A common practice of multinational companies is to temporarily transfer employees to international locations in order to exchange technology, launch new ventures, and facilitate communication within the company. To do this, multinational companies must make a number of decisions regarding their expatriate programs. Even though international companies would rather stay focused on the professional performance of their employees without having to "meddle" in personal and family affairs, recent research has shown that the adaptation of the accompanying spouse is one of the most critical factors in expatriate assignment success or failure. By studying the available literature on expatriate spouse adaptation, coupled with conducting my own exploratory research with American expatriate spouses currently living in France, I was led to the conclusion that adequate, pre-departure preparation is indispensable to an expatriate spouse's successful cross-cultural adaptation. To improve the efficacy of pre-departure training, I propose providing expatriate spouses with personal trainers who will teach them to adopt a new mindset for the purpose of conducting cultural analysis. This mindset involves assuming the role of anthropologist—just as an actor would assume a role in a play. The benefits of this approach are twofold: firstly, imagining oneself as an anthropologist provides excellent motivation to get out and explore a new culture rather than avoiding it and hiding out in the safe haven of one's own home; secondly, having a new, temporary identity will help create the emotional distance necessary to minimize reactionary, negative feelings and allow for progressive, cross-cultural understanding. While being sensitive to prospective expatriate spouses' personal goals, personal trainers should provide concrete methods to help mitigate culture shock's related stresses, as well as helping expatriate spouses develop appropriate coping skills to assist them in dealing with the unsettling experience of living in another culture. By implementing improvements in relocation programs, such as the solution I propose, multinational companies can maintain an acceptable return on investment for their relocation programs while affording expatriate employees and their respective families an enriching and life-changing intercultural experience.

VITURIANO, Hercília Maria de Moura. Formação continuada em uma concepção crítico-reflexiva: desafios aos coordenadores-formadores de professores nas escolas da rede municipal de São Luís. 2008. 108 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Ceará. Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2008. / Submitted by Raul Oliveira (raulcmo@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-04T17:12:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_Dis_HMMVituriano.pdf: 820296 bytes, checksum: 120665ff50dc4746baac3071bd5843f2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-07-06T14:39:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_Dis_HMMVituriano.pdf: 820296 bytes, checksum: 120665ff50dc4746baac3071bd5843f2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-06T14:39:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_Dis_HMMVituriano.pdf: 820296 bytes, checksum: 120665ff50dc4746baac3071bd5843f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / O presente estudo está vinculado a Linha de Pesquisa de Educação, Currículo e Ensino do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Ceará. O objetivo central do trabalho é analisar o papel do Coordenador Pedagógico como formador de professores em uma concepção crítico-reflexiva, no contexto das escolas da Rede Municipal de São Luís – MA. São discutidas as possibilidades e limites da formação que ocorre na escola e o papel dos formadores nesse contexto. Inicialmente apresenta-se o percurso metodológico onde se destacam os sujeitos e o contexto da pesquisa, os procedimentos e instrumentos utilizados e faz-se uma síntese das lições aprendidas e das fontes de informação que serviram de base para a análise. Em seguida, discute-se a evolução do processo de formação de professores no Brasil, especialmente a partir dos anos 70, passando pelos anos 80 e chegando aos dias atuais. Consideram-se duas vertentes no âmbito das discussões sobre a formação docente, a primeira voltada para uma perspectiva transmissiva, a qual tem se buscado superar e, outra, em evidência nos últimos anos, que é a questão da formação crítico-reflexiva. No terceiro capítulo, o tema em discussão é a escola como lócus privilegiado da formação docente. Daí em diante a ênfase recai sobre a análise dos dados, a qual é feita no quarto capítulo. Por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas as informações foram colhidas junto a quatro coordenadores-formadores que atuam em escolas da Rede Municipal de São Luís – MA (RMSL-MA), em diferentes segmentos da Educação Básica (Educação Infantil, Ensino Fundamental e da Educação de Jovens e Adultos). A escolha dos sujeitos da pesquisa recaiu sobre aqueles (as) que têm conseguido mobilizar os professores e são reconhecidos pelo seu sucesso no trabalho. Apresentam-se boas situações de formação na escola, por considerar que estas possam sinalizar elementos importantes para um processo de avaliação na Rede Municipal de São Luís – MA. Tomando por base os dados analisados, conclui-se que, para atuar como formador de professores na escola, é importante que se atue em uma perspectiva crítico-reflexiva. Destaca-se por fim, que ser formador é uma função desafiadora: por não ser prescritiva, sua atuação implica, não considerar o contexto de atuação em que apenas as situações pareçam claras e distintas, mas, ao contrário, muitas vezes, o formador atua diante das urgências e das incertezas.

This MA thesis is a descriptive theoretical study dealing with the work of the conference interpreter, teacher and researcher Kilian Seeber. The thesis explores individual fields of interest of Kilian Seeber and the results of his research. It describes mainly the cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting, prosody and intonation, but also ethical decisions in simultaneous interpreting and issues connected with training of trainers. Furthermore, the thesis presents Seeber's teaching and interpreting projects and, last but not least, the reaction to his work and its reception in the international interpreting community. Key words: Kilian Seeber, cognitive load, eye tracking experiment, pupillometry, prosody, intonation, ethical decisions, simultaneous interpreting, blended learning.

Sport Airport complex Brno-Medlánky is nestled in the undulating hilly terrain in fields just beyond populated areas in Brno-Medlánky. The history of the airport dates back to 1924 when it was built the first wooden hangar for training purposes glider flights. Current state urban of airport is orderless. The aim is to streamline the complex and give it the order, allowing easy and efficient orientation in the space. The main intervention was the creation of a new central building - Aviation Museum. The concept of the design is based on the division of the whole area into two branches - communication axes, based on the mass preserved historic wooden hangars. Between the two communication arms is inserted a central axis on which is located the heart of the complex - Aviation Museum. It is a building organic form, inspiring axially symmetric wingspan (bird, airplane, beetle). It is this symmetry axis of the building creates a view towards building on the runway. Mass of the building used by the sloping terrain and is partially sunk under the ground. Building volume follows an upward slope from the outside and blends with the surrounding terrain. The internal layout consists of three floors, one of them is completely sunk below ground level and second half. The main entrance to the gallery is located in the uppermost floors, the direction of the exhibition is therefore directed downwards into the basement. The exposition is divided into six parts: RC models exposure, gliders exposure, powered aircraft exposure, screening room, children's exposure and air trainers. Other areas consist of building technical facilities. In the basement there is a workshop with aircraft lift, with the possibility of placement unexposed aircrafts. The supporting system of the building consists of two parts: reinforced concrete tubs and arched steel structure with a span of 50m.