A Nova Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Brasileira (LDB 9.394/96) prevê que a educação superior promova criticidade, reflexibilidade, correlação de saberes, mas também o incentivo ao trabalho de pesquisa e investigação científica, visando ao desenvolvimento da ciência e da tecnologia e da criação e difusão da cultura e, desse modo, desenvolver o entendimento do homem e do meio em que vive. (Artigo 43, inciso III). Entretanto, pouco se ouve sobre essas questões a partir da voz do orientador de pesquisas acadêmicas, o que esta pesquisadora considera um problema de ordem social, tendo em vista a importância desses atores sociais para o campo acadêmico. Os poucos trabalhos que abordam o tema limitam-se a identificar o orientador a partir das impressões empíricas dos orientandos e a refletir as atuações a partir de questões político-educacionais (FLECHA, 2003; MAZZILLI, 2003; BIANCHETTI & MACHADO, 2006). Neste sentido, o presente trabalho procura responder, através da Análise Crítica do Discurso (ACD), o que os orientadores têm a dizer sobre sua prática social. De caráter interpretativo (ALVEZ-MAZZOTTI, 1999), conta com dados gerados por orientadores de mestrado em Linguística/Linguística Aplicada, das esferas federal, estadual e privada, do Rio de janeiro, sendo dois participantes de cada esfera. Na primeira etapa, os sujeitos responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada. A segunda etapa consta de: a) um questionário; b) correspondências eletrônicas; c) os regimentos dos programas de pós-graduação; e d) revisão histórica da orientação no Brasil. O caráter social deste estudo é a relação dialética entre linguagem e sociedade, já que a ACD considera qualquer evento discursivo ao mesmo tempo um texto (primeira dimensão), uma prática discursiva (segunda dimensão) e uma prática social (terceira dimensão): o modelo tridimensional (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001). O Sistema de Transitividade da LSF pautou a análise da primeira dimensão, confirmando outros estudos sobre o ranking da recorrência dos processos (LIMA LOPES, 2001). A interpretação dessa primeira dimensão aponta que os orientadores atuam na idiossincrasia, e que os principais atores sociais desse fazer são o orientador e o orientando, em relação assimétrica de poder. Na segunda dimensão, a interdiscursividade reforça essa idiossincrasia, mas inclui as pressões institucionais, que agem como reguladoras desse fazer. Na terceira dimensão, os resultados sugerem que aspectos históricos justificam a queda da qualidade dos mestrandos, associando a isso um interesse político, e as características da pós-modernidade a uma nova e híbrida atuação. Além disso, os resultados apontam para um discurso de resistência à hegemonia nas três dimensões de análise. A pesquisa possibilitou ainda a discussão em torno de aspectos práticos: a) a reflexão dos sujeitos sobre seus papeis e atribuições; e b) a atualização do aporte teórico, aplicado a um tema ainda pouco explorado. Deste trabalho, fica um convite a novas pesquisas sobre o discurso do orientador, trazendo à tona não apenas sua voz, conforme a fala literal de um dos entrevistados, mas também contribuições diretas e significativas aos estudos em Linguística e Linguística Aplicada no Brasil / The New Law of Directives and Bases of Brazilian Education (LDB 9.394/96) forecasts that higher education promotes critical, reflectivity, correlation of knowledge, but also the incentive to "research work and scientific research aiming the development of science and technology and the creation and dissemination of culture and, thus, to develop the understanding of man and the environment in which they live."(Article 43, paragraph III). However, little is heard about these issues from the voice of the adviser of academic research, what this adviser believes a social order problem is, in view of the importance of these social actors to academia. The few studies that address the theme are limited to identify the adviser from empirical impressions of the mentees and reflect the actions from political and educational issues (ARROW, 2003; Mazzilli, 2003; Bianchetti & MACHADO, 2006). In this sense, this paper attempts to answer through the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), what the advisers have to say about their social practice. Interpretive in nature (Alves-Mazzotti, 1999), this research counts with data generated by advisers of master in Linguistics/Applied Linguistics, representatives of federal, state and private spheres of Rio de Janeiro, featuring two participants from each sphere. In the first stage, the subjects responded to a semi-structured interview. The second step consists of: a) a questionnaire, b) electronic mail; c) the regiments of the postgraduation programs, and d) historical review of advising in Brazil. The social character of this study is the dialectical relationship between language and society, as the CDA considers any discursive event as a text (first dimension), a discursive practice (second dimension) and a social practice (third dimension): the three-dimensional model (Fairclough, 2001). The transit system of LSF guided the analysis of the first dimension, confirming other studies on the ranking of the process recurrence (LIMA LOPES, 2001). The interpretation of this first dimension indicates that advisers act on idiosyncrasy, and that the main social actors of this act are adviser and mentees, in asymmetrical relationship power. In the second dimension, the interdiscursivity reinforces this idiosyncrasy, but includes the institutional pressures, which act as regulators of this act. In the third dimension, the results suggest that historical aspects justify the decline in the quality of the masters, associated to a political interest, and the characteristics of post-modernity to a new and hybrid performance. Moreover, the results point to a discourse of resistance against hegemony in the three dimensions of analysis. The survey also allowed discussions on practical aspects: a) the reflection of the subjects about their roles and responsibilities and b) update the theoretical, applied to a topic less explored. This work is an invitation to further research on the adviser discourse, bringing out not only his/her voice, as a literal speech of one of the interviewers, but also direct and significant contributions to studies in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in Brazil

abstract: This study determined if differences exist among the health professions advising community between factors (academic and non-academic) used as selection criteria in medical school admissions, as well as the impact of the holistic review in admissions on new admissions initiatives with respect to personal and professional backgrounds of advisors. The study examined the differences based on the gender, race and ethnicity, age, years of advising experience, institution size and type, classification and region of the population. Statistical analyses were conducted using comparison of means tests: one-sample t-tests and one-way ANOVA to determine the significance of differences for each of the variables. Significant differences were found to exist among the health professions advising community based on gender, race and ethnicity, institution type, classification of appointment, institution size and type. The findings of the study suggested that the personal and professional background of a health professions advisor did impact the perception of importance among the academic and non-academic factors used in the selection of medical students. The medical school admissions community should appreciate the unique viewpoints of the broader health professions advising community when building relationships and finding opportunities to collaborate. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

El siguiente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo la elaboración de una plataforma que permita la adquisición de cursos online dirigido a emprendedores que tienen un pequeño negocio y a microempresarios del rubro textil. Las MYPES en el Perú representan el 95% del total de empresas y la pandemia ha afectado mucho a su desarrollo. Es por ello la necesidad de mayor conocimiento para sus negocios y de esta manera beneficiarse el emprendedor y microempresario. Para la validación del problema se hizo una entrevista a 20 emprendedores y 5 especialistas, siendo el público objetivo elegido en edades de 18 a 45 años del NSE B y C. Después de haber definido y validado el problema, se puede afirmar que se logró el encaje. La propuesta de valor de nuestro proyecto es una plataforma web que ofrece cursos online especializados sobre áreas de desarrollo de un emprendimiento o negocio. Los cursos serán desarrollados con mayor detalle y adecuados a los niveles y cada etapa del emprendimiento y para ello se realizó nuevas validaciones con el fin de reafirmar que nuestro proyecto es viable. También, se tiene una serie de gastos para el mejor desarrollo de la página web y del personal. Para finalizar y ver si el proyecto es factible en términos económicos se realizó proyecciones de ventas y el flujo de caja económico, cuyas proyecciones de los ingresos y egresos se da durante 5 años por la venta de cursos y packs. / The following research work aims to develop a platform that allows the acquisition of online courses aimed at entrepreneurs who have a small business and microentrepreneurs in the textile industry. MSEs in Peru represent 95% of the total number of companies and the pandemic has greatly affected their development. That is why there is a need for more knowledge for their businesses and thus benefit the entrepreneur and microentrepreneur. For the validation of the problem, 20 entrepreneurs and 5 specialists were interviewed, being the target public chosen from 18 to 45 years of age of NSE B and C. After having defined and validated the problem, it can be affirmed that the fit was achieved. The value proposition of our project is a web platform that offers specialized online courses on areas of entrepreneurship or business development. The courses will be developed in greater detail and adapted to the levels and each stage of the venture and for these new validations were carried out in order to reaffirm that our project is viable. To conclude and see if the project is feasible in economic terms, sales projections and economic cash flow were made, whose projections of income and expenses are given for 5 years for the sale of courses and packs. / Trabajo de investigación

“El Asesor” es el proyecto de negocio creado por un equipo de cinco estudiantes de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas que cuentan con experiencia en áreas de administración de empresas y marketing, dichos conocimientos fueron parte fundamental para la creación de actividades y lineamientos que deben cumplirse para lograr los objetivos y estrategias propuestas por sus creadores. Según las investigaciones realizadas, el 75 % de alumnos han llevado refuerzo académico externo a la universidad, con ese motivo nace la idea de negocio “El Asesor”, es la plataforma que conectará desde cualquier lugar a asesores académicos con alumnos y brindará servicio de asesorías personalizadas de acuerdo con la universidad. El 100 % de alumnos consideran muy importante poder llevar asesorías académicas de acuerdo con los tiempos que más se ajusten a su rutina diaria, es por eso que el proyecto “El Asesor” cuenta con flexibilidad de horarios para poder cubrir las expectativas de sus consumidores. El servicio de asesorías está dirigido a alumnos de las 10 mejores universidades privadas de Lima, los asesores serán alumnos de universidades que ya hayan llevado el curso o tengan conocimiento en el campo. Por último, el proyecto “El Asesor”, tiene como objetivo dar la seguridad de contar con un asesor con experiencia en el curso, que pueda simplificar y absolver dudas de los alumnos, además de conectar desde cualquier lugar a los asesores con alumnos que necesitan un refuerzo o asesoría académica tomando en cuenta los horarios programados. El presente trabajo de negocios es evaluado para conocer la viabilidad del proyecto “El Asesor”. / "El Asesor" is the business project created by a team of five students from the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas who have experience in the areas of business administration and marketing. Such knowledge was a fundamental part of the creation of activities and guidelines that should be fulfilled to achieve the objectives and strategies proposed by its creators. According to the research carried out, 75% of students have taken external academic reinforcement to the university, for this reason the business idea “El Asesor” was born, it is the platform that will connect academic advisors with students from anywhere and will provide advisory services customized according to the university. 100% of students consider it very important to be able to take academic advice according to the times that best fit their daily routine that is why the “El Asesor” project has flexible schedules to meet the expectations of its consumers. The advisory service is aimed at students from the 10 best private universities in Lima, the advisers will be students from universities that have already taken the course or have knowledge in the field. Finally, the project "El Asesor", aims to provide the security of having an adviser with experience in the course, who can simplify and answer questions from students, in addition to connecting advisers from anywhere with students who need an academic reinforcement or advising taking into account the programmed schedules. The present business work is evaluated to know the viability of the project "El Asesor". / Trabajo de investigación

In recent years, the development of e-learning content has proved to be a very practical tool for improving existing learning options for students and workers, as e-learning can be used anytime and anywhere. At the universities, this versatility simplifies the process of reaching a larger number of students, especially those who have difficulties understanding the lecture.This is especially true in the case of foreign students, as language is an important barrier to overcome in early stages of the study. In order to improve the integration and success of foreign students at the Technical University of Dresden, the project thermoEⁱⁿᵗ (thermodynamic e-assessments for international students) aims to offer online electronic exercises in English for the fundamental subject of technical thermodynamics as a prototype for other subjects of natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM, in German: MINT). This contribution presents our methodology for establishing a comprehensive didactic relation of e-assessments coupled with the lecture content. The implementation of a dynamic system for a continuous year-to-year improvement through the e-learning content and the student feedback is also discussed together with the outcomes of such implementation as a starting point to the successful implementation of e-learning activities in the STEM field of study. [from introduction]

La tesi ha come oggetto lo sviluppo dell’autonomia nell’apprendimento delle lingue in contesto universitario. L’elaborato si articola in due parti. Nella prima si affronta il concetto di autonomia nell’apprendimento dal punto di vista teorico, storico e metodologico. Dopo una rassegna sui principali modelli di riferimento e un excursus su come il medesimo tema sia stato affrontato nei documenti e progetti del Consiglio d’Europa, ci si focalizza sulla funzione e organizzazione dei centri per l’autoapprendimento universitari, sulla trasformazione che stanno subendo da spazi fisici ad ambienti virtuali e sul ruolo dei consulenti linguistici. La seconda parte del lavoro si basa sull’osservazione critica di due studi di caso, svolti presso il Centro per l’Autoapprendimento dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (CAP), aventi come protagonisti studenti internazionali di italiano L2. Il primo studio costituisce una ricostruzione sull’utilizzo del Centro e sulle attività di consulenza linguistica. Il secondo prende in esame una sperimentazione didattica, incentrata sulla collaborazione tra consulente linguistico e docente di lingua, finalizzata a stimolare all’apprendimento autonomo dell’italiano un gruppo di studenti internazionali selezionato. I risultati delle due indagini sono analizzati e commentati per permettere una riflessione sulle attività del CAP al fine di migliorarle e proporre buone pratiche didattiche utili allo sviluppo dell’autonomia nell’apprendimento dell’italiano L2. / The aim of the thesis is to investigate the development of autonomy in language learning at university. The work consists of two parts. The first deals with the concept of learning autonomy from a theoretical, historical and methodological point of view. After a review of the main reference models and an excursus on how the same subject has been addressed in the documents and projects of the Council of Europe, the study focuses on the function and organization of self-access learning centers, on the transformation they are undergoing from physical spaces to virtual environments and on the role of language advisors. The second part of the work concerns two case studies, carried out at the Centro per l’Autoapprendimento (CAP) of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, with international students of Italian L2. The first case study examines how the students make use of the Center and of the language advising activities. The second describes a didactic experiment on the collaboration between language advisor and language teacher, aimed at bringing a selected group of international students closer to autonomous learning of Italian. The results of the two case studies are analysed and commented to reflect on the activities of the CAP in order to improve them and to propose good teaching practices useful for the development of autonomy in Italian L2 learning.

El presenta trabajo de investigación tiene el objetivo de poder implementar una aplicación que conecte asesores académicos con estudiantes universitarios para brindar clases en línea. De esta forma, los asesores académicos podrán encontrar en la aplicación una fuente de ingresos confiable y segura, que les brinde la oportunidad de conseguir un mayor alcance en Lima metropolitana y de esta manera captar un mayor número de alumnos. Por otra parte, para lograr sustentar el presente proyecto, se realizó el análisis de los segmentos a los cuales nos encontramos enfocados, con el objetivo de realizar una validación del problema, solución y modelo de negocio. Por lo tanto, luego de haber estudiado detalladamente, lograremos delimitar si la idea de negocio propuesta será o no viable. Asimismo, con relación a lo ya mencionado anteriormente, el presente proyecto de investigación estará disponible para todos los investigadores y lectores que quieran emplear como guía y ejemplo. De esta forma, podrá ser utilizada para la formulación de futuras ideas de negocios. / The present research work has the objective of being able to implement an application that connects academic advisors with university students to provide online classes. In this way, academic advisers will be able to find in the application a reliable and secure source of income, which gives them the opportunity to achieve a greater reach in metropolitan Lima and thus attract a greater number of students. On the other hand, in order to sustain this project, an analysis of the segments to which we are focused was carried out, in order to carry out a validation of the problem, solution and business model. Therefore, after having studied in detail, we will be able to define whether or not the proposed business idea will be viable or not. Likewise, in relation to the aforementioned, this research project will be available to all researchers and readers who want to use it as a guide and example. In this way, it can be used to formulate future business ideas. / Trabajo de investigación

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A review of the related literature revealed that international students face specific academic challenges. The goal of this research was to investigate the effect of international student peer advising sessions on English as a Second Language (ESL) international students' perceptions of their language skills and strategies for dealing with academic tasks. The research design included a control and an experimental group with a pretest and a posttest administration of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and the Xu International Student Academic Language Needs Assessment (ISALNA-2) instruments. Qualitative data was also collected. The participants in the study were upper-intermediate level international students in an intensive English program at a large metropolitan university. Scores (n = 23) on the SILL and the ISALNA-2 were used to investigate the changing perspectives of students receiving similar information from different sources, classroom teachers and peer advisors or only classroom teachers. Peer advising sessions were provided to the experimental group of students. The focus of the sessions was advice and direction in language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) for university academic tasks. A split-plot analysis of variance was employed to analyze the quantitative data obtained from pre- and posttest administrations of the instruments. Analysis of the data did not reveal a statistically significant effect of the peer advising sessions as regards the improvement of scores on the SILL and ISALNA-2. Qualitative data (n = 29) indicated that the experimental participants were positively impacted in understanding the necessary language skills necessary for academic success. Interviews with the peer advisors revealed that they had enhanced their understanding of university expectations and had developed a higher level of confidence as a result of their participation in the advising sessions. Qualitative data revealed positive attitudes by the peer advisors in giving language skills information and by the ESL international students involved in receiving that information. The study format could contribute to future studies and may have implications for the development of international peer advising for English language instruction, foreign student orientation programs, host family programs, and programs linking foreign students with American student study partners.

The Student Support Services Program is one of five federally funded “TRIO” programs provided for by Congress and administered by the Department of Education that are designed to improve grade-point averages and the retention and graduation rates of low-income individuals, firs t-generation college students, and students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to determine if the students who participated in the Student Support Services Program at SVCC achieved higher grade-point averages, retention rates, and graduation rates than did non-participants. There were no significant differences in grade-point averages between Student Support Services (SSS) Program participants and non-participants, The Student Support Services Program participants did have significantly higher retention rates. Student Support Services participants also demonstrated higher graduation rates Findings in this study could serve as a baseline for further study to guide additional improvements in Student Support Services programs at SVCC and other community colleges in the nation.