Teacher training institutions in Jamaica have been introducing, developing, and revamping undergraduate degree programs. There is, however, little evaluation of these efforts. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine The Mico University College's early childhood education undergraduate degree program by exploring the lived experiences of its graduates. The research questions elicited from the participants their views about how changes were being implemented in the program, and how they impacted the institution's development and improvement, how major policy shifts related to changes in national educational policies, and how together these shifts may impact future processes at The Mico and at similar institutions in Jamaica. The study used theoretical frameworks of organization development and performance improvement. In-depth semi-structured interviews were the main source of data collection and were supported by thick description, memoing, reflexive journaling, and document review. Data analysis methods consisted of coding interview transcripts and identifying common themes. The results of the study indicated that the participants commended many of the program's underlying policies and operational practices, but they identified some challenges and areas of weakness. This study may be used as a backdrop to program development and policy initiation at The Mico and at other institutions in Jamaica and the Caribbean as it encapsulates a wide breadth of the lived experiences of the participants and examines key components such as curricula, pedagogy, and assessment. By strengthening their program offerings, The Mico and other teacher training institutions have the potential to improve performance and to contribute to sustainable national development.

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Years of psychotherapy practice at university, state, and military hospitals developed the author's interest in the presentation of love relationship problems. Mood and anxiety disorders, as the most prevalent pathologies, were often co-morbid with or secondary to partner relationship issues. Most vexing for clients was a situation of repeated dysfunctional partner selections in which similar problems arose each time. This incubated the idea of a process, probably outside of awareness, that functioned to perpetuate self-defeating partner selection patterns. The author was introduced to Money's `lovemap' concept during studies and identified readily with its principles and mechanisms. The lovemap is defined as a highly individualised, developed, mental template or cognitive blueprint of the ideal lover. It is assumed that every person has a lovemap, and would be able to describe it if asked the right questions. The concept promised to be a useful vehicle for studying self-defeating partner selection patterns, as `errors' might be coded into the lovemap that are expressed in such a presentation. The author identified the need to ground the lovemap concept in recognised psychological theory in order to motivate for its relevance. Kelly's theory of cognitive constructs provided robust links for lovemap as a sophisticated construction system, and the developmental theories of Freud and Erikson situated lovemap genesis within recognised periods of emerging human capacities to love and relate sexually; the stages of puberty to young adulthood. Lovemaps are assumed to function optimally when love and lust co-operate in pairbonding, or the capacity to couple. Extensive literature reviews cover the research fields of romantic love, human sexuality, and pairbonding, affording hypotheses as to lovemap pathology. A qualitative, Phenomenological research design of case studies with six adult persons, who had experienced radical contradictions of original lovemaps, identified when and how lovemap change took place. Thematic analysis of the attributions for change distilled a number of implications for therapy that would encourage certain indicated change processes. An integrative psychotherapy model recognises the cognitively- and socially constructed nature of lovemaps and proposes intervention components that blend cognitive-behavioural and narrative approaches. This model will be tested extensively with a suitable client population. / Psychology / D. Litt. ET Phil. (Psychology)

Text in Afrikaans / The purpose of this study is to identify the role of the parents in the continuous inclusion of learners with Down’s syndrome in inclusive education. The study was conducted in the South African context with the parents of children with Down’s syndrome and who are currently included in inclusive education in Gauteng. The roles that these parents play in the inclusion of their children were identified by means of semi-structured interviews. This was done according to a qualitative phenomenological research design within the theoretical framework of the bio-ecological model of Brunfenbrenner. Results from this study indicated that parents will have to fulfil specific roles in a multi-faceted manner to ensure continuous inclusion for these learners with Down’s syndrome in inclusive education. The primary contribution of this study is towards the expansion of the theoretical knowledge of the role of the parents in continuous inclusive education of learners with Down’s syndrome. / Die doel van hierdie studie is om die ouers se rol by die kontinue insluiting van leerders met Downsindroom in inklusieweonderwys te bepaal. Die studie is binne die Suid-Afrikaanse milieu onderneem met die ouers van leerders met Downsindroom wat tans gewone inklusieweonderwys in Gauteng ontvang. Semi-gestruktureerdeonderhoude is gebruik om die ouers se rol in die kontinue insluiting van hul kinders in gewone inklusiewe onderwys te identifiseer. Hierdie studie is volgens’n kwantitatiewefenomenologiesenavorsingsontwerp binne die teoretiese raamwerk van die bio-ekosistemiesebenaderingsmodel van Bronfenbrenner uitgevoer.Die bevindings van hierdie studie toon dat ouers spesifieke rolle behoort te vervul om hierdie leerders se kontinue insluiting in inklusiewe onderwys te verseker. Die primêre bydrae wat hierdie studie sal lewer, is tot die uitbreiding van teoretiese kennis aangaande die ouers se rol in die insluiting van leerders met Downsindroom in inklusiewe onderwys. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inklusiewe Onderwys)

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-04-07T19:37:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIZABETH BROWN VALLIM BRISOLA.pdf: 1755411 bytes, checksum: 14e7e25a069f401ef775a5d9ce3844f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-07T19:37:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIZABETH BROWN VALLIM BRISOLA.pdf: 1755411 bytes, checksum: 14e7e25a069f401ef775a5d9ce3844f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-14 / Research studies that address mothers singing focus on investigating how and why songs facilitate mother-infant communication considering, especially, the acoustical and sociocultural aspects involved. This qualitative and exploratory research study was developed based on Edmund Husserl?s phenomenology and guided by principles of Humanistic psychology, specifically Carl Roger?s Person Centered Approach. It aimed to apprehend the experience of 13 mothers who gave birth to their first child during the past 18 months, about the meaning of singing to their infants. The researcher spoke to each of the participants, all with a college education, during a dialogical encounter, and immediately afterwards wrote a comprehensive narrative to register her comprehension regarding that mother?s experience, based on her own impressions. A narrative-synthesis and a creative synthesis were constructed based on the narratives to enable a phenomenological process of analysis that presupposes three phases: description, comprehension and interpretation of the experience. The structural elements that emerged from the mothers' experience of singing to their infants are: (a) a means of communication hugging their infant with their song; (b) the establishment of an emotional bond with their infant; (c) a way to better know their infant as it develops; (d) a means of recognizing themselves as mothers; (e) a form of sharing personal values and family customs; (f) a creative way of expressing themselves, and (g) a possibility of personal growth. The meaning of this experience enables further reflections regarding human relationships from a psychological viewpoint and can stimulate dialogues with other areas of knowledge. / Las pesquisas que abordan el canto materno se preocupan en investigar c?mo y por qu? las canciones son facilitadoras de la comunicaci?n madre-beb?, dando atenci?n principalmente a los aspectos ac?sticos y socioculturales. Esta pesquisa, cualitativa y de naturaleza exploratoria, fue desarrollada con base en la fenomenolog?a de Edmund Husserl y en orientaciones te?ricas de la psicolog?a humanista, m?s espec?ficamente del Enfoque Centrado en la Persona, de Carl Rogers. Su foco fue aprender de la experiencia de 13 madres que tuvieron su primer hijo en los ?ltimos 18 meses sobre el sentido de cantarle a su beb?. La investigadora convers? com cada participante, mujeres universitarias, durante un encuentro dial?gico, y escribi?, de inmediato, una narrativa comprensiva para registrar su comprensi?n sobre la experiencia de aquella madre a partir de sus propias impresiones. Una s?ntesisnarrativa y una s?ntesis creativa fueron construidas a partir del conjunto de narrativas de manera que sea posible concluir el proceso de an?lisis fenomenol?gico que supone tres fases: descripci?n, comprensi?n e interpretaci?n de la experiencia. Los elementos estructurales que emergieron de las vivencias de las madres sobre cantarles a sus beb?s son: (a) un modo de comunicarse abrazando al beb? con sus sonidos; (b) la construcci?n de un v?nculo; (c) una forma de conocer mejor a su beb? a medida que ?ste se desarrolla; (d) un reconocimiento de s? misma como madre; (e) una manera de transmitir valores personales y costumbres familiares; (f) un modo creativo de expresarse; e (g) la posibilidad de crecimiento personal. El sentido de esta experiencia posibilita nuevas reflexiones sobre el tema de la relaci?n humana en t?rminos psicol?gicos y puede estimular interlocuciones con otras ?reas de conocimiento. / As pesquisas que abordam o cantar materno preocupam-se em investigar como e por que as can??es s?o facilitadoras da comunica??o m?e-beb?, dando aten??o principalmente aos aspectos ac?sticos e socioculturais. Esta pesquisa, qualitativa e de natureza explorat?ria, foi desenvolvida com base na fenomenologia de Edmund Husserl e em norteadores te?ricos da psicologia humanista, mais especificamente da Abordagem Centrada na Pessoa, de Carl Rogers. Objetivou apreender a experi?ncia de 13 m?es que tiveram seu primeiro filho nos ?ltimos 18 meses sobre o sentido de cantar para seu beb?. A pesquisadora conversou com cada uma das participantes, todas com forma??o universit?ria, durante um encontro dial?gico, e escreveu, em seguida, uma narrativa compreensiva para registrar sua compreens?o sobre a experi?ncia daquela m?e a partir de suas pr?prias impress?es. Uma narrativa-s?ntese e uma s?ntese criativa foram constru?das a partir do conjunto de narrativas de forma a possibilitar concluir o processo de an?lise fenomenol?gica que sup?e tr?s fases: descri??o, compreens?o e interpreta??o da experi?ncia. Os elementos estruturais que emergiram das viv?ncias das m?es sobre cantar para seu beb? s?o: (a) um modo de comunicar-se abra?ando o beb? com seus sons; (b) a constru??o de um v?nculo; (c) uma forma de conhecer melhor seu beb? ? medida que ele se desenvolve; (d) um meio de reconhecer a si mesma como m?e; (e) uma maneira de transmitir valores pessoais e costumes familiares; (f) um modo criativo de expressar-se; e (g) a possibilidade de crescimento pessoal. O sentido desta experi?ncia possibilita novas reflex?es sobre o tema do relacionamento humano em termos psicol?gicos e pode estimular interlocu??es com outras ?reas de conhecimento.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NADINI BRANDAO DE SOUSA.pdf: 1145016 bytes, checksum: 139b21e96126cbd97f2d9e247d8f4201 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-11 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / Inspired by the biomedical health model, the practice of physical therapy has specific characteristics with regard to patient care. Physical contact between therapist and patient and the frequency of the assistance involves the development of a peculiar type of interpersonal relationship. This research aimed to grasp, phenomenologically, the experience of the physical therapy trainees regarding their relationship with outpatients at a university clinic. It is an exploratory qualitative research, phenomenologically inspired. Eight individual encounters were carried out with undergraduates who are in their seventh, ninth and tenth semesters. After each of the encounters, the researcher wrote a first-person narrative, based on her impressions of the meaning of the lived experience of the participants. A narrative synthesis was then developed in order to capture the meaning of the experience as such. The analysis made it possible to conclude that trainees strive to offer a treatment that includes, not only technique but also attitudes of respect, warmth and welcome. Caring for patients with neurological problems, especially those involving progressive degeneration, is signified by the interns as unrewarding since recovery is impossible and verbal communication is difficult. They also feel distressed, as they perceive themselves emotionally involved with the patients, despite the attempt to maintain a strictly professional approach. On the other hand, in a broad way, this relationship is referred to as an opportunity for new learnings and psychological maturity with a potential for growth both in personal and professional life. / Inspirada no modelo biom?dico de sa?de, a pr?tica da fisioterapia possui caracter?sticas espec?ficas no que se refere ao atendimento aos pacientes do ponto de vista psicol?gico. O contato f?sico e a frequ?ncia das sess?es acarretam o desenvolvimento de um relacionamento interpessoal que esta pesquisa objetivou apreender fenomenologicamente a partir da experi?ncia de alunos de uma faculdade de Fisioterapia. Foram realizados encontros individuais com oito graduandos que cursavam o s?timo, nono e d?cimo per?odos do Curso com foco em suas atividades como estagi?rios no ambulat?rio de uma cl?nica universit?ria. Ap?s cada um desses encontros, a pesquisadora construiu uma narrativa a partir de sua compreens?o sobre os significados da experi?ncia para o participante. Ap?s concluir esta fase, elaborou uma narrativa-s?ntese contendo o conjunto de significados relatados pelos participantes a fim de interpretar o sentido da experi?ncia como tal. Este processo de an?lise possibilitou concluir que os alunos empenham-se em oferecer um tratamento que inclua, al?m das t?cnicas, atitudes de respeito, cordialidade e acolhimento. Desenvolvem uma vis?o do paciente como pessoa e n?o apenas como caso cl?nico, embora tenham sido treinados para um desempenho t?cnico. Por outro lado, sentem-se angustiados ao se perceberem envolvidos emocionalmente, a despeito da inten??o inicial de manterem uma postura estritamente profissional. Atender pessoas que apresentam problemas neurol?gicos, em especial aqueles que implicam progressiva degenera??o, ? significado pelos participantes como pouco gratificante, em fun??o da impossibilidade de recupera??o dos movimentos e da dificuldade de comunica??o verbal. Consideram que os atendimentos possibilitam uma aprendizagem necess?ria e importante que promove amadurecimento psicol?gico com potencial transformador, tanto para a vida pessoal quanto profissional.

Years of psychotherapy practice at university, state, and military hospitals developed the author's interest in the presentation of love relationship problems. Mood and anxiety disorders, as the most prevalent pathologies, were often co-morbid with or secondary to partner relationship issues. Most vexing for clients was a situation of repeated dysfunctional partner selections in which similar problems arose each time. This incubated the idea of a process, probably outside of awareness, that functioned to perpetuate self-defeating partner selection patterns. The author was introduced to Money's `lovemap' concept during studies and identified readily with its principles and mechanisms. The lovemap is defined as a highly individualised, developed, mental template or cognitive blueprint of the ideal lover. It is assumed that every person has a lovemap, and would be able to describe it if asked the right questions. The concept promised to be a useful vehicle for studying self-defeating partner selection patterns, as `errors' might be coded into the lovemap that are expressed in such a presentation. The author identified the need to ground the lovemap concept in recognised psychological theory in order to motivate for its relevance. Kelly's theory of cognitive constructs provided robust links for lovemap as a sophisticated construction system, and the developmental theories of Freud and Erikson situated lovemap genesis within recognised periods of emerging human capacities to love and relate sexually; the stages of puberty to young adulthood. Lovemaps are assumed to function optimally when love and lust co-operate in pairbonding, or the capacity to couple. Extensive literature reviews cover the research fields of romantic love, human sexuality, and pairbonding, affording hypotheses as to lovemap pathology. A qualitative, Phenomenological research design of case studies with six adult persons, who had experienced radical contradictions of original lovemaps, identified when and how lovemap change took place. Thematic analysis of the attributions for change distilled a number of implications for therapy that would encourage certain indicated change processes. An integrative psychotherapy model recognises the cognitively- and socially constructed nature of lovemaps and proposes intervention components that blend cognitive-behavioural and narrative approaches. This model will be tested extensively with a suitable client population. / Psychology / D. Litt. ET Phil. (Psychology)

Text in Afrikaans / The purpose of this study is to identify the role of the parents in the continuous inclusion of learners with Down’s syndrome in inclusive education. The study was conducted in the South African context with the parents of children with Down’s syndrome and who are currently included in inclusive education in Gauteng. The roles that these parents play in the inclusion of their children were identified by means of semi-structured interviews. This was done according to a qualitative phenomenological research design within the theoretical framework of the bio-ecological model of Brunfenbrenner. Results from this study indicated that parents will have to fulfil specific roles in a multi-faceted manner to ensure continuous inclusion for these learners with Down’s syndrome in inclusive education. The primary contribution of this study is towards the expansion of the theoretical knowledge of the role of the parents in continuous inclusive education of learners with Down’s syndrome. / Die doel van hierdie studie is om die ouers se rol by die kontinue insluiting van leerders met Downsindroom in inklusieweonderwys te bepaal. Die studie is binne die Suid-Afrikaanse milieu onderneem met die ouers van leerders met Downsindroom wat tans gewone inklusieweonderwys in Gauteng ontvang. Semi-gestruktureerdeonderhoude is gebruik om die ouers se rol in die kontinue insluiting van hul kinders in gewone inklusiewe onderwys te identifiseer. Hierdie studie is volgens’n kwantitatiewefenomenologiesenavorsingsontwerp binne die teoretiese raamwerk van die bio-ekosistemiesebenaderingsmodel van Bronfenbrenner uitgevoer.Die bevindings van hierdie studie toon dat ouers spesifieke rolle behoort te vervul om hierdie leerders se kontinue insluiting in inklusiewe onderwys te verseker. Die primêre bydrae wat hierdie studie sal lewer, is tot die uitbreiding van teoretiese kennis aangaande die ouers se rol in die insluiting van leerders met Downsindroom in inklusiewe onderwys. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inklusiewe Onderwys)