This thesis is a qualitative research study examining views of faculty at Brigham Young University regarding professional development at the university level. Subjects who participated in the study were selected based on being full-time, part-time, adjunct, tenured, and non-tenured professors at Brigham Young University. Instructors who work solely with online students were not included. The contacts also did not include student teachers, support staff, non-teaching faculty or graduate students.The key findings from the qualitative research study report that faculty differentiate between two categories of professional development, one concerned with teaching and other aspects of working at a university, and the other is the development and continuing training in their original field or specialty. Additionally, the research shows that while time is the most commonly cited reason for not attending professional development, it is possible to potentially offer incentives to overcome that barrier to attendance. Professional development activities that are created in an informal manner and are more localized to smaller units within the university-a college, a department, even a subset of a department-seem to be more meaningful to faculty than traditional formally organized professional development by the university. The overall conclusion from this qualitative research study is that professional development activities should be more flexible and adaptive to the maturation of needs of the intended participants. The current initial professional development at Brigham Young University is viewed positively as being very helpful; however, the longer faculty stay at the university the more they seek out informal professional development focused on specific issues for which they are not finding assistance. The implication of this study is when universities focus on initial professional development for new faculty often professional development opportunities for mid-career faculty are not emphasized or arranged. Ways to address this gap may include specifically labeling activities like seminars as professional development and then increasing resources devoted to them or giving faculty an allowance per person per year and allowing them to choose how to invest that allowance-either in more training within the teaching profession or within their specific discipline.

This paper deals with the seasonal distribution, relative abundance, and location of the different species of birds which visit or live on the Brigham Young University campus from late summer to early spring, with a brief account of their activities. The upper campus, where this investigation was carried on, covers an area of 201 acres and is situated on a bench at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. The study was continued from July 13, 1955 to April 15, 1956. A total of 173 hours was devoted to census work and to studying the general ecology of the area. Four to five censuses were taken in each month of study. In order to measure the relative abundance, the total number of each species seen per hour was calculated. The location of each species found during this study was plotted on an outline map of the campus. Fifty-five different kinds of birds were seen on the campus during this study. The Western Robin, English Sparrow, California Quail, Song Sparrow and Red-shafted Flicker were seen constantly in every month of study. The Red Crossbill and Sage Hen, two most uncommon species in this area, were observed. The maximum number of species was found in July, and the minimum in December. Nests of House Finch, Western Robin, Blackheaded Grosbeak, Song Sparrow, Long-tailed Chat, California Quail, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin, Starling and English Sparrow were found in this study area. New arrivals were noticed in every month. The majority of these species, as well as individuals, were located in the tree area bordering the canal. From this study it was found that the Brigham Young University campus provides a very suitable habitat for many species of birds. Ample cover, food, and water are available, and firearms are prohibited. The movement of students and other traffic about the campus does not seem to hamper the birds in their normal activities to any appreciable degree.

[pt] Considerando o fato de que adultos emergentes durante o período universitário se apresentam como grupo especialmente vulnerável a casos de ansiedade, foi conduzido um estudo cujo objetivo era avaliar possíveis associações entre afetos experienciados pelos sujeitos em seu ambiente familiar e sintomatologia ansiosa, tendo como base a fundamentação teórica do Modelo Bioecológico do Desenvolvimento Humano. A partir dessa perspectiva, foram priorizados aspectos afetivos referentes ao microssistema familiar de 240 estudantes universitários entre 18 e 25 anos de idade (MD = 21; AI = 4), sendo 120 provenientes de instituições públicas e 120 oriundos de instituições particulares. Todos os sujeitos foram avaliados através da escala Escala de Emoções Vivenciadas em Ambiente Familiar (BEAF), assim como pela escala Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). Foram realizadas análises correlacionais e testes entre grupos contrastantes. Os resultados indicam correlações significativas entre a qualidade da afetividade familiar percebida pelos participantes e a incidência dos sintomas de ansiedade. Quanto maior foi a pontuação referente aos afetos negativos percebidos dentro do ambiente familiar, maior o score total de ansiedade relatada pelos sujeitos, configurando uma correlação positiva de magnitude moderada (correlação de Spearman =0,472 (nível 0,01 2 extremidades); correlação de Spearman<0,001). As participantes do sexo feminino relataram maior percepção de afetividade negativa no ambiente familiar, apresentando também mais sintomas de ansiedade. Sujeitos pertencentes a famílias desfavorecidas no aspecto socioeconômico também demonstraram maior percepção de afetos negativos no ambiente familiar. Os achados deste trabalho reafirmam a relação entre afetividade e saúde mental e alertam para a necessidade de um cuidado maior com as relações afetivas familiares. Espera-se que futuramente sejam desenvolvidas políticas de promoção de saúde mental considerando a associação de tais fatores, de modo a visar a prevenção de algumas manifestações sintomáticas nessa população. / [en] Considering the fact that emerging adults during the university period present themselves as a group especially vulnerable to cases of anxiety, a study was conducted with the objective of evaluating possible associations between affections experienced by subjects in their family environment and anxious symptoms, based on the theoretical foundation of the Bioecological Model of Human Development. From this perspective, affective aspects relating to the family microsystem of 240 university students between 18 and 25 years of age (MD = 21; AI = 4) were prioritized, with 120 coming from public institutions and 120 coming from private institutions. All subjects were assessed using the Scale of Emotions Experienced in a Family Environment (BEAF), as well as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7). Correlational analyzes and tests between contrasting groups were performed. The results indicate significant correlations between the quality of family affection perceived by the participants and the incidence of anxiety symptoms. The higher the score regarding negative affects perceived within the family environment, the higher the total anxiety score reported by the subjects, configuring a positive correlation of moderate magnitude (Spearman correlation =0,472 (level 0,01 two ends); Spearman correlation<0,001). Female participants reported a greater perception of negative affectivity in the family environment, also presenting more symptoms of anxiety. Subjects belonging to socioeconomically disadvantaged families also demonstrated a greater perception of negative affects in the family environment. The findings of this work reaffirm the relationship between affectivity and mental health and alert to the need for greater care with family affective relationships. It is expected that mental health promotion policies will be developed in the future considering the association of such factors, in order to prevent some symptomatic manifestations in this population.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DenioDiasArrais.pdf: 1497650 bytes, checksum: cb959a754346de781749413d2af933c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-30 / The relations that involve communication and consumption with culture impact what is currently known by contemporary society. These relations influence people in their way of communicating and consuming. Through this paper we seek to understand the processes of communication and the building of the identity of the young university student, being understood here as an actor for modern consumption. The theoretical basis for this research lies in working out the concepts of communication and consumption, culture and identity. We analyzed the movements of communication and consumption from the use by the young university student of mobile telephony and cell phones. Consumption and citizenship are dealt with using the concepts of Garcia Canclini, who sees consumption as one of the dimensions of the communication process and social belonging. In Featherstone we notice reflections over the culture and consumption in the late modern times, context in which the young people make their presence. In order to write about technology and convergence culture present in practices and ways of communication of the young people, we used the ideas of Jenkins. Hall provides understanding of the building of the identity of the young university student as a complex and cultural process characterized by the ways of using, consuming and communicating, typical of mobile telephony. The adopted methodology for this paper uses, besides the bibliographic research, a quantitative mapping with the goal of obtaining data on the cultural consumption of the young university student. The tools used for this mapping were structured questionnaires, which were run in colleges of the capital and countryside areas of the state of São Paulo. The mapping was useful to obtain elements dealt with in the interviews that were carried out to identify the attribution of meaning given by young people to consumption of cell phones, taking into consideration the theoretical reflections discussed in the bibliographic research. It was possible, then, to identify the presence of cell phones in the common relations of the young people and we have identified the processes of the building of identity. In the general aspect of this paper, we had as a result the fact that the young people have in their cell phones a tool that goes beyond the material and functional usage. The cell phone is a person s telephone. In it we can find parts of the identity of its users in the personalization of content. / As relações que envolvem a comunicação e o consumo com a cultura impactam no que é entendido na atualidade por sociedade contemporânea. Estas relações influenciam os indivíduos em sua maneira de comunicar e consumir. Procuramos com este trabalho entender os processos de comunicação e a formação de identidade do jovem universitário, entendido aqui como ator do consumo moderno. A fundamentação teórica dessa pesquisa reside em trabalhar os conceitos de comunicação e consumo, cultura e identidade. Foram analisados os movimentos da comunicação e do consumo a partir do uso que o jovem universitário faz da telefonia móvel e dos aparelhos celulares. Consumo e cidadania são abordados a partir de Garcia Canclini, que entende o consumo como uma das dimensões do processo comunicacional e de pertencimento social. Em Featherstone verificamos reflexões sobre a cultura e consumo na modernidade tardia, contexto no qual o jovem faz suas mediações. Para falar da tecnologia e da cultura da convergência presente nas práticas e modos de comunicar do jovem, partimos das ideias de Jenkins. Hall colabora para o entendimento da formação da identidade do jovem universitário como processo complexo e cultural caracterizado pelos modos de uso, consumo e comunicação, próprios da telefonia móvel. A metodologia adotada para realização do trabalho contempla, além da pesquisa bibliográfica, um mapeamento quantitativo com o objetivo de levantar dados sobre o consumo cultural do jovem universitário. Os instrumentos utilizados para este mapeamento foram questionários estruturados, aplicados em faculdades da capital e do interior do estado de São Paulo. O mapeamento foi válido para extrair elementos trabalhados nas entrevistas que foram realizadas para a identificação da atribuição de sentido dada pelos jovens ao consumo de celulares, levando em consideração as reflexões teóricas discutidas na pesquisa bibliográfica. Assim foi possível identificar a presença do celular nas relações cotidianas dos jovens e identificamos os processos de formação de identidade. No aspecto geral deste estudo tivemos como resultado que o jovem tem no celular um instrumento que vai alem do uso material e funcional, o celular é o telefone da pessoa, nele estão presentes partes da identidade de seus usuários na personalização de conteúdos.

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And, more specifically: to analyze the official proposals for high school in national, state and municipal level of Teresina, as a curriculum former for the teaching of Geography; to identify the city and the urban as contents for the teaching of Geography in the contexts of the ENEM and of the didactic books of Geography for the high school; to know the socioeconomic profile of the recently admitted young university student from the UFPI-Teresina, as subjects of this research; to verify components of high school in relation to the geographic knowledge present in the understanding of university students in relation to the geographic space of the city of Teresina; And to define guiding elements of curricular guidelines for the teaching of Geography, in view of citizen practices. For this, the research used as main theoretical and methodological references Vygotsky (2000, 2007) and Cavalcanti (2005, 2008, 2012, 2014a). The work of these authors, together with other writers, contributed to the formatting and use of the following instruments: documentary research, research in the tests of ENEM, research in didactic books, questionnaire for young recently admitted, activity for the verification of scientific and everyday knowledge, as well as discussion groups; besides the analyzes which were being structured according to the collect of information. In this context, the qualitative approach was used for the analysis, following the dialectical method. The research was conducted in Teresina, Campus Minister Petrônio Portela, UFPI, in 2015 and 2016, and had as subjects the recently admitted young college student in the courses of Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Laws, Pedagogy, Degree in Physical Education, Veterinary Medicine and Degree in Mathematics. Among the main conclusions, it was observed that the young people, although they were predominantly restricted to the empirical knowledge about the urban aspects and about the city of Teresina, they provided, at the same time, evidence of a high school which still persists in the search for positive results in tests that are used as quality national indicators. It’s the case, especially of ENEM, because this seems to be the option of the most schools in order to their students to be admitted in university. Furthermore, it was verified that a qualitative diagnosis stimulates the self evaluation of the young people and provides the necessary evidences to be able to analyze what they could internalize about the geographical knowledge during basic education, identifying, so, how was the process of teaching submitted to them. / Esta pesquisa tem como princípio orientador o de compreender os conhecimentos geográficos de jovens universitários, expressos em conceitos sobre a cidade e o urbano, como indicadores de resultados de processos de ensino-aprendizagem na educação básica, notadamente no ensino médio. E, mais especificamente: analisar as propostas oficiais nacional, estadual e municipal de Teresina, para o ensino médio, como formadoras de currículo para o ensino de Geografia; identificar as concepções de cidade e urbano como conteúdos para o ensino de Geografia nos contextos do ENEM e dos livros didáticos de Geografia para o ensino médio; conhecer o perfil socioeconômico dos jovens universitários recém-ingressos da UFPI-Teresina em diferentes graduações, na condição de sujeitos desta pesquisa; verificar componentes curriculares do ensino médio referentes ao conhecimento geográfico presentes na compreensão dos jovens universitários em relação ao espaço urbano e da cidade de Teresina; e definir elementos norteadores de diretrizes curriculares para o ensino de Geografia, tendo em vista práticas cidadãs. Para tanto, a pesquisa utilizou como principais referências teórico-metodológicas Vygotsky (2000, 2007) e Cavalcanti (2005, 2008, 2012, 2014a). O trabalho desses autores, em conjunto com outros escritores, colaborou para a formatação e utilização dos seguintes instrumentos: pesquisa documental, pesquisa nas provas do ENEM, pesquisa em livros didáticos, questionário para jovens recém-ingressos, atividade para a verificação de conhecimentos científicos e cotidianos, bem como grupos de discussão; além das análises que foram sendo estruturadas de acordo com a coleta das informações. Nesse contexto, valeu-se, para as análises, da abordagem qualitativa, seguindo o método dialético. A pesquisa foi realizada em Teresina, no campus Ministro Petrônio Portela, da UFPI, durante os anos de 2015 e 2016, e teve como sujeitos os jovens recém-ingressos dos cursos de Engenharia Elétrica (CT), Bacharelado em Direito (CCHL), Licenciatura em Pedagogia (CCE), Licenciatura em Educação Física (CCS), Medicina Veterinária (CCA) e Licenciatura em Matemática (CCN). Dentre as principais conclusões, constatou-se que os jovens, apesar de predominantemente restringirem-se aos conhecimentos empíricos sobre os aspectos urbanos e sobre a cidade de Teresina, forneceram, ao mesmo tempo, indícios de um ensino médio que ainda persiste na busca por resultados positivos em testes que são utilizados como indicadores nacionais de qualidade. É o caso, sobretudo, do ENEM, pois essa parece ser a opção de grande parte das escolas para que seus alunos tenham êxito em aprovações nas universidades. Além disso, verificou-se que um diagnóstico qualitativo estimula a autoavaliação dos jovens e fornece os indícios necessários para que se possa analisar o que eles conseguiram internalizar sobre os conhecimentos geográficos durante a educação básica, identificando, assim, como foi o processo de ensino-aprendizagem a eles submetido. Muito embora se reconheça que a capital do Piauí tem suas especificidades, sabe-se que muito do que for discutido em tais orientações pode contribuir para estudos de outras cidades brasileiras, o que dá uma dimensão nacional à tese. Por fim, nesta tese os órgãos competentes que gerenciam a educação encontram o que seria o passo inicial para realizar diagnósticos qualitativos com vistas a compreender e elaborar propostas que colaborem para o aprimoramento do processo de ensino-aprendizagem em Geografia.

This paper presents a two-level morphological description of Tagalog for use in PC-Kimmo and a mechanism created for updating the results output from PC-Kimmo in order to meet the standards for current database and natural language processing applications. There are two main research tasks presented in this paper which constituted this project. First, a complete morphological engine for Tagalog is presented. Next, a tool is introduced that takes the morphological engine output and stores it in XML format.

This study attempted to find if there were a significant difference in the academic achievement in B.Y.U. religion courses between L.D.S. seminary graduates and students who had not attended L.D.S. seminaries.

“The Memory and The Legacy: The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade–The Young Company 1974-2001,” is a history of the children's theatre of Brigham Young University. The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade–The Young Company acts as a training ground for graduate students working in theatre for young audiences. When directing a production for the Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade–The Young Company, students are instructed to perform all functions required of a professional company. As the Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade–The Young Company (WWB–TYC) spends much of its performance time on tour, those responsibilities are relegated to the student.Developed and headed by Dr. Harold R. Oaks of Brigham Young University, WWB–TYC produced children's theatre for local, regional, national and international audiences. The history includes production photos, budgets and business plans. A survey of former company members was conducted assessing the long-term affect on participants in relationship to their personal and professional life.

This is a study of certain high school and college students to the thirteen Fireside Programs given under the direction of the General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the first three months of 1960. The purposes of this study are twofold: (1) to study the reactions to the fireside program and (2) to study the change in conduct of the audience through the addresses and discussions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:53:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DANIELLA COUTO LOBO.pdf: 1093727 bytes, checksum: e9bcc62aab8060a771fdaaa6c5b5e21f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-30 / This study has had as proposition the investigation of the youthful condition articulated to the strategies used by the young scholarship holders from Scholarship University Program - SUP, originary from popular layers, to remain themselves in superior education, specially, in the courses of Science and Engineering Computation, from Universidade Católica de Goiás. Front to the transformations in the world of work, the new familiar compositions, school trajectories and others social and cultural practices present in the contemporaries societies it has been intended to apprehend constituent elements of dimensions related to the different ways of being young. As subsidies to the analyses studies of Bourdieu (1983; 1990; 1994; 1999; 2003; 2004), the researches developed by Foracchi (1965), Sposito (1989), Romanelli (2003), Zago (2006) had been considered - those have dedicated to know young university students, their conditions of study, work and the influence of their families in the school adaptation process-, as well as the research of Brazilian Youth Profile (2005). The young workers scholarship holders which were investigated have revealed traces that were explicited during the decor of the inquiry, one of them has consisted in the belief of that, with the ownership of the diploma, they could ascend socially, allied to the will of being well succeeded in the professional career by the domain of the technologies. As regards to the way of being young: the students have lived few moments of leisure or rest; they guided their choices based on the education received by their parents; the religion was the way to get resistance to surpass the difficulties of life, at the same time the religious space served as place of meeting with other young people; they have believed that the work, besides subsidizing part of their expenditures, symbolically, also has had the meaning of dignity and responsibility. In the way of being young college student, they have noticed, among others, the existence of fetish in the relation with the microcomputer and around the domain of knowledge in computer science area; the using of Internet as source of reading and information. In this perspective, to remain themselves in the superior education the students have dipped into strategies, identified in their own stories: the devotion to the studies; the symbolic contribution of the family; the receiving of the benefit from SUP and the work. According to the comprehension of the existing relations among youth, superior education, family, religion and work, it was concluded that youth, especially, the young worker scholarship holder, necessarily, needs to construct strategies to remain himself in the scientific field of superior education. / Este estudo teve como propósito investigar a condição juvenil articulada às estratégias utilizadas pelos jovens bolsistas do Programa Bolsa Universitária - PBU, originários de camadas populares, para manterem-se no ensino superior, em especial, nos cursos de Ciência e Engenharia da Computação, da Universidade Católica de Goiás. Pretendeu-se apreender elementos constitutivos de dimensões relacionadas aos diferentes modos de ser jovem, frente às transformações no mundo do trabalho, as novas composições familiares, as trajetórias escolares e outras práticas sociais e culturais presentes nas sociedades contemporâneas. Como subsídios às análises foram considerados estudos de Bourdieu (1983; 1990; 1994; 1999; 2003; 2004), as pesquisas desenvolvidas por Foracchi (1965), Sposito (1989), Romanelli (2003), Zago (2006) - que se dedicaram a conhecer jovens universitários, suas condições de estudo, trabalho e a influência de suas famílias no processo de escolarização -, bem como a pesquisa Perfil da Juventude Brasileira (2005). Os jovens bolsistas trabalhadores investigados revelaram traços que foram explicitados no decorrer da investigação, um deles consistiu na crença de que, de posse do título, poderiam ascender socialmente, aliada à vontade de ter sucesso na carreira profissional por meio do domínio das tecnologias. Quanto ao modo de ser jovem: os estudantes conviviam com poucos momentos de lazer ou de descanso; orientavam suas escolhas com base na formação recebida por seus pais; encontravam na religião, forças para superarem as dificuldades da vida, ao mesmo tempo em que o espaço religioso servia de local de encontro com outros jovens; acreditavam que o trabalho, além de subsidiar parte de suas despesas, simbolicamente, também significava ter dignidade e responsabilidade. No modo de ser jovem universitário, percebeu-se, entre outras, a existência do fetiche na relação com o microcomputador e em torno do domínio de conhecimentos da área da informática; o uso da internet como fonte de leitura e informação. Nesta perspectiva, para manterem-se no curso superior os estudantes lançaram mão de estratégias, identificadas nos próprios relatos: a dedicação aos estudos; a colaboração simbólica da família; o recebimento do benefício do PBU e o trabalho. Na compreensão das relações existentes entre juventude, ensino superior, família, religião e trabalho, concluiu-se que a juventude, especialmente, o jovem bolsista trabalhador, necessariamente, precisam construir estratégias para manterem-se no campo científico do ensino superior.