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In Canada mental health related concerns are estimated to cost the economy $20-$50 billion annually. 500,000 Canadian each week have to take time off of work because of a mental health disability. This study explores the experiences of people living with a mental health disability in the workplace. The goal is to provide an opportunity to highlight many of the obstacles they face every day. This study relies on qualitative methodologies, using semi-structured interviews to get a more detailed understanding of their experiences. This study not only highlights the perceptions, experience and challenges of people living with a mental health disability, it highlights coping strategies and suggestions for building mentally health workplaces. The participant’s personal narratives can help by providing a chance for a community to build and be used to challenge the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health. / October 2016

This thesis is an autoethnography based on a two week Trans-Siberian railway journey from Moscow to Vladivostok in October 2011. It explores the role of memory in our spatial surroundings, the effect remembering has on the way we move through and interpret the present and ourselves. In the chapters about community, rhythms, memory/imagination, and landscape the journey becomes a backbone for the personal narratives and the stories of others, which intertwining unveil the complex relationship between the self and the world, the present and the absent, and the imagined. Thesis explores the inevitable mobility of the mind, which sees us losing the ability to stay fastened to physical spaces, images and our own being, and opening the possibility to travel in time, space and memory. The physical landscape, landscape of Siberia gradually becomes almost invisible, disappears and re-emerges as a series of personal images and stories, feelings and dreams, suggesting that even moving through the vastest landscapes in the world we are always travelling inward, towards an understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T20:06:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 29 / Nenhuma / O presente estudo, fundamentado na abordagem da investigação qualitativa, tem como objetivo central analisar, a partir da compreensão das acadêmicas do 7º semestre do Curso de Pedagogia, como o Projeto Contação de Histórias: uma interlocução com o imaginário infantil, direcionado à dimensão estética, contribui na sua formação como futuras professoras. Foram selecionadas seis professoras em formação, que vivenciaram o Projeto e se dispuseram a participar do estudo. A entrevista semi-estruturada serviu como instrumento principal da coleta de dados. Autores como Tardif (2006), Freire (1987, 2000), Nóvoa (1995), Pimenta (2005), Zeichner (1993), Rios (2006), Pimenta (2005), Cunha (1998) Assmann (1998), Brandão (2003),Veiga (2008), Duarte Jr. (1988), Bettelheim (1976), Ostrower (1986), Trevisan ( 2000) deram a principal sustentação teórica ao estudo e auxiliaram na interpretação dos dados, realizada com os princípios da Análise de Conteúdo. Os resultados apontaram para a significação da experiência proposta pelo P / This research, based on a qualitative- investigative approach, aims to analyze how far the Project Story Telling : a mixing with children’s imagination, based on an esthetic emphasis , has contributed in the educational development of teachers. The research has been developed with students of the 7th academic semester of Pedagogy. The six students who took part in the research have had teaching experience. A semi-structured interview has been used as a main tool for the samples. Authors like Tardif(2006),Freire (1987,2000), Nóvoa (1995), Pimenta (2005), Zeichner(1993), Rios (2006), Pimenta (2005), Cunha (1998), Assmann(1998) , Brandão (2003), Veiga (2008), Duarte Jr. (1998), Bettelheim ( 1976), Ostrower (1986), Trevisan (2000), provided the theoretic structure and helped in the interpretation of the data. The results demonstrated the importance of the experience proposed by the Project and emphasized the relevance of it in the comprehension of the students. While analyzing the educatio

This thesis is an exploration of the construct of mentoring and its transformative power in the development of the self. The concept of Athenic mentoring is offered and framed, in Jungian (Jung 1958;1996;2002) terms as an archetypical encounter between two people that can facilitate a significant transformative shift (metanoia) in the development of the personal and professional self. These shifts are initially at the level of 'being' but influence the more visible dimensions of 'doing' and 'knowing'. 'Doing' and 'knowing' can be articulated in terms of practice knowledge and skills (Schön 1987a). 'Being' is framed in both Jungian (Jung 1958;1996;2002) and Rogerian (Rogers 1973;1996) terms as engagement of the authentic, grounded and integrated self, in ways that may be largely and initially unconscious, but that can be taken up in conscious awareness and are ultimately reflected in overt, observable behaviours. Cunningham's (1988) framework of holistic interactive research was chosen as a method that allowed the researcher to draw on, as well as to reflect upon, his own experience in order to generate data. Written narrative and oral story-telling (Reason & Hawkins 1988) have been fundamental to the creation and analysis of data. Indeed, the process of writing has been an important source of self-understanding, revelation and integration for the author. The power of archetypal story-telling - most obvious in the ancient stories of human challenge, development and triumph, such as that of Athena(Mentor), in the Greek tradition - is acknowledged and explored from this perspective. In this respect the researcher has followed Megginson's (2000) advice that research into mentoring deserves and demands 'vivid stories'. The research approach also reflects Strauss and Corbin's (1990) suggestion that by staying close to the data ('grounding' theory in the data) before a deep immersion in the literature, the researcher will be more open to the insights that the data might reveal. The starting point for the research was the researcher's observation that, in the context of being a 'hired mentor' in an organisational setting, 'turning points' occurred that could be characterised as significant, transformational shifts in the energy and perspective of the person being mentored. While these shifts were reflected in important changes in work, choices and outward behaviour and practice, it was not obvious when or how the shifts had occurred. The initial research questions were framed as: what does the mentor do that leads to this turning point? and, can this be identified so that mentors can improve their chance of achieving it in practice? Later, the research journey itself led to a broader and richer framing of the research questions as a deeper exploration of the level at which transformative development of the self plays out and the implications of that for mentoring itself. The initial research question eventually was reframed as: How does the mentor need to be? Major sources of data were stories of ten people who have been in mentoring relationships (either as mentor, mentee, or both). The researcher's own experience was also a significant source of the data. In its presentation, the thesis attempts to 'track' and make transparent the ways in which listening to and writing down the stories of others, the researcher's own stories, engaging with the literature and writing reflective notes iterated with the construction of this particular conceptualisation of mentoring in 'Athenic' terms. Both contemporary Western literature (the majority of it American) and translations of Homer's (1980; 1998) accounts of Athena as mentor were used initially to explore the nature of mentoring. Later, the Jungian (Jung 1958;1992;1996;2002) and post-Jungian (Hillman 1975;1996) literature on the notion of the archetypes; Buber's (1996) conception of relationship as 'I-Thou'; and Rogers' (1996) evocation of 'becoming a person' all helped to describe more richly the dynamics of Athenic mentoring - both in terms of the nature of transformative personal change and the dynamics of the relationship that facilitates it. A major outcome of this research is the differentiation of Athenic mentoring (which facilitates the transformation of a person's 'being') from mentoring that helps to develop what a person 'knows' or 'does'. This differentiation will hopefully contribute to our understanding of the mentoring process, but at the most pragmatic level, will make it easier to navigate the complex and poorly 'mapped' contemporary literature. It is concluded that Athenic mentoring might not be, fully or even partly, recognised until well after it occurs, and that because it involves the pyschodynamic and largely unconscious interplay of one person's dominant archetypes with those of another, it is not something that can be easily orchestrated or arranged. This challenges contemporary notions (Burke & McKeen 1989; Murray & Owen 1991; Cunningham 1993; Hay 1995) that mentoring can be packaged, 'commodified' and paid for in a similar way to coaching and counselling. As a stimulus for further work, it is suggested that the role of mentor can be understood as completing or starting aspects of the development of self that have not been initiated or concluded in the parenting relationship; and the possibility for being a mentor or a mentee continues throughout life, or for at least as long as there remains the possibility that a 'Dream' (Levinson, Darrow, Klein, Levinson & McKee 1978; Levinson & Levinson 1996) can be fulfilled.

Dementia may cause impairment of linguistic abilities, affecting both production and comprehension, which in turn affects communication (Mahendra & Hopper, 2012: Perkins, Whithworth & Lesser, 1998). The aim of the present study was to investigate and describe the communication strategies in everyday conversations between people with dementia and their interlocutors, and to describe the identified interaction phenomena based on a participatory perspective. The study was conducted at a home for people with dementia. Three people with known dementia and two health professionals participated in the study. Everyday interactions were filmed, and then transcribed and analyzed according conversation analytic principles. The transcribed data was also analyzed with ideas from positioning theory. The present study highlights the presence of trouble sources in communication between the person with dementia and carers and how these are handled by the participants in terms of strategies, competence and positioning. The study shows that all participants use communicative strategies when trouble sources occurs, but also that trouble sources in the conversation sometimes are ignored. How trouble sources are handled affects how participants acknowledge themselves and each other competence and how they position themselves and each other in the conversation. The study also demonstrates that Conversation Analysis can be an important tool to map strenghts and break downs in communication between people with dementia and key interlocutors. That knowledge could then form the basis for designing individual adaptations and strategies to facilitate communication.

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’.

Cette recherche étudie, dans une démarche inductive, ce que sont devenus les lycéens passés par une structure scolaire différente dont les pratiques pédagogiques et le projet d'établissement inspirés par l'éducation nouvelle affichent l'ambition de « former des jeunes autonomes responsables, ouverts, créatifs, capables de s'adapter, d'évoluer et de travailler en équipe ». Le dispositif méthodologique de recueil des données est constitué de quarante-deux récits de vie d'anciens élèves sortis de l'établissement entre 1990 et 2005, d'analyses secondaires de questionnaires existants, de statistiques produites par l'institution scolaire et du suivi de 450 anciens élèves sur les réseaux sociaux numériques depuis 2008. Les résultats montrent comment les élèves ont construit leur identité dans une expérience scolaire singulière et en quoi cette scolarité a joué, d'après eux, sur ce qu'ils sont devenus. Plus loin, ils montrent aussi que ce qui a été déterminant sur le long terme dans le devenir des élèves et la réussite de leur insertion sociale et professionnelle se serait passé en dehors de la classe, dans les relations et les apprentissages autonomes entre pairs, entre jeunes et adultes, la construction de réseaux sociaux durables et dans le développement de compétences psychosociales où la dimension collective est centrale. Enfin, cette étude atteste que cet établissement n'est pas à l'écart du monde mais au contraire que la parole des anciens élèves renseigne sur ce que seront les lycéens français demain. / This research based on an inductive approach, studies what the students became after having studied in a high school where different educational methods and an official school project inspired by the new education emphasize the ambition to train responsible and autonomous young students, open-minded as well as creative, who are able to adapt, evolve and work in a team. The methodological device of data collection consists of 42 accounts made by former students of this particular school who left the institution between 1990 and 2005, but also of secondary analyses of existing surveys, statistics produced by the school institution and the follow-up of 450 former students on social networks since 2008. The results show how these students built their identity thanks to a particular school experience and how according to them, their school years changed who they are today. They also show that what was decisive in the long run for their own personal success, their social and professional integration, happened outside their class, thanks to relationships and autonomous learning process between peers, but also between adults and themselves, or with the building of lasting social network and in the development of psychosocial skills where the collective dimension is central. This study also demonstrates that this school isn't aside the world but on the contrary that their words tell about what the future students will be.

La importancia de visibilizar y representar las problemáticas sociales es cada vez más considerada por la sociedad civil. Ante esto, el Estado ha tomado iniciativas publicitarias que pretenden educar y concientizar con respecto a estos temas, una de ellas es la campaña #NoDaRisa, en la que se trata el racismo, machismo y transfobia aún presentes en la sociedad. Considerando que el emisor es una entidad del Estado que trata problemáticas sociales, esta es una campaña institucional y de bien social a la vez. Además, se desarrolla el storytelling como técnica publicitaria fundamental. El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo analizar los elementos del storytelling presentados en los spots #NoDaRisa que pueden influir en el comportamiento de los hombres de 20 a 35 años del nivel socioeconómico B y C. Se utilizará un enfoque cualitativo, el cual permitirá identificar, analizar e interpretar la información obtenida en las entrevistas individuales mediante la guía de indagación semiestructurada / The importance of making visible and representing social problems is increasingly being considered by civil society. Given this, the government has taken advertising initiatives that seek to educate and raise awareness regarding these issues, one of them is the #NoDaRisa campaign, which deals with racism, sexism and transphobia still present in society. Considering that the issuer is a state entity that deals with social problems, this is both an institutional and social good campaign. In addition, storytelling is developed as a fundamental advertising technique. This research work aims to analyze the elements of storytelling shown in the #NoDaRisa spots that can influence the behavior of men between 20 and 35 years of age from socioeconomic levels B and C. A qualitative approach will be used, which will allow to identify, analyze and interpret the information obtained in the individual interviews using the semi-structured inquiry guide. / Trabajo de investigación