Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-06-06T12:26:44Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Greiton Toledo de Azevedo - 2017.pdf: 9210718 bytes, checksum: 06fc74404cdd4449bbb59c52527fd71a (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-06-06T12:27:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Greiton Toledo de Azevedo - 2017.pdf: 9210718 bytes, checksum: 06fc74404cdd4449bbb59c52527fd71a (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-06T12:27:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Greiton Toledo de Azevedo - 2017.pdf: 9210718 bytes, checksum: 06fc74404cdd4449bbb59c52527fd71a (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-10 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / This work has as main objective to understand the process of the construction of mathematical knowledge from the preparation and development of digital games (games) by students of Elementary School, in their intrinsic relation with the didactic pedagogical practices of Basic Education. The possibility of this construction of knowledge is defended without leaving aside the challenges that are limited in the temporality of the events of the school scene. For this purpose, a mathematics project was developed within a public school, located in a city in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is a fertile field of research, entitled Mattics, in the school counterpart, with the proposal to produce digital games, while mobilizing the construction of mathematical knowledge of the 16 participants of the research. The actions developed, based on the qualitative assumption, were based on the use of the Scratch programming language, which was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, articulated with exploratory-investigative activities of mathematics. From the interrelationship of the empirical materials produced in the project, a path was coursed that sought theoretical support both in aspects of the production of digital games and in the construction of mathematical knowledge by the students in a constructionist environment. According to the data collected and analyzed, we found out that the results achieved, in this research, give us indications to understand the process of building knowledge from the production of games as a dynamic movement, which conjugates ideas / mathematical meanings and which is not necessarily part of formal concepts throughout the process of a non-linear production. The construction is based on the active participation of the student in the environment. A production that is not absent from external factors and influences how the students think/ argue when producing their game when interacting with their local environment. / Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo compreender o processo da construção de conhecimento matemático a partir da elaboração e desenvolvimento de jogos digitais (games) por estudantes do Ensino Fundamental, em sua intrínseca relação com as práticas didático- pedagógicas da Educação Básica. Defende-se com isso a possibilidade dessa construção de conhecimento sem deixar de lado os desafios que se circunscrevem na temporalidade dos acontecimentos do cenário escolar. Para isso, foi desenvolvido no âmbito de uma escola pública, localizada em uma cidade da região metropolitana de Goiânia, um projeto de matemática, que se constitui como campo fértil de investigação, intitulado Mattics, no contraturno escolar, com a proposta de se produzir jogos digitais, ao mesmo tempo que mobilizasse a construção de conhecimento matemático dos 16 participantes da pesquisa. As ações desenvolvidas, tendo como pano de fundo o pressuposto qualitativo, estiveram alicerçadas no uso da linguagem de programação Scratch, que foi desenvolvida no Massachusetts Institute of Technology, articulada com atividades exploratório-investigativas de matemática. A partir do intercruzamento dos materiais empíricos produzidos no projeto, percorreu-se um caminho que procurou sustentação teórica tanto em aspectos da produção de jogos digitais, quanto da construção de conhecimento matemático pelos estudantes em um ambiente construcionista de aprendizagem. De acordo com os dados coletados e analisados, percebemos que os resultados alcançados, nesta pesquisa, nos dão indícios para entender o processo de construção de conhecimento a partir da produção de jogos como um movimento dinâmico, que conjuga ideias/significados de matemática e que não parte necessariamente de conceitos formais ao longo do processo de uma produção não linear. A construção se fundamenta pela produção quando há participação ativa do estudante no ambiente. Uma produção que não se ausenta de fatores externos e influencia a forma como aluno passa a pensar/discutir/argumentar ao produzir o seu jogo quando interage com o seu meio local.

Notre recherche porte sur les relations interpersonnelles au sein de services administratifs publics. Nous nous intéressons à la communication interne dans les organismes de communication « publique ». Nous sommes donc amenées, dans le cadre de la thèse, à nous intéresser à l’expression de « communication publique », qui est souvent distinguée de l’expression « communication privée ». Tout d’abord, de manière théorique, nous avons à la fois exploré la notion de communication « publique », déconstruit les catégories généralement utilisées, et donc construit notre propre « objet » d’étude, avant d’aller sur le terrain qui nous proposera des situations d’échanges au travail. Nous avons ensuite réalisé une recherche qualitative ou subjectiviste au sein de services de communication, pour montrer que la distinction simpliste entre ces deux types de communication (publique et privée) n’est pas si évidente. En effet, la légitimité de la dénomination de la communication publique ne fait pas référence au modèle émetteur-récepteur, mais aux « mondes de la justification » de BOLTANSKI, THEVENOT et CHIAPELLO. Nous utilisons la méthode systémique qualitative des communications ou des relations d’Alex MUCCHIELLI pour faire l’analyse de notre « objet » d’étude. Méthode pour construire le système des relations. En effet, nous adoptons le positionnement épistémologique des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (S.I.C.) qui se situent dans le paradigme compréhensif – dans lequel il faut inclure le paradigme de la complexité qui s’appuie sur le systémisme et le constructivisme. Nous répondons alors à la question : « Comment une analyse systémique qualitative des communications permet de comprendre les relations interpersonnelles au sein de services administratifs publics ». / Our resserearch focuses on interpersonal relationships within public administrative services. We focus on internal communication in "public" communication organizations. We are thus brought within the framework of the thesis, to be interested in the term "public communication", which is often distinguished from the term "private communication". First, theoretically, we have both explored the notion of "public" communication and deconstructed the categories generally used, and therefore builted our own "object" of study, before going on the ground that proposed us exchange situations at work. We then conducted a qualitative or subjective research in communication services, to show that the simplistic distinction between these two types of communication (public and private) is not so obvious. Indeed, the legitimacy of the name of public communication does not refer to the model transceiver, but to the "worlds of justification” of BOLTANSKI, THEVENOT and CHIAPELLO. We use the qualitative system of communications or relationships of Alex MUCCHIELLI to analyze our "object" of study. Method to construct the system of relations. Indeed, we adopt the epistemological position of Information and Communication Sciences (SIC) that are within the paradigm of understanding - in which to include the paradigm of complexity based on the systemism and constructivism. We answer then the question: "How a qualitative analysis of communications systems brings us to understand relationships within public administrative services."

While both public opinion and scholars around the world are currently pointing out the danger of increasingly popular life-logging devices, this book articulates this debate by distinguishing between automatic and manual life-logging approaches. Since new definitions of life-logging have excluded the latter approach and have been mainly focused on effortless life-logging technologies such as Google Glass and Quantified Self applications in general, the second part of this thesis theoretically frames life-stowing.Through extensive etymological research, I have defined life-stowing as a manual and effortful practice conducted by life-stowers, individuals who devote their life to sampling reality in predefined frameworks. As part of this book, an historical overview introduces life-stowers and distinguishes between Apollonian and Dionysian varieties of these practitioners. Lastly, in order to understand the future reception of life-stowing, particularly in relation to digital media, I have disclosed my ongoing life-stowing project to a small audience. / Den samtida samhälls- och forskningsdebatt, där de allt mer populära teknologierna för life-logging ofta framställs som farliga, vidgas och utvecklas i denna bok genom ett särskiljande av automatiska och manuella tekniker för life-loggning. Eftersom nya definitioner av life-loggning i stor utsträckning har exkluderat manuella tekniker och fokuserat på egenmätning som inte kräver så mycket av användaren, såsom GoogleGlass, innehåller avhandlingen också ett teoretisk utforskande av begreppet lifestowing. Genom omfattande etymologisk forskning definieras life-stowing i avhandlingen som en manuell och ansträngande praktik utförd av life-stowers, personer som vigt sina liv åt att samla och spara bitar av verkligenheten enligt fördefinierade ramar. I den historiska översikten introduceras två typer av life-stowers, den Apollonianska och den Dionysiska. Slutligen, för att förstå det framtida mottagandet av life-stowing i relation till digitala medier, presenteras författarens egna life stowingprojekt för en mindre publik.

This qualitative study explores daily environmental sustainable attitudes and behaviours of Gauteng’s urban youth. A social constructivist paradigm underlines the views, challenges and activities expressed. The Reasonable Person Model (RPM) and Social Networking Theory ensure that the content, as well as methodological elements and results herein adhere to a psychological framework. Focus groups and online interviews were utilised to explore the link between community well-being and the state of the natural environment and the sample was drawn using purposive and snowball sampling. The literature reviewed focuses on existing climate change concerns, pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, and emerging local and international practices, including the importance of expanding local practices. A thematic analysis, ensured for a broad variety of responses, and hence detailed discussion -of and dissemination of results. Using common threads in the results, recommendations and suggestions were made, to improve future studies and research practices concerning Environmental Responsible Behaviours (ERBs).

The aim of this study was to investigate how well pre-service teachers are being prepared by the Computers in Education course to integrate computers into their teaching methods by the Faculty of Education at the Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação (ISCED) in Lubango, Angola. The study used a constructivist learning event devised by the researcher to assess how well the selected sample of pre-service teachers were able to use computers and the Internet to fulfil a series of tasks contained in the constructivist learning event under carefully controlled research conditions. After they had completed these tasks under experimental conditions, the researcher and her two assistants used various means to assess the performance of the participating groups in these activities. A qualitative case study approach was used for this study. The case study took place at ISCED in Lubango because ISCED is the only institution of higher education in Angola that uses computers to prepare pre-service teachers to integrate computer technology with their teaching. The course in which this takes place is known as the Computers for Education course. Twenty-one pre-service teachers and the two Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers of the Computers for Education from ISCED participated voluntarily in the study. The data collection instruments used included questionnaires for the pre-service teachers and ICT teachers; observation checklists for the pre-service teachers; interviews of pre-service teachers and ICT teachers, and scoring rubrics for the pre-service teachers’ task assessment documents. The data analysis method used in this study was that of interpretive analysis. The theoretical framework used to scaffold this study was the theory of constructivism devised by Bruner (1966). Bruner states that constructivism is the “theory of learning, where learning is seen as an active process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge”. In constructivist learning events of this kind, students select and transform information, construct hypotheses and make their own decisions in reliance upon their own cognition and previous knowledge and experience. Cronjé’s Model of Four Quadrants (2000), which enables a researcher to plot objectivism as complementary to constructivism, was used by the researcher as the basis for an analysis of data. The Model of Four Quadrants describes how learning theories such as behaviourism and constructivism exist as opposites in the quadrant upon which the model is based. An objectivist or behaviourist approach to teaching and learning assumes that knowledge exists essentially and independently outside the minds of both learners and teachers, and behaviourist methods of teaching effect a transfer of objective knowledge from the mind of the teacher to the mind of the student. In contrast to this, the constructivist approach is based on the assumption that all meanings are subjectively constructed in the human mind, and that learners acquire knowledge (and therefore education) by creating their own meanings while engaging in the solution of authentic learning tasks devised by the teacher. Constructivism does not recognise the existence of any kind of objectively independent shared reality that can be transferred materially from one mind to another. Although these two approaches are radically different from one another, and although they exist conceptually as polar opposites in Cronjé’s Model, elements from both models can be utilised to achieve a desired learning outcome. What the researcher has suggested in her analysis, conclusions and recommendations is that elements from both learning theories described in the model can be successfully used to teach ISCED students how to integrate computer technology into their teaching. Current teaching and learning practices at ISCED are predominantly behaviourist in method and outcomes since the ICT teachers at ISCED use mainly the lecture method for teaching. For formative assessment, the present teachers use question and answer methods. For summative assessment, they use multiple-choice questions, schedules that require students to insert information into blank spaces, projects, and essay-type questions. In contrast to this, they use learner-centred constructivist forms of teaching such as projects, group work and verbal expression of appreciation to encourage learner performance. The teaching of the Computers in Education course at ISCED may therefore be said to combine both behaviourist and constructivist methods of teaching. / Dissertation (MEd (Computer Integrated Education))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Curriculum Studies / MEd / unrestricted

The asset-based approach has been studied within the South African context. Up to now, primary school learners’ meaning of the experienced phenomenon, “assets for learning support” however remains an under-explored topic. The intent with this study was to qualitatively explore and discover the essence of the phenomenon, ‘assets for learning support’, as experienced by learners who attend an urban primary school. This phenomenon was explored from an interpretive/ constructivist paradigmatic perspective, which also informed the study’s qualitative methodology. A phenomenological research design was utilised. The study was conducted in a mainstream primary school, situated in an urban context. The participants for this research were eight female participants in Grades 5-7 that were confronted with and overcame extrinsic barriers to learning, while attending an urban primary school. They participated in a focus group discussion within a classroom on the school premises. During the focus group, the learners’ relevant and natural unit of significant statements were listed (horizontalisation) and structured into central clusters of meanings. Textural themes (what) and structural themes (how) were identified. The study found that human resource assets are integrated assets connecting other assets that support learning. The study also found a significant compound effect of assets upon each other. The essence of the experienced phenomenon is that the identified assets (how) interrelatedly mobilise (what) other assets (textural findings) on one of five levels (structural findings) within various systems and contexts, which contribute to mobilise learning support as an asset. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Music / unrestricted

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-07-31T12:08:04Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) MILTON - COLACAO DE GRAU.pdf: 6650065 bytes, checksum: 996dbdc7d9d5a860a4e5584e1429a777 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-31T12:08:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) MILTON - COLACAO DE GRAU.pdf: 6650065 bytes, checksum: 996dbdc7d9d5a860a4e5584e1429a777 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-12 / CAPES / Objetivo: Aplicar uma metodologia construtivista fundamentada no uso de novos modelos cirúrgicos suínos no ensino-treinamento de procedimentos de emergências para capacitação de estudantes de medicina. Métodos: Estudo transversal, analítico, prospectivo, comparativo, controlado, divido em duas Fases. Primeira Fase: Ensino-Treinamento de Monitores; Segunda Fase: Ensino-Treinamento das Turmas de 2° e 8° Períodos. Amostra constituída de 332 estudantes divididos em 03 grupos: A, Monitores; B, 2° período e C, 8° período, 15 foram excluídos estudantes. Os grupos receberam aulas de cinco procedimentos de emergências aplicando didática diferenciada para cada grupo. Estes treinaram os procedimentos duas horas por semana durante um semestre. Aplicou-se o Protocolo de Avaliação de Ensinotreinamento de Procedimentos de Emergência (Pré e Pós-teste), prova objetivadiscursiva e a Escala de Avaliação Global de Desempenho Operativo (OSATS) para estimação de habilidades desenvolvidas. Resultados: Grupo A desenvolveu médias superiores aos grupos B e C em todas as variáveis. As diferencias entre os grupos B e C não foram significativas. O grupo C não demostrou um desempenho superior aos outros. Conclusões: Estudantes de medicina desenvolveram conhecimentos e habilidades clinico-cirúrgicas homogêneas mediante a aplicação da metodologia construtivista fundamentada no uso de modelos cirúrgicos suínos e anatômicos, sendo capazes de executar satisfatoriamente procedimentos invasivos de emergência. / Aims: Apply a constructivist methodology based on the use of new surgical swine models in the teaching and training of emergency procedures for training medical students. Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical, prospective, comparative, controlled, divided into two phases. First phase: Teaching and Training of Monitors; Stage Two: Teaching and Training of Classes 2 and 8th periods. Sample consisting of 332 students divided into 03 groups: A, Monitors; B, 2nd period and C, 8th period, 15 students were excluded. The five groups received emergency procedures applying different classes teaching for each group. These procedures have trained two hours per week for one semester. Applied the Protocol Assessment of Teaching and Training Emergency Procedures (pre and post-test), the objective is discursive event and the Global Assessment Scale Operating Performance (OSATS) pet developed skills. Results: Group A developed higher average than the B and C groups for all variables. The differences between groups B and C were not significant. Group C did not show superior performance to others. Conclusions: Medical students developed clinical and surgical skills homogeneously by applying the constructivist methodology based on the use of surgical pigs and anatomical models and performed invasive emergency procedures.

Racial and ethnic diverse populations experience discrimination in educational and career attainment and remain underrepresented in the counseling profession. The current literature provides limited guidance for the counseling profession and academic institutions for successfully recruiting racial and ethnic minority students in a master's level counselor training program. Social Constructivist theory and Adlerian/ Individual Psychology are the theoretical foundations of the study. This constructivist grounded theory study sought to understand the career decision-making process of African Americans choosing to enter in the counseling profession and the influence of racial and ethnic identity on this decision-making process. Utilizing semistructured interviews via video-conferencing; 43 self-identified African Americans were commissioned to co-create an iterative career decision-making theory that informs recruitment and retention of African Americans to the counseling profession. Following the Charmaz's (2014) approach to data analysis; 15 themes which support the development of Embracing Ujima an interpretive theory of African Americans choosing to join the counseling profession—that informs a framework of recruitment and retention of African Americans to the counseling profession. The implications for social change include closing the knowledge gaps and informing counselor training institutions of the importance of physical representation, a sense of belonging, developing early career pipelines, and positioning counselor educators as the chief career development professionals for the field of counseling.

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