Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Mississippi State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2008. / "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Under the direction of Barbara Mallory. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-146) and appendices.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2008. / "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Under the direction of Abebayehu Tekleselassie. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-199) and appendices.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur företrädare i form av lärare vid idrottslärarutbildningar ser på Sveriges kulturtraditioner och dess påverkan i relation till friluftsliv i utbildningen. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ metod som bygger på semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju olika universitetslärare från olika universitet. Studiens resultat har analyserats utifrån Nyinstitutionell organisationsteori och begrepp som regulativa-, normativa- och kulturella villkor samt isomorfism.    Resultatet synliggör att respondenterna har en likartad bild av vilket innehåll och vilka kulturtraditioner som bör behandlas i friluftsundervisningen. Av resultatet framkommer även att denna samstämmighet bygger på Sveriges starka kulturtraditioner i friluftsliv, vilka har ett starkt fäste inom de specifika institutionerna. Vidare framkommer att respondenterna anser att kulturtraditionerna som finns i Sverige gynnar den utbildning och undervisning som bedrivs. Kulturtraditionerna ses som den centrala kärnan i det svenska friluftslivet, både utifrån ett samhällsperspektiv och undervisningsperspektiv.   Respondenterna anser även att friluftsundervisningen som bedrivs i dagens grund- och gymnasieskola är av varierande kvalité men att lärare i idrott och hälsa bör inrikta friluftsundervisningen på närområdet, med fokus på allemansrätten, ett grundligt friluftsliv och skapa förutsättningar för eleverna att känna sig trygga i friluftsmiljöer. Respondenterna synliggör även att friluftslivsundervisningen blir lidande av olika organisatoriska faktorer eftersom momentet friluftsliv upplevs tidskrävande. / The purpose of the study is to examine how representatives in the form of teachers at physical education teaching schools look at Sweden's cultural traditions and its impact in relation to outdoor activities in the education. The study is based on a qualitative methodology based on semi-structured interviews with seven university professors from different schools. The study results have been analyzed from “Nyinstitutionell” organizational theory and concepts such as regulative-, normative- and cultural conditions as well as isomorphism. The results reveal that the respondents have a similar picture of the content and the cultural traditions that should be addressed in outdoor education. The results also suggest that this consensus is based on Sweden's strong cultural traditions in outdoor activities, which have a strong foothold in the specific institutions. Furthermore, the respondents believe that the cultural traditions that exist in Sweden, promote the training and education that is carried out. Cultural traditions are seen as the core in Swedish outdoor activities, both from a social perspective and teaching perspective. The respondents also believe that the outdoor activities education that is conducted in today's primary and secondary schools are of varying quality, but that the physical education teachers should concentrate on outdoor activities in the local community, with a focus on “allemansrätten” (the right of public access), a basic outdoor life and create opportunities for students to feel safe in outdoor environments. The respondents also reveal that outdoor education is suffering from various organizational factors due to the element of outdoor activities being considered time consuming.

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating whether perceived organisational support or HEXACO personality traits: honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness; was a better predictor of work engagement among university teachers. A sample size of 157 university teachers was conveniently drawn both online and in person. The HEXACO-PI, Survey of Perceived Organisational Support (SPOS) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were used to measure personality, perceived organisational support and work engagement respectively. Multiple Regression Analysis was used to examine the data. The study revealed that Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Perceived Organisational Support were significant predictors of work engagement. The similarities in beta values suggest that both personality traits and perceived organisational support were crucial to work engagement. Limitations, as well as suggestions for future research, are discussed.

Procura-se aqui abordar a reforma do ensino superior atualmente em curso no Brasil e os desafios para o docente universitário no campo científico da Odontologia. Em torno dessa questão, há um debate no qual suas distintas perspectivas estão articuladas a estratégias diferenciadas para a redefinição do papel do Estado. É preciso analisar em profundidade essa articulação para apontar as implicações de cada proposta, além daquelas ressaltadas pelos defensores de cada uma. Associadas a elas, há não só caminhos que estão sendo construídos e soluções que estão sendo propostas, que contêm tensões e dilemas, mas também experiências que continuam a dar sentido a políticas públicas e lutas sociais. O processo em que tais expressões se concretizam é parte integrante do contexto histórico da globalização (do capitalismo) e da globalização contra-hegemônica (das lutas sociais emancipatórias). Conclui-se que a reconfiguração da educação superior como um bem público exige a abertura das instituições universitárias às distintas frações da sociedade, a articulação da política educacional com as necessidades de toda a população. Nessa abertura, no entanto, há que se preservar a universidade enquanto espaço de crítica, sistematização e integração da ciência e da cultura. Cabe resguardar nas universidades públicas a iniciativa e a responsabilidade institucionais a respeito do ensino, dos programas de pesquisa, bem como dos projetos de extensão, garantindo-a como instituição autônoma e crítica. / It is tried here to approach the university reform now current in Brazil and the challenges for university professors in the scientific field of Dentistry. There is a discussion on that subject, in which their different perspectives are articulated to differentiated strategies in order to redefine of the role of the government. It is necessary to analyze in depth such articulation in order to point out the implications of each proposal, besides those stood out by the defenders of each one. In association to them, there are not only ways being paved and solutions being proposed, which contain tensions and dilemmas, but also experiences that continue to give sense to public policies and social fights. The process in which such expressions are made concrete belongs to the historical context of the globalization (capitalism) and of the against-hegemonic globalization (emancipatory social fight). In conclusion, the reconfiguration of higher education as a public property demands the opening of higher education institutions to the different fractions of the society, the articulation of the education policy with/to (?) the needs of the whole population. In such opening, however, one should preserve the university as a space for critique, systemization and integration of science and culture. Its proper to protect, in public universities, the initiative and institutional responsibility regarding teaching, research programs, as well as of the extension projects, guaranteeing its as autonomous and critical institutions.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Curriculum & Instruction. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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