Thesis (Masters) -- The College of Saint Elizabeth, 2010. / Typescript. Available at The College of Saint Elizabeth - Office of Graduate Programs. "March 2010"

Thesis (M. Ed. (Education))--Rhodes University, 2006. / In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters in Education (Educational Leadership Management).

Esta tese relata a pesquisa em Geografia Humana pela Universidade de São Paulo, realizada a partir do envolvimento com educação escolar do Povo Xakriabá no norte de Minas Gerais. Esse povo vive em duas Terras Indígenas localizadas entre os municípios de Itacarambi e São João das Missões. O tema a ser pesquisado consistiu na importância da educação escolar indígena para manutenção, transformação e conquista do território. Para tanto busquei compreender as relações entre as unidades escolares e as transformações do território de convivência. De este modo entender as ações de espacialização e territorialização dessa etnia corroborou para compreender como resistem a globalização a partir da força do lugar em que vivem. Estudei através de observação participante, entrevistas e oficinas de audiovisuais e diálogos. As perguntas geradoras dessa reflexão foram: Quanto a Questão Indígena indicamos conceitos relacionados ao ensino de Geografia Agrária e controvérsias teóricas - metodológicas referentes ao tema. Um panorama e os limites no entendimento das ações do movimento indígena, entendido enquanto movimento socioterritorial. / This thesis presents the results of a research developed in the Geographs Department of the University of São Paulo related to the Post Graduation Program of Human Geograph. It was origined by the involvement with the schools education of Xakriabá People of the North of Minas Gerais. These people live in two Indigenous Lands situated between Itacarambi and São João das Missões towns. The researched theme was the importance of Indigenous schools education to the maintenance, transformation and conquest of the territory. With this intention, I wanted to understand the relations between schools unities and the territorys transformations where the indigenous cohabit. To this purpose, understand the acts of spatialization and territorialization of this ethnical group corroborated to understand how it resists to the globalization with the power of the place where these people live. I studied, using the active observation, interviews and workshops of videos and dialogues. Then refletion was grounded in the quest of the comprehension of the Indigenous Question related to the conceptions of the teaching of Agrarian Geograph and the theoretic and methodologic controversies linked to the theme. I indicated the possibilities and the limits of conceptions and actions of the indigenous schools movement in the social and territorial contest.

In the opening decades of the 21st Century, a movement towards parental choice in public schools has taken flight. One of the choices becoming more readily available to parents of young children is charter schools. Charter schools are expanding across the United States and Central Florida is representative of this growth. Parents are faced with more choices as they make decisions on their children's educational future than ever before making the availability of quality, accurate information about local schools paramount. While scholarly work on charter schools, the effects of media coverage on public opinion, and how parents make choices for their children exists, in many cases the research offers inconclusive results and rarely was there an attempt to connect all three. This paper, written from a parent's perspective, analyzes research, newspaper articles, interviews, and surveys of Central Florida's media outlets, public school representatives, and parents of young children to determine the types of information on charter schools available to parents of young children in Central Florida. The purpose of this thesis will be to investigate the information available to parents when considering a charter school for their young children by comparing the stated opinions of the local media, district school boards, and the charters themselves. It also identifies who is responsible for disseminating this information, and how the parents choose to gather and use this information.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003. / A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. / Bibliography: leaves 299-308.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Iowa, 2000. / Supervisor: Scott R. Eliason. Also issued in paper (viii, 114 leaves, bound ; 28 cm.). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued on CD-ROM (43 files, 421 kilobytes).

The topic of this master thesis is focused on the analysis of NGOs in the field of education in the Central Bohemia Region. The thesis points out relationship and development of the private, public and non-profit sector in education. The goal is to capture the development of NGOs active in the field of education in the Central Bohemia Region, to identify their status, analyse the effectiveness of their activities and compare the current non-profit organization with a historic non-profit organization. The first part focuses on the historical development of NGOs in the field of education from 17. century. More specifically, it monitors development and changes in their institutional arrangements, legal environment and financing. Particularly is monitored Piarist college in Slany. Within the second part of work the current state of NGOs in the field of education in the Central Bohemia Region is analysed. It focuses on church schools and publicly beneficial organizations. This analysis is related to the performance of non-profit organizations, economic results and their justification in education. The last part compares historical non-profit organization with current ones.

Seeking to fill a gap in the historiography, this study provides a closely-observed but contextualised social history of Scotland’s rural schools from the late nineteenth century through to the end of the twentieth century. Though particularly concerned with the period following the Education (Scotland) Act, 1872, consideration is given to earlier developments to ensure a depth of understanding and an appreciation of the subtleties of local experience. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, and combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the thesis draws together three layers of research: a detailed regional case study of the Highland Perthshire parishes of Fortingall, Kenmore and Killin; a quasi-random sample of sixty-six rural districts from across Scotland; and a national overview. In doing so, it challenges oft-made generalisations about rural life and provides a more nuanced picture of change and continuity in educational policy and practice across Scotland. Focusing in on the relationship between the small rural schools and their communities, the social dimensions of educational provision are explored in depth with special attention being paid to who taught, attended and supported the schools, and how they operated as educational and social spaces. To frame and guide discussion, three core themes – gender, culture and citizenship – are explored throughout and elements of social theory are drawn on to aid analysis and interpretation.

The master thesis deals with the issue of the Global Development Education. It is focused closer on the description of the implementation methods of this topic into the Czech education system. Global Development Education is not mentioned directly in the Framework Education Programmes of the Czech Republic. Nevertheless the Framework Education Programmes contain it. Global Development Education goes across the Cross-curricular Topics. However that could be the reason why the schools don't pay to it as much attention as it deserves. This thesis describes the ways of implementation of the Global Development Education into the Czech education system and into the teaching in the Czech schools. This work is divided into two parts. The first part is theoretical and it tries to briefly outline the theoretical background, beginnings of the Global Development Education in the Czech surroundings, curriculum and strategic documents that deals with the issue of the Global Development Education. In the first part there are also mentioned the possibilities how to integrate this topic into the school education programs and into the teaching as well. The second part of this work is based on the empirical research among five Czech schools. It is built on the qualitative analysis of the school education programs...