This research examines the Civil Rights Movement in Tampa, Florida through documentary film to recognize an imperfect past and visually reconstruct Central Avenue as a physical and Thirdspace site of remembrance located at an intersection of race and community. Motivated by an ethnographic approach and through community engagement, Tampa Technique: Rise, Demise, and Remembrance of Central Avenue is a 54-minute film that explores Central Avenue’s rise to prominence through segregation, its physical and symbolic demise as a racialized site of communal space, and how it is remembered through collective and public memory in the location it once occupied. Documentary film provides an engaging platform to present research in a thoughtful and provocative way to recover lost histories that can inform audiences about structural and systematic inequalities that remain in overt and covert ways. The purpose of this written document supplements the film and takes issues of privilege, reflexivity, and subjectivity into account to interrogate tensions of “self” and “other” encountered during the film’s production and to translate how a visual representation of Central Avenue developed and unfolded as a present form of community participation and intervention through remembrance. The entire documentary is not available online due to copyright restrictions. However, a three-minute documentary trailer is available on Vimeo.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation proposes to examine the actions of self-promoting and self-referential character undertaken by the television companies inside their own schedule, in order to constitute yours identity and to promote yours image and trademark: in this somewhat circular gear, usually use its communication and discursive device for their own benefit. Thus, the research analyzes, in terms of a discursive semiotics, some of the procedures adopted by the television companies to constitute its identity, to project its image and trademark and to promote the quality of its products, in order to make public viewer loyal. This is a difficult task, especially in the case of affiliated stations that need to develop this promotional process in two directions, not always convergent: the head and its own network. To realize the objectives, the research has as its object of study two sitcoms, The New Program (RGT, 2004) and Off the Air (RBS TV, 2011), whose central theme is exactly the televisual production and television companies backstages. / A presente dissertação propõe-se a examinar as ações de caráter autopromocional e autorreferencial empreendidas pelas emissoras de televisão no interior de sua própria programação, com vistas a constituir sua identidade e promover sua imagem e marca: nessa engrenagem um tanto circular, elas costumam-se utilizar de seu dispositivo comunicativo e discursivo em benefício próprio. Assim, a pesquisa analisa, na perspectiva de uma semiótica discursiva, alguns dos procedimentos adotados pelas empresas de televisão para construir sua identidade, projetar sua imagem e marca, e divulgar a qualidade de seus produtos, com vistas a fidelizar o público telespectador. Trata-se de uma tarefa difícil, principalmente no caso das emissoras afiliadas que precisam desenvolver esse processo promocional em duas direções, nem sempre convergentes: a da cabeça de rede e a sua própria. Para dar conta dos objetivos, a investigação toma como objeto de estudo dois sitcoms, o Programa novo (RGT, 2004) e Fora do ar (RBS TV, 2011), cuja temática central é exatamente a produção televisual e os bastidores das emissoras de televisão.

The aim of the thesis was to study how cognitive styles influence decision-making. From structural point of view, the thesis is divided into two parts. In the introductory theoretical part we point at decision-making, its definition and theory, and then we deal with structure and factors which influence decision-making, as well as rules for decision-making and decision errors. In theoretical part we concentrate on cognitive styles. We define cognitive styles and present their possible classifications to a reader, at the same time we focus on few of them in detail. Thereafter we concentrate on relation between cognitive styles and decision-making. In conclusion of theoretical part we focus on adolescence, we describe specific of cognitive and emotional development, as well as adolescents' decision-making. The aim of empirical part was to find out whether decision errors occur in decision-making between older adolescents and to what extent, and how intervening variable influences them - cognitive style reflexivity-impulsivity, gender, and attended secondary school. Research consisted of 184 secondary school graduates from three secondary schools in Senica. Test TE- NA-TO was used for exploration of cognitive styles. At the same time we studied framing effect and anchoring and adjustment effect...

Dans l'optique d'une éducation au plurilinguisme dont l'objectif est de faire en sorte que tout ce qui se pratique en dehors et à côté de la langue de scolarisation bénéficie à cette dernière et, inversement, que la manière dont celle- ci est développée permette aussi l'ouverture à la pluralité, nous nous intéressons à la formation continue des enseignants qui ont la charge de préparer l'élève à entrer dans l'écrit. Notre objet traite de la formation par la recherche comme microprocessus de changement modifiant les pratiques enseignantes, et plus spécifiquement des procédures par lesquelles les enseignants en poste se forment à une approche didactique innovante fondée sur les principes d'une éducation plurilingue et interculturelle appliquée à l'entrée dans l'écrit. Ces processus sont analysés, par le biais d'études de cas, au sein d'un dispositif original de formation in situ par la recherche où enseignant et chercheur agissent de concert et où la réflexivité occupe une place centrale. Dans cette thèse, nous entendons retracer notre cheminement de chercheur impliqué, qui de la salle de classe nous a conduite à une proposition de formation, par la recherche, à la didactique du plurilinguisme à travers d'une part, l'exploration des pratiques ordinaires liées à l'entrée dans l'écrit et à l'apprentissage de la lecture, des représentations, croyances, savoirs (RCS) sous-jacents à ces pratiques ; d'autre part, l'analyse de pratiques enseignantes afin de définir des processus de changement qui soutiennent leur évolution. / With a view to a mutilingual education as a mean to create a beneficial link between what is practised outside and beside school language and language itself, and the way in which the development of this one also allows the opening to plurality, we are interested in teacher training and the way they have the responsibility for preparing pupils into reading. Our object deals with research education as a micro-process of change which will modify teache practice, and more specifically the procedures by which the teachers on duty are given the view of an innovating didactic approach which is founded on the principles of a multilingual and intercultural education applied to the beginning of writing in learning. These processes are analyzed, through case studies and within an original device of in situ research education where teachers and researchers have a concerted action and where reflexivity stands as a main point. In this thesis, we intend to tell our itinerary of implied researcher, who, from the classroom, has led us to a training proposal by research, up to multilingual didactics. Through the exploration o first, the ordinary practice related to writing and reading learning, of representations, beliefs, the knowledge (RCS) implicit to these practices, and second, the analysis of teaching practices, we will try to define the processes of change which support their evolution.

This study explores the experiences of infertile married African women in South Africa. The study explores the women’s emotional experiences, their experiences of their relationships and the possible ways in which their culture may have influenced their experiences. The literature review gives an overview of female infertility, motherhood and feminism- from its conception to its current status in South Africa. The study is carried out in a clinical setting where the participants are already attending an infertility clinic for treatment. Six black women participate in this study and they are all married and experiencing primary infertility. This study does not include women experiencing secondary infertility because although they may presently be infertile, they have previously experienced one or more successful pregnancies. Therefore, primary infertility is chosen as the focus of this study because unlike secondary infertile women, primary infertile women have never experienced pregnancy and childbirth and thus their infertility is more noticeable and severe. The study is qualitative in nature and it is conducted within a feminist social constructionist research paradigm. This research paradigm is deemed to be more relevant in researching an issue pertaining to women, because feminist research enables social scientists to explore women’s social history, women’s perception of their own situation, their own subordination and their own resistance (Mies, 1993). Through social constructionism, the women are each able to make meaning out of their experiences and to include the influences of their culture, gender and social context in the construction of their experiences. Furthermore, since feminist research perspectives have supported the process of telling sensitive human stories as research, a narrative approach is employed in gathering information regarding the women’s experiences of being infertile. Thus, through telling their own self-narratives, the women are able to relate their experiences as well as the events that took place in their lives regarding their infertility. Structural narrative analysis as well as content narrative analysis are employed in the analysis of the women’s narratives. What emerges from their stories is the hope and the subsequent disappointment that follows from their countless visits and consultations with different health professionals, both western and traditional, as they search for pregnancy. It also emerges that in addition to their personal experiences, these women’s marital and familial relationships, as well as their extended social relationships, also contribute to the emotional distress that they experience as a result of their infertility. Although most of the women mainly report negative experiences, there are also some who report positive experiences and some form of support in their lives. It is hoped that the results obtained from this study will enable psychologists to intervene effectively and to work collaboratively with other health professionals towards delivering services aimed at assisting infertile African women medically, socially and psychologically. / Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Psychology / unrestricted

This study aimed to explore and describe burnout from the perspectives of VLCs who struggled with this phenomenon at some stage during their work as VLCs. Phenomenology provided the epistemological framework and a qualitative research approach was used. Five in-depth interviews were conducted with five participants who are VLCs. The data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The participants’ stories were reconstructed as themes. A systematic analysis of the narratives was conducted and then linked to relevant literature. This study created an understanding of the complexity of burnout as it relates to VLCs. The themes highlighted the importance of exploring the experiences of VLCs and giving voice to their stories. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Psychology / unrestricted

The researcher aimed to explore the construction of menopause through and by available discourses within South Africa. A postmodern paradigm and social constructionist framework informed the choice of discourse analysis as methodology. South African newspapers containing texts related to menopause were utilised. English articles that are available on a publically accessible library database were selected. The basic guideline for selection of 37 texts was the keyword menopause. The researcher identified and explored eight dominant discourses and two supplementary discourses. The researcher concluded that discourses are interconnected and that each discourse is strengthened or resisted by multiple complementary and conflicting discourses forming a network through which society understands and experiences their reality. Copyright / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Psychology / unrestricted

Défier ou jouer avec la gravité, explorer les profondeurs et mettre sa résistance ou plus simplement son corps à l’épreuve, se mesurer aux éléments naturels en fréquentant des milieux a priori hostiles : autant de formes d’exposition sportive au danger qui fascinent et intriguent à la fois. Ce travail est une exploration des processus d’engagement et de désengagement corporel, envisagés sous leurs aspects épistémiques et empiriques. Deux grandes questions jalonnent ainsi cette analyse : 1) comment concevoir l’engagement corporel, à travers le dialogue et la complémentarité entre schèmes d'intelligibilité ; 2) plus concrètement, comment devient-on pratiquant de telles activités, et pourquoi, un jour, décide-t-on de « raccrocher » ?L’analyse d’une trentaine de récits de sportifs engagés dans des activités de nature « à risque » met en lumière les dynamiques des processus d’engagement, de maintien et de désengagement. Ainsi, si s’engager est rarement le fruit du hasard, il n’est pas davantage celui d’une pure réflexivité. Parfois, l’engagement naît d’expériences et de rencontres imprévisibles. Ce travail conforte par ailleurs les résultats de nombreuses études consacrées aux motivations de ces pratiquants : recherche de sensations, d’autonomie, de performance, émulation subculturelle, etc. Elle s’en distingue cependant en montrant comment ces motifs d’engagement, loin de s’opposer, s’articulent et se complètent de manière systématique. Enfin, après avoir souligné la place cruciale, aux yeux des interviewés, de l’autonomie et de la responsabilité, érigées au rang de véritable éthique, nous montrons à quel point se désengager est chose difficile. Raccrocher tient d’un processus vécu différemment selon qu’il a ou non été préparé.Comprendre l'engagement corporel requiert finalement un élargissement du regard au corps, à la culture, au risque et à la sécurité, à l’autonomie, et plus largement à la responsabilité. L’engagement corporel constitue ainsi un support en parfaite adéquation avec son époque : il mêle, combine et parfois oppose des dynamiques identitaires portées par des dispositions, la réflexivité et les affects. / Defy or play with gravity, exploring the depths and bring their stamina or just their body, compete with the natural elements by frequenting, a priori, hostile environments: as many forms of sport exposure to danger that intrigue and fascinate at a time. This work is an exploration of the process of corporal engagement and disengagement, considered in their epistemic and empirical aspects. Two main questions mark this analysis: 1) how to conceive the corporal engagement in its complexity, through dialogue and complementary patterns of intelligibility; 2) more specifically, how do they become engaged in such activities, and why, suddenly, they decide to “hang up”?The analysis of thirty stories of sportsmen engaged in "at-risk" nature activities highlights the dynamic process of engagement, retention and disengagement. Thus, if commitment is rarely the result of chance, it is more than a mere reflexivity. Sometimes the commitment is born from experiences and unpredictable encounters. This work also confirms the results of many motivations studies of practitioners: search of sensation, autonomy, performance, subcultural emulation, etc. However, it differs from showing how these patterns of engagement, far from opposing, they are articulated and completed in a systematic way. Finally, after stressing the crucial role, in the eyes of the respondents, of the autonomy and the responsibility set up as true ethics, we show how difficult is to disengage. To hang up is a process experienced differently depending on whether the sportsman was prepared or not.To understand physical engagement requires a final enlargement as regards body, culture, risk and security, autonomy, and from a broader perspective, responsibility. Therefore, the body engagement constitutes a support in perfect harmony with its time: it mixes, combines, and sometimes objects the dynamics of identity induced by capacities, reflexivity and emotions

Considerando contexto de massificação e mercantilização da educação, dado aumento significativo de cursos de Administração no Brasil, buscou-se compreender a percepção dos alunos egressos e de final do curso acerca das competências desenvolvidas na graduação em Administração de 3 campi da Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR) e, em especial, como tal formação se alinha às orientações das normas (Lei de Diretrizes e Bases – LDB; Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais – DCN; Projeto Político Pedagógico – PPP) e demandas de mercado/organizações endereçadas aos cursos encontradas na teoria. Foram adotadas a abordagem francesa de noções de competência, um modelo de competências inglês validado no Brasil por meio de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais (MEE) em 2005 por Godoy et al.(2009), ensejando a busca de aprofundamento acerca das três grandes tradições da ética e sobre reflexividade, supermeta do referido modelo. Partindo-se de uma abordagem preponderantemente quantitativa, foram aplicados questionários estruturados impressos tipo survey (2011 e 2012), que também foram enviados em 2012 por meio de link aos contatos, utilizando-se da técnica Snow Ball. Aplicaram-se 4 instrumentos de coleta (2 replicados), visando identificar o grau de concordância (questões abertas e fechadas em escala Likert de 6 pontos) sobre o desenvolvimento de competências; a) identificar as competências mais e menos desenvolvidas; e verificar a concordância sobre orientações das DCN‟s (escala Likert de 5 pontos) e também para, b) identificar aspectos quanto ao desenvolvimento em especial de ética e valores e reflexividade. Os resultados permitem responder aos objetivos no sentido de que todas as categorias de competências foram identificadas, com maior desenvolvimento da Competência Social e menor para a Técnico Profissional, observadas algumas diferenças de percepções entre faixas etárias e motivos de escolha do curso, evidenciando que experiência e expectativa de formação influenciam a percepção. Disciplinas como Administração de Recursos Humanos e Planejamento Estratégico são as que mais contribuem para a aquisição das competências desejáveis ao administrador. A formação percebida alinha-se parcialmente às normas e demandas, cujas lacunas merecem atenção, aprofundamento investigativo e intervenção da IFES. Enquanto as demandas orientam para competências de natureza comportamental, os sujeitos apontam maior desenvolvimento das relacionadas à Solução de Problemas e menor desenvolvimento para as Técnico Profissionais, divergindo em parte das DCN‟s e maior proximidade da proposta do PPP e LDB. Sobre o desenvolvimento de Ética e Valores e reflexividade, estas foram identificadas e incluídas ao MEE elaborado para o caso da UNIR, onde a Capacidade para Reflexão compõe a Dimensão Básica e, a Ética e Valores é Dimensão que, juntamente com a Competência Social, forma a Metacompetência Ético Social, recebendo influência da Metacompetência Funcional composta pelas Dimensões Técnico Profissional, Básica e Solução de Problemas. Realizaram-se ainda 6 entrevistas em profundidade aliada à técnica laddering, apoiadas por roteiro semiestruturado cujos sujeitos, selecionados segundo divergências de percepções entre faixas etárias e motivos de escolha do curso, e analisadas pelo conteúdo de forma categórica e interpretativa, corroboraram para constatar em que momentos e atividades do curso oportuniza-se o ser/agir ético e o ato de refletir, bem como respectivas influências percebidas decorrentes da reflexão. / Considering the context of massification and commodification of Education , given the significant increase of Business Administration courses in Brazil , we explored the perceptions of undergraduate and graduate students on the skills developed undergraduate course of Business Administration taught on three campuses of the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR). We have particular interest in investigating how such training is aligned with the guidelines of the rules (National Law of Basic Guidlenes – LDB; National Curriculum Guidelines – DCN; Political Pedagogical Project – PPP) and market demands /organizations assigned to the courses found in theory. We adopted the French approach relating to notions of competence, an English competence model validated in Brazil through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in 2005 by Godoy et al. (2009), allowing for the search of deepening about the three major traditions of ethics and on reflexivity, super goal of that model. Starting from a predominantly quantitative approach, we applied structured questionnaires printed in survey type (2011 and 2012) , which were also sent in 2012 through a link to contacts, using the technique Snow Ball. We applied four instruments for data collection instruments ( 2 replicates ), aiming at identifying the degree of agreement (open and closed questions on a Likert scale of 6 points) on the development of skills, a) identify skills more and less developed, and to verify the agreement on guidelines of DCN 's (5-point Likert scale) and also to, b) identify aspects in the development particularly of ethics, values and reflexivity. The results allow to meet the objectives in the sense that all categories of skills were identified, with further development of social competence and less for the Technical Professional, observed some differences in perceptions between age groups and reasons for choosing the course, showing that experience and expectation formation influence perception. Disciplines such as Human Resource Management and Strategic Planning are the biggest contributors to the acquisition of skills desirable administrator. The training perceived partially aligns to the standards and demands, whose gaps deserve attention, deepening IFES investigative and intervention. While the demands for guided behavioral skills, subjects show greater development of related Troubleshooting and less development for Technical Professionals, dissenting in part of DCN 's and greater proximity of the proposed PPP and LDB. Development of Ethics and Values as well as reflexivity were identified and assigned to the SEM prepared in case of UNIR, where the capacity for reflection composes Basic and Dimension, Ethics and Values is Dimension that , along with Social Competence, form the Ethical Social Metacompetence, receiving influence of Functional metacompetency, composed by Technical Professional Dimension, and Basic Troubleshooting. There were also six in-depth interviews combined with laddering technique, supported by semi-structured routs, whose subjects, selected according to differing perceptions among age groups and reasons for choosing the course and the content analyzed categorically and interpretive corroborated to note what course‟s moments and what course‟s activities give opportunities to the “act” and being ethica”l, as well as to realize the perceived influences arising from reflection. / Teniendo en cuenta el contexto de masificación y mercantilización de la educación, dado el aumento significativo de los cursos de Administración en Brasil, se buscó comprender la percepción de los estudiantes egresos y de los que se encuentran en el momento final del curso, sobre las competencias desarrolladas en la graduación en Administración de 3 Campi de la Universidad Federal de Rondonia (UNIR) y, en especial, como tal formación se acerca a las orientaciones de las normas (Ley de Directrices y Bases – LDB; Directrices Curriculares Nacionales – DCN; Proyecto Político Pedagógico – PPP) y demandas Del mercado/organizaciones dirigidas a los cursos encontradas en La teoría. Han sido adoptadas el abordaje francés de nociones de competencia, un modelo de competencia inglés validado en Brasil por medio de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales (MEE) en 2005 por Godoy et al. (2009), proporcionando la búsqueda de profundizar sobre las tres tradiciones principales de la ética y sobre reflexividad, super-meta del ya mencionado modelo. A partir de un abordaje predominantemente cuantitativo, han sido usados cuestionarios estructurados, impresos, tipo survey (2011 y 2012), que también fueron enviados en 2012 por un link a los contactos, utilizando la técnica Snow Ball. Aplicando 4 instrumentos de recolección de datos (2 replicados), para identificar el grado de acuerdo ( preguntas abiertas y cerradas en una escala Likert de 6 puntos ) sobre el desarrollo de competencias, a) identificar las competencias más y menos desarrolladas, y verificar la concordancia sobre orientaciones de las DCN´s (escala Likert 5 puntos) y también, b) identificar aspectos relativos al desarrollo, particular de la ética y los valores y la reflexividad. Los resultados permiten cumplir con los objetivos en el sentido de que se identificaron todas las categorías de competencias, con mayor desarrollo de la Competencia Social y menor para el Profesional Técnico, observadas algunas diferencias de percepciones entre las edades y razones para elegir el curso, demostrando que la experiencia y expectativa de formación influyen en la percepción. Disciplinas como la Gestión de Recursos Humanos y Planificación Estratégica son las mayores contribuyentes a la adquisición de competencias deseables por el administrador. La formación percibida se alinea parcialmente a las normas y necesidades, cuyas lagunas merecen atención, mayor investigación e intervención de la IFES. Mientras que las necesidades de competencias de naturaleza comportamental, los sujetos muestran mayor desarrollo de las relacionadas a la Solución de Problemas y menor desarrollo para los Profesionales Técnicos, divergiendo en parte de las DCN´s y mayor acercamiento de la propuesta del PPP y LDB. Sobre el desarrollo de Ética y Valores y reflexividad, éstos han sido identificadas e inclusas al MEE preparado para el caso de La UNIR, donde la Capacidad para Reflexión compone la Dimensión Básica y, la Ética y Valores es Dimensión que, junto con la Competencia Social, forma la Meta-competencia Ético Social, recibiendo influencia de Meta-competencia Funcional compuesta por las Dimensiones Técnico Profesional, Básica y Resolución de Problemas. También han sido realizados 6 entrevistas en profundidad junto a la técnica laddering, con el apoyo de rutero seme-estructurado cuyos sujetos, seleccionados conforme las diferencias de percepciones entre los grupos de edad y razones para la elección del curso y analizadas por el contenido de forma categórica e interpretativa han corroborado para verificar en que momentos y actividades del curso se ha dado la oportunidad al ser/accionar ético y el acto de reflejar, así como respectivas influencias percibidas por la reflexión.

Orientador: Ana Maria Falcão de Aragão / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T14:18:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Prezotto_Marissol_D.pdf: 3705710 bytes, checksum: 7bb1b0c893374a507cc1a2eb1b99fb11 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: No trilhar do caminho percorrido, a professora-pesquisadora vai se constituindo e reafirmando que a escola é reconhecida como lugar de formação profissional quando assume o pressuposto do trabalho com.par.t(r)ilhado. Esta pesquisa constitui-se da narrativa tecida a partir de vivências específicas da professora-pesquisadora e de um grupo de professores em diferentes espaços de conversa e de parceria (formais ou não) que foram possibilitando a reflexão, o diálogo e a construção de conhecimento sobre o trabalho com.par.t(r)ilhado evidenciando alguns princípios que o permeiam: confiança, diálogo, negociação, afetividade e escuta sensível. Com o olhar atento e ancorado na Teoria Histórico-Cultural, no Cotidiano e na Reflexividade, a professora-pesquisadora foi buscando compreender o que é parceria e, neste percurso, vivenciou outras parcerias que extrapolaram as consideradas "normais", com os professores, para ampliá-las chamando os alunos e suas famílias para mostrar que outros olhares, registros e linguagens despertam a reflexão e a busca de um trabalho efetivo de colaboração. As principais contribuições trazidas pela pesquisa dizem respeito às possibilidades de trabalho com.par.t(r)ilhado que potencializam o desenvolvimento pessoal-profissional dos sujeitos e favorecem a transformação pelo ensino e pela aprendizagem de todos os envolvidos / Abstract: In the tread of the path, the teacher-researcher will constitute and reaffirming that the school is recognized as a place of training when it assumes the assumption of shared work. This research constitutes the narrative woven from specific experiences of teacher-researcher and a group of teachers in different spaces of conversation and partnership (formal or otherwise) that were enabling reflection, dialogue and the construction of knowledge shared work showing some principles that permeate: trust, dialogue, negotiation, affection and sensitive listening. With watchful eye and anchored in the Historic-Cultural Theory in Everyday Life and Reflexivity, the teacher-researcher was trying to understand what partnership and in this way, experienced other partnerships that went beyond those considered 'normal', with teachers, to enlarge them calling students and their families to show that other looks, records and languages evoke reflection and the search for an effective collaborative work. The main contributions of the research concern shared work opportunities that enhance personal and professional development of individuals and promote the transformation in teaching and learning for all involved / Doutorado / Ensino e Práticas Culturais / Doutora em Educação