This research examines the personal narratives of two contemporary non-native artists living and working on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Issues related to narratives, power structures, artistic processes, insider/outsider dynamics, Hawaiian culture, island life, surfing, and the researcher's own experiences are woven together to formulate realizations surrounding alternative knowledge systems and the power of multiple or hidden narratives to the practice of art education.

This thesis reports on the development of a generic online system to support learning and teaching at the University of Melbourne. New online technologies, the fostering of innovation at national and university levels and my position within a central educational unit provided the opportunity in 1996 to adapt a previous software package for online use. My observations of the problematic nature of computer-facilitated learning (CFL) production led me to take an open approach to the development, seeking both a practical product and enhanced understanding. A series of formative questions defined the scope and goals of the study, which were to: *produce a generic online learning system; *increase understanding of the workplace experience of that development; and *develop an organisational model for the further development of generic CFL systems. Given this multi-disciplinary focus, many paradigms in the literature could potentially have guided the study. A number of these aligning with the research purposes, context and constructivist philosophy of the study, were reviewed from the perspectives of learning, CFL development and the organisation.

Submitted by Mario BC (mario@bc.ufrpe.br) on 2016-08-18T12:32:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Muniz Brayner Lopes.pdf: 10232920 bytes, checksum: d988a442a96b429481ccb631a631fcb1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T12:32:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Muniz Brayner Lopes.pdf: 10232920 bytes, checksum: d988a442a96b429481ccb631a631fcb1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-08 / The present research has the objective of evaluating the methodological proposition of applying the Multiple Perspectives Model (MoMuP) and Cooperative Learning principles in order to articulate experiential, content and pedagogical practice knowledge of university level educators through constructivist autonomy to re-elaborate complex-systemic comprehension of biological processes. Such methodology has been developed by professors with both bachelors and licentiate degrees from multiple areas of biology and medical sciences during virtual and personal meetings. A private group, GE-Glicemia, in the social network Facebook was used as virtual meeting environment. In those, cooperative dialogues were developed regarding Garfield’s biological processes in a complex-systemic perspective. Personal meetings involved individual building of parking lot schemes that worked as Deconstruction (or conceptual development) preparing the group for a further moment when the conceptual scheme was built collectively. The main premise was promoting an articulate concept reconstruction permeating science paradigms – Cartesian, Systemic and Complex. Result analysis revealed that it was possible to materialize a continuous in-service development of professors in order to improve Biology Teaching. From the individual and collective activities, participants reflected and elaborated their specific conceptual comprehension in the complex-systemic perspective. The theoretical-methodological choice of MoMuP allowed the Deconstruction, development and Reconstruction of concepts and paradigms. Group work favored the articulation, not only, of knowledge, but also, of pedagogical practices and experiences. Therefore, knowledge articulation in the complex-systemic Biology perspective in cooperative way is a possible path to minimize fragmentation in Biology Teaching. / O objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar uma proposta metodológica utilizando o Modelo das Múltiplas Perspectivas (MoMuP) e os princípios da Aprendizagem Cooperativa visando propiciar a articulação dos saberes experienciais, do conteúdo e da prática pedagógica de docentes universitários através da autonomia construtivista, para reelaborar a compreensão sistêmico-complexa dos processos biológicos. A metodologia foi desenvolvida por docentes universitários de várias áreas da Biologia com dupla formação (bacharelado e licenciatura) e da área médica, em momentos virtuais e presenciais. A rede social Facebook foi utilizada como ambiente virtual em um grupo de privacidade secreta intitulado GE-Glicemia. Neste foram desenvolvidos blocos de diálogos com viés cooperativo acerca dos processos biológicos de Garfield na perspectiva da Biologia sistêmico-complexa. Os momentos presenciais envolveram a construção de Esquemas Conceituais Individuais em parking lot que funcionaram como Desconstrução ou aprofundamento conceitual, preparando o grupo para o momento em que esse esquema conceitual seria reconstruído coletivamente. A premissa foi promover uma Reconstrução conceitual articulada, permeando entre os paradigmas da ciência - Cartesiano, Sistêmico e Complexo. A análise dos resultados revelou que foi possível materializar uma formação contínua, em serviço, de docentes universitários, visando o aprimoramento do Ensino de Biologia. Os participantes, a partir de atividades desenvolvidas individual e cooperativamente, refletiram e reelaboraram a compreensão conceitual específica na perspectiva sistêmico-complexa. A opção teórico-metodológica pelo MoMuP propiciou o processo de Desconstrução, aprofundamento e (Re) construção conceitual e paradigmática. O trabalho em grupo cooperativo favoreceu a articulação de saberes docentes na Biologia, assim como das práticas pedagógicas e experienciais. Portanto, articular saberes na perspectiva da Biologia sistêmico-complexa, de forma cooperativa é um possível caminho para minimizar a fragmentação presente no ensino da Biologia.

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