abstract: ABSTRACT Musicians endure injuries at an alarming rate, largely due to the misuse of their bodies. Musicians move their bodies for a living and therefore should understand how to move them in a healthy way. This paper presents Body Mapping as an injury prevention technique specifically directed toward collaborative pianists. A body map is the self-representation in one's brain that includes information on the structure, function, and size of one's body; Body Mapping is the process of refining one's body map to produce coordinated movement. In addition to preventing injury, Body Mapping provides a means to achieve greater musical artistry through the training of movement, attention, and the senses. With the main function of collaborating with one or more musical partners, a collaborative pianist will have the opportunity to share the knowledge of Body Mapping with many fellow musicians. This study demonstrates the author's credentials as a Body Mapping instructor, the current status of the field of collaborative piano, and the recommendation for increased body awareness. Information on the nature and abundance of injuries and Body Mapping concepts are also analyzed. The study culminates in a course syllabus entitled An Introduction to Collaborative Piano and Body Mapping with the objective of imparting fundamental collaborative piano skills integrated with proper body use. The author hopes to inform educators of the benefits of prioritizing health among their students and to provide a Body Mapping foundation upon which their students can build technique. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

Diplomats spend four years at a time abroad in South Africa's foreign missions, and after a home posting to Pretoria, typically lasting two years, they leave again. Children attend international schools. Thus diplomatic families have to adjust to a lifestyle of change and discontinuity, foreign cultures and unknown environments. The extent of this adjustment seems underrated and misunderstood. Since 1994 the number of missions abroad has doubled and most of the new missions are in the third world, hence the focus on hardship postings. In this narrative research, interviews were conducted with diplomatic families in several hardship posts. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the process of adjustment based on first hand information. Adjustment is described as a complex unfolding narrative with regressive as well as progressive story lines. The first stage lasting up to six months is seen as regressive, since the person is further removed from his goal of adjustment than at arrival. The rest of the stay is largely progressive if adjustment is seen as "being settled in a familiar routine" . Regressive elements refer to environmental restrictions. Findings include a description of an ideal couple for the foreign service; a need for effective preparation for a posting is confirmed; a changed relationship between Head Office and an official when abroad; diffuse identity among adolescents who spend formative years abroad, resulting in poorly understood adjustment problems on reentry; importance of attending to the soft issues of relocation instead of focusing on financial compensation. / Thesis (PhD (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Psychology / unrestricted

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of foster families quality support.The aim of the diploma thesis is to describe how foster parents perceive the support of the accompanying organization and whether the preparation they have gone through in the beginnings prepared them to take the child into care.The research was based on using the technique of semi-structured interviews. The obtained data have been divided into the following categories - preparatory course, support of the accompanying organization and state support.At the end of the diploma thesis, the main research questions are answered, and recommendations for subsequent practice are also give Key words: Accompanying worker, Foster care, Foster parent, Support

The master´s thesis is prepared for the company TONDACH Czech Republic, Ltd. is focused on effective marketing communications at fairs. It contains information on the efficient use of company presentation at trade fairs. Options and proposals on how it could look like the structure of company presentations on various trade fairs. What should the company focus on what used to be fair for the company effectively.

Spiritual care for the sick and its organization in three hospitals The aim of this thesis is to describe and compare the organization of spiritual care at Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo Hospital, University Hospital in Motol and Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice. The first part presents theoretical knowledge in the area of spiritual needs of patients and the provision of spiritual care. The practical part analyzes the provision of spiritual care in the selected hospitals. The practical part is based on information which was given in interviews with spiritual care providers in selected hospitals. Their statements are divided into topics allowing comparison. This thesis describes the development of spiritual care in the institution, the organization of a team of spiritual care providers, education and type of employment. It examines nature and availability of spiritual care, cooperation with the health departments. The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the state of providing spiritual care in hospitals in Prague and to induce a discussion on the topic. Keywords spirituality, care for the sick, suffering, meaning, accompanying

The thesis "Spiritual Accompanying in a Salesian Religious Community" is first trying to map out some possible concepts of the spiritual accompanying in a view of contemporary authors and then to show on the basis of ecclesiastical documents its place in the religious community (1st chapter). After that it deals with the manner of spiritual accompanying in the tradition of the salesian charism, specifically how it was realized by the founders - John Bosco (2nd chapter) and Mary Dominica Mazzarello (3rd chapter). On the basis of a previous, with regard to the current documents of The Daughters of Mary Help of Christian Institute and the teachings of its superiors, and considering the situation of the world today, the thesis points out some aspects which seem to be actual for the salesian style of accompanying today (4th chapter).

This thesis is a qualitative probe into the story of a temporary foster mother. The thesis captures, analyses and classifies this story into systemic context. It does so with an emphasis on the temporary foster mother's personal experience and also with using personal experience of other participants involved in this particular case - including mine. This thesis is largely a reflection of my own role in this story, it is looking at it from different perspectives that evolve over time. The thesis is grounded in theoretical sources, especially methodologies of temporary foster care and methodological recommendations. Theoretical sources are critically viewed and connected to personal experience. The resulting storytelling, which provides an insight into the wider context of temporary foster care in the Czech Republic, was based on this procedure. Capturing systemic context is used in this thesis to create suggestions for possible systemic improvements.

La diversité de l'offre disponible sous le mot « coaching » est source de confusion pour les clients, les commanditaires et les coachs eux-mêmes. Dans une visée de didactique professionnelle, à partir d'une démarche de recherche socio clinique compréhensive auprès de six cas de coachs, il est montré que le référentiel est davantage un indicateur qu'un organisateur du dit « coaching ». L'absence de conceptualisation du coaching a pour effet l'impossibilité d'un consensus autour d'une définition, d'un référentiel, d'un mode de transmission et de reconnaissance. A partir de quatre organisateurs des métiers de l'humain que sont le rapport au savoir, le rapport aux normes, le rapport aux valeurs et le rapport à l'image du Soi professionnel, les résultats relatifs à l'activité des cas de coachs et à leurs dynamiques identitaires montrent que l'usage du référentiel est un indicateur de leur posture : guidage ou accompagnement. Puisque le mot « coaching » ne dit rien de la posture de celui qui s'en prévaut, la dénomination désignant l'activité d'accompagnement professionnel dans le champ des ressources humaines et ceux qui la pratiquent devra évoluer. Former ces accompagnateurs aux usages contraires du référentiel permettra que s'élaborent le genre du métier, et le style de ces accompagnateurs. / Market supply over the word « coaching » is confusing for customers and partners, and for coaches themselves. With occupational didactics as a line of sight, and a socio-clinical comprehensive approach to study the case of six coaches, this research comes to the conclusion that the reference table appears to be more an indicator than an organizer of what is called « coaching ». Because coaching has not yet been conceptualized, there is no consensus on its definition, nor on a reference table, or on ways of teaching it and it lacks recognition. Using four organizers of human businesses, which are the relationships to knowledge, to norms and standards, to values, and to one's professional self, it is possible to analyse the coaches' activities and identity dynamics. The obtained results show that the use of a reference table is an indicator of the position they adopt: either in a guidance or accompanying position. Since the word « coaching » says nothing about the position adopted by the ones who refer to themselves as coaches, the denomination referring to the professional -accompanying activity in the field of human resources, and to those who undertake it, will have to evolve. Training these accompanying professionals to the contrary usages of the reference table will allow the elaboration of the profession type and the style of these accompanying professionals.

La recherche porte sur les gestes professionnels des formateurs accompagnant des enseignants nouvellement nommés. L‘entrée dans le métier est une période cruciale pour nombre d’enseignants. A l’école primaire, les modalités spécifiques d’accompagnement mises en œuvre sous la forme d’un tutorat, visent à développer la professionnalité de l’enseignant en devenir. Cette recherche rend compte d’une étude longitudinale de l’accompagnement de quatre maitres formateurs auprès d’enseignants stagiaires ou contractuels, durant l’année scolaire 2013-2014. Dans l’entretien post observation de classe, dispositif support de cette étude, l’activité du formateur est analysée sous l’angle des gestes professionnels, mobilisés dans leurs dimensions opératoires et symboliques, et, enrichis par la notion d’amplitude professionnelle. Cette dernière suppose que le geste professionnel n’a pas une dimension axiologique en lui-même mais qu’il est fortement dépendant de la relation d’accompagnement construite entre les deux partenaires de l’entretien. Dans la continuité des travaux mobilisant les gestes professionnels, Jorro (1998, 2002, 2006, 2011), Alin (2006, 2010) et Bucheton (2008, 2009), la thèse étudie les gestes professionnels du formateur pendant l’entretien post observation de classe, rendant possible une lecture d’un agir professionnel situé.Le geste professionnel, conçu comme un mouvement du corps envers autrui, est redéfini comme une interaction verbale et/ou corporelle, intentionnelle et conscientisée par le formateur, d’amplitude variable. Les résultats permettent de mettre en évidence sept gestes professionnels des formateurs. Par leurs spécificités, ces gestes sont les témoins d’un agir opératoire professionnel en situation. Nommés et clairement identifiés, ils constitueraient des savoirs conscientisés qui permettraient d’enrichir les pratiques des formateurs. Ainsi, outre les deux visées principales, descriptive et compréhensive, la recherche s’inscrit dans une perspective praxéologique, visant le développement professionnel des formateurs d’enseignants en situation d’accompagnement individualisé. / This research is about the professional gestures of tutors accompanying newly appointed teachers. In the interview that follows the observation of a class, which we based our study on, the tutor’s activity is analysed through the lens of professional gestures, mobilised in their operating and symbolic dimensions, and enriched by the notion of professional amplitude.This last one supposes that the professional gesture does not have an axiological dimension in itself, but that it strongly depends on the accompanying relation built between the two partners of the interview. In the continuity of works concerning professional gestures, Jorro (1998, 2002, 2006, 2011), Alin (2006, 2010) and Bucheton (2008, 2009), this thesis studies the professional gestures of the tutor during the interview post class observation and makes possible a reading of a situated professional acting. The professional gesture, seen as a body movement towards the other, is redefined as a verbal and/or corporeal interaction, intended and conscientised by the tutor, of variable amplitude. The results allow us to highlight seven professional gestures from the tutors.

The diploma thesis deals with foster care in the Czech Republic as well as it represents its legislation. The thesis follows up psychosocial aspects that are closely connected with foster care. It describes aspects such as psychosocial parenthood and motivation, which encourages foster parents to provide foster care. Also, it represents system of values and motives, that are very significant when considering foster care. The thesis investigates the needs of foster parents as well as it describes the needs, that are considered significant and whether those needs meet their expectations. Plenty of valuable information, which are related to the topic of foster parenting, were provided by foster parents, who gave their personal reflection, that was verified by brief research probe. The discussion stated in the end of the thesis summarizes the motives, which are frequently mentioned in the topic, including their possible difficulties as well as the thought about the reserves of current support given by the state and by accompanying organizations while satisfying the needs of foster parents.