Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-05-08T14:00:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Audrei Rodrigo Pizolati_.pdf: 2737318 bytes, checksum: d1de552055105af16eee0e0a18514067 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-08T14:00:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Audrei Rodrigo Pizolati_.pdf: 2737318 bytes, checksum: d1de552055105af16eee0e0a18514067 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-15 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A presente pesquisa objetivou problematizar a articulação entre o discurso eugênico e a produtividade da ação preemptiva da educação, a fim de evitar o surgimento de anormalidades que venham a prejudicar o corpo social. Percebe-se que a questão educacional se desdobrou em torno da degenerescência, marcou, de certa maneira, os indivíduos em que os comprometimentos físicos e/ou intelectuais não permitiram mostrar os resultados da educação recebida. Para melhor compreendermos estas nuances, investiguei diferentes artigos, dissertações e teses sobre o tema, somado a isso, analisei também como esses discursos eugênicos circularam durante a I Conferência Nacional de Educação, realizada na cidade de Curitiba, Paraná, no ano de 1927. Esse evento foi idealizado pela Associação Brasileira de Educação (fundada em 1924), e, dois anos depois, ocorreu o I Congresso Brasileiro de Eugenia. De certo modo, tais debates sobre a educação fomentaram a necessidade de se organizar algo desse porte para a sistematização da eugenia no Brasil, o que demonstra a imbricação entre ambos os temas (eugenia e educação) nesse contexto sociopolítico. Além da questão eugênica que apareceu de modo transversal em muitas teses, conceitos relativos aos cuidados com o corpo, matrimônio, maternidade, combate aos vícios, moral, educação sexual e criação da prole à luz da eugenia e da biologia também foram recorrentes no material. Isso demonstra claramente a imbricação entre o que os eugenistas propuseram à época para o aprimoramento do indivíduo e do corpo social e o que os educadores preconizaram naquele contexto para este mesmo fim. / The present research aimed to problematize the articulation between the eugenic discourse and the productivity of the preemptive action of education, in order to avoid the appearance of abnormalities that may harm the social body. It can be seen that the educational question has unfolded around the degeneracy, marked in a certain way the individuals in which the physical and / or intellectual commitments did not allow to show the results of the education received. In order to better understand these nuances, I investigated different articles, dissertations and theses on the subject. In addition, I also analyzed how these eugenic discourses circulated during the First National Conference of Education held in the city of Curitiba, Paraná, in 1927. This event was conceived by the Brazilian Association of Education (founded in 1924) two years later, the I Brazilian Congress of Eugenics (1929) took place. To a certain extent, such debates on education have instigated the need to organize something of this magnitude for the systematization of eugenics in Brazil, which demonstrates the overlap between both themes (eugenics and education) in this sociopolitical context. In addition to the eugenic question that appeared transversally in many theses, concepts related to body care, marriage, maternity, addictions, morals, sex education and offspring in the light of eugenics and biology also recurrent in the material. This clearly demonstrates the imbrication between what the eugenics proposed at the time for the improvement of the individual and the social body and what the educators advocated in that context for this very purpose.

Submitted by Taís Andrade dos Santos (taisandradedossantos@gmail.com) on 2018-08-07T14:32:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Tais Andrade_versão final_Educação para Ciência.pdf: 3551524 bytes, checksum: df544a318f0bc4e0995aa98fc191ea08 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Minervina Teixeira Lopes null (vina_lopes@bauru.unesp.br) on 2018-08-08T13:22:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_ta_me_bauru.pdf: 3084159 bytes, checksum: 2b2c1e697b5ab7027bd13738d8d0edb2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T13:22:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_ta_me_bauru.pdf: 3084159 bytes, checksum: 2b2c1e697b5ab7027bd13738d8d0edb2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta pesquisa de mestrado tem o objetivo de investigar o processo de reestruturação curricular de um curso de licenciatura em Física para o atendimento a Deliberação CEE nº 111/2012 e a preparação para a Resolução CNE/CP nº 02/2015. A pesquisa se mostra relevante não apenas para mapear as alterações na grade curricular do curso, de acordo com a legislação, mas principalmente por conhecer as concepções dos gestores, professores formadores e discentes. Esse estudo de caso foi delineado a partir da seguinte questão de pesquisa: “Quais as concepções de Docentes, Gestores e Discentes do curso de Licenciatura em Física sobre as contribuições das modificações curriculares para a formação dos futuros professores?” e com os seguintes objetivos específicos: Conhecer e analisar os documentos oficiais que propõem as modificações no currículo; construir um instrumento de análise argumentativa, por meio das categorias de Toulmin, para que possamos ter uma visão global dos prós e contras do novo currículo pela visão dos sujeitos; analisar/inferir as contribuições do novo currículo para a formação de professores (em relação ao currículo anterior), ou seja, refletir sobre o perfil dos alunos egressos do curso considerando também as mudanças que ocorreram com a nova reestruturação implantada para os alunos ingressos no ano de 2018. Os métodos técnico-instrumentais utilizados foram: análise estrutural de conteúdo material; revisão bibliográfica, análise de documentos, entrevista e questionários analisados através do referencial teórico metodológico de análise da argumentação dos sujeitos. Os referenciais teóricos metodológicos que fundamentaram a pesquisa foram o Padrão de Argumentação de Toumin (TAP) para as concepções dos sujeitos e para as relações de currículo propostos por Apple. Como principais resultados obtidos nesse trabalho temos que apesar do perfil formativo da legislação apontar para uma racionalidade prática com uma estreita relação entre a teoria e a prática, a concepção dos docentes sobre a formação inicial prioriza “saber o conteúdo da Física”, relacionando a prática docente na formação inicial apenas às disciplinas pedagógicas. O processo de reestruturação neste estudo de caso foi realizado de modo verticalizado, apesar de parecer um discurso repetitivo de verticalização na adequação do currículo, os gestores e docentes neste estudo de caso demonstraram que o processo foi realizado apenas para o cumprimento burocrático das deliberações, de modo que os docentes evitaram ao máximo passar pelo processo. Além da implantação da diretriz causar mudanças no estilo de ensino do professor formador, em relação às concepções dos discentes, docentes e dos gestores sobre a reestruturação do currículo; um dos traços mais marcantes é a dicotomia entre o saber dos conteúdos de Física e didática, essa dicotomia aparece na imposição da deliberação CEE nº 111/2012, que ao assegurar uma carga horária para as disciplinas pedagógica nas licenciaturas, causa na postura dos sujeitos o discurso de que a alteração é interessante à formação dos futuros professores, desde que não altere a carga horária das disciplinas de Física. Por fim como contribuições deste trabalho compreende-se que é imprescindível que os currículos devem ser reformulados não apenas por documentos legais, mas que o processo de reflexão da formação inicial docente deve ser contínuo e repensado pelos próprios professores formadores e gestores. / This master's research aims to investigate the process of curricular restructuring of a degree in Physics for compliance with CEE resolution 111/2012 and the preparation for CNE / CP Resolution 02/2015. The research is relevant not only to map the changes in the course curriculum of the course, according to the legislation, but mainly to know the conceptions of managers, teachers and students. This case study was delineated from the following research question: "What are the conceptions of Teachers, Managers and Students of the Licentiate in Physics course on the contributions of curricular modifications to the training of future teachers?" And with the following specific objectives : To know and to analyze the official documents that propose the modifications in the curriculum; to construct an instrument of argumentative analysis, through Toulmin's categories, so that we can have a global view of the pros and cons of the new curriculum by the subjects' view; to analyze / infer the contributions of the new curriculum for teacher training (in relation to the previous curriculum), that is, to reflect on the profile of the students who graduated from the course, also considering the changes that occurred with the new restructuring implemented for students in the year of 2018. The technical-instrumental methods used were: structural analysis of material content; bibliographic review, document analysis, interview and questionnaires analyzed through the theoretical methodological reference of the analysis of the subjects' arguments. The theoretical methodological references that supported the research were the Toulmin Argumentation Standard (TAP) for the subjects' conceptions and for the curriculum relations proposed by Apple. As the main results obtained in this work we have that although the training profile of the legislation points to a practical rationality with a close relationship between theory and practice, the teachers' conception about initial training prioritizes “to know the content of Physics”, relating the teaching practice in the initial training only to the pedagogical disciplines. The restructuring process in this case study was carried out vertically, although it seems to be a repetitive discourse of verticalisation in the adequacy of the curriculum, the managers and teachers in this case study demonstrated that the process was carried out only for the bureaucratic fulfillment of the deliberations, of so that teachers avoided the process as much as possible. In addition to the implementation of the directive cause changes in the teaching style of the teacher trainer, in relation to the conceptions of the students, teachers and managers on the restructuring of the curriculum; one of the most striking features is the dichotomy between the knowledge of the contents of Physics and didactics, this dichotomy appears in the imposition of the CEE resolution No. 111/2012, which, by securing an hourly load for the pedagogical disciplines in the degrees, discourse that the change is interesting to the training of future teachers, as long as it does not change the workload of the Physics disciplines. Finally, as contributions of this work it is understood that it is imperative that curricula must be reformulated not only by legal documents, but that the process of reflection of initial teacher education must be continuous and rethought by the teacher trainers themselves and managers.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Serviço Social, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social, 2016. / Submitted by Fernanda Percia França (fernandafranca@bce.unb.br) on 2016-08-26T17:24:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SilvanaMartinsdeAraujo.pdf: 2948979 bytes, checksum: ac9ea73f7fb16797bdc2a1bee051f289 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana(raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2016-11-04T10:34:11Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SilvanaMartinsdeAraujo.pdf: 2948979 bytes, checksum: ac9ea73f7fb16797bdc2a1bee051f289 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-04T10:34:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SilvanaMartinsdeAraujo.pdf: 2948979 bytes, checksum: ac9ea73f7fb16797bdc2a1bee051f289 (MD5) / Estudo sobre o Conselho Nacional do Esporte como órgão responsável pelo controle democrático da política esportiva brasileira. A presente tese teve como objetivo principal analisar se o CNE nos Governos Lula e Dilma (2003-2014) constituiu-se como espaços de participação e controle democrático e qual a sua contribuição para a Política Nacional do Esporte e para a universalização do direito ao esporte no Brasil. Fundamentada no materialismo histórico-dialético, a investigação é de natureza quanti-qualitativa, definida como pesquisa de campo do tipo estudo de caso históricoorganizacional, combinada a uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. É inserida no âmbito do debate sobre democracia participativa, que tem como foco a participação social em espaços institucionalizados de controle democrático, nos quais a relação entre Estado e sociedade civil se torna central. A pesquisa documental teve como principais fontes: a Lei nº 10.672/2003 e o Decreto nº 7.984/2013, além do Regimento Interno, todas as 41 Resoluções aprovadas pelos conselheiros, 42 Portarias emitidas pelo Ministério do Esporte relativas ao Conselho e ainda Atas das 25 reuniões ordinárias e uma extraordinária. Foi realizada uma entrevista semiestruturada com dezesseis (16) de seus membros e também com sua Secretária Executiva. Os dados foram analisados com base na técnica de análise de conteúdo, considerando as dimensões da representação, institucionalização e democratização do CNE, contemplando as seguintes categorias: concepção da política; qualidade da representação; poder de decisão; vontade política do governo e controle democrático. As análises demonstraram que na sua composição o poder público tem hegemonia; seus representantes são majoritariamente homens e apresentam um perfil de elevada escolaridade, com formação profissional predominante em Educação Física e Administração, mas a maioria atua como empresário e gestor público, sem nenhuma atuação em movimentos sociais ou sindicais e com baixa adesão à filiação partidária. Em relação à representação da sociedade civil, constatou-se que é um conselho diverso, moderadamente plural, mas não paritário. Quanto ao seu processo de institucionalização, verificou-se que se localiza abaixo da média no índice de institucionalização dos conselhos nacionais, possuindo pequena distribuição interna de poder no aspecto relativo ao processo decisório. Além disso, não cumpriu, no período investigado, nem a metade das suas atribuições definidas legalmente e no que concerne aos temas deliberados nas suas reuniões, obteve-se um resultado limitado, voltado prioritariamente para a dimensão de alto rendimento do esporte. Assim, concluiu-se que este Conselho teve um caráter legitimador das políticas de interesse do Poder Executivo, numa concepção da política esportiva associada ao mercado, que não apontou para a universalização do esporte como um direito social, conforme previsto na Constituição Federal de 1988, mas, sim, para o favorecimento do segmento do esporte de alto rendimento, capitaneado por suas entidades privadas. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / Study about the National Council of Sports (Conselho Nacional do Esporte - CNE) in Brazil as the body responsible for democratic control of Brazilian sports policy. This thesis aimed to analyze if the CNE during Lula and Dilma governments (2003-2014) was in fact a space for participation and for democratic control and its contribution for the National Sports Policy and for the universalization of the right to sport in Brazil. Based on the historical and dialectical materialism, this research has a quantitative and qualitative nature; it is also defined as a field research in the format of a historicalorganizational case study, combined with bibliographical and documentary research. It is inserted in the debate on participatory democracy, which focuses on social participation in institutionalized spaces of democratic control, in which the relationship between the state and the civil society becomes central. The documentary research had the following as main sources: Law No. 10,672/2003 and Decree No. 7,984/2013, in addition to the Internal Rules of the CNE, all 41 Resolutions adopted by the Council, the 42 Ordinances issued by the Sports Ministry for the CNE, as well as the Minutes of 25 ordinary meetings and 1 extraordinary meeting. A semi-structured interview was carried out with sixteen (16) members of the CNE as well as with its Executive Secretary. Data were analyzed based on the content analysis techniques, considering the dimensions of representation, institutionalization and democratization in the CNE, comprising the following categories: policy design; quality of representation; decision power; government political will and democratic control. The analyses showed that the government has hegemony within the CNE’s structure; its representatives are mostly men who have a profile of high educational standards, with predominant training in Physical Education and Administration; however, most of them act as entrepreneurs or public managers without any participation in social movements or trade unions, also having low adherence to party affiliation. Regarding the representation of civil society, it was found that the CNE is a diverse board, moderately plural, but not built upon parity. As for its institutionalization process, it was found that it is below the average in the institutionalization index of national councils, having small internal distribution of power in the aspect of the decision-making process. Moreover, considering the period of investigation, it did not fulfill even half of its legal tasks; regarding the issues resolved in deliberative meetings, it showed limited results, which were primarily towards the dimension of high performance in sports. Therefore, it is concluded that the Council had a role of legitimating policies that interested the executive power, by conceiving sports policies associated with marketization, which did not point to the universality of sports as a social right, as stated in the Federal Constitution of 1988, but rather to benefit the segment of high performance in sports, that was led by its own private entities.

This doctoral thesis deals with EMC pre-compliance testing of radiated disturbance. The thesis summarizes present pieces of knowledge about restricting of disturbing ambient signals and focuses on restricting of test site imperfection influence on the measurement results. Pre-compliance test site “calibration” uses comparison signal sources. There were added up the recommendations for “calibration” steps, too. The semi-anechoic vs. fully-anechoic chambers measurements results were compared. Some methods for dealing with ambient disturbing signals were discussed and high attention was applied to the test site choice and the minimal dimension geometry was recommended. There are presented recommendations for pre-compliance radiated disturbance measurements in the conclusion with the stress on available test equipment.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T11:22:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SEGISMUNDA SAMPAIO DA SILVA NETA.pdf: 5715008 bytes, checksum: 6a6f8193b88019126d4ff96239e95d49 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-27 / This study sets out to investigate how the theme History and Afro-Brazilian and African Culture is discussed in the History textbooks indicated by the National Textbook Program - PNLD-2013. These books were intended for the use of federal, state, municipal and district network teachers over the triennium 2013-2015. The study was based on the principles of bibliographical and documentary research. Law 10.639-2003, the Report of the National Education Council (CNE-CP 003-2004), the National Curriculum Guidelines for Education in Ethnic-Racial Relations and for the Teaching of History and Afro-Brazilian and African Culture drawn up by Resolution CNE-CP No. 1-2004, and the Implementation Plan for these Guidelines were all analyzed. Dialogue was established between these documents, the text of the review of textbooks indicated by the National Textbook Program, referring to the subject of History, and the thematic content of History and Afro-Brazilian and African Culture. The research analyzed eleven collections, and a regional textbook for the State of Goiás. It was found that all the collections analyzed and the regional textbookdealt with slavery in Colonial and Imperial Brazil. This content is presented in the form of texts and activities usually accompanied by the classic images of slavery - classical iconography. It was found that the discussion of these images in the textbooks analyzed deals with the content of the scene represented, but neglects the context which produced it: the view of the European traveler, between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, which records the differences and confirms the supremacy of the white European identity. As a result, it was considered that, although the content of Law 10.639-2003 is addressed in the textbooks analyzed, the recurrence of such images without the historicity of the context of their production, limits the possibilities for a critical reading of representations on blacks in the period in question. Thus the objectives set out in the Report, which is the basis for the National Curriculum Guidelines for Education in Ethnic-Racial Relations and for the Teaching of Afro- Brazilian and African Culture, aimed at combating racism and racial prejudice, are not met. / Neste trabalho teve-se por objetivo investigar como a temática História e Cultura Afro-Brasileira e Africana é abordada nos livros didáticos de História indicados pelo Programa Nacional do Livro Didático PNLD-2013. Esses livros foram destinados à escolha pelos professores das redes de ensino federal, estadual, municipal e distrital para uso no triênio 2013, 2014 e 2015. Desenvolveu-se este estudo com base nos fundamentos da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Para tanto, analisaram-se os seguintes documentos: a Lei 10.639-2003, o Parecer do Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE-CP 003-2004), as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação das Relações Étnico-Raciais e para o Ensino de História e Cultura Afro- Brasileira e Africana, instituídas pela Resolução CNE-CP Nº 1-2004, e o Plano de Implementação dessas Diretrizes. Estabeleceu-se o diálogo entre esses documentos, o texto das resenhas do Guia de Livros Didáticos indicados pelo Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, referentes à disciplina História, e o conteúdo da temática História e Cultura Afro-Brasileira e Africana. Na investigação analisaramse onze coleções e um livro didático regional destinado ao Estado de Goiás. Constatou-se que a escravidão no Brasil Colônia e Império é o conteúdo comum a todas as coleções analisadas e ao livro regional. O mencionado conteúdo é apresentado em forma de textos e atividades que, geralmente, vêm acompanhados de imagens clássicas da escravidão iconografia clássica. Verificouse que a abordagem dessas imagens nos livros didáticos analisados se ocupa do conteúdo da cena representada, mas negligencia o seu contexto de produção: o olhar do viajante europeu, entre os séculos XVI e XIX, que registra as diferenças que convêm à confirmação da supremacia da identidade branca europeia. Em virtude disso, considerou-se que, embora o conteúdo da Lei 10.639-2003 seja abordado nos livros didáticos analisados, a recorrência a essas imagens, sem a historicidade de seu contexto de produção, restringe as possibilidades de leitura crítica das representações sobre o negro no período em questão. Assim, os objetivos expostos no Parecer, que fundamenta as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação das Relações Étnico-Raciais e para o Ensino de História e Cultura Afro-brasileira e Africana, que visa o combate ao racismo e ao preconceito racial, não são atendidos.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-11T11:33:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Flavia do Carmo Bull?.pdf: 4444495 bytes, checksum: 19e04e016eea5f26f73dac4089a22471 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-11T11:33:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Flavia do Carmo Bull?.pdf: 4444495 bytes, checksum: 19e04e016eea5f26f73dac4089a22471 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-19 / This study has the objective to discuss the impacts caused by Resolution N? 1 CNE/CEB from march 2011 that fixo perating standard of Child hood Education Units linked to Federal Public Administration, their agencies and foundations and determining that the Child hood Education Units maintained and administered by Federal Universities or integrate the federal system of education maintained by Union may establish operating conditions according to Law n? 9.394/96 and National Council of basic education's orientations. Considering the tension relations established be tween the private and the universal, wetake the UFRJ Childhood Education School as monad, believing that these are ''miniatures of these, finite copies images in which circum scribe a subject that say sit self, but not only, open space some other that not it self''(GAGNEBIN, 2004, p. 80). There by, we intend to comprehend the transformations, arising trajctory history path, the impressions and the concerns caused in the actors that in the past and yet in the present, has be endirectly related to this context and that, from this study, meet e a chother dialogically with the purpose of associate tow rite this screen play. Holding me to these senses, thes pecific purposes reveal the subjects that turn sinto to objects our research firm the potency of its exotopic look in front of "germination of new", assuming in front of this scenery a responsive atitude. Showing and narrating starting in his perspective the story about the institutionatizazion this place. / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo discutir os impactos ocasionados pela Resolu??o N? 1 CNE/CEB de mar?o de 2011 que fixa normas de funcionamento das unidades de Educa??o Infantil ligadas ? Administra??o P?blica Federal direta, suas autarquias e funda??es e determinando que as unidades de Educa??o Infantis mantidas e administradas por universidades federais ou que integrem o sistema federal de ensino mantido pela Uni?o possam estabelecer condi??es de funcionamento de acordo com o que determina a Lei n? 9.394/96 e as orienta??es do Conselho Nacional de Educa??o B?sica. Considerando as rela??es de tens?o estabelecidas entre o particular e o universal, tomamos a Escola de Educa??o Infantil da UFRJ como m?nada, acreditando que estas s?o ?miniaturas de sentido, imagens exemplares finitas nas quais se circunscreve um sujeito que diz de si, mas n?o somente, abrindo espa?o a algo outro que n?o si mesmo? (GAGNEBIN, 2004, p. 80). Assim, intencionamos compreender as transforma??es, decorrentes de sua trajet?ria hist?rica, as impress?es e as inquieta??es causadas nos atores que no passado e ainda no presente, estiveram diretamente relacionados a esse contexto e que a partir deste estudo se encontram dialogicamente com o objetivo de participarem da escrita deste roteiro. Apegando-me a esses sentidos, os sujeitos se revelam e se tornam objetos da nossa pesquisa, afirmando a pot?ncia de seu olhar exot?pico diante da ?germina??o do novo?, assumindo diante deste cen?rio uma atitude responsiva, demonstrando e narrando a partir de sua perspectiva a hist?ria desse processo de institucionaliza??o

Secularist views are a challenge to the field of religious education. Their worldview and influence in society will be discussed. This study evaluates the theocratic model under the apartheid regime, the co–operative model and the religion policy under the new democratic government. The areas that the researcher investigated in this study are centred on the effectiveness of the mission calling of the School of Tomorrow, Accelerated Christian Education. In order to achieve this outcome, the history of ACE Schools in America and South Africa will be discussed, as well as the role of the school, the parent and the teacher in missio Dei. An analysis and evaluation will be done on Christian educators such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Knox, as well as educational deform under Hitler. A study will be done on how Biblical doctrine was formed in children’s lives in the Old and New Testament. / Thesis (M.A. (Missiology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

Secularist views are a challenge to the field of religious education. Their worldview and influence in society will be discussed. This study evaluates the theocratic model under the apartheid regime, the co–operative model and the religion policy under the new democratic government. The areas that the researcher investigated in this study are centred on the effectiveness of the mission calling of the School of Tomorrow, Accelerated Christian Education. In order to achieve this outcome, the history of ACE Schools in America and South Africa will be discussed, as well as the role of the school, the parent and the teacher in missio Dei. An analysis and evaluation will be done on Christian educators such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Knox, as well as educational deform under Hitler. A study will be done on how Biblical doctrine was formed in children’s lives in the Old and New Testament. / Thesis (M.A. (Missiology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / This study is about the author, a primary school teacher, who as a teacher-researcher wanted to improve the awareness of HIV/AIDS that has become a major challenge globally and has been on the increase over the past two-and-a-half decades, especially so, in sub-Saharan Africa. This is in spite of an "overflow" of HIV/AIDS information. The thesis documents two action research projects. Both of them are based on an emancipatory action research methodology. It has long been recognised that the HIV/AIDS pandemic requires more than medical attention and that the way in which teachers deal with HIV/AIDS education, especially at primary school level, becomes critical. A fundamental assumption of this study is that teachers play a critical role and are often the main adults, other than family members, with whom young people interact on a daily basis. Teachers can and must play a vital role in the development of valuable behavioural guidelines about reproductive health amongst the youth. This study views teachers, and more so primary school teachers, as important role players in the struggle to come to terms with HIV/AIDS. In reflecting about the HIV/AIDS pandemic, I realised that my classroom practice was characterised by a "culture of silence" when it came to discussing sex and matters concerning sexuality. The study sets out to enhance behavioural change in the way learners think about sex and sexuality and includes a continuous process of self reflection, self-awareness, planning and appropriate action. In Chapter One, I have tried to locate what I would regard as the problem in my teaching. I became increasingly convinced that my classroom practices might well be contributing to a lack of interweaving HIV/AIDS education into curriculum activity, while at the same time, promoting a "culture of silence" when it comes to issues of sex and sexuality. I arrived at this particular point as a result of reflectively looking at my own teaching career, as well as my own historical and schooling background which I felt has impacted on the way I teach. In this chapter I also give a brief historical background of the school where I teach and where I conducted my research. Towards the end of the chapter, I emphasise that teachers, including myself, need to redefine their role so as to empower students by creating the opportunity for their "voices" to be heard. I also explain concepts used in this written account such as "culture of silence" and "transformative intellectuals". In Chapter Two, I address the HIV and AIDS pandemic debate in more detail. I look at the impact of HIV/AIDS on education and how the implementation of an outcomes - based curriculum (C2005) takes up the HIV/AIDS challenge. In addition to this, I attempt to unpack the Western Cape Education Department's plans and policy concerning HIV/AIDS, after which I focus on breaking the HIV/AIDS "culture of silence". Before I conclude the chapter, I critically engage with the idea of the teacher as a researcher and critical change agent in an HIV/AIDS challenged society. In Chapter Three I provide a brief historical background of the development of action research. I point out how Lewin (1948) and Stenhouse's (1975) idea of action research was later taken up further and given a more critical perspective by writers such as Elliott (1985), Hopkins (1985), Walker (1985), Carr & Kemrnis (1986), Grundy (1987), Winter (1989), McKernan (2000), Meerkotter (2002) and McNiff & Whitehead (2006). I start with the defining (with due regard for the pitfalls of definitions) of action research and then focus on the nature and practices of an emancipatory action research approach. In this chapter I also elaborate on the reasons why I have decided on emancipatory action research as the main approach for this investigation. Chapter Four focuses on my first action research project where I set out to hear my students' "voice". And to contribute to the development of their voice to empower them with regard to sex and sexuality issues, a voice reflecting their increasing understanding of the seriousness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and most of all a "critical voice" as purported by Freire (1972; 1980), Giroux (1988; 1991) and McLaren (1991; 2006). My second action research project "Checkmating HIV/AIDS", which is described in detail in Chapter Five, is a continuation of the first action research project where I tried to break down the "culture of silence" concerning HIV/AIDS and sex and sexuality in my classroom. On reflecting about the first project, I realized that awareness alone was not going to be enough to take up the HIV/AIDS prevention challenge. Infusing awareness with action was my next step, and sport, being a rallying point on our country's Transformation and Nation Building agenda became the ideal educational tool for this process. For successful prevention, individuals must be able to make decisions to protect themselves. In the second project I focus specifically on one code of sport, namely chess. In this second project, I set out to discuss the potential of using this code of sport to take up the HIV/AIDS challenge. Chapter Six is the concluding chapter. The question posed is: Can we ever win the battle against HIV/AIDS? Is it possible to change the way we think about sex and matters concerning sexuality? Thereafter the concept of change is interrogated and "clarified" in the context of my study. This is followed by looking at the two projects, and I specifically focus on whether these projects had been liberatory or transformative. I then address the issue concerning teachers as "transformative intellectuals" and teacher researchers and conclude by proposing emancipatory action research as a "vehicle" for change. Too often the response to the pandemic produces plans that list endless interventions. I strongly recommend that further research relating to the role of sport in education, with specific reference to HIV/AIDS, be prioritised. The argument being that sport, recreation and play are increasingly elements of development programmes around the world, contributing to the well-being, health and education of children and young people. If chess can contribute to checkmating HIV/AIDS and basketball to dunking HIV/AIDS then a big code such as soccer can definitely contribute to "dribbling" and "tackling" the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Especially, in view of the fact, that South Africa is hosting and showcasing the soccer world cup of 2010.

Mid-Late Triassic-age alkali-basalt dikes were emplaced along the coast of New England between 240-200 Ma. Known as the Coastal New England (CNE) magmatic province, this dike swarm is the immediate magmatic predecessor to the formation of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province large igneous province at 201 Ma and the breakup of Pangea. The intent of this study is to determine the melt source and mechanisms for melting which produced the Triassic coastal dikes. To achieve this goal, major and trace element compositions were analyzed for 53 CNE dikes from Maine and Nova Scotia. Radiogenic Nd-Sr-Pb-Hf ratios, representing some of the first 176Hf/177Hf data for CNE, are reported for 12 of the dikes. Taken together, the compositional data implicate melting of a deep mantle source that is relatively enriched in incompatible elements, such as a mantle-plume similar to those hypothesized as the source of melting in modern ocean-island basalts (i.e. Hawaii). Dike compositions are inconsistent with melts generated at typical spreading-center ridges (i.e. MORB). Modeling suggests that CNE melts ascended through thick continental crust, consistent with the incipient stages of rifting of Pangea, as evidenced by a heterogeneous mix of melting and crystallization depths, between 0-70km, with no clear geographic pattern. Radiogenic isotope data are relatively consistent and represent a mixture between HIMU, EMI and DMM mantle reservoirs, implying component consisting of relict subducted oceanic crust (or other similarly evolved material). CNE magmatism may have contributed to the breakup of Pangea by destabilizing the lower crust in the limited local area where it erupted, but its true relationship with the breakup of Pangea and later CAMP event requires more study. / Master of Science / Approximately 200-250 million years ago, hundreds of sheets of lava, called dikes, erupted along what is today the coast of New England. As these volcanic dikes rose up from the Earth’s mantle, they traveled along cracks and weak areas of the Earth’s crust. Today, these dikes are found along the New England coast as far south as Rhode Island and as far north as Nova Scotia, Canada. Based on the similarity of their geochemistry and petrology, as well as their geologic age and geography of their eruption, geologists group these dikes and similar volcanics together as a single, related magmatic event. This magmatic event produced the Coastal New England (CNE) magmatic province. 250 million years ago, the coast of New England was actually an interior part of the supercontinent known as Pangea. Around 250 m.yr. ago, Pangea slowly began rifting apart, which is when CNE volcanism began. By 200 m.yr. ago, Pangea had broken up, and CNE volcanism had ended. Further complicating the story, a large-igneous province (LIP) also erupted 200 m.yr. ago. Known as the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP), this volcanism consisted of enormous volumes of lava that flooded over the entire east coast of the United States. The intent of this study is to determine what geological conditions led to the CNE volcanism. By learning which part of the Earth melted and why, CNE volcanism’s role in the breakup of Pangea, and the much larger CAMP eruptions that coincided with it, will become clearer. For instance, did the geologic events that resulted in CNE volcanism contribute to the breakup of Pangea, or did the breakup of Pangea cause CNE volcanism followed by CAMP volcanism? To achieve this goal, the geochemical compositions of 53 CNE dikes from Maine and Nova Scotia were analyzed. Radiogenic Nd-Sr-Pb-Hf ratios for a subset of the dikes (12) were also analyzed. This study presents some of the first radiogenic hafnium data for rocks from CNE. The data indicate that the melting which produced the CNE dikes began in the deep mantle, similar to the melting of mantle plumes beneath modern ocean-islands such as Hawaii. In contrast, shallow mantle melting, like the melting at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is produced, is not consistent with the geochemical evidence presented for CNE in this study. Modeling suggests that CNE magmas rose through thick continental crust, which caused them to begin forming crystals at relatively high depths. Radiogenic isotope data suggests that part of the mantle that melted was old, recycled oceanic crust or similar mantle material. CNE magmatism may have contributed to the breakup of Pangea by destabilizing the lower crust in the limited local area where it erupted, but its true relationship with the breakup of Pangea and later CAMP event requires more study.