<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <p align="left">The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of biology practical work and associated discourses in two Namibian secondary schools. The purposive sample consisted of three biology teachers and 36 grade 11 students who enrolled for NSSC Higher- and Ordinary-level biology in 2004 and 2005. The study adopted a descriptive and an in-depth qualitative design involving the use of interviews and observation schedules (Video Observation Quoting Schedules-VOQS). The quality of VOQS instruments were established through a panel of independent experts who critically assessed the quality of the items and later discussed to reach consensus. Their rating of the items helped in the establishment of interrater reliability.</p> </font></font></p>

The current study aimed to explore middle school mathematics teachers&rsquo / use of mathematics textbooks and examine their integration of tasks in the textbooks into teaching. The framework of a mixed methods research design guided data collection in this study. A questionnaire called the Use of Mathematics Textbooks Questionnaire was developed and validated to identify the ways teachers benefit from textbooks. The factor analysis revealed four dimensions, namely Reading Student Edition Textbook, Selecting Questions from Workbook, Reading Teacher Edition Textbook, and Selecting Tasks and Problems from Auxilary Books. The results of the study showed that teachers used the student edition textbook for mostly during class and for lesson preparation. Teachers also used the student edition textbook for explaining the topic and the introductory tasks. However, they rarely used it for selecting problems and examples. Teachers read the student edition textbook mostly during and prior to class / and mostly use it for topic explanation, but rarely for problems and examples. They stated that they frequently selected questions from the workbook that were not included in the textbook. However, they occasionally picked questions to use during lessons. They frequently used auxilary books to select questions similar to the ones in the high school entrance exam problems. In examining the process of teachers&rsquo / use of mathematics textbooks, it was argued that there were interpretive processes as teachers engage with and use textbooks. The analysis of interviews and observations showed that teachers read textbooks and select tasks and questions from those books. In their decisions about using tasks from textooks, teachers usually considered the nature of tasks and students&rsquo / characteristics.

<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <p align="left">The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of biology practical work and associated discourses in two Namibian secondary schools. The purposive sample consisted of three biology teachers and 36 grade 11 students who enrolled for NSSC Higher- and Ordinary-level biology in 2004 and 2005. The study adopted a descriptive and an in-depth qualitative design involving the use of interviews and observation schedules (Video Observation Quoting Schedules-VOQS). The quality of VOQS instruments were established through a panel of independent experts who critically assessed the quality of the items and later discussed to reach consensus. Their rating of the items helped in the establishment of interrater reliability.</p> </font></font></p>

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of biology practical work and associated discourses in two Namibian secondary schools. The purposive sample consisted of three biology teachers and 36 grade 11 students who enrolled for NSSC Higher- and Ordinary-level biology in 2004 and 2005. The study adopted a descriptive and an in-depth qualitative design involving the use of interviews and observation schedules (Video Observation Quoting Schedules-VOQS). The quality of VOQS instruments were established through a panel of independent experts who critically assessed the quality of the items and later discussed to reach consensus. Their rating of the items helped in the establishment of interrater reliability.

Palm.L ”Sometimes you feel shame to ask such questions” A qualitative study of  a group of female newly arrived refugees view on education of virginity norms in school. Master thesis (sexology) 30 hp. Malmö University: Faculty of Health and Society, Department of Social Work, January 2021.  The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of how a group of female newly arrived refugees wish that the school teach, discuss and give information concerning virginity and virginity norms in a school context.  The study focuses on virginity norms hence they constitute a central part of the honour-related violence. Previous studies indicate that there is a strong connection between virginity norms and honour-related violence and oppression and that the preventive work against that could be dealt with in school. Both professionals who meet female refugees as well as researchers, highlight the importance of cultural knowledge when talking about sex and reproduction. Furthermore, recently made surveys indicate that virginity norms are affecting adolescents negative.   The data in this study was collected through focus-group discussions with three different ethnically homogeneous groups. The study uses Foucault’s theories about discourse, power and cultural relativism. The results of this study indicate that a cultural sensitive approach in the preventive work against honour-related violence and oppression is important. The informants wish that the information and discussions concerning virginity norms should be given in gender-separated groups by female professionals. The informants opinions concerning the methods used in giving such information does not entirely correlate with the material published by RFSU and Youmo. Despite some similarities, the informants in this study emphasizes their own cultural background, the impact of their religion and the sensitivity concerning topics like virginity and virginity norms.

No Brasil há um número significativo de adolescentes que estudam e trabalham. O exercício de atividades laborais inadequadas pelo adolescente coloca em risco as suas possibilidades de conciliar satisfatoriamente estudo e trabalho e as oportunidades de desenvolvimento e aprendizado pleno. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar como adolescentes, filhos de trabalhadores migrantes, estavam sendo inseridos no mercado de trabalho e conciliavam o estudo e a atividade laboral. Para tanto, foram alvos da pesquisa adolescentes que estudavam e trabalhavam, residentes em um bairro da periferia do município de Guariba/SP, marcadamente habitado por trabalhadores rurais que migraram de regiões pobres do país para trabalhar nos canaviais da região. A pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, teve a entrevista gravada como a técnica principal de coleta de dados. Foram realizadas 30 entrevistas com adolescentes trabalhadores de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 14 e 18 anos incompletos, estudantes das escolas: Escola Estadual Professora Josephina de Camargo Neves e Escola Municipal de Ensino Médio Professora Izabel Sadalla Crispino, situadas na periferia de Guariba. Realizamos também entrevistas com profissionais do município que puderam auxiliar o nosso entendimento sobre aspectos que envolvem os nossos objetivos. De acordo com os dados obtidos, foi possível detectar que esses adolescentes estavam sendo inseridos no mercado de trabalho em atividades proibidas, demonstrando o desamparo em relação à aplicação da legislação brasileira; exerciam atividades que concorriam contra a saúde física, mental e a moral do adolescente. A maior parte dos adolescentes da pesquisa atuava sem contratos formais de trabalho e apresentou relatos de ocorrências de acidentes de trabalho, sobrecarga e dificuldades para conciliar escola e trabalho. Assim, a situação encontrada junto a esses adolescentes pode ser configurada como empecilho à superação do histórico de pobreza e exploração de seus pais migrantes altamente explorados pela dinâmica do modo de produção capitalista vigente. / In Brazil there is a significant number of adolescents who study and work. The practice of inadequate labor activities by adolescents jeopardizes their chances of successfully reconcile study and work and the development of opportunities and full learning. This study aimed to investigate how adolescents, children of migrant workers, were being included in the labor market and reconciled study and work activities. Therefore were study subjects teenagers who studied and worked, residents of a suburban neighborhood in the city of Guariba / SP, markedly inhabited by peasants who migrated from poorer regions of the country to work in the sugar cane fields of the region. The research, a qualitative one, had the recorded interview as the main technique of data collection. 30 interviews were conducted with adolescent workers of both gender, aged between 14 and 18 years incomplete, students of schools \"State School Professor Josephine de Camargo Neves\" and \"Municipal Preparatory High School Teacher Izabel Sadalla Crispino\", located on the outskirts Guariba. There were also interviews with municipal professionals who could help us on understanding the aspects involving our goals. According to the obtained data, it was possible to detect that these teenagers were being inserted in the labor market in prohibited activities, demonstrating the helplessness regarding the application of Brazilian law; while performing activities that competed against physical, mental health and adolescent morals. Most adolescents in this research worked without any formal employment contracts and reported workplace accidents, work overload and difficulties regarding the reconcile between school and work. Thus, the situation found among these adolescents can be configured as an obstacle to the overcome of poverty history and exploration of their parents - migrant highly exploited by the dynamics of the current capitalist mode of production.

No Brasil há um número significativo de adolescentes que estudam e trabalham. O exercício de atividades laborais inadequadas pelo adolescente coloca em risco as suas possibilidades de conciliar satisfatoriamente estudo e trabalho e as oportunidades de desenvolvimento e aprendizado pleno. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar como adolescentes, filhos de trabalhadores migrantes, estavam sendo inseridos no mercado de trabalho e conciliavam o estudo e a atividade laboral. Para tanto, foram alvos da pesquisa adolescentes que estudavam e trabalhavam, residentes em um bairro da periferia do município de Guariba/SP, marcadamente habitado por trabalhadores rurais que migraram de regiões pobres do país para trabalhar nos canaviais da região. A pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, teve a entrevista gravada como a técnica principal de coleta de dados. Foram realizadas 30 entrevistas com adolescentes trabalhadores de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 14 e 18 anos incompletos, estudantes das escolas: Escola Estadual Professora Josephina de Camargo Neves e Escola Municipal de Ensino Médio Professora Izabel Sadalla Crispino, situadas na periferia de Guariba. Realizamos também entrevistas com profissionais do município que puderam auxiliar o nosso entendimento sobre aspectos que envolvem os nossos objetivos. De acordo com os dados obtidos, foi possível detectar que esses adolescentes estavam sendo inseridos no mercado de trabalho em atividades proibidas, demonstrando o desamparo em relação à aplicação da legislação brasileira; exerciam atividades que concorriam contra a saúde física, mental e a moral do adolescente. A maior parte dos adolescentes da pesquisa atuava sem contratos formais de trabalho e apresentou relatos de ocorrências de acidentes de trabalho, sobrecarga e dificuldades para conciliar escola e trabalho. Assim, a situação encontrada junto a esses adolescentes pode ser configurada como empecilho à superação do histórico de pobreza e exploração de seus pais migrantes altamente explorados pela dinâmica do modo de produção capitalista vigente. / In Brazil there is a significant number of adolescents who study and work. The practice of inadequate labor activities by adolescents jeopardizes their chances of successfully reconcile study and work and the development of opportunities and full learning. This study aimed to investigate how adolescents, children of migrant workers, were being included in the labor market and reconciled study and work activities. Therefore were study subjects teenagers who studied and worked, residents of a suburban neighborhood in the city of Guariba / SP, markedly inhabited by peasants who migrated from poorer regions of the country to work in the sugar cane fields of the region. The research, a qualitative one, had the recorded interview as the main technique of data collection. 30 interviews were conducted with adolescent workers of both gender, aged between 14 and 18 years incomplete, students of schools \"State School Professor Josephine de Camargo Neves\" and \"Municipal Preparatory High School Teacher Izabel Sadalla Crispino\", located on the outskirts Guariba. There were also interviews with municipal professionals who could help us on understanding the aspects involving our goals. According to the obtained data, it was possible to detect that these teenagers were being inserted in the labor market in prohibited activities, demonstrating the helplessness regarding the application of Brazilian law; while performing activities that competed against physical, mental health and adolescent morals. Most adolescents in this research worked without any formal employment contracts and reported workplace accidents, work overload and difficulties regarding the reconcile between school and work. Thus, the situation found among these adolescents can be configured as an obstacle to the overcome of poverty history and exploration of their parents - migrant highly exploited by the dynamics of the current capitalist mode of production.

The aim of this thesis is evaluate the development of the inner peripheral regions of the Czech Republic between years 2001 and 2011 in terms of internal resources (human and social potential, demographics) of these location. In the theoretical part were described differences between peripheral and core regions, the specifics of peripheral regions, their formation and how the periphery can act on human and social capital. In the practical part we set five hypotheses that we used for evaluate developments. These hypotheses were focused on the Index of aging, Index of total dependency ratio, education, employment and commuting residents to work and school. The results were evaluated not only between the inner peripheral regions but also between peripherals and other regions.

The diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of implementation of school social work to the elementary schools in the Czech Republic. In the introduction, the thesis focuses on general inside of issues of school social work and the role of school social worker is characterized here. It also focuses on possible problems with implementation of school social work. In the next part, the diploma thesis deals with the practice of school social work in foreign countries and also with the current state of school counseling in the Czech Republic. Diploma thesis also focuses on legislative system and it suggests the possible future form of school social work in the Czech Republic. The conclusion outlines the proposal of specialized education program for school social workers in the Czech Republic.