The aim of this master thesis is to examine the Swedish term for reading promotion, läsfrämjande, and gain a greater understanding for the meanings inherent in the word. To do this, narrative theory in the form if Harding's typology of six different types of narratives arranged on a scale from general to particular has been used for the analysis.The study focuses on librarians that work with children and young adults in public libraries and their rela-tionships with reading promotion. On the surface the Swedish word for reading promotion is simple, but exam-ined closely it becomes apparent that it is in fact multifaceted. The word consists of many different narratives that interact and in different ways change and affect each other. This study has identified five different types of collective narratives connected to the word läsfrämjande. These are the democratic narrative, the narrative of qualitative litterateur, reading for the soul, the enabling narrative and the literacy narrative. Together with the other types of narratives these form the basis of the personal narrative the librarians form around their reading promotion work and the word läsfrämjande.The personal narrative connected to the word will always be unique to the individual librarian, and it is be-cause of this that the word is so hard to define. The meaning will differ in small ways between different people, but because the personal narratives are built from the same collective narratives there will appear to be consensus in the meaning.This study has been produced as a two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.

The purpose of this research is to use semiotic and narrative theory to unpack the layered meanings related to postage stamps and handwritten letters and explore their similarities. The theories of Peirce on icon, index and symbol, provide a systematic framework from which to explore the parallel narratives in a personal collection of postage stamps and letters received between 1996 and 1999. Postage stamps and letters are sent as a unit, allowing their public and private narratives to arrive in parallel. Both the practical and theoretical components of this research explore these narratives, treating letters and postage stamps as both personal and impersonal objects of communication. They are archival objects of national and personal history and of an era that is slowly fading. This research does not reinforce the different modes of communication offered by postage stamps and letters, but rather unpacks and compares, from a personal perspective, their many layers of meaning. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the role of social networks in the information behaviour of consulting engineers. Wilson’s (1999; 2000) encapsulating information behaviour definition, and the contribution other researchers made to it, was used to develop an information behaviour framework for the study. In an in depth literature review it was learnt that engineering work is about team work and that engineers rely on their personal knowledge and expertise, as well as the knowledge and expertise of other experts in the field. This was confirmed by the findings of the empirical study. Throughout the literature review it was shown that the interaction between elements in the context and the personal dimension gives rise to information needs, which in turn prompt certain information behaviour activities. Narrative inquiry, a relatively new information behaviour data collection and analysis technique, guided the study. Fifteen consulting engineers who are involved in building projects participated in the study. Two chapters were dedicated to data analysis where the engineers’ stories of an engineering project were re-storied to learn more about the context of engineering work and how engineers operate. The findings revealed that the team members of projects involving consulting engineers come from different organisations. It was found that consulting engineers collaboratively seek, gather, use, communicate and share information. Interdependency emerged as a prominent element in the effective structures of consulting engineers’ personal dimension and evidently plays an important role in collaborative information behaviour in consulting engineers’ team work. It serves as a contributing factor in the natural forming of their social networks, which proved to be important sources of engineering information. The findings contributed to the refinement of the information behaviour framework developed for the purpose of this study. The framework graphically illustrates consulting engineers’ information behaviour. This study contributes to an understanding of the important role social networks play in consulting engineers’ successful accomplishment of engineering projects in everyday life / Information Science / D.Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)

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No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_2014_Lilian Auxiliadora Maciel Cardoso.pdf: 2339591 bytes, checksum: b271a3d7e7173015a4beac52552965d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-28 / Este trabalho insere-se no âmbito dos estudos e pesquisas que abordam a formação de professores enquanto desenvolvimento profissional. Trata-se de um estudo desenvolvido no Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, linha de pesquisa Organização Escolar, Formação e Práticas Pedagógicas, que investigou a problemática de como o processo formativo é significado/ressignificado por um grupo de licenciandas vinculado ao Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) da UFMT, com o objetivo de compreender as significações/ressignificações do processo formativo no referido programa. A pesquisa abrangeu nove licenciandas vinculadas ao PIBID na categoria estudante bolsista. A perspectiva teórico-metodológica aproxima-se da pesquisa narrativa, conforme Clandinin e Connelly (2011), Mello (2005). Os significados foram compostos a partir de um conjunto de narrativas, produzidas pelas licenciandas para o ingresso no grupo (carta de motivação), para o curso de Pedagogia (dossiê), para a pesquisa (entrevista), nas estratégias formativas utilizadas na iniciação docente (caso de ensino e portfólio), e narrativas produzidas pela pesquisadora (notas de campo). Da literatura tomo como base os estudos de Marcelo Garcia (1999, 2008), Vaillant e Carlos Marcelo (2012), Nóvoa (1995, 1997, 2009), Mizukami (2006, 2008), Shulman (2005), Grossman, Wilson e Shulman (2005), Gudmundsdóttir e Shulman (2005), Pineau (2003, 2006, 2010), Zeichner (1997, 1998, 2008), Connelly e Clandinin (1995), Clandinin (2010), Clandinin e Connelly (2011), Dewey (2010). Ao reconstruir as experiências vividas, foram compostos os seguintes eixos temáticos: 1. A reflexão como processo formativo: significações construídas, 2. Aprendizagens da docência e ressignificações. Nas experiências vividas no grupo, a colaboração e a reflexão foram fundamentais para os movimentos de auto e hetero formação. Essas experiências são significadas como singulares e formativas, mas o desenvolvimento alcançado não se vincula à simples participação no grupo, e sim aos movimentos propiciados a cada uma de suas integrantes e ao coletivo. Ressignificado como um diferencial à formação de professores, o processo de iniciação se entrelaça à formação inicial das licenciandas e ao processo formativo da coordenadora do grupo, e constitui-se num dos momentos do desenvolvimento profissional em que esse grupo se implicou, o qual oportunizou aprendizagens diversas, mudança de atitudes, de concepções, e a construção de uma base de conhecimentos para o exercício da docência desse grupo. / This work addresses the education of teachers as professional development. The study was developed in the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Mato Grosso in the research area of School Organization, Teacher Education, and Teaching Practices. The study investigated the issue of how the education process is meant/reframed by a group of teachers linked to the Scholarship Program of Teacher Initiation (PIBID) of UFMT, with the goal of understanding the meanings/reframings of the educational process in that program. The study covered nine teachers linked to PIBID in the category of scholarship student. The theoretical and methodological perspective approaches the narrative inquiry, as Clandinin and Connelly (2011), Mello (2005). The meanings were constructed from a set of narratives produced by the teachers for entry into the group (letter of motivation), for the course of Pedagogy (dossier), for the study (interview), in the strategies used in teacher initiation (teaching case and portfolio), and narratives produced by the researcher (field notes). The study took as a base the studies of Marcelo Garcia (1999, 2008), Vaillant and Carlos Marcelo (2012), Nóvoa (1995, 1997, 2009), Mizukami (2006, 2008), Shulman (2005), Grossman, Wilson and Shulman (2005), Gudmundsdóttir and Shulman (2005), Pineau (2003, 2006, 2010), Zeichner (1997, 1998, 2008), Connelly and Clandinin (1995), Clandinin and Connelly (2011), Dewey (2010). By reconstructing the experiences, the following themes were constructed: 1. Reflection as a formative process: meanings constructed, 2. Learnings of the teaching profession and reinterpretations. In the experiences lived by the group, collaboration and reflection were fundamental for the movements of auto and hetero formation. These experiences were framed as singular and formative but the development achieved is not linked with mere participation in the group, but with the movements that the group afforded to each of its members and its collective. Reframed as a differential to the formation of teachers, the initiation process intertwines the initial education of the teachers and the formative process of the coordinator of the group, and was established as one of the moments of the professional development in which this group was involved, which provided an opportunity for a diversity of learnings, changing of attitudes, of conceptions and construction of a knowledge base for the practice of teaching of that group.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:07:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseMSU_TESE.pdf: 3832725 bytes, checksum: dbd234f30a69b32acf022ed8603bd5cf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-03 / Considering the following conditions: (1) the fluency demands of students in an undergraduate program in Languages and Literatures/English in the Amazon region; (2) the listening and speaking needs of pre-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL); (3) my continuing education as a professor of EFL and my academic literacy as a teacher-researcher and pre-service-teacher trainer, this study, which is based on Narrative Inquiry, reports on a teacher experience of working didactically with oral genres through podcasting an activity that emerged with the advent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Through this process, I engage with some theorists who promote teaching as a process that is driven by a concept of language as social practice. Subsequently, I make use of the notions of context of culture and context of situation, derived from Systemic Functional Linguistics, as well as the concept of genre and register derived from the perspective of this theory. Based on these principles and beliefs, the Amazon region constitutes the register (situation) of the genres used in this study. These principles also provide, opportunities for building learning strategies appropriate to this local context, and also to teach listening and speaking skills from a task-based approach. During the experience, based on the reflective teacher-education model, the participants produced narratives about the process, which I then analyzed according to Ely, Vinz, Downing and Anzul (2001), who propose possibilities of composing meanings in Narrative Inquiry. Based on this perspective, I discuss the following topics, which were highly emphasized in the participants narratives: the lack of didactic activities using oral genres; the relevance of context within teacher education; and collaborative work as a strategy to overcome gaps in digital literacy, language fluency and teaching skills. The meanings I thereby compose point to a paradigm shift in English language teaching within this context. I also argue for a pedagogical practice that is engaged with historical and socio-cultural issues, and with the development of language skills, also one that promotes the implementation of ICTs at the very start of teacher training programs, adopting teaching and learning strategies that correspond to the demands of fluency in this particular context, and deficiencies imposed by geographical isolation / Em conson?ncia com: (1) as demandas de flu?ncia dos participantes de um Curso de Letras/Ingl?s da Amaz?nia; (2) as necessidades da compreens?o e da produ??o oral em l?ngua inglesa dos professores de Ingl?s como L?ngua Estrangeira (ILE) em forma??o inicial e (3) a minha forma??o continuada e o meu letramento acad?mico na condi??o de professor-pesquisador e formador de professores de ILE, neste estudo, com base na Pesquisa Narrativa, relato os procedimentos adotados durante a viv?ncia em um processo de didatiza??o de g?neros discursivos orais difundidos pela pr?tica de podcasting, atividade oriunda do advento das Tecnologias da Informa??o e da Comunica??o (TICs). Neste processo, dialogo com te?ricos que advogam o ensino de ILE norteado por abordagem que preceitue uma vis?o de linguagem como pr?tica social, compreendendo o ensino tamb?m como uma atividade constru?da na intera??o e mediada pela linguagem. Para isso, lan?o m?o das no??es de contexto de cultura e de contexto de situa??o da Lingu?stica Sist?mico-Funcional, contemplando o conceito de g?nero e de registro. Como princ?pio e cren?a que defendo, os registros dos g?neros utilizados neste estudo possuem tem?ticas voltadas para o contexto da floresta Amaz?nica, oportunizando a constru??o de estrat?gias de ensino apropriadas ao contexto local para ensino da compreens?o e da produ??o oral pela elabora??o de tarefas. Durante a viv?ncia, com base no paradigma reflexivo de forma??o de professores, os participantes produziram narrativas sobre o processo que foram analisadas conforme Ely, Vinz, Downing e Anzul (2001), que defendem a composi??o de sentidos na Pesquisa Narrativa. Ao reler e rescrever sobre as experi?ncias vividas, elegi discutir sobre os seguintes temas revelados com maior ?nfase pela escrita dos participantes: a pouca viv?ncia em processos de didatiza??o de g?neros orais; a relev?ncia dos temas sobre o contexto para a forma??o do professor de ILE local; o trabalho colaborativo como estrat?gia para superar a defici?ncia de letramento digital, conhecimentos lingu?sticos e pedag?gicos. Os sentidos que componho dessa viv?ncia apontam para a mudan?a de paradigma que precisa ser estabelecida no ensino de ILE deste contexto e para o fazer pedag?gico engajado com as quest?es hist?rico-socioculturais e o desenvolvimento das habilidades lingu?sticas de produ??o e de compreens?o oral, sugerindo que as TICs devem ser implementadas progressivamente no contexto em quest?o durante a forma??o inicial do professor de ILE por meio de estrat?gias condizentes com as demandas de flu?ncia e as defici?ncias ocasionadas pelo isolamento geogr?fico

This dissertation aims at narrating and describing the searching process of tandem partners experienced by Language Graduation students from a university in the state of Mato Grosso, and by me, as monitor of this process. More specifically, this research aims at discussing the collaboration in this process. These students participated in an extension project related to Portuguese teaching and English or Spanish learning in-tandem via MSN Messenger. Among the participants of this study, were the students who chose to learn English in the project. This dissertation had as theoretical references, studies about computer assisted language learning (BAX, 2003; LEFFA, 2006; PAIVA, 1999, 2001; WARSCHAUER, 1996, 1997, 2000), the sociointeractionist perspective (VYGOSTKY, 1998), conceptions about collaborative and cooperative learning (CELANI, 2002; DILLENBOURG, 1999; ESHET-ALKALAI, 2004; FIGUEIREDO, 2006; JOHNSON; JOHNSON, 1998; MAGALHÃES, 2004; PANITZ, 1995; SMITH; MACGREGOR, 1992; TINZMANN et al., 1990; WIERSEMA, 2000), as well as studies about tandem context (BRAMMERTS, 1996; BRAMMERTS; CALVERT, 2003; CALVERT, 1992; TELLES; VASSALLO, 2006, 2009). The theoretical-methodological approach adopted was the Narrative Inquiry, according to Clandinin and Connelly (2000; 2005). The field texts were composed of introductory texts that were part of the profile created in sites of linguistic exchange, messages sent by the students to members in sites of linguistic exchange, interactions between these students and the members via theses sites or via MSN Messenger, and narratives written by them and by me during the project meetings. The analysis of this material was based on Meaning Composing, according to Ely, Vinz, Downing and Anzul (2001). Using a metaphorical language, tandem as ballroom dancing, it was possible to realize through this study that the attempts made by the participants to invite people to dance tandem were not collaborative invitations, that is, they were not like a shall we dance? , but like an imposition, a Dance with me! . The lack of collaboration in the invitations is associated here to tandem principles (reciprocity and autonomy), and to language learning and teaching conceptions that the participants brought to this experience. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo narrar e descrever o processo de busca por parceiros de tandem, vivenciado por alunas do curso de Letras de uma universidade do estado de Mato Grosso, e por mim, enquanto monitora desse processo. Mais especificamente, esta pesquisa se propõe a problematizar a colaboração nesse processo. As alunas em questão estavam engajadas em um projeto de extensão, envolvendo o ensino de língua portuguesa e a aprendizagem de língua inglesa ou espanhola via MSN Messenger. Participaram desse estudo apenas as alunas que optaram por aprender a língua inglesa no projeto. Este trabalho teve como aporte teórico, estudos sobre aprendizagem de língua mediada por computador (BAX, 2003; LEFFA, 2006; PAIVA, 1999, 2001; WARSCHAUER, 1996, 1997, 2000), a perspectiva sóciointeracionista (VYGOSTKY, 1998), concepções sobre aprendizagem colaborativa e cooperativa (CELANI, 2002; DILLENBOURG, 1999; ESHET-ALKALAI, 2004; FIGUEIREDO, 2006; JOHNSON; JOHNSON, 1998; MAGALHÃES, 2004; PANITZ, 1995; SMITH; MACGREGOR, 1992; TINZMANN et al., 1990; WIERSEMA, 2000), e estudos sobre aprendizagem em contexto de tandem (BRAMMERTS, 1996; BRAMMERTS; CALVERT, 2003; CALVERT, 1992; TELLES; VASSALLO, 2006, 2009). A abordagem teórico-metodológica adotada foi a Pesquisa Narrativa, segundo Clandinin e Connelly (2000, 2005). A composição do material documentário se deu por meio de textos introdutórios postados nos perfis de sites de intercambio linguístico, mensagens de convite enviadas pelas alunas-participantes a membros de sites de intercâmbio linguístico, interações entre essas alunas e os membros nos próprios sites e no MSN Messenger, além de narrativas escritas por elas e por mim ao longo do projeto de extensão. Esse material foi analisado com base na Composição de Sentidos, conforme Ely, Vinz, Downing e Anzul (2001). Lançando mão de uma linguagem metafórica, o tandem como uma dança de salão, foi possível perceber através desta pesquisa que as tentativas de tirar pessoas para dançar tandem, feitas pelas alunasparticipantes, não se constituíram como convites colaborativos, isto é, não foram um shall we dance?, mas uma imposição, um dance with me!. A não colaboração dos convites foi relacionada aqui aos princípios norteadores do contexto de tandem (reciprocidade e autonomia), e a concepções de ensinoaprendizagem de língua que as participantes traziam consigo. / Mestre em Estudos Linguísticos

We commonly hear sentences labeling the virtual learning environment and all interaction which takes place on the web in a negative way. My experience in the virtual environment has made me feel differently. For me, it s a space where I meet people to learn together. This research has the objective to observe and analyze how participants of an online course live and feel the social presence and how different views of this concept can influence the teaching and the learning process. The research was developed throughout an online course moderated by me via the Federal University of Uberlândia offered to twenty English teachers from different areas in Brazil where three teacher-students were direct participants. The field texts were composed by diaries written by me during the moderation of the online course, messages exchanged between participants throughout the course, my autobiographical stories, posts written by participants on their individual e-portfolio, the recordings of our synchronous classes, e-mails exchanged by us during and after the online course and texts written by participants. The literature review brings studies on social presence (SHORT et al., 1976; GUNAWARDENA, 1995; WALTHER, 1996; GARRISON et al., 2000; TU, 2002; SWAN, 2003; LOWENTHAL, 2010), on interaction (HILLMAN, WILLIS; GUNAWARDENA, 1994; MOORE; KEARSLEY, 2005), on learning communities (WENGER, 1998; GARRISON, ANDERSON; ARCHER, 2000; GARRISON, 2006; WENGER; WHITE; SMITH, 2009) as well as on and the presence of teachers and students in the online learning environment (MASON, 1998; BERGE, 2000; MORGADO, 2001; SILVA, 2011). The theoretical-methodological path chosen was Narrative Inquiry (CONNELLY; CLANDININ, 2000; CONNELLY; CLANDININ, 2006; CLANDININ; ROSIEK, 2007; CONNELLY; CAINE, 2013; MELLO, 2005; MELLO, 2013). To compose meaning of our lived experience, I adopt the perspective of Ely, Vinz, Downing e Anzul (1997). Throughout the research, I could observe that each participant lived social presence in a unique way. As I see it, our convictions of what it means to be present in an online environment have shaped both the way we lived the experience, as well as how we choose to teach and learn online. I believe the results of this research can bring forth reflections and discussions about social presence and its role in online courses. / É comum ouvirmos frases que rotulam negativamente o ambiente virtual de aprendizagem e toda interação que ali ocorre. Entretanto, minha experiência nesse ambiente faz com que eu não perceba o ambiente virtual como frio e, sim, como um espaço onde encontro pessoas para aprender. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo observar e analisar como participantes de cursos online vivenciam a presença social e como as concepções desse conceito podem influenciar o processo de ensino e aprendizagem online. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida durante um curso de extensão online moderado por mim1 por meio da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia para vinte professores de Inglês de diferentes partes do Brasil, dos quais três foram participantes diretos. Os textos de campo foram compostos por diários de bordo escritos por mim durante a moderação do curso online, mensagens trocadas entre os participantes ao longo do curso, minhas narrativas autobiográficas, postagens escritas pelos participantes no portfólio virtual individual, as gravações de nossas aulas síncronas, e-mails trocados entre nós durante e após o curso online e relatos escritos pelas participantes. A revisão da literatura traz estudos sobre a presença social (SHORT et al., 1976; GUNAWARDENA, 1995; WALTHER, 1996; GARRISON et al., 2000; TU, 2002; SWAN, 2003; LOWENTHAL, 2010), sobre a interação (HILLMAN, WILLIS; GUNAWARDENA, 1994; MOORE; KEARSLEY, 2005), sobre comunidades de aprendizagem (WENGER, 1998; GARRISON, ANDERSON; ARCHER, 2000; GARRISON, 2006; WENGER; WHITE; SMITH, 2009) e sobre a presença do professor e do aluno no ensino online (MASON, 1998; BERGE, 2000; MORGADO, 2001; SILVA, 2011). O caminho teórico-metodológico escolhido foi o da pesquisa narrativa (CONNELLY; CLANDININ, 2000; CONNELLY; CLANDININ, 2006; CLANDININ; ROSIEK, 2007; CONNELLY; CAINE, 2013; MELLO, 2005; MELLO, 2013). Para a composição de sentidos da experiência vivida, utilizo a perspectiva de Ely, Vinz, Downing e Anzul (1997). Durante esta pesquisa, pude observar que cada participante vivenciou a presença social de maneira singular. A meu ver, nossas convicções do que é estar presente no ambiente online influenciaram tanto a maneira pela qual vivemos a experiência, quanto o modo de ensinar e de aprender nesse espaço. Acredito que os resultados dessa pesquisa poderão oportunizar reflexões e discussões sobre a presença social e sua importância em cursos online. / Mestre em Estudos Linguísticos

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Juzelia de Moraes Silveira - 2014.pdf: 6517524 bytes, checksum: fee05ac92997f6334cecb162dbfb44df (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present thesis consists in reports of four participants as well as my own personal reports in order to think how these subjects produce themselves and are produced through their cooking practices. This way, it departs from the perspective of narrative inquiry as methodological approach. As main authors to subsidize the methodological web, I highlight Brockemeier and Harré (2003), Bruner (1990; 1995), Connelly and Clandinin (1990; 1995) and Ellingson and Ellis (2008). I adopt the purposes of Quotidian and Visual Culture Studies to think how the participants’ narratives bring argumentations and notes about how their quotidian is marked by micro-resistances that individuals developed by means of their ways of doing. Thus, I understand that subjects are constituted by references and discourses, which structure their sociocultural contexts, creating with their distinct ways of relating to a practice ways of playing with normative and homogenizing principles. I consider micro-resistances above all through considerations of Michel de Certeau and Luce Giard (2000; 2003) drawn from “A invenção do Cotidiano”, which comprehend the plurality of ways of doing as potencies for subverting the sociocultural impositions. As research references on Everyday life Studies I dialogue mainly with Alves (1998; 2001; 2009; 2012), Victorio Filho (2005; 2007; 2013) and Pais (2003; 2007). Through the reports produced by participants and myself the “visual events” (ILLERIS; ARVEDSEN, 2011) that constituted the experiences that derived from the cooking practices are recovered and observed, thinking how the relation between seeing and being seen is mediated by the whole visual system that composes each lived context. Before this conception, I find the theoretical framework in the writings of Mitchell (2002; 2005), Mirzoeff (2003) and Hernández (2007; 2013). In the chapters developed along this dissertation, I approach issues which, due to being more recurrent in the notes taken by the participants, figure as theme of analysis. These are: “Swiss Lemonade or Micro-resistances through micro-existences”, in which I discuss how small narratives that inhabit the quotidian are constituted as modes of resistance through the way the subjects construct themselves in dialogue with the environment; “Baião de dois – or Kitchen and gender production”, in which I argue on how discursive constructions on gender surround and reinforce the norms that base as well as question them; “Filhoses – or Kitchens as space of affection and socialization”, which traces a reflection on the constant relation between the referred practice and the interaction processes between family and friends through cooking and feeding along with other subjects. / A presente tese desenha-se a partir dos relatos de quatro participantes, bem como de meus relatos pessoais, para pensar como os sujeitos produzem-se e são produzidos a partir de suas práticas de cozinha. Para tanto, parto da perspectiva da Investigação Narrativa como viés metodológico. Como principais autores que subsidiaram a rede metodológica destaco Brockemeier e Harré (2003), Bruner (1990, 1995), Connelly e Clandinin (1990, 1995) e Ellingson e Ellis (2008). Valho-me dos propósitos dos Estudos do Cotidiano e da Cultura Visual para pensar como as narrativas dos sujeitos da pesquisa trazem argumentações e apontamentos sobre como os cotidianos são marcados por microrresistências que os indivíduos desenvolvem a partir de suas formas de fazer. Para tanto, compreendo que os sujeitos são constituídos mediante referências e discursos que estruturam seus contextos socioculturais, criando com seus modos distintos de relacionar-se com uma prática, maneiras de jogar com normativas e preceitos homogeneizadores. Penso as microrresistências partindo, sobretudo, das considerações de Michel de Certeau e Luce Giard (2000, 2003) traçadas em “A invenção do Cotidiano”, que compreendem a pluralidade de maneiras de fazer como potências de subversão das imposições socioculturais. Como referências da pesquisa sobre os Estudos do Cotidiano dialogo principalmente com Alves (1998, 2001, 2009, 2012), Victorio Filho (2005, 2007, 2013) e Pais (2003, 2007). A partir dos relatos produzidos pelos colaboradores e por mim são retomados e observados os “eventos visuais” (ILLERIS E ARVEDSEN, 2011) que constituíram as experiências derivadas das práticas de cozinhas, pensando como a relação do ver e ser visto é mediada e oriunda de todo o sistema visual que compõe cada contexto vivido. Diante dessa concepção, busco aporte teórico nos escritos de Mitchell (2002, 2005), Mirzoeff (2003) e Hernández (2007, 2013). Nos capítulos desenvolvidos ao longo da tese abordo as questões que, por serem mais recorrentes nos apontamentos realizados pelos participantes, configuram-se como mote de análise. São eles: “Limonada Suíça ou Microrresistências a partir de microexistências”, em que discuto como as pequenas narrativas que habitam o cotidiano constituem-se como formas de resistência, a partir da forma com que o sujeito constrói a si mesmo em diálogo com seu meio; “Baião de dois – ou A cozinha e produção de gêneros”, no qual argumento sobre como as construções discursivas sobre gênero circundam e reiteram as normativas que os fundamentam, tanto quanto as indagam; “Filhoses – ou As cozinhas como espaço de afeto e socialização”, que traça uma reflexão sobre a relação constante entre a referida prática e os processos de interação entre família e amigos, a partir do cozinhar e alimentar-se com outros sujeitos.

This thesis uses analytic philosophical inquiry and autobiographical narrative inquiry to identify a conception of critical thinking (CT) that is “most adaptable” for teaching History 12, and then discusses the strengths and limitations. The CT literature includes several conflicting conceptions of CT, and I use two specific types of analytic philosophical inquiry, (conceptual analysis and conceptual structure assessment), to identify which conception is “most adaptable” for teaching History 12. After considering the degree to which each conception meets the criteria developed for the “most adaptable” conception of CT, I conclude that the Critical Thinking Consortium’s (TC²) conception is the most adaptable. Of all the conceptions developed thus far, the TC² approach is unique because it is designed solely as a pedagogical model for embedding CT throughout the curriculum of each subject and grade level. In the second section of the thesis, I use autobiographical narrative inquiry to reflect on the strengths and limitations of the TC² model after using the model to teach History 12 for a year. One of the foundational principles of the TC² conception is the notion that embedding CT throughout the curriculum is a powerful way of improving understanding. I determine that this contention is accurate because students improved their knowledge of the curriculum, the epistemology of history, and the adoption of CT in their everyday lives. Furthermore, use of the TC² conception helped improve my planning and assessment practices, and initiated a positive change of my role in the classroom. / Education, Faculty of (Okanagan) / Graduate

Abstract This study brings together the politics of belonging, relational narrative inquiry and values and values education in the context of Finnish early childhood education. The study draws on the politics of belonging within which belonging and exclusion are understood as relational rather than individual phenomena. The significant relations for belonging and exclusion do not just emerge between humans, but they are also material, cultural and political. The study asks how the politics of belonging are shaped in young children’s diverse relations in a Finnish preschool context. The onto-epistemological premise of the study relies on the relational narrative inquiry. The study was implemented in six Finnish preschools, where the children’s ages ranged from 1 to 5 years. The research material consisted of written small stories, videos, participatory observations, field notes and discussions with the educators. The analysis was based on holistic reading and re-reading and supported by the idea of small stories and theory of gaps. The findings highlight three interrelated entrances to understanding the politics of belonging in the preschool context. First, the study emphasises the politics of belonging as constantly shaped and lived in daily encounters. The findings illustrated the co-existence of belonging and exclusion. Usually it was one child who was excluded by other children in the fleeting moments of daily life, and often when the educators were not present. Second, the study reveals the meaning of the pedagogical practices in the politics of belonging. Pedagogical practices were tightly surrounded with the materiality, institutional routines and cultural aspects, such as spaces, artefacts, routines, rules, curriculum and legislation. The third entrance provides insights into the value-bound nature of the politics of belonging. Belonging emerged as closely related to democratic, caring and disciplinary values. The findings raised a tension between individually and collectively oriented values. The study argues for understanding the politics of belonging shaped in a landscape of diverse relations and value fields, where the children were active agents in their belonging and exclusion. / Tiivistelmä Väitöskirja yhdistää yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikan, suhteisen kerronnallisen tutkimuksen sekä arvot ja arvokasvatuksen suomalaisen varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa. Yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka käsitteenä haastaa tutkimaan yhteenkuuluvuutta ja poissuljetuksi tulemista suhteissa muotoutuvana ilmiönä ennemmin kuin yksilön näkökulmasta. Suhteisuus nostaa esille ihmisten välisten suhteiden lisäksi myös materiaaliset, kulttuuriset ja poliittiset suhteet merkityksellisinä yhteenkuuluvuudelle. Tutkimus kysyy: Kuinka yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka muotoutuu pienten lasten moninaisissa suhteissa suomalaisessa päiväkotikontekstissa? Tutkimuksen onto-epistemologinen lähtökohta on suhteisessa kerronnallisessa tutkimusotteessa. Tutkimus toteutettiin kuudessa päiväkodissa, joissa lapset olivat 1–5-vuotiaita. Tutkimusaineisto koostui kirjoitetuista pienistä kertomuksista, videoista, osallistuvista havainnoinneista, muistiinpanoista ja keskusteluista varhaiskasvattajien kanssa. Tutkimusaineiston analyysi pohjautui kokonaisvaltaiseen luentaan ja uudelleen luentaan, soveltaen kerronnallisia käsitteitä ”pienet kertomukset” ja ”välien teoria”. Tulokset tuovat esille kolme toisiinsa kietoutunutta näkökulmaa. Ensiksi tutkimus korostaa yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikkaa jatkuvasti muuttuvana ja arjen kohtaamisissa muotoutuvana ilmiönä. Tulokset havainnollistavat yhteenkuuluvuuden ja poissuljetuksi tulemisen samanaikaista olemassaoloa. Yleensä yksi lapsi poissuljettiin leikin ulkopuolelle arjen ohikiitävissä hetkissä, joissa työntekijöitä ei ollut läsnä. Toiseksi tutkimus nostaa esille pedagogisten käytänteiden merkityksen. Pedagogiset käytänteet suhteissa materiaan, institutionaalisiin rutiineihin ja kulttuurisiin näkökulmiin tuottivat yhteenkuulumista ja poissuljetuksi tulemista. Tulokset avaavat tilojen, tavaroiden, rutiinien, sääntöjen, varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteiden sekä lainsäädännön merkityksiä. Kolmas näkökulma avaa arvojen ja arvokasvatuksen kietoutuneisuuden. Yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka liittyy läheisesti demokraattisiin, hoivan ja välittämisen sekä kurin ja järjestyksen arvoalueisiin. Tutkimus paljastaa jännitteitä suhteessa yksilöllisiin ja yhteisöllisiin arvoihin. Tutkimus haastaa tarkastelemaan yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikkaa moninaisten suhteiden ja arvojen maisemassa, jossa lapset ovat aktiivisia toimijoita yhteenkuulumisessaan ja poissuljetuksi tulemisessaan.