Dietary improvement was assessed using 24-hour food recall in a sample of 180 homemakers who had completed six to 18 months of instruction in the Virginia Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) to determine whether they retained dietary improvement six to 36 months after leaving the program. These homemakers provided additional information on Perceived Educational Gains and Program Benefits received from participating in EFNEP. Family factors were explored which were believed to be related to dietary change - Family Composition, Family Resource Assistance, Household Roles and Responsibilities, Family Support, and Family Diet Control. Diet Scores increased significantly (p<.01) from program Entry to Exit; greatest increases were in average daily servings from milk and fruit-vegetable groups. Slight but significant (p<.01) regression occurred in average Diet Score and servings of milk from Exit to Follow-up. Homemakers with higher Diet Scores at program Entry had higher scores at program Exit and Follow-up, and higher Program Benefit Scores. Length of time in program was not significantly associated with Dietary Improvement or Retention. High average Educational Gain and Program Benefit Scores at Follow-up were evidence that EFNEP was successful from the perspective of homemakers served. Family Composition was not associated with Dietary Improvement. Family Support emerged as the only family measure related to diet; higher Family Support Scores were associated not only with greater Perceived Educational Gains and Program Benefits, but also with higher Diet Scores at program completion and follow-up. Results of the study confirmed the Virginia EFNEP to be effective in improving diets of homemakers and sustaining these changes, and suggested a key role for family support in influencing dietary outcome and program success from the view of participants. / Ph. D.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12291 which requires Federal agencies to perform benefits assessments of proposed major regulations and prohibits them from taking regulatory action unless potential benefits exceed potential costs to society. A review of welfare economics literature and applications of the CBA model to health, education, and nutrition is presented. CBA for use in the Cooperative Extension Service Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is then systematically examined using the following criteria: 1) theoretical considerations - can the economic criterion appropriately be applied to EFNEP?; and 2) application of the CBA model - can it be made operational? Following the critique of application of CBA to EFNEP, conclusions are drawn as to the appropriate use of CBA or alternative techniques in evaluating EFNEP and similar programs. / Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction is an important aspect for children’s language development. The intervention model Prevention Education Program for Parents (PEPP) is currently under development within the research project Ord gör skillnad, Karolinska Institutet. PEPP is an intervention for parents to children aged 0–12 months who’s recently been diagnosed with hearing impairment. In PEPP parents receive guidance based on the child’s language environment which is mapped through Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) and video analysis. LENA is a speech processing technological tool that analyzes the child’s language environment. The video analysis is made manually based on short video records of interactions between child and parent. The purpose of this study was to evaluate these mapping methods reliabilities to measure verbal conversational turns. The study also aimed to investigate if there’s a pattern between the amount of verbal conversational turns in a structured playtime and in the home environment. Four families with children aged 0:26–7:3 months participated. The child and parent interacted in a structured playtime that was analyzed with LENA and video analysis. Each family also made a LENA recording for an entire day in their home environment. The amount of verbal conversational turns in the structured playtime was analyzed by two assessors through video analysis. Inter-rater reliability was calculated, and a qualitative assessment was made for intervals in which the inter-rater reliability was &lt;80%. The conformity between video analysis and LENA in the structured playtime was calculated. Further, a comparison was made between the amount of verbal conversational turns measured with LENA in home environment and structured environment. The inter-rater reliability in this study was high and in the qualitative assessment aggravating factors were identified. The conformity between video analysis and LENA analysis of the structured playtime was moderate. The amount of verbal conversational turns was higher for all participants in the structured environment compared to the home environment. This study indicates that video analysis is a reliable method. However, the aggravating aspects should be remedied in order to increase the reliability. The results confirm previous findings that demonstrate limitations with LENA’s ability to measure conversational turns in young infants. This study indicates that the number of conversational turns is higher in structured environments. To ensure the results in this study further research should be conducted. / Barn lär sig språket i interaktion med sin omgivning. Föräldrainterventionen Prevention Education Program for Parents (PEPP) utvecklas inom forskningsprojektet Ord gör skillnad, Karolinska Institutet. I PEPP handleds föräldrar till barn i åldrarna 0–12 månader med nyligen upptäckt hörselnedsättning kring samspel och kommunikation. Handledningen baseras på barnets språkmiljö som mäts med kartläggningsmetoderna Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) och videoanalys. LENA är ett talprocessande teknologiskt verktyg som beskriver barnets språkmiljö genom automatisk analys. Videoanalysen sker manuellt av bedömare utifrån korta videoinspelningar av samspel mellan barn och förälder. Föreliggande studie syftade till att utvärdera dessa kartläggningsmetoders pålitlighet i mätning av verbala turtagningar. Vidare syftade studien till att undersöka eventuella mönster mellan antal verbala turtagningar i hemmiljö och strukturerad miljö. Fyra familjer med barn i åldrarna 0:26–7:3 månader deltog. Barn och förälder samspelade under en strukturerad leksituation som analyserades med LENA och videoanalys. Varje familj gjorde även en heldagsinspelning med LENA i hemmiljö. Antal verbala turtagningar i den strukturerade leksituationen analyserades av två bedömare med videoanalys. Interbedömarreliabilitet räknades ut och en kvalitativ bedömning genomfördes på intervall med interbedömarreliabilitet &lt;80 %. Samstämmigheten mellan videoanalysen och LENA beräknades gällande den strukturerade leksituationen. Vidare jämfördes antal turtagningar mätt med LENA i hemmiljö och strukturerad miljö. Resultatet visade på en hög interbedömarreliabilitet i videoanalysen och i den kvalitativa bedömningen identifierades försvårande aspekter. Samstämmigheten mellan videoanalysen och LENA var måttlig. Antalet turtagningar var genomgående högre i den strukturerade leksituationen jämfört med hemmiljö. Studien tyder på att videoanalysen är en pålitlig metod. Dock identifierades försvårande aspekter som bör åtgärdas för att öka mätningens tillförlitlighet. Studien bekräftar tidigare forskning som visat på begränsningar gällande LENA:s mätning av turtagningar hos unga spädbarn. Resultatet tyder på att det sker fler turtagningar i strukturerad miljö än i hemmiljö. För att säkerställa studiens resultat krävs fortsatta studier.

The diploma thesis focuses on cooperation of composite primary schools and pre-school centres. The theoretical part refers to strategic documents in the field of education - White Paper, Strategy for Education Policy of the Czech Republic untill 2020, Common European Framework of Reference. It explains the basis of creating school educational programmes. It also outlines the legislative strategy of composite primary school and kindergardens and the cooperation in the field of education in general and in the field of community-based education. The main aim of this thesis was to gain the insight into the cooperation and communication within the group of pedagogical staff in primary schools and pre-school centres, insight into given school educational programme,s and moreover to search the elements which denotes the close interconnection. These tendencies of cooperation are then the basis for forming and innovating the above mentioned programmes. The next aim was to discover the cooperation between schools and municipal authorities. In the practical part there was conducted a survey. The teachers and municipal authorities were given questionnaires. The evaluating criteria of school educational programmes were set before. The hypothesis, that the primary schools and pre-school centres communicate only...

1 Abstract Thesis Woods as an educational space? examines using quantitative methods the differences between children in ordinary kindergartens and forest kindergartens, and it does so according to formation of individual components of scientific literacy or knowledge of selected terms (concepts) in its empirical part. For this purpose it creates evaluation model of scientific literacy of preschool children (didactic test) based on the example of processing a particular topic - Forest. The topic is set into the concept of pedagogy, developmental psychology, and social ecology. The theoretical part discusses the issue of scientific literacy, especially in the context of preprimary age. From the perspective of developmental psychology are furthemore described cognitive developmental characteristics of preschool age in their basic level. This part also focuses on strategic documents of (permanent) sustainable development. The thesis gives a first interesting insight into the problem and reveals a serious facts such as that children from ordinary kindergartens confuse natural objects under artificial objects also are less oriented in inanimate components, than the children of the forest kindergartens. Keywords: Scientific Literacy, Pre-Primary Education, Sustainable Development, Forest Kindergarten, Framework...

O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar o processo de aprendizagem de idosos sobre os benefícios da atividade física (AF). Participaram da pesquisa 42 sujeitos, com idade acima de 60 anos, integrantes do Programa Autonomia para a Atividade Física (PAAF). Ao final da primeira fase do PAAF foi realizada uma entrevista semi-estruturada para avaliar a aprendizagem sobre a importância da AF e a percepção do aprendizado pelos sujeitos. Os resultados mostram que os alunos: (1) relacionaram o conhecimento sobre os benefícios da AF com seus efeitos fisiológicos nos sistemas de um corpo inativo ou em processo de envelhecimento; (2) associaram a importância da AF à aspectos afetivos como a melhora na auto-confiança e no auto-conhecimento das próprias capacidades e limitações; (3) identificaram a melhora no relacionamento social e na satisfação pessoal como efeito positivo da participação no PAAF; (4) reconstruíram o conceito de velhice; (5) valorizaram a aprendizagem de conhecimentos sobre a AF e (6) mostraram interesse em divulgá-los. Verificou-se, também, elementos que predispuseram a aprendizagem como: interesse em aprender, associação do aprendido com atividades cotidianas e utilização de conhecimentos prévios. Os fatores que dificultaram a aprendizagem ou a sua expressão foram: conceitos prévios inadequados, diminuição da memória, baixa escolaridade e falta de domínio com a linguagem oral. Pode-se concluir que os benefícios da AF relatados foram além dos efeitos fisiológicos ensinados no PAAF e que a elaboração pessoal do conhecimento se deu com base em aspectos da experiência de vida de cada idoso. / The aim of this research was to analyze the learning process of elderly people about the benefits of physical activity (PA). The research was composed by 42 people over 60 years old. All of them members of the Physical Activity Autonomy Program (PAAP). At the end of first stage of PAAP, the students were interviewed in order to evaluate their learning about the importance of PA and their perception of the learning process. The results revealed that the students: (1) linked their knowledge about PA benefits with physiological effects over their body systems or with the growing older process; (2) associated the importance of PA with improvement of self-steam and self-knowledge of their own abilities and limitations; (3) identified a significant improvement over their social relationship and personal satisfaction as a positive effect, as result of the participation of PAAP; (4) changed the concept of aging; (5) valued the learning about PA and (6) manifested interest to divulge it. The facilitate factors to learning were: interest in learning, association with diary activities and use of prior knowledge. The elements that made the learning difficult were the inadequate spontaneous concepts, decrease of memory, low educational level and lack of oral language. The conclusion was that the students refer to other PA benefits, beside physiologic effects and the knowledge construction was based in aspects of life experience of each elderly.

A educomunicação define-se, a partir da perspectiva do Núcleo de Comunicação e Educação (NCE) da Universidade de São Paulo, como uma prática social que tem como resultado o fortalecimento do protagonismo infanto-juvenil tanto na área da recepção qualificada das mensagens midiáticas (Media Education) quanto no do uso das tecnologias para o exercício do direito universal à expressão (Media Empowerment). Visível nas ações de atuantes organizações não-governamentais, na América Latina, o conceito tem como seu principal desafio, no momento, legitimar-se junto às políticas públicas, para beneficiar, num país como o Brasil, não apenas - e de forma experimental - pequenos grupos de crianças, mas um público hoje representado por um total aproximado de 50 milhões de estudantes do ensino básico. Em outras palavras, a educomunicação enfrenta o desafio de apresentar-se como um paradigma em condições de mobilizar sistemas formais de ensino para mudanças conceituais, para além da didática ou das práticas de ensino. Diante deste cenário, o objetivo geral da pesquisa é identificar e entender se e de que forma a educomunicação se insere e se desenvolve num programa complexo de política pública, como o Programa Mais Educação, realizado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), como parte das políticas públicas que visam melhorar a educação básica no país. O programa, na época de sua implantação, contava com dez áreas interdisciplinares de ação educativa, denominadas de \"macrocampos\", a partir das quais as escolas passaram a desenvolver suas atividades. Entre os macrocampos encontramos a área da \"Comunicação e Uso de Mídias\", que usa o conceito da \"Educomunicação\" como referencial teórico e sustentação metodológica. Para tanto, tendo como base os documentos do MEC, a pesquisa realizou um mapeamento das práticas do macrocampo, ocorridas entre 2008 e 2011. Além disso, realizou entrevistas com os gestores públicos das dez cidades brasileiras que contaram com o maior número de atividades de comunicação em 2011 e, finalmente, aplicou um questionário junto a uma amostragem de 67 escolas que desenvolvem estas atividades. A pesquisa constatou que o programa é um espaço promissor para a disseminação da educomunicação na educação formal pelo seu alcance. O estudo mostrou, mais uma vez, que há no programa um ambiente mais oportuno para que a comunicação seja assumida como componente do processo pedagógico e não apenas como ferramenta à disposição de disciplinas. No entanto, a complexidade de implementação da política pública num país como o Brasil, com suas especificidades regionais, assim como as orientações filosóficas e pedagógicas dos diversos atores locais envolvidos, podem prejudicar os resultados finais de desenvolvimento da prática educomunicativa no ambiente escolar. / The educommunication as defined from the perspective of the Center for Communication and Education, University of São Paulo, is a social practice that has resulted in the strengthening of the juvenile leadership who are qualified in both the reception area of media messages (Media Education), and in the use of technology to exercise the universal right to expression (Media Empowerment). Visible in the actions of non-governmental organizations working in Latin America, the concept has to, as its main challenge at the moment, legitimize itself with public policies, to benefit an audience today that is represented by approximately 50 million elementary students in Brazil, including small groups of children. In other words, educommunication faces the challenge of presenting itself as a paradigm, able to mobilize formal education for conceptual changes, aside from teaching or teaching practices. In this scenario, the objective of the research is to identify and understand whether the educational communication occurs and develops a complex program of public policy, such as the More Education Program conducted by the Ministry of Education (MEC) as part of public policies aimed at improving basic education in the country and how it achieves this. The program, at the time of its deployment, had ten areas of interdisciplinary educational action called \"Macrocampos\", which schools used to develop their activities. Among the macrocampos is the area of \"Communication and Use of Media\", which uses the concept of educommunication as theoretical and methodological support. Therefore, based on the documents of the MEC, the research involved broad mapping practices, occurring between 2008 and 2011. Additionally, interviews were conducted with public managers in the ten Brazilian cities accounting for the largest number of communication activities in 2011, and finally a questionnaire was distributed using a sample of 67 schools that develop these activities. The survey found that the program is a promising area for the dissemination of educational communication providing formal education at your fingertips. The study showed, once again, that it is a more appropriate program for communication to be assumed as part of the educational process and not just as a tool at the disposal of different disciplines. However, the complexity of implementation of public policy in a country like Brazil, with its regional specificities as well as the philosophical and pedagogical orientations of multiple actors involved can harm the development of the final results of an educommunication proposal in the school environment.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luis Carlos Pereira.pdf: 2409581 bytes, checksum: 97f57331fbb6c1efd40260fb5c714cea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The work is part of researches that aims the use of Mathematical Modeling as a strategy of teaching. A proposal of Mathematical Modeling is herein presented; it was developed along with the first-year high school students from EJA (Teens and Adults Education Program) in which the modeling was used as a teaching strategy. This proposal aims to investigate the Mathematical Modeling prospective, trying to identify which are the positive aspects for teaching Mathematics to this audience. This qualitative study shows a modeling activity for teaching Quadratic Function threads; it was developed by means of participant observation, being that the data were collected from contextualized activities using templates. As a reference, theoretical conceptions of modeling from Dionísio Burak & Maria Eli Puga Beltrão, as well as learning theory from David Paul Ausubel were used. The modeling activity was developed using as basis, the functions notions and flat figures areas, aiming a significant learning. As a result, it was observed that using Mathematical Modeling in EJA program is promising, however it needs to overcome barriers such as didactic contract and class management, for it is not an easy task, once it requires a differentiated approach, both from teacher and students around the growing production. In this context, we highlighted that the participation and interest from students are essentials before this methodology, and that the Modeling allows students to establish a relation between the learned content and real situations, thus favoring their protagonisms during the knowledge acquisition process / O trabalho faz parte de estudos que visam a utilização da Modelagem Matemática como estratégia de ensino. Apresenta uma proposta de Modelagem Matemática desenvolvida com uma turma do 1.º ano do Ensino Médio, alunos da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), na qual a Modelagem foi utilizada como estratégia de ensino. A proposta tem como alvo investigar a potencialidade da Modelagem Matemática, buscando identificar quais os aspectos que são favoráveis para o ensino da Matemática para esse público. O trabalho, de cunho qualitativo, apresenta uma atividade de modelagem para o ensino de tópicos da Função Quadrática, e foi desenvolvido por meio da observação participante, sendo que os dados foram coletados a partir de atividades contextualizadas com a utilização de modelos. Teve como referencial teórico as concepções de modelagem de Dionísio Burak e Maria Eli Puga Beltrão, e a teoria de aprendizagem de David Paul Ausubel. A atividade de modelagem foi desenvolvida, utilizando como âncora noções de função e áreas de figuras planas, objetivando uma aprendizagem significativa. Como resultado, observa-se que a utilização da Modelagem Matemática no ensino da EJA é promissora, porém constata-se a necessidade de se transpor obstáculos relativos tanto ao contrato didático quanto à gestão de sala de aula, pois não é uma tarefa simples, uma vez que exige uma postura diferenciada, tanto do professor quanto dos alunos acerca da produção do conhecimento. Nesse contexto, destaca-se que o interesse e a participação dos alunos são fundamentais diante dessa metodologia, e que a Modelagem permite aos alunos estabelecerem uma relação entre o conteúdo aprendido e situações reais, favorecendo os seus protagonismos durante o processo de aquisição do conhecimento

Esta pesquisa teve como principal objetivo analisar o impacto de dois diferentes programas de intervenção em educação física escolar na aptidão física relacionada à saúde de escolares de uma escola municipal de Campo Bom-RS. Trata-se de uma pesquisa avaliativa de abordagem quantitativa, realizada com 44 adolescentes provenientes de duas turmas de 7° ano de uma escola municipal de Campo Bom-RS. As turmas foram alocadas em Grupo I e Grupo II por meio de sorteio, sendo Grupo I a turma que foi submetida ao programa de intervenção I (ênfase em atividades de formação corporal através de exercícios funcionais) e Grupo II a turma que foi submetida ao programa de intervenção II (ênfase na prática desportiva) durante um trimestre escolar. A aptidão física relacionada à saúde foi avaliada mediante uma bateria de testes, propostas pelo Projeto Esporte-Brasil, sendo: teste de sentar e alcançar - para avaliar a flexibilidade; teste máximo de repetições realizadas em um minuto - para avaliar a força/resistência abdominal e teste de corrida/caminhada de 6 minutos - para avaliar a resistência cardiorrespiratória. Para o tratamento dos dados foi realizada uma análise de cunho descritivo por meio de Medidas de Dimensão do Efeito com escalas nominais dicotômicas, sendo zona de risco e zona saudável da aptidão física relacionada à saúde, classificação realizada pelo Projeto Esporte Brasil. Os resultados indicaram que na análise estratificada por sexo, o programa de intervenção I causou maiores efeitos na força/resistência abdominal e na flexibilidade, nas meninas, e na força/resistência abdominal nos meninos, enquanto o programa de intervenção II, o efeito maior foi na resistência cardiorrespiratória, nos meninos, e na flexibilidade e na resistência cardiorrespiratória nas meninas. Na análise por grupos constatamos que as aulas com conteúdos de exercícios de formação corporal através de exercícios funcionais (programa de intervenção I) causaram maiores efeitos positivos nas variáveis de força/resistência abdominal e flexibilidade enquanto nas aulas com conteúdos esportivos (programa de intervenção II) os efeitos maiores foram verificados na variável capacidade cardiorrespiratória. A partir dos resultados encontrados, concluímos que houve efeitos positivos dos programas de intervenção nas variáveis da aptidão física relacionada à saúde, ainda que tenham sido pequenos. O programa de intervenção I causou maiores efeitos na flexibilidade e força/resistência abdominal e o programa de intervenção II causou um efeito maior na resistência cardiorrespiratória. / This research aimed to analyze the impact of two different intervention physical education programs in health-related physical fitness of students of a municipal school Campo Bom-RS. It is an evaluative research with a quantitative approach, conducted with 44 adolescents from two classes of 7th year of a municipal school in Campo Bom–RS. The classes were divided into Group I and Group II by lot, and Group I class that was submitted to the physical education program I (emphasis functional exercises) and Group II class that was submitted to the Physical Education Program II (emphasis on sports) for a school quarter. The health-related physical fitness was assessed by a battery of tests proposed by the Projeto Esporte Brasil, as follows: sit and reach test - to assess the flexibility; 1-minute abdominal test - to evaluate the abdominal strength/endurance and 6 minute run/walk test - to assess cardiorespiratory fitness. About the treatment of data was performed one descriptive matrix analysis by Effect Dimension measures with dichotomous nominal scales, as follow risk zone and healthy zone of health-related physical fitness, classification carried out by the Projeto Esporte Brasil. The results indicated that in the stratified analysis by sex, Physical Education Program I caused major effects on abdominal strength/endurance and flexibility in girls, and abdominal strength/endurance in boys, while the Physical Education Program II, the greatest effect was in cardiorespiratory fitness in boys and flexibility and cardiorespiratory fitness in girls. In the analysis by groups found that classes with functional exercises (Physical Education Program I) caused major positive effects on variables abdominal strength/endurance and flexibility while in class with sports (Physical Education Program II) the greatest effects were observed in the variable cardiorespiratory fitness. From these results, we conclude that there were positive effects of Intervention Programs in health-related physical fitness variables, even though they were small. The Physical Education Program I caused greater effects on flexibility and abdominal strength/endurance and the Physical Education Program II caused a greater effect on cardiorespiratory fitness.

A educomunicação define-se, a partir da perspectiva do Núcleo de Comunicação e Educação (NCE) da Universidade de São Paulo, como uma prática social que tem como resultado o fortalecimento do protagonismo infanto-juvenil tanto na área da recepção qualificada das mensagens midiáticas (Media Education) quanto no do uso das tecnologias para o exercício do direito universal à expressão (Media Empowerment). Visível nas ações de atuantes organizações não-governamentais, na América Latina, o conceito tem como seu principal desafio, no momento, legitimar-se junto às políticas públicas, para beneficiar, num país como o Brasil, não apenas - e de forma experimental - pequenos grupos de crianças, mas um público hoje representado por um total aproximado de 50 milhões de estudantes do ensino básico. Em outras palavras, a educomunicação enfrenta o desafio de apresentar-se como um paradigma em condições de mobilizar sistemas formais de ensino para mudanças conceituais, para além da didática ou das práticas de ensino. Diante deste cenário, o objetivo geral da pesquisa é identificar e entender se e de que forma a educomunicação se insere e se desenvolve num programa complexo de política pública, como o Programa Mais Educação, realizado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), como parte das políticas públicas que visam melhorar a educação básica no país. O programa, na época de sua implantação, contava com dez áreas interdisciplinares de ação educativa, denominadas de \"macrocampos\", a partir das quais as escolas passaram a desenvolver suas atividades. Entre os macrocampos encontramos a área da \"Comunicação e Uso de Mídias\", que usa o conceito da \"Educomunicação\" como referencial teórico e sustentação metodológica. Para tanto, tendo como base os documentos do MEC, a pesquisa realizou um mapeamento das práticas do macrocampo, ocorridas entre 2008 e 2011. Além disso, realizou entrevistas com os gestores públicos das dez cidades brasileiras que contaram com o maior número de atividades de comunicação em 2011 e, finalmente, aplicou um questionário junto a uma amostragem de 67 escolas que desenvolvem estas atividades. A pesquisa constatou que o programa é um espaço promissor para a disseminação da educomunicação na educação formal pelo seu alcance. O estudo mostrou, mais uma vez, que há no programa um ambiente mais oportuno para que a comunicação seja assumida como componente do processo pedagógico e não apenas como ferramenta à disposição de disciplinas. No entanto, a complexidade de implementação da política pública num país como o Brasil, com suas especificidades regionais, assim como as orientações filosóficas e pedagógicas dos diversos atores locais envolvidos, podem prejudicar os resultados finais de desenvolvimento da prática educomunicativa no ambiente escolar. / The educommunication as defined from the perspective of the Center for Communication and Education, University of São Paulo, is a social practice that has resulted in the strengthening of the juvenile leadership who are qualified in both the reception area of media messages (Media Education), and in the use of technology to exercise the universal right to expression (Media Empowerment). Visible in the actions of non-governmental organizations working in Latin America, the concept has to, as its main challenge at the moment, legitimize itself with public policies, to benefit an audience today that is represented by approximately 50 million elementary students in Brazil, including small groups of children. In other words, educommunication faces the challenge of presenting itself as a paradigm, able to mobilize formal education for conceptual changes, aside from teaching or teaching practices. In this scenario, the objective of the research is to identify and understand whether the educational communication occurs and develops a complex program of public policy, such as the More Education Program conducted by the Ministry of Education (MEC) as part of public policies aimed at improving basic education in the country and how it achieves this. The program, at the time of its deployment, had ten areas of interdisciplinary educational action called \"Macrocampos\", which schools used to develop their activities. Among the macrocampos is the area of \"Communication and Use of Media\", which uses the concept of educommunication as theoretical and methodological support. Therefore, based on the documents of the MEC, the research involved broad mapping practices, occurring between 2008 and 2011. Additionally, interviews were conducted with public managers in the ten Brazilian cities accounting for the largest number of communication activities in 2011, and finally a questionnaire was distributed using a sample of 67 schools that develop these activities. The survey found that the program is a promising area for the dissemination of educational communication providing formal education at your fingertips. The study showed, once again, that it is a more appropriate program for communication to be assumed as part of the educational process and not just as a tool at the disposal of different disciplines. However, the complexity of implementation of public policy in a country like Brazil, with its regional specificities as well as the philosophical and pedagogical orientations of multiple actors involved can harm the development of the final results of an educommunication proposal in the school environment.