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131	A infância desvalida na trajetória do Instituto Dona Placidina em Mogi das Cruzes (1931-1966): análise da dinâmica de atendimento de meninas órfãs e pobres em uma instituição de ensino católica Oliveira, Juarez Bernardino de 21 August 2008 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:33:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juarez Bernardino de Oliveira.pdf: 2981045 bytes, checksum: 1023cab932ba7f3f59fff70f779e5ad7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-21 / This research analyzes the receiving of poor orphan girls the history of the Dona Placidina Institute of Mogi das Cruzes from 1931 to 1966. The Institute was a primary catholic school created in 1931, to receive poor orphan girls according to the demanded will of a priest of that city. Priest João Lourenço de Siqueira, who left all his estate for the Archdiocese of São Paulo to found the Institution. The Institute, ran by the Sisters of São Vicente de Paulo de Gysegem, along the years, became an important private school in the city and began to receive an important part of the Mogiana elite. In this study I try to understand which social function the supportless childhood started to be taken into account in the Institute, from its foundation until 1966, when the intership was closed - sector which received the orphan girls - and the leaving of the Sisters of São Vicente from the Institute. The research analyzes the acting of different interlocutors who contributed to the conformation of the Institute. For that, I've used as sources, the intern laws of the Institute, the board meeting records, the reports delivered to the Archdiocese, city authors' articles and local newspapers. Inspired by the analyses of the English Historian Edward Palmer Thompson, I tried to understand the importance that the poor orphan childhood acquired in the life of the Institution, inspite of the constant decrease in the number of poor orphan girls received / Esta pesquisa analisa o atendimento de meninas órfãs pobres na trajetória do Instituto Dona Placidina de Mogi das Cruzes de 1931 a 1966. O Instituto era uma escola primária católica criada, em 1931, para atender meninas órfãs pobres em cumprimento as exigências testamentárias de um padre da cidade, Pe João Lourenço de Siqueira, que deixou todos os seus bens para que a Arquidiocese de São Paulo fundasse a Instituição. O Instituto, administrado pelas Irmãs de São Vicente de Paulo de Gysegem, ao longo dos anos, tornou-se uma importante escola particular da cidade e passou a atender parte importante das filhas da elite mogiana. Neste estudo busco compreender qual a função social que a infância desvalida passou a desempenhar no Instituto, da sua fundação até 1966, ano que marca o fechamento do internato - setor que atendia as órfãs - e a saída das Irmãs de São Vicente do Instituto. A pesquisa analisa a atuação dos diferentes interlocutores que contribuíram para a conformação da Instituição. Para isso, utilizei como fontes os estatutos do Instituto, as atas das reuniões de diretoria, os relatórios encaminhados para a Arquidiocese, crônicas de autores da cidade e jornais de circulação local. Inspirado nas análises do historiador inglês Edward Palmer Thompson busquei compreender a centralidade que a infância órfã pobre adquiriu na vida da Instituição, apesar da constante diminuição do número de meninas órfãs pobres atendidas Infância órfã pobre Instituto de educação católico Educação católica em São Paulo Instituições de ensino Igreja Catolica -- Educacao Poor orphan childhood Catholic education institute Catholic education in São Paulo Educational institutions CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
132	Waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) management and disposal methods in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Abenezer Wakuma Kitila January 2018 (has links) E-waste is a world-wide, interregional, and domestic problem. E-waste management is a challenging task not only due to its speedily increasing volume but more outstandingly because of its hazardous nature. This study examined the e-waste management and disposal methods in the city of Addis Ababa to propose appropriate e-waste management model. Further, it attempted to comprehend the existing policy gap by identifying the different obstructions to the adoption of e-waste management policy. To this end, the study employs both descriptive and explanatory research designs. It selected 100 household heads from Bole and NSL sub-cities, 72 GSD personnel from the educational institutions and governmental sector offices, and 6 higher government officials. The quantitative data were analysed using IBM SPSS 21. Thus, the frequencies, the chi-square tests, t-tests, a one-way ANOVA, the partial and product-moment correlations, the ordinal, multiple and Poisson regression models were computed. The qualitative data were analysed using ATLAS ti 7. The findings of the study revealed that most of the respondents were not aware of e-waste and its management. The households generated about 4,010 number of non-functional, 2,077 obsolete, and 1,856 broken e-waste. Besides, the educational institutions and governmental sector offices generated about 11,153 non-functional, 15,911 obsolete, and 11,360 broken e-waste. The monthly income was statistically significant in the e-waste management whereas family sizes, gender, and educational qualifications were insignificant. The major e-waste causes encompass rapid obsolescence rate, breakage, and the demands for extra and innovative models or designs of electronic gadgets. The most common e-waste disposal method was storing. The recycling, reusing, donation, and refurbishing of e-waste had hardly been practiced. The study found the absence of good disposal methods and recyclers as the root causes for the prolonged storage and improper disposal of e-waste. E-waste laws, legislation, projects, activities, and recycling centres were non-existent. What is more, the administrative, economic, and socio-cultural challenges triggered the poor e-waste management of the city. Based on the findings, the study proposed a workable e-waste management model, which would most likely result in efficient and sustainable e-waste management in the city. Further, it calls for the stakeholders to work jointly to ensure proper e-waste management. / Geography / D. Lit. et Phil. (Geography) E-waste Electronic equipment E-waste management Educational Institutions Government Sector Offices Recycling Obsolete Addis Ababa Disposal Ethiopia 363.728809633
133	Narratives of the construction of academic identities within the Lesotho higher education milieu Mathe, Lipalesa R. 03 1900 (has links) Extant literature on academic identities claims that academic identities not only represent academics’ subjectively construed understandings of who they are but they also derive from roles, statuses, membership in disciplinary communities and characteristics that make academics unique individuals. Even so, research focusing exclusively on academic identities is unprecedented in the Lesotho higher education (HE) sector; therefore, this study describes how narratives of experiences and meanings attached to being an academic relate to the construction of academic identities at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). How do reflexive interpretations of cultural expectations tied to membership in disciplinary communities influence the negotiation of academic identities and work behaviour of academic staff? How do descriptions of the (mis)alignment between job facets, individual values and expectations influence the meaningfulness and fulfilment for academics’ professional self-concepts? How do stories of internalised meanings of involvement and symbolic identification with NUL influence academic identity trajectories? Being interpretive in nature, this study used narrative interviews to collect data from a sample of thirty-one academics from NUL. The findings revealed that ‘who’ an academic is derives from meanings of ‘lived experiences’ of work enjoyment, applicability, exploitation, facilitation, multitasking, prestige and burnout. The findings also showed that academic identities were negotiated by reflexively interpreting the cultural expectation of ‘finishing work on time’ through work behaviours such as managing time, working overtime, self-motivation, underperforming, balancing roles and seeking work assistance. The participants’ narratives also revealed that the fulfilment for academics’ professional self-concepts derived from autonomy, accomplishments, learning, interdependencies, work environment, students’ attitudes and recognition. Lastly, the study showed that participants’ academic identity trajectories were influenced by altruism, passion, options, disillusions and relations. Overall, the ‘narratives of experience’ reiterated that academic identities at NUL were contextualised constructs of ‘work experiences’, ‘membership in communities’, ‘job attitudes’ and ‘self -discovery,’ based on the self as a unique individual, a group member and a role holder. Consistent with the interactionist perspective, academic identities at NUL represent structurally, culturally and institutionally located stories of experiences and meanings derived from the work situation, the setting and social relationships that academics participate in daily at NUL. / Sociology / D. Phil. (Sociology) Narratives Academic identities Lesotho Qualitative research Academics Symbolic interactionism Identity theory Situation identity theory Higher educational institutions 378.12096885 National University of Lesotho
134	Využitelnost jednotlivých volnočasových zařízení pro děti a mládež ve vybraných okresech Jihočeského kraje / Utilization of Particular Leisure Time Establishments for Children and Youth in Chosen Districts of South of Bohemia MARKOVÁ, Jana January 2008 (has links) Institutions for leisure time activities focused on children and youth are divided into two basic groups in this thesis. First group is represented by educational institutions whose activity is arranged by Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on pre-school, basic, secondary, tertiary and other kind of education (School Act). These institutions concern basic art education, language education and free-time activities. Non-state and non-profit organizations concerning upbringing and education of children and youth in their leisure time belong to the other group. Mostly, they are civil associations whose activity is arranged by Act No 83/1990 Coll. on gathering of citizens. For example, association Junák {--} union of scouts of the Czech republic, civil association YMCA (Young Men´s Christian Assiciation) or civil association Duha (Rainbow) belong there. The aim of this thesis is to describe the problems of institutions of free time activities in short and then bring information on particular organizations functioning in regions Český Krumlov and Prachatice. For this purpose the database of subjects functioning in these regions was created. From them, twenty organizations were chosen, investigated and described more detailed. Because of the aim, the method of qualitative research was used, to be specific, the technique of interview and technique of documents analysis were chosen. Recognized information is divided into six spheres, e.g. legal norm, financing, membership, focused activity, presentation for the public, staff and material funding. According to acquired information from these thematic spheres, separate institutions are compared and their common characteristics or the specifics of single respondents are checked. This work is established for everybody who wants to acquire basic information on free time institutions and know more about some of these organizations.
135	Workforce diversity and its effects on employee performance in Higher Education Institution in South Africa: a case study of University of Venda Zhuwao, Simbarashe 18 May 2017 (has links) MCom / Department of Human Resource Management and Labour Relations / The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of workforce diversity on employee performance in a selected Higher Educational Institution in South Africa. Various legislative measures were introduced by the government in order to shape the workforce in organisations. However, these legislative measures expressly focus on compelling organisations to embrace diversity and thus not considering the business need of it and how it influences employee behavioral outcomes such as employee performance. It is upon this backdrop that this study investigated the effects of workforce diversity on employee performance in an HEI in South Africa. A cross-sectional research design was used. A random sample (n = 267) was chosen by dividing employees into homogeneous strata of academic and non-academic employees. A Workforce Diversity Questionnaire and Employee Work Performance Questionnaire were administered. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between independent variables (gender diversity, ethnic diversity and educational diversity) and the dependent variable (employee performance). The relationship between age diversity and employee performance was not significant. HEIs should introduce diversity management programs to improve the effectiveness of workforce diversity towards employee performance. Because a cross-sectional research design was employed, conclusions about causality could not be made Workforce diversity Ethnicity diversity Age diversity Educational diversity gender diversity Educational diversity Workforce diversity Higher educational institutions 378.68257 Universities and colleges -- Employees University of Venda -- Employees
136	Hodnocení připravenosti dětí na zahájení povinné školní docházky pedagogickou veřejností a rodinou / Assessment of the readiness of children at compulsory school teaching public and family Kopecká, Lucie January 2015 (has links) The main goal of the thesis was to detect and subsequently present a comprehensive views of educational society and parents for the current issue of school preparedness and its related issues concerning the high number of school attendance delay. To obtain these views was used a method of semi-structured interviews with parents, teachers from preparatory classes and teachers from nursery and primary schools. When analysis of testimony was finished, has been used and also elected procedure confrontation between these dates, then confrontation with professional publications, articles, web discussion forums and also primary data which was find out at conference that was organized on this topic. After the research was found that the issue of school preparedness affects to other issues like: an education and qualification of nursery teachers, the quality of cooperation between school and family, problems of capacity classrooms in nursery and solving number of children and age composition of class, accountability for school readiness child etc. The results of this thesis indicate what opinions have the family and educational public on the current status of the school preparedness disadvantages of children and also parts of school preparedness, in which today's children mainly excel. The main contribution...
137	Uplatnitelnost absolventů škol ve společnosti vědění / Success of school leavers in the knowledge society Úlovec, Martin January 2015 (has links) The thesis concentrates on unintended consequences of putting emphasis on education in the current society and their impacts on labour market success of school graduates as well as on fulfilment of employers needs from the perspective of occupying job positions in accordance with the demographic aging of the population. The thesis is trying to answer the question, if education has an adequate influence on the social mobility as it was in the recent past. The author is also trying to suggest possible solutions of the situation occurred on the labour market from the viewpoint of the qualified labour shortage with lower educational level, especially in the secondary sector. Possibilities are seen in the consistent assertion of the LLL conception, increasing the relevance of the education content and adapting to the changing requirements of qualifications through of cooperation between schools and employers. Last but not least the thesis also draws attention to the need of relevant information about the labour market development and chances of graduates to find a job in the chosen field.
138	Mission statement and management of private tertiary religious institutions in Eastern and Southern Africa Kibuuka, Hudson Eddie 06 1900 (has links) The region of Eastern and Southern Africa has recently experienced an unprecedented development of private tertiary institutions. Most of these institutions are established by religious organisations which, since the inception of education, have been involved in operating educational institutions of lower levels. Although referred to as private institutions, which by definition would imply funding other than the government sources, these private institutions find themselves, at times requesting the government to fund their development as well as their operations. This study sought to investigate if these private religious institutions have unique raison d'etre expressed in the form of mission statements. The study also investigated the nature of their management and the management structures in practice. The literature reviewed indicated that private religious institutions have a unique mission based on their basic concept of education and their world view. They seek to pursue and inculcate specific values. Operating in a competitive environment, however, in which their competitors do receive funding from the government makes the private institutions vulnerable to hardships. The study was conducted using qualitative research approach in three countries, namely Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe; involving all degree granting recognised private religious institutions in the sample and focussing on the management. The respondents were chosen by elite purposive and snowball sampling. The main data collection method was the interview. However, document analysis, observations, and a questionnaire were also used. The findings from the data indicate that private religious institutions have unique missions although they are, at times, not expressed in the form of mission statements. As a result some of the stakeholders, including those involved in management, don't get to know what their institutions' missions are. The study concludes by emphasising the development of clear mission statements involving the stakeholders in the process and having the mission statements widely disseminated. It is also recommended that training in management is important for the managers of the institutions at the various levels. A model of management is proposed for streamlining the management of the institutions considering the requirements of the national governments as well as those of the religious proprietors. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Educational Management) Educational Management Tertiary Education Religious Educational Institutions Vision Mission Statement Strategic Planning Eastern and Southern Africa Values Goals Raison D'etre Indoctrination Denomination Private Education Affiliation Accreditation Participatory management Charter Quality University Sense of Mission 378.04 Mission statements -- Africa, Eastern Mission statements -- Africa, Southern
139	Mission statement and management of private tertiary religious institutions in Eastern and Southern Africa Kibuuka, Hudson Eddie 06 1900 (has links) The region of Eastern and Southern Africa has recently experienced an unprecedented development of private tertiary institutions. Most of these institutions are established by religious organisations which, since the inception of education, have been involved in operating educational institutions of lower levels. Although referred to as private institutions, which by definition would imply funding other than the government sources, these private institutions find themselves, at times requesting the government to fund their development as well as their operations. This study sought to investigate if these private religious institutions have unique raison d'etre expressed in the form of mission statements. The study also investigated the nature of their management and the management structures in practice. The literature reviewed indicated that private religious institutions have a unique mission based on their basic concept of education and their world view. They seek to pursue and inculcate specific values. Operating in a competitive environment, however, in which their competitors do receive funding from the government makes the private institutions vulnerable to hardships. The study was conducted using qualitative research approach in three countries, namely Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe; involving all degree granting recognised private religious institutions in the sample and focussing on the management. The respondents were chosen by elite purposive and snowball sampling. The main data collection method was the interview. However, document analysis, observations, and a questionnaire were also used. The findings from the data indicate that private religious institutions have unique missions although they are, at times, not expressed in the form of mission statements. As a result some of the stakeholders, including those involved in management, don't get to know what their institutions' missions are. The study concludes by emphasising the development of clear mission statements involving the stakeholders in the process and having the mission statements widely disseminated. It is also recommended that training in management is important for the managers of the institutions at the various levels. A model of management is proposed for streamlining the management of the institutions considering the requirements of the national governments as well as those of the religious proprietors. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Educational Management) Educational Management Tertiary Education Religious Educational Institutions Vision Mission Statement Strategic Planning Eastern and Southern Africa Values Goals Raison D'etre Indoctrination Denomination Private Education Affiliation Accreditation Participatory management Charter Quality University Sense of Mission 378.04 Mission statements -- Africa, Eastern Mission statements -- Africa, Southern
140	Factors Influencing Indiana Residents' Level of Interest in Engaging with Purdue University Ashley E Rice (6615803) 15 May 2019 (has links) The land-grant university system was founded in the 19th century as a public means to help improve people’s everyday lives. A century and a half later, the challenges that the public faces to live a quality life are constantly changing, creating a need for the land-grant system to respond and adapt to continue to fulfill its mission. While the literature contains a wealth of conceptual papers addressing the role and mission of land-grant universities, relatively few papers could be found that reported empirical data or proposed and tested metrics for public engagement constructs. The current study sought to address this void in the literature through the investigation of factors influencing Indiana residents’ level of interest in engaging with Purdue University. Mail survey methods were used in which up to three contacts were made with adult members of 4,500 Indiana households identified through address-based sampling. Stratified random sampling was employed to ensure adequate rural household participation for other project purposes. Usable responses were received from 1,003 households representing 87 Indiana counties for a total response rate of 26%. <br><div><br> </div><div> A theoretical perspective was developed from Public Sphere Theory and the social science writings of Jurgen Habermas and Alexis de Tocqueville. Descriptive findings revealed some to moderate concerns about community and social issues such as affordable health care, violent crime, pollution and prescription drug abuse. Moderate levels of anomie, or perceived social disconnectedness, were also reported by respondents. Several items tapped respondents’ past levels of interaction with and current perceptions of Purdue University. Nearly a fifth of respondents reported interacting with Purdue University by having visited a website for news or information, followed by interacting with a Purdue University Extension professional. Regarding perceptions of Purdue University, the results of this study revealed relative consensus among respondents that Purdue University makes a positive contribution to the state of Indiana through its educational, research and outreach programs. For a majority of the perceptual items regarding Purdue University, more than one-third of the respondents neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement, suggesting some areas in which the university might improve its reputational standing with Indiana residents in the future. Nearly one-quarter to about half of the respondents indicated interest in topical areas addressed by Purdue Extension programs as well as an interest in engaging with the university. Respondents reported the highest levels of interest in free Extension programs in their local area, followed by the topics of science and technology, health and well-being, and gardening.</div><div><br> </div><div> A predictive model of respondent interest in engaging with Purdue University was developed and tested using binary logistic regression procedures. The model was shown to be of modest utility in accounting for variance in respondent interest in engaging with Purdue University, explaining 12% to 16% of total variance. Past interaction with Purdue University, perceived level of concern for social and community issues, and highest level of education were the strongest predictors in the model.</div><div><br> </div><div> The current research was completed in 2019 as Purdue University celebrated its 150th anniversary. Results and implications of this study provide important insight into current engagement levels, concerns and perceptions of residents within the state of Indiana, whom the university is mandated to serve. One of the study’s primary contributions is the establishment of baseline engagement data on current levels of Indiana residents’ interest in engaging with Purdue University on selected topics. Findings from this study could be of benefit to university administrators, faculty, staff and Extension professionals in assessing and improving future programming and setting strategic priorities. This study also adds to the conceptual and empirical body of literature, which may help inform future public engagement efforts at other land-grant universities. Periodic social science and public opinion research is needed to keep pace with the changing needs and perceptions of Indiana residents. 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