Thesis (doctoral)--Cornell University. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419).

Master of Public Health / Public Health Interdepartmental Program / Manuel Moro / Activities of a state public health veterinarian.

Este trabalho procurou avaliar as correlações existentes entre as características dos docentes, da escola, dos diretores, além da percepção dos professores e do diretor, e da conjuntura econômica sobre a decisão do professor de abandonar a rede pública estadual paulista. Os resultados indicam que as características dos docentes exercem uma forte influência sobre a decisão destes de evadir. Em relação às características da escola, tanto para o PEB I quanto para o PEB II o número de matrículas foi estatisticamente significantes para explicar a evasão, assim como, a experiência do diretor. Apenas para o PEB II o resultado da escola no Saresp foi relevante, a característica familiar dos alunos diferiu no seu comportamento entre os modelos. As variáveis de percepção também apresentaram significância em alguns dos quesitos analisados. Desta forma, conclui-se, neste estudo, que diferentes aspectos intervêm na decisão do docente de permanecer na rede e, ainda que com alguns resultados contraditórios, o ambiente de trabalho parece ser um fator relevante nesta decisão / This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the characteristics of teachers, school, directors, the perception of teachers and the director, and the economic environment on the decision of the teacher to abandon the São Paulo State public schools. The results indicate that the characteristics of teachers has a strong influence on the dropout decision. In relation to the characteristics of the school, its enrollment number and principal experience were statistically significant to explain the teacher\'s dropout. Only for those teachers who attends students from 5th grade or more, the performance of students in the SARESP test was important. In addition the family background was also important, but with different results according to types of teachers. In some dimensions, the perception of the Director and of the teachers also was significant. So we conclude that different variables influence the dropout decision of teachers. The characteristics of the teachers itself, as well as characteristics of the school can explain why teachers get out their Jobs in the São Paulo state schools

This thesis is entitled The Mediation of Market-Related Policies for the Provision of Public Second Level Education: An International Comparative Study of Selected Locations in England, Ireland and the USA. The two key words in this thesis title are 'mediation' and 'comparative'. The focus of this thesis is on the phenomenon of mediation. The market-related policies that are being examined in the light of mediation are choice policies or open enrolment policies for the provision of second level public schooling. However, this is not a thesis about school choice but rather on the factors and stakeholders that affect the mediation of a policy. As the focus is on mediation, and not on policy analysis, this study is therefore, of necessity, a qualitative one. The researcher used semi-structured interviews, combined with documentary evidence, to understand both the contexts and the interactions in which mediation of various kinds takes place. The second notable feature is that this study is a comparative one. The researcher chose three countries where market related policies were being implemented, albeit to different effect. The countries chosen were England, Ireland and the USA (Massachusetts). The comparative dimension enabled the researcher to challenge ethnocentric assumptions about the modus operandi of policy at the grass- roots level. In order to understand the operation of the market, the researcher selected comparable locations in all three countries. As 'markets' are intrinsically local, the researcher examined how policy is mediated at the local level. The three conurbations were selected on the basis of their comparability, none of which are capital cities. Research was conducted in all three locations in three separate phases: pre-pilot to ascertain their suitability; pilot work to prepare the groundwork and then the main study. In all, over sixty interviews were held at local, regional and national levels, although the focus was primarily on the local. Documentary sources were collected simultaneously. The analysis of the data was ongoing during the entire research process and progress was presented at conferences in the host research countries where useful feedback was obtained. The researcher used Bereday's comparative methodology and, by taking a factor approach, insights were gained into the cultures and contexts affecting the mediation of policy. The researcher hopes to add to comparative methodological theory through the use of multiple cross-national studies. The insights gained from the research questions: how, if at all, do the factors and stakeholders identified affect the mediation of policy, confirmed that this was indeed an area worthy of study. The outcomes, displayed in matrices in chapters 8 and 9, show that different combinations of factors affect how policies are mediated by the stakeholders and indirect factors involved in the immediate implementation of open enrolment policy. The cases also yielded idiosyncratic variants based on their particular educational histories and current circumstances. However, similar features were noted in all three countries in relation to enrolment issues. In brief, these were: increased political interaction at the local level; demographic changes on the rolls of high schools; de facto social segregation; differential funding mechanisms relating to enrolment; and different attitudes to public education on the part of interest groups in each location; and the significance of regulated space. This area is ripe for research, and there is a call in the literature for more in-depth analyses on such social interactions at the local level that affect different policy outcomes. It is hoped that this study will contribute to understanding the factors at work, both direct and indirect, which mediate policy in such a way that explain the potentially different outcomes of similar policies.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-117). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brandeis University, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2010. / Adviser: Kerstin Hamann. Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-106).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.