In the context of post-9/11 calls for educational reform in the Arab-Muslim world, this study investigates a set of underlying claims and assumptions about the socialising capacities of English-medium education. Specifically, the study examines perceptions about the socialising effects of English-medium education from the standpoint of Arab-Muslim students at a Gulf Arab university. In assessing these perceptions, the study compares students’ perceptions on two levels: (i) on one level, it looks into students’ perceptions about the socialising effects of English-medium education in direct contrast to those of Arabic-medium education; and (ii) on another level, it contrasts the perceptions of English-medium students with those of Arabic-medium students. The research for this thesis was carried out at an international bilingual Arab university in the United Arab Emirates. Data for the study was gathered from two data collection sources, namely student questionnaires and group interview sessions. In both instances, students’ perceptions were sought on a range of contrastive issues related to a series of underlying claims and assumptions about English-medium and Arabic-medium education. Overall, 365 Arabic-speaking students from both an English-medium and Arabic-medium educational background participated in the study. Within this sample group, students were drawn from four university colleges: College of Engineering, College of Business, College of Law, and College of Shari’a and Islamic Studies. The study’s findings unveil a complex, often mixed and divided picture of students’ perceptions about the socialising roles of both English-medium and Arabic-medium education. In regard to English-medium education, it finds that though there is a general acceptance of the benefits of studying the English-language, there is also to some extent an acknowledgement of the culturally alienating effects on Arab-Muslim students. The study therefore recommends that granted the paucity of research in this area there is a need to further investigate students’ perceptions from a broader range of institutional cultures in the region.

Nell'ultimo decennio il processo di sviluppo insediativo ha avuto un impatto rilevante sul territorio della regione di montagna dello Stato di Espírito Santo. Di conseguenza occorre una pressione sull'economia, sull'ambiente e sull'identità culturale della regione. Il contributo di questa ricerca è il suggerimento di uno strumento per il governo della trasformazione del territorio serrano all'associazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile della regione di montagna dello Espírito Santo; un approccio orientato ad utilizzare meglio le risorse del paesaggio culturale della regione per apportare migliorie alla qualità complessiva del territorio Serrano. / The impact of the new rural space developments on spatial quality in the Espírito Santo State mountain region has been intensified in the past decade. It brings pressure to bear on the economy, the environment and the cultural identity with consequences to the health and safety of the region. This research contribution is the suggestion of an additional action programme to the 'Espírito Santo mountain region sustainable development association' ADEMES. A development-oriented approach addressed to make a better use of the Serrana Region's cultural landscape to improve the quality of its changing rural space.

Submitted by jessica suzano luzes (js_vida@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-11-25T17:31:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Jessica Suzano Luzes.pdf: 1317467 bytes, checksum: 7c26d29d98c6cbc4819229a45160b0ad (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rafael Aguiar (rafael.aguiar@fgv.br) on 2015-12-03T18:26:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Jessica Suzano Luzes.pdf: 1317467 bytes, checksum: 7c26d29d98c6cbc4819229a45160b0ad (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Almeida (maria.socorro@fgv.br) on 2015-12-07T16:09:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Jessica Suzano Luzes.pdf: 1317467 bytes, checksum: 7c26d29d98c6cbc4819229a45160b0ad (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-07T16:09:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jessica Suzano Luzes.pdf: 1317467 bytes, checksum: 7c26d29d98c6cbc4819229a45160b0ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-13 / Esta dissertação analisa a política de financiamento do Conselho Federal de Cultura (CFC), órgão responsável pelas políticas públicas de cultura da ditadura civil-militar, diretamente ligado ao Ministério da Educação e Cultura. O CFC estabeleceu convênios com diversas instituições culturais, como o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB). No período de 1966 a 1974 atuou com exclusividade, o que permitia estabelecer regras para requisição e repasse de recursos às instituições culturais. Buscaremos aqui, entender, a partir das publicações da Revista Cultura e, posteriormente, do Boletim do Conselho Federal de Cultura, as normas que possibilitavam a liberação de recursos para instituições privadas, como os Institutos Históricos. Averiguaremos a importância da produção intelectual e cultural do IHGB. Para um aprofundamento dessas questões, selecionamos convênios do CFC estabelecidos com o IHGB que visavam dois tipos de financiamento: obras de infraestrutura e atividade cultural. / This dissertation analyzes the financing policy of the Federal Council of Culture (CFC), the body responsible for public cultural policies of civil-military dictatorship, directly to the Ministry of Education and Culture. The CFC has established agreements with several cultural institutions such as the Historical and Geographical Brazilian Institute (IHGB). In the period 1966-1974 he served exclusively, allowing establish rules for requisition and transfer of funds to cultural institutions. We seek here, understand, from the publications of Culture Magazine and later the Bulletin of the Federal Council of Culture, the rules that allowed the release of funds to private institutions such as the Historical Institutes. We are going to evaluate the importance of intellectual and cultural production IHGB. For an elaboration of these issues, we selected CFC agreements established with the IHGB aimed at two types of funding: infrastructure works and cultural activity.

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