Tendo Pierre Bourdieu como referencial teórico principal, procuramos responder duas perguntas nesta tese: podemos afirmar a existência de um campo científico da saúde global na América Latina? Para responder esta pergunta, orientamos o levantamento do material a partir de três conceitos: capital científico - representado pelos congressos em saúde global (SG) e ciências humanas e sociais (CheS) na América Latina (AL), os agentes - representado pela Alasag, e o habitus - representado pelos programas de formação em SG na AL. Esses conceitos nos levaram ao roteiro que usamos para investigar a constituição de um possível campo científico da SG na AL. Nossa análise revelou a existência de um campo científico da SG na AL a partir do conceito de Bourdieu, marcado por fortes intervenções políticas das instituições que o integram, principalmente, aquelas que financiam as pesquisas no campo. Essas intervenções se caracterizam especialmente pelo condicionamento da liberação de verbas a agendas temáticas específicas, sendo os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2030 (ODS 2030) a principal delas. Uma vez que podemos confirmar a SG na AL enquanto campo científico, podemos afirmar que as CheS integram o mesmo, o tencionando em um sentido crítico? A resposta é sim e não, porque identificamos dois momentos de entrada das CheS na área da saúde latino-americana que significaram duas formas distintas de atuação no referido campo. Concordamos com os autores que afirmam que a SG na AL é uma continuidade da saúde pública, internacional e coletiva - no caso brasileiro, e que as CheS que integraram estes campos desde os anos 70 assumiram uma posição estabelecida no campo científico da SG na AL, ditando as regras do jogo e o conformando com base nos seus interesses e assuntos que consideram relevantes. O segundo momento se caracteriza pela ampliação da área da saúde para o âmbito geográfico global, o intenso uso da internet e redes sociais pelos pesquisadores, e a entrada de novos agentes, provenientes de áreas do conhecimento não tradicionais, como a sustentabilidade, que chamamos de outsiders, e que assumiram uma posição diferenciada na constituição do campo da SG na AL. Distantes da possibilidade de moldar o campo ao seu modo, transitam em diferentes áreas e parecem importar-se menos com as classificações entre \'puros\' ou \'híbridos\' (CANESQUI, 2008). Dentre as características que os diferencia, está a tomada por temas também tratados pelos estabelecidos, mas em uma perspectiva mais autônoma pelo fato de não estarem atrelados a agendas temáticas específicas. Outro aspecto relevante é a postura crítica declarada em seus documentos em relação ao termo saúde global e todas implicações políticas que ele representa. E por último, estes agentes outsiders referem se mais ao projeto de saúde para a América Latina como um objetivo a ser perseguido por nossa região mediante uma posição crítica às ações dos países desenvolvidos. Acreditamos que o potencial do campo científico da SG na AL está longe da devida exploração que merece, uma vez que nos referimos a um campo que ainda está em construção, no entanto, verificamos a necessidade de uma postura mais audaciosa no sentido de contribuirmos mais para a constituição global do campo científico da saúde a partir da perspectiva latino-americana. / Having Pierre Bourdieu as the main theoretical reference, we try to answer two questions in this thesis: can we affirm the existence of a scientific field of global health in Latin America? To answer this question, we orient the research of the material from three concepts: scientific capital represented by the congresses in global health (GH) and humanities and social sciences (H&SC) in Latin America, agents - represented by Alasag and habitus - represented by the GH training programs in Latin America. The structure of this thesis follows the script we have constructed to answer the question of our research. The structure of this thesis follows the script we have constructed to answer the question of our research. These concepts led us to the script we use to investigate the constitution of a possible scientific field of OS in LA. Our analysis revealed the existence of a scientific field of GS in Latin America from the concept of Bourdieu, marked by strong political interventions of the institutions that integrate it, especially those that finance research in the field. These interventions are particularly characterized by the conditioning of the release of funds to specific thematic agendas, with the Sustainable Development Objectives 2030 being the main one. Since we can confirm the GH in the Latin America as scientific field, we can affirm that the H&SC integrate the same, conducting into a critical sense? The answer is yes and no, because we identified two moments of entry of H&SC into the area of Latin American health, which meant two distinct forms of action in that field. We agree with the authors that the GH in Latin America is a continuity of public, international and collective health - in the Brazilian case, and that the H&SC that have integrated these fields since the 1970s have assumed an established position in the scientific field of the GH in Latin America, dictating the rules of the game and conforming it based on their interests and subjects that they consider relevant. The second moment is marked by the expansion of the health area to the global geographic scope, the intense use of the internet and social medias by researchers, and the entry of new agents, originating from not traditional areas of knowledge as a sustainability, what we call outsiders, and that it assumed a differentiated position in the constitution of the field of the GH in the Latin America. Distant of the possibility of shaping the field in its own way, passing through different areas and seeming to care less about the classifications of \"pure\" or \"hybrids\" (CANESQUI, 2008). Between the characteristics that differentiate it, is being taken by the subjects were also conditioned, but in a more autonomous perspective because they are not tied to a specific agenda. Another relevant aspect is the critical posture outspoken in his papers on the term global health and all the political implications it represents. Finally, these outsiders refer more to the global health project for Latin America as a goal to be pursued by our region through a critical stance on the actions of developed countries. We believe that the potential of the GH scientific field in Latin America is far from the proper exploration it deserves. We are referring to a field that is still under construction, however, we note the need for a more audacious posture to contribute more for the global constitution of the scientific field of health from the Latin American perspective.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:42:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcia Sgarbieiro.pdf: 885658 bytes, checksum: 2aaf47e6b5e9c0c37e588fe699b8648b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-15 / The recent research has as its general aim to draw the profile of the students production with the master’s degree programme at UEPG Applied Social Science, observing how the process of research, in this area of knowledge, has been worked. The research is qualitative, however it does not exclude the quantitative approach, mainly is expressed in the elaboration of the demonstrative charts of the master’s degree dissertations defended in the years 2001 through 2007. In the context of this approach we developed an exploratory and descriptive research, sustained initially by the bibliographical research. Following we made a documental research after searching in the files of the master’s programme, the dissertations and the reports from CAPES. We also used the internet to search the Curriculum Lattes of the master’s degree students and the guide-teachers. Finally we systematized the empirical data based on the theoretical reference that had been built. / A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo geral traçar o perfil da produção discente junto ao programa de mestrado em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da UEPG, observando como vem sendo trabalhado o processo de pesquisa nesta área de conhecimento. A pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa, não excluindo a abordagem quantitativa, principalmente, expresso na elaboração dos quadros demonstrativos das dissertações de mestrado defendidas entre os anos 2001 e 2007. No contexto desta abordagem desenvolvemos uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, sustentado, inicialmente, na pesquisa bibliográfica. Em seguida fizemos umapesquisa documental ao buscarmos nos arquivos do programa de mestrado as dissertações e os relatórios da CAPES. Utilizamos também a internet ao buscarmos o Currículo Lattes dos mestrandos e orientadores. Por fim sistematizamos dos dados empíricos com base no referencial teórico construído.

Tendo Pierre Bourdieu como referencial teórico principal, procuramos responder duas perguntas nesta tese: podemos afirmar a existência de um campo científico da saúde global na América Latina? Para responder esta pergunta, orientamos o levantamento do material a partir de três conceitos: capital científico - representado pelos congressos em saúde global (SG) e ciências humanas e sociais (CheS) na América Latina (AL), os agentes - representado pela Alasag, e o habitus - representado pelos programas de formação em SG na AL. Esses conceitos nos levaram ao roteiro que usamos para investigar a constituição de um possível campo científico da SG na AL. Nossa análise revelou a existência de um campo científico da SG na AL a partir do conceito de Bourdieu, marcado por fortes intervenções políticas das instituições que o integram, principalmente, aquelas que financiam as pesquisas no campo. Essas intervenções se caracterizam especialmente pelo condicionamento da liberação de verbas a agendas temáticas específicas, sendo os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2030 (ODS 2030) a principal delas. Uma vez que podemos confirmar a SG na AL enquanto campo científico, podemos afirmar que as CheS integram o mesmo, o tencionando em um sentido crítico? A resposta é sim e não, porque identificamos dois momentos de entrada das CheS na área da saúde latino-americana que significaram duas formas distintas de atuação no referido campo. Concordamos com os autores que afirmam que a SG na AL é uma continuidade da saúde pública, internacional e coletiva - no caso brasileiro, e que as CheS que integraram estes campos desde os anos 70 assumiram uma posição estabelecida no campo científico da SG na AL, ditando as regras do jogo e o conformando com base nos seus interesses e assuntos que consideram relevantes. O segundo momento se caracteriza pela ampliação da área da saúde para o âmbito geográfico global, o intenso uso da internet e redes sociais pelos pesquisadores, e a entrada de novos agentes, provenientes de áreas do conhecimento não tradicionais, como a sustentabilidade, que chamamos de outsiders, e que assumiram uma posição diferenciada na constituição do campo da SG na AL. Distantes da possibilidade de moldar o campo ao seu modo, transitam em diferentes áreas e parecem importar-se menos com as classificações entre \'puros\' ou \'híbridos\' (CANESQUI, 2008). Dentre as características que os diferencia, está a tomada por temas também tratados pelos estabelecidos, mas em uma perspectiva mais autônoma pelo fato de não estarem atrelados a agendas temáticas específicas. Outro aspecto relevante é a postura crítica declarada em seus documentos em relação ao termo saúde global e todas implicações políticas que ele representa. E por último, estes agentes outsiders referem se mais ao projeto de saúde para a América Latina como um objetivo a ser perseguido por nossa região mediante uma posição crítica às ações dos países desenvolvidos. Acreditamos que o potencial do campo científico da SG na AL está longe da devida exploração que merece, uma vez que nos referimos a um campo que ainda está em construção, no entanto, verificamos a necessidade de uma postura mais audaciosa no sentido de contribuirmos mais para a constituição global do campo científico da saúde a partir da perspectiva latino-americana. / Having Pierre Bourdieu as the main theoretical reference, we try to answer two questions in this thesis: can we affirm the existence of a scientific field of global health in Latin America? To answer this question, we orient the research of the material from three concepts: scientific capital represented by the congresses in global health (GH) and humanities and social sciences (H&SC) in Latin America, agents - represented by Alasag and habitus - represented by the GH training programs in Latin America. The structure of this thesis follows the script we have constructed to answer the question of our research. The structure of this thesis follows the script we have constructed to answer the question of our research. These concepts led us to the script we use to investigate the constitution of a possible scientific field of OS in LA. Our analysis revealed the existence of a scientific field of GS in Latin America from the concept of Bourdieu, marked by strong political interventions of the institutions that integrate it, especially those that finance research in the field. These interventions are particularly characterized by the conditioning of the release of funds to specific thematic agendas, with the Sustainable Development Objectives 2030 being the main one. Since we can confirm the GH in the Latin America as scientific field, we can affirm that the H&SC integrate the same, conducting into a critical sense? The answer is yes and no, because we identified two moments of entry of H&SC into the area of Latin American health, which meant two distinct forms of action in that field. We agree with the authors that the GH in Latin America is a continuity of public, international and collective health - in the Brazilian case, and that the H&SC that have integrated these fields since the 1970s have assumed an established position in the scientific field of the GH in Latin America, dictating the rules of the game and conforming it based on their interests and subjects that they consider relevant. The second moment is marked by the expansion of the health area to the global geographic scope, the intense use of the internet and social medias by researchers, and the entry of new agents, originating from not traditional areas of knowledge as a sustainability, what we call outsiders, and that it assumed a differentiated position in the constitution of the field of the GH in the Latin America. Distant of the possibility of shaping the field in its own way, passing through different areas and seeming to care less about the classifications of \"pure\" or \"hybrids\" (CANESQUI, 2008). Between the characteristics that differentiate it, is being taken by the subjects were also conditioned, but in a more autonomous perspective because they are not tied to a specific agenda. Another relevant aspect is the critical posture outspoken in his papers on the term global health and all the political implications it represents. Finally, these outsiders refer more to the global health project for Latin America as a goal to be pursued by our region through a critical stance on the actions of developed countries. We believe that the potential of the GH scientific field in Latin America is far from the proper exploration it deserves. We are referring to a field that is still under construction, however, we note the need for a more audacious posture to contribute more for the global constitution of the scientific field of health from the Latin American perspective.

Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-04-13T13:34:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 tratamento_metodologico.pdf: 548010 bytes, checksum: 09022a9afe6fa669d0d3e3e7e268d8a8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-13T13:34:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tratamento_metodologico.pdf: 548010 bytes, checksum: 09022a9afe6fa669d0d3e3e7e268d8a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-29 / Nenhuma / O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar a abordagem metodológica adotada nos artigos publicados nas revistas científicas brasileiras de contabilidade. Trata-se de uma investigação de cunho descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa e procedimento técnico documental. A análise considera os 292 artigos publicados nas revistas nacionais de contabilidade em 2010, classificadas nos estratos B1 a B5 do sistema Qualis - CAPES. Os principais resultados do estudo permitem constatar a utilização das abordagens metodológicas: quantitativa, qualitativa e qualitativa/quantitativa, com predomínio das duas primeiras, que são adotadas em praticamente 90% dos artigos publicados, observando-se equilíbrio entre ambas. Nas revistas científicas B1 e B2 há predominância de artigos com abordagem metodológica quantitativa, enquanto nas B5 a maior quantidade de artigos apresenta abordagem qualitativa. Os achados revelam que as linhas metodológicas adotadas pelos autores ainda se apresentam difusas. / This study aims to evaluate the methodological approach adopted in the articles published in The Brazilian Scientific Journals of Accounting. This investigation consists of a descriptive method supported on quantitative approaches and technical documental procedures. The analysis considers 292 articles published in national accounting journals in 2010, classified in the extracts B1 to B5 Qualis System- CAPES. The main study results allow to verify the using of the methodological approaches: quantitative, qualitative and qualitative/quantitative with the predominance from the first ones, which are adopted in nearly 90 percent of the articles published, observing the balance between both. In scientific journals B1 and B2 there is a predominance of articles in quantitative methodological approach, whereas B5 presents a large amount of qualitative one. The findings reveal that the methodological approach adopted by the authors are currently still diffuse.

Metódos analíticos de investigação são usualmente ineficazes para sistemas computacionais sociais já que apenas algumas iterações do sistema já são suficientes para que o sistema se torne imprevisível. Portanto, uma das principais questões na Computação Social é o desenvolvimento de modelos sociais passíveis de investigação. Assim é possível que se compreenda o relacionamento complexo entre os componentes de sistemas sociais computacionais e o resultado. Este aspectos incluem a modelagem, a estrutura de comunicação e características individuais do agentes envolvidos na resolução dos problemas. do processo social. Esta tese explora sistemas computacionais de resolução de problemas com foco em sistemas artificiais e heterogêneos. Nela é feita uma compilação extensiva da literatura relacionada em sistemas complexos onde as contribuições do candidato são expostas dentro de contextos específicos da área. Entre elas está o estudo de modelos abstratos e gerais de resolução social de problemas, a investigação do impacto da centralidade no resultado individual e coletivo, a análise experimental de modelos heterogêneos de resolução social de problemas. Quando integradas, estas contribuições reforçam o entendimento sobre a importância da rede e das estruturas de comunicação, a composição estratégica do sistema, a estrutura do problema e possíveis padrões gerais na resolução social de problemas. / This thesis reviews and investigates social problem-solving with a particular focus on artificial and heterogeneous systems. More specifically, we not only compile and comprehensively examine recent research results, but also discuss future directions in the study of such heterogeneous complex systems. Given their complex nature, such systems often defy analyses. Even computationally simple models can behave unpredictably after a few iterations. Therefore, one central issue in Social Computing is to devise models of social interaction that are amenable to investigation. This way, one can understand the complex relationships among the components and the outcome of the social process. This thesis surveys scientific inquiries concerned with fundamental aspects in social problemsolving systems and their impact in ability and performance of such systems. These aspects include modeling, communication structure and individual problem-solver traits. This thesis also reports the student endeavour during the period of research and summarizes several already published contributions. Among them there is (i) the study of general frameworks for the study of social problem-solving, (ii) the investigation of the role of centrality in individual and collective outcomes, and (iii) the exploration of heterogeneous models of social problem-solving. These three points, in an integrated perspective underpin the understanding of network and communication structures, adjust the strategic systems’ composition, and exploit problems’ structures and patterns in social problemsolving systems.

This thesis uses a model of honour to make sense of Paul's response to the situation in Galatians as he describes it in Galatians 6.12-15. We argue that the use of εὐpieροsigmaωpieέω at 6.12, and its close proximity to kappaalphaυχάομalphaι in the following verses, highlights that honour concern is present in this situation. We assess this by considering face, a term used by social theorists to describe the 'self as it appears to others', and facework, the strategies for maintaining and managing such - this is considered both as a social-scientific model and as a concept within ancient Mediterranean culture. This argument holds that Paul contradicts the opponents' seeking of 'good face' (εὐpieροsigmaωpieέω) as it is in direct contrast to what we term God's 'prosopagnosia' - pieρόsigmaωpieον [ὁ] θεὸς ἀνθρώpieου οὐ Gammaalphaμβάνει (2.6), and to his own position, which is to 'boast in the cross' (6.14). We read the idea of the boast in the cross as Paul's attempt to reconfigure honour within the Christian assemblies of Galatia, a reconfiguring that centralises Christ's disregard for common perceptions of honour, exemplified in his crucifixion. This approach then makes sense of Paul's autobiographical data as his own attempt to model Christ's 'prosopagnosia' and similarly reads the data in 5.13-6.10 as Paul's exhortation that the community live in this manner.

O principal objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar se o estágio de desenvolvimento científico da contabilidade permite afirmar que a área possui o status de ciência social. A hipótese avaliada foi que a área atende parcialmente as condições para ser uma ciência, o que sugere a tese de que a contabilidade é uma semiciência, o primeiro de três estágios de evolução científica de uma disciplina. O segundo e terceiro estágios são, respectivamente, ciência emergente e ciência madura. O estudo foi baseado na epistemologia realista da ciência. Para fundamentar a hipótese, a tese e a caracterização das condições necessárias para que uma área possua o status de ciência foi utilizado um quadro teórico com as seguintes variáveis: comunidade de pesquisa; suporte da sociedade; domínio do discurso; visão filosófica realista; conhecimento formal; conhecimento obtido de outras ciências; natureza cognitiva dos problemas de pesquisa; conhecimento acumulado; busca de leis e regularidades; e método científico. O desenvolvimento científico foi avaliado a partir da análise dos 299 artigos mais influentes da pesquisa contábil em âmbito internacional, em 42 anos, no período de 1968 a 2009, de acordo com o Social Science Citation Index - SSCI do banco de dados Web of Science do Institute for Scientific Information - ISI/Web of Knowledge. Como apoio na análise do conteúdo dos artigos foi utilizado o software de análise de dados NVIVO 9.2 da QSR International. Os resultados gerais obtidos na análise dos artigos indicaram que das 21 universidades com mais de 10 artigos, as 20 primeiras são dos Estados Unidos e a 21ª é da Inglaterra. Os autores mais influentes, sem considerar participação como coautor, são respectivamente, Ray BALL; Patrícia M. DECHOW; Jennifer FRANCIS; Mark L. DEFOND; e Mark LANG. Do total dos artigos, 142 foram pesquisas empíricas envolvendo testes de hipóteses; 16 avaliaram os métodos e objetivos das pesquisas; 94 desenvolveram e testaram novas hipóteses; 7 construíram quadros teóricos; 13 construíram modelos teóricos. As teorias que fundamentaram as pesquisas foram amplamente oriundas da economia. Também tiveram teorias da Psicologia; do Direito; da Sociologia e da Administração, entre outras. Foram identificadas 12 linhas e temas de pesquisa. Na avaliação das variáveis do referido quadro teórico constatou-se que as pesquisas contábeis não às atenderam totalmente, mas parcialmente. Tais evidências levaram a conclusão de que o status científico da contabilidade vai além de uma disciplina voltada apenas a objetivos tecnológicos em que as pesquisas servem para avaliar a eficácia de certos procedimentos ou meios para obterem-se determinados fins. Isso sugere que a área está evoluindo cientificamente rumo a uma ciência social, mas ainda em estágio semicientífico. Como pesquisas futuras sugerem-se, entre outras: a realização de pesquisas aprofundadas sobre a influência isolada de cada variável, antes referenciadas, na evolução ou na estagnação científica da contabilidade; e pesquisas sobre a influência de variáveis psicológicas, sociológicas e históricas no desenvolvimento científico da área. / The main objective of this study was to evaluate if the stage of accounting scientific development allows us to assert that the area has a social science status. The hypothesis evaluated was that the area partially attends the conditions to be a science, what suggests the thesis that accounting is a \"semiscience\", the first of three stages of a subject scientific evolution. The second and the third stages are, respectively emerging science and mature science. The study was based on realistic epistemology of science. To stablish the hypothesis, the thesis and the characterization of the necessary conditions to consider an area to have a science status, it was used a theoretical frame with the following variables: research community, social support, discourse dominion, realistic philosophical view, formal knowledge, knowledge obtained from other sciences, cognitive nature of research problems, accumulated knowledge, search for laws and regularities, and scientific method. The scientific development was evaluated from the analysis of the 229 most influent international accounting research articles in 42 years, in the period of 1968 to 2009, according to the Social Science Citation Index - SSCI Web of Science do Institute for Scientific Information - ISI/Web of Knowledge database. As a support to the analysis of the articles content NVIVO 9.2 da QSR International data analysis software was used. The general results indicate that 20 out of the 21 universities which have more than 10 articles are from the Unites States, and the 21st is from England. The most influent authors, excluding the participation as co-author, are respectively, Ray BALL; Patrícia M. DECHOW; Jennifer FRANCIS; Mark L. DEFOND; and Mark LANG. From all the articles investigated, 142 were empirical research involving hypothesis tests; 16 evaluated the methods and objectives of the researches; 94 developed and tested new hypothesis; 7 constructed theoretical frames; 13 constructed theoretical models. The theories which grounded the researches came from economy. There had also been theories from Psychology, Law, Sociology and Administration, among others. Twelve (12) research lines and themes had been identified. The evaluation of the variables from the theoretical frame, it was noted that accounting research do not fully attend them, but only partially. These evidences drove to the conclusion that accounting scientific stage goes beyond a discipline that deals with technological objectives in which the research is used to evaluate the efficiency of certain proceedings or ways to obtain certain ends. It suggests that the area is still in scientific development towards a social science, but in a \"semiscientific\" stage yet. As future research, we suggest, among others: the deep investigations about the isolated influence of each variable; and investigations on the influence of psychological, sociological and historical variables on the area\'s scientific development.

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Volumes I and II, combines cases, decisions, and authorial commentary to maximize your learning and understanding in this course. These comprehensive volumes cover the entire range of topics in constitutional law. Volume I examines the institutional aspects of constitutional law; Volume II deals with civil rights and liberties. Each of the chapters includes an introductory essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural context of Supreme Court jurisprudence in a particular area of constitutional interpretation. Each chapter also contains several boxed features (labeled "Case in Point" and "Sidebar") to provide additional perspective and context for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court cases that follow. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation, as well as many landmark decisions, some of which retain importance as precedents while others illustrate the transient nature of constitutional interpretation. Because the book provides a good balance of decisions and authorial commentary, this text appeals to instructors of law as well as instructors of political science. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1021/thumbnail.jpg

Book Summary: Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business and organizational communication, mass communication, media studies, narrative, rhetoric, gender studies, autoethnography, popular culture studies, and journalism. The contributors tackle such topics as music, broadcast and Netflix television shows, movies, the Internet, video games, and more, as they connect popular culture to personal concerns as well as larger political and societal issues. The variety of approaches in these chapters are simultaneously situated in the present while building a foundation for the future, as contributors explore new and emerging ways to approach popular culture. From case studies to emerging theories, the contributors examine how popular culture, media, and communication influence our everyday lives.

Thesis (M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2017 / This study aimed at exploring the experiences of Social Sciences teachers in secondary schools with regard to the implementation of the evolving curriculum policies in schools. In order for the study to be successful, a comprehensive literature review was done, and not only teachers, but also Curriculum advisors and circuit managers were selected and interviewed for the researcher to gain insight of the daily experiences in schools as they work with teachers on daily basis. The interviewees were from the Capricorn District in Mankweng circuit. The researcher used data collection instruments in a form of questerviews and individual interviews. The instruments were guided by the objectives of the study. The sampling was made in this cluster taking into cognisance its vastness, since it consists of 5 circuits which are Mankweng Circuit, Kgakotlou Circuit, Mamabolo Circuit, Lebopo Circuit and Dimamo Circuit. The total number of schools in all the circuits is 62. The study focused on the chosen high schools which comprised 2 schools per circuit and a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 teachers per school were interviewed. One circuit manager and curriculum advisor were also interviewed in the study. The study’s findings revealed that there is a lack of thorough training. This is in spite of the fact that the department hosts a series of briefings which do not seem to achieve the expected outcomes due to the limited time allocated. In the view of teachers, training serves as a cornerstone for the implementation of the curriculum policies. Findings also showed that teachers were overloaded due to low enrolment as many children prefer schools with a good infrastructure which many rural schools lack. Poor enrolment results in limited teachers who are overloaded as they end up having to teach many subjects. Since teachers are partners in education, the study made recommendations that teachers be given enough training to overcome implementation challenges. Teachers should also further their studies in order to improve their knowledge regarding curriculum changes. The universities should also serve as partners in empowering teachers with policy developments. Lastly, teachers should be assessed more often on curriculum policies to avoid the incorrect implementation of policies