&AIDS infected and affected children more efficiently. I approached the study from an interpretivist perspective, underpinned by action research principles, and divided the research process into three phases. I implemented a case study as research design and selected eight primary school teachers in an informal settlement community in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, by means of convenience sampling. Throughout this study, I followed a multi-methodical approach. During Phase 1, I conducted an analysis of the transcripts of related studies within the broad research project, in order to identify the participants’ needs and ideas, concerning an HIV&AIDS school plan. Secondly, I facilitated two focus group discussions during a first field visit, in an attempt to determine the teachers’ existing knowledge concerning the Department of Education’s National HIV&AIDS Policy; what the underlying rational for the development of an HIV&AIDS school plan could be; what the possible content of such a plan could entail; and how and by whom such a plan would be utilised and used in the classroom. I transcribed the focus group discussions and thematically analysed and interpreted the raw data. Throughout, I made use of observations, captured in the form of field notes and photographs. For Phase 2, I facilitated a participatory action research workshop during a second field visit. During this workshop we finalised the content of the school’s HIV&AIDS plan. The third phase entailed the documentation of the HIV&AIDS school plan, in the form of a formal document and a poster. During my third field visit, at the launch of the school as a Resource and Support Centre in the community, I presented the schools’ principal with the HIV&AIDS school plan, in the form of the formal document and poster. I continuously relied on a research journal to document my personal opinions, reflective thoughts and impressions of the study. Subsequent to the data analysis I completed, three themes emerged. Firstly, the underlying rational for an HIV&AIDS school plan were determined, with sub-themes indicating that educators wanted to transfer their knowledge and skills to other schools in the area to support the wider community; that teachers wanted to transfer their knowledge and skills to support infected and affected children more effectively, and that the need existed for knowledge and skills to be documented in the form of an HIV&AIDS school plan. Secondly, the participants’ expectations of an HIV&AIDS school plan were determined, with the fundamental principles of an HIV&AIDS school plan and the implementation of the plan as related sub-themes. The third main theme indicated the possible content of an HIV&AIDS school plan. This theme comprises sub-themes relating to the identification, referral and support of infected and affected children. Based on the findings of my study, I can conclude that participatory action research might be used to develop an HIV&AIDS school plan, in collaboration with teachers. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted