Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 108-115).

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-243).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-115). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-243). Also available in print.

O presente trabalho investigou concepções de respeito de professores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental e suas relações com a construção de relações de respeito mútuo na sala de aula e com o desenvolvimento da autonomia moral infantil. O principal referencial teórico foi a Epistemologia Genética, especialmente o Desenvolvimento Moral na obra de Jean Piaget. A coleta de dados foi realizada com treze professores de diferentes instituições escolares e foi organizada em duas etapas, sendo a primeira o registro escrito a respeito de uma situação narrada em terceira pessoa, que serviu de base para a realização de uma entrevista semiestruturada, orientada pelo método clínico piagetiano. Os dados coletados permitiram a análise a partir de duas categorias principais: a relação entre o professor e o aluno e a construção de um ambiente sociomoral. Em cada uma destas instâncias foram verificadas concepções de respeito relacionadas às dimensões do respeito unilateral e do respeito mútuo e refletiu-se sobre suas interferências para o cotidiano escolar. / This thesis has investigated primary teachers' respect conceptions and how these concepts relate to building relations of mutual respect in the classroom and the development of child moral autonomy. Genetic Epistemology is the theoretical basis of this research, particularly Moral Development in the work of Jean Piaget. Data collection was conducted with thirteen teachers from diverse educational institutions and organized in two steps: first, written records about a situation narrated in the third person were made; second, a semi-structured interview, based on previously collected data and guided by Piagetian clinical method, was conducted. This collected data allowed the analysis from two main categories: the relations among teachers and students and the construction of a cooperative environment. In each of these categories, conceptions of respect related to the dimensions of unilateral and mutual respect were noted as well as their interference on the school routine was observed.

[pt] A pesquisa procurou investigar como professores do ensino médio de uma escola pública da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro percebem e reagem diante de comportamentos preconceituosos e discriminatórios entre os estudantes, e quais concepções de moralidade que, explícita ou implicitamente, fundamentam suas ações. A pesquisa buscou apresentar e discutir as concepções éticas subjacentes às práticas docentes, a partir de uma articulação entre os conceitos regulativos de justiça e felicidade presentes no pensamento ético kantiano e aristotélico, a partir das elaborações de Adela Cortina e Alasdair MacIntyre. Considerando que este dois conceitos são, geralmente, colocados em tensão de maneira excludente, apostamos na possibilidade de pensá-los como complementares, interconectados e tensionados mutuamente. Como procedimentos metodológicos, além de uma extensa revisão bibliográfica, foram realizadas observações de campo e entrevistas semiestruturadas com 17 docentes que se voluntariaram para a pesquisa. Dentre os achados da pesquisa merecem destaque que os tipos de preconceito e discriminação mais percebidos pelos professores se relacionam a orientação sexual e diferenças de raça e etnia, sendo percebidas em menor grau, discriminações em função da crença religiosa, de diferenças intelectuais, por aparência física e origem geográfica. No que se refere às ações e intervenções dos docentes diante dos comportamentos preconceituosos e discriminatórios, a grande maioria afirmou que faria intervenções firmes, seja repreendendo ou conversando com os envolvidos, no sentido de sinalizar que não concordam com essa postura.Entretanto merece preocupação o fato de alguns docentes não perceberem ou mesmo não tratarem com a devida importância atitudes preconceituosas e discriminatórias, demonstrando ignorar o nível de sofrimento a que estão expostos alguns estudantes. Em relação à articulação entre os conceitos regulativos de justiça e felicidade, bem como às concepções de moralidade que fundamentam as suas ações, devido talvez a limites da metodologia, não foi possível explicitá-los. Entretanto identificou-se que diante de situações que exigiam uma tomada de decisão, a justiça é priorizada em detrimento da felicidade. Por fim a pesquisa apontou ainda algumas limitações da formação docente para lidar com situações de preconceito e discriminação no espaço escolar. / [en] The purpose of this research is to investigate how high school teachers from a public school in the city of Rio de Janeiro perceive and react when they are faced with prejudice or discriminatory behavior among students. This research also intended to grasp which conceptions of morality serve as a basis for the teachers actions, either implicitly or explicitly. By using the connection between regulative conceptions of justice and happiness that are present in Kant and Aristotle s work, and considering that these concepts are usually seen in an excluding way, this research suggests the possibility of these concepts complementing each other ,as well as being mutually connected. As for the methodological choices, the research involved on extensive literature review along with fieldwork and semi- structured interviews with 17 teachers, who volunteered. One result of the research that is important to highlight is that the types of prejudice and discrimination that were most perceived by the teachers were related to sexual orientation, racial and ethnic diversity. On the other hand, the least noted were related to religion, cognitive difference, physical appearance and place of origin. Referring to the actions taken by these teachers while facing this discriminatory behavior, the majority mentioned that they would firmly oppose them, however the fieldwork showed that some teachers don t notice this behavior, or seem to ignore the suffering some students are exposed to. Maybe due to the limits of the chosen method, the research couldn t explicit the articulation between the concepts for justice and happiness, as well as their conceptions of morality. However, it was observed that when the teachers were faced with situations in which an urgent decision was required, they prioritized justice at the expense of happiness. Finally, the research pointed out that there are still limits in teaching education, training and formation with regard to the prejudice and discrimination that take place at school.

This study investigated the seemingly conflicting and incompatible ideological positions that post-apartheid South Africa appears to straddle. On the one hand, South Africa is an aspiring liberal democracy courtesy of its constitution of 1996, which is liberal in that it enshrines a wide range of rights and freedoms for the individual. On the other hand, the same constitution recognises the institution of traditional leadership, whose claim to power is hereditary and not by popular vote. Thus the study established that South Africa is an aspiring liberal democracy that is also heavily steeped in African traditions and cultures. It offered a rebuttal of the view that existence and recognition of traditional institutions of politics and governance in a liberal democracy is a fundamental contradiction. Drawing on the literature the study showed that liberal democracies such as Japan, the United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain, have had monarchies from time immemorial. But their monarchies are not a hindrance to either liberalism or liberal democracy. The study underscored the importance of Ubuntu as a socio-cultural discourse in South Africa, more so given that South Africa is an African country whose population is 80 per cent African. Concomitantly the study proposed a philosophy of education that amalgamates some aspects of liberal education with some aspects of African traditional education. Aspects of liberal education that were found to pertain to the amalgamation are ‘cultivating humanity’ and ‘narrative imagination’, while aspects of African traditional education are the values and principles implicit in Ubuntu, the latter understood as a humane normative concept. At a practical classroom level the study proposed that such an amalgamated philosophy of education would be attained through storytelling and the teaching of history through chronology and causation. As a form of ‘narrative’, storytelling reveals the finite in its fragile uniqueness and illustrates how the past influences and shapes the present, and how the present determines aspects of the past that are useful and meaningful today. Similarly the teaching of history through chronology and causation enables the students to organise their historical thought processes and construct their own probable historical narratives. The teaching of history through chronology and causation therefore offers the students multiple opportunities to gain a better understanding of historical events, and lessons that can be learn from such events. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Philosophy of Education)

O presente trabalho investigou concepções de respeito de professores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental e suas relações com a construção de relações de respeito mútuo na sala de aula e com o desenvolvimento da autonomia moral infantil. O principal referencial teórico foi a Epistemologia Genética, especialmente o Desenvolvimento Moral na obra de Jean Piaget. A coleta de dados foi realizada com treze professores de diferentes instituições escolares e foi organizada em duas etapas, sendo a primeira o registro escrito a respeito de uma situação narrada em terceira pessoa, que serviu de base para a realização de uma entrevista semiestruturada, orientada pelo método clínico piagetiano. Os dados coletados permitiram a análise a partir de duas categorias principais: a relação entre o professor e o aluno e a construção de um ambiente sociomoral. Em cada uma destas instâncias foram verificadas concepções de respeito relacionadas às dimensões do respeito unilateral e do respeito mútuo e refletiu-se sobre suas interferências para o cotidiano escolar. / This thesis has investigated primary teachers' respect conceptions and how these concepts relate to building relations of mutual respect in the classroom and the development of child moral autonomy. Genetic Epistemology is the theoretical basis of this research, particularly Moral Development in the work of Jean Piaget. Data collection was conducted with thirteen teachers from diverse educational institutions and organized in two steps: first, written records about a situation narrated in the third person were made; second, a semi-structured interview, based on previously collected data and guided by Piagetian clinical method, was conducted. This collected data allowed the analysis from two main categories: the relations among teachers and students and the construction of a cooperative environment. In each of these categories, conceptions of respect related to the dimensions of unilateral and mutual respect were noted as well as their interference on the school routine was observed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-05-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:06:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 braga_mcb_dr_mar.pdf: 448003 bytes, checksum: c23c2a8c0e42cfaf24a58b8b2c65975f (MD5) / O presente trabalho buscou caracterizar um adolescente autista de alto funcionamento quanto ao seu desenvolvimento moral, usando a teoria Piagetiana (1930/1995) como referencial teórico principal. Foram entrevistadas a mãe, a professora e a diretora da escola onde o sujeito atualmente estuda. Além disso, este foi solicitado a refletir sobre dilemas morais elaborados sobre temas relativos ao seu cotidiano. A análise dos dados revelou que o sujeito encontra-se em fase de heteronomia, principalmente para as ações que envolvem valores morais e convenções sociais, embora demonstre ter consciência das regras envolvidas. Considera-se que as dificuldades de interação e comunicação típicas do autismo, sua representação social marcada pela deficiência, além de intervenções escolares assistemáticas no campo da educação moral possam responder pelas características apresentadas pelo sujeito deste estudo. / The present work aims at the study of the moral development in a teenager with high-functioning autism (HFA). It was applied Piaget's work (1930/1995) as the main theoretical basis. The mother, the teacher and the principal of the school where the subject to think about moral dilemmas which were elaborated from themes related to his everyday life. Data analysis show that the subject was in a heteronomic period. Especially when actions involved in these areas. It is considered that difficulties in interaction and in communication, common in autism, its social representation highlighted by the deficiency, and also the non-systematic school interventions in the moral education may be responsible for the characteristics presented by the subject.

[pt] A educação moral possível: o conflito como estratégia para a autonomia é um estudo follow-up realizado com 15 crianças consideradas fáceis ou difíceis, aos 5 e 11 anos, por diferentes professores, na creche e no ensino fundamental, visando analisar as concepções destes sobre autonomia e suas estratégias, situando o conceito fácil/difícil em questões de gênero, comportamentos social/individual, além das habilidades relacionadas ao contexto escolar. Partiu-se do pressuposto que o conflito desempenha, sobretudo na dinâmica da criança difícil, um fator propulsor para a construção da personalidade moral. As 15 crianças, hoje préadolescentes, foram localizadas estudando em escolas municipais ou estaduais da rede pública do ensino fundamental da cidade de Niterói. Constatou-se que a maioria dos professores de ambos os níveis concebem autonomia como capacidade de agir sozinho, considerando o diálogo como sua estratégia principal. O professor do ensino fundamental, ao falar de seu aluno préadolescente, refere-se a um sujeito da aprendizagem, sem enxergar o mundo das relações. Para ele, a criança é autônoma fora da escola, mas não dá conta do que lhe é esperado. / [en] The possible moral education: the conflict as a strategy for the autonomy is a follow-up study, carried out with 15 considered as easy/difficult children, firstly with 5 years old at pre-school and latter on with 11 years old at basic education school (different teachers). The purpose is to analyze teacher s conception about autonomy and its strategy, focusing the concept of easy/difficult, regarding gender, social/individual behavior and school abilities. It was assumed that conflict, mainly on difficult children, is a propelling factor for the construction of the moral self. Presently, the fifteen children have been studying in public schools (municipal or state ones) at basic education level, in the Niteroi city. It was concluded that the majority of the teachers at both levels (pre-school and basic school) see autonomy as ability to act by himself, considering the dialogue as main strategy. The teachers of basic school, when referring to his pre-adolescent pupils, see them as learning subject, forgetting the complex of people relations. However, children were not considered as difficult for lacking of learning capacity, but for an incompatible behavior faced to a good learning progress.