Orientador: Oswaldo Francisco de Almeida Júnior / Banca: Lídia Eugênia Cavalcante / Banca: Sueli Bortolin / Resumo: Compreende-se que a mediação se mostra importante enquanto caminho para uma atuação mais comprometida socialmente em práticas de incentivo à leitura. Por meio dela, é possível criar formas de atuação que tenham como base abordagens significativas, por exemplo pautadas na apropriação da informação e construção do conhecimento. Nesse sentido, a leitura se apresenta como um importante fator, sendo o requisito básico para a apropriação da informação. No entanto, evidencia-se que há certa carência quanto aos estudos diretamente voltados a essa temática dentro da Ciência da Informação. Dessa maneira, busca-se analisar as relações existentes entre práticas de incentivo à leitura e mediação da informação, em especial os aspectos vinculados à interferência dos agentes, a apropriação da informação e a construção do conhecimento e do pensamento crítico. Para tanto, delimitou-se como foco de análise as práticas desenvolvidas na cidade de Londrina, no interior do estado do Paraná, especificamente no já premiado Projeto Bibliotecas Escolares: Palavras Andantes, desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Educação de Londrina desde o ano de 2002. Com uma abordagem qualitativa e de caráter exploratório, utiliza-se os métodos, mais especificamente as técnicas, Análise de Discurso (AD) e Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC) para analisar os dados obtidos em entrevista, documentos e observações. Constatou-se que o fortalecimento das bases do processo de mediação pode ser a "chave" para que tal processo tenha impactos mais delineados em projetos como o que constitui o universo de pesquisa deste trabalho. Ao final propõe-se uma reestruturação das bases dos projetos de incentivo à leitura para a otimização desses, com o intuito de promover amplamente a apropriação da informação, e a construção do conhecimento e do pensamento crítico. / Abstract: It is understood that mediation proves important as the way to a more committed socially performance in reading incentive practices. It is through that it is created forms of action that have the significant approaches based, for example, guided by the appropriation of information and knowledge construction. In this sense, the reading is presented as an important factor, with the basic requirement for the appropriation of information. However, it is cleared that there is a certain lack of the studies directly focused to the topic within the Information Science. In this way, it is seeked to analyze the relationships between practices to encourage reading and mediation of information, in particular the aspects related to the interference of agents, information appropriation and the construction of knowledge and critical thinking. Therefore, it delimited as focus of analysis the practices developed in the city of Londrina, within the state of Paraná, specifically in the award-winning Project Bibliotecas Escolares: Palavras Andantes, developed by Londrina Department of Education since 2002. It was used a qualitative approach and exploratory method by mean of Discourse Analysis (AD) technique and the Discourse of the Collective Subject (DCS) to analyze the data obtained in interviews, documents and notices. It was found that the strengthening of the mediation process bases may be the "key" to that review must have more impacts outlined in projects such as what constitutes the universe for this work. At the end, It is proposed a restructuring of the bases of reading incentive projects for the optimization of these, in order to widely promote the appropriation of information, and the construction of knowledge and critical thinking. / Mestre

The main aim of the thesis is creation of working sheets, including user manuals and test working sheets in the schooling. These working sheets contain the tasks for the development of functional thinking in the second grade of primary school. The diploma thesis contains theory of functional thinking, created working sheets, which I created on the basic of inspiration from textbooks for the second grade of primary school, the course of verification working sheets in the classroom and results.

ix, 94 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / This thesis examines the Long-Term Ecological Reflections at H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon, a project that promotes creative inquiry at an ecological research station. I analyze how reflective writing contributes to a deeper understanding of ecosystem processes and fosters a closer connection to nature, referred to as "ecological awareness." I argue that the greatest ecological awareness comes from a combination of scientific and artistic ways of knowing as well as physical immersion in nature. I critically analyze the work of four writers: Jane Coffey, Vicki Graham, Freeman House, and Robin Kimmerer. These works create a strong connection to place for the reader and facilitate an understanding of the forest ecosystem through a discussion of scientific facts. They also create a sense of place through vivid and metaphorical language. These reflections will become an increasingly valuable mode of inquiry as the Andrews Forest develops a stronger writer-scientists interaction. / Committee in Charge: Dr. Louise V. Westling, Chair; Dr. Brendan Bohannan; Dr. Scott D. Bridgham

Afrikaans text / Skuldgevoelens is 'n emosie wat aile mense een of ander tyd in hulle lewens ervaar. Daar is egter diegene wat daagliks gebuk gaan onder skuldgevoelens en met die gevolge daarvan worstel, byvoorbeeld depressie, angsversteurings, woede-uitbarstings, ensovoorts. Skuldgevoelens se simptome demonstreer heelwat destruktiwiteit en raak persone se totale funksionering, dit is die liggaamlike, affektiewe, kognitiewe, en geestelike aspekte van menswees. Die huidige psigoterapeutiese intervensies fokus op die behandeling van die simptome van skuldgevoelens. Simptoombehandeling bring egter slegs tydelike verligting, aangesien daar met verloop van tyd ander simptome ontwikkel en/ofterugvalle voorkom. Buiten die fokus op simptome van skuldgevoelens is dit belangrik om ook as terapeut te verstaan, wat maak een persoon meer kwesbaar as 'n ander om skuldgevoelens te ontwikkel en waarom die skuldgevoelens instand gehou word. Die behandeling moet derhalwe verskuifword vanaf simptoombehandeling, na die oplossing van die oorsaak en instandhouding. Navorsing oor skuldgevoelens is hoofsaaklik gerig op die effek wat skuldgevoelens op die individu se persoonsvorming het (onder andere die ontwikkeling van patologie). Min navorsing is egter gedoen oor die oorsaak van skuldgevoelens en by name onderbewustelike skuldgevoelens. Die oorkoepelende doel van hierdie navorsing is om die dinamiese verloop van onderbewustelike skuldgevoelens in retrospek bloot te le. 'n Voorafgaande literatuurstudie oor skuldgevoelens lei die gevalstudie in. Daar word gepoog om met behulp van 'n gevalstudie die onderbewustelike persepsies en denke van die respondent bloot te le en dit te omskryf, te interpreteer en te verduidelik. Die studie het verder ook ten doel om aanbevelings vir sielkundiges, professionele hulpverleners, ouers en onderwysers te maak rakende die oorsaak en die onderbewustelike dinamiese verloop van skuldgevoelens, sodat kliente se overte gedrag binne die konteks van bulle volledige psigodinamika verstaan kan word. Literatuur oor die praktiese verloop van hipnoterapie en die motivering van die terapeut se gedagtegang en terapeutiese handeling is yl. Die navorsing poog om op hierdie gebied 'n bydrae te Iewer, aangesien die volledige terapeutiese interaksie opgeskryf is. / Guilt is an emotion which all people experience at times through the course of their lives. There are however, those who experience guilt all the time and struggle with the effects of it, for example depression, anxiety, anger, etcetera. The symptoms of guilt demonstrate destruction and influence the complete functioning of a person - body, emotions, mind, and spirit. The current psychotherapeutic interventions focus on the treatment of the symptoms of guilt. Symptom treatment brings only tempor ry relief, which is usually followed by new symptoms developing or relapses. Apart from the focus on the symptoms of guilt, it is also important that the therapist should understand why one person is more vulnerable than another person to develop guilt, and why is guilt preserved. Accordingly treatment can be shifted from symptom treatment to solving the problems of the cause and maintenance of guilt. Research on guilt focuses primarily on the effect of guilt on personality development (pathology among others). Less research has been done on the cause of guilt - especially subconscious guilt. The overall aim of this study is to uncover the dynamic course of subconscious guilt retroperspectively. A literature study on guilt serves as introduction to the case study. The research is done by means of a case study to uncover the subconscious perceptions and thoughts of the respondent, which will be described, interpreted and explained. The research will establish recommendations for Educational Psychologists, psychologists in other categories, parents and teachers to understand the cause and subconscious dynamic course of guilt. That will enable them to interpret the overt behaviour in the context of the complete psychodynamics. Literature on the practical course of therapy and the train of thoughts of the therapist is in short supply. This research seeks to contribute to filling this gap when the complete therapeutic interaction between the therapist and the client is put down in writing. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Sielkundige Opvoedkunde)

Die doel van die navorsing was om die doeltreffendheid van 'n opleidingskursus in kreatiewe vaardighede te evalueer. Die navorsingsprosedure is volgens die Solomonviergroepontwerp beplan, maar kon nie deurgevoer word nie weens 'n tekort aan proefpersone. Die navorsingsontwerp het bestaan uit 'n eksperimentele groep wat die opleidingskursus deurloop en 'n voor- en natoets afgete het, 'n kontrolegroep wat die opleidingskursus deurloop en 'n natoets afgete het, en 'n tweede kontrolegroep wat slegs getoets is. Die nieverbale toets van die Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking is gebruik om die uitwerking van die opleiding te bepaal. Die interbeoordelaarsbetroubaarheid van die meetinstrument is bewys. Die resultate dui aan dat die doeltreffendheid van die opleidingskursus nie deur die geslag of kwalifikasies van die proefpersone beinvloed is nie. Verder is bevind dat proefpersone wat voor opleiding lae tellings vir kreatiwiteit behaal het, meer gebaat het by kreatiwiteitsopleiding as persone wat hoe tellings behaal het. Die navorsingshipotese, naamlik dat die oplei~ingskursus sal lei tot 'n verbetering in die kreatiewe vaardighede van die proefpersone, is bevestig / The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training course in creative abilities. The research was structured according to the Solomon four-group design. It failed, because the sample size was inadequate. The research design consisted of an experimental group that had completed the training course and was pretested and posttested, a control group that had completed a course and was posttested, and another control group that was tested once. The nonverbal test of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking was used to determine the training results. The inter-rater reliability of the test was confirmed. The results of this study suggested that the sex and qualifications of the subjects were nonsignificant. However, subjects who rated poorly before training benefited most by training. The research hypothesis which stated that training in creative ability will lead to improvement of creative ability, was confirmed / Psychology / M.A. (Sielkunde)

The evidence from the literature suggests that Information Technology adoption (IT) governance in organisations is still a challenge. The diversity of application and the ever-increasing use of IT results in making decisions on IT adoption a major challenge for organisations. The decision about using a particular technology from an organisational perspective is problematic since individual users have different worldviews. The implicit assumption in IT adoption literature is that stakeholders always reach consensus during IT adoption decision making in organisations. This study explored the existing models and frameworks in order to develop a preliminary improved IT adoption governance framework. This study used a case study sequential explanatory mixed methods research approach to validate the preliminary IT adoption governance framework. The first validation phase of the framework was done using a quantitative approach followed by the second validation phase based on qualitative interviews. The last validation was done after integrating the quantitative and qualitative results to produce the refined framework. The results suggest that the developed framework may improve IT adoption governance in organisations. The results showed that the framework components facilitate IT adoption governance in organisations. The results also suggest that the components have an association with each other except for the Technology Acceptance Model component. The results indicate that stakeholder participation and hard systems thinking components have a strong predictive impact on IT governance framework component perception in organisations. The study results suggest that IT adoption decision makers need to balance different stakeholders’ demands during IT adoption decision making in organisations. The framework helps in that regard by reconciling different stakeholders’ demands through collective IT adoption decision making. The strength of the framework is its integration of theories from various disciplines in understanding stakeholder expectations. On that basis the framework is in a better position to offer more insight into understanding challenges of IT adoption decision making than existing frameworks and models. The framework offers a potentially valuable basis for future research in IT adoption decision making in organisations. The results suggest that the framework may facilitate IT adoption in organisations using different components. / Information Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Information systems)

A presente dissertação se inscreve nas fronteiras da Educação, da Arte e da Filosofia. É produto das artistagens do pensamento em exercícios de escrita conceitual e fabulatória, assim também como do desenho. Tudo se dá por uma necessidade: a da decifragem. Acometida por forças que desconhece, uma professora vê erguer, como gigantes, cinco expressões picturais e sonoras puras – visões paradas no tempo e no espaço - em diferentes lugares da instituição escolar, tornando-a irremediavelmente irreconhecível. Ao estranhar o outro - professores, alunos, aulas - é a si mesma, no entanto, que a professora estranha, seus próprios espaços-tempos é que são violentamente invadidos. Não obstante, o esforço que se move não segue na tentativa de um (re)encontrar ou de um (re)encontrar-se, como algo que de antemão, já é dado, muito pelo contrário. O pensamento, expulso de sua pretensa acomodação, é lançado a uma aventura involuntária que faz com que, no encontro com as visões que sofre, à maneira de um artista que trabalha, lute por arrancar de cada qual, perceptos e afectos, ou seja, a Figura como a forma sensível da sensação, conceito este tomado como vital. Na simultaneidade da destruição e da criação que engendra, essa dissertação aparece, principalmente com Deleuze, mas também com Nietzsche, Foucault, Proust, Valéry, Guattari, Bergson, Blanchot, Barthes, o pintor Francis Bacon e outros tantos tão amados, como o exercício de um eterno vir a ser - devires infindos se dão via a constituição de um processo de sensibilização que, ao jogar estética na existência, aciona o pensar do pensamento. Os agenciamentos que daí resultam, vêm como o traçado de intensidades inteiramente implicadas com a produção de novos modos de vida. A importância que isso apresenta é a mesma que faz dizer sobre a necessidade do contato das pessoas com a arte ou, o que é indispensável afirmar, dos alunos, com a arte, nas escolas. / This dissertation articulates in the different areas: Education, Art and Philosophy. It is product of the artistagens of thought in conceptual and artistic writing exercises, and so as the drawing. Everything happens for a need: the deciphered. Affected by forces that she does not know, a teacher sees rising, like giants, five pure pictorial and sounded expressions - visions stopped in time and space - in different parts of the school, becoming it unrecognizable. Stranging the other - teachers, students, classes - it is the teacher herself who, however, strange, her own space-time that is violentelly invaded. Nevertheless, the effort that moves does not follow in an attempt to a (re)find or to a (re)find itself as something, beforehand, it is already given, in the contrary. The thought, expelled from its alleged accommodation, is launched on an involuntary adventure that makes, in the encounter with the visions suffer, the way an artist works, it fights to rip for each one of the percepts and affects, so, the Figure, how a sensitively form of the sensation, concept that takes as vital. In simultaneous’ destruction and creation that engenders, the dissertation appears, especially with Deleuze, but also with Nietzsche, Foucault, Proust, Valéry, Guattari, Bergson, Blanchot, Barthes, the painter Francis Bacon and many other beloved, as the exercise of an eternal come into being - infinded becomes happened by the constitution of a process of sensibility that, while release aesthetic in the existence, sets to think of thought. The agenciaments that result from it, come as the traced intensities fully involved with the production of new ways of life. The importance that it shows is the same that may say about the need for contact from the people with the art, or, what is indispensable to say, from the students with art, in the schools.

Esta tese descreve um estudo quase experimental que teve como objetivo: investigar a relação entre a construção do Pensamento Computacional e o desenvolvimento do raciocínio de estudantes dos últimos anos do Ensino Fundamental. A pesquisa foi realizada utilizando um curso de extensão em Desenvolvimento de Games, ofertado em 2 escolas particulares de Porto Alegre, tendo a participação de 50 alunos. A prática de ensino-aprendizagem proposta foi construída com base em pressupostos teóricos da aprendizagem significativa e aprendizagem experiencial. O Pensamento Computacional e o raciocínio dos alunos foram avaliados antes e após o término do curso, sendo utilizados para este fim o Teste de Pensamento Computacional e as provas que compõe a Bateria de Provas de Raciocínio – BPR-5. A análise estatística dos dados permitiu evidenciar um incremento do Pensamento Computacional, bem como do Raciocínio Verbal, Raciocínio Abstrato e Raciocínio Mecânico dos alunos que participaram do experimento. Comprovou-se também uma correlação positiva entre o Pensamento Computacional e os cinco tipos de raciocínio avaliados. Os resultados deste estudo demonstram como a construção do Pensamento Computacional contribuí no desenvolvimento cognitivo dos alunos e é apresentada uma proposta pedagógica que pode servir de referência para novos estudos na área. / This thesis describes a quasi-experimental study aimed to investigate a relationship between the construction of Computational Thinking and the development of students' reasoning in Middle School. A research was carried out during a course about Games Development, offered in two private schools in Porto Alegre, with 50 students. The proposed teaching-learning practice was built on the theoretical assumptions of meaningful learning and experiential learning. Both, Computational Thinking and reasoning, of the students were measured before and after the course, using a Computational Thinking Test and a set of reasoning evidence tests (BPR-5). The statistical analysis of the data showed an increase in Computational Thinking, as well as Verbal Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning and Mechanical Reasoning of the students participating in the experiment. There was also a positive observation between Computational Thinking and the five types of reasoning. The results of this study demonstrate how the construction of Computational Thinking contributes to the cognitive development of students and presents a pedagogical proposal that can serve as a reference for new studies in the area.

This diploma thesis is devoted to the creation of working sheets for propedoutics of functional thinking in pupils at primary schools, with the support of acomputer in various stages of concept creating proces and consequential trial in individual grades of elementary school. The diploma thesis contains theory about functional thinking, working sheets, which I created on the basis of inspiration from the elementary school text books, process and result of an experiment tested during classwork.

The thesis presents the critical analysis of the work Thinking in Education by M. Lipman It deals with the problemc of fostering thinking through education. It explains the reasons of the relevance of the dialoque ability, critical thinking and also use of the creative and caring thinking. Also it explains that the thinking skills should be the effect of the education not only as a preparation for a life in the democratic society. The thesis summarize the views of it's critics.