The purpose of this thesis is to show first how the policy of the United States toward Germany developed during and after World War II: second, to describe that policy in its relation to the entrance of West Germany into the western European community.

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the work of the State Department of Education of Texas in promoting school health services in the state. In addition, attention is given to the changing aims of education, the development of school health services throughout the nation, the urgent need for reorientation of subject matter, methods of teaching, and need for greater public financing of health education.

"The purpose of this study is to compare seventy-one white and fifty-six Negro dependent children residing in the Florida State Department of Public Welfare emergency shelter homes in Jacksonville, Florida, during the months of October and November, 1960, with respect to sixteen selected family and social characteristics. The shelter homes are private facilities established for the purpose of providing emergency shelter care to dependent children. As the emergency shelter home program has been in operation only since October, 1959, an attempt will be made in this study to identify the characteristics of dependent children placed in the shelter homes and to describe their families"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Irene E. Morris, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).

This paper examines the role and scope of the American public’s opinion on European Jews in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Significant attention is placed on several aspects of American politics and public perceptions at this time. The ideas that developed from the Great Depression through World War II on refugees and immigrants are closely scrutinized. The approach to this study focuses on sources from renowned Holocaust scholars including Raul Hilberg, David S. Wyman, Martin Gilbert, Henry Feingold, Hadley Cantril, Robert Divine, and Deborah E. Lipstadt to name a select few of the authors referenced. Several newspapers and journals such as the New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, The Christian Century, The Nation, and the New Republic are referenced. The areas of focus are on public attitude, governmental involvement, Jewish leadership in the United States, and military capabilities. Conclusions of this study include apathy from participating parties, the inability to organize strong rescue support, and the refusal to lower the immigration restrictions of the time.

The work traces the early history of the Texas State Department of Highways. Beginning with the first efforts to create a department, the study focuses on the period between 1917 and 1923. Much attention goes to the legislative background of the early actions of the department. Subsequently, the work examines various statistical measures of the department's performance. This includes comparisons between Texas and nearby states, and the national highs, lows, and averages. Concluding the study is an examination of the department's immediate goals and long range plans in the years after 1923. The general conclusion of the study is that the department played a useful role in the development of state roads in Texas.

The problem of this study was to determine the status of industrial arts programs in the public secondary schools of Louisiana and perceptions of industrial arts teachers in regards to their programs. The study was a cooperative effort of the Industrial Arts Division of the State Department of Education of Louisiana.

This thesis looks beyond the sensationalized coverage of Islamic State and instead utilizes Islamic State materials as a window into the remote radicalization and recruitment process of susceptible English-speaking individuals in the West. This thesis considers Islamic State’s mode of operation in conjunction with the appeals made in its online materials to devise a framework for understanding how Islamic State materials interact with susceptible individuals. The framework lends insight into how the body tasked with creating counter-narratives within the U.S. State Department can more effectively disrupt the remote recruitment and radicalization process.

Governments and leaders across the globe almost universally agree that human trafficking is a modern atrocity that has harshly negative effects for individuals, communities, entire states and the international community. Nevertheless, they are not in agreement on how best to investigate cases and provide aid to victims. Many states lack the resources to effectively create and implement policies. Governments must act to protect their citizens and people within their borders. Policies are necessary to correctly identify victims, investigate accusations, bring cases to trial and prevent vulnerable populations from becoming victimized through awareness. This thesis asserts that there is a link between the development level of a state and its ability to limit the grotesque crimes of trafficking that occur within its borders. Using the United Nation's annual report which details the development ranking of individual states, it is possible to comparatively analyze the ability of these states to comply with international standards established by the United States of America in the protection of victims of human trafficking. Special attention is paid to the challenges that societies face when there are drastic changes to states' economic activity or political stability and how these affect the frequency of trafficking occurrences and a government’s ability to respond.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-10-03T12:31:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Márcia Cristina da Silva.pdf: 1197951 bytes, checksum: b5863cf4e5575794320971279b9f4004 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-03T12:31:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Márcia Cristina da Silva.pdf: 1197951 bytes, checksum: b5863cf4e5575794320971279b9f4004 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-22 / Continuing education of school principals has been a challenge for the technical teams of state departments of education, which have faced the need to support these professionals in the work context. Therefore, the problem of this research focuses on the question: how do state department technicians prepare to develop continuing education with school principals? That way, the general objective of the research is to investigate the performance of the technicians of a municipal state department of education as trainers of principals. The theoretical reference aimed to identify recent research related to the themes of training of principals, continuing education within state departments and analysis of training programs of principals. In order to deepen concepts about the relationship between continuing education and professional development and continuing education of school principals, we have used some theoretical references such as Libâneo (2004), Canário (2007), Marcelo (2009), Imbernón (2010), Lück 2000), Vieira and Vidal (2014), Abruccio (2010) and Paro (2015). The field defined for conducting the research was the Municipal State Department of Education of Aracruz, State of Espírito Santo (ES), and the subjects are five technicians who act as responsible for the continuing education of the 53 school principals. For the accomplishment of this research, of qualitative character, individual and collective interviews were carried out. The method for data analysis followed the prose analysis assumptions (ANDRÉ, 1983). The main results obtained were: continuous education has enabled the group of technicians to improve their professional practices and this is due to the constant search to maintain interlocution with more experienced partners, as well as the investment in self-training; And the use of training strategies, such as on-call and visits to priority schools, has fostered greater interaction and exchanges of experience among principals. The main problem faced by the researched team has been the realization of the education of school principals concomitantly to the office of their positions of technicians of a state department that demands actions that overlap. However, these professionals have faced the challenges of being trainers in a reflective and collaborative way, and seeking partnerships that have led them to the ever greater enhancement of the role of school principals trainers / A formação continuada dos diretores escolares tem se mostrado um desafio para as equipes técnicas de secretarias de educação, que têm se deparado com a necessidade de apoiar esses profissionais no contexto de trabalho. Portanto, a problemática desta pesquisa centra-se na questão: como técnicos de secretaria se preparam para desenvolver a formação continuada com os diretores escolares? Dessa forma, o objetivo geral da pesquisa é investigar a atuação dos técnicos de uma secretaria municipal de educação como formadores de diretores. O referencial teórico buscou identificar recentes pesquisas relacionadas aos temas de formação de diretores, formação continuada no interior de secretarias e análises de programas de formação de diretores. Para o aprofundamento de conceitos sobre a relação entre formação continuada e desenvolvimento profissional e formação continuada de diretores escolares, recorremos a alguns referenciais teóricos como: Libâneo et al. (2004), Canário (2007), Marcelo (2009), Imbernón (2010a, 2010b), Lück (2000), Vieira e Vidal (2014), Abrucio (2010) e Paro (2015a, 2015b). O campo definido para a realização da pesquisa foi a Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Aracruz, no Estado do Espírito Santo (ES), e os sujeitos são cinco técnicos que atuam como responsáveis pela formação continuada dos 53 diretores escolares. Para a realização desta pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, foram realizadas entrevistas individuais e coletivas. O método para a análise dos dados seguiu os pressupostos da análise de prosa (ANDRÉ, 1983). Os principais resultados obtidos foram: a formação continuada tem propiciado ao grupo de técnicas o aprimoramento de suas práticas profissionais e isso se deve à busca constante de manter interlocução com parceiros mais experientes, assim como ao investimento na autoformação; e a utilização de estratégias formativas, como plantão e visitas às escolas prioritárias, tem propiciado maior interação e trocas de experiências entre os diretores. A principal problemática enfrentada pela equipe pesquisada tem sido a realização da formação de diretores concomitantemente ao ofício de seus cargos de técnicas de uma secretaria que demanda ações que se sobrepõem. Entretanto, essas profissionais têm enfrentado os desafios de serem formadoras de forma reflexiva, colaborativamente e buscando parcerias que as têm levado ao aprimoramento cada vez maior do papel de formadoras de diretores

"The problem of this study is to determine whether or not the financial grants available under the Texas state program of aid to dependent children are adequate to meet the needs of the persons receiving such grants. In accomplishing this objective, it became necessary to make a survey of the Texas state program of aid to dependent children as administered by the Texas State Department of Public Welfare. The basis upon which aid is granted, the amount of grants available, and a study of legislation governing the state program of aid to dependent children will be given prominence in this investigation. Likewise, a somewhat detailed study of twenty families who are recipients, or who have recently been recipients of aid to dependent children, all located in Erath County, Texas, will be presented as typical representations of such families all over the state of Texas who receive grants of aid for dependent children."-- leaf 1.