There were two starting points for this Creative Project. First, the idea of integrating photography in the design process, not only as a means of later documentation, but as a creative tool. This is a relatively new and unexplored field, thus few resources about the topic could be found. However, I was sure that this unique approach to design was worth exploration and decided to pursue it.The other idea came from research on revitalization of downtown areas which was triggered by my initial confusion and reorientation in a different culture where so ma-iv of the characteristics of urbanity were missing that I was so used to. The changes that have occurred in America's historic centers today are usually considered unavoidable and have resulted in a lifeless downtown area that seems to be the normal status. I believe that this is not just the decay of an important district of the town but, more importantly, the total loss of communication on a human level where the spatial demands of the automobile have become more important than human interaction.With those two ideas in mind I was searching for a site that would fit both. I have been living in Muncie. Indiana, long enough to understand the daily routine of the town, and the search for ideas that would lead to a change here was constantly on my grind. After some research on the entire downtown area I found an appropriate site and developed a proposal that integrates both my ideas and creates a vision of what could be. / Department of Architecture

This thesis focuses on the ideas and experiences of transnationally adopted children regarding place and identity, and how their perspectives compare to those of their parents’. Although anthropologists have long been interested in child circulation, the growing transnational nature of adoption has sparked new interest in kinship studies. However, anthropological literature on transnational adoption largely focuses on the perspectives of adults including adoptive parents, adoption professionals, and adopted adults, while children’s opinions are rarely elicited. I interviewed ten transnationally adopted children using semi-structured interviews and drawing exercises to explore how they come to know about their migration and birth places as well as what places they find important sources of their identification. I also interviewed 14 parents of transnationally adopted children to examine how they emplace their children, physically and socially, upon adoption. Parents understand birth places to be a significant source of their children’s identities and construct ideas of this place that are meant to foster children’s ethnic and cultural connections to their birth places. However, children do not always conceptualize place or themselves in the same way as their parents. Rather than articulating abstract ethnic identities based on birth places, children draw on particular locations, people, and events that are important in their daily lives. By solely drawing attention to dichotomous dual ethnicities, or dual places of belonging, multiple other places that play an important part in children’s lives may be neglected. Through child-focused research, children can be viewed as competent social actors who are subject to their parents’ practices and desires but they also hold divergent perspectives on place and identity that shape their lives and influence those around them.

This study focuses on analysing Mexican children’s representations of death inasmuch as children are perceived as social actors that have an active role in constructing and giving meaning to social reality. The importance of analysing children’s representations about death is that it provides an opportunity to know how children give meaning to a notion that intersects with personal experiences, emotions, religious beliefs, and a sociocultural context. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse, visually and verbally, the ways in which children - from 8 to 9 years of age - in a Mexican primary school represent their understanding of death through their drawings and their oral descriptions of them, which may unveil their opinions on the subject. The research material consists of the drawings and interviews of primary school children in Mexico. The girls and boys, who were in third grade, were selected from a school population based on a convenience sampling (Bryman 2016, p.187). The method of analysis is a combination of thematic analysis and Rose’s visual discourse analysis I. The main findings are that the participants represented their understanding of death in terms of realistic, fantastic and afterlife narratives according to their experiences. Most of the participants’ visions of death were represented with archetypal symbols of death, such as death personified. Contrary, the representations of the few participants who had a personal loss were realistic, except for one of them. In this sense, children’s representations of death draw on discourses imbued in visual media, religion, morality, and culture. Children's emotions about death varied according to their experiences, although most participants said that they do not fear death. Regarding life after death, most participants recognize a duality between body and soul. While the body dies, the soul lives and the place where the soul goes was perceived mainly in moralistic terms.

This thesis is named Problems of school maturity (with respect to graphic abilities). It is divided into two parts. The theoretical part defines the concept of pre-school age and of school maturity, it deals with possible reasons for school immaturiry and their improvement. Special attention is given to drawing in connection with school maturity. The practical part derives from judgement of school maturity on the base of graphic abilities. The typical signs and possible differences between boys' and girls' graphic abilities are viewed.

Submitted by YAEKO NAKADAKARI TSUHAKO null (yaekont@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-17T21:38:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Yaeko Nakadakari Tsuhako.pdf: 4044691 bytes, checksum: adb188eb49082e8b18b88728cb92cecb (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-18T19:22:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 tsuhako_yn_me_mar.pdf: 4044691 bytes, checksum: adb188eb49082e8b18b88728cb92cecb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-18T19:22:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tsuhako_yn_me_mar.pdf: 4044691 bytes, checksum: adb188eb49082e8b18b88728cb92cecb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-07 / Este trabalho decorre de pesquisa que teve por objetivo geral pôr em discussão práticas pedagógicas que favoreçam o desenvolvimento do desenho como linguagem e, como objetivos específicos, realizar estudos teóricos que embasem a compreensão do desenho como linguagem; explicitar os meios para a superação de concepções e práticas pedagógicas que limitam o desenvolvimento do desenho; identificar quais conteúdos e procedimentos metodológicos favorecem no professor e nas crianças a compreensão e o uso do desenho como linguagem. Um curso de formação continuada de professores em desenho foi objeto de análise, a qual tornou possível a explicitação do processo de apropriação do conhecimento dos educadores, a constituição do professor como sujeito autor e as mudanças que ocorreram nos educadores a partir de sua própria atividade e a ação do outro. Esse processo de análise valeu-se da teoria histórico-cultural como base para a análise dos dados. Este trabalho defende que o desenho é uma importante forma de linguagem e essencial para o pleno desenvolvimento da criança, como também constitui as bases necessárias ao desenvolvimento das formas superiores de comunicação humana. Diante do fato de que muitos professores enfrentam dificuldades ao articular a teoria com a ação pedagógica por não possuírem conhecimento sobre os conteúdos de desenho a serem ensinados, constatou-se a necessidade de investir na formação continuada de professores, superando os limites entre esta e a formação inicial, pois é no exercício da profissão que estão dadas as condições favoráveis à implementação dos pressupostos formativos obtidos na formação básica. / This work stems from a research that had as main objective to put into discussion pedagogical practices that favor the development of design as a language; and, as specific objectives, to conduct theoretical studies that could support the understanding of design as a language; explain the means to overcome pedagogical conceptions and practices that limit the development of the design; identify which content and methodological procedures favor the teacher and children understanding and use of design as a language. A course of continuous training of teachers in design was object of analysis, which made it possible to explicit the process of knowledge appropriation of educators, the constitution of the teacher as subject author and the changes that occurred in the educators from the activity and action other. This analysis process drew on the cultural-historical theory as the basis to analyze the data. This work argues that the design is an important form of language is essential for the full development of the child, but also constitutes the necessary basis for the development of higher forms of human communication. Given the fact that many teachers face difficulties in linking theory with pedagogical action because they lack knowledge about the design of contents to be taught, there was the need to invest in the continuing education of teachers, overcoming the boundaries between it and the initial training, it is in the profession who are given the favorable conditions for the implementation of the formative assumptions made in basic training.

As the fundamental motif of my thesis I selected topic ``Symptoms of psychical deprivation of children with a combined somatic handicap and its reflection in artistic expression{\crqq}. I selected this topic on purpose since I was very interested whether physically handicapped children who spend most of their life behind the walls of an asylum with similarly affected individuals show any mental deprivation and whether it influences their drawing. The main objective of the thesis was to ascertain whether children suffering from a physical handicap experience mental deprivation, immediately connected with their primary handicap and the life behind the walls of an asylum among similarly handicapped individuals. I believe that this issue has not been examined thoroughly yet. In the introductory part of the thesis I described the issue of mental deprivation and physical handicaps and outlined art therapy techniques in several chapters. In the practical part I pursued the objective of the research, i.e. analysis of drawings and collages and the manner how mental deprivation is reflected in the artistic works. I analysed particularly three kinds of basic drawing tests: Figure Test, Baum Test (tree test) and House Test. Some children also made drawings and collages on topics: I and My World{\crqq}, ``Snow White and Seven Dwarfs{\crqq} and ``Sleeping Beauty{\crqq}. I evaluated the works according to the Blatruschov{\crq}s and Ogdonov{\crq}s Figure Test and classic Koch{\crq}s Baum Test. Considering the character of the research objective and the nature of the available data, I decided for a qualitative methodological approach, using the following information collection techniques: analysis of personal documents (artistic works of physically handicapped children) documented by elaborated case studies. The diploma thesis may be utilized by art therapists, special pedagogues, psychologists and also students of special pedagogy and other health-social branches.

Submitted by Leonardo Lima (leonardoperlim@gmail.com) on 2016-04-11T14:22:36Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Não é de verdade, é só um desenho.pdf: 3293847 bytes, checksum: 5058497db4811fe5905f720348ccab29 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2016-04-11T14:57:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Não é de verdade, é só um desenho.pdf: 3293847 bytes, checksum: 5058497db4811fe5905f720348ccab29 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2016-04-11T15:01:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Não é de verdade, é só um desenho.pdf: 3293847 bytes, checksum: 5058497db4811fe5905f720348ccab29 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-11T15:02:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Não é de verdade, é só um desenho.pdf: 3293847 bytes, checksum: 5058497db4811fe5905f720348ccab29 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-14 / Sem bolsa / Este trabalho investiga os desenhos infantis enquanto objeto de pesquisa educacional e está centrado nos desenhos produzidos por alunos de educação infantil de uma escola de arte e infância da cidade de Pelotas. A temática foca-se na discussão sobre desenhos infantis a partir da sociologia da infância no diálogo com a educação. Como objetivo geral, pretendemos identificar os diferentes elementos representados pelas crianças nos seus desenhos, no que tange aos temas da educação (escolar ou não), sociedade, cultura e escola, a fim de possibilitar repensar a educação e a infância na contemporaneidade, de acordo com as próprias crianças. Como conceitos principais parte dos de cultura da infância e reprodução interpretativa. Nossa hipótese é de que os desenhos podem representar a infância enquanto crítica da cultura, carregada de valores culturais e características das culturas da infância, questionando o lugar do pesquisador e do adulto e revendo suas certezas. Espera- se com esse trabalho, colaborar com a educação infantil e com a compreensão das crianças enquanto atores sociais capazes de refletir sobre a realidade em que vivem e a sua capacidade de influenciar o ambiente social que compõem. / This study investigates the children's drawings as an educational research object and it is focused on drawings produced by students of the Early Childhood Education from an art and childhood school from the city of Pelotas. The theme focuses on the discussion of children?s drawings from the Sociology of Childhood in a dialogue with the Education. As a general goal, we intend to identify the different elements represented by the children in their drawings, in relation to the themes of education (scholar or not), society, culture and school, to enable rethink education and childhood in contemporaneity, according to children themselves. As main concepts are included the childhood culture and the interpretive reproduction. Our hypothesis is that the drawings may represent childhood as a culture review, laden with cultural values and characteristics of childhood cultures, questioning the researcher?s and adult?s places and reviewing their certainties. It is hoped that this work collaborate with the Early Childhood Education and with the understanding of children as social actors able to reflect on the reality in which they live and capable to influence the social environment they compose.

D.Ed. / Currently, the passrate for Engineering Drawing presented at Technical Colleges is unacceptably low. This study is an extension of an earlier study done in the same studyfield, by the same writer. A need has thus arisen not only to investigate the problem areas responsible for the high drop-out rate in Engineering Drawing, but also to investigate the possibility of the early identification of the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. In an attempt to address this problein further, the aim of this study therefore is to develop an appropriate measuring instrument which may be used to identify the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Five Technical Colleges on the Eastrand in the Gauteng Province - catering mainly for black students - were included in the investigation. For the research study the "Trade Aptitude Test Battery" (TRAT), compiled by the Human Sciences Research Counil, was used. The results of this study, clearly showed three-dimensional spatial perception (subtest 16 of the TRAT) as the only factor to be used when identifying the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Subtest 16 of the TRAT could then be used as an "criterion" to identify the potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing. Lastly this study showed that to master Engineering Drawing requires a great deal of spatial ability. Lecturers presenting this subject will therefore have to take into account the recommendations of this study as set out in chapter 9 when enrolling students for Engineering Drawing. Subject specific remedial programmes should be utilized to improve the successrate in Engeneering Drawing of the identified potential riskstudent in Engineering Drawing.

M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) / The future economic development of South Africa largely depends on the training of a career-skilled corps of workers. The current conventional educational system cannot provide in the demand for a career-skilled corps of workers on a large scale. Distance education in its different variations is gaining ground in increasing measure and can be regarded as a possible solution for the educational problem. Because of the distance between the lecturer and the student intensive attention needs to be given to the study material - especially the arrangement of the learning content to make the learning experience more effective. The design of a modular training program is a possible method to ensure effective self-study material. Modular training is aimed at accompa- nying the student meaningfully through objective-directed learning content. The Technical College of South Africa (Technisa) is one of South.Africa's distance education institutions. Currently a movement is taking place in the direction of a type of modular training which is known as the Technisa Modular Training (TMT) programme. One of the career-orientated subjects offered is Technical Drawing. In order to offer the training of Technical Drawing more effectively the subject contents are ordered according to the Technisa Modular Training programme. In this study a literature study has been done to define the concept distance education; to list the advantages and disadvantages; to scrutinise the total modular system as teaching strategy; to determine the components of a subject curriculum and adjust it according to the Technisa Modular Training programme.

Drawing sketches is certainly one of the most important but at the same time elaborate parts of archaeological work. Currently, 3D scanning technology is affording a number of new applications, and only one of them is using virtual copies instead of the originals as the basis for documentation. Our major contribution are methods for automatically generating stylized images from 3D models. These are not only intuitive and easy to read but also more objective and accurate than traditional drawings. Besides some other useful tools we show several examples from our daily work proving that the system accelerates the whole documentation process considerably.