This dissertation is a qualitative case study within an interpretive epistemology that explores the construction and engagement of the informal curriculum and the subsequent interaction with rationalized systems of knowledge by four young autodidactics between the ages of 9 and 15. The analyses of these constructions, engagement and interactions coalesced into three themes. Theme one establishes autonomy as the penultimate emic feature of autodidaxy through its relations with commitment to endeavors, connections along the experiential continuum, and perceived confidence in abilities to learn and to organize the social environment for further learning. Theme two entails the inherent connection participants conceive between interests and progressive, challenging goals. Theme three focuses on how interests are initiated through the exploratory stance of the participants as they purposefully seek out experiential problems from their environment, as well as the control of habitual patterns of pursuit and moments of interest assessment. These themes in relation to the research focus on the informal curriculum and interactions with rationalized systems of knowledge result in three findings. First, rigor is found to operate at multiple levels within autodidactic endeavors; secondly, relevance functions as initial questions arising out of productive boredom tether knowledge to experience and results in persistence and versatility of interest; and finally, the finding of autonomy operates as a process of choice which frames interests with future orientations that afford challenging experiences resulting in joy and the progression of knowledge and skills associated with the interest. Data analysis throughout the themes and findings discussed above culminate in three implications. First, while not engaging all of the disciplines traditionally associated with formal schooling, the informal curriculum does afford opportunities for the rigorous interaction with rationalized systems of knowledge. Second, the informal curriculum also allows for distinct processes by which connections are made along the experiential continuum resulting in relevance. Finally, in order to facilitate the use of the informal curriculum in formal educational institutions, research is needed in which the informal curriculum is operative to varying degrees in contexts with differential affordances of autonomy, most critically with learners form a variety of lived experiences. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-06T11:36:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-08-12 / A participação em Ligas Acadêmicas de Medicina é hoje a mais frequente atividade extracurricular em muitos cursos de medicina brasileiros. Além da crescente frequência, é inegável que esta atividade pode desempenhar um papel significativo na formação acadêmica destes alunos. Dúvidas sobre o referido papel das ligas, o perfil dos participantes, as rotinas de atividades e metodologias, dentre outras permanecem sem resposta, sobretudo em função da escassez de estudos sobre o tema e, em alguns casos, uma certa indiferença de docentes e das próprias instituições de ensino superior(IES). Este estudo investigou as ligas acadêmicas de medicina da cidade de Belém do Pará, com o intuito de caracterizar suas atividades, processos metodológicos, perfil e motivação dos integrantes. Com uma abordagem predominantemente qualitativa, questionários e entrevistas foram aplicados aos integrantes de ligas da cidade, e aos coordenadores dos cursos onde estas ligas atuam. Em um primeiro momento a análise dos questionários forneceu subsídios para a montagem do roteiro das entrevistas semiestruturadas que foram conduzidas em sequência. Através da sistemática análise do conteúdo colhido, levantamos dados referentes as ligas e seus integrantes, que poderão ser utilizados para colaborar com o aperfeiçoamento desta prática. / At present, the participation in Academic Leagues of Medicine is the most frequent extracurricular activity in many medical Brazilians courses. Besides the increasing frequency, it is clear that this activity may play a significant role in the academic formation of these students. Questions regarding the role of such leagues, the participants´ profile, the routine of activities and methodologies, among others, remain unanswered, especially due to the scarcity of studies on this subject and, in some cases, certain indifference of the faculty staff and of the higher education institutions (HEIs). This study aimed to analyze the academic leagues of medicine in the city of Belém do Pará, in order to characterize their activities, methodological processes, membership’ profile and motivation. A qualitative approach was predominantly used with questionnaires and interviews applied to the leagues´ members of this city and to the coordinators of the courses where these entities act. In the first moment, analysis of the questionnaires provided information for the writing of the semi-structured interviews that were then conducted. Through systematic analysis of the content, data regarding leagues and their members were collected in order to collaborate to the improvement of this practice.

The diploma thesis is focused on interpersonal relations in curriculum at chosen primary school. Both formal and informal curriculum of the lower secondary school are studied here and also the integration of the interpersonal issues. The social psychology importance in the influence of the social background issue on upbringing and education of children is described in theoretical part of this thesis, just as the application of the social psychology in pedagogy for understanding children and adolescents in their pupils' social circumstanced, integration of the interpersonal issues in the teaching document - curriculum, chosen primary schools and term definition in the form of literary research. Practical part is divides into two sections. The first section includes quantitative research accomplished among teachers and pupils at lower secondary school by the qualitative method, in which teachers and pupils answer questions. The questionnaires survey the point of view from both sides of teachers and pupils and mutual interaction. Teachers and pupils assess everybody they meet daily. The second section includes qualitative research in the form of structural interviews with five school representatives - a pupil, a teacher, a cleaning lady, a school caretaker and a female cook. These structural...

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