Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

The problem of this study concerned the factors involved in the selection of medical technology as a major. The purposes of the study were to determine (a) the most influential factors in the selection of medical technology as a career, (b) which sources of career information were the most frequently utilized and most influential in the choice of medical technology as a major, (c) the most common misperceptions of the field at the time of selection of the major, and (d) the relationship between accurate perceptions of the field at the time of major selection and satisfaction with the choice of major after employment.

Orientador: Edilson Moreira de Oliveira / Banca: Edson do Carmo Inforsato / Banca: Aline Juliana Oja Persicheto / Resumo: As Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) encontram-se presentes na sociedade e no cotidiano escolar. Tal fato gera como urgência social a necessidade de um processo de formação continuada de professores para uso das tecnologias, objetivando a apropriação deste instrumental, por parte destes docentes. Este trabalho buscou analisar a prática pedagógica de 13 professores de unidades escolares que participaram de cursos na modalidade a distância oferecidos entre os anos de 2011 e 2013 pela Secretaria de Educação de um município do interior do Estado de São Paulo. Nesta perspectiva, foram analisados dois cursos na modalidade de Educação a Distância (EaD) oferecidos aos professores do 1º ao 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental I, o objetivo foi analisar a estrutura didática destes cursos, ou seja, seus conteúdos, metodologias, carga horária, recursos, tipos de atividades, etc. Noutro momento, buscou-se identificar se os professores utilizam em sua prática pedagógica os conteúdos aprendidos no curso em análise. A metodologia qualitativa contemplou as seguintes etapas: 1) levantamento bibliográfico e revisão da literatura; 2) pesquisa de campo em três momentos nos quais: o primeiro realizou-se uma análise dos cursos on-line, para conhecer a estrutura de tais cursos; segundo foram realizadas 13 entrevistas semiestruturadas para identificar o perfil dos docentes que participaram dos cursos, os conteúdos aprendidos e a prática pedagógica desses sujeitos; terceiro ocorreram as ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The Digital Information and Communication Technologies are present in society and in daily school life. This fact generates as social urgency the need of a continuous teacher training process for the use of technologies, aiming at the appropriation of these instruments by these teachers. This work aimed to analyze the pedagogical practice of 13 teachers from school units that participated in distance learning courses offered between 2011 and 2013 by the Education Department of a municipality in the interior of the State of São Paulo. In this perspective, two courses were analyzed in the form of Distance Education offered to teachers from 1st to 5th year of Elementary School, the objective was to analyze the didactic structure of these courses, which is, their contents, methodologies, workload, resources, types of activities, etc. At another moment, it was sought to identify if the teachers use in their pedagogical practice the contents learned in the course under analysis. The qualitative methodology includes the following steps: 1) bibliographic survey and literature review; 2) field research in three moments whereupon: the first one was an analysis of the online courses, to know their structure; at the second, 13 semi-structured interviews were carried out to identify the profile of the teachers who participated in the courses, the contents learned and the pedagogical practice of these subjects; at the third there were in-situ observations of the classes of two teachers usi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

M. Tech. Business Information Systems / This mini-dissertation explored the e-Skills expectation gap between academia and the software industry where there are high numbers of unemployed graduate in the face of ICT skills shortage. This study looked at the following factors: government participation in the industry, academia course offering, course design and processes, and individuals as e-Skill contributors to the software industry. The present study conceptualises a framework that may help bridge the gap between academia and the software industry. The study sought to analyse the ICT curriculum, student e-Skills and the software industry, in order to address the present e-Skills gap.

The human resource is constantly cited as an organisation's greatest asset. In a rapidly changing technological environment this is most applicable to the Information Technology (IT) function. Organisations are experiencing IT human resource problems such as low satisfaction, early plateauing, high turnover, burnout, limited advancement potential, nominal corporate commitment, supervisory aversion, poor organisational culture, and exceptional compensation. These problems are directly related to the IT professional's career. There is a lack of information and awareness surrounding IT careers to deal effectively with these problems. The research aims to create increased awareness of IT careers and the inherent problems through the development of a career management model. The research aims to identify the factors that influence IT careers, provide career management with a means to measure compatibility of the factors, and suggest solutions to incompatibility. The solving of this problem will be of mutual benefit to both organisations and individuals as they seek to better manage IT careers. After reviewing research literature relating to career anchors, IT job types, IT skills portfolios, and career dynamics a model for Effective IT Career Management (EITCM) has been constructed. The model represents the dynamic interactions between individual, organisational, and dependent factors. The model examines the compatibility of these interacting factors by measuring the levels of relevant career variables. The model suggests appropriate career management techniques to increase the compatibility of the interacting factors. An empirical study was designed and launched online to provide data that would confirm the seven Critical Success Factors (CSF) relating to the proposed model. The responses from the members of the Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA) allowed the seven hypotheses derived from the CSFs to be tested. The results of the empirical study were positive but required modification to five of the CSFs before they could be confirmed. The EITCM model was modified to reflect the improved CSFs. An awareness of career influencing factors combined with active career management is advantageous to both IT professionals and their organisations.