232 f. / Submitted by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes (silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-09-20T19:40:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sheila V. de Almeida Bahia.pdf: 2675619 bytes, checksum: de00cbb1d220f673ebb916e326b4bdd1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes(silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-09-20T19:44:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sheila V. de Almeida Bahia.pdf: 2675619 bytes, checksum: de00cbb1d220f673ebb916e326b4bdd1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-09-20T19:44:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sheila V. de Almeida Bahia.pdf: 2675619 bytes, checksum: de00cbb1d220f673ebb916e326b4bdd1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Nosso estudo visa compreender a percepção dos educandos acerca do papel do facilitador de processos grupais exercido pelos Coordenadores de Núcleos Microrregionais no âmbito do Curso para a implantação das linhas do cuidado, realizados pelos órgãos da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia. O Curso utilizou um desenho organizacional com momentos presenciais nos núcleos microrregionais, momentos de práxis nos serviços e à distância, através de um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem específico. Os educandos coordenadores do Núcleo Microrregional exerceram papel de liderança fundamental nos momentos presenciais, enquanto facilitadores de grupos, fazendo uso de metodologias ativas. Buscamos caracterizar o perfil de educandos e destes facilitadores, bem como a relação entre ambos nos momentos presenciais do curso em questão, além de levantar a forma como foi compreendida a função e a atuação do facilitador. O trabalho de campo contou com uma pesquisa qualitativa e descritiva da qual participaram 16 educandos situados em 06 macrorregiões distintas. Os dados foram obtidos através da aplicação de um questionário à distância pela ferramenta limesurvey, em seguida foi realizada análise de conteúdo do material colhido, buscando interpretar os resultados à luz dos conceitos de grupo social e das questões relativas à dinâmica dos grupos, partindo da contribuição de Kurt Lewin, e da importância do papel do líder para a construção de relações interpessoais saudáveis que transcorram em climas sociais mais democráticos para a educação, partindo também da compreensão de Carl Rogers e Paulo Freire a fim de resgatar a perspectiva democrática e humanística necessárias nestas relações. Em suma, os educandos do Curso perceberam a atuação do Coordenador de Núcleo, enquanto facilitador de grupos, como sendo de característica democrática pela autenticidade de suas habilidades, suas atitudes e sua forma de ser, muito mais do que pelo seu saber meramente técnico. A atuação do líder desta forma favoreceu a predominância de uma atmosfera também democrática nas relações interpessoais, mesmo com traços comportamentais de liderança permissiva e também autoritária. O trabalho mostrou indicativos para as atuações dos educandos em processos educativos futuros (ou nos já existentes), onde apenas parte dos educandos considerou necessária uma autoanálise de suas limitações para avançarem na condução democrática dos grupos. / Salvador

Magister Curationis - MCur / Introduction: The enrolled nurse is an important category of nurse in the health team. Regulation 2175 is the course leading to enrolment as a nurse, according to the South African Nursing Council, in terms of the Nursing Act 33 of 2005 as amended. This category has completed the training programme R2176 which is a course leading to enrolment as an auxiliary nurse. This level of training occurs in accredited hospitals schools, however it appears, from observation and personal experience, that pupil nurses experience many problems and programme does not have high pass rates. There has been no formal investigation of this situation. The aim of this study was to investigate factors that promote or inhibit nursing students’ success in qualifying for entrance to the SANC R2175 final examination at one of the nursing schools in the Western Cape. The objectives were (i) identify factors that promote or inhibit learning amongst the pupil nurses; and to (ii) determine the perceptions of educators with regard to factors related to the pupil nurses success or failure. Methods: The study used a multi-method approach. A quantitative, explorative and descriptive design was applied. Target population (N=90), consisted of student nurses following the course leading to registration as an enrolled nurse (R2175) according to Nursing Act No 33 of 2005. Convenience sampling was used to select participants to respond to a questionnaire which was used to collect data. In qualitative approach the target population consisted of nurse educators (N=6). Non-probability, purposive sampling was used to select participants for the focus group interview. Ethics: Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained from the University of Western Cape and the University of Cape Town. Informed consent was obtained from the students and from the educators prior the commencement of the study. The questionnaire was pretested to ensure to ensure reliability and validity. Quantitative data was analysed with the help of the University statistician and was expressed in frequency tables and factor analysis. Qualitative data was analysed using coding to develop categories and themes with the help of the supervisor. Results: The results showed that academic performance by place of residence had a significant difference between the urban and rural students (x2 (1) = 0.014). The marital status of the student showed significant association with academic performance (x2 (3) = 0.021). The association between support from family and academic performance was significant (x2 (1) = 0.008). The focus group discussion with the nurse educators confirmed and supported some of the finding of the student survey. Recommendations: Some of the researcher’s recommendations included: a review of the recruitment and selection process; review of the curriculum; review of the value of bursary; reinstatement of the bridging programme and the implementation of preceptors in the clinical facilities.

Magister Curationis - MCur / The main benefit of simulation in nursing education is the ability to teach clinical skills in a non-threatening, safe environment where mistakes can be rectified without harm to any patient. Therefore, it is clinical facilitators who must display the knowledge and skills to impart to the student nurses during their 4-year programme of study. It is unclear how student nurses at a local nursing college view teaching and learning processes in the simulation laboratory. The purpose of this study is to explore student nurses‟ views of teaching and learning in a simulation laboratory with the purpose of describing guidelines for clinical facilitators to support student nurses in a simulation laboratory at a local College of Nursing in the Western Cape. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used in order to explore and describe the views of student nurses about teaching and learning in the simulation laboratory. The ECP (Extended Curriculum Programme), 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students (N = 880), who were registered in the R425 programme at the College of Nursing in the Western Cape, had been identified as the accessible student population of this study. A purposive opportunistic sampling population was applied. Two focus groups (20 participants) per year of study were conducted. The size of each focus group was at least 10 participants. The focus group interviews lasted around 60 minutes per group. Data gathering was conducted by the researcher who initiated, prompted, and facilitated these focus groups. For the purpose of data triangulation, voice recordings of the interviews were supported by the taking of field notes. Open coding had been used for data analysis. The credibility of the coding was checked and confirmed by an independent coder. Trustworthiness was maintained, since credibility was ensured by means of prolonged engagement in the field until data saturation occurred, referential adequacy, and member checks that followed. Dependability was ensured by establishing an audit trail. Ethical considerations were ensured by obtaining written, informed consent from participants of the study, as well as for the voice recording of the discussions. Participants could withdraw at any stage of the study. Confidentiality was explained and the researcher requested that participants do not share the information after the group discussions. In this study, student nurses experienced both opportunities and challenges with the teaching and learning in the simulation laboratory. Furthermore, the contextual demands between the first and subsequent years of study seemed to play an essential part in their experience.

Immigrants of Sweden are suffering from various non-communicable diseases more than Swedish natives which becomes a major public health concern nowadays. The objective of this systematic review is to investigate the physical activity level of Swedish immigrants compare to Swedish-born, their physical and mental health outcomes, and barriers and facilitators of being physically active. Electronic database CINAHL PLUS, PUBMED, EBSCOhost, SWEPUB was searched and 17 articles were included which was peer-reviewed, English language, based on physical activity of immigrants living in Sweden. Findings of these articles revealed that immigrants had a higher prevalence of non-communicable, anxiety, depression more than Swedish natives. Lack of motivation, weather, cultural and language barriers, environmental, infrastructure, and economic barriers are identified as barriers. Self-motivation, family and social support, culturally appropriate strategies, government-induced programs, community support are identified as facilitators of being physically active. The quality of evidence of outcomes scored by using GRADE. In conclusion, the available evidence support that immigrants are less physically active than Swedish-born and lack physical activity associated with their physical and mental health outcomes and there are several barriers and facilitators for being physically active.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the asset-based approach as alternative in career facilitation. In traditional career counselling, the career counsellor is seen as an expert and one-stop service provider that matches clients to careers. Alternatively, an asset-based career facilitator aims at facilitating sustainable career development skills by means of applying asset-based principles such as collaboration and shared responsibility. In this study, client-partners were viewed from several complementary theoretical frameworks, namely the asset-based approach, bio-ecological model of human development, Positive Psychology and the process of career facilitation. In addition, phenomenology was selected as meta-theory to guide the instrumental case study. Five career seeking client-partners between the ages of 16 and 18 were chosen according to criteria, and took part in an approximately six week asset-based career facilitation process. Client-partners were aware that the process was under study and willingly reflected on the process after completion. Thematic analysis resulted in the following themes: firstly, it appeared that individual client-partner profiles impacted on the application of asset-based principles. Factors pertaining to individual client profiles are personality traits, age, unique family dynamics, career interests and previous career assessment experiences. Secondly, applying asset-based principles seemed to impact on the career facilitation process with regard to the challenging role of the asset-based career facilitator as well as advantages and disadvantages of applying such principles. Thirdly, it looked as if the entrenched nature of the old paradigm or medical model impacted on the process as some client-partners still preferred the expert matching done in traditional career counselling and resisted being a partner in the career facilitation process. Findings suggest indicators and contra-indicators concerning the application of asset-based principles and strategies in career facilitation, as well as implicate recommendations with regard to training and further research. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

ABSTRACT This study brings into critical focus the relationship between the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) as an aspect of the government’s cultural policy and theatre in Harare. It demonstrates that the birth and well being of the NACZ has been shaped by global and African perspective of arts councils as well as politics in form of colonisation and decolonisation processes. It argues that the NACZ played an influential role in the development of theatre before 1995, mostly through administering legislation that facilitated, provided a framework and regulations that created the surrounding in which theatre operated as well as providing minimal funding. It has also been effective in facilitating the movement of local and international theatre artists into and out of Zimbabwe during the period under study (1985 to present date). Generally this promoted the development of community theatre. However it maintains that its role was negatively affected by the restructuring process it underwent in 1995, and worsened by the changing economic and political conditions after 2000. Due to those circumstances it has not been able to regularly disburse enough funding yet that is the biggest area of deficiency in the sector. Instead it is the donor community that has shouldered this aspect mostly, in some cases with the assistance of the NACZ, which in turn has promoted largely, the development of political and theatre for communication. Theatre artists are continuously aligning themselves to the expectations of the donor community.

With the widening socio-economic gap and growing social exclusion in the global north as a backdrop, this study seeks to address the topic of citizen participation in the context of socio-economic inequality by contributing to a deeper understanding of the relatively unexplored perspective of the civil servant organizing and facilitating citizen dialogues. The aim of the study is to describe the lived experiences of civil servant citizen dialogue facilitators/organizers in three Swedish municipalities regarding the implementation of “citizen dialogue on complex issues” in socio-economic vulnerable neighborhoods. Through semi-structured interviews, a focus group discussion and a supplementing document analysis, their perceptions of aim and outcomes, their own position/role, and the type of communication taking place between dialogue participants are explored and analyzed using Bickford’s “political listening”, Freire’s “theory of dialogical action” and Quarry and Ramírez’s “champions in context”. In this way, the study aims to contribute new empirical data to the field of citizen participation in socio-economic vulnerable neighborhoods in Sweden.The results demonstrate how the civil servants challenged the municipality to try a more participatory dialogue form by avoiding “banking” style communication, enabling “reflection” and explicitly considering how to “power equalize”. However, focus on the form and on non-polemic joint problem solving overshadowed their reflections on the aim and placed any conflict line outside the dialogue, not fully addressing inherent struggles arising from socio-economic inequality. Furthermore, the study suggests a re-think of the “neutral” facilitator concept since it might obscure power relations, as well as highlights the risk of leaving deeper social justice issues unaddressed as frustrations manifested in the dialogue are affected by structures beyond the local municipality and don’t always lead to “action”.