Submitted by Maria Angela de Oliveira (lem.prof.maria.angela@gmail.com) on 2018-08-22T22:37:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Maria Angela de O Oliveira.pdf: 3516302 bytes, checksum: 205c8775bc61d1f2c17da51e4e48c56f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Aparecida Puerta null (dripuerta@rc.unesp.br) on 2018-08-23T12:06:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_mao_dr_rcla.pdf: 3516302 bytes, checksum: 205c8775bc61d1f2c17da51e4e48c56f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T12:06:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_mao_dr_rcla.pdf: 3516302 bytes, checksum: 205c8775bc61d1f2c17da51e4e48c56f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-27 / O presente trabalho possui como objetivo investigar e compreender as inter-relações existentes entre as potencialidades didáticas e pedagógicas do Facebook e os momentos formativos, sob a perspectiva teórica de alguns conceitos de Comunidades de Prática, no processo de formação de professores de Matemática. Em busca de caminho para delinearmos resposta à questão norteadora da pesquisa: Quais são as Potencialidades Didáticas e Pedagógicas da Rede Social – Facebook - em uma Comunidade de Prática Virtual? Assumimos nesta pesquisa, os conceitos que permeiam as potencialidades didáticas e pedagógicas do Facebook como uma comunidade de prática virtual para a formação continuada de professores que ensinam Matemática, baseados em autores que afirmam que a rede social- Facebook pode propiciar comunidades em que alunos e professores podem se envolver em tarefas, manifestações da prática docente, dificuldades da profissão docente, anseios e expectativas, avanços e retrocessos no processo de aprender a ser professor. Esta pesquisa está pautada nos pressupostos da pesquisa qualitativa com abordagem Netnográfica e alguns conceitos de Análise de Conteúdo. O cenário para investigação e constituição dos dados foi por meio de dois contextos práticos, a Entrevista e o Curso de Extensão, intitulado: “A utilização do Facebook como recurso pedagógico na Educação Matemática”. O Curso foi a distância e teve como plataforma EaD o próprio Facebook do Curso. O Curso abordou a inserção das TIC – Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação – no contexto da Educação Matemática, a partir de reflexões teóricas e as metodológicas sobre teóricos e pesquisadores, que abordam as TIC na Educação. Os professores participantes, sujeitos desta pesquisa, de diversos estados brasileiros e atuantes no Ensino Fundamental e Médio. Durante o Curso, esses participantes tiveram oportunidades de criarem Grupo e Página Matemática para interagirem com os seus alunos das escolas. Este Curso permitiu a discussão das potencialidades didáticas e pedagógicas do Facebook em uma Comunidade de Prática Virtual. O componente teórico da pesquisa discute a prática docente no contexto da formação continuada de professores de Matemática, a Comunidade de Prática, nos processos formativos de professores de Matemática, as TIC no processo de formação continuada, o Facebook na Educação, e o Facebook como uma Comunidade de Prática Virtual. A metodologia e os procedimentos adotados permitiram analisar as inter-relações existentes entre as potencialidades didáticas e pedagógicas do Facebook e os momentos formativos, sob a perspectiva teórica de alguns conceitos de comunidades de prática, tais como: a reificação da prática dos professores, negociação de significados e compartilhamento de experiências sobre a prática docente, no processo de formação de professores de Matemática. As Categorias de Análise desta pesquisa foram descritas da seguinte forma: Categoria I – Formação do Professor; Categoria II – Função da Escola e Categoria III – Perspectivas das TIC no Contexto Educacional. Com essa Análise, podemos afirmar que em nosso Curso observamos momentos que puderam ser considerados como uma Comunidade de Prática, no contexto virtual do Facebook, pois os participantes, por meio de experiências compartilhadas sobre a prática docente mostraram indícios de ressignificação da prática e negociação de significados com os pares tais como: discussões e reflexões conjuntas relacionadas as práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas no contexto escolar; atividades conjuntas nas quais puderam compartilhar informações e aprendizagem; a oportunidade de desenvolver no Facebook um processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma interativa. / The present study aims to investigate and understand the existing inter - relations between the potentials of the Facebook's didactic and pedagogical and its education moments, by some Commun ity of Practice's concepts theoric perspective , in the process of Mathematics professor education, in search of the path to obtain the answer to the question guiding the research: What are the possible didactic and pedagogical potential of Social Media - Facebook - in a Community Virtual Practice? We assume in this research the concepts that permeate the Facebook‟s pedagogical and didactic potential as a virtual community of practice to a continuing training of professors that teach Mathematic, based on a uthors that affirm that the social network – Facebook – can propitiate communities which the students and professors can involve themselves in taks, manifestation of teaching practice, difficulties of the teaching profession, yearnings and expectations, ad vances and setbacks in the process of learning to become a professor. This research is based on the assumptions of qualitative research with netnographic and some concepts of Content Analysis.The scenario for research and creation of data was through two c ontexts, the Interview and the Extension Course entitled "Use of Facebook as a pedagogical resource in Mathematics Education". The course was by distance and the learning platform was Facebook itself. The course addressed the integration of ICT - Informati on and Communication Technology - in the context of mathematics education, from theoretical and methodological reflections on theoretical and researchers, addressing ICT in Education. The participants, the research subjects, were teachers from several Braz ilian states and active teachings in High and Middle School. During the course, these participants had the opportunity to create a mathematical Facebook Page and Group to interact with the schools‟ students. This course allowed the discussion of the Facebo ok's potential didactic and pedagogical into a Virtual Community of Practice. We then present the Methodology and the methodologics proceedings that permeate the research, which constitutes a "local" participation in which members share experiences, value s and knowledge about teaching practice. We also present the methodology and methodological procedures that permeate this research and its practical contexts, which were used to analyze the existing interrelationships between the potentials of the Facebook 's didactic and pedagogical and its education moments, by the theoretical perspective of some concepts of Community of Practice, such as: the reification of the professors‟ practice, negotiation of the meaning and sharing of experiences of the teaching pra ctice, in the process of formation of mathematics teachers. The categories of analysis of this survey were described as follows: Category 1: Teacher Training; Category 2: School‟s Role, Category 3: I CT Prospects in the Educational Context. With this anal ysis, we can afirm that we observed in our Course moments that could be considered as a Community of Practice in the virtual context of Facebook, since the participants, by means of experiences shared about the teaching practice showed indications of resig nification of practice and negotiation of meanings with peers such as: discussions and reflections altogether related to pedagogical practices developed in the scholar context; group activities in which they could share informations and learning; opportuni ty in developing the process of teaching and learning in an interactive way on Facebook.

Nesta tese, argumenta-se que as inscrições são a interface a partir da qual é possível considerar metodologicamente a condição de observadores na visualização do conhecimento. Para isso, considera-se os limites dos sistemas formais, a crise da representação e o modelo da Máquina de Turing como afirmações da condição encarnada do conhecer. Nesse contexto, a noção de informação mostra-se indício de uma transição paradigmática entre um modelo de conhecimento representacional, no qual a posição de um observador frente às representações não entra na configuração analisada, e um modelo sistêmico, que exige a consideração de diferentes níveis de organização e suas limitações que emergem da autorreferência. Propõe-se a noção superfície de inscrição para abordar a relação entre operatividades mecânicas, como a encontrada nos computadores, e o domínio consensual da linguagem que permite explicar um mundo entendido como realidade. Essa noção é forjada como um artifício teóricometodológico para evitar, em contextos educativos e de pesquisa, a reificação de uma posição frente aos quadros explicativos que reforça dicotomias tipo natureza-cultura e deslegitima o potencial enunciativo de qualquer ser humano. O artifício é proposto em três campos de análise e legibilidade: o campo das condições técnicas das superfícies; a estabilização de uma posição de observação diante das superfícies de inscrição; e o contexto político do uso de tais superfícies para compartilhar e explicar. / On this thesis, we discuss that the inscriptions are the interface from which it is possible to consider the conditions of observers methodologically on the knowledge visualization; therefore, we consider the formal systems limits, the representation crisis, and the Turing Machine Model as affirmations of the embodied condition of knowledge. In this context, the notion of information proves to be an indicative of a paradigmatic shift from a representational model of knowledge, in which the position of an observer in the face of representations does not infer the configuration that was analyzed, and a systemic model, which demands consideration of different levels of organization and its limitations that emerge from self-reference. We propose the notion of inscription surface to tackle the relation of different kinds of mechanical operability, as the one found in computers, and the consensual domain of language that helps one to explain a world perceived as reality. This notion is forged as a theoretic-methodological stratagem to avoid, in educational and research contexts, the reification of a position related to the explanatory frameworks that reinforces dichotomies such as nature-culture and delegitimizes the enunciative potential of any humanbeing. The stratagem is proposed in three fields of analysis and readability: the field of technical conditions of the surfaces; a position of observation stabilization on the inscription surfaces, and the political context of the use of such surfaces to share and explain.

Nesta tese, argumenta-se que as inscrições são a interface a partir da qual é possível considerar metodologicamente a condição de observadores na visualização do conhecimento. Para isso, considera-se os limites dos sistemas formais, a crise da representação e o modelo da Máquina de Turing como afirmações da condição encarnada do conhecer. Nesse contexto, a noção de informação mostra-se indício de uma transição paradigmática entre um modelo de conhecimento representacional, no qual a posição de um observador frente às representações não entra na configuração analisada, e um modelo sistêmico, que exige a consideração de diferentes níveis de organização e suas limitações que emergem da autorreferência. Propõe-se a noção superfície de inscrição para abordar a relação entre operatividades mecânicas, como a encontrada nos computadores, e o domínio consensual da linguagem que permite explicar um mundo entendido como realidade. Essa noção é forjada como um artifício teóricometodológico para evitar, em contextos educativos e de pesquisa, a reificação de uma posição frente aos quadros explicativos que reforça dicotomias tipo natureza-cultura e deslegitima o potencial enunciativo de qualquer ser humano. O artifício é proposto em três campos de análise e legibilidade: o campo das condições técnicas das superfícies; a estabilização de uma posição de observação diante das superfícies de inscrição; e o contexto político do uso de tais superfícies para compartilhar e explicar. / On this thesis, we discuss that the inscriptions are the interface from which it is possible to consider the conditions of observers methodologically on the knowledge visualization; therefore, we consider the formal systems limits, the representation crisis, and the Turing Machine Model as affirmations of the embodied condition of knowledge. In this context, the notion of information proves to be an indicative of a paradigmatic shift from a representational model of knowledge, in which the position of an observer in the face of representations does not infer the configuration that was analyzed, and a systemic model, which demands consideration of different levels of organization and its limitations that emerge from self-reference. We propose the notion of inscription surface to tackle the relation of different kinds of mechanical operability, as the one found in computers, and the consensual domain of language that helps one to explain a world perceived as reality. This notion is forged as a theoretic-methodological stratagem to avoid, in educational and research contexts, the reification of a position related to the explanatory frameworks that reinforces dichotomies such as nature-culture and delegitimizes the enunciative potential of any humanbeing. The stratagem is proposed in three fields of analysis and readability: the field of technical conditions of the surfaces; a position of observation stabilization on the inscription surfaces, and the political context of the use of such surfaces to share and explain.

Nesta tese, argumenta-se que as inscrições são a interface a partir da qual é possível considerar metodologicamente a condição de observadores na visualização do conhecimento. Para isso, considera-se os limites dos sistemas formais, a crise da representação e o modelo da Máquina de Turing como afirmações da condição encarnada do conhecer. Nesse contexto, a noção de informação mostra-se indício de uma transição paradigmática entre um modelo de conhecimento representacional, no qual a posição de um observador frente às representações não entra na configuração analisada, e um modelo sistêmico, que exige a consideração de diferentes níveis de organização e suas limitações que emergem da autorreferência. Propõe-se a noção superfície de inscrição para abordar a relação entre operatividades mecânicas, como a encontrada nos computadores, e o domínio consensual da linguagem que permite explicar um mundo entendido como realidade. Essa noção é forjada como um artifício teóricometodológico para evitar, em contextos educativos e de pesquisa, a reificação de uma posição frente aos quadros explicativos que reforça dicotomias tipo natureza-cultura e deslegitima o potencial enunciativo de qualquer ser humano. O artifício é proposto em três campos de análise e legibilidade: o campo das condições técnicas das superfícies; a estabilização de uma posição de observação diante das superfícies de inscrição; e o contexto político do uso de tais superfícies para compartilhar e explicar. / On this thesis, we discuss that the inscriptions are the interface from which it is possible to consider the conditions of observers methodologically on the knowledge visualization; therefore, we consider the formal systems limits, the representation crisis, and the Turing Machine Model as affirmations of the embodied condition of knowledge. In this context, the notion of information proves to be an indicative of a paradigmatic shift from a representational model of knowledge, in which the position of an observer in the face of representations does not infer the configuration that was analyzed, and a systemic model, which demands consideration of different levels of organization and its limitations that emerge from self-reference. We propose the notion of inscription surface to tackle the relation of different kinds of mechanical operability, as the one found in computers, and the consensual domain of language that helps one to explain a world perceived as reality. This notion is forged as a theoretic-methodological stratagem to avoid, in educational and research contexts, the reification of a position related to the explanatory frameworks that reinforces dichotomies such as nature-culture and delegitimizes the enunciative potential of any humanbeing. The stratagem is proposed in three fields of analysis and readability: the field of technical conditions of the surfaces; a position of observation stabilization on the inscription surfaces, and the political context of the use of such surfaces to share and explain.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-08-22T19:19:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 aldomoreira.pdf: 1673373 bytes, checksum: 5aa80bc0e0454354a1e4075d2d652656 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-08-28T13:06:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 aldomoreira.pdf: 1673373 bytes, checksum: 5aa80bc0e0454354a1e4075d2d652656 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T13:06:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 aldomoreira.pdf: 1673373 bytes, checksum: 5aa80bc0e0454354a1e4075d2d652656 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-31 / A presente dissertação é desenvolvida no âmbito do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação (PPGP) do Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). O objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar a utilização, pelos professores, das salas de informática no Instituto de Educação de Minas Gerais, identificar barreiras e apontar ações que possam contorná-las. Assumimos como hipóteses que as causas destes fatores podem ser identificadas desde a formação do professor, bem como nas condições nas quais são criados os Laboratórios de Informática, as dificuldades enfrentadas pelas escolas quanto ao funcionamento e manutenção dos mesmos, e ainda no atendimento às escolas pelos NTEs, órgãos diretamente ligados à Secretaria de Estado da Educação, responsável pela implantação, manutenção e acompanhamento de funcionamento e uso dos Laboratórios de Informática nas Escolas Estaduais. Para tanto, foi utilizada a abordagem qualitativa, e como instrumentos foram utilizados a entrevista com técnicos e analistas do NTE e a Diretora do Instituto de Educação de Minas Gerais (IEMG), além de questionários aplicados a um grupo de professores atuantes na escola. Os resultados obtidos na presente pesquisa corroboram em parte as hipóteses lançadas. Ademais, eles foram utilizados como base na proposição de um Plano de Ação Educacional (PAE), que apontará ações que possam viabilizar o uso do Laboratório de Informática na escola pesquisada, podendo também estas ações propostas serem estendidas a outras instituições educacionais da Rede Estadual de Ensino, visando, ainda, o fomento do uso das TIC na prática pedagógica. / The present dissertation is developed under the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The objective of this research is to investigate teachers' use of computer rooms in the Minas Gerais Institute of Education, to identify barriers and to point out actions that could circumvent them. We assume as hypotheses that the causes of these factors can be identified since the teacher's training, as well as in the conditions in which the Computer Labs are created, the difficulties faced by the schools in their operation and maintenance, and in the attendance to the schools by the NTEs, organs directly connected to the State Secretariat of Education, responsible for the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of the operation and use of the Information Technology Laboratories in State Schools. For that, the qualitative approach was used, and as instruments the interview with technicians and analysts of the NTE and the Director of the Institute of Education of Minas Gerais (IEMG) was used, as well as questionnaires applied to a group of teachers working in the school. The results obtained in the present study partially corroborate the hypotheses. In addition, they were used as a basis for proposing an Educational Action Plan (PAE), which will point out actions that may make feasible the use of the Computer Laboratory in the researched school, and these proposed actions may be extended to other educational institutions of the State Network of Teaching, aiming also at promoting the use of ICT in pedagogical practice.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze internal communication in a specific company and propose possible improvements. Such proposal is based on surveys and interviews with company owner. Theoretical part includes definition of internal communication, its effect on company´s functioning process and factors that influence it. Mentioned are also different communication instruments, mainly ICT instruments that can be effectively used for company´s internal communication. Practical part applies acquired findings on a specific situation in a specific company. Aim of this research is to analyze current situation of internal communication, determine its weaknesses and propose possible solutions of their removal.

The aim of the work is to analyze and describe the current status of the use of ICT in teaching and propose of appropriate use of ICT in education by the questionnaire survey of primary school pupils, secondary school students, teachers, and ICT coordinators in primary and secondary schools. The first four chapters are devoted to theory and explanation of basic concepts related to the topic of ICT in teaching. The first chapter defines the concept of ICT, its history, and it presents concrete examples of ICT. The second chapter focuses on ICT in teaching, learning theory, development of ICT application in education before and now, and the benefits of ICT in education. The third chapter describes roles in education in terms of ICT usage, such as the role of teachers and ICT coordinators, and attitudes of experts. The last theoretical part deals with international comparisons. The following chapters provide a description and analysis of the survey. The final chapter discusses the proposals and recommendations how to use ICT in teaching.

Os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais têm como um dos objetivos gerais para o ensino fundamental que os estudantes sejam capazes de `saber utilizar diferentes fontes de informação e recursos tecnológicos para adquirir e construir conhecimentos (BRASIL, 1997, p. 69). Considerando essa premissa e a necessidade da utilização das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação no cotidiano social, a educação também tem sido alvo de soluções de cunho tecnológico, que podem fornecer materiais de referência para professores e alunos pela utilização das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação e pelo desenvolvimento de um trabalho reflexivo sobre a linguagem digital. Nesse sentido, este estudo justifica-se pela necessidade de trabalhar as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação nos ambientes escolares e, mais precisamente, com a linguagem digital. O objetivo da pesquisa é fazer um levantamento das características da plataforma online Currículo+ com relação aos conceitos de Hipertextualidade, Interatividade e Usabilidade e apontar alguns fatores que possam auxiliar os professores na utilização dessa plataforma no que diz respeito à Língua Portuguesa. Como fundamentação teórica, utilizam-se os estudos sobre o uso das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação no ambiente escolar, bem como estudos sobre as concepções de linguagem que podem auxiliar o embasamento teórico para o uso da linguagem digital. Em seguida são utilizados os estudos sobre algumas características das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação como a Hipertextualidade, Interatividade e Usabilidade. Os resultados demonstraram que a plataforma Currículo+ pode se tornar uma importante ferramenta de auxílio para o professor de Língua Portuguesa. Entretanto, também apontam para a necessidade de observar a qualidade dos recursos digitais disponíveis, para que o recurso auxilie de fato a aprendizagem. / The National Curriculum Parameters have as one of the general objectives for elementary school students to be able to `know how to use different sources of information and technological resources to acquire and build knowledge (BRAZIL, 1997, p. 69). Given this premise and the emergence of the use of information and communication technologies in everyday social life, education has also been the target of technological nature solutions, which can provide reference materials for teachers and students through the use of Information and Communication Technologies and the development of a reflective work on digital language. In this way, this study is justified by the need of working the Information and Communication Technologies in school environments and, more precisely, with the digital language. The objective of the research is to survey the online platform features Curriculum + with respect to the concepts of Hypertextuality, Usability and Interactivity and point out some factors that can assist teachers in the use of this platform with regard to Portuguese. As a theoretical basis, the studies on the use of Information and Communication Technologies in the school environment are used, as well as studies on the language concepts that can help the theoretical basis for the use of digital language. Then studies on some characteristics of the Information and Communication Technologies are used as Hypertextuality, Usability and Interactivity. The results showed that the Currículo+ platform can become an important support tool for the Portuguese teacher. However, they also point to the need of observing the quality of digital resources available so that the resource really assists the learning process.

Magister Commercii - MCom / Information and communication technologies (ICT) have changed the way healthcare processes are being documented. This results in better quality and ethical vigilance to ensure a more accurate form of data recordkeeping (Stevenson, Nilsson, Petersson & Johansson, 2010). Health care in South Africa, is facing major issues relating to patient care, such as delays in patients receiving medical care. According to the national Department of Health, the improvement of public healthcare facilities is crucial (McIntyre & Ataguba, 2017). Information and communication technology (ICT) has the ability to significantly alter the status of healthcare services in the Western Cape, which can be achieved through the role of an electronic healthcare record (EHR).

This thesis was developed to investigate the current models of sustainable development and architectural working and design practice and process to respond to the challenges of the current era defined as the Information Age. This thesis proposes a new model of sustainable development aligned to architecture and the Information Age, and a new integrated systems-design methodology to support it. Buildings were defined by le Corbusier in 1927 as ‘machines for living in’1 on the premise that these buildings facilitated our day-to-day user experience. The role of architecture as a facilitator for a sustainable existence is therefore subject to continued investigation. While there has been an increasing interest in environmental issues and ‘green building’, built environments have consequently failed to effectively holistically integrate core sustainable development principles in architecture. When compared to the definition of sustainable development in the UN Brundlandt Report of 1987, further research into an architectural design methodology is required to enable and plan for the long-term success of our built environments for current and, importantly, future generations. The practices and production of architecture risk being limited to reactively monitoring the design and construction processes for fixed moments in time, usually after the problem has presented itself. This is representative of localised, yet much publicised trends involving quantifiable rating systems for building performance. This does not contribute to long-term sustainability of the architectural product, nor the core principle of sustainable development to adequately meet the needs of current and future generations. The gravitation towards these easily-followed, yet limited-in-scope checklist processes is symptomatic of concepts of sustainable development remaining too broad and fragmented to facilitate focused, industry-appropriate implementation and design. The digital and information-based revolution has arrived, and humankind has now progressed to the point where constant and pervasive access to information and communication in a world of connected systems has changed the way we live and work. This is occurring at an exponential rate within what have been termed ‘knowledge-based societies’. Furthermore, the influence of the Information Age continues to manifest itself in the built environment through advancement of concepts and initiatives such as Smart Cities, intelligent buildings, and the Internet of Things. However, architectural approach and its emphasis on the building as a finite product comes at the expense of a holistic and integrated systems approach, and therefore requires investigation towards a revised design methodology. This thesis will begin by investigating the concept of sustainable development from its original inception to existing interpretations, and will interrogate its continued significance as a decades-old concept to the Information Age. This will be undertaken on the basis that sustainable development primarily aligns itself to the needs of humankind (current and future generations) and as such remains timeless as a core concept. However, the criteria that define sustainable development require investigation based on: a) their suitability towards human need in the context of knowledge-based societies and the Information Age, as well as b) their appropriateness for focused implementation in the scope of the built environment. In this aim, newly proposed criteria will be assimilated into a revised model for sustainable development, from which a methodology for design is developed. This will address the nature of the architectural process towards the creation of sustainable building solutions as a function of a systems approach, rather than a product approach. An integrated systems-design methodology is proposed, promoting the evolution of sustainable development theory in architecture for greater applicability to the Information Age. This systems-design methodology proactively identifies criteria for solving a given problem and the development of alternative solutions, while the proposed revised model for sustainable development is integrated to achieve a holistic building solution based on a systems process. This is inclusive of product (systems solution) delivery into the operation phase. The designer and project information model therefore transition into ‘information custodian’ and repository for knowledge gathering and exchange respectively, to the benefit of current and future stakeholders. This is addressed through various stages in design development and implementation, which apply contextually-based requirements of proposed sustainable development criteria, while catering for aspects of future flexibility, user experience, and knowledge-based development. This methodology expects the design practitioner to apply multi-dimensional evaluation and assessment tools at their discretion, and accommodate changing project dynamics over its life cycle. This implementation will benefit from future research and the introduction of new technologies to aid the process. This may furthermore be affected by new regulatory policy and guidelines affecting architects and the built environment. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Architecture / PhD / Unrestricted