Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2015-10-26T11:06:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Andreia Bonato da Silva_.pdf: 2818094 bytes, checksum: d8ae10a89f091be54a67cdaaf8b04e16 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-26T11:06:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andreia Bonato da Silva_.pdf: 2818094 bytes, checksum: d8ae10a89f091be54a67cdaaf8b04e16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-25 / Nenhuma / Este estudo objetivou analisar a autopercepção de coordenadores de curso superior de IES privadas e comunitárias do RS acerca de seu Capital Psicológico e da capacidade de gera-lo em professores, pares ou alunos. A pesquisa, caracterizada como uma pesquisa de campo, de abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, teve como amostra 309 respondentes. Nestes, foi aplicado o PCQ (24), através de survey eletrônica, enviada por e-mail, e realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 10 coordenadores. Como resultados pode-se notar que, a este gestor docente são atribuídas inúmeras atividades operacionais, que fazem com que ele tenha dificuldades em gerir integralmente o curso que coordena. Quanto ao Capital Psicológico, os resultados apontaram para uma média mais alta de autoeficácia nos homens, enquanto otimismo foi mais alto nas mulheres. O tempo de atuação como coordenador não pareceu influenciar nas quatro dimensões do PsyCap, mas o tempo de atuação no meio universitário sim, onde os coordenadores, que estão entre 5 a 10 anos neste, foram os que apresentaram as melhores médias nas quatro dimensões PsyCap. Quanto à capacidade de gerar Capital Psicológico nos professores, através do inventário de incidentes críticos, aplicado na segunda parte da entrevista, ficou claro que os coordenadores, mesmo com uma sobrecarga de envolvimento com processos burocráticos ainda conseguem estimular, além dos professores, também pares e alunos nas quatro dimensões do PsyCap. Estes resultados apontam para uma necessidade de revisão, por parte destas IES, sobre o papel do coordenador de curso superior, pois com o mercado educacional concorrido em virtude de uma oferta de cursos que está maior que a demanda, e as exigências de qualidade estrutural e organizacional requeridas pelo MEC, devem repensar competências, atribuições e poder para este profissional que além de gestor integral do curso que coordena também atua como docente. Sendo assim, a possibilidade de que este venha a atuar efetivamente como um líder, estimulando professores, pares e até mesmo alunos quanto às dimensões do Capital Psicológico, poderá se tornar uma realidade mais frequente, fazendo com que a instituição tenha um ganho em qualidade de gestão educacional e consequente melhoria do desempenho laboral deste profissional e também de seus docentes. / This study is characterized by being a field research of quantitative and qualitative approach, which was conducted with 309 coordinators of private higher education from RS. This research aimed to know the perception of these managers/professors about their Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and the ability to generate it in the professors whom they work with. Thus, the PCQ (24) was applied, through electronic survey sent to participants by email and semi-structured interviews conducted with 10 coordinators. The results show that several operational activities are assigned for the manager/professor that causes him/her to have difficulties to manage the course. As for the Psychological Capital, the results pointed to a higher average in efficacy for men, while optimism was higher in women. The time as coordinator did not appear to influence the four PsyCap dimensions, but the time from experience in the university environment showed that the coordinators, who are between 5-10 years into it, were those with the best average in the four dimensions PsyCap. Regarding the ability to generate Psychological Capital in professors, through the inventory of critical incidents, applied in the second part of the interview, it was clear that the coordinators, even with involvement overload with bureaucratic processes can still stimulate, in addition to teachers, peers and also students in the four dimensions of PsyCap. These results point to a need of review by these IES about the role of higher education coordinator, his/her power, activities and competencies because higher education market is competitive and also because, a provision of courses is greater than the demand and the requirements of structural quality and organizational required by the MEC are higher. Thus, the possibility that the coordinator will come effectively act as a leader, stimulating teachers, pupils and peers in the dimensions of Psychological Capital may become a more frequent occurrence, causing the institution to gain in quality educational management and consequent improvement in work performance of this professional as well as their professors.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudia Tondato.pdf: 785173 bytes, checksum: fb4ada571d233f5dee2e564a56a4132f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The subject of this research is the democratic construction of the Curricular Guidelines in the city of São Caetano do Sul. The objective of the study was to investigate the hindering and facilitating factors of the elaboration of the Curricular Guidelines of the Elementary School I, in the eyes of the educational coordinators of this segment. The reference for this investigation was the interview conducted with seven educational coordinators that worked in the elaboration of this new curricular proposal. The study unveiled the pillars that contributed to the elaboration of this new curriculum, as well the difficulties faced by the coordinators in this task. Moreover, it also allowed to check how much the participation of those involved in the construction of an action to be implemented facilitates the process. The process of democratic construction of the Curriculum Guidelines counted on the participation of all Education professionals and the approach to the Training Centre of Education Professionals (CECAPE) of São Caetano do Sul. From the discussions, it was perceived the authorship and participation of teachers in the activities of the new curriculum proposal, emphasizing the importance of giving these professionals autonomy to develop a new proposal. Therefore, this study on the Curricular Guidelines of Elementary School I of São Caetano do Sul aims to contribute to the necessary reflections on the involvement, participation and autonomy of all involved with education, in this process of democratic construction / O tema desta pesquisa refere-se à construção democrática das Orientações Curriculares do município de São Caetano do Sul. O estudo teve como objetivo investigar quais foram os fatores facilitadores e dificultadores da construção das Orientações Curriculares do Ensino Fundamental I, no olhar dos Coordenadores Pedagógicos desse segmento. A investigação tomou como referência a entrevista realizada com sete Coordenadores Pedagógicos que participaram da construção dessa nova proposta curricular. O estudo desvelou os pilares que contribuíram para elaboração desse currículo, bem como as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos coordenadores. Ademais, permitiu também verificar o quanto a participação dos envolvidos na construção de uma ação a ser implementada facilita o processo O processo da construção democrática das Orientações Curriulares teve o envolvimento de todos os profissionais da Educação implicados e a aproximação com o Centro de Formação dos Profissionais da Educação (CECAPE) de São Caetano do Sul. A partir das discussões, foram percebidas a autoria e a participação dos educadores nas atividades da nova proposta curricular, com ênfase na importância de dar a esses profissionais autonomia para o desenvolvimento de uma nova proposta. Este estudo sobre a construção das Orientações Curriculares do Ensino Fundamental I de São Caetano do Sul, logo, pretende contribuir para as reflexões necessárias sobre o envolvimento, a participação e a autonomia de todos os implicados com a educação, nesse processo de construção democrática

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-12-18T12:06:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Lucia Madsen Gomboeff.pdf: 1677919 bytes, checksum: 87d0fad782b6778ca69a25539f5cec71 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-18T12:06:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Lucia Madsen Gomboeff.pdf: 1677919 bytes, checksum: 87d0fad782b6778ca69a25539f5cec71 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-06 / This investigation adopted as general objective learn the role of a director over the manager's team as of to understand which elements influence positively or negatively a collaborative work between the members of this team. We adopted the statements from Socio-Historic Psychology methodologic-theoric, scaffolded under the Dialectic-Historic Materialism, in particular the ones stated by Vigotski and its followers with highlight to the categories: Historicity, Mediation, Senses and meanings, subjectivity and activity. For the production of the information we used and iteractive interview a direction assistant that worked for a year as the School director. The research occurred in a Sao Paulo`s municipal school, voluntarily becoming in 2005 the research site and as offspring of the study group named after "Grupo de Atividade Docente e Subjetividade (GADS), from the "Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo" (PUC-SP). In front of its compromise, the GADS made 4 meetings in this school, in 2016, comprehending the managing team. Those meetings were recorded and transcribed promoting dialogue theoricallys caffolded for which the ones taking part of the meeting could develop under the process of critically understanding their own way of thinking, feeling and doing. It was mainly the transcription of one of these meetings that worked as secondary data for this work, with the intention of guiding the elaboration of “guiding questions” used on the first interview. The information interpretation analysis happened by the means of a process called "Núcleos de Significado" as proposed by Aguiar and Ozella (2006; 2013; 2015). The analysis showed that the managing team intends to work collaboratively but that does not happen. One factor that could favor the collaborative work between the managing team and all of the school would be the fact of managers to gather weekly to discuss the promoting of the active managing in the school and also to plan and execute the teacher’s formation, under the light of their formative needs and the PPP. Unfortunately this does not occur given to the fact that the coordinators do not understand their main function. Which means to get together all of the segments for the construction and execution of a common ideal, expressed by the means of the PPP, focused on the development of the education quality and taking the responsibility for the teacher’s formation. As much as the municipal law and the formation offered, make it more difficult for the collaborative work to happen. The laws do not offer material condition so that the segments of the school can get together to discuss the PPP. The formation aimed at the direction exclusively reinforces the idea that it is yours the unique responsibility for the teachers and pedagogic therefore dividing the team. The fact that the direction and its assistants did not participate on the formation of the teachers is very worrying looking at the relevance of the reflection and the questioning over the school day-by-day looking after development and transformation. This way it is possible to question if São Paulo’s educational politic values the collaborative work and provides objective condition for it to happen / Esta investigação adotou como objetivo geral apreender as significações de uma diretora sobre a atividade da equipe gestora a fim de compreender que elementos favorecem ou dificultam um trabalho colaborativo entre os membros dessa equipe. Assumimos os pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Psicologia Sócio-Histórica, fundamentados no Materialismo Histórico-Dialético, em particular os postulados por Vigotski e seus seguidores, com destaque às categorias: historicidade, mediação, sentidos e significados, subjetividade e atividade. Para a produção da informação, utilizamos entrevista recorrente realizada com uma assistente de direção que assumiu a direção da escola durante um ano. A pesquisa ocorreu em uma escola da rede municipal de ensino de São Paulo que, voluntariamente, tornou-se, em 2015, campo de pesquisa e formação do grupo de estudos denominado Grupo Atividade Docente e Subjetividade (GADS), da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Perante seu compromisso, o GADS realizou quatro encontros nesta escola, em 2016, envolvendo a equipe gestora. Tais encontros, gravados e transcritos, promoveram diálogo, teoricamente fundamentado, para que os envolvidos avançassem no processo de entendimento crítico sobre seus modos de pensar, sentir e agir. Foi justamente a transcrição de um desses encontros que serviu de dado secundário para esta dissertação, prestando-se a guiar a elaboração das questões norteadoras utilizadas na primeira entrevista. A análise e interpretação das informações ocorreram por meio do procedimento denominado “Núcleos de Significação”, conforme proposto por Aguiar e Ozella (2006; 2013, 2015). As análises realizadas revelam que a equipe gestora tem a intenção de trabalhar de forma colaborativa, mas isso não se concretiza. Um fator que poderia favorecer o trabalho colaborativo entre a equipe gestora e entre toda a escola seria o fato das gestoras se reunirem semanalmente para discutir formas de promover a gestão participativa na escola e também para planejar e executar a formação dos docentes, baseando-se nas necessidades formativas deles e no PPP. No entanto, isso não ocorre devido ao fato delas não compreenderem sua função principal. Ou seja, envolver todos os segmentos para a construção e a execução de um ideário comum, expresso por meio do PPP, voltado para a melhoria da qualidade da educação e responsabilizar-se conjuntamente pela formação dos professores. Tanto a legislação municipal como a formação oferecida dificultam que o trabalho colaborativo aconteça. A legislação não oferece condições materiais para que os diferentes segmentos da escola possam se reunir para discutir o PPP. A formação voltada apenas à coordenação reforça a ideia de que é sua a responsabilidade única pela formação dos docentes e pelo pedagógico, fragmentando a equipe. O fato de a direção e suas assistentes não participarem de formações é muito preocupante frente a relevância da reflexão e do questionamento sobre o cotidiano escolar para que haja avanço e transformação. Dessa forma, cabe questionarmos se a política educacional do município de São Paulo valoriza o trabalho colaborativo e proporciona condições objetivas para que ele ocorra

This thesis analysed Religious Education Coordinators’ perceptions of their role in Catholic secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Melbourne from 1970 – 2000. The theoretical framework for the study, which was reported on in this thesis, was drawn from Catholic Church documents on religious education at both international and national levels, and from the work of researchers within the field of religious education. In particular the study investigated the diversity of language used to describe religious education and religious education theory and analysed the significance that this has had in the development of an understanding of the role of the Religious Education Coordinator. It was argued that there were significant factors in the development of the role of the Religious Education Coordinator that included changes in the understanding of the nature and purpose of religious education during the second half of the twentieth century. In addition there were historical factors peculiar to the Archdiocese of Melbourne that played an important part in the understanding of the RECs role. Quantitative data in the form of annual survey material (1988-1999) from the Catholic Education Office Melbourne provided a framework for the empirical component of the research. The empirical component involved the interviewing of Religious Education Coordinators from a deliberately selected sample that covered the range of skills and experiences deemed necessary in the research. The purpose was to ascertain from the perspective of the Religious Education Coordinators themselves how they analysed their role. Grounded theory methodology was used as the basis for the inductive analysis of the data that emerged from the in-depth interviews. Theory that was generated on the role of the Religious Education Coordinator includes: the importance of an understanding of the theoretical dimensions of religious education and the role of the Religious Education Coordinator; an elaboration of the role of the Religious Education Coordinator in the school context and the necessary skills and attributes that are required to meet the challenges in the role; and the complexity of the challenges that are faced by the Religious Education Coordinator.

Current legislation and recommended practice have a primary focus on Early Intervention that meets the priorities set forth by families with children who have disabilities. Many theories and current research emphasize the importance of delivering services in a way that supports families to enhance the development of their children through models that reflect the recommendations. Although there are multiple contributions to what is recommended for family-centered philosophy and practice, one single document, the IFSP, guides the delivery of services.Using the content of 91 IFSPs from the state of Kentucky, 8 indicators were analyzed along with service coordinator demographics. This tool was used to determine the frequency of identified unsatisfactory routines that were used as the foundation for outcome development, if service coordinator demographics impacted this process and if certain domains lent more opportunity for inclusion in outcomes. In addition, frequency of sibling inclusion in priorities, concerns, outcomes and strategies were analyzed.Findings indicate that approximately 50% of the routines identified as unsatisfactory were used in outcome development. Significant interactions between service coordinator demographics were discovered as well as a strong correlation between routines and domain. Sibling interaction is discussed as well as limitations and future research.

nÃo hà / Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar qual a compreensÃo das coordenadoras pedagÃgicas de creche sobre a formaÃÃo continuada que lhes foi oportunizada pela Secretaria Municipal de EducaÃÃo de Fortaleza (SME) entre os anos de 2008 a 2012. As bases teÃricas que sustentaram esse estudo foram compostas principalmente nas contribuiÃÃes de Giroux (1992, 1997), NÃvoa (1997), Oliveira-Formosinho (2001, 2002, 2011), Wallon (1981, 1989) e Zeichner (1993, 1997). A metodologia constou de oito entrevistas realizadas com coordenadoras pedagÃgicas de creche da rede municipal de educaÃÃo de Fortaleza, que versaram tambÃm sobre a compreensÃo delas acerca da vida profissional, formaÃÃo continuada e do papel destas profissionais como formadoras nas creches, e entrevistas com duas tÃcnicas em educaÃÃo da SME sobre as formaÃÃes continuadas. As anÃlises mostraram que, de modo geral, as coordenadoras pedagÃgicas valorizam a formaÃÃo continuada, mas apontam muitas falhas, principalmente no que diz respeito aos conteÃdos das formaÃÃes (por nÃo participarem das decisÃes sobre isso e pelo pouco aprofundamento nas questÃes da prÃtica) e aos prÃprios formadores (apoiam-se somente em teorias e carecem de maior articulaÃÃo com as prÃticas). Quanto ao papel como articuladora das formaÃÃes continuadas nas creches, a maioria das coordenadoras pedagÃgicas reconhece ser essa uma importante atribuiÃÃo, mas predomina entre elas uma tensÃo entre esta necessidade e a falta de uma formaÃÃo especÃfica e experiÃncia na Ãrea. à possÃvel concluir que os objetivos da formaÃÃo continuada para coordenadoras pedagÃgicas de creche precisam ser revistos, considerando que estas precisam nÃo sà articular, mas se apropriar e transformar os saberes no cotidiano da creches; para tanto, seus pontos de vistas acerca dos temas a ser tratados precisam ser considerados e os formadores necessitam ter conhecimentos mais aprofundados e ter mais experiÃncia na Ãrea da EducaÃÃo Infantil. Palavras-chave: FormaÃÃo Continuada; Coordenadoras PedagÃgicas; Creche. / The objective of this study was to analyze daycare educational coordinatorsâ opinions about the continuous training offered by the Municipal Education Department of Fortaleza (MED) between 2008 and 2012. This study is based upon theories by Giroux (1992, 1997), NÃvoa (1997), Oliveira-Formosinho (2001, 2002, 2011), Wallon (1981, 1989) and Zeichner (1993, 1997). The methodology consisted of eight interviews with daycare educational coordinators of the municipal educational system of Fortaleza, who also discussed their opinions about the professional life, continuous training and the role these professionals play as educators in daycare centers, and two interviews with MED educational technicians about the continuous training. Analyses have shown that, overall, the educational coordinators value the continuous training, but point out several flaws, especially where it pertains to training content (because they donât participate in content decisions and because practical matters arenât deeply discussed) and the trainers themselves (who are mostly based on theories and need more practical information). Most educational coordinators recognize that the role as continuous training professionals is important, but there is some tension between that need and the lack of specific training and experience in the area. Itâs possible to conclude that the objectives of the daycare educational coordinatorsâ continuous training need to be revised, considering that they not only need to articulate, but also internalize and transform the knowledge in daycare routine; in order to do that, their points of view on important themes must be considered, and trainers need to have deeper knowledge and more experience in childhood education.

Wireless sensor networks are battery-powered ad-hoc networks in which sensor nodes that are scattered over a region connect to each other and form multi-hop networks. These nodes are equipped with sensors such as temperature sensors, pressure sensors, and light sensors and can be queried to get the corresponding values for analysis. However, since they are battery operated, care has to be taken so that these nodes use energy efficiently. One of the areas in sensor networks where an energy analysis can be done is routing. This work explores grid-based coordinated routing in wireless sensor networks and compares the energy available in the network over time for different grid sizes.

The purpose of this study was to explore in-depth, the role of Integrated Quality Management System coordinators and the role of subject advisors in the professional development of educators in the Tshwane South district and Northern Gauteng district of the Gauteng Department of Education. This qualitative research study used a case study design - the case being the role of two sets of district officials in educator professional development. This study was framed by the four main roles of the district officials as stipulated by the Personnel Administration Measures (1996), namely planning, support, supervision and educator engagement. These four main concepts were not just a point of reference but the conceptual framework underpinning the study. Altogether, eight district officials took part in this study. Semi-structured interviews were employed as data collection strategy in this study. The findings of this study were that the role of officials in planning EPD is varied and often overlaps, that support is mainly provide through school visits, but other means of support are also employed when required, that supervision and oversight is not always developmental in nature, and finally that educator engagement is often insufficient and does not always engage educators in the processes and planning of EPD. The study put forward recommendations that advance planning, advocacy and training for the implementation of IQMS be done, that professional development activities endorsed by SACE be adopted throughout the system, that a change of focus from monitoring and accountability methods in educator professional development to developmental supervision be adopted, and consultation and engagement with educators in designing and planning professional development activities be prioritised. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Education Management and Policy Studies / MEd / Unrestricted

MPM / Oliver Tambo Institute of Governance and Policy Studies / See the attached abstract below

Current reports estimate that 1 in 5 unit coordinators at universities resign each year. When it comes to management of talent, universities lag behind other industries. The problem is university leaders lack empirical ways of identifying future leaders to ensure the survival and growth of the institution. The purpose of this study was to understand how university teachers demonstrate formal leadership potential by uncovering the main behavioral patterns, personal characteristics, tasks, and relationship-building activities of teachers that enable them to become excellent candidates for leading a department. With the Leadership Potential BluePrint as a conceptual framework, a multiple-case study design fostered the collection of data through in-depth interviews with 20 unit coordinators at universities in Lebanon. The results of a multiple-case and cross-case analysis suggest that successful unit coordinators are interpersonally skilled, collegial, emotionally mature, resilient, multitasking, driven, open, assertive, and cognitively intelligent. In terms of behaviors, they ensure an abundance of interactions, encourage teamwork, build consensus, delegate tasks and responsibilities, hold an open-door policy, motivate, inspire and develop others, ensure their physical presence in the department, foster an environment of honesty and transparency, and build trust in the workplace. This study is likely to produce a positive impact on university teachers' professional opportunities and students' postgraduate lives because of a better access to and development of unit coordinators.