This study examined the relationship between success of small businesses and the educational backgrounds of their owners. A survey composed of questions concerning demographics, educational backgrounds, and business success was mailed to 1100 businesses in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties in Texas. There were 228 usable responses which were analyzed by using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS12). Data were sorted so that educational level, sales volume, number of employees, and longevity, were identified on a 5-point ordinal scale. Educational major was identified on a 5-point nominal scale. Pearson's correlation was used to determine whether relationships existed between founders' educational background and small business success. Spearman's correlation was used to determine the direction and strength of the relationships. Then educational level and major were combined with age, gender, ethnicity, and industry, to determine the relationships between founders' educational background, and business success. For this purpose a canonical correlation was used. Five opinion questions concerned influence of college education on business success among college graduates and non-college graduates were identified on a 5-point Likert scale and tested using one-way ANOVA, and independent sample t-test. When educational level and major were the only predictors of business success, a statistically significant relationship was found between years of formal education, and sales volume. When educational level and major were combined with age, gender, ethnicity, and industry, a statistically significant relationship was found between founders' educational level and age, and business success. A statistically significant and negative relationship was found between founders' educational major and industry, and business success. All opinion questions revealed statistically significant relationships between owner's college education and business success. These relationships indicate the ability for the owner to learn, adapt and maintain a successful business. The influence of a college education on small business success was noticeable and reflects the continuing need for higher education to cope with technological advances, business competition, and the changing global economy.

Submitted by REGINA PINTO (reginafp@ufba.br) on 2015-03-18T19:46:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO REGINA VERSÃO FINAL PDF.PDF: 1068122 bytes, checksum: da175005751c4dc630d1e0987d302b3c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Urania Araujo (urania@ufba.br) on 2015-03-27T18:09:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO REGINA VERSÃO FINAL PDF.PDF: 1068122 bytes, checksum: da175005751c4dc630d1e0987d302b3c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-27T18:09:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO REGINA VERSÃO FINAL PDF.PDF: 1068122 bytes, checksum: da175005751c4dc630d1e0987d302b3c (MD5) / Esta dissertação investiga a contribuição da biblioteca escolar para a formação do aluno do ensino básico, visando a sua autonomia para uso da biblioteca universitária. Como espaço de aprendizagem, a biblioteca da escola deve estar sustentada na proposta pedagógica que norteia a prática desenvolvida nessa unidade de informação. O planejamento dessa proposta está centrado nas ações e atividades que a biblioteca desenvolve junto com os professores para a formação desse aluno. O universo da pesquisa abrange a Universidade Federal da Bahia; a população-alvo são os concluintes dos cursos de biblioteconomia e pedagogia, que poderão atuar em bibliotecas escolares e em salas de aula, respectivamente, tendo a biblioteca como espaço de aprendizagem, na amostragem foram selecionados 14 concluintes do curso de biblioteconomia e 48 do curso de pedagogia de 2011.2. O instrumento de pesquisa usado para a coleta de dados foi o questionário semiestruturado. Para os procedimentos da análise dos dados, optou-se pelo método de análise de conteúdo por permitir a interpretação das respostas ao questionário, através da categorização desses dados. Assim, foram criadas 5 categorias: 1) Biblioteca na escola; 2) Biblioteca escolar e formação do aluno-usuário; 3) Frequência à biblioteca escolar para autonomia na biblioteca universitária; 4) Ações da biblioteca escolar para autonomia do aluno na biblioteca universitária; 5) Trabalho e/ou estágio no ambiente escolar. Nas categorias 1, 2 e 5 foram estabelecidas subcategorias para aprimorar a interpretação dos conteúdos. Na análise, buscou-se identificar a existência da biblioteca escolar no período da educação básica dos sujeitos da pesquisa, observando a que rede de ensino a escola pertencia – pública ou particular –, com o interesse de confirmar a presença da biblioteca nessas instituições de ensino e analisar as ações desenvolvidas para a formação desses sujeitos, bem como sua contribuição para a autonomia do aluno na biblioteca universitária. Os resultados apresentados demonstram uma incipiente contribuição da biblioteca escolar na formação do aluno, fato que se reflete na sua restrita autonomia para o uso da biblioteca universitária. / ABSTRACT This dissertation investigates the contribution of school libraries in students education background, aiming their autonomy to the use of the university library. As a learning center, the school library must be considered in the pedagogical proposal that leads the developed practicum in this information unity. This proposal planning is centered in actions and activities that library and teachers develop towards the students education background. The research universe includes the Federal University of Bahia State; the target-population are librarianship and pedagogy seniors, who would be able to work, respectively, in school libraries and classrooms , focusing on library as a learning Center, as for the research sampling, it was selected 14 seniors of librarianship major and 48 of pedagogy major graduating in 2011.2. The used research instrument for data collecting was the semi structured questionnaire. For the data analysis proceedings, It was chosen the analysis of content thus it permits the questionnaire answers to be interpreted through data categorizing. So 5 categories were created: 1) Library in school 2) School library and the library-user student education background 3) Library attendance towards autonomy in the university library 4) School library actions towards the students autonomy in the university library 5) Working and/or interning in the school environment. In categories 1, 2 and 5, subcategories were established for majoring the interpretation of contents. In the analysis, it was aimed to identify the school library presence in the interviewee’s basic education, considering to which school system he/she came from- whether the public one or the private one-, with the goal of confirming the library presence in those institutions and analyzing the developed actions for the education background of those people, as well as its contribution for the student’s autonomy in the university library. The showed results demonstrate an incipient school library contribution for the student’s education background, which is reflect of the restrict autonomy for the use of university libraries.

v anglickém jazyce Thesis on "Freedom and responsibility of the child in the educational process" to capture the development of "freedom" and "responsibility" of historical first. It is crucial to how these therms are understood todey, both generally and in the philosophical and pedagogical sense. The work si focused in theory, the charter entitled "Freedom of the child in school and families" attempts to outline the practical actions that can direct the child correctly and to assist them in thein correct perception of freedom and responsibility. The thesis is devided into eight chapters, the chapter "Freedom and responsibility from the perspective of philosophy and education" is just a recapitulation of the development of two basic concepts of "freedom" and "responsibility". The following chapter tries to find the basic approaches to education, each has a different view of freedom and responsibility, but all three approaches are negligible in the educational process. The following chapter dealing with decision-making process, which is an integral part of properly conceived freedom of will and responsibility for their actions. Other chapters describe the different approaches to family and school education, and strives to capture what takes place in the world of a man who is aware of its freedom and...