Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-09-06T19:08:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gisele Santos Chagas.pdf: 1542495 bytes, checksum: 1844e5bb2c0e0333355f11f502baf6ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-06T19:08:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gisele Santos Chagas.pdf: 1542495 bytes, checksum: 1844e5bb2c0e0333355f11f502baf6ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-21 / This work is aimed to present narratives of the Guidance Counsellors of the Municipal school network in the city of S?o Jo?o de Meriti. The idea is to promote a discussion that takes into consideration the individual experiences that enable viewing of the aspects that constitute the profession and fields of work. Who are these professionals? How do they see themselves? What do they think about their background? How do they realize themselves immersed in a constantly changing society? And, how are their performances represented? The motivation to the studying and developing of this research derived from the concern that aims to socialize performances and actions developed in this area and its collaboration in the current scenario. What paths to choose? How is the Educational Advising area according to its coverage, demand and offering aspects in the researched school unit? We intend, with this dissertation, to contribute to the characterization of the Guidance Counsellor performance in the perspective of his professionals. The text is divided into a set of the analyses of the expectations and living experiences of the Guidance Counsellor; in the investigation of the critical-reflection of his performance and its contribution in the school space. The narratives derived from encounters where stories were told. A qualitative research was made with a social-historical-cultural focus under a dialogic perspective, that counts on the ?meeting? as the methodology, having as methodological-theoretical reference the well known author Mikhail Bakhtin. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar narrativas de Orientadores Educacionais da Rede Municipal de Ensino da Cidade de S?o Jo?o de Meriti. A ideia ? promover uma discuss?o que leve em considera??o as experi?ncias individuais que d?o visibilidade aos aspectos que constituem a profiss?o e o campo de atua??o. Quem s?o esses profissionais? Como se veem? Como pensam sua forma??o? Como se percebem imersos em uma sociedade em constante modifica??o? E, como suas pr?ticas se constituem? A motiva??o para estudo e desenvolvimento da pesquisa nasceu da preocupa??o em socializar pr?ticas e a??es desenvolvidas na ?rea em quest?o e sua colabora??o no cen?rio atual. Que caminhos trilhar? Como se encontra a Orienta??o Educacional segundo seus aspectos de abrang?ncia, demanda e oferta nas unidades escolares na rede de ensino pesquisada? Pretendemos, com essa disserta??o, contribuir para caracterizar a atua??o do Orientador Educacional na perspectiva de seus profissionais. O texto desdobra-se na an?lise das expectativas e viv?ncias do Orientador Educacional; na investiga??o sobre a reflex?o-cr?tica da pr?tica e na sua contribui??o no espa?o escolar. As narrativas decorreram de encontros onde suas hist?rias foram contadas. Foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa com enfoque s?cio-hist?rico-cultural sob a perspectiva dial?gica, que conta com o ?encontro? como metodologia, tendo como referencial te?rico-metodol?gico o autor Mikhail Bakhtin.

abstract: Honors colleges have offered an academically rigorous option for growing numbers of diverse students. This study took place at a large, public university that required undergraduate students to complete a thesis to graduate from the honors college. In 2017, 97% of students who began the honors thesis prior to senior year completed it. Thus, the aim of this study was to help more students begin the honors thesis process early. Thesis Launch was a six-week intervention that was designed to provide support for students in the critical early steps of thesis work such as brainstorming topics, examining professors’ research interests, reaching out to professors, preparing for meetings with potential thesis committee members, and writing a thesis prospectus. Thesis Launch offered web-based resources, weekly emails and text message reminders, and was supplemented by in-person advising options. A mixed methods action research study was conducted to examine: (a) students’ perceptions of barriers that prevented beginning thesis work; (b) self-efficacy towards thesis work; (c) how to scale the intervention using technology; and (d) whether participants began the thesis early. Quantitative data was collected via pre- and post-intervention surveys, journals, and prospectus submissions. Qualitative data came from student interviews, journals, and open-ended questions on the surveys. Quantitative data showed that after students participated in Thesis Launch, they had higher self-efficacy to work with professors, perceived fewer barriers to thesis work, and greater proportions of students began thesis work early. The qualitative data were complementary and showed that participants overcame barriers to thesis initiation, built self-efficacy, preferred an online intervention, and began thesis work early. Findings also showed that a primarily technology-based intervention was preferred by students and showed promise for scaling to a larger audience. Thesis Launch provided a framework for students to begin work on the honors thesis and have mastery experiences to build self-efficacy. Strategies that fostered “small wins” and reflective efforts also assisted in this aim. Participants accomplished tasks tied to thesis work and customized their personal thesis timelines based on work begun during Thesis Launch. Finally, a discussion of limitations, implications for practice and research, and personal reflection was included. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2019

Numerous studies had explored wide-ranging effects of childhood adversity. Yet, there is no known study that explores the impact of non-parental relationships (NPR) formed during the participation in out-of-school youth activities (OSYA), and future orientation (FO) on academic resiliency (AR) among people with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This study moved away from the deficit perspective and focused on the strengths of individuals rather than weaknesses. The study examined the impact of protective factors of OSYA, NPR, and FO using the Michael Ungar’s (2011) Socio-Ecological Model of Resiliency to better understand their role on AR among university students with ACEs. A quantitative approach, quasi-experimental design explored the research questions using only a single subject group, one-time post-test paper/web-based questionnaire (Creswell & Creswell, 2014). The following four hypotheses were conducted: Student-Staff Relationships formed in Out of School Youth Activities (NPR-OSYA) will positively correlate with FO; NPR-OSYA will differ between the No ACEs and Yes ACEs groups; FO will differ between No ACEs and Yes ACEs groups; NPR-OSYP and FO will predict higher AR among the Yes ACEs group. Results illustrated the complexity of the role of protective factors on AR among university students with ACEs. In conclusion, understanding the narratives of NPR-OSYP can help educators and counselor implement strategies to improve interaction and foster resilience among students who are struggling academically.

Academic advising is associated with increased student retention and academic success. However, advising at an urban graduate school of education in Tennessee has been criticized for limited advisor availability, poor communication, and lack of advising knowledge. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain a deeper understanding of the reasons for student satisfaction or dissatisfaction and to identify techniques to improve academic advising. This study was guided by the conceptual frameworks of Kelly's personal construct theory and Daloz's psycho-developmental perspective. The research question addressed the perceived role of academic advisors that graduate students associated with academic success. The data were collected using 4 focus groups. Group 1 consisted of 10 graduate students; group 2 included 5 professors; group 3 was comprised of 2 advisors; group 4 consisted of 3 administrators. A thematic analysis was performed on the data, and member checking was used to improve data quality. Findings revealed that students were satisfied with the positive attitude of advisors, but were dissatisfied with advisors' relational skills and knowledge of college programs. Findings also revealed that students, professors, and administrators were dissatisfied with advisor's limited availability and lack of training. Based on these research findings, a 3-day professional development workshop for advisors was developed. The workshop included training about techniques to improve advisor communication skills and knowledge of effective advising practices. Implementation of this professional development workshop could bring about positive social change by improving the effectiveness of the advising program and the quality of graduates.

Research object:  Consultants of Lithuanian Agriculture Consultancy;  Consultants of chamber of agriculture of the republic of Lithuania;  Consultants of the Centre for Economic and Legal Consultations;  Clients. Research subject: relationship among consultants and clients. Purpose of the research: to analyse the aspects of relations and factors which determine efficiency of relationship among consultants and clients. Tasks: 1) to determine conseption of relationship among consultants and clients; 2) to define factors which determine the relation of consultants and clients; 3) to research relationship among consultants and clients; 4) to offer suggestions for development of relationsip. Research methods – scientific literature analysis, comparison, analysis and synthesis, relative values, graphical description, data collation, questionnaire inquiry, interview.

abstract: Although U.S. rates of college enrollment among 18-24 year olds have reached historic highs, rates of degree completion have not kept pace. This is especially evident at community colleges, where a disproportionate number of students from groups who, historically, have had low college-completion rates enroll. One way community colleges are attempting to address low completion rates is by implementing institutional interventions intended to increase opportunities for student engagement at their colleges. Utilizing logistic and linear regression analyses, this study focused on community college students, examining the association between participation in institutional support activities and student outcomes, while controlling for specific student characteristics known to impact student success in college. The sample included 746 first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students at a single community college located in the U.S. Southwest. Additional analyses were conducted for the 440 first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students in this sample who placed into at least one developmental education course. Findings indicate that significant associations exist between different types of participation in institutional interventions and various student outcomes: Academic advising was found to be related to increased rates of Fall to Spring and Fall to Fall persistence and, for developmental education students, participation in a student success course was found to be related to an increase in the proportion of course credit hours earned. The results of this study provide evidence that student participation in institutional-level support may relate to increased rates of college persistence and credit hour completion; however, additional inquiry is warranted to inform specific policy and program decision-making at the college and to determine if these findings are generalizable to populations outside of this college setting. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Higher and Postsecondary Education 2011

abstract: This yearlong project examines how multilingual undergraduate writers--including international visa students and U.S. permanent residents or citizens who are non-native English speakers--exercise agency in their first-year composition placement decisions. Agency is defined as the capacity to act or not to act contingent upon various conditions. The goal of the project is to demonstrate how student agency can inform the overall programmatic placement decisions, which can lead to more effective placement practices for multilingual writers. To explore the role of agency in students' placement decisions, I conducted a series of four in-depth interviews with eleven multilingual writers between Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 in the Writing Programs at Arizona State University. To triangulate these placement decisions, I interviewed some of the multilingual student participants' academic advisors and writing teachers as well as writing program administrators. Findings showed that when conditions for agency were appropriate, the multilingual student participants were able to negotiate placement, choose to accept or deny their original placement, self-assess their proficiency level as deciding to choose a writing course, plan on their placement, question about placement, and finally make decisions about a writing course they wanted to take. In the context of this study, conditions for agency include the freedom to choose writing courses and information about placement that is distributed by the following sources: advisors' recommendations, other students' past experience in taking first-year composition, the new student orientation, and other sources that provide placement related information such as an online freshman orientation and a major map. Other findings suggested that the academic advisor participants did not provide the multilingual students with complete placement information; and this affected the way the multilingual students chose which section of first-year composition to enroll in. Meanwhile, there was no formal communication about placement options and placement procedures between the Writing Programs and writing teachers. Building on these findings, I argue for improving conditions for agency by providing placement options, making placement information more readily available, and communicating placement information and options with academic advisors, writing teachers, and multilingual students. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. English 2012

Orientador: Ana Maria Falcão de Aragão / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T10:08:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Campos_PatriciaReginaInfanger_M.pdf: 2011325 bytes, checksum: 0307edb02eb632d771fb56222a84e542 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Esta dissertação discute a temática da formação de professores com o foco voltado para o trabalho desenvolvido pela orientadora pedagógica. Segundo a literatura atual, a orientadora pedagógica é a profissional que tem no desenvolvimento de suas funções a tarefa de contribuir para a formação continuada dos professores numa perspectiva de formação centrada na escola. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa é conhecer as estratégias utilizadas pela orientadora pedagógica de uma escola da rede municipal de ensino de Campinas para o desenvolvimento da formação dos professores. As reuniões semanais de Trabalho Docente Coletivo e as reuniões trimestrais de Conselho de Classe são consideradas momentos privilegiados de formação docente. Nelas são possibilitados encontros com professores e gestores para planejamento, implementação e avaliação do projeto pedagógico da escola e também do trabalho desenvolvido em sala de aula diretamente com os alunos. Esses momentos foram selecionados para a produção dos dados que foram capturados pela gravação e transcrição dos encontros ocorridos ao longo do ano letivo de 2008 e do primeiro semestre de 2009. Por meio da revisitação das reuniões ocorridas, foram selecionados enunciados dos professores de 1º a 5º anos e da orientadora pedagógica, considerados indícios e pistas, à luz do paradigma indiciário, que auxiliassem na resposta para a pergunta que orienta esta pesquisa: quais são as estratégias utilizadas pela orientadora pedagógica para promover a formação centrada na escola? A análise dos dados produzidos indicia e fortalece a compreensão de que o trabalho da orientadora pedagógica pode ser formativo quando as estratégias desenvolvidas são voltadas para a vivência de experiências coletivas e compartilhadas com o outro. Alice e Pequeno Príncipe são convidados a compor uma narrativa que entrelaça a sustentação teórica da pesquisa, o encanto e a sedução da literatura, bem como a riqueza da experiência vivida deflagrados no processo de formação dos professores e também da orientadora pedagógica. / Abstract: This essay discusses the topic of teacher education focusing on work developed by the pedagogical advisor. According to current literature the pedagogical advisor is the Professional whose job is to contribute to the continuous teacher education under a school-centered perspective. The main object of this research is to get to know the strategies used by the pedagogical advisor of a public school in Campinas, aiming at teacher education. The weekly Collective Teachers' meetings and Classroom Council meetings are considered special moments in terms of teacher education. At such meetings it is possible to put together teachers and managers in order to plan, implement and evaluate the school's pedagogical Project and the projects which are developed in class with the students. These moments were selected in order to produce data which were captured though recording and transcription of meetings held between 2008 and the first semester of 2009. Through revisiting such meetings, some statements from 1st to 5th grade teachers and the pedagogical advisor which were considered clues according to the Indiciary Paradigma were selected. These statements would be able to help answer the question that directs this research: what are the strategies used by the pedagogical advisor to promote the school-centered teacher education? The analysis of the data indicates and strengthens the understanding that the role of the pedagogical advisor can be formative when the developed strategies are turned to having collective and shared experiences. Alice and the Little Prince are invited to make a narrative which integrates the theoretical support of the research, the enchantment and seduction of literature and the richness of the experience trigged in the teacher education process and also, in the pedagogical advisor's. / Mestrado / Psicologia Educacional / Mestre em Educação

Immigration is arguably among the most divisive global and national issues at present. In the U.S., undocumented persons (the DREAMers) who arrived to the U.S. as children have been the central focus of legislation and debate. As of 2013, the undocumented population has increased from less than a million in 1980, then reaching 12.2 million in 2006, to an estimated population of 11.3 million (Passel, Cohn, Krogstand, & Gonzalez-Barerra, 2014) just a few short years ago. For the numerous undocumented students who have excelled academically and socially, and make positive contributions to their communities, the goal of obtaining a college degree is naturally the next step after high school. While undocumented students face intractable challenges in the areas of residency/citizenship, the college admission process, and financing their education, many still find their way on college campuses seeking degree completion. Academic advisors are uniquely positioned to support the persistence and graduation of students, especially undocumented students. Therefore, this research examined perspectives and behaviors of advisors concerning their interactions with undocumented students in public universities utilizing the framework of Michael Lipsky’s (1980) understanding of street-level bureaucracy to determine the discretionary behaviors exercised by academic advisors who advise undocumented students. Study participants included college advisors located in the middle southern and western regions of the United States, where undocumented populations are highest. A qualitative methodology with a case study research design was used in this phenomenological guided research to determine two major study findings: (a) academic advisors are exercising discretionary behavior in advising undocumented students and general population students and (b) the academic advising needs of undocumented students differ from other students. This study has contributed to public administration and higher education advising literature by providing insight into how advisors understand their roles, implement policy, and participate in divergence to meet the needs of students.

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate the lived experiences of academic advisors who have master’s degrees in counseling in addressing wellness with college student-athletes. Of particular note was to explore if they addressed wellness and, if so, how they addressed wellness. Extant literature is replete with evidence documenting the numerous challenges and stressors student-athletes experience due to their athlete status. Prior to this study, the role of the academic advisor in addressing wellness has not been represented in the literature. This study examined the lived experiences of 10 academic advisors with counseling degrees, or currently enrolled in graduate level counselor education programs, in addressing wellness with college student-athletes through semi-structured individual interviews. Results from the data analysis yielded four themes and seven sub-themes: Academic Skills and Planning, Counselor Practice and Knowledge (emphasis on fostering relationships, counseling skills and theory, and athletic empathy), Barriers to Seeking Support Services, and Cultivating Holistic Wellness in Student-Athletes (career and life skill development, psychological support, coach-advisor relationship, and case management). The findings suggest that academic advisors are addressing wellness with their college student-athletes. Moreover, the results provide specific insights as to how academic advisors utilize their counseling skills when providing wellness services. These results provide several implications for counseling programs, academic advising, and athletic departments. Suggestions for future research are also included.