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Theoretical and empirical evidence indicate a possibility that reading certain types of historical texts could improve different constructs of empathy that include theory of mind (ToM), empathic concern (EC), and historical perspective-taking (HPT).The objective of this study was to compare the effect of reading a collection of primary documents in comparison to a historical narrative on ToM, HPT, and EC for adolescents in an eighth-grade history class. Students were randomly assigned to read either a historical narrative or a collection of adapted historical documents with approximately the same length, and reading level. This researcher controlled for student comprehension scores, ToM scores, estimated amount of reading frequency, gender, and age. Post reading, students were assessed on ToM, EC, and HPT using age-appropriate and valid measures. The results demonstrated no statistical difference for individuals assigned to read either text as measured by ToM, EC, and HPT. Individuals with higher comprehension abilities in the historical document group were more likely to read for a longer period of time than individuals with high comprehension abilities in the narrative group. Empathic emotions for the narrative group were significantly correlated with higher HPT. The researcher argues that better ToM assessments need to be developed for adolescents and the relationship of reading historical texts and empathy for adolescents should be a topic of future research.

How has the question of Swedish neutrality been taught in the Swedish school during the 1950s, 1960s and 2000s? Neutrality is changeable and can be linked to shifts in history culture, conscious and contemporary perceptions during time. The material has been interpreted through the hermeneutics guidelines, which means that I have made the interpretation. At the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, the Swedish government declared the country neutral. Sweden was represented during the war by a collective government led by Per Albin Hansson and declared the country as "non-warring". The consequence of this was that Sweden was not drawn into any armed conflict. In our school books, the knowledge is conveyed that Sweden was not included in the Second World War. Between historians and within history science, it is continuously debated to what extent the Swedish government maintained and protected the neutrality. The essay will analyze and study material in which Sweden’s neutrality is portrayed and in what way the transit agreement is reported in the textbooks and how it differs. Differences in history consciousness will be investigated with the help of current research. Compared to previous research, this study provides a more complex understanding of neutrality changes in school textbooks. The analysis has concluded that the historiography appears different over time and that the ethical aspect is becoming increasingly apparent.

Denna studie är ett projekt som undersöker användandet av Mark Twains klassiska roman The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn i det svenska ESL klassrummet genom action research. Syftet är att undersöka hur en lärandemodell med utgångspunkt i The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn kan utformas för att utveckla det kritiska tänkandet, samt behandla rasistiska samhällsfrågor och fördomar i det svenska ESL klassrummet. Utformandet av frågeställningen är grundad i flera av de mål som nämns i Lgr11. Forskningen utfördes i tre olika klassrum, på två olika skolor, av två lärarstudenter. Forskningens resultat visar att Twains roman är ett lämpligt verktyg för att behandla de mål som nämns i läroplanen så som projektets mål. Trots att romanen först publicerades för mer än hundra år sedan så är den än idag användbar i vårt moderna samhälle. Den kritik som följt romanen under åren har mestadels rört USA, men vår studie visar att den även är relevant gällande dagens svenska elever. / This study is an action research project dealing with the use of Mark Twain’s classical novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Swedish ESL classrooms. Our purpose with this project is to investigate how a teaching module on The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn can be designed to encourage critical thinking as well as address racial, societal and prejudice topics in Swedish ESL classrooms. The basis for this question is made up of several requirements stated in Lgr11. The research was conducted in three different classrooms, at two different schools, by two different student teachers. Our findings show that Twain’s novel can be an adequate tool to meet the requirements stated in the curriculum as well as the goals for our project. Even though the novel was first published more than a hundred years ago, it is still applicable to our modern society. Most controversies surrounding the book has taken place in the US, but our study shows that it is significant for today’s Swedish students as well.

Master of Science / School of Family Studies and Human Services / Bronwyn S. Fees / All children participate in cultural practices that shape development. Meaningful, authentic connections and interactions with adults build the foundation for respectful integration of cultural diversity in the development of early childhood curriculum. The knowledge of how culture develops forms the foundation of cultural inclusion and appropriate practices in the early childhood setting. Cultural development encompasses the physical environment, the relationships built with people within the environment, and the expectations and roles placed on the child by the family, community and society. Culture is the context in which development occurs and directs the manner of development. The socio-cultural historical perspective, developed by Vygotsky (1978) and elaborated on by Rogoff, (2003) provides a framework for defining cultural development as participation and interactions among individuals as well as within the self. Research indicates recognizing and respecting cultural differences, however, remains a challenge for implementation of culturally appropriate practices. This paper reviews the connection between culture and development by applying the socio-cultural historical perspective to early childhood education classroom practices. Strategies for inclusion and culturally appropriate practice provide the focus for the discussion with illustrative examples from Hungary and the Midwestern United States. Implications for educators, administrators, and teacher training professionals are addressed.

Orientador: Eliana Ayoub / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T15:31:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Magalhaes_RomildoSoteriode_M.pdf: 16635220 bytes, checksum: 924af69d675236cb8e2d87983d6fa59b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Mestrado / Educação, Conhecimento, Linguagem e Arte / Mestre em Educação

Orientador: Ana Luíza Bustamante Smolka / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T14:31:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Brito_AnaPaulaSouza_M.pdf: 1234490 bytes, checksum: a5af30f301822c64bc9ae5a6540a075e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar as possibilidades de desenvolvimento profissional docente a partir da (re)organização de algumas ações da Orientadora Pedagógica circunscritas no contexto escolar: planejamento, acompanhamento de atividades e Hora de Trabalho Pedagógico Coletivo. A proposta inicial estava relacionada à área da linguagem escrita, buscando compreender como os sujeitos, envolvidos num processo de estudo e análise, relacionam dialeticamente o conhecimento historicamente construído e a prática docente em sala de aula. A partir do modo de participação de cada um dos sujeitos nessa atividade de estudo e reflexão, foi possível verificar que a apropriação de alguns dos pressupostos (desencadeados pela reflexão sobre a prática, a partir da interlocução no grupo) oportunizou novas formas de atuação em sala de aula que não estavam restritas apenas à linguagem escrita. Assim, entende-se que para se analisar a prática docente há de se refletir sobre as concepções do professor sobre educação, aprendizagem e desenvolvimento. Assumindo a perspectiva Histórico-Cultural (Vigotski, Bakhtin, Clot) o processo desenvolvido foi analisado, compreendendo que a atuação profissional docente está relacionada às prescrições, ao contexto histórico, a constituição do sujeito e as condições efetivas de trabalho. Essa relação foi considerada para se pensar a produção de significados e sentidos relacionados ao trabalho docente no contexto de desenvolvimento da pesquisa. / Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the possibilities of teaching professional development from the (re) organization of some limited actions the pedagogical advisor in the school context: planning, monitoring activities and Pedagogical Collective Working Hour. The initial proposal was related to written language area, aiming to comprehend how the subjects involved in a process of study and analysis, relate dialectically the knowledge historically constructed and teaching practice in the classroom. From the participation way of each subject in this study and reflection, it was possible to verify that the appropriation of some assumptions (triggered by reflection on practice, from the dialogue in the group), provided new ways of performance in the classroom which were not restricted only to written language. Thus, it is understood that in order to analyze the teaching practice, it is needed to reflect on the teachers conceptions about education, learning and development. Assuming the historical-cultural perspective (Vygotsky, Bakhtin, Clot): the developed process was analyzed, understanding that the teaching professional performance is related to prescriptions, the historical context, the subject nature and the effective working conditions. This relation was considered to reflect about the production of meanings and sense related to teaching work in the context of research development. / Mestrado / Psicologia Educacional / Mestre em Educação

Given today's hurried pace of change in higher education and its institutions, it is imperative for the higher education research community to reflect on its current composition and resulting ability to understand and respond to the breadth and rapidity of that change. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to identify selected social and academic characteristics of the primary contributors (authors, editorial board members, and editors) to The Review of Higher Education, to categorize institutional affiliations of contributors via the Carnegie Classification System and to synthesize the data in a historical and sociological perspective. The contributions to The Review's articles, editorial board positions, and editorships in its first 25 years have predominantly been from male members of the higher education professoriate affiliated with and receiving doctoral degrees from major research universities ranked highest in the Carnegie Classification System. Trends toward greater gender and disciplinary representation, especially among author contributors, began to appear by the mid-point (1990s) of the study period.

The aim of this study is to examine John Chrysostom’s views on slavery, specifically in his homilies on the Pauline Epistles and Hebrews. Roman slaveholding is approached as a complex habitus, and Chrysostom’s negotiation with and reimagination of this habitus is examined. The method of enquiry used is a cultural-historical analysis, and the theories of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu are extensively utilized. Moreover, based on the work of Jennifer Glancy, slavery is approached as a corporeal discourse – one focused on the slave as a body. The discursive formation of the slave-body is further deconstructed into four related corporeal discourses – namely the domesticity, heteronomy, carcerality and commodification of the slavebody. The study commences by revisiting and re-reading Hellenistic, early Roman, Judaistic, and early Christian sources on slaveholding from a cultural-historical perspective in order to reconstruct the main discursivities of the habitus of Roman slaveholding. Then, the first question asked is how Chrysostom understands the domesticity of the slave-body. Based on his exegesis of the haustafeln, it is concluded that Chrysostom negotiates and reimagines the discourse in three ways: a) he proposes a shift from strategic to tactical slaveholding; b) he formulates his theology, especially hamartiology and eschatology, on the Stoic-Philonic metaphor of domestic slavery; and, c) he advises that domestic slaves be reformed by being taught Christian virtue and trades. Secondly, Chrysostom accepts the heteronomy of all bodies, and hence uses slavery as a basis for his ethics. The body is either ruled by God or sin/passions, and the problem of institutional slavery is downplayed. Thirdly, Chrysostom affirms that slaves should remain in their carceral state and stay obedient to their masters, while masters ought to treat slaves justly since they are also slaves of God. Finally, Chrysostom sees slaves as both economic and symbolic capital, and the shift to tactical slaveholding supports his more general vision of promoting a popular asceticism in the city. Chrysostom does not simply accept, ameliorate or reject slaveholding – we rather see sophisticated discourses of negotiation and reimagination of slaveholding to fit in with his wider programme of social and ascetic reform among Christian households. / Thesis (DLitt)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Ancient Languages / unrestricted

Syftet med mitt arbete är att undersöka på vilket sätt det är möjligt att arbeta över de gamla gränserna mellan teoretiska och praktiska ämnen. Jag har valt att inrikta mig på Historia och Hem- och konsumentkunskap. Frågeställningarna som ligger som grund för arbetet är: På vilka sätt är ett samarbete mellan historia och hemkunskap möjligt? Finns det stöd i kursplaner och läroböcker för ett sådant samarbete? Är det viktigt att samarbeta över gränserna på detta sätt? Om det är viktigt, varför i så fall? Har hem- och konsumentkunskap i sig ett historiskt perspektiv? För att uppnå mitt syfte har jag använt mig av intervjuer, skriftliga källor och analyser av kursplaner och läromedel. Mina teoretiska ramar handlar om ämnesövergripande arbetssätt och historiskt perspektiv. Sammanfattningsvis pekar resultaten av mina undersökningar på att verkligheten i skolorna och styrdokumenten går isär. Det finns många argument för varför ett samarbete är viktigt men för att kunna uppnå ett ämnesövergripande arbetssätt som fungerar smidigt och är regelbundet återkommande måste skolan stå för de rätta förutsättningarna. / The purpose of this essay is to examine in which way it is possible to work between practical and theoretical courses. I have chosen to concentrate on history and home economics. The questions at issue are: In which way is a cooperation between history and home economics possible? Can you find support for this kind of cooperation in teaching aids and the syllabus? Is a cooperation like this important? If it is important -why? Does home economics have a historical perspective? I have used interviews, different kinds of analysis and various literatures to achieve my goals. My theoretical frames are about interdisciplinary work methods and historical perspectives. All together the results of my research points toward the fact that the reality in school and the syllabus doesn’t match up. There are plenty of arguments indicating that collaboration is important, but to achieve an interdisciplinary work method that works smoothly and that is frequently used the school has to stand for the right conditions.