This diploma thesis draws attention to the issue of communication between school and family and tries to not only teach the communication, but also to find the state of communication between family and school at a particular workplace. The aim of the theoretical part was to clarify the concept of education with an emphasis on educational activities at school. It stands that the family, as an indispensable part, is crucial in communication relation to the pupil. The current school concept is discussed and the key competencies related to communication are mentioned.A special chapter is devoted to the pupil and the specifics of his personality during adolescence. Furthermore, in the theoretical part, a special chapter is dedicated to the teacher as one of the important partners in the communication between the school and the family. The last chapter of the theoretical part is dedicated to communication. In the practical part of the diploma thesis, we find out what is the opinion about the communication in the given school, the pupils side as well as the family's side. There were assumptions made about the state and needs of communication between the school and the family. This was determined by the method of quantitative exploration. In conclusion, the results are evaluated.

In my thesis, The Life of a Handicapped Person, I tried to chart what influences the future of such person and how problems trouble him in life. In the first chapters I defined and separated the types of disabilities, their different impact and problems in diagnosis. The central part of the work is the chapter on systems that influence the life of a disabled person. These systems are mostly influenced by the family because, by accepting the child, the parent, as well as the selected type of upbringing, affects the future of the person and likewise the disabled child has a vital influence on the family. Also included is a chapter on health care, social services and education. The quality of life of a disabled person is also influenced by friends, hence a social process, and partnerships, and equally important is the person's professional role. The fourth chapter relates to research which was carried out by a questionnaire on a group of 46 people with physical disabilities. On the basis of the answers, I verified the validity of the six pre-defined hypotheses.

This diploma thesis deals with the forms of cooperation between parents and school in the school programme Step by Step. The theoretical part looks into the family and school as educational institutions, their definitions and history as well as modern trends in this field. The forms of cooperation in the programme Step by Step and the standards are specified. The empiric part presents an action research on the self-evaluation of the cooperation of the parents and the author of the thesis. The self- evaluation is based on the standards of Step by Step. The author documents the indicators of the quality of the teacher's work in this field on examples from her personal experience which is reflected on the basis of feedback from other teachers and questionnaires filled in by the parents.

This diploma thesis was focused on the influence of family on the school success of lower secondary students. Theoretical part of the thesis was created on the base of compilation and comparison of literature. The experimental part was made by qualitative research. The aim of this part was to explore more deeply the influence of divorce on school success of lower secondary students especially at the subjects English and Civics. The research was realized by semi-structured interview. The answers were analysed and then compared with the theory in the theoretical part. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Muitos foram são os fatores que justificaram a realização desta pesquisa sobre a relação professor-escola-família na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos de idade, dentre eles, as constantes mudanças históricas, sociais, econômicas e culturais vivenciadas pelas duas instituições (escola e família) na atualidade. Quanto aos objetivos este trabalho de pesquisa teve como objetivo geral: pesquisar sobre a relação professor-escola-família na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos na instituição de ensino. Já, os objetivos específicos buscaram: investigar como os professores, as famílias e a equipe técnica (direção e coordenação) concebem a relação entre si; e verificar quais são as estratégias utilizadas pela escola a fim de viabilizar a participação das famílias e dos professores na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos. O estudo em questão trata-se de uma pesquisa etnográfica, do tipo estudo de casos, que realizou-se em duas escolas, uma pública e uma privada, localizadas na região central da cidade de Londrina, Paraná. Nessas escolas, foram selecionados dois grupos de crianças, na faixa etária de 4 a 6 anos de idade, suas respectivas famílias e professores, bem como, a direção e coordenação de cada instituição, sendo um grupo da educação infantil e outro do primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos. Quanto à metodologia, a mesma caracteriza-se como quanti-qualitativa, pois, ao se reportar aos dados obtidos por meio de questionários, por exemplo, é conveniente e ético quantificar o levantamento da opinião dos participantes da pesquisa sobre um determinado assunto. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: a) pesquisa documental; b) sessões de observação; c) diários de campo; d) aplicação de questionário aos pais e/ou responsáveis, à direção, à coordenação pedagógica e aos professores dos grupos pesquisados. Quanto à organização do trabalho, o mesmo está disposto em quatro capítulos: 1) Diferentes constituições familiares; 2) A relação escola-família na educação infantil e no primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos; 3) Encaminhamento metodológico; 4) As crianças e os adultos na instituição de ensino: construindo relações: apresentação e discussão dos dados. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram a importância de estudos e discussões sobre a diversidade de arranjos familiares no âmbito escolar; do contato direto dos professores e da equipe técnica (direção e coordenação) com as famílias; da utilização de diferentes instrumentos de comunicação e de diferentes estratégias no trabalho com as famílias; que as lições de casa favorecem a aproximação entre as duas instituições (escola-família); a existência de encontros e desencontros de ideias entre os professores, a escola e as famílias, o que é natural e saudável nas relações humanas, entretanto, uma das escolas mostrou-se mais resistente que as famílias em lidar com tal situação. Evidenciou-se também em um dos casos a baixa, e no outro, a ausência da participação das famílias na elaboração da proposta pedagógica contrapondo-se ao esperado pelas instituições de ensino. Por fim, acredita-se que a temática desta pesquisa poderá trazer contribuições significativas para a educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos, nas escolas de educação infantil e nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental. / Nowadays, many factors justified the work of this research about the relationship among teacher, school and family in the child education with four till six years old and among these factors with the many historical, social, economic and cultural changes, living between the two institutions: school and family. This work of researching had as general objective the relationship among teacher, school and family in child education with four till six years old in the pedagogic institution. The specific objectives look for to investigate how the teachers, the families and the technical pedagogic team (director and coordinator) imagine the relationship among themselves and to check what are the strategies used by the school to check the participation of the families and the teachers in the process of children education with four till six years old. The study in question is based ethnographic research, like a case study, that was realized in two schools, public and private, situated in the central region of Londrina, Paraná. In these schools, were selected two children groups, with four till six years old, theirs respective families and teachers, as so well the director and pedagogic coordinator of each pedagogic institution, been one group from childish education and the other coming from the first year of the basic education of nine years. About the methodology, it makes itself up like quantitative-qualitative form, so, when it reports the conditions obtained from the questionnaires, for example, is convenient and ethical to quantify the result participant opinion of the research about one of the specific subject. The instruments used were: a) documental research; b) observation sections; c) field daybooks; d) application of questionnaires to the parents or responsible for them, to the school director, to the pedagogic coordinator and to the teachers which works in the researched group. About the work organization, it was made in four chapters: 1) Different familiar shapes; 2) The relationship between school and family in the childish education and in the first grade from the basic education with nine years; 3) Methodological guide; 4) The children and the adults in the educational institution building relationships: presentation and discussing of the conditions obtained. The research results showed the importance of studies and discussing about the diversity of familiar arranges in the school; the direct contact of the teachers and the technical team (director and coordinator) with the families; the using of different instruments in communication and the different strategies of the work with the families. It showed that the homework propitiates the contact between both institution (school and family) and so the existence of meeting and discordance of ideas among the teachers, the school and the families is natural and healthful in human relationships. Otherwise, one of the schools showed itself hardy to deal with this situation. It also showed in one of the cases the low relationship, and in the other school, the absence of the familiar participation in the pedagogic proposition set over against to the educational institution wished. At the end, it believes itself that the research theme will make expressive contributions to the child education with four till six years old, in childish education schools and in the initial grades of the basic schooling.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:56:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Priscila Lambach Ferreira da Costa.pdf: 1337763 bytes, checksum: fab2c985ec1fc87b4f1676e037283192 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research aimed to understand how people experience the condition of being left-handed, trying to identify the characteristics of manifestation of laterality, understand the relationship of the person with his family, school and work concerning this condition. Thus, it was possible to locate the difficulties faced by this group, the facilities and advantages of being left-handed, discussing the significance of this difference, and the myths and prejudices faced throughout their lives. A theoretical study was conducted to clarify the concept of handedness what causes a person to be left-handed or right-handed, left-handed throughout history and conceptions about this condition. We worked with non-directive interviews, focusing on the life stories in the pursuit of understanding the constitution of the person, as proposed by Ciampa. Five women between 23 and 82 years old, represented different generations, which allowed us to identify changes in how school and society realized and acted in relation to the left-handed. The data demonstrate varied experiences, with cases of repression of handedness by family and school, and others in which there was no objection. Difficulties remained in the material aspect, such as using scissors and desks, for example. Common form, found that this difference reaches a minority group, even if it involves some difficulties, is not a negative experience. We found that the left-handed accepts and is pleased with his condition, he feels that belongs to a group in which people recognize and value, and although throughout history left-handedness has been considered something allied to evil and negative, today there is a new look. The left-handed like to be different, to stand out among the rest / Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo compreender como as pessoas vivenciam a condição de serem canhotas, buscando identificar as características de manifestação da lateralidade, além de compreender a relação do sujeito com sua família, escola e trabalho frente a essa condição. Dessa forma, foi possível localizar as dificuldades enfrentadas por esse grupo, as facilidades e vantagens de ser canhoto, discutindo o significado dessa diferença, e os mitos e preconceitos enfrentados ao longo de suas vidas. Foi realizado um estudo teórico para esclarecer o conceito de lateralidade, o que leva uma pessoa a ser canhota ou destra, o canhoto ao longo da história e concepções sobre essa condição. Foram realizadas entrevistas não diretivas, com foco nas histórias de vida, em busca da compreensão da constituição do sujeito, tal como proposto por Ciampa. Foram entrevistadas cinco mulheres entre 23 e 82 anos, representantes de diferentes gerações, o que permitiu identificar mudanças na maneira como a escola e a sociedade perceberam e agiram em relação ao sujeito canhoto. Os dados demonstram experiências variadas, havendo casos de repressão da lateralidade pela família e pela escola, e outros em que não houve objeção. As dificuldades se mantiveram no aspecto material, como o uso de tesouras e carteiras escolares, por exemplo. De forma comum, constatamos que essa diferença que atinge um grupo minoritário, ainda que implique algumas dificuldades, não é vivenciada negativamente. Verificamos que o canhoto aceita e se compraz com sua condição, sente-se pertencente a um grupo em que as pessoas se reconhecem e se valorizam e, apesar de ao longo da história o canhotismo ter sido considerado algo aliado ao mal e ao negativo, hoje há uma nova postura. O canhoto gosta de ser diferente, de se destacar entre os demais

This diploma thesis deals with cooperation between family and school. The aim of the theoretical part is to analyse the primary foreign sources of the programme Step by Step in the domain of the cooperation between family and school, especially the programme HEAD START. Next aim is to compare the methods and forms of cooperation in the United States of America and the Czech Republic, especially in one elementary school. The practical part presents action research which is focused on the reflection of my own work experience. It describes and evaluates the cooperation between family and the school where the author of this diploma thesis works - the evaluation is based on the tool "Competent Educators of the 21st Century: ISSA's Definition of Quality Pedagogy". KEY WORDS: school, parents, family, cooperation, communication, standards, Step by Step, HEAD START.

Muitos foram são os fatores que justificaram a realização desta pesquisa sobre a relação professor-escola-família na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos de idade, dentre eles, as constantes mudanças históricas, sociais, econômicas e culturais vivenciadas pelas duas instituições (escola e família) na atualidade. Quanto aos objetivos este trabalho de pesquisa teve como objetivo geral: pesquisar sobre a relação professor-escola-família na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos na instituição de ensino. Já, os objetivos específicos buscaram: investigar como os professores, as famílias e a equipe técnica (direção e coordenação) concebem a relação entre si; e verificar quais são as estratégias utilizadas pela escola a fim de viabilizar a participação das famílias e dos professores na educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos. O estudo em questão trata-se de uma pesquisa etnográfica, do tipo estudo de casos, que realizou-se em duas escolas, uma pública e uma privada, localizadas na região central da cidade de Londrina, Paraná. Nessas escolas, foram selecionados dois grupos de crianças, na faixa etária de 4 a 6 anos de idade, suas respectivas famílias e professores, bem como, a direção e coordenação de cada instituição, sendo um grupo da educação infantil e outro do primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos. Quanto à metodologia, a mesma caracteriza-se como quanti-qualitativa, pois, ao se reportar aos dados obtidos por meio de questionários, por exemplo, é conveniente e ético quantificar o levantamento da opinião dos participantes da pesquisa sobre um determinado assunto. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: a) pesquisa documental; b) sessões de observação; c) diários de campo; d) aplicação de questionário aos pais e/ou responsáveis, à direção, à coordenação pedagógica e aos professores dos grupos pesquisados. Quanto à organização do trabalho, o mesmo está disposto em quatro capítulos: 1) Diferentes constituições familiares; 2) A relação escola-família na educação infantil e no primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos; 3) Encaminhamento metodológico; 4) As crianças e os adultos na instituição de ensino: construindo relações: apresentação e discussão dos dados. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram a importância de estudos e discussões sobre a diversidade de arranjos familiares no âmbito escolar; do contato direto dos professores e da equipe técnica (direção e coordenação) com as famílias; da utilização de diferentes instrumentos de comunicação e de diferentes estratégias no trabalho com as famílias; que as lições de casa favorecem a aproximação entre as duas instituições (escola-família); a existência de encontros e desencontros de ideias entre os professores, a escola e as famílias, o que é natural e saudável nas relações humanas, entretanto, uma das escolas mostrou-se mais resistente que as famílias em lidar com tal situação. Evidenciou-se também em um dos casos a baixa, e no outro, a ausência da participação das famílias na elaboração da proposta pedagógica contrapondo-se ao esperado pelas instituições de ensino. Por fim, acredita-se que a temática desta pesquisa poderá trazer contribuições significativas para a educação da criança de 4 a 6 anos, nas escolas de educação infantil e nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental. / Nowadays, many factors justified the work of this research about the relationship among teacher, school and family in the child education with four till six years old and among these factors with the many historical, social, economic and cultural changes, living between the two institutions: school and family. This work of researching had as general objective the relationship among teacher, school and family in child education with four till six years old in the pedagogic institution. The specific objectives look for to investigate how the teachers, the families and the technical pedagogic team (director and coordinator) imagine the relationship among themselves and to check what are the strategies used by the school to check the participation of the families and the teachers in the process of children education with four till six years old. The study in question is based ethnographic research, like a case study, that was realized in two schools, public and private, situated in the central region of Londrina, Paraná. In these schools, were selected two children groups, with four till six years old, theirs respective families and teachers, as so well the director and pedagogic coordinator of each pedagogic institution, been one group from childish education and the other coming from the first year of the basic education of nine years. About the methodology, it makes itself up like quantitative-qualitative form, so, when it reports the conditions obtained from the questionnaires, for example, is convenient and ethical to quantify the result participant opinion of the research about one of the specific subject. The instruments used were: a) documental research; b) observation sections; c) field daybooks; d) application of questionnaires to the parents or responsible for them, to the school director, to the pedagogic coordinator and to the teachers which works in the researched group. About the work organization, it was made in four chapters: 1) Different familiar shapes; 2) The relationship between school and family in the childish education and in the first grade from the basic education with nine years; 3) Methodological guide; 4) The children and the adults in the educational institution building relationships: presentation and discussing of the conditions obtained. The research results showed the importance of studies and discussing about the diversity of familiar arranges in the school; the direct contact of the teachers and the technical team (director and coordinator) with the families; the using of different instruments in communication and the different strategies of the work with the families. It showed that the homework propitiates the contact between both institution (school and family) and so the existence of meeting and discordance of ideas among the teachers, the school and the families is natural and healthful in human relationships. Otherwise, one of the schools showed itself hardy to deal with this situation. It also showed in one of the cases the low relationship, and in the other school, the absence of the familiar participation in the pedagogic proposition set over against to the educational institution wished. At the end, it believes itself that the research theme will make expressive contributions to the child education with four till six years old, in childish education schools and in the initial grades of the basic schooling.

The submitted thesis is focused on the research of multi-factor conditioned fenomenon of school success and the influences which can affect it and are arising from the family surrounding. The knowledges about the school success and also the academic self-efficacy of a pupil are worked out in the theoretical part of the thesis. The next part belongs to the separated areas of the family effects that influence the school success of the pupil - for example : the parents education level, leisure activities of parents and children, helping with the homeworks and the ways of education within the family. The empiric part is represented by the quantitative research, where the relationship among the chosen factors of family effects and the individual elements of school success are verified throughout the research set of pupils attending the primary school (lower secondary education). The relationship between the academic self-efficacy and the school results of the pupil are being identified in here as well. Keywords: the school success, academic self-efficacy, family influences, way of family education

AFRIKAANS: In hierdie studie is daar primêr vasgestel op watter wyse die skool 'n bydrae kan lewer om gesinslewe in Suid-Afrika te bevorder. Tegnologiese, industriële en ekonomiese ontwikkeling het daartoe gelei dat ouers dikwels nie hulle opvoedingsverant-woordelikheid na behore nakom nie, sodat die skool in 'n toenemende mate ook opvoedingstake soos vredes-, verkeersveiligheids-, geslags- en gesinsopvoeding moet oomeem. Die belangrike rol van die skool as 'n instansie wat in diens van die gemeenskap bestaan en wat ook as aanvullende ouer vir die kind moet dien, het baie duidelik in die studie na vore gekom. Die feit dat die skool daarom ook die gesinsproblematiek in die samelewing behoort aan te spreek, het, tesame met die feit dat die Interim Kernsillabus vir Voorligting emstige tekorte toon en onvoldoende leiding aan die opvoeder gee, aanleiding gegee tot die primêre navorsingsvraag: Hoe moet 'n Gesinsopvoedingsprogram vir leerders daaruit sien om hulle voor te berei vir verryking van hulle huidige asook hulle toekomstige persoonlike en gesinslewe? In Hoofstuk 2 is daar deur 'n situasie-analise 'n studie gemaak van die eietydse gesinsproblematiek. Die kwesbaarheid van die moderne gesin het 'n sterk kontras gevorm met die hegte pre-industriële gesin. Die wyse waarop maatskaplike druk en tegnologiese vooruitgang bygedra het tot die ontaarding van en funksieverskuiwing in die eietydse gesinslewe, het bygedra tot groter begrip vir die disfunksionering van die gesin van die een-en-twintigste eeu. Deur 'n studie van die manifestasies van bovermelde disfunksionering in die gesin is gesinspatologieë geïdentifiseer. In Hoofstuk 3 is Gesinsopvoeding vanuit internasionale perspektief bestudeer. Uit die studie het dit duidelik geword dat Gesinsopvoedingsprogramme in die buiteland ook daarop gemik is om sowel die persoonlike as die gesinslewe van die kind te bevorder. Die Histories-Opvoedkundige studie van Gesinsopvoeding in Suid-Afrika, word in Hoofstuk 4 beskryf. Die Interim Kernsillabus vir Voorligting van die Departement van Onderwys is ook bestudeer en tekorte en gebreke is geïdentifiseer. Een van die opvallendste gebreke in die vroeë sillabusse vir Gesinsopvoeding op Nasionale vlak, is die miskenning van die multikulturele behoeftes van die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing. Die ontwerp van 'n leerprogram vir Gesinsopvoeding in skole is in Hoofstuk 5 gedoen. Gesinsopvoeding is op wetenskaplike wyse en ooreenkomstig pedagogiese grondstrukture, gefundeer. Die mees resente Onderwyswetgewing en beleidsdokument wat betrekking kan hê op die kurrikulering van 'n leerprogram vir Gesinsopvoeding is in ag geneem en 'n uitgebreide studie van Uitkomsgebaseerde Onderwys en riglyne vir opvoeders is verskaf aan die hand waarvan leergeleenthede ooreenkomstig die Uitkomsgebaseerde Onderrigbenadering en die behoeftes van elke besondere klasgroep beplan kan word. 'n Leerprogram vir die Grondslagfase, Intermediêre Fase, Senior Fase en Verdere Onderwys en Opleidingsband is ontwerp. Die onderskeie temas is verbesonder met die oog op die vervulling van die Kritieke Uitkomstes en Spesifieke Uitkomstes. Die Gesinsopvoedingsprogram is ontwerp om aan die eise en behoeftes van die gemeenskap, soos in die situasie-analise geopenbaar, asook aan die vereistes wat deur onderwysowerhede gestel word, byvoorbeeld die eis van Uitkomsgebaseerde Onderwys te voldoen. Die totale ontwerp is uitgevoer ooreenkomstig wetenskaplike vereistes soos daargestel deur 'n verantwoordelike kurrikuleringsproses. ENGLISH: This study primarily aimed to determine how the school could contribute towards promoting family life in South Africa. Technological, industrial and economic development led to parents often not fulfilling their responsibility to bring up their children adequately. This resulted in the school progressively taking over upbringing tasks such as teaching traffic safety, peace, sex education and family education. The important role of the school as an institution serving society and its complementary parental role emerged very clearly in this study. The fact that the school should address family problems in society, together with serious shortcomings and inadequate guidance to the educator in the Interim Core Syllabus for Guidance, gave rise to the formulation of the primary research problem: What should a Family Education Programme for learners be like in order to prepare them for the enrichment of their present and their future personal and family life? Chapter 2 presented a study of contemporary family problems by way of a situation analysis. The vulnerability of the family formed a sharp contrast with the close pre¬industrial family. The way in which social pressure and economic development contributed to the degeneration and shift in function of contemporary family life, contributed to greater understanding of the disfunctioning of the family in the twentieth century. Through a study of the manifestations of the above-mentioned disfunctionings in the family, family pathologies were identified. In Chapter 3 Family Education was studied from international perspective. It became apparent that Family Education Programmes abroad were aimed at promoting both the personal and the family life of the child. In Chapter 4 the historical educational study of Family Education in South Africa was described. The Interim Core Syllabus for Guidance of the Department of Education was also studied and shortcomings and flaws were identified. One of the most conspicuous flaws in the earlier syllabuses for Family Education on national level was the disregard for multicultural needs of the South African society. In Chapter 5 a learning programme for Family Education in schools was developed. It was based on scientific principles and founded according to pedagogic ground structures. The most recent legislation concerning education and policy documents regarding the curriculation of a learning programme for Family Education were taken into account and an extended study of Outcomes-Based Education was undertaken and applied to Family Education. Examples and guidelines for educators were provided according to which learning opportunities in accordance with Outcomes-Based Education and the needs of every particular class group may be planned. Learning programmes were designed for the Foundation, Intermediate, Senior Phases and the Further Education and Training Band. Different themes were specified with a view to meeting the Critical and the Specific Outcomes. The Family Education Programme was designed to fulfill the demands and needs of society as revealed in the situation analysis as well as the demands made by education authorities, for example, the demand for Outcomes-Based Education. The entire design was executed according to the demands made by a responsible curriculum process. / Thesis (PhD (Educational Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Curriculum Studies / Unrestricted