Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1999. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Submitted by Aelson Maciera (aelsoncm@terra.com.br) on 2017-05-29T19:45:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissBHC.pdf: 1188375 bytes, checksum: 2f9105838acac59bdd34351c27112750 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2017-05-30T13:34:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissBHC.pdf: 1188375 bytes, checksum: 2f9105838acac59bdd34351c27112750 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2017-05-30T13:34:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissBHC.pdf: 1188375 bytes, checksum: 2f9105838acac59bdd34351c27112750 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-30T13:37:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissBHC.pdf: 1188375 bytes, checksum: 2f9105838acac59bdd34351c27112750 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / The objective of this work is to analyze the current relationship that emerges from the coupling between human beings and the technological devices related to listening, considering changes that occur in these devices mainly from the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century, such as miniaturization and proliferation. For the proposed analysis, we map the term technology, which reveals that there is a set of dynamic and non-linear forces acting behind each of these devices, opening a field for dialogical interactions between human and machine. We also map out the theories of listening that emerged in the twentieth century that spring from this dialogical relationship with technology or that take it into account in order to establish a field for thinking about what is at stake in these theories. We conclude the study with an analysis on the relationship between the listening and one of the most established sound devices currently: the smartphone. / O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a atual relação que emerge da acoplagem entre os seres humanos e os dispositivos tecnológicos relacionados à escuta, considerando alterações que ocorrem nestes dispositivos principalmente a partir do fim do século XX e início do século XXI, como a miniaturização e a proliferação massiva. Para a análise proposta, foram mapeadas acepções do termo tecnologia que revelam que há um conjunto de forças dinâmicas e não lineares atuando por trás de cada um destes dispositivos, abrindo um campo para interações dialógicas e processos de subjetivação entre ser humano e máquina. Mapeamos também teorias de escuta surgidas no século XX, que brotam a partir desta relação dialógica com a tecnologia ou que a levem em conta, a fim de estabelecermos um campo para pensarmos o que está em jogo nestas teorias. Concluímos o estudo analisando a relação da escuta com um dos dispositivos sonoros mais disseminados atualmente: o smartphone.

This study evaluated Department of Foreign Language Education students&amp / #65533 / perceptions on technology competence in regard to National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) developed by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), in Middle East Technical University, in Ankara, Turkey. The NETS-T&amp / #65533 / s six sub standards -technology operations and concepts / planning and designing learning environments and experiences / teaching, learning, and the curriculum / assessment and evaluation / productivity and professional practice / social, ethical, legal, and human issues- were investigated in the study. 383 students participated in the study. 103 of them were freshmen, 98 of them were sophomores, 96 of them were juniors, and 86 of them were seniors. Besides, 96 of them were males, while 287 of them were females. This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey study. In order to collect the data, a survey, consisted of 44 Likert type, five point scale items, was developed by the researcher. The study results show that except for &amp / #65533 / technology operations and concepts&amp / #65533 / for which male students&amp / #65533 / perceptions were higher than female students&amp / #65533 / perceptions there was no significant difference between male and female students. There was no significant difference in &amp / #65533 / technology operations and concepts&amp / #65533 / across grade levels. There were no significant differences between freshmen&amp / #65533 / s and sophomores&amp / #65533 / perceptions for all of the sub-standards. In general, juniors&amp / #65533 / perceptions on the competence of NETS-T were higher than freshmen&amp / #65533 / s and sophomores&amp / #65533 / perceptions, and seniors&amp / #65533 / perceptions were higher than all of the other grade levels&amp / #65533 / perceptions. As a result, the findings of the study indicated that students&amp / #65533 / perceptions related with their competencies in the NETS_T needs to be increased.

(in English): This thesis is conceived as a metareview of research on differences in perception, understanding and retention of text on various display media. It summarizes the results of the most interesting and most relevant research on this topic conducted since the 80s to the present. Even though it is difficult to summarize the results of individual studies, mainly because of differences in research methodology and differently chosen tested samples, we can say that the main finding of this metareview is that display technologies that are available these days have no negative effect on eye fatigue, reading speed, perception, understanding or retention of text. Theoretical part of this thesis is followed by practical part that consists of three short experiments performed on a small sample of participants. First of those experiments studies differences in reading comprehension and retention among high school students, second experiment focuses on differences in reading speed on different media and subjective evaluation of eye fatigue, and the third experiment is an online form about subjective preferences of study materials among learners.