MACIEL, Antônia Kátia Soares. Atitudes da comunidade acadêmica da Universidade Federal do Ceará em relação à inclusão de alunos com deficiência. 2014. 132f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-12-02T14:57:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_aksmaciel.pdf: 1292941 bytes, checksum: 8c86c302f88f754c101f5c240e326eaf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-12-08T18:27:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_aksmaciel.pdf: 1292941 bytes, checksum: 8c86c302f88f754c101f5c240e326eaf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-08T18:27:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_aksmaciel.pdf: 1292941 bytes, checksum: 8c86c302f88f754c101f5c240e326eaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / This paper addresses the inclusion of students with disabilities in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), taking as its object of study the social attitudes of teachers, students and employees of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The overall objective of the research is to investigate the social attitudes of the academic community of UFC regarding the inclusion of students with disabilities and specific objectives are: to verify how the social atitudes in the academic comunity of UFC are presented and to observe the differences these social attitudes among the courses surveyed. The research is quantitative and qualitative nature and use as an instrument of data collection Lickert Scale of Social Attitudes Toward Inclusion (ELASI) in the form A. The study included students, faculty and staff of the UFC, a total of 322 respondents the ELASI, divided between seven courses of Campi Fortress UFC, considering the presence of students with disabilities and the different areas of knowledge of each course. 5 undergraduate courses were selected for the research - Bachelor of Physical Education; Environmental Sciences (both courses have no students with disabilities enrolled); Letters-Portuguese Literature (with two students with disabilities: one with physical disabilities and other with deafness); Librarianship (with a student with multiple disabilities - low vision and disability / wheelchair user); and Computation (with 5 students with disabilities, low vision with 3 and 2 with disabilities) - 2 courses and Postgraduate: Masters in Psychology (with a student with blindness) and MSc in Chemistry (with a student with physical disabilities) . The results show that most of the courses studied had more favorable social attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities. However, no significant difference between the course of Computer comparing the following courses: Bachelor of Physical Education; Letters-Portuguese Literature; Masters Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Chemistry. It is noticed that the social attitudes of the respondents of the course Computer are less favorable compared to these courses mentioned, ie, the presence of students with disabilities in the course of Computer did not influence the participants more positive attitudes, as well as the area of knowledge this seems to favor more positive social attitudes, it is a course in the exact sciences and there is discussion about accessibility and inclusion of students with disabilities. Other differences were constadas between courses of Environmental Sciences and Master in Psychology, being the second most favorable social attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities and the comparison between the courses of Librarianship and Master in Psychology, in which attitudes social respondents of the Master in Psychology are more inclusive. However, it is considered that the social attitudes of the academic community of the UFC in general are more favorable toward inclusion, but in some courses surveyed there is a need for change more positive attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities. / Este trabalho aborda a inclusão de alunos com deficiência em Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), tomando por objeto de estudo as atitudes sociais de professores, estudantes e funcionários da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). O objetivo geral da pesquisa é investigar as atitudes sociais da comunidade acadêmica da UFC em relação à inclusão de alunos com deficiência e os objetivos específicos são: verificar como se apresentam as atitudes sociais da comunidade acadêmica da UFC e verificar se há diferença dessas atitudes sociais entre os cursos pesquisados. A pesquisa é de cunho quanti-qualitativo e utilizamos como instrumento de coleta de dados a Escala Lickert de Atitudes Sociais em Relação à Inclusão (ELASI) na forma A. Participaram deste estudo alunos, professores e funcionários da UFC, no total de 322 respondentes da ELASI A, divididos entre sete cursos dos Campi de Fortaleza da UFC, considerando a presença de alunos com deficiência e as diferentes áreas do conhecimento de cada curso. Foram selecionados 5 cursos de graduação para a realização da pesquisa – Licenciatura em Educação Física; Ciências Ambientais (ambos os cursos não possuem alunos com deficiência regularmente matriculados); Letras Português-Literatura (com 2 alunos com deficiência: uma com deficiência física e outro com surdez); Biblioteconomia (com um aluno com deficiência múltipla – baixa visão e deficiência física/usuário de cadeira de rodas); e Computação (com 5 alunos com deficiência, 3 com baixa visão e 2 com deficiência física) – e 2 cursos de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Psicologia (com uma aluna com cegueira) e Mestrado em Química (com um aluno com deficiência física). Os resultados apontam que a maioria dos cursos pesquisados apresenta atitudes sociais mais favoráveis em relação à inclusão de alunos com deficiência. No entanto, há diferença significativa entre o curso de Computação comparando aos seguintes cursos: Licenciatura em Educação Física; Letras Português-Literatura; Mestrado em Psicologia e Mestrado em Química. Percebe-se que as atitudes sociais dos respondentes do curso de Computação são menos favoráveis quando comparados a estes cursos citados, ou seja, a presença de alunos com deficiência no curso de Computação não influenciou nos participantes atitudes mais positivas, como também a área do conhecimento deste parece não favorecer atitudes sociais mais positivas, pois é um curso da área de exatas e não há discussão sobre acessibilidade e inclusão de alunos com deficiência. Outras diferenças foram constadas entre os cursos de Ciências Ambientais e de Mestrado em Psicologia, sendo o segundo com atitudes sociais mais favoráveis em relação à inclusão de alunos com deficiência e na comparação entre os cursos de Biblioteconomia e de Mestrado em Psicologia, em que as atitudes sociais dos respondentes do curso de Mestrado em Psicologia são mais favoráveis à inclusão. Contudo, considera-se que as atitudes sociais da comunidade acadêmica da UFC, em geral, são mais favoráveis em relação à inclusão, mas em alguns cursos pesquisados há a necessidade de mudanças de atitudes mais positivas em relação à inclusão de alunos com deficiência.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-20Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:52:52Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 pereirajunior_aa_me_mar.pdf: 413725 bytes, checksum: f1db236f02a0c8ca1b7427a3ab57c8e2 (MD5) / Este trabalho analisa as atitudes sociais em relação à inclusão mantidas por professores das quatro séries iniciais do Ensino Fundamental do Município de Guarapuava-PR, ao considerarem as crianças com necessidades especiais, destacando a idade dos professores, a formação docente e a experiência com alunado com necessidades especiais como fatores que podem influenciar nas atitudes em relação à inclusão. A história da organização da Educação Especial no Brasil, o conceito de educação inclusiva, a questão da formação docente para a educação inclusiva e a maneira como ocorre a organização da educação inclusiva no Estado do Paraná foram os temas considerados na primeira etapa do trabalho. Além disto, realizou-se uma exposição sobre formação, componentes e possibilidade de mudança das atitudes sociais e apresentaram-se algumas pesquisas sobre as atitudes sociais dos professores em sua relação com o processo de inclusão de pessoas com necessidades educacionais especiais no ensino regular. Utilizou-se como instrumento de coleta de dados um questionário de caracterização dos sujeitos e a Escala de Atitudes Sociais relacionada a Inclusão nas formas A e B. Os escores obtidos pelos 173 professores que participaram da pesquisa foram analisados por meio da estatística paramétrica utilizando-se o teste de Mann-Whitney. Os resultados sugerem que existem diferenças entre os escores obtidos nas formas A e B da Escala de Atitudes Sociais. Os professores que responderam a forma A apresentaram atitudes sociais desfavoráveis considerando-se o mínimo e máximo possível para esta forma e os professores que responderam a forma B apresentaram atitudes sociais favoráveis, também considerando-se os valores mínimo e máximo possíveis para esta forma. Os professores mais novos e mais velhos apresentam atitudes sociais semelhantes em relação à inclusão... / This paper analyses the social attitudes regarding the inclusion held by teachers of the four initial grades of Elementary School of the city of Guarapuava-Pr, when considering children with special needs, emphasizing the teacher’s age, teaching staff training and experience with kids with special needs as factors that may influence in the attitudes towards inclusion. The history of the organization of the Special Education in Brazil, the concept of inclusive education, the issue of the teaching staff training for inclusive education and the way the organization works in the state of Paraná were the topics considered in the first stage of the work. Besides, a display about training, components and possibility of changes in the social attitude was held and some researches about social attitudes of teachers in their relation with process of including people with special educational needs in regular education were presented. It was used as a tool for data collection a questionnaire of characterization of the subjects and the Social Attitude Scale related to inclusion in the A and B forms. The scores obtained by the 173 teachers that took part in the research were analyzed by the parametric statistics using the Mann-Whitney test. The results suggest that there are differences between the scores obtained in the A and B forms of the Social Attitudes Scale. The teachers that answered to the A form presented unfavorable social attitudes considering the minimum and maximum possible for this form, and the teachers who answered the B form presented favorable social attitudes, also considering the minimum and maximum possible for this form. The youngest and oldest teachers presented similar social attitudes regarding the inclusion. The teachers with specialization and with experience who answered the A form presented more favorable social attitudes to inclusion. These differences are not evident... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

This study was approached with a desire to move forward the body of knowledge concerning environmental research as it pertains to the hospitality industry. The endeavor was undertaken with the belief that concern and awareness about the environment is not a passing fad but a fundamental shift in society. In order for any business to survive it must keep up with changes and meet the demands of consumers. The research efforts in this study were aimed at establishing the validity and reliability of a consumer behavior model specifically related to environmental behavior. The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate a consumer's intention to stay in a hotel based on the environmental strategies used by that hotel. Hines (1984) developed a conceptual environmental consumer behavior model based on a meta-analysis of literature on environmentally responsible behavior. Hines' conceptual Model of Responsible Environmental Behavior utilized knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personal responsibility and locus of control to predict environmental behavior. The goal of this study was to empirically test an adapted version of Hines' Model of Responsible Environmental Behavior. This adapted version utilized knowledge, attitudes and perceived self-efficacy to predict consumers' intentions to purchase a night's stay in a hotel. Canonical correlation analysis was used to test the relationship between intention and each of the variables (knowledge, attitudes and perceived self-efficacy) in Hines' model. The multivariate test of significance revealed that each variable had a positive relationship to intention to purchase. The Hines' Model of Responsible Environmental Behavior was more useful in predicting consumers' intention to purchase a night's stay in a particular hotel than each variable individually. The model tested in this study has laid the foundation for developing a sound environmentally responsible consumer behavior model. The research findings suggest that a hotel implementing environmental strategies can increase business for that hotel. / Ph. D.

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 novembre 2023) / Alors que de plus en plus d'études dénotent la pertinence, pour les étudiantes et étudiants en travail social, de s'interroger sur les motivations qui les ont encouragés à choisir ce domaine d'étude, peu de connaissances existent en ce qui a trait aux modalités pertinentes et adaptées pour soutenir une telle réflexion dans la formation initiale. De plus, rares sont les recherches qui se sont intéressées à l'expérience et au processus de construction de l'engagement en travail social des étudiantes et étudiants. Cette thèse aborde la question de l'engagement en travail social depuis une perspective existentielle et envisage ce choix comme une manière, pour les étudiantes et étudiants, de donner un sens à leur existence. Elle pose la question de la place à privilégier, dans la formation initiale en travail social, à une réflexion approfondie sur le sens et les motivations qui ont poussé la population étudiante à s'engager dans cette voie professionnelle, tout en s'intéressant aux moyens pédagogiquement pertinents et adaptés pour le faire. Cette thèse est une recherche-action qui propose l'utilisation de l'autobiographie en petit groupe comme voie intéressante pour aborder la construction du sens de l'engagement en travail social chez les étudiantes et étudiants. Quatre (4) étudiantes volontaires ont participé à un atelier autobiographique sur quatre (4) rencontres, ayant pour thème le sens de l'engagement en travail social. Des entrevues semi-dirigées ont été réalisées et un groupe de discussion a été animé auprès des étudiantes après l'atelier. Les participantes ont été mobilisées à titre de cochercheuses pour contribuer à retirer des connaissances de la démarche vécue. Cette recherche, qualitative et inductive, s'inscrit aussi dans une approche phénoménologique afin de dévoiler l'expérience vécue des participantes au projet quant au sens de leur engagement en travail social, tel qu'il s'est raconté et transformé dans la démarche intersubjective vécue. Les objectifs de la recherche-action sont de concevoir et d'expérimenter un dispositif autobiographique en petit groupe pouvant inspirer d'autres personnes enseignantes intéressées à soutenir la construction du sens de l'engagement de leurs étudiantes et étudiants (1) ; d'offrir une compréhension de l'expérience vécue des étudiantes participantes dans la démarche, notamment en ce qui concerne le processus de (re)construction du sens de leur engagement, expérimenté dans la recherche-action (2) ; d'accroitre la compréhension de la portée potentielle du travail autobiographique en petit groupe dans la formation initiale en travail social, notamment dans la construction du sens de l'engagement (3) ; et de contribuer à façonner les programmes de travail social en éclairant la pertinence d'y inscrire une réflexion sur le sens de l'engagement (4). Des récits phénoménologiques ont été rédigés à partir des prises de parole des participantes pour rendre compte de leur expérience vécue quant à la construction du sens de leur engagement en travail social. Ces récits portent une force évocatrice donnant accès au vécu subjectivement ancré de chacune d'elles. En outre, ils permettent un approfondissement des connaissances sur les processus de construction de l'engagement en travail social chez les personnes étudiantes, et montrent comment cet engagement est un maillage de plusieurs mouvements de sens. Cinq mouvements ont été identifiés : dépasser et transformer l'impuissance et la vulnérabilité reliées à des expériences d'adversité ; s'affilier à des personnes inspirantes ; rêver une vie satisfaisante ; marcher le chemin de l'indignation et s'affirmer ainsi que prendre pouvoir sur sa vie, parfois au travers de certains détours. Les implications relatives à la formation en travail social sont discutées, notamment l'importance de considérer la prévalence des expériences d'adversité vécues par les personnes étudiant dans ce champ d'étude ainsi que l'intrication de leurs processus de résilience, d'engagement et de formation en travail social, de même que de développement de leur identité professionnelle. La portée de la démarche réalisée pour la formation en travail social est aussi discutée. Les étudiantes soulignent notamment qu'elle leur a permis de consolider leur choix et leur identité professionnelle en travail social ; de développer une meilleure connaissance de soi et de porter un regard renouvelé sur leur histoire. L'atelier a également été l'occasion pour elles d'apprendre à prendre soin d'elles-mêmes et des autres d'approcher leur vulnérabilité et d'être sensibilisées à l'effort que l'introspection demande. Elles ont ainsi été encouragées à instaurer une relation plus égalitaire avec les personnes accompagnées dans la pratique. / While more and more studies denote relevance, for social work students, to question the motivations that encouraged them to study and practice social work, few studies have shown interest in relevant and adapted pedagogical modalities to do so in initial social work training. In addition, research is scarce about the experience and the construction process of commitment to social work amongst students. This study approaches commitment to social work in an existential perspective and considers the choice to become a social worker as a way for students to give meaning to their existence. We raise the question of the place to be allotted, in initial social work education, to in-depth reflection on the meaning and motivations that have pushed students to engage in this professional path, while we also focus on the pedagogically relevant and adapted means to do so. This action-research dissertation proposes the use of small group autobiography as an interesting way to approach the construction of meaning of commitment to social work amongst students. Four students volunteered to participate in an autobiographical workshop with meaning of commitment towards social work as its central theme. Semi-structured interviews as well as a focus group discussion were conducted with participants after the workshop. Acting as co-researchers, participants collaborated on knowledge-building from the process that took place in the workshop. This qualitative and inductive research is also rooted in a phenomenological approach and aims to unveil the lived experience of participants around their commitment to social work. Attention was put on their lived experience, as they told it but also transformed it in our intersubjective process. The goals of this action-research are to: Elaborate and experiment a small group autobiographical device, that might inspire other social work educators willing to support meaning construction about social work commitment amongst their students (1) ; Provide an understanding of the lived experience of participants, especially with regard to the process of (re)construction of the meaning of their commitment to social work, as it was experienced in the action-research (2) ; Broaden understanding of the potential of autobiographical work in social work education, especially with regard to meaning construction on commitment (3) ; Contribute to shaping social work curriculum by eliciting the relevance of in-depth reflection about commitment for students (4). Phenomenological self-narratives were written from the voices of participants, in order to make visible their lived experience about the construction of meaning towards their commitment to social work. These self-narratives carry an evocative strength giving access to the subjective experience of each of the participants; also, they allow deepening of knowledge about the processes of construction of commitment in social work students, especially by showing how these processes are a meshing of intertwined movements of meaning. Five movements were identified in the action-research: Overcome and transform powerlessness and vulnerability experienced during adversity; affiliate with inspiring individuals; dream a fulfilling life; walk the path of indignation; and assert oneself and take power over one's life, sometimes through certain detours. Implications for social work education are discussed. Notably, the importance, for curriculum, to consider the high prevalence of adverse experiences amongst social work students is raised. In addition, the entanglement of their resilience process, commitment process, professional identity development process, and social work training process is highlighted. Also, the scope of autobiographical work that took place in the workshop are discussed. Participants pointed out that the process allowed them to strengthen their choice of social work practice in addition to their professional identity as social workers; helped them deepen self-knowledge and take a renewed look at their life story and helped them learn how to care for themselves and others. The workshop also offered the means and possibility, for participants, to approach their own vulnerability and be made aware of the effort introspection requires, therefore rendering them more willing to establish egalitarian relationships within social work practice.

The intention of this study is to contribute to research on Black women and to bring awareness to Black women's experiences, as they navigate social institutions. This study examines the perception of the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women. Researchers measured respondent's perceptions/attitudes regarding intersectionality and their awareness of people who had been victimized by police violence. The quantitative study is comprised of statements regarding patriarchy and/or sexism and statements concerning racism and/or the lack thereof. The data analysis indicates that respondents' awareness and sensitivity to racism along with their perception of sexism and patriarchy is associated with their awareness of police victims. The researcher's findings found that the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women.

Orientador: Eduardo José Manzini / Banca: Antonio Celso de Noronha Goyos / Banca: Maria Amélia Almeida / Banca: Tânia Moron Saes Braga / Banca: Sadao Omote / Resumo: O objetivo do presente trabalho consistiu em desenvolver uma escala de atitudes sociais em relação ao trabalho da pessoa com deficiência. Para isso, realizou-se dois estudos, sendo o primeiro com a finalidade de identificar a concepção dos empregadores sobre a pessoa com deficiência, o seu trabalho e a sua inserção no quadro de funcionários. A partir de entrevistas realizadas com os responsáveis pelo setor de Recursos Humanos de empresas dos ramos de comércio, indústria e prestação de serviços, obteve-se os dados que forneceram subsídios para delimitar o universo de conteúdo da escala de atitudes sociais pretendida. Analisou-se cuidadosamente cada trecho das falas dos entrevistados, tendo em vista os temas e sub-temas previamente identificados. Então, extraiu-se um conjunto de conteúdos relacionados ao objeto psicológico do estudo, para elaborar a lista de enunciados que compuseram a versão preliminar da escala, desenvolvida no segundo estudo. Elaborado no formato Lickert, com 5 alternativas que expressam diferentes graus de concordância ou discordância com relação ao enunciado, o instrumento ficou composto de 64 itens. Posteriormente, foi aplicado em uma amostra de 234 estudantes universitários dos cursos de Psicologia, Pedagogia, Fisioterapia e Serviço Social para identificar os itens com boa capacidade discriminativa. O procedimento estatístico inicialmente utilizado foi o teste t de Student que revelou boa capacidade discriminativa em 75% dos itens. Para que a versão final da escala ficasse composta de 30 itens, sendo 15 positivos e 15 negativos, realizou-se, também, a análise da discriminação dos itens pela correlação item-total, mediante a sua depuração em três etapas. Com a eliminação dos itens a cada etapa, utilizou-se, concomitantemente, o coeficiente alfa de Cronbach para ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim on the present thesis was to develop a scale of social attitudes related to the job of handicapped people. Two studies were carried out. The purpose of the first study was to identify the concept of the employers about the handicapped people, including their job and their insertion on the board of employees. Data that provided the base for the delimitation of the content universe of the desired scale of social attitudes were obtained from the interviews with the person in charge of the division of Human Resources of trading, industry and service companies. Each part of the interviews were carefully analyzed according to the themes and sub-themes previously identified. Thereafter, a group of contents related to the psychological subject matter were extracted to elaborate a list of statements that composed the preliminary version of the scale which was developed on the second part of the study. The instrument was elaborated with 5 alternatives that expressed different degrees of agreements or disagreements with the statement, according to the Lickert format. Therefore, the instrument was initially composed by 64 items. Then, it was applied to a sample of 234 students of Psychology, Pedagogy, Physiotherapy and Social Service to identify the items with strong discrimination power. The Student's ttest indicated strong discrimination power in 75% of the items. In order to obtain a final version of the scale with 30 items (15 positive and 15 negative) a discriminative analysis of the items by means of item-total correlation was made with a three-step depuration. The alfa coefficient of Cronbach was used along with the elimination of the items on each step to check the internal consistency of each statement with the total score of the instrument. The items with weak discrimination power or the nonsignificant ones were eliminated by both the ... (Complete abstract, click eletronic address below) / Doutor

Orientador: Sadao Omote / Banca: Maria Amélia Almeida / Banca: Anna Augusta S. de Oliveira / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa as atitudes sociais em relação à inclusão mantidas por professores das quatro séries iniciais do Ensino Fundamental do Município de Guarapuava-PR, ao considerarem as crianças com necessidades especiais, destacando a idade dos professores, a formação docente e a experiência com alunado com necessidades especiais como fatores que podem influenciar nas atitudes em relação à inclusão. A história da organização da Educação Especial no Brasil, o conceito de educação inclusiva, a questão da formação docente para a educação inclusiva e a maneira como ocorre a organização da educação inclusiva no Estado do Paraná foram os temas considerados na primeira etapa do trabalho. Além disto, realizou-se uma exposição sobre formação, componentes e possibilidade de mudança das atitudes sociais e apresentaram-se algumas pesquisas sobre as atitudes sociais dos professores em sua relação com o processo de inclusão de pessoas com necessidades educacionais especiais no ensino regular. Utilizou-se como instrumento de coleta de dados um questionário de caracterização dos sujeitos e a Escala de Atitudes Sociais relacionada a Inclusão nas formas A e B. Os escores obtidos pelos 173 professores que participaram da pesquisa foram analisados por meio da estatística paramétrica utilizando-se o teste de Mann-Whitney. Os resultados sugerem que existem diferenças entre os escores obtidos nas formas A e B da Escala de Atitudes Sociais. Os professores que responderam a forma A apresentaram atitudes sociais desfavoráveis considerando-se o mínimo e máximo possível para esta forma e os professores que responderam a forma B apresentaram atitudes sociais favoráveis, também considerando-se os valores mínimo e máximo possíveis para esta forma. Os professores mais novos e mais velhos apresentam atitudes sociais semelhantes em relação à inclusão... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This paper analyses the social attitudes regarding the inclusion held by teachers of the four initial grades of Elementary School of the city of Guarapuava-Pr, when considering children with special needs, emphasizing the teacher's age, teaching staff training and experience with kids with special needs as factors that may influence in the attitudes towards inclusion. The history of the organization of the Special Education in Brazil, the concept of inclusive education, the issue of the teaching staff training for inclusive education and the way the organization works in the state of Paraná were the topics considered in the first stage of the work. Besides, a display about training, components and possibility of changes in the social attitude was held and some researches about social attitudes of teachers in their relation with process of including people with special educational needs in regular education were presented. It was used as a tool for data collection a questionnaire of characterization of the subjects and the Social Attitude Scale related to inclusion in the A and B forms. The scores obtained by the 173 teachers that took part in the research were analyzed by the parametric statistics using the Mann-Whitney test. The results suggest that there are differences between the scores obtained in the A and B forms of the Social Attitudes Scale. The teachers that answered to the A form presented unfavorable social attitudes considering the minimum and maximum possible for this form, and the teachers who answered the B form presented favorable social attitudes, also considering the minimum and maximum possible for this form. The youngest and oldest teachers presented similar social attitudes regarding the inclusion. The teachers with specialization and with experience who answered the A form presented more favorable social attitudes to inclusion. These differences are not evident... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

This performance text examines complexities of personal and maternal identity in family life. Speaking in first, second, and third person voices, the author offers autoethnographic accounts of the tensions between separateness and connectedness, normative and subjective motherhood, and novice and seasoned perspectives. The piece functions as a text of resistance that pushes against normative expectations about maternal emotion and child-centered maternal dialogue and gives voice to evolutions in mother wit and lifeworlds. (Contains 1 note.)

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Civil Partnership is significant because its availability indicates that social attitudes about sexual minorities have altered dramatically over the past two decades (Weeks 2007: 3, Shipman and Smart 2007). At one time, social attitudes labelled people’s attractions to persons of the same sex as ‘abnormal’, and resulting same-sex relationships were expected to be invisible and conducted in private (Plummer 1975, Weeks 1977, Rich 1980). These expectations have changed, to such an extent, that it is now rather common to view same-sex and opposite-sex relationships as the ‘same’ and equally worthy of recognition and rights (Weeks 2007, Heaphy et al. 2013).This project explored what (if any) impact inhabiting this contemporary socio-cultural and historical climate is having on the everyday lives of sexual minorities. Finch’s (2007) concept of ‘display’ was employed as a conceptual lens to explore the ‘narratives’ that 42 civil partners aged 30 to 65 told about displaying their non-heterosexual orientation and same-sex relationship in encounters with others. I argued that if these more liberal attitudes had impacted on their lives it should be discernible from the personal stories they told about the interactions they had with one of six different audiences (e.g. self, couple, family, friends, acquaintances and strangers).Three main findings and arguments were formed from my analysis of these civil partners’ narratives. First, despite the remarkable changes in social attitudes towards sexual minorities, the stories my interviewees told illustrated that there is a generational difference in terms of the impact that these more liberal attitudes have been able to have on the ways that they display their non-heterosexual orientation and relationship. Essentially, these social attitudes have noticeably influenced the lives that younger generations are able to lead. Second, my use of ‘display’ as a conceptual lens to examine interviewees’ narratives has illuminated how the stigmatizing spotlight attached to non-heterosexual orientation and same-sex relationships has diminished over time. This was signalled by how narrators approached the display of their non-heterosexual orientation and their same-sex relationship. Third, ‘display’ as a conceptual lens has been significant for illuminating the challenges and negotiations involved in displaying a civil partnership and, I argued, is able to offer a more nuanced understanding of the continuing salience of the heterosexual assumption in an ‘era of equality’.