Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:15:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAOALESSANDRALEAO.pdf: 626333 bytes, checksum: 5f13b97333398fbbe97685a47f4d2b85 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-25 / This study aimed to carry out a bibliographically-grounded theoretical deepening and a reflexive analysis of the conception of teacher present in the cycles of human formation, co-substantiated in the Political-Pedagogical Proposal for the Fundamental Education of Children and Adolescents of the Municipal Secretary of Education of Goiania, approved during the 2001-2004 office. The analysis of the official document, the theoretical production of some referential authors and other proposals for the cyclic organization in the country aimed to expand the reflection on the theme. The present study stems from the discussion regarding the expansion of school access, within the context of Brazilian education during the 1980s and 1990s, a period of implementation and expansion of the proposal of cycles. The study also highlights the historic period of political and economic opening in the country, the advance of neoliberal policies and the central positioning of education in the discussions of educational policies both nationally and internationally. In an attempt to apprehend the conception of education and teacher in the development of this proposal, the way chosen was the study of the cycle expansion in the country as a new form of organization of the school systems of education. The analysis of the proposal of Goiania is accompanied by reflections on other experiences of cycles carried out in the country / Este trabalho objetivou realizar um aprofundamento teórico e uma análise reflexiva, com base em estudo bibliográfico, acerca da concepção de professor presente nos ciclos de formação humana, consubstanciada na Proposta Político-Pedagógica para a Educação Fundamental da Infância e da Adolescência da Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Goiânia, aprovada na Gestão 2001-2004. A análise do documento oficial, da produção teórica de alguns autores referenciais e de outras propostas de organização em ciclos no país teve como objetivo ampliar a reflexão sobre o tema. O estudo parte da discussão acerca da ampliação do acesso à escola, no contexto da educação brasileira nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, período de implantação e expansão da proposta de ciclos, e destaca também o momento histórico de abertura política e econômica do Brasil, o avanço das políticas neoliberais e a centralidade da educação nos discursos das políticas educacionais tanto no âmbito nacional quanto internacional. Na tentativa de apreender a concepção de educação e de professor no engendramento desta proposta, o caminho escolhido foi o estudo da expansão dos ciclos no país como uma nova forma de organização dos sistemas escolares de educação. A análise da proposta de Goiânia é acompanhada de reflexões sobre as demais experiências de ciclo levadas a cabo no país

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions held by junior high school principals, their spouses, and school counselors regarding occupational stressors of the junior high school principals in the State of Texas. The occupational stressors center around five areas of concern: (1) administrative constraints, (2) administrative responsibilities, (3) interpersonal relations, (4) intrapersonal conflicts, and (5) role expectations. A randomly selected sample of 300 junior high school principals were sent questionnaires for themselves, their spouses, and their school counselors. Descriptive statistical methods were employed to calculate means and standard deviations of the principals', spouses', and counselors' perceptions of the occupational stressors of the principals. T-test and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.

This study determined the instructional approaches and teaching techniques and materials reading specialists perceived to be the most effective for the seventh and eighth grade remedial reading courses mandated by Texas House Bill 246. It also determined the most effective inservice procedures for training teachers assigned to teach these courses. Fifty-four Texas reading specialists, representing school districts, service centers, and colleges and universities, participated as panelists in the Delphi, completing three rounds of questionnaires. Perceived recommendations were rated by panelists according to levels of effectiveness.

This study involved the identification and explication of a typology of adolescents' leisure functioning, based on a state of mind definition of leisure. Subjects included 200 students from a junior high school in the midwest who completed the Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) during a study hall. Procedures involved the application of two methods of cluster analysis to profiles of scores across the five LDB scales which are designed to measure perceived freedom in leisure. Following this process of identification and validation of the "types," the relationship between group membership and various barriers to leisure were examined through multiple discriminant analysis. Finally, between type differences on three preferred style of participation in recreation activity variables (active/passive, individual/ group, and risk/nonrisk) were examined through the analysis of variance.

It is the purpose of this study to attempt to arrive at the underlying causes of inadequacy in sex education and to recommend a proposed unit of sex instruction correcting the obstacles for the need of a particular age group.

The purposes of this study were to determine the relations of mechanical drawing to other courses taught in the junior high schools of the North Texas area and to propose an outline for a course of study in junior high school mechanical drawing that will have a high relationship with other courses.

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent related information is being taught in the junior high school woodwork classes of Texas. The study will attempt to answer such questions as follows: Do the industrial arts teachers believe in teaching related information? If they teach related information, do they examine the students on it, and if so, to what extent does the related material affect the final grade? Approximately what part of the class period is recommended as the proper amount of time to devote to related information? Is there a shop library available to the students? Do the teachers require the students to have a textbook or workbook for each of the industrial arts courses they teach?

This thesis involves an investigation of the trees in McLennan County that were suitable for wood sculpture, or wood carving, giving special attention to the wood that could be used for wood sculpture projects in the junior-high-school art program.

To try to determine what the interests of boys and girls in the seventh grade are and how these interests are used in their school work, or are not used, is the purpose of this study.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two methods of teaching the social studies to junior high school pupils. An attempt has been made to ascertain the relative progress in the studying efficiency of a group of children in social studies taught by the basic-study-skills plan, as compared to that of a group of children taught by the assign-study-recite-test plan so commonly employed.