A presente dissertação aborda sobre os aspectos sociais, econômicos e ambientais a partir da dinâmica dos agricultores familiares e jovens egressos do Centro Familiar de Formação por alternância (CEFFA), residentes na comunidade Mazurana - município de Dois Vizinhos - Estado do Paraná. O objetivo central foi compreender como a formação por alternância repercute no processo de gestão das famílias agricultoras com vistas à sustentabilidade. Foram pesquisadas as 47 famílias da comunidade, o que permitiu evidenciar que as condições gerais tendem de razoáveis para boa nas questões sociais e econômicas, e razoável nas questões ambientais. As evidências no que se refere somente às famílias dos jovens egressos demonstraram ser as mesmas as que apresentam condições que variam de boa, razoável e precárias, o que leva a constatação de que o CEFFA atende as famílias mais empobrecidas. As entrevistas com a equipe e egressos vinculados à CFR para analisar a relação entre o CEFFA e as famílias através das ações desenvolvidas junto a elas, como os projetos de vida dos jovens. As informações revelaram que o processo de formação contempla aspectos preconizados pela PA, com clara influência do modelo produtivista e tecnicista. O CEFFA desenvolve toda a sua proposta de formação a partir da Pedagogia da Alternância, a qual oportuniza uma formação integral, técnico/científica e orientação profissional através do diálogo de saberes a partir do contexto familiar social e educativo de forma interdisciplinar. Os aspectos gerais da pesquisa demonstraram ações favoráveis e desfavoráveis ao CEFFA em torno da sustentabilidade. Estes dados apontam para a necessidade do CEFFA aprofundar o debate sobre o papel da educação do campo em torno de políticas públicas, desempenhar uma reflexão permanente sobre os instrumentos da PA e adequar-se a diversidade de condições e realidades dos sujeitos do campo. / The present Master’s Degree approaches the social economic and environmental impacts from the familiar farming and the young graduates dynamic of the Familiar Formation center by rotation (CEFFA), from Mazurana community – Dois Vizinhos town - Parana. The main objective is to understand how the formation by alternantion affects the management process of family farming considering the sustainability. It was investigated 47 families in the community, which has highlighted that the general conditions tend from reasonable to good in the social and economic issues and reasonable in environmental issues. The conditions of the family from the young graduates are variable among good, reasonable and precarious, which leads to the perception that the CEFFA serves the most impoverished families. Interviews with staff and graduates related to the CFR to analyze the relationship between CEFFA and families through the actions developed with them, as the life projects of young. The information show that the formation process includes components recommended by the PA, with a clear influence of the productivist and technicist model. The CEFFA develops all its training proposal from the Pedagogy of Rotation , which nurture an integral training, technical / scientific and professional guidance through the dialogue of knowledge from the social and family context of education in an interdisciplinary way. Overall the survey results shows the favorable and unfavorable actions related to CEFFA around sustainability. Points to the need of CEFFA in deepen the debate related to rural education around public policies, play a reflection on the instruments of PA and adapt to diverse conditions and realities of the subject.

M.Ed. / Many countries all over the world are currently looking for better ways of educating their people and organising their education so that they can compete internationally. The rapid technological developments of the twentieth century have placed education systems under extreme pressure as they try to adapt and incorporate these changes in an effort to produce more creative, effective and adaptable people (Ramphele, 2000:3). The question that remains to be answered is how nations of the world can improve the effectiveness of their various schooling systems. Instructional technology can improve teaching by upgrading the quality of classroom instruction and raising the productivity of the individual teacher. A variety of educational materials and media can be introduced into the conventional classroom environment, including demonstration objects such as flip charts, pictures, photographs, booklets, as well as electronic systems such as films, video players and tapes, slides, transparencies, and audio cassettes, all with the intentions of improving teaching and learning (Val, Rust, & Dalin,1990:281-282). From the background and problem statement, it is imperative to indicate that the study aims: To investigate the extent to which rural further education and training institutions in the Hlanganani area of the Northern Province are equipped with resources and educational media. To investigate the use of educational media and other resources in the schools. The perceptions of educators in the use of media are also going to be interrogated. From the study, the relationships between experience, subject and media use are also going to be interrogated.

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe parents' and caregivers' retrospective experiences of a higher education-rural school partnership providing educational psychology services. The study aimed to inform knowledge on community engagement with schools and forms part of the broad FLY (Flourishing Learning Youth) community engagement initiative that has been ongoing since 2006. The current study utilised interpretivism as metatheory and qualitative research as methodological paradigm. An instrumental case study design was utilised, with a specific higher education-rural school partnership conveniently sampled. Subsequently twelve parents or caregivers to a child/ren who participated in the relevant community engagement initiative at any time since 2006, were purposefully selected. Two field visits were taken for data collection purposes; the first included Participatory Reflection and Action (PRA) discussions between participants, whilst the second visit entailed member checking. I relied on written recording of the participants' dialogue on PRA posters, audio recordings of their poster presentations, observations throughout the process, photographs taken and a reflective journal as data collection and documentation strategies. From thematic data analysis two main themes emerged. Firstly, participants identified the partnership as a platform of educational opportunity, which allowed for children's development on a cognitive and socio-emotional level. Secondly, participants emphasised their hope for the continuation and growth of the partnership in the future. Participants expect the partnership to broaden in multiple ways, such as involving parents and caregivers, providing them with a safe space to voice their opinions, and incorporating a parental guidance element. Based on the findings of the study I can conclude that according to parents and caregivers, community engagement with schools provides an opportunity for the mobilisation of children assets to result in their positive development. Furthermore, when additionally activating the assets of the parents, community engagement can be strengthened. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

The focus of this research was to investigate the lack of access to primary education in King William's Town district in Eastern Cape which is inhibiting rural community development. The aim of the study was to determine whether geographic location have effects on attendance of school, to perceive gender discrepancy in primary education, to investigate what cost as a factor that contributes to a child's access and attendance to a primary education and to make recommendations to improve the situation. The study followed a descriptive research method. Data was collected by studying relevant existing literature. Document analysis was used to analyse the data and recommendations for improvement were made. The findings revealed that the day to day attendance of learners is below what it should be, which lead to dropouts, non-compliance with legislation, inadequate monitoring and evaluation. There is a need to recruit Department officials with a particular level of education, knowledge, understanding and expertise to minimise the chances of failure. Recommendations are finally made to mitigate the problem situation

Orientador: Maria Ednéia Martins-Salandim / Banca: Ivete Maria Baraldi / Banca: Filipe Santos Fernandes / Resumo: Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo tecer compreensões sobre escolas rurais como espaços formativos, da região de Borebi- SP dos anos 1980. Para tanto, realizamos seis entrevistas com professores que atuaram em escolas rurais na região de Borebi- SP. A partir dessas narrativas de professores, de estudos da literatura e legislações referentes à educação rural, elaboramos uma análise narrativa (de narrativa) na qual problematizamos esses espaços formativos a partir da formação e atuação de professores dessas escolas, sob um ponto de vista historiográfico. Este estudo está vinculado à linha de pesquisa: Projeto "Mapeamento da Formação e Atuação de Professores de Matemática no Brasil" do grupo GHOEM - Grupo História Oral e Educação Matemática. Os resultados apontaram elementos relevantes que foram tematizados como a formação de professores nestes espaços, a utilização de livros didáticos, a multisseriação, a municipalização do ensino, a urbanização da educação na região de Borebi-SP - uma região de lutas pela reforma agrária. Essa pesquisa é uma contribuição importante e original para a História da Educação Matemática brasileira. / Abstract: This research had as objective to weave understandings about Rural Schools as formative spaces of the Borebi - SP region of the 1980s. Therefore, we performed six interviews with teachers who acted in rural schools in the Borebi- SP region. From these narratives of teachers, studies of literature and legislation concerning rural education, we elaborate a narrative analysis (narrative) in which we problematize these formative spaces from the formation and performance of teachers of these schools, from a historiographic point of view. This study is linked to the research line: Project "Mapping the Training and Performance of Mathematics Teachers in Brazil" of the group GHOEM - Oral History Group and Mathematics Education. The results pointed out relevant elements that were thematized as the training of teachers in these spaces, the use of textbooks, multiseria, municipalization of teaching, urbanization of education in the region of Borebi-SP - a region of struggles for agrarian reform. This research is an important and original contribution to the History of Brazilian Mathematical Education. / Mestre

This study was a secondary analysis of survey data on participants and nonparticipants in Thai rural education programs. The original data were collected in 1987 by the Office of the National Educational Commission, Office of the Prime Minister, Bangkok Thailand. This study was conducted in order to examine the effect of selected demographic variables on participation and to determine why some rural villagers participate in nonformal educational programs and other villagers do not. The data were collected from a survey of nonformal education in Thai rural areas conducted as part of the evaluation of the Fifth Five-Year Plan. The population consisted of 590 participants in nonformal education programs and 860 nonparticipants. The statistical techniques employed to analyze data were logit analysis, z-test, tables of binomial distribution, and ranking by each of the groups (participants and nonparticipants). The evidence from this study indicates that the average nonformal education participant is an adult between the age of 36 and 50 years, who has completed four or less years of education, and who is married and works in farming (cultivating rice). The findings reveal that participants and nonparticipants in nonformal education programs were significantly different according to their needs for health knowledge, agricultural knowledge, further education, knowledge for living, and vocational knowledge. The reasons associated with participation in nonformal education programs, in this study, were to gain knowledge useful for making a living, for personal interest, to interact with instructors and students, or to make new friends. In this study, the reasons that villagers did not participate in the program were because they lacked time and transportation. While majority of the participants responded that they were satisfied with the nonformal educational courses, four subgroups, adults from age 21 to 35 years, single adults, adults who completed P.5 (grade 5) and above, and farmers, indicated dissatisfaction.

Throughout the history of Western Music, composers have written works on rural and agricultural subjects. The first half of this dissertation examines a number of important works from the Baroque era through the present day and the composers who have chosen this specialized subject matter. Rural communities are underserved where the arts are concerned. Yet, rural audiences have perhaps the best chance at identifying with the subjects of this particular subset of vocal art music. The second half of this dissertation examines reasons why it is important to reach rural communities with vocal art music. Four sample recital programs appropriate for rural audiences are included.

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of education in central Appalachia. Persistent economic and social problems in the region such as unemployment, low average incomes, low educational attainment, and widespread poverty have defied solution. This study uses primary data from high school-aged youths and their parents' in four rural school districts in Appalachia to examine incentive structures which encourage, or discourage, individuals from obtaining education. The study evaluates a number of influences on the value that individuals place on education including community and employer influences, the willingness of youths to relocate to obtain employment, and the perception of employment opportunities in the local community. The study also examines inter-generational aspects of educational behavior by analyzing the influence of socioeconomic background, and parental attitudes and values, on the attitudes and values of their children. The findings indicate that socioeconomic background, and parental and community influences have a significant impact on educational behavior in Appalachia. / Ph. D.

Rural citizens in developing countries are becoming the focal point of social, economic and political development efforts. These people traditionally have been left out of the developmental process. National leaders have now realized that the citizens of rural areas have the potential to contribute significantly to developmental efforts of their nations. One important part of most developing nations' strategies for social and economic development is education. The principal form of education has been that of formal education, the trappings of which were borrowed from the nations' former colonial masters. The education systems increasingly have been seen as working against national development objectives, particularly in rural areas. Educational planners and policymakers have found an alternative in non-formal education, whereby rural people theoretically obtain the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to initiate their own development projects. However, developing nations lack the human, financial, and material resources needed to concurrently offer both formal and non-formal education programs. Outside funding sources have been sought pursuant to United States foreign policy. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has given impetus to experiments in non-formal education in some 60 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine relationships between education and rural community development, particularly as these relationships have been reported in underdeveloped nations. The methods of inquiry involved: 1. a substantive analysis and synthesis of the development literature, and 2. a detailed case study of non-formal education and rural development in Jamaica. The dissertation develops a thesis, namely that three general relationships may be observed between education and rural development. They are: 1. Formal education is intended to raise rural children to literacy and productivity in the development of their native areas. Instead, it tends to raise students' expectations towards employment in urban centers, thus bleeding rural areas of trained skills. Formal education has become an entrenched system both as a monopoly of central government bureaucracy, and as the one road recognized by rural adults as leading to a better life. There is a conflict between expectation and delivery, complicated by lack of realistic means for appraisal and change. 2. Alternatively, certain forms of non-formal education may hold promise for improving the quality of living in the rural areas of developing nations; however, the conditions necessary for a definitive test of non-formal education in rural community development are not likely to be developed under the sponsorship of the education establishment of the developing nations, even when such test is stimulated and heavily supported by outside agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development. 3. Moreover, the idiosyncratic policies, organization, and funding practices of USAID, the principal source of financial aid for development projects among developing nations, themselves influence the design and outcome of development projects in ways that mitigate against successful development. Clearly, this poses a dilemma for those governments that seek to develop their rural areas. Traditional institutions and programs have been used to improve conditions in rural areas. Yet these very institutions and programs may be part of the development problems. International development literature is replete with theoretical and promising new programs that cannot be fairly tested. There is no indication that national governments could or would assimilate these programs into standard practice, moreover, the status quo is supported by rural populations. / Ed. D.