Nesta tese apresento a autobiografia como uma possibilidade de pesquisa em educação (Berkenbrock-Rosito, 2009; Gusdorf, 1991; Paula Carvalho, 1998; Ricoeur, 1991 e 1994; Ferreira-Santos, 1998, 2003 e 2005; Ferreira-Santos & Almeida, 2012), admitindo que a narrativa autobiográfica oportunize o reconhecimento das marcas geradas pela e na pessoa, que ao narrar expressa o seu modo de ser, o seu imaginário. Parte-se do princípio de que o imaginário é a força motriz dos processos de criação e, portanto, da formação dos educadores numa perspectiva da antropologia educacional. Ao narrar seu percurso a educadora tem a oportunidade de reconhecer sua própria autoria, seu modo particular de criar novas experiências a partir das trocas geradas em seu cotidiano. Ao narrar a educadora também pode recriar-se. A narrativa de si, como pesquisa autobiográfica, expressa pelo imaginário o sentido da obra a que cada pessoa dedica sua vida, revelando a diversidade dos seus itinerários de formação. Revela-se como uma oportunidade de reelaboração e de imersão no processo formativo, possibilitando o reconhecimento da obra do narrador ao ressignificar sua própria história. Ao narrar meu percurso profissional pelo caminho da educação, reconheci as marcas de minha autoria impressas em cada uma das experiências profissionais nas quais atuei, como professora alfabetizadora, professora no ensino fundamental, médio e superior, e também como gestora e formadora na rede pública no ensino fundamental e na educação infantil. Em cada uma destas experiências cotidianas reconheci a força do imaginário nos processos formativos. Força manifesta pelas produções autorais, quando deixamos de reproduzir o que fizeram conosco e passamos a criar nosso próprio modo de imprimir nossa marca no que fazemos. A narrativa de si emerge como obra inacabada gerada no trajeto antropológico da pessoa em seu constante processo de constituição, na incessante troca de suas pulsões subjetivas e da objetividade de seu meio sócio-cultural. / In this thesis I present the autobiography as a possibility of research in education (Berkenbrock-Rosito, 2009; Gusdorf, 1991; Paula Carvalho, 1998; Ricoeur, 1991 and 1994; Ferreira-Santos, 1998, 2003 and 2005; Ferreira-Santos and Almeida, 2012), assuming that the autobiographical narrative give brand recognition generated by and in person, when recounting that expresses his way of being, your imagination. It starts from the principle that the imagination is the driving force of the processes of creation and therefore the training of educators from the perspective of educational anthropology. In recounting his journey the teacher has the opportunity to recognize their own making, his particular way of creating new experiences from the exchanges generated in their daily lives. In recounting the educator can also recreate themselves. The narrative itself as autobiographical research expressed by the imaginary sense of the work that each person dedicates his life revealing the diversity of its training itineraries. It is revealed as an opportunity to restate and immersion in the training process, enabling the recognition of the narrator\'s work to reframe their own history. In recounting my career the way of education, I recognized the printed marks of my own in each of the professional experiences in which I worked as a literacy teacher, teacher in primary, secondary and higher education, as well as manager and trainer in public in primary and early childhood education. In each of these everyday experiences I recognized the imaginary strength in the formative processes. Force manifested by copyright productions, when we fail to reproduce what they did to us and we started to create our own way to print our brand in what we do. The narrative itself emerges as unfinished work generated in the anthropological path of the person in their constant process of constitution in the constant exchange of their subjective impulses and objectivity of their socio-cultural environment.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-175).

self and other. If reading the local papers and talking to parents is any indication, Education, it seems, is asked to play a greater role in the upbringing of our students. The schools are responsible for ensuring that the students are well fed and adequately supervised not just during school hours, but before and after as well. Schools are expected to keep up with the rigors of ensuring that the students are practiced in the almighty disciplines of reading, writing, arithmetic and now, technology skills. This will somehow propel them into the economic demands of the new millenium. But the impact of the culture and the community from which the students come - the histories of their experiences as individuals and as a group- are seldom explored. L Intuitively, I am drawn to my own stories when trying to make sense of the stories that swirl and swish amongst the myriad of moments that collectively comprise each experience. The influence our narratives have on the way we understand and learn is explored in this paper. Sandwiched in between the stories is a study of how using Drama as an instructional technique can be used to explore our narratives and expand on our ways of knowing and understanding, particularly how it is experienced by the English as a Second Language (ESL) learner. . Twenty-six grade five and six students from a multi-cultural, suburban community were observed. The students participated in a two-month, tri-weekly unit on basic drama methods, which culminated in a final class narrative performance. Four ways of data collection were employed. A static camera (i.e. a video camera that remained in a fixed position on a tripod in one of the classroom corners) was used throughout each lesson to record the events and to supply another view to the multi-perspective data collection. Student journals as well as a personal narrative from each participant (a video portrait) were collected. The classroom teacher also kept a journal and made observations about her students throughout the unit period. This dissertation was not limited to the stories of the students in the classroom as this journey precipitated a desire, indeed a need, to tell my own stories of daughter, mother, sister, student, teacher and friend. Since our physical experiences, our stories and our ways of understanding are integrally intertwined, this (re) search honored narrative as a way of including these aspects in the dissertation.

Two hypothese were considered within the confines of this study. In reference to the first, it has been demonstrated that the strength of perceived school cultures, when defined by meta-orientations, can be measured using culturally related constructs. While respecting the notion that cultures are living entities in a culturally related constructs. While respecting the notion that cultures are living entities in a continual state of change, the researcher found the perceived extant school culture of Southern Alberta during the course of the study appeared to be mainly transormational in nature. From this study, a cultural meta-orientation matrix has been proposed. Should this description have validity for schools in Southrn Alberta, and accepting the results of this study that the perceived working reality of school cultures is transformational in nature, both macro and sub-cultures wishing to work successfully with and within the extant school cultures would also be required to be transformational in order to achieve greater success. Regarding the second hypothesis, this study measured perceived levels of acceptance or resistance to change through the use of an individual change index. This index suggest teachers and principals in Southern Alberta were somewhat resistive to change initiatives at the time this inquiry took place. It is the conclusion of this researcher that such resistance may be attributed to a "clash of cultures"; specifically, the Alberta Education transmissional culture causing conflict within the transformational school cultures. / x, 114 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Thesis (Ph.D. )--Duquesne University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008. / Prepared for: School of Education. Title from title-page of electronic thesis. Bibliography: leaves 161 - 174.

Thesis (PhD(Education Management and Policy Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. / Bibliography: p. 156-161.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1998. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 305-312).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-241).