The evaluation of the transition experiences of veterans to civilian life was conducted. The military to civilian transition (MCT) framework along with theories covering organizational, identity, and systems streams of research situated the study. A mixed methods approach was conducted in two phases: a 28-item survey and 1.5-hour interviews, which helped contextualize and explain survey findings. The multiple regression procedure examined the relationship among three variables: person-organization fit, military identity, and organizational commitment with military identity was included as a moderator. Results indicated a positive relationship between person-organization fit and organizational commitment. Contrariwise, results indicated military identity's relationship between the variables was found to be not statistically significant. Although the moderation effect of military identity was not found to influence the relationships, interviews with veterans indicated a strong connection to their military identity. Veterans shared negative and unpredictable transition stories, positive transition stories, feelings of isolation, and held prevailing military goals, while reporting a lack of backing from support agencies. Veterans perceived differences between the military and civilian environments, veteran turnover and organizational commitment were found to connect and military values and military identity were found to have connections as well. Recommendations for improving military to civilian setting transitions for veterans, civilians, and support agencies are presented. A new system of transition is proposed with the intention of improving the veteran experience as they enter the workforce. Future research and limitations to the research outcomes are also supplied.

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This study will be investigating the perceptions of the implementation and modelling of best practices in technical vocational education and training (TVET) areas of endeavour. Four lecturers from three selected programmes will be investigated see how well they are preparing their students to enter the technically advanced workplace in an urban tertiary TVET institute in Jamaica. It has been reported by employers that graduates’ performance has been unsatisfactory in the sectors which require technically skilled professionals (HEART Trust, 2012). This investigation will incorporate a literature review of the apprenticeship system, and the current occupational training requirements as well consider competency based methods of teaching used in the TVET classroom. This will be in the context of career development theories, and constructivist and social learning theories. A qualitative research design method will be applied, using a case study approach. In addition to data collected from the lecturers, interviews, observation and focus group discussions with three groups of 15 students will also be collected. Additionally, the Director/ Principal of the Vocational Development Training Institute (VDTI) will be interviewed. Finally, a stakeholders’ report based on employee attitudes in various industries will be used to attain their perspectives on the preparedness of the TVET graduates for the workplace. The results and recommendations will be used to evaluate the best practices of the TVET lecturers. / Educational Leadership

L'enseignement du raisonnement clinique infirmier (RCI) est une préoccupation importante des formateurs en sciences infirmières depuis plusieurs années. Les étudiantes en sciences infirmières éprouvent des difficultés à formuler des hypothèses cliniques, à savoir trouver les explications pouvant justifier la coexistence d'une combinaison de données cliniques. Pourtant, la formulation d’hypothèses constitue une étape déterminante du RCI. Dans cette étude qualitative exploratoire, nous avons mis à l'essai une activité d'apprentissage par vignette clinique courte (AVCC) qui fournit aux étudiantes l'occasion d'exercer spécifiquement la formulation d'hypothèses cliniques. L'étude visait à documenter la capacité d'étudiantes de troisième année au baccalauréat en sciences infirmières à formuler des hypothèses cliniques durant l'activité. Dix-sept étudiantes ont été recrutées par convenance et divisées en groupes selon leurs disponibilités. Au total, quatre séances ont eu lieu. Les participantes étaient invitées à réfléchir à une vignette clinique courte et à construire un algorithme qui incluait: 1) leurs hypothèses concernant la nature du problème clinique, 2) les éléments d'informations essentiels à rechercher pour vérifier chaque hypothèse et 3) les moyens pour trouver ces informations. L'observation participante, l'enregistrement audio-vidéo et un questionnaire auto-administré ont servi à collecter les données. Les stratégies de RCI décrites par Fonteyn (1998) ont servi de cadre théorique pour guider l’analyse, sous forme de matrices comprenant des verbatims et des notes de terrain. Les résultats suggèrent que l'AVCC stimule la formulation d'hypothèses cliniques et la réactivation des connaissances antérieures. Cette activité pourrait donc être utile en complément d'autres activités éducatives pour favoriser le développement du RCI chez les étudiantes en sciences infirmières. / Teaching and learning clinical reasoning has been a major concern amongst nurse educators for many years. Hypothesis generation is a critical milestone in clinical nursing reasoning which students are still struggling with at the end of their program. In a qualitative exploratory study, we tested a vignette-based activity to provide to the students an opportunity to specifically practice hypotheses generation. The study aimed at documenting nursing student’s capacity to formulate hypotheses during the activity. Seventeen nursing students in the last semester of their program were recruited by convenience and grouped accordingly to their availability to participate. The activity was held four times. Participants were asked to focus on a brief clinical vignette and to build an algorithm that would include 1) their hypotheses regarding the nature of the problem, 2) the essential pieces of information to collect in order to verify each hypothesis, and 3) the way the information was to be found. The combined methods used for data collection were participative observation, videotaping the activity and a written questionnaire immediately after the activity. Data were then classified in matrices in the form of verbatim and notes using clinical nursing reasoning skills described by Fonteyn (1998) as the theoretical framework. Results suggest that the vignette-based activity does stimulate students to formulate hypotheses. It also stimulates sharing and recollection of knowledge amongst students. This type of activity could therefore be useful in promoting the development of clinical reasoning as a complement to other educative activities used in nursing education programs.

The thesis is aimed at finding if the ninth-year students (both girls and boys) of selected basic schools have been affected by gender stereotypes, and if the gender stereotypes approach their ideas, perception and decision making. Besides gender concept, the theoretical part also includes chapters related to gender theories, attitudes, gender stereotypes, equal opportunities for men and women in occupation, and the role of men and women in a family. The central chapter deals with topics of gender and education. The practical part of the thesis is focused on determining students'attitudes towards gender area. Using questionnaire inquiry, the author has got data from 204 students (both girls and boys). The obtained data were faced with finding from the relevant literature.

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-05-19T11:59:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Luízyana Magda Coêlho dos Santos.pdf: 1008821 bytes, checksum: a0fc600f0665f25f09a917a83084d38c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-19T11:59:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luízyana Magda Coêlho dos Santos.pdf: 1008821 bytes, checksum: a0fc600f0665f25f09a917a83084d38c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-12 / This dissertation has Early Childhood Education as its theme and aims to analyze the Nursery Education Pedagogical Coordination professional, from the perspective of their teachers, who are active in a public daycare and preschool in a county in São Paulo Metropolitan Area. The research, from a qualitative approach, has used the interview in the reflective modality as a tool. Six preschool teachers were interviewed. The theoretical referring was composed of Early Childhood Education scholars such as Campos (2006), Kuhlmann (2000), Rosemberg (1994), Oliveira (2011), Rizzo (2003), Kishimoto (1998), and, regarding Pedagogical Coordination Placco, Almeida, Souza (2012) and Zumpano, Almeida (2012). The discussion of produced information has enabled the comprehension not only of the interviewed teachers’ profile but also of their vision regarding Pedagogical Coordination performance in their units. The speeches of the interviewed coordinators also revealed: providing the child development, they promote their own professional development; the teacher’s continuing education must be the Pedagogical Coordinator priority; and, that the daycare and preschool professional need to identify the knowledge and informations which the children already possess when they reach the School / Esta dissertação tem como tema a Educação Infantil e foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de analisar o profissional Coordenador Pedagógico da Educação Infantil, na perspectiva dos professores que atuam em uma Creche e Pré-escola pública, em um município da Grande São Paulo. A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, utilizou como instrumento a entrevista, na modalidade reflexiva, sendo realizada com seis professoras da Pré-escola. O referente teórico discorre sobre a Educação Infantil especialmente com as contribuições de Campos (2006), Kuhlmann (2000), Rosemberg (1994), Oliveira (2011), Rizzo (2003) e Kishimoto (1998), e sobre atuação do Coordenador Pedagógico com as discussões propostas por Placco; Almeida; Souza (2012) e Zumpano; Almeida (2012). As informações coletadas permitiram uma compreensão tanto do perfil dos professores entrevistados quanto de sua visão sobre a atuação da Coordenação Pedagógica de sua unidade. As falas das coordenadoras entrevistadas revelaram entre outros: ao propiciar o desenvolvimento das crianças estão promovendo o seu próprio desenvolvimento profissional; a formação continuada dos docentes deve ser uma prioridade no trabalho do CP; e, os profissionais da creche e pré-escola precisam identificar as informações e conhecimentos que as crianças já trazem ao chegar à Escola

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-06-08T12:58:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 André Júlia Júnior.pdf: 1126242 bytes, checksum: 221b763ff5917c677625f152720137ff (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-08T12:58:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 André Júlia Júnior.pdf: 1126242 bytes, checksum: 221b763ff5917c677625f152720137ff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-01 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This research aims at investigating and analyzing teacher education in Angola (2001 - 2015), specifically the training policy of teachers of Youth and Adult Education. The methodology adopted is qualitative research of a bibliographic and documentary nature supported by sources such as the legal documents of the Republic of Angola, legislation on education, school curricula, among others. These documents aimed at analyzing and understanding the politics of teacher education. Based on the assumption that every human being has the right to quality education and education, as guaranteed by national and international standards, it is important to know how this right is carried out in the current context in Angola. Due to diverse conditionalities, this right has been deprived to many Angolans for decades. Now, after the civil war, the government, through the Ministry of Education, has reduced efforts to guarantee and expand this right through general education reforms. However, ensuring educational quality does not only require focusing attention on the technical or material aspects of education. We must also be concerned with the policy-making agents, teachers. Thus, it is understood that reforming education requires reforming the aspects that constitute the preparation of the immediate agents of pedagogical practice. In Angola, however, although teaching has been reformed, teacher education is still a great concern and challenge. The preparation of these professionals needs updating, a more adequate training, reducing authoritarianism in the teacher and difficulty of the teacher to work with participatory methods in the classroom / Este trabalho de pesquisa objetiva investigar e analisar a formação docente em Angola (2001 – 2015), especificamente a política de formação de professores de educação de jovens e adultos. A metodologia adotada é a da pesquisa qualitativa de natureza bibliográfica e documental apoiada em fontes como documentos legais da República de Angola, legislação sobre educação, currículos escolares, dentre outros. Esses documentos visaram a análise e compreensão da política da formação docente. Partindo do pressuposto de que toda pessoa humana tem direito à educação e educação de qualidade, conforme assegurado nas normas nacionais e internacionais, torna-se importante conhecer a maneira como tal direito é realizado no contexto atual em Angola. Devido a condicionalidades diversas, esse direito foi privado a muitos angolanos durante décadas. Agora, findada a guerra civil, o governo, através do Ministério da Educação, tem reduzido esforços para garantir e ampliar tal direito, por meio de reformas gerais do ensino. No entanto, garantir a qualidade educacional não exige apenas centrar as atenções em aspectos técnicos ou materiais da educação. É preciso preocupar-se, também, com os agentes implementadores de políticas, o professorado. Dessa forma, entende-se que reformar o ensino impõe reformar os aspectos que constituem a preparação dos agentes imediatos da prática pedagógica. Em Angola, no entanto, apesar de se ter reformado o ensino, a formação docente constitui-se ainda grande preocupação e desafio. A preparação desses profissionais necessita de atualização, de uma formação mais adequada, reduzindo autoritarismo no professor e dificuldade de ele trabalhar com métodos participativos em sala de aula

The main purpose of the study was to design, develop, deliver and evaluate a new distance web design course for the needs of students in a vocational higher education institution. Proactive action research was used as a framework during the research process. This research focused on the analysis of the existing face-to-face course to mitigate its problems in the new design. Then, accomplishments and insufficiencies of the new design in the new context were investigated. For this study, data were collected in two different semesters, in a vocational higher education institution. In the first semester, an existing course was investigated to see the problems and the needs. The results revealed that there were problems associated with &ldquo / motivational&rdquo / , &ldquo / interactional&rdquo / , &ldquo / instructional activities&rdquo / , &ldquo / support materials&rdquo / , &ldquo / up-to-date content&rdquo / , &ldquo / technologic&rdquo / , and &ldquo / non-technologic&rdquo / aspects of the existing course. Before the delivery of the new distance course in the second semester, it was completely redesigned with the new characteristics to mitigate some of the predetermined problems of the existing course. In this new structure, an instructor from Ankara gave the course via smart class to this vocational institution located in another city. In the second semester, data were collected to understand what the accomplishments of the new course, and what aspects of the new course needed to be modified. To triangulate qualitative findings, two questionnaire were conducted to see the students&rsquo / attitude towards web-based instruction and students&rsquo / perceptions about learning environment. With the findings of these data collection procedures, the accomplishments of the new design can be categorized in five main headings. These are &ldquo / working with an experienced instructor&rdquo / , &ldquo / extended learning opportunities&rdquo / , &ldquo / increased future expectations of students&rdquo / , &ldquo / fulfilled software requirements&rdquo / , and &ldquo / applicability of a distance vocational course&rdquo / . On the other hand, in the new structure of the course, new problems emerged such as &ldquo / course delivery problems&rdquo / and &ldquo / students&rsquo / readiness&rdquo / , because technology use in education sometimes comes with its unique problems including the solutions. Those accomplishments and insufficiencies points of the new design would be helpful in the new distance course design projects.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-106).