Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-09-10Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:17:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 borgheti_rs_me_mar.pdf: 2227902 bytes, checksum: 689a5a09133eb1d93e3f213c6ea7695a (MD5) / O objeto desta pesquisa foi o Projeto Barracão da cidade de Marília-SP que atende crianças e adolescentes na faixa etária de 06 a 18 anos incompletos em situação de risco. Desenvolvemos um estudo de caso, de enfoque histórico-organizacional. Foi uma pesquisa qualitativa e participante na área de História da Educação Brasileira Contemporânea com base em fontes bibliográficas e na pesquisa de campo, utilizando como suporte teórico-metodológico a Teoria das Representações Sociais. Foi um trabalho de reflexão que procurou interpretar momentos significativos da história da prática educativa do Projeto em questão construída a partir da memória dos fundadores e analisada a partir da representação social de seus atores, apoiada em autores da Educação, Filosofia, Sociologia e Psicologia, pois entendemos que a História como empresa de análise e tentativa de compreensão de um fato precisa de outras Ciências. Nosso quadro teórico foi construído a partir do pensamento educacional de Paulo Freire, dos conceitos de educação para a solidariedade e democracia. Percebemos a ausência da consciência crítica nas representações dos educandos e de alguns educadores o que, a nosso ver, compromete os objetivos do Projeto, caracterizando seu principal limite. Porém, a possibilidade que vislumbramos é a ressignificação das práticas já existentes, enfatizando os vínculos que existem entre os educadores e educandos, mas direcionando as atividades ao exercício da consciência crítica e à possibilidade de transformação da realidade social injusta a qual estamos inseridos. / The object of this research was the Barracão Project from Marilia city-SP which cares for children and teenagers from 06 till 18 years old uncompleted in situation of risk. It was developed a study that focuses an organizable historical. It was a qualitative search that takes part in the History area of Contemporaneous Brazilian Education based on bibliographic sources and search in the field-work using as theoretical methodological support the Theory of Social Representation. It was a reflection work that tried to interpret remarkable moments in the history of the educative practices of the Project at issue built as since the founders' memory and analyzed as since the social representation of its actors supported in authors of Education, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology, because we understand History as an enterprise of analyses and comprehension of a fact that needs other Sciences. Our theoretical view was built as since Paulo Freire's educational thought, education concepts for solidary and democracy. We noticed lack of criticism consciousness on students' and some educators' representations as well and in our opinion this fact binds the objectives of the Project, featuring its principal limit. However, the possibility we trace is the signification of the pre-existent practices, emphasizing the links between educators and students, but directing the activities to the practice of a criticism consciousness and the possibility of changing the unjust social reality in which we are inserted.

This study is about the comparison of distance and conventional education programs at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. It is assessed in terms of access, delivery modes and output. The purpose is to investigate and to compare the impact of distance and conventional education on the performances of learners in a postgraduate degree program (B.Ed. (Hons) with specialization in Education Management, assessed in terms of access, delivery and output. It explored documents that were both at the macro (Government Policy documents) and macro (University’s / Faculty documents) with the aim of answering the main research question, with other identified sub-research questions that have been raised.: What is the comparison between the impact of distance and conventional education on the performances of learners in a postgraduate BEd (Hons) degree program with specialization in Education Management, when assessed in terms of access, delivery mode and output? A review of relevant literature exposed and compared the essence of both modes of delivery. Data were collected from identified key role players on the program, which included administrators, module coordinators, course presenters, and tutors, some of the students on the program, and some of those that had discontinued their studies with the university. These were done using one-on-one semi-structured and focus group interviews, telephone interviews and questionnaires in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative data. A sample of 127 distance education students, 45 conventional students, 6 module coordinators, 10 course presenters, 4 tutors, 4 administrators, 1 instructional designer and 10 students that had discontinued their studies participated in the investigation. The data collected were analysed through the use descriptive and inferential statistics, and tabulation for the quantitative data, while the computer assisted qualitative data analysis software [CAQDAS] (Atlas.ti) was employed for the analysis of the transcribed interviews. From the data obtained, it was confirmed that there is a myriad of possible factors that may be responsible for the divergences in the performances, throughput and output rates of enrolled students on the BEd (Hons) Education Management, Law and Policy at the University of Pretoria. It was further revealed that South Africa has identified distance education as a tool of redressing past inequalities in higher education, a process, which the university was involved in by starting relevant programs to this end. However, even though equal access is the focus of the country, but it appeared as if little is being said about financially supporting distance education as for instance, there was no financial assistance to distance education students on the program. Due to the incursion of the university into areas, where the impact of university education had not previously being felt, its choice of the mode of delivery was limited to the print, the first generation, which was expected to bring all students on the program at par since all would have access to it. However, despite the efforts made by the university, it was discovered that there existed some gaps between the qualities of the learning experiences, which students from both modes were exposed to. Examples of those identified were lack of designated counseling unit for distance education students, and inadequate number of administrative staff to meet the needs of the ever increasing number of distance education students. However, it appeared that there were no prominent discrepancies that could be found between the two modes, and one could assume that both modes were guided by a similar underpinning philosophy, which drove the ethos of the programs that impacted on the instructional design. It was also found that there were challenges faced by the academic staff involved in the program under investigation, who felt that there might be the need for the institution to demarcate between academe interested in distance education, and those that were not, and the need for the institution to review its stand on rewards and incentives systems for staff involved in distance education. It was believed by them that this would be the way out of the dearth of research presently facing the university on this delivery mode. The study suggests that quality issues especially in relation to an African setting should be looked into, since a large percentage of the students involved in the program were from the rural areas. Finally, the study identified various limitations, and made suggestions for further research, and recommendations for improvement and immediate action. / Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted

Orientador: Sonia Alem Marrach / Banca: Rita Filomena Andrade Januário Bettini / Banca: Pedro Ângelo Pagni / Resumo: O objeto desta pesquisa foi o Projeto Barracão da cidade de Marília-SP que atende crianças e adolescentes na faixa etária de 06 a 18 anos incompletos em situação de risco. Desenvolvemos um estudo de caso, de enfoque histórico-organizacional. Foi uma pesquisa qualitativa e participante na área de História da Educação Brasileira Contemporânea com base em fontes bibliográficas e na pesquisa de campo, utilizando como suporte teórico-metodológico a Teoria das Representações Sociais. Foi um trabalho de reflexão que procurou interpretar momentos significativos da história da prática educativa do Projeto em questão construída a partir da memória dos fundadores e analisada a partir da representação social de seus atores, apoiada em autores da Educação, Filosofia, Sociologia e Psicologia, pois entendemos que a História como empresa de análise e tentativa de compreensão de um fato precisa de outras Ciências. Nosso quadro teórico foi construído a partir do pensamento educacional de Paulo Freire, dos conceitos de educação para a solidariedade e democracia. Percebemos a ausência da consciência crítica nas representações dos educandos e de alguns educadores o que, a nosso ver, compromete os objetivos do Projeto, caracterizando seu principal limite. Porém, a possibilidade que vislumbramos é a ressignificação das práticas já existentes, enfatizando os vínculos que existem entre os educadores e educandos, mas direcionando as atividades ao exercício da consciência crítica e à possibilidade de transformação da realidade social injusta a qual estamos inseridos. / Abstract: The object of this research was the "Barracão Project" from Marilia city-SP which cares for children and teenagers from 06 till 18 years old uncompleted in situation of risk. It was developed a study that focuses an organizable historical. It was a qualitative search that takes part in the History area of Contemporaneous Brazilian Education based on bibliographic sources and search in the field-work using as theoretical methodological support the Theory of Social Representation. It was a reflection work that tried to interpret remarkable moments in the history of the educative practices of the Project at issue built as since the founders' memory and analyzed as since the social representation of its actors supported in authors of Education, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology, because we understand History as an enterprise of analyses and comprehension of a fact that needs other Sciences. Our theoretical view was built as since Paulo Freire's educational thought, education concepts for solidary and democracy. We noticed lack of criticism consciousness on students' and some educators' representations as well and in our opinion this fact binds the objectives of the Project, featuring its principal limit. However, the possibility we trace is the signification of the pre-existent practices, emphasizing the links between educators and students, but directing the activities to the practice of a criticism consciousness and the possibility of changing the unjust social reality in which we are inserted. / Mestre