Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:33:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Laerte_Cressoni_Neto.pdf: 420638 bytes, checksum: 67527209be1486d3413461fb492cecab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-22 / Institutions of higher learning (IHL) in Brazil have suffered from idleness in classroom courses, mainly due to the higher number of places offered in the last ten years. Many IHL consider the distance education, and regionalization strategy that this method enables, a way to maintain or increase their margins. However, the development and operation of these courses require expertise not normally found in traditional classroom structure of institutions. Thus, most managers of IHL find some difficulty in financial planning of the distance education project and its feasibility analysis, this occurs because of the complexity and the amount of variables that impact the definition of income and all expenses, including items from tutors to reviewers, editors, cameramen etc. In this context, this study presents a complete breakdown of the variables that influence the financial outcomes of a distance learning course. The assumptions of the variables are divided into five groups: Organizational Management, Content Development, Information Technology, Mentoring and Market, and its valuation distributed among income, investments and costing. Further it also performed simulations and analysis of financial results to a better practical understanding of the model / As Institui????es de Ensino Superior no Brasil v??m sofrendo com a ociosidade nos cursos presenciais, fruto, principalmente, do aumento expressivo do n??mero de vagas nos ??ltimos dez anos. Muitas IESs veem no ensino a dist??ncia e na estrat??gia de regionaliza????o que este m??todo permite uma forma de manter ou aumentar suas margens. Por??m, o desenvolvimento e a opera????o desses cursos demandam expertises normalmente n??o encontradas na estrutura presencial tradicional das institui????es. Desse modo, a maioria dos gestores das IESs encontra dificuldade em fazer o planejamento financeiro do projeto de EaD e analisar sua viabilidade, dada a complexidade e a quantidade de vari??veis que impactam na defini????o das receitas e de todos seus gastos, incluindo itens que v??o desde tutores at?? revisores, editores, cinegrafistas etc. Diante desse panorama, este trabalho apresenta um detalhamento completo das vari??veis que influenciam o resultado financeiro de um curso a dist??ncia, cujas premissas foram divididas em cinco grandes grupos: Gest??o Organizacional, Produ????o de Conte??dos, Tecnologia da Informa????o, Tutoria e Mercado e sua valora????o, distribuindo-se entre Receitas, Investimentos e Custeio. Tamb??m foram realizadas simula????es financeiras e an??lises de seus resultados para um melhor entendimento pr??tico do modelo

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:32:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Roseli Zen Cerny.pdf: 1733453 bytes, checksum: c20c37610dca2cc32d9d47b802d19818 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-03 / The present study attempts to analyze a pedagogical management system developed in a public institution of higher education during the implementing of one of the first distance education licentiate courses. The theoretic principals are based on the referential management of educational systems and the perspective of distance education systems. A qualitative methodology was utilized for this research, with the support of the enunciation theory of language and the method of self observation. The pedagogical management system was created based on the idea of collaborative work and anchors itself on the triad formation, materials production and research and evaluation. In the analysis of the distance education system it became clear that the main difficulties for the implementation of undergraduate courses are: the history of distance education in the institution, the culture of presence, the somewhat inflexible model of institutional organizations, the way by which financing is decentralized and administrated, the public and bureaucracy politics. In the organization of the teams there is the perception that the pedagogical management reproduces in part the presential model referring to the partnership between the centers of teacher formation. The study illustrates that the formation of the teams constitutes a privileged space for minimizing the prejudice against this modality of learning, promoting the integration between members, rethinking the didactic pedagogical action and providing reception to team members. Research and evaluation are pointed out as decisive conditions for the university s participation in distance education, aiding the partnership between centers. It has been made evident that the collective construction of work demands time and openness by part of teams for new constructions to arise. It is possible to conclude that, even with the tensions and troubles lived in this proposal of pedagogical management, the integrated work of formation, material productions and research and evaluation contribute to a more organic performance in distance education, breaking the fordist paradigms found normally in the experiments with this modality of learning / O presente estudo propõe-se a analisar um sistema de gestão pedagógica desenvolvido em uma instituição pública de ensino superior durante a implantação dos primeiros cursos de licenciatura a distância. Os pressupostos teóricos embasam-se no referencial da gestão dos sistemas educacionais e na perspectiva dos sistemas de educação a distância. A metodologia de pesquisa adotada para a análise é a pesquisa qualitativa, com suporte da teoria enunciativa da linguagem e o método da auto-observação. O sistema de gestão pedagógica foi construído a partir da ideia de trabalho colaborativo e ancora-se na tríade formação, produção de materiais e pesquisa e avaliação. Na análise sobre o sistema de EaD, ficou evidenciado que as principais dificuldades para a implantação de cursos de graduação a distância são: a história da EaD na instituição, a cultura do presencial, o modelo pouco flexível de organização institucional, o modo como os financiamentos são descentralizados e administrados, as políticas públicas e a burocracia. Na organização das equipes, há a percepção de que a gestão pedagógica reproduz em parte o modelo vivenciado no presencial no que se refere à parceria entre os centros formadores de professores. O estudo mostra que formação das equipes constitui um espaço privilegiado para minimizar os preconceitos contra a modalidade, promover a troca de experiências entre os pares, repensar as ações didáticas pedagógicas e proporcionar acolhimento aos integrantes das equipes. A pesquisa e a avaliação são apontadas como uma das condições determinantes para a atuação da universidade na EaD, auxiliando na parceria colaborativa entre os centros. Evidenciou-se que a construção coletiva do trabalho demanda tempo e abertura por parte das equipes para construção do novo. É possível concluir que, não obstante as tensões e desencontros vivenciados nesta proposta de gestão pedagógica, o trabalho integrado de formação, produção de materiais e de pesquisa e avaliação contribui para uma atuação mais orgânica na educação a distância, quebrando os paradigmas fordistas encontrados nas experiências com esta modalidade de ensino

Women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have a role to play in the development of their country’s political, economical, educational and social goals. Although, social constraints exist for women and work, they presently dominate sectors like education. A qualitative research design was employed to identify barriers, current leadership roles and the participation of national female educators in the decision-making process. Barriers to both job entry and career progression were identified. In particular, married educators with children found difficulties in balancing their roles as care givers and career women. Educational leaders used transformational leadership styles, were considered role-models and contributed to decision-making by providing quality decisions based on their experience and expertise. Strategies to assist women in overcoming barriers are recommended because when women start forming an integral part of the workforce, their empowerment and their input in terms of leadership will be a key factor for the UAE government’s goal of Emiratisation. / Educational Studies / M.Ed.

The following research question motivated the study: "How can education management effectively address factors influencing teachers to migrate from the teaching profession?" To answer this research question, one school was selected in Limpopo Province, which is not affected by the migration of teachers from the teaching profession; this was demonstrated by the school retaining expert and veteran teachers and its excellent grade 12 results. Factors influencing the migration of teachers from the teaching profession were researched by means of qualitative approach. Focus group interviews, phenomenological interviews and unstructured (in-depth) interviews were conducted, transcribed and analysed. The research findings indicated that education management team needs to urge the government to pay teachers attractive salaries, introduce performance bonus scheme, deal with overcrowding and lack of resources, curb violence in schools, deal effectively with corruption, improve poor learners' discipline and do away with corporal punishment. / Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Education Management)

Inclusion has been adopted by the South African Department of Education as the policy for special needs· learners. This study explores the role of education managers in independent Christian schools in implementing this policy. A literature review and data gathered from interviews with principals of Christian schools which practise inclusion reveal that education managers have a vital role to play by offering leadership and vision to the inclusive school. They control the human and material resources required to bring about change towards greater inclusivity. Their accepting attitudes communicate to the community that all learners can belong in a school willing to accommodate them. The Biblical values that give the Christian school its reason for existence makes reaching out to those with special needs an imperative. Practical strategies for implementing inclusion are discussed in the context of organisational development and the management of change. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

This study examined the prevalence and the nature of truancy among early adolescent learners attending secondary schools in the Education Management and Development Centre (EMDC) in the eastern metropole of the Western Cape. The main purpose of the study was to answer the following question: How can secondary school educators, in loco parentis, be equipped with the required skills and resources in order to deal with the issue of truant behaviour among early adolescent learners? A comprehensive literature review was conducted to explore the character and extent of truancy. Thereafter, various theories of child development were highlighted, followed by a synopsis comprising different dimensions of the development of the early adolescent learner. The empirical investigation was carried out through quantitative as well as qualitative research methodology. A focus group interview was conducted with six learners, offering them an opportunity to express their perceptions and experiences as truants. Interviews were conducted with principals to obtain their impressions regarding truant behaviour. Thereafter, a questionnaire, which investigated truancy related aspects such as interaction with peers, parents and caregivers' involvement in learners' school activities, educators' influence on learners' school work and learners' self-esteem regarding their schooling, was administered to three hundred learners. The quantitative investigation revealed significant aspects about truant behaviour, indicating that predominantly more male than female learners (173 male and 26 as in the case of the present study) display this type of behaviour, truants generally originate from single parent families, and that they experience their educators and learning environments as extremely negative. Finally, two in-depth case studies were conducted on two learners, one identified as a truant and the other as a non-truant respectively. The purpose of the in-depth studies was to explore possible differences in their experiential worlds. Although the qualitative data is not generalisable, the findings of the case studies have revealed significant differences in the life worlds of the two learners. Comparatively speaking, it appears that non-truant learners are significantly better adjusted on all their functioning levels than truant learners. The results of the empirical investigation were compared with relevant findings which emerged from the literature study. Based on the present investigation, the study was concluded by offering a range of recommendations to secondary school educators, in loco parentis, empowering them in addressing the phenomenon of truancy among early adolescent learners in the Western Cape with its distinctive problems. / Educational Studies / D. Ed.(Psychology of Education)

The aim of this study was to determine how teachers experienced transformation in education and what the implications were for education management. The approach was qualitative, exploratory and descriptive. In a case study design six redeployed teachers from an ex-model C school were purposefully selected as sample. In-depth interviews were conducted with the teachers. Informal interviews and observation were also used to collect data. The results focussed on the teachers‟ views of transformation and their experiences of transformation policy and how it was managed; the financial implications of transformation and the impact thereof on the teachers. It was concluded that individual teachers experienced some aspects of transformation positively, for example promotion opportunities. Negative experiences were related to transformation that was enforced overhastily and did not consider all role players or prepare teachers well. Recommendations were made for managing transformation and for further study. Key concepts: transformation; education management; case study design; redeployed teachers; positive experiences of education transformation; negative experiences / Further Teacher Education / M. Ed. ((Onderwysbestuur) Further Teacher Education)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5084.pdf: 907637 bytes, checksum: 5a23e7a7199662f6dc764dc43744f860 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-27 / The primary objective of this dissertation is to investigate the main factors that affect the participation of school counselors in public schools in São Carlos / SP. To this end, we opted for conducting empirical research in order to produce and analyze data capable of providing greater concreteness to the arguments. Thus, in order to determine the research tools and the universe to be studied, techniques for the gathering, samplings, and analysis of data, were selected. For the gathering of data, a questionnaire was applied to Community Education Managers and school counselors. In order to determine the sample, we opted to cover fifty school units ensuring that all segments represented in the School Board answer the questionnaire. And finally, our analyzes were grounded on studies by authors who discuss the democratic management of public schools as a means of extending citizenship and guaranteeing the right of participation. Our preliminary results indicate that, power relationships present in the in interpersonal relationships, is the main factor that hinders the participation of counselors, followed by bureaucratic aspects, described as a subcategory due to the fact that they are related to the fundamental category mentioned above. In contrast, engagement and knowledge in the field are presented in the research as factors that facilitate the participation of counselors. Thus, the results highlight the need to formulate strategies to minimize the negative factors and leverage them to promote the participation of counselors at the municipal level. / O objetivo principal da pesquisa de que trata esta dissertação foi identificar quais são os principais fatores que interferem positiva ou negativamente na participação dos membros do Conselho Escolar nas escolas públicas do município de São Carlos/ SP. Optamos por realizar uma pesquisa empírica, cujo instrumento básico de coleta de dados foi um questionário, aplicado aos Gestores Comunitários em Educação e aos Conselheiros Escolares, representantes de todos os segmentos que compõem o Conselho Escolar, de cinquenta escolas. As análises foram fundamentadas em autores que discutem a gestão democrática da escola pública como mecanismo de ampliação da cidadania e do direito à participação. Os resultados das análises indicaram as relações de poder como o principal fator que dificulta a participação dos conselheiros, com pouca variação de segmento para segmento. Em contrapartida, o engajamento e o conhecimento na área se apresentam na pesquisa como fatores que facilitam a participação dos conselheiros. Assim, os resultados evidenciam a necessidade de formulação de estratégias que minimizem o efeito das relações de poder e potencializem o acesso a informações, como forma de se ampliar a participação dos Conselheiros.

In consequence of the economic restructuring of universities the issue of equality programme implementation to boost the standing of academic organisations in the competition for economic resources and young scientists is focused increasingly. Therefore the importance of expert gender knowledge as well as academic gender knowledge has intensified in the university context. Having this in mind, the following article asks which gender knowledge (cf. Wetterer, 2008; Wetterer, 2009) affects three different academic disciplines (mechanical engineering, disciplines of linguistic, literature and cultural studies and architecture) and to what extent can this become an impediment or an enabler on the shift towards gender-equitable universities.

In consequence of the economic restructuring of universities the issue of equality programme implementation to boost the standing of academic organisations in the competition for economic resources and young scientists is focused increasingly. Therefore the importance of expert gender knowledge as well as academic gender knowledge has intensified in the university context. Having this in mind, the following article asks which gender knowledge (cf. Wetterer, 2008; Wetterer, 2009) affects three different academic disciplines (mechanical engineering, disciplines of linguistic, literature and cultural studies and architecture) and to what extent can this become an impediment or an enabler on the shift towards gender-equitable universities.