Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-107). Also available via the World Wide Web.

The diploma thesis discusses family communications during Mealtimes. The first part defines the basic theoretical concepts of the theory of children's speech and research associated with it, it defines preschool child development with an emphasis on language and further defines the concept of family communication and child directed speech. At the end of the theoretical part the thesis explains the importance of food/meals in family life. The theoretical part is mainly based on professional literature. The second part consists of five case studies that focus on the analysis of video communications during family meals. All families that participated on the recording signed a consent. The information was also obtained with the help of sociologically oriented survey about adult participants. All recordings were transcribed according to the CHAT system guidelines, which is part of the CHILDES database. The results are compared with the findings of the professional literature. Keywords communication, pre-school child, child directes speech, food/meals

Surname and name: Burešová Lucie Department: Nursing Title of thesis: Abused child hospitalized in intensive care unit Consultant: PhDr. Jaroslava Hanušová, Ph.D. Number of pages: numbered: 69, without numbers: 22 Number of appendices: 4 Number of literature items used: 24 Key words: battered child, abused child, Child abuse syndrome, vexation, sex abuse, critical states in childhood Summary: The work discusses the theme of abused children hospitalized in Intensive care units. Especially it is studying approach of the nurses of intensive care units to the children hospitalized for the reason of serious results of ill-treatment. The work is divided into the theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part there is detailed characterization of the main topic - child abuse. The practical part is processed in form of research through the medium of lists of questions. Lists of questions were distributed to the nurses of intensive care units. It was research for the knowledge and view of nurses in questions of child abuse. This work would contribute to better providing of precise care for abused children in critical state hospitalized in intensive care units.

Thematic Paper (M.C.T.M. (Tropical Pediatrics))--Mahidol University, 2005.

Thematic Paper (M.C.T.M. (Tropical Pediatrics))--Mahidol University, 2005.

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My work deals with Waldorf pedagogy, how it began, its characterization, main principles and elements which it uses, especially with traditional ceremonies and rituals. I am introducing you into the characterization of preschool child how it is understood at Waldorf educational system. I am pointing out ceremonies and rituals, which are held universaly at Waldorf nursery schools. I stress out their meaning and contribution for preschool kids. Traditional rituals arecharacterized in our own point of view, depending how we see them. Last part is about one of these kindergartens, in Ceske Budejovice to be more specific.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese-Arlene Araujo Nogueira.pdf: 8227777 bytes, checksum: 7744d770e72fcc52d8c81e89659feceb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-08 / FAPEAM - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas / Understanding the process of oral language development in the first years of life is essential to qualify the pedagogical work in a nursery. The Historical-Cultural Theory emphasizes that the development of oral language and the child's communication activity – as well as all kinds of human mental functions development – are not natural process, but socially mediated. It is up to the adult in charge of education the development of activities that intentionally promote the child interaction. Doing so, communication is set as a necessity, promoting development. Thus, one could ask: how is the development of oral language in early childhood according to historical and cultural perspective? How do the adult-child and child-child interactions interfere with the development of oral language of children in day care situation? How can the pedagogical work in the nursery provide significant verbal interactions? With the purpose of understanding the development process of oral language in early childhood stage, according to the assumptions of Historical-Cultural Theory; besides knowing the influence of adult-child child-child interactions for the development of oral language of children in day care situation; and also with the aim of bringing to the light how pedagogical work in day care can contribute to any significant verbal interactions between children and adults, so, these were the reasons why this research has been conducted. In fact, it is part of the Research Line number 3 – Training and Praxis of the educator before the Amazonian Challenges in the Post-Graduation Program Studies in Education of the Federal University of Amazonas. Three teachers and seven children of one and two years of age were the subjects of this research, held in a nursery called Creche Municipal Maria Ferreira Bernardes, in 2014, in Manaus-AM. The research focused on the development of oral language of young children in an interactive daycare context, based on the theoretical and methodological contributions of the Historical-Cultural Theory, according to which the higher mental functions of humans arise both from the close relationship between biological factors inherent of mankind, and cultural factors, built throughout human history – idea published by L. S. Vygotsky, its principal representative. The empirical knowledge was acquired through participatory observations of everyday life, with the support of photographs, video recordings and records in fieldwork notebook; and also by semi-structured interviews and formative meetings with the teachers. The systematization of data enabled to group the interactive situations experienced by children and their teachers – which have revealed the emergence of oral language – in two categories: 1) direct communication Interactions: through communicative activities whose reasons were personal, based on emotional communication; and 2) communicative interactions mediated by objects: a communicative activity, based on the practice of situations involving manipulation of objects. After analyzing the empirical categories, one could note that the activities proposed by the teachers and the interactions between child-child and adult-child, in the nursery, potentiate the communicative activity of children and the development of oral language, according to the theoretical assumptions of Vygotsky and his collaborators. While we recognize that children build each other interactions that carry rich meanings and produce language, we emphasize the mediating role of teachers in these moments and intentional organization of interactive experiences that promote oral language. Besides that, discussion groups with teachers about oral language development enable the expansion of references to think about the pedagogical activity, confirming the potential of formative research. / Compreender como se dá o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral na primeira infância é fundamental para qualificar o trabalho pedagógico na creche. A Teoria Histórico-Cultural preconiza que o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral e da atividade de comunicação da criança, como ademais todo o desenvolvimento das funções psíquicas humanas, não é um processo natural, mas socialmente mediado. Cabe, pois, ao adulto que educa, promover atividades que intencionalmente coloquem a criança em interação, de modo que a comunicação se configure como uma necessidade, mobilizando o desenvolvimento. Dessa forma, indagamos: de que maneira ocorre o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral na primeira infância segundo a perspectiva histórico-cultural?; como as interações adulto-criança e criança-criança interferem no desenvolvimento da linguagem oral das crianças em situação de creche?; como o trabalho pedagógico na creche pode propiciar interações verbais significativas? Com os objetivos de compreender o processo de desenvolvimento da linguagem oral na etapa da primeira infância, de acordo com os pressupostos da Teoria Histórico-Cultural; conhecer a influência das interações adulto-criança e criança-criança para o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral das crianças em situação de creche; e elucidar como o trabalho pedagógico na creche pode contribuir para que ocorram interações verbais significativas entre crianças e adultos, realizamos este trabalho, que insere-se na Linha de Pesquisa 3 – Formação e Práxis do(a) Educador(a) Frente aos Desafios Amazônicos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa três professoras e sete crianças de um a dois anos de idade, matriculadas na Creche Municipal Maria Ferreira Bernardes, em 2014, em Manaus-AM. A investigação enfoca o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral da criança pequena no contexto interativo da creche, fundamentando-se nos aportes teóricos e metodológicos da Teoria Histórico-Cultural, segundo a qual as funções psíquicas superiores dos seres humanos surgem da estreita relação entre os fatores biológicos caraterísticos do homem e os fatores culturais, construídos ao longo da história humana – ideia apregoada por L. S. Vigotski, seu principal representante. A construção dos dados empíricos se deu por intermédio de observações participativas do cotidiano, com o apoio de fotografias, videogravações e registros em caderno de campo; entrevistas semiestruturadas e encontros formativos com as professoras. A sistematização dos dados possibilitou agrupar as situações interativas vivenciadas entre as crianças e suas professoras – que revelam a emergência da linguagem oral – em duas categorias: 1) Interações comunicativas diretas: atividade comunicativa cujos motivos são pessoais, baseada na comunicação emocional; e 2) Interações comunicativas mediadas por objetos: atividade comunicativa de natureza prática-situacional, apoiada na manipulação dos objetos. A análise das categorias empíricas permitiu notar que as atividades propostas pelas professoras e as interações criança-criança e adulto-criança, na creche, potencializam a atividade comunicativa das crianças e o desenvolvimento de sua linguagem oral, de acordo com os pressupostos teóricos de Vigotski e seus colaboradores. Apesar de reconhecermos que as crianças constroem entre si interações que portam ricos significados e produzem linguagem, enfatizamos o papel mediador das professoras nesses momentos e na organização intencional de vivências interativas promotoras da linguagem oral. Além disso, os grupos de discussão com as professoras a respeito do desenvolvimento da linguagem oral possibilitam a ampliação de referências para pensar a atividade pedagógica, atestando o potencial formativo da pesquisa.

The topic of this thesis is spatial orientation and navigation in children with combined visual impairment. This study introduces different theoretical stages and compares different attitudes of families, teachers and counselors. Furthermore this study is to identify various levels of parents' awareness of this problem. Qualitative research based on interviews has been used for this observation. The objective of this thesis is to create an information brochure which should then serve as an aid and support for parents with visually impaired children. Such brochure should include basic information about spatial orientation and navigation, as well as it should share personal experience and relevant advice useful in daily life. Recent research suggests that parents of visually impaired children learn about these issues mainly from special education centers or Early Care. Materials obtained at said institutions were, according to research, insufficient. However the availability of these materials was satisfactory. Children with impairment need specific and individual approach and teachers, parents and counselors, when working with children with visual impairment, seem to often focus on different subjects.

Denna litteraturstudie utgörs av en kvalitativ textanalys av utvald kurslitteratur inom en förskollärarutbildning. Analysen har tagit stöd i Biestas teori om demokratiska dimensioner inom utbildning (Biesta, 2011a). Resultatet i vår studie visar på ett gap mellan det förskollärarstudenter får med sig från kurslitteraturen gentemot hur de ska praktisera och därmed realisera denna kunskap ute i förskolans verksamhet. Tillfällen för samtal och reflektion behövs för att kunna överbrygga detta gap som uppstår, och därmed mildra den osäkerhet som finns för utövandet av det komplexa uppdraget som förskolläraryrket innebär. Samtal och utbyte av erfarenheter kan verka som en bro mellan teorin och praktiken, och därmed är detta ett nödvändigt inslag inom förskollärarutbildning men även i förskoleverksamhet. / This literature study consists of a qualitative text analysis of selected course literature within a preschool teacher education. The analysis has been supported by Biesta's theory of democratic dimensions in education (Biesta, 2011a). The results of our study show a gap between what preschool teacher students get from the course literature in relation to how they should practice and thus realize this knowledge in the preschool's activities. Opportunities for conversation and reflection are needed to be able to bridge this gap that arises, and thereby alleviate the uncertainty that exists for the performance of the complex task that the preschool teaching profession entails. Conversation and exchange of experiences can act as a bridge between theory and practice, and thus this is a necessary element in preschool teacher education but also in bu