In 2003 the Ministry of Education – Zimbabwe, in partnership with UNICEF introduced an HIV and AIDS subject area named the AIDS Action Programme for Schools (AAPS) in secondary schools. It was mandated that AAPS be a compulsory subject area taught alongside other subjects in the curriculum as the objective of the strategy was to use the life-sustaining power of education to reduce the learners’ vulnerability to HIV infection. Despite the innovation there still exists a high prevalence of 11,1% of HIV infection among secondary school learners (UNAIDS 2010183). The high HIV infection rate prompted the study into how secondary school teachers understand, respond to and implement the AAPS. The study was founded upon the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. The sample comprised twenty teachers, four school heads and two Ministry of Education officials from the Masvingo district. Data for the qualitative case study was collected via individual interviews, focus group interviews and open-ended questionnaires. The study found that the AAPS has a low status in schools. Most teachers face numerous challenges regarding their understanding and implementation of the AAPS. It became apparent that teachers had mixed perceptions, were uninformed, ignorant, frustrated or confused regarding the AAPS policy, curriculum requirements and components. They developed negative attitudes because they lacked resources, syllabuses and prescribed textbooks, support, sufficient time for the subject area and a protective policy to cover them when they teach sensitive topics. The lack of understanding among teachers created feelings of helplessness and fear of implementing the subject area. Teachers feared loss of status among colleagues in the schools, and that they or their learners might be labelled as being HIV-positive. Teachers feared teaching orphaned and vulnerable learners in their classrooms, some of whom were infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, without being able to offer them practical solutions. Teachers who had a positive attitude attempted to adapt the curriculum while many were reluctant and ignored implementation of the subject area. Evaluated against the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, it was revealed that many of the teachers implemented the AAPS at low stages of concern and levels of use. Overall, the subject area was implemented with reluctant compliance and compliance with constraints, revealing a disjunction between policy and curriculum requirements and practice in the schools. In the light of these findings, recommendations were made with regard to the study on training and support of teachers. The Ministry of Education should become proactive in developing teachers’ knowledge and skills via significant and ongoing professional development and training for all teachers in HIV and AIDS education. School heads should exercise control and provide support with regard to curriculum implementation. Subject area coordinators, and school heads should deliberately create opportunities for staff to collaborate and exchange creative ideas and information that will improve teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the curriculum. Qualified and interested teachers should be appointed in a permanent capacity to teaching HIV and AIDS education. Universities should develop and provide programmes that will prepare teachers to effectively implement the curriculum of the AIDS Action Programme for Schools. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Early Childhood Education / unrestricted

Life Orientation is a new learning area in the National Curriculum Statement. The Learning area promises to improve the quality of education for all the South Africans. This study was founded upon the Structural Curriculum Theory to investigate how secondary school teachers understand, response to and implement Life Orientation. Life Orientation is a core subject area according to the Department of Education. A total number of thirty six Life Orientation teachers form five secondary schools in different circuits in Gert Sibande Region in Mpumalamga Province participated in the study. Data was collected through the focus group, individual interviews and qualitatively analysed. The results revealed that teachers are frustrated, lack knowledge, understanding, has negative response and are ignorant in implementing the subject area in schools. Teachers lack sufficient support, not suffiently qualified, disregard the importance of the subject area, low status of the subject area, limited time allocation for the learning area. In the light of the results, recommendations are made with regard to the study on training monitoring and support of teachers. The Department of Education should increase school-based support visits and monitoring by district officials. These visits should be more intense and should include practical demonstrations of curriculum implementation. District officials must monitor progress by following-up previous visits. Heads of Department should exercise control and provide guidance with regard to curriculum implementation. Learning area teachers and the Heads of Department should be empowered by the Department of Education through scheduled workshops. Specific emphasis should be given to the interpretation and practical implementation of the learning area policy components. Heads of Department should deliberately create opportunities for Life Orientation staff to collaborate to exchange creative ideas and information that will improve teachers’ understanding and interpretation of the curriculum. Schools should acknowledge the status and importance of the learning area. Life Orientation should not be disregarded and deliberately allocated to ineffective teachers or to fill up gaps in the timetable of teachers. Teaching Life Orientation should not be imposed on teachers. Higher Education Institutions should have programmes that will prepare teachers as specialists in Life Orientation as a learning area. The Department of Education and Higher Education Institutions should actively recruit students to become specialists in Life Orientation as a learning area for better implementation of Life Orientation in South African schools. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Early Childhood Education / unrestricted

The research reviews that the majority of Black South Africans will frequent a traditional African healer as a primary means of health care. This may be partly due to the fact that traditional African healer is accredited as offering more affordable means of health care. Traditional African healing has been esteemed in treating the physical, mental and spiritual health of the population. This paradigm is also respected for its holistic approach which stretches beyond sole biological assumptions in the pursuit of optimum health. Depression is also confirmed as being an illness which is rife in contemporary living. South Africans may also be at an increased risk with regards to this mood disorder, due to harsh psychosocial circumstances including poverty, unemployment and crime. The research offers that the social worker and mental health care professional alike are under increased pressure to obtain ‘cultural competence’ in understanding how traditional African discourse constructs common mental illnesses like depression. Therefore in light the above, the research attempted to explore an understanding of depression amongst a sample of traditional healers in Johannesburg. There is little research done on this subject. Therefore a qualitative research approach was adopted. Qualitative research may offer a more reflective space as a point of entry into a subject which has not been explored. The case study research design, specifically a collective case study was used and semi-structured interviews were conducted, using an interview schedule. The researcher interviewed 10 traditional healers. The interview aimed to explore how traditional healers understand depression. iii The research used a content analysis to draw common themes from the transcribed interviews with the participants who formed part of the sample, selected by means of purposive sampling. The themes derived from the interviews offer some reflections on the traditional healers’ understanding of depression. These themes included: relevancy of depression; distinctions between depression and sadness; intuitive assessments of depression; external circumstances and psychosocial circumstances; relevance of biomedical interventions; treatment by the African traditional healer; counselling; supernatural and spiritual influences; punishment; depression experienced as a collective vs. individualistic cultural experience; somatisation and specific emotional difficulties related to the vocation of traditional African medicine. The research concluded that the traditional healers’ conception of depression was in a state of flux and was very much dependent on the individual interpretations by the traditional healer. This appeared to be influenced by the level of the traditional healers’ acculturation into westernized culture and exposure to biomedical interventions. The relevancy of the concept of depression was viewed as being both redundant and ripe in relevance by the sample. Depression and sadness could not always be distinguished between. However, there was a conceptualization of depression as being a more intense and severe form of sadness. Intuitive assessments of depression were generally adopted as opposed to exploring specific diagnostic criteria. Cognitive distortions such as ‘thinking too much’ and external circumstances were recognized as significant contributors. Depression was mostly indirectly recognized as an illness. Allopathic medicine was both rejected and held in high regard. Counselling was viewed as being necessary. This was not always adopted by the traditional healers. The spiritual significance was graded on a subjective spectrum of making meaning of depressive experiences. However the ancestors were still revered in all assessments and interventions. Depression was viewed on a continuum between individualistic and collective cultures. There were no significant somatic reports. In a nutshell the research concludes that there is no unified perception of depression, but highlights some common cultural variables. The research specifically highlighted the psychosocial and spiritual qualifying factors which may differentiate and qualify this paradigm from other biological and allopathic interventions. iv The research paves the way for further research to be done in this area. Recommendations are made for social workers and mental health care professionals alike to become more fluent in traditional African healing discourse in the area of mental health and depression in order to understand their clients from the African culture. / Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Social work and Criminology / unrestricted

Submitted by CARINA DA SILVA DE LARA SARRUGE (ca_lara@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-04-10T02:49:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FINAL CARINA.pdf: 3279582 bytes, checksum: 48573422010698003ef871f300b65423 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Santulo Custódio de Medeiros null (asantulo@rc.unesp.br) on 2018-04-10T12:15:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 sarruge_csl_me_rcla.pdf: 3269429 bytes, checksum: db24d2332db521b4d8b3a8878f501d3d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-10T12:15:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 sarruge_csl_me_rcla.pdf: 3269429 bytes, checksum: db24d2332db521b4d8b3a8878f501d3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-28 / Outra / A prática do voleibol vem se expandindo no Brasil desde a década de 1980, sobretudo pelas vitórias internacionais das seleções feminina e masculina, sendo as principais responsáveis pelo aumento do número de praticantes. A modalidade se manifesta de várias formas na sociedade, em vários lugares e para múltiplas finalidades, por isso deve ser motivo de reflexão também na iniciação. Embora as tecnologias estejam presentes no contexto esportivo de modo geral e no voleibol, pouco se encontra sobre sua utilização no sentido de melhorar a compreensão da lógica tática do jogo pelos praticantes, pois a prevalência do uso está em oferecer dados e respostas prontas, especialmente aos treinadores ou professores. Sendo assim, essa pesquisa teve como objetivo elaborar, implementar e avaliar uma Unidade Didática de iniciação ao voleibol, baseada na compreensão da lógica tática do jogo, a partir de um diagnóstico das dificuldades de ensino percebidas por professores de voleibol do SESC São Paulo, utilizando recursos de filmagem e Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) para auxiliar no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. A presente pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa com referencial teórico na pesquisa-ação e foi organizada em três etapas: 1) Levantamento diagnóstico com professores de voleibol do SESC São Paulo; 2) Elaboração de uma Unidade Didática de Voleibol e 3) Implementação e avaliação da Unidade Didática. Os professores indicaram, por meio do questionário, que "observar a quadra adversária e passar a bola nos espaços vazios" são as maiores dificuldades dos alunos iniciantes. A partir desse diagnóstico, elaborou-se e implementou-se uma Unidade Didática com tais elementos táticos considerando-se as tendências atuais da Pedagogia do Esporte, a partir do uso do modelo Teaching Games for Understand (TGfU), assim como recursos de filmagens e outras TIC (celular, tablet, notebook, projetor, aplicativos, sites). Os principais resultados indicam que, de fato, as filmagens dos jogos dos alunos e a utilização das TIC, além de serem atrativas, foram notavelmente facilitadoras para o alcance do objetivo proposto. As gravações permitiram que os alunos identificassem quem conseguia olhar para a quadra adversária, assim como os espaços vazios e, dessa forma, concomitantemente com os momentos de conscientização tática proposta, puderam refletir, discutir e construir estratégias e soluções para os problemas táticos impostos. Tais condições favoreceram um ensino para a formação de praticantes que compreendem a lógica tática do jogo. Observou-se, no último jogo proposto, que 43% das disputas de pontos tiveram alunos jogando a bola com clara intenção e direcionamento para a quadra adversária, um aumento considerável quando comparado ao primeiro jogo filmado no início da Unidade Didática. Conclui-se que, apesar das dificuldades técnicas, o uso de filmagem e das TIC auxiliou na aquisição da capacidade de iniciantes no voleibol jogarem com intenções táticas. / The volleyball practice has been expanding in Brazil since the 1980s, mainly due to the international victories of the women's and men's teams, being mainly responsible for the increase in the number of practitioners. The modality manifests itself in many ways in society, in many places and for multiple purposes, so it is also a reason for reflection on the initiative. Despite being in a position to improve the understanding of the tactical logic of the game for practitioners, there is a prevalence of use in data and ready-answers, especially the coaches or teachers. Thus, the research aims to develop, implement and evaluate a didactic unit of volleyball initiation, a program of learning difficulties of teaching by volleyball teachers of SESC São Paulo, filming resources and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to assist in the teaching-learning process. A qualitative research present with theoretical reference in action research and organization in three stages: 1) Diagnostic survey with SESC São Paulo volleyball teachers; 2) Elaboration of a Didactic Unit of Volleyball and 3) Implementation and evaluation of the Didactic Unit. The teachers indicated through the questionnaire that "they observe an opponent's court and pass the ball in the empty spaces" are like greater difficulties of the beginning students. Based on the use of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model as resources of movies and other ICT (cell phone, tablet, notebook, projector, applications, websites). The main results indicate that the filming of student games and ICT applications, in addition to being attractive, were remarkably facilitative in reaching the proposition. As recordings allowed the students to identify who got a look at the opposing squad, as well as the empty spaces and how they concomitantly with the moments of tactical awareness proposed, they could reflect, discuss and construct strategies and solutions to the tactical problems imposed. Such conditions favored a teaching for the formation of practitioners who understand a tactical logic of the game. It was observed in the last proposed game, that 43% of the test points disputes, throwing a ball with clear intention and direction to an opponent's court, there was a considerable increase when compared to the first game filmed at the beginning of the didactic unit. It is concluded that, despite the technical difficulties, the use of shooting and ICT, is not accepted in the acquisition of ability of beginners in volleyball play with tactical intentions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:58:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cristiane Regina de Moura Ferreira.pdf: 2091183 bytes, checksum: 593d938f91d1a71f440cd9e6928d4929 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-09 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / The present study relates a qualitative research that aims to investigate as the student, which one was concluded the 2008 High School first year, observes, realizes and understands the activities observation of regularities and generalization of patterns. This research relevance justifies itself for the subject importance Observation of Regularities and Generalization of Patterns , pointed for researchers as Stenn (1990), Orton and Orton (1999), Vale and Pimentel (2005) and Valle et al (2005), where they affirm that this resource assists the student to learn a relevant mathematics, besides revealing his algebraic comprehension. For the data collection I elaborated and I applied a diagnostic technique, inspired in the Didactic Engineering ideas, as seen in Machado (2003). The data analyses indicate that students realize pertinent observations to the regularities in the sequences and realize some generalizations of patterns, using different resolution strategies and types of semiotics representation (Duval, 2003). With regard to the understanding I can affirm that the pupils if find in development phase, therefore still need other experiences, to perfect the algebraic fluency and to reveal its thought algebraic in more efficient way / O presente estudo relata uma pesquisa qualitativa cujo objetivo foi investigar como o aluno que terminou o Primeiro ano do Ensino Médio, em 2008 observa, realiza e compreende as atividades de observação de regularidades e de generalização de padrões. A relevância dessa pesquisa se justifica pela importância do tema Observação de Regularidades e Generalização de Padrões , apontado por pesquisadores como: Stenn (1990), Orton e Orton (1999), Vale e Pimentel (2005) e Vale et al (2005), que afirmam que esse recurso auxilia o aluno a aprender uma matemática significativa, além de manifestar seu pensamento algébrico. Para a coleta de dados elaborei e apliquei um instrumento diagnóstico, inspirado nas ideias da Engenharia Didática, conforme Machado (2003). As análises dos dados indicam que os alunos realizam observações pertinentes às regularidades presentes nas sequências e realizam algumas generalizações de padrões, utilizando diferentes estratégias de resolução e diferentes tipos de registros de representação semiótica (Duval, 2003). Com relação à compreensão posso afirmar que os alunos se encontram em fase de desenvolvimento, pois necessitam ainda de outras experiências, para aperfeiçoarem a fluência algébrica e manifestar seu pensamento algébrico de maneira mais eficaz

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:37:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Augusto 2004.pdf: 643880 bytes, checksum: 5a4e98d5fbe4c91397d5d329666a523a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-05-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta pesquisa investigou, numa abordagem microgenética, a influência de duas áreas profissionais no processo de tomada de consciência das estratégias e dos procedimentos utilizados por universitários na resolução de um problema contido em um jogo de regras. Participaram do estudo quinze estudantes do curso de Engenharia Civil e quinze do curso de Psicologia. O instrumento de investigação utilizado foi o jogo Torre de Hanói, cujo objetivo é transportar uma torre de n discos da coluna inicial para a coluna de destino, passando por uma coluna intermediária. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se em três etapas, a saber: etapa 1 - abrangendo tentativas de resolução do problema contido nas torres com 2, 3, 4 e 5 discos, seguidas do registro das jogadas em um protocolo; etapa 2 - compreendendo o preenchimento de um quadro por meio do qual se podiam analisar as regularidades entre o número de deslocamentos de cada disco e o número total de deslocamentos em cada torre; etapa 3 - envolvendo uma entrevista com base em um roteiro contendo questões sobre as estratégias utilizadas. Para analisar o processo de tomada de consciência, caracterizado pela relação entre o fazer e o compreender, foram elaborados seis níveis evolutivos (IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC e III). Os principais resultados obtidos permitiram verificar que, em relação ao fazer, a maioria dos participantes (60%) resolveu o problema contido em todas as torres. No entanto constatou-se que, enquanto a maioria dos estudantes de Engenharia Civil (80%) obteve êxito pleno, ou seja, solucionou o problema contido nas quatro torres com número mínimo de deslocamentos, a maioria dos de Psicologia (60%) obteve êxito parcial, isto é, resolveu o problema contido em algumas torres com um número mínimo de movimentos, e em outras, com número excedente de deslocamentos. No plano do compreender, verificou-se que a maioria dos alunos de Psicologia (66,7%) coordenou pelo menos duas estratégias por meio das conceituações, enquanto a maior parte dos de Engenharia Civil (53,3%) não conseguiu coordenar nenhuma. Quanto ao processo de tomada de consciência, os resultados mostraram que 33,34% dos alunos de Psicologia se encontravam no nível IIA, ou seja, alcançaram êxito parcial no nível do fazer e uma compreensão parcial do problema, enquanto 46,66% dos alunos de Engenharia Civil se encontravam no nível IIC, isto é, atingiram êxito pleno no nível do fazer e uma compreensão parcial do sistema contido no jogo. / This research investigated, with a microgenetics approach, the influence of two professional areas in the process of conscience building of the strategies and the procedures utilized by university students in the resolution of a problem contained in a game of rules. Participated in the study fifteen civil engineering students and fifteen psychology students. The instrument of investigation utilized was the Hanoi Tower game, which has the objective of transporting a tower of "n" discs from the initial column to another column, passing through an intermediary column. The research developed in three stages, as follows: stage 1 - grouping trials of resolution of the problem contained in towers with 2, 3, 4, and 5 discs, followed by the recording of the plays in a protocol; stage 2 - comprehending the construction of a table from which the regularities between the number of displacements of each disc and the total number of displacements in each tower; stage 3 - involving an interview based on a script containing questions about the utilized strategies. To analyze the process of conscience building, characterized by the relation between the do and the understand, six evolutionary levels (IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC and III) The main results obtained allowed to verify that, with respect to doing, most of the participants (60%) solved the problem contained in all towers. However, it was noticed that, while most of the Civil Engineering students (80%) achieved complete success, that is, solved the problem contained in the four towers with a minimum number of displacements, most of the psychology students (60%) achieved partial success, that is, solved the problem contained in some towers with a minimum number of movements and, for other towers, with an extra number of displacements. With respect to comprehending, it was verified that most of the psychology students (66,7%) coordinated at least two strategies by means of conceptualizing, while the majority of the engineering majors (53,3%) was not able to coordinate any. With respect to the process of conscience building, the results showed that 33,34% of the psychology students were classified on level IIA, meaning that they achieved partial success in doing and partial comprehension of the problem, while 46,66% of the Civil Engineering were classified on level IIC, that is, achieved complete success in doing and a partial comprehension of the system contained in the game.

Many companies must undergo organizational changes to achieve a more efficient business. This essay has focused on studying a small company, its development as well as its need for change. The company, Pärlans Konfektyr AB, is a manufacturing company located in Stockholm that has been operating since 2010. The company has in recent years, firmly increased its sales and is facing a number of changes as the company has grown.   The need for changes was mainly identified as technical, because of the need to implement a new business system. Understanding how a change takes place and how an organization can accomplish an implementation effectively is important as it requires a lot of time and resources. This has been investigated by studying theories and models for successful change and implementation work in previous research. The purpose of the study is to create an understanding of what kind of organizational changes a small company stands in front of and how these can be implemented in a successful way. The survey is a qualitative study and in order to be able to answer the study's research question, an interview survey has been applied, where the data has been analyzed and compared with previous research in the field. The conclusion of this study is that Pärlans Konfektyr AB is in a stage of ‘’growing pains’’ which leads to different challenges for companies that have strong growth in a short time. In combination with this growth, there is a need for new structures and routines in the business, for which several models from previous research can serve as auxiliary tools.

[pt] Ao refletir sobre as minhas motivações para ser membro do grupo de Prática Exploratória do Rio de Janeiro desde 2016, senti-me instigada a entender quais seriam as razões pelas quais outras colegas fazem parte deste grupo por mais tempo e continuam sendo bastante participativas. Assim, esta tese tem por objetivo analisar as percepções sobre o que motiva três professoras a permanecerem no grupo por quase três décadas. A partir de suas falas, busco compreender o que significa para elas a sustentabilidade nesse movimento de trabalhar para entender. Para isto, recorro a um arcabouço interdisciplinar que contempla os conceitos teóricos da Prática Exploratória (MILLER ET AL., 2008; ALLWRIGHT, HANKS, 2009), que trata do refletir, do ensinar-aprender, da formação docente-aprendente, de fazer pesquisa. Os estudos de narrativas e avaliação (LABOV; WALETZKY, 1967; LABOV, 1972; LINDE, 1993, 1997; MOITA LOPES, 2001; BASTOS, 2004, 2005) são de grande importância para o presente estudo, uma vez que analiso os relatos de experiências profissionais e de vida das participantes. Apresento alguns conceitos que me permitem interpretar a relação de afeto sobre o grupo de Prática Exploratória e nas relações construídas sobre emoções (REZENDE, COELHO, 2010; ALBA-JUEZ MACKENZIE, 2019; LE BRETON, 2021). Por fim, o sistema de avaliatividade (MARTIN e WHITE, 2005; ALMEIDA, 2010; VIAN JR, 2009; 2010) me auxilia a mapear as marcas avaliativas nas conversas exploratórias entre as participantes e eu. A presente pesquisa se alinha a uma abordagem qualitativa-interpretativista (DENZIN; LINCOLN, 2006). Além disso, como a investigação se insere no paradigma da pesquisa do praticante (COCHRAN-SMITH; LYTLE, 2009), os entendimentos foram construídos de forma colaborativa sobre nossas experiências. Por ser uma pesquisa desenvolvida por membros do grupo, este estudo também se configura como autoetnográfico (BOCHNER, ELLIS, JONES, 2016). Os registros para análise foram gerados colaborativamente em conversas exploratórias (MILLER, 2001), gravadas e transcritas conforme convenções baseadas na Análise da Conversação (BASTOS, BIAR, 2015). Entendo que as percepções das participantes acerca dos eventos narrados durante nossas conversas são construções sociais e culturais que se formaram ao longo de suas vivências e as levaram a se afiliar ao grupo. Nossas emoções e crenças nos levaram ao grupo da Prática Exploratória e nos uniram como uma comunidade de prática (WENGER, 2007). Dessa forma, alguns entendimentos emergentes sugerem que as colaboradoras têm percepções singulares a respeito das suas motivações para participar do grupo e do trabalho para entender que associo ao cuidado-amor que mantemos em nossas relações na comunidade. Cada colaboradora entende a sustentabilidade a partir de algum princípio diferente da Prática Exploratória, gerando assim, a possibilidade de propormos o conceito de sustentabilidades. / [en] Reflecting on my motivations for being a member of the Rio de Janeiro Exploratory Practice Group since 2016, I felt compelled to understand what would be the reasons for three other colleagues to have been part of this group for almost three decades and continue to be very engaged in the group activities. From their discourse, I seek to understand what sustainability means for them in this movement of working to understand. To analyze the data, an interdisciplinary framework was utilized. The following theoretical components were: Exploratory Practice (MILLER ET AL., 2008; ALLWRIGHT AND HANKS, 2009), which deals with reflection, teaching-learning, teacher-learner training, doing research; narrative and evaluation studies (LABOV; WALETZKY, 1967; LABOV, 1972; LINDE, 1993, 1997; MOITA LOPES, 2001; BASTOS, 2004, 2005), which are of great importance for this research, in order to analyze narratives of professional experiences and participants lives; some concepts which enable me to interpret in the collaborators speeches a relationship of affect in relation to the Exploratory Practice group and to the relationship built (REZENDE, COELHO, 2010; ALBA-JUEZ MACKENZIE, 2019; LE BRETON, 2021); Appraisal Theory (MARTIN and WHITE, 2005; ALMEIDA, 2010; VIAN JR, 2009; 2010) helps me to map the evaluative marks in the exploratory conversations between the participants and me. This research adopts a qualitative-interpretivist approach (DENZIN; LINCOLN, 2006) to the investigation of the Practitioner Research paradigm (COCHRAN-SMITH; LYTLE, 2009). As the research was developed by members of the group, this study is also considered as autoethnographic (BOCHNER, ELLIS, JONES, 2016) and the understandings were constructed collaboratively. Data were collaboratively generated in exploratory conversations (MILLER, 2001), recorded and transcribed according to conventions based on Conversation Analysis (BASTOS, BIAR, 2015). I understand that the participants perceptions regarding the events narrated during our conversations are social and cultural constructions that were formed throughout their experiences and led them to join the group. Our emotions and beliefs brought us to the Exploratory Practice group and brought us together as a community of practice (WENGER, 2007). Some emerging understandings suggest that collaborators have unique perceptions regarding their motivations for participating in the group and their working to understand that is associated with care-love that we maintain in our relationships in the community. Each practitioner understands sustainability from the perspective of a different principle of Exploratory Practice, generating the possibility of proposing the concept of sustainabilities in the plural.

Cette thèse de doctorat porte sur « La vie de couple : Étude comparative entre les couples syriens, français et franco-syriens ». Cette étude met en évidence l’importance d’une relation qui forme le coeur de la première cellule dans la société qui est la famille. C'est la première étude qui tente d’explorer ce sujet à fond. La thèse s'intéresse à l’analyse de la construction du couple dans deux sociétés et deux cultures (France-Syrie). Elle permet de mieux cerner le rôle de l’environnement social et familial dans la stabilité ou les difficultés que traversent parfois les couples. L’échantillon de la recherche est composé de 55 couples (110 sujets). Il est réparti en quatre groupes : 30 couples syriens vivant en Syrie, 13 couples syriens vivant en France, 7 couples franco-syriens vivant en France ainsi que 5 couples français vivant en France. Les outils de la recherche sont les entretiens semi-directifs, le questionnaire de l’entente conjugale et le T.A.T. Les résultats de cette étude sont que les variables étudiées démontrent une différence significative et importante entre les quatre groupes de l’échantillon de la recherche sauf pour deux variables : l’entente conjugale et les activités partagées dans le couple qui ne montrent pas de différence significative. En conclusion, cette étude contribue à déterminer les facteurs de la réussite du mariage, de convergence dans le couple, de la mésentente et les causes de tension et de conflit. Elle fournit des bases afin d’élaborer un programme de consultation visant à améliorer la relation au sein du couple. / This thesis focuses on « the life of couples: comparative study between Syrian couples, French and Franco-Syrian ». This study highlights relationship of the family which is considered as a crucial cell that builds society. This study is the first of its kind that attempts to explore this issue thoroughly. This thesis is interested in analyzing the structure of couples in two diffrent societies and two cultures in both Syria and France. This study focuses on the importance of the role of the family and social environment in either stability or instability cases and in the difficulties that couples are passing through sometimes. The research sample consists of 55 couples (110 sujets), which was divided into four groups as the following : 30 Syrian couples living in Syria, and 13 Syrian couples living in France, 7 Franco-Syrian couples living in France, and 5 French couples living in France. The reserch is based mainly on undirected interviews containing questions about couples life, marital understanding, and projective test TAT. Search results : The studied variables shows a quiet signifiant difference between the four groups in the sample, while there are two variables which are the marital understand and the joint activities between the couple that did not show any differences. In conclusion, this study helps in defining the marriage success factors in terms of matching and agreement between the couple and disagreement between them. Also defining the causes of tension and conflit and provides bases to develop a consultation program to improve the relationship between the couple.

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