Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

This thesis examines the value of Shakespeare in the domains of policy, pedagogy and practice in English education from 1989 to 2009. Rather than seeking to evaluate his worth, it focuses, in particular, on the processes, institutions and discourses through which his value is constructed. The early chapters establish a lack of existing, critical, interdisciplinary research into Shakespeare in education; offer an overview of the historic context leading up to the playwright’s establishment in the National Curriculum for English as its only compulsory author; and review his place in the education policy of Conservative and Labour governments during the past two decades. Later chapters investigate the value of Shakespeare as constructed in three distinct pedagogies (literary-critical, active methods, and contextual); the inter-relation of his value as constructed in the curriculum, theatre and heritage education departments, popular culture, and academia. It argues that Shakespeare’s tenacity in holding onto a premier position in English education derives largely from the diverse, dispersed, yet interconnected, representations of his value.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T12:19:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 1_RosileneFernandesDaSilva_Intro_Conclusao.pdf: 1081708 bytes, checksum: c818ac5018c129d728105b7e444e899a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-09 / The objective of this research is to see how Lower Middle Government School students in Campina Grande interact with the literary texts, especially poems, which are taught to them at this level. We prefer to defend a sort of education through literary texts which is for the cultural and humanistic formation of the students. To do so, we look at the importance of teaching proposal which, by raising the sensibility, creativity and critical aptitude, gives priority to the esthetic aspect of the text. From this point of view, our research based on the reception method that demands a work with profound interaction between student and teacher because we assume that all new knowledge can be well assimilated by bringing up the information that an individual already has about the subject. To fulfill our objective the research focused specifically on literary reading, teaching practices and the reception of a poem. The result of present research shows that the teaching of poem, when well directed, can help students to see it as an enjoyable activity. From this point of view, we also find that concentration on reading (both loud and silent) of a poem by students helps them to understand its meaning better by aking it an experience of their own and see the poem in a new light as a consequence of their own reading ability. / Esta pesquisa objetiva verificar como os alunos da 1ª série do Ensino Médio de uma escola pública de Campina Grande interagem com os textos poéticos que lhes são oferecidos para estudo. Este trabalho tem como prioridade favorecer uma educação para a formação cultural e humana do aluno por meio do texto literário. Para isso, consideramos a importância de uma proposta de ensino que priorize a fruição estética do texto, através do despertar da sensibilidade, da criatividade e do senso crítico. Nesse sentido, a pesquisa foi fundamentada no método recepcional, que exige um trabalho de intensa interação entre professor e aluno, porque pressupõe que todo conhecimento novo só pode ser assimilado a partir do resgate das informações que o indivíduo já possui sobre o que a ele está sendo apresentado. As categorias que constituíram o eixo da pesquisa foram: leitura literária, prática pedagógica e recepção de poesia. Os dados desta pesquisa nos permitem afirmar que, quando bem direcionado, o trabalho com os textos poéticos pode se descobrir uma atividade prazerosa para os alunos. Neste sentido, a concretização da leitura de poesia pelos alunos, em sala de aula, poderá contribuir para que eles, compreendendo o seu sentido, possam compreender a si próprios, passando a desenvolver suas próprias experiências no ato da leitura e, como conseqüência, suas habilidades como leitores.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:44:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 863662 bytes, checksum: 0612636b816b71d2752cc6a5c50ccb98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-02 / Modernity requires a fluent reader, able to understand what he reads, making intertextual relationships and establish connections with reality. Education is not only a system to transmit knowledge, but to redefine the new action practices within an ongoing process of diagnosis, discussion and decision-making. Reading proficiency is a major goal of basic education, so, in the end of the “Ensino Medio”, it is expected that the students have mastery of this essential tool. Any reflection on the reading competence of the students passes through four major areas of the Portuguese language discipline: the language, literature, writing and speaking. This research aims to focus a special attention at one of these areas: literature, seeking to identify the literary reading practices adopted by schools, as well as checking the relations between literature teaching and education of literary texts readers. Furthermore, we used different research instruments: a review of official documents, questionnaires and interviews and searching the role of school libraries in this process. Thus, it was possible to analyze the cultural conditions of the student as a reader and the different readings that they had accessed during the basic education. The analysis showed a weak relationship between school, literature, education and investment in the education of literary texts readers. Students study literature, but are far from literary reading. From this perspective, it was possible to identify some factors that have contributed to disturb the literature reading in schools: new technologies competition, the inappropriate selection of literature books for reading, the diversification of school readings with the incorporation of different genre, the students rejection of compulsory reading and the lack of concrete opportunities for the student to have access to literary text. Thus, the search for a new educational model can start by setting clear goals for the literature teaching. Achieving these goals, schools need to be reprogrammed in accordance with the new educational guidelines, considering the replacement of the encyclopedic knowledge for the students literary competence. / A modernidade exige um leitor fluente, capaz de entender o que lê, de fazer relações intertextuais e de estabelecer conexões com a realidade. Educar não é apenas transmitir conhecimentos prontos, mas sim redefinir novas práticas de ação, dentro de um processo permanente de diagnóstico, de discussão, de tomada de decisões. A proficiência em leitura é um dos objetivos principais da educação básica, portanto ao final do ensino médio espera-se que o aluno tenha domínio dessa ferramenta fundamental. Qualquer reflexão sobre a competência leitora do aluno passa pelos quatro grandes eixos da disciplina Língua Portuguesa: a linguagem, a literatura, a produção de textos e a oralidade. Nessa dissertação, o objetivo principal foi lançar um olhar específico para um desses eixos: a literatura, buscando identificar as práticas de leitura literária adotadas pela escola, assim como a verificação das relações entre o ensino de literatura e a formação do leitor de textos literários. Para isso, foram utilizados diferentes instrumentos de pesquisa: análise dos documentos oficiais, questionários e entrevistas, além da investigação do papel das bibliotecas escolares nesse processo. Assim, foi possível observar as condições culturais em que o aluno se constituiu leitor e as diferentes linguagens a que ele teve acesso durante a educação básica. As análises apontaram uma relação precária entre escola, literatura, ensino e investimentos na formação do leitor de textos literários. Os alunos estudam literatura, mas estão distantes da leitura literária. A partir dessa perspectiva, foi possível identificar alguns fatores que vem contribuindo para dificultar a leitura literária nas escolas: a competição com as novas tecnologias, a seleção inadequada de obras para leitura, a diversificação das leituras escolares com a incorporação de diversos gêneros textuais, a rejeição dos alunos à leitura obrigatória, a falta de oportunidades concretas para que o aluno tenha acesso ao texto literário. Dessa forma, a busca de um novo modelo educacional pode começar pela definição clara dos objetivos para o ensino de literatura. Para atender a esses objetivos, a escola precisa se reprogramar de acordo com as novas diretrizes educacionais, considerando a substituição do conhecimento enciclopédico pela competência literária dos alunos.

Thèse (M.A) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2004. / Bibliogr.: f. 136-141. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NazineideB_TESE.pdf: 1500642 bytes, checksum: 2038a1ae83360b2d4d18b76e2a308660 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-08 / The focus of this thesis is children's reception to literary texts starting from literary livelihood in an inclusive literary context, looking for the possible evidences that are present in the construction as reader/hearing of literature. Based on a study case, we search the ways of participation of a child (girl) with intellectual deficiency in situations of offering and reception of literary texts, looking for the understanding and explication of some aspects of her processing and the building up of an initial reader. The data were taken starting from observations in moments of reading and story-telling in the period from November to December/2008 and May to June/2009 in a public school of children education, in Natal- Brazil, in which there was a registered student showing intellectual deficiency associated to Down syndrome. As research tools we used: field diary, interview scripts and video recordings. The analyses were based on research from Amarilha (2001, 2006a, 2006b), Bettelheim (2007), Coelho (2008), Iser (1996), Jauss (1979, 1994), Luria (1990a, 1990b), Vygotsky (1991, 1993), Wallon (2007, 2008) amongst others. The research showed that although expressing little verbalization and limited levels of attention, body attitudes, movements and talks of the child under investigation, denounced engagement and rendition to the sonority of the texts shared. These data gives us traces that, under a mediating action, the child with intellectual limitation can turn into a reader/hearing subject of literature, developing a sensitive and a selective attitude towards the literary text. Amongst other aspects, we identified that (1) a conception of deficiency present through the school that recognizes his/her potential of developing and learning (2) the situation of sharing, that favours a relation with the texts through the other, and (3) the relevance of orality providing the semantic paths that help the child in the building up of meaning, presenting themselves as fundamental to her/his viewing of the literary text, and, therefore, the formation of the reader. Thus, recognizing her/his capacity and possibilities, we think it is important to guarantee to the child with intellectual deficiency, a space towards interaction with the fictional text in which the child can learn and live its ludic and interactive character, to enjoy its hearing abilities, benefiting, then, from the aesthetic experience lived, mainly, in collective situations mediated through the more experient reader and shared with her/his different pairs. The research shows yet that, looking after conditions that guarantee a comfortable environment to the story hearings in the classrooms that focus on children education, being aware of a selection and the prosody of stories, the didactic contract, the attention to individual reactions, enlarge the possibility of any child deficient or not to enjoy her/himself as reader/ hearing subject of literature, engaged in its richness and magic / Focalizamos nesta tese a recep??o da crian?a com defici?ncia intelectual ao texto liter?rio, a partir da observa??o de uma viv?ncia liter?ria num contexto escolar inclusivo, evidenciando as possibilidades que se apresentam na sua constru??o como leitora/ouvinte de literatura. Mediante um estudo de caso, investigamos os modos de participa??o dessa crian?a em situa??es de oferta e recep??o de textos liter?rios, buscando compreender e explicitar os aspectos de seu processo de forma??o leitora inicial. Os dados foram levantados a partir de observa??es nos momentos de leitura e de conta??o de hist?rias no per?odo de novembro e dezembro/2008 e maio e junho/2009, numa turma de uma escola de Educa??o Infantil na qual se encontrava matriculada a referida crian?a, cuja defici?ncia intelectual est? associada ? S?ndrome de Down. Como instrumentos de pesquisa foram utilizados: di?rio de campo, roteiros de entrevistas e videograva??es. As an?lises fundamentaram-se nos estudos de Amarilha (2001, 2006a, 2006b), Bettelheim (2007), Coelho (2008), Iser (1996), Jauss (1979, 1994), Luria (1990a, 1990b), Vygotsky (1991, 1993), Wallon (2007, 2008) dentre outros. O estudo mostrou que, embora pouco se expressando verbalmente e, por vezes, apresentando limitados n?veis de aten??o, as atitudes corporais, os movimentos e as falas da crian?a investigada denunciaram engajamento e rendi??o ao apelo da sonoridade dos textos partilhados. Esses dados revelam ind?cios de que, sob o patroc?nio de uma a??o mediadora, a crian?a com defici?ncia intelectual pode constituir-se como uma leitora/ouvinte de literatura, desenvolvendo uma escuta sens?vel, seletiva e atenta ao texto liter?rio. Dentre outros aspectos, identificamos que a concep??o de defici?ncia apresentada pela escola, que reconhece seu potencial de desenvolvimento e de aprendizagem, a situa??o de partilhamento, que favorece o exercitar de diferentes formas de se relacionar com os textos atrav?s do outro, e a relev?ncia da oralidade fornecendo as pistas sem?nticas que auxiliam a crian?a na constru??o de sentidos, apresentam-se como fundamentais para seu acercamento ao texto liter?rio, e, portanto, sua forma??o leitora. Dessa forma, reconhecendo suas capacidades e possibilidades, acreditamos ser importante garantir ? crian?a com defici?ncia intelectual um espa?o para a intera??o com o texto ficcional no qual ela possa aprender a reconhecer e vivenciar o seu car?ter l?dico e interativo, degustar de forma prazerosa a sua escuta, beneficiando-se, assim, da experi?ncia est?tica vivenciada, principalmente quando em situa??es coletivas mediadas pelo leitor mais experiente e partilhadas com seus diferentes pares. O estudo indica ainda que atentar para condi??es que garantam um clima favor?vel ? escuta de hist?rias nas salas de aula da educa??o infantil, como o cuidado com a sele??o da hist?ria e com sua pros?dia, o contrato did?tico, a aten??o ?s rea??es individuais, dentre outras, ampliam as possibilidades para que qualquer crian?a deficiente ou n?o experimente-se como leitora/ouvinte de literatura, usufruindo de sua riqueza e magia

The diploma thesis The Bible and Its Adaptations for Children addresses the question of the quality of children's Biblical adaptations. It aims to compile a comprehensive set of criteria based on relevant literature which children's adaptations should meet. These criteria should become a practical tool for primary school teachers to make it easier for them to select quality stories for their lessons. The entire first chapter is devoted to the Bible and should serve as a general knowledge base of the book. The second chapter describes children's literature in terms of its specifics and psychological characteristics of young readers. A special place in this chapter belongs to myth (as one of the essential biblical genres) and the Bible itself, and the examination of their place in children's literature. The chapter on children's literature also includes a section the aim of which is to explain the role of illustration in children's books and to remind us of its crucial position in children's literature. The following chapter deals with the term adaptation, first from the general literary point of view, and then it focuses on the child recipient and the peculiarities of adapting the Bible. At the end of this chapter, the planned set of criteria is created on the bases of the previous theoretical part...

La tesi si occupa di verificare l’influenza che i classici greci e latini hanno esercitato su i padri fondatori americani e più in particolare su Thomas Jefferson. La prima sezione tratteggia il contesto universitario e lo studio delle lingue classiche tra seicento e settecento, comprendendo non solo le università inglesi (Oxford e Cambridge) e scozzesi, ma anche i nuovi college nati nelle colonie americane. Tale analisi dei modelli e delle pratiche educative ha permesso, in effetti, di comprendere meglio l’influenza dei classici sui rivoluzionari americani. Nello specifico viene scandagliata a fondo l’educazione ricevuta da Jefferson. Tra i numerosi spunti di studio aperti da codesto argomento, il lavoro si concentra sulle modalità con cui i classici gli furono insegnati, sul suo Commonplace Book (una raccolta di brani tratti in parte da autori antichi letti in giovinezza) e su documentazione epistolare. Quest’ultima è oggetto particolare di studio, allo scopo di scoprire quali opere antiche Jefferson, in età adulta e durante la vecchiaia, lesse e apprezzò. Essendo un collezionista di libri, comprò moltissimi testi classici come dimostrano alcuni suoi manoscritti. Nonostante manchino dati precisi a riguardo, risulta inoltre che Jefferson, benché facesse largo uso di traduzioni, preferiva leggere in originale e che probabilmente abbia letto la maggior parte di questi libri durante il ritiro dalla vita politica. La seconda parte della tesi si concentra, invece, a indagare quanto la sua educazione classica abbia contributo alla formazione della sua personalità e delle sue idee, nonché alla forma stessa del suo pensiero in merito ad alcune tematiche. Lo studio è di conseguenza dedicato all’esperienza umana di Jefferson, in particolare alla sua riflessione sulla morte e sull’eternità, temi fortemente legati alla sua ricezione di idee epicuree e stoiche. Epicureismo e Stoicismo rappresentano, in definitiva, i due sistemi filosofici antichi che hanno maggiormente influenzato la sua personalità e il suo pensiero. / The aim of the present work is to evaluate the impact of the ancient classics on the American Founding Fathers, with a particular focus on Thomas Jefferson. The first section gives a wide portrait of the academic context in which the Founders were educated, comprising not only of Oxford, Cambridge, and the Scottish universities, but also the colonial colleges. The evaluation of the educational practices in use at the time makes it possible to understand better the classical impact on revolutionary Americans. In particular, this analysis studies in depth Jefferson's education. Of the many possible perspectives and approaches to this topic, the present work focuses on the way ancient classics were taught to him, his Commonplace Book, which reports part of the ancient classics he read during his youth, and his correspondence. The latter has been studied especially to understand which other ancient writers he read, valued, and esteemed in his adulthood and old age. As book collector, Jefferson bought an incredible number of ancient classics, as attested by a few manuscripts of his book lists. Despite the dearth of sure evidence, it is very likely that he read the ancient works largely during his retirement. He loved reading them in the original, though he made great use of translations. The second part of this work is dedicated to investigating how Jefferson's classical education contributed to the building of his personality and ideas, as well as how he elaborated specific classical themes in his own life. The study is thus focused on Jefferson's personal human experience, specifically on his reflection on human mortality and the afterlife. These themes, indeed, are strictly linked to his reception of Epicurean and Stoic tenets, the two ancient philosophical systems which had the greatest and most profound impact on Jefferson's personality and thought.