Thesis (M.Ed.)--Unitec New Zealand, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-159).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Psychology)--Vanderbilt University, May 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

The importance of touch-related sensations as a kinesthetic perceptual system through the observation of the subject/object phenomenon is explored through defining aspects of movement learning experiences associated with dance training.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Victoria University (Melbourne, Vic.), 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

M.Phil. (Biokinetics) / Stress is an integral part of daily living and supports the ability to adapt. However, chronic activation without the ability to express the physical response results in overloading the physiological and psychological systems. Since urban South Africans are sedentary and experience high levels of stress, they are developing stress related chronic conditions and hypokinetic diseases (obesity, hypertension, depression). This study is aimed at decreasing the chronic physical manifestations of the stress response through somatic awareness exercise and aerobic exercise. The present investigation made use of a quantitative, comparative experimental research design over an eight-week period using pre- and post-tests. Participants were measured for psychological stress via a perceived stress scale and the chronic physical manifestations were measured via heart rate, blood pressure and body sway. The number of volunteers in the present study was 102 and they were recruited from corporate environments in the Johannesburg area. Their ages ranged from 18 to 65 years. The sample consisted of females (n = 42; % = 75) and males (n = 14; % = 25); white (n = 39; % = 69.6), black (n = 12; % = 21.4) and Indian (n = 5; % = 8.9) participants and non-smokers (n = 41; % = 73.2) and smokers (n = 15; % = 26.8). Untrained individuals were divided into 4 groups: a somatic awareness exercise (n = 9), aerobic exercise (n = 15), combination of somatic awareness and aerobic exercise group (n = 8) and a control group (n = 15). The aerobic group participated in aerobic activity, somatic awareness group in somatic awareness exercise and the combination group participated in both aerobic- and somatic awareness exercises. Individuals who trained were placed in a separate exercise group (n = 9) and had to add somatic awareness exercises to their weekly routines.

A teacher's ability to foster and sustain high quality learning environments for their students relies largely on their own coping abilities and mental health. However, due to the emotionally taxing nature of their profession, teachers are at increased risk for developing elevated levels of occupational stress and burnout. To help teachers cope with their occupational stress and other negative emotions related to their occupation, mindfulness-based stress reduction programs for teachers have been introduced through schools. Evidence for the effectiveness of such programs is promising, however few studies have considered underlying mechanisms that may be driving these effects. Using data collected as part of a randomized controlled trial, this thesis examines the impact of mindfulness training on three coping resources, namely, somatic body awareness, executive function, and emotion regulation. Additionally, this thesis examines whether development of these resources translate into improvements in teachers' occupational well-being--specifically indicated through reductions in their anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout. Results suggest that the mindfulness training significantly improves teachers' somatic body awareness, with evidence for improvements in teachers' emotion regulation reappraisal as well. Additionally, some mediation results were promising, however, no significant mediations were found for any of the coping resources on any of the well-being outcomes for teachers. By addressing these topics, the results of this thesis contribute to the current field's understanding of how mindfulness training works to improve well-being in teachers.

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [208]-221).

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal apresentar aos professores subsídios para uma prática educacional, enfocando o cuidado com a postura corporal de alunos dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, baseada em conhecimentos científicos e fisioterapêuticos, com vistas à prevenção de saúde. Trata-se de uma pesquisa teórica de caráter interdisciplinar, cujas fontes bibliográficas são de autores clássicos com diferentes abordagens, estudos e conceitos acerca de questões como corpo, educação, saúde, linguagem e transposição didática. Como ponto de partida para estudo e com o intuito de diagnosticar como é tratada a educação da postura corporal de crianças na escola, foi elaborado e aplicado um questionário direcionado a professores de primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública de Bento Gonçalves. Ter ciência dessa realidade é importante para abordar este problema e, na sequência, elaborar, como sugestão, um guia para auxiliar professores. Nessa perspectiva, o estudo procura, através de evidências bibliográficas, mostrar a importância do cuidado com o corpo desde os primeiros anos de vida de uma criança e, nesse aspecto, como a escola pode educar, uma vez que é nela que a criança permanece grande parte de seu tempo. Sendo assim, o professor e toda a unidade escolar tornam-se fundamentais para que a prevenção e a promoção em saúde realmente ocorram. Neste sentido, quanto mais o docente souber sobre cuidados corporais e posturais, melhor será a sua abordagem educativa em saúde. A investigação teórica permite que se façam algumas considerações sobre a atuação de um decente bem orientado para uma educação postural e consciente das repercussões desse proceder, podendo contribuir para melhorias significativas em seu aprendiz, colocando-se como mediador desse processo que envolve conscientização de saúde na escola. Os resultados deste estudo são indicativos da necessidade de a escola buscar, interdisciplinarmente, apoio e orientação de profissionais de diferentes áreas, para os problemas com vista a uma educação e formação integral do aluno, e, dessa forma, melhorando o sistema de ensino em nosso país, promovendo condições favoráveis para o desenvolvimento de atitudes preventivas e estabelecendo um cuidado recomendável em termos de saúde para esses escolares. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-09-09T14:09:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Greice de Barba Viel.pdf: 3288147 bytes, checksum: 15019c6f6a6a584e6246184e8b5e94d5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-09T14:09:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Greice de Barba Viel.pdf: 3288147 bytes, checksum: 15019c6f6a6a584e6246184e8b5e94d5 (MD5) / This work aims to present subsidies teachers for educational practice, Focusing on the care of the body posture of students in the early years of elementary school, based on scientific knowledge and physical therapy, in order to prevent health. This is a theoretical research interdisciplinary, whose bibliographic sources are classical authors with different approaches, studies and concepts about issues with the body, education, health, language and didactic transposition. As a starting point for study and in order to diagnose it is treated in the education of the body posture of children in school, was developed and implemented a questionnaire aimed at teachers of the early years of elementary education in a public school in Bento Gonçalves. Be aware of this reality is important to address this problem and, as a result, develop, as a suggestion, a guide to assist teachers. In this perspective, the study aims, through bibliographic evidence, show the importance of taking care of the body from the first years of a child's life and, in this respect, as the school can educate, since it is there that the child remains much of his time. Thus, the teacher and the whole school unit become essential for the prevention and health promotion in actually occur. In this sense, the more the teacher knows about body and postural care, the better their educational approach to health. The theoretical research allows you to make some considerations about the performance of a decent well-oriented to a postural education and aware of the repercussions of this proceeding, may contribute to significant improvements in his apprentice, standing as mediator of this process involving health awareness in school. The results are indicative of the need for the school to seek, interdisciplinary, support and guidance of professionals from different areas,to the problems with a view to a comprehensive education and training of the student, and thus improving the education system in our country, promoting favorable conditions for the development of preventive measures and establishing a recommended care in terms of health for these children.

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal apresentar aos professores subsídios para uma prática educacional, enfocando o cuidado com a postura corporal de alunos dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, baseada em conhecimentos científicos e fisioterapêuticos, com vistas à prevenção de saúde. Trata-se de uma pesquisa teórica de caráter interdisciplinar, cujas fontes bibliográficas são de autores clássicos com diferentes abordagens, estudos e conceitos acerca de questões como corpo, educação, saúde, linguagem e transposição didática. Como ponto de partida para estudo e com o intuito de diagnosticar como é tratada a educação da postura corporal de crianças na escola, foi elaborado e aplicado um questionário direcionado a professores de primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública de Bento Gonçalves. Ter ciência dessa realidade é importante para abordar este problema e, na sequência, elaborar, como sugestão, um guia para auxiliar professores. Nessa perspectiva, o estudo procura, através de evidências bibliográficas, mostrar a importância do cuidado com o corpo desde os primeiros anos de vida de uma criança e, nesse aspecto, como a escola pode educar, uma vez que é nela que a criança permanece grande parte de seu tempo. Sendo assim, o professor e toda a unidade escolar tornam-se fundamentais para que a prevenção e a promoção em saúde realmente ocorram. Neste sentido, quanto mais o docente souber sobre cuidados corporais e posturais, melhor será a sua abordagem educativa em saúde. A investigação teórica permite que se façam algumas considerações sobre a atuação de um decente bem orientado para uma educação postural e consciente das repercussões desse proceder, podendo contribuir para melhorias significativas em seu aprendiz, colocando-se como mediador desse processo que envolve conscientização de saúde na escola. Os resultados deste estudo são indicativos da necessidade de a escola buscar, interdisciplinarmente, apoio e orientação de profissionais de diferentes áreas, para os problemas com vista a uma educação e formação integral do aluno, e, dessa forma, melhorando o sistema de ensino em nosso país, promovendo condições favoráveis para o desenvolvimento de atitudes preventivas e estabelecendo um cuidado recomendável em termos de saúde para esses escolares. / This work aims to present subsidies teachers for educational practice, Focusing on the care of the body posture of students in the early years of elementary school, based on scientific knowledge and physical therapy, in order to prevent health. This is a theoretical research interdisciplinary, whose bibliographic sources are classical authors with different approaches, studies and concepts about issues with the body, education, health, language and didactic transposition. As a starting point for study and in order to diagnose it is treated in the education of the body posture of children in school, was developed and implemented a questionnaire aimed at teachers of the early years of elementary education in a public school in Bento Gonçalves. Be aware of this reality is important to address this problem and, as a result, develop, as a suggestion, a guide to assist teachers. In this perspective, the study aims, through bibliographic evidence, show the importance of taking care of the body from the first years of a child's life and, in this respect, as the school can educate, since it is there that the child remains much of his time. Thus, the teacher and the whole school unit become essential for the prevention and health promotion in actually occur. In this sense, the more the teacher knows about body and postural care, the better their educational approach to health. The theoretical research allows you to make some considerations about the performance of a decent well-oriented to a postural education and aware of the repercussions of this proceeding, may contribute to significant improvements in his apprentice, standing as mediator of this process involving health awareness in school. The results are indicative of the need for the school to seek, interdisciplinary, support and guidance of professionals from different areas,to the problems with a view to a comprehensive education and training of the student, and thus improving the education system in our country, promoting favorable conditions for the development of preventive measures and establishing a recommended care in terms of health for these children.