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Agradecemos a compreensão. on 2016-08-26T18:33:28Z (GMT) / Submitted by Paula Secomandi Donadelli (paulinha_donadelli@hotmail.com) on 2016-08-29T14:31:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação versão Unesp.pdf: 1191588 bytes, checksum: 38f8c0e172ee78e4c611ef24a08fed77 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-08-29T18:55:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 donadelli_ps_me_rcla.pdf: 1191588 bytes, checksum: 38f8c0e172ee78e4c611ef24a08fed77 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T18:55:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 donadelli_ps_me_rcla.pdf: 1191588 bytes, checksum: 38f8c0e172ee78e4c611ef24a08fed77 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Preparar-se para a aposentadoria pode facilitar a transição do mundo do trabalho para a vida de aposentado, evitando que essa ruptura abrupta afete negativamente o indivíduo. O Programa de Preparação para a Aposentadoria é uma ferramenta eficaz dentro das instituições, pois gera benefícios nos aspectos físicos, psicológicos, sociais e econômicos. Visando o bem-estar físico e mental do indivíduo que irá se aposentar, criou-se na Prefeitura Municipal de Limeira/SP um Programa de Preparação para a Aposentadoria com palestras educativas e dinâmicas em grupo aliadas a exercícios físicos regulares. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os efeitos desse programa nos sintomas depressivos, na qualidade de vida, no nível de atividade física e na capacidade funcional destes indivíduos, bem como, através do follow-up verificar a adesão destes servidores ao exercício físico. Participaram do estudo 32 servidores da Prefeitura Municipal de Limeira, onde 15 eram do Grupo Intervenção (GI) e 17 no Grupo Controle (GC). Foram realizadas 12 semanas de exercícios físicos e palestras educativas/dinâmicas em grupo. Os exercícios físicos eram realizados 2 vezes por semana e as palestras 1 vez por semana. O programa estatístico utilizado para realizar as análises foi o STATA 12.0 e os testes realizados foram Shapiro Wilk, ANOVA, Qui-Quadrado de Fischer, e análises descritivas e todas as análises obedeceram ao critério de significância quando p<0,05. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo foram: o GI aumentou o nível de atividade física e melhorou a coordenação motora significativamente. Também houve uma tendência de melhora na flexibilidade, na força de membros superiores e inferiores e na resistência aeróbia. Já na qualidade de vida, os aspectos dor, saúde, vitalidade, social, emocional e mental também apresentaram melhoras, bem como, houve melhora na qualidade do sono e diminuição do cansaço e do estresse. Outro resultado extremamente positivo e relevante foi encontrado no follow-up realizado após 6 meses do término da intervenção, onde verificou-se que 80% dos indivíduos do GI continuavam a praticar exercícios físicos 3 vezes por semana, o que mostrou uma adesão muito satisfatória. A intervenção também despertou o interesse do GI em fazer novos cursos, realizar trabalhos voluntários e continuar no mercado de trabalho. Constatou-se que este Programa proporcionou melhoras na saúde física, mental e social, afetando positivamente a qualidade de vida dos participantes, o que evidência a importância do desenvolvimento de mais estudos que aliem exercícios físicos a um PPA. / Preparing to retire can facilitate the transition for the working routine to retirement’s life, avoiding that sudden rupture affecting the individual negatively. The Retirement Education Programs are effective tools inside the organizations, as they bring physical, psychological, social and economic benefits. Aiming the physical and mental wellness of the retiring individual, the Retirement Education Programs was created in Limeira City Administration, with lecture and group dynamics combined with regular exercises. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of this Program in depression symptoms, in quality of life, physical activity level and in functional status, as well as, through the follow-up, verify the adherence of these servants to physical exercises. Thirty two Limeira city administration servants took part this study, 15 wore from the intervention group (GI) and 17 wore from the control group (GC). Twelve weeks of physical exercises and lecture/group dynamics took place. The physical exercises happened twice a week and the lecture once. The statistics application used from analyses was STATA 12.0 and the tests used were Shapiro Wilk, ANOVA, Fisher Chi-square, and descriptive analyses and all of the analyses followed the significance level p<0,05. The results obtained in their study were: increase in the physical activity level in GI and significant improvement of motor coordination. Also, there was an improvement trend in flexibility, upper and bottom body strength, and aerobic resistance. For life quality, pain, health, vitality, social, emotional, mental aspects showed improvement, as well as, there was an improvement in sleep quality and reduction of tiredness and stress. Another extremely and relevant result was found in follow-up that happened in 6 month after intervention, where it was identified that 80% of GI continued to exercise three times a week, which showed a very satisfactory adherence. The intervention, also raised GI’s interest in take new courses, engaged volunteer work and continue working. It was confirmed that the program brought benefits for the physical, mental and social health, affecting positively the quality life of the participants, which evidences the importance of the development of more studies that combined exercises to a Retirement Education Programs. / CAPES: 33004137062M0

The purpose of this study was to (1) collect and examine data from graduates relating to the present status and effectiveness of the program and (2) compare the requirements of the program to the requirements of other institutions in Texas with NCATE accreditation. Two questionnaires were developed to obtain data from the graduates concerning four categories of information: personal information, occupational information, analysis of the effectiveness of the curriculum, and evaluation of the adequacy of the program. The colleges and universities in Texas with NCATE accreditation were sources of the following types of information: area offering and having responsibility for the business education program, AACSB and its effect on the business education program, certification options available, methods courses offered, and grade requirements for admission into and for graduation and certification from the program.

A avaliação possui um papel importante no processo de ensino-aprendizagem e sua prática deveria estar de acordo com os objetivos educacionais, contribuindo assim na sua obtenção. A avaliação das aprendizagens tem reconhecida capacidade de modificar o currículo, daí a importância do seu estudo. A forma como a avaliação se organiza e se desenvolve não é independente das concepções de ensino-aprendizagem apresentadas pelo professor e pode ter influência na representação que os alunos fazem da ciência e na aprendizagem da ciência. Neste trabalho, apresentamos o resultado de um estudo de caso realizado com dez professores de Química em exercício, atuantes em escolas públicas e particulares e também participantes do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Ensino de Ciências da Universidade de São Paulo. Nossos dados estão baseados em entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com estes professores e análises de documentos desenvolvidos pelos professores e suas respectivas escolas, a saber: planejamento de ensino anual, projeto político pedagógico e avaliações. As respostas às entrevistas foram categorizadas e relacionadas a modelos didáticos conforme descritos na literatura por: transmissão/assimilação, descobrimento e construtivista. Os projetos políticos pedagógicos e os planejamentos foram categorizados de acordo com a literatura em ênfase em Educação Geral e em Química e, dentre estas, ainda em sub-categorias. As provas elaboradas pelos professores foram categorizadas em produtivas e reprodutivas, utilizando características descritas na literatura. As concepções de ensino-aprendizagem inferidas dos discursos dos professores, bem como as concepções expressas nos documentos que definem suas práticas (planejamentos de ensino e projetos políticos pedagógicos) mostram-se bastante coerentes com as direções sugeridas pelas reformas curriculares, expressando modelos de ensino centrados no aluno, e enfatizando aspectos relacionados à valorização do desenvolvimento dos estudantes e do processo de aprendizagem. Nosso estudo revela, entretanto, que as ações em sala de aula, ao menos no que se refere ao processo de avaliação, contrastam com tais idéias. A análise sistemática dos objetivos e da metodologia do processo avaliativo utilizada pelos professores investigados revela-se coerente com uma prática de ensino centrada no conteúdo químico e voltada principalmente à transmissão/assimilação e sugerem que a avaliação praticada pelos professores tem um papel predominantemente certificativo. Tal contradição pode comprometer a representação de ciência e como se aprende ciência, uma vez que, por este modelo de transmissão, a nota da prova e o que se solicita nela servem de referencial para o aluno. A compreensão das funções que a avaliação pode assumir não ocorre espontaneamente sendo necessário a intervenção através de formação contínua, onde se faça a correlação entre a concepção de ensino-aprendizagem, o modelo didático a ser empregado e a avaliação da aprendizagem mais adequada. / Assessment plays an important role in the teaching-learning process, and its practice should be in accordance with the instructional goals, contributing towards their attainment. The assessment of learning is an important subject of study in research in science education, given its recognized capacity to change curriculums. The assessment methodology is dependent upon teaching-learning conceptions, and may impact students´ representations on science and on the learning of science. In this work, results based on a case-study focused on ten Chemistry teachers, practicing in public and private schools, and enrolled in a chemical education master program at the University of São Paulo are presented. The current study is based on the analysis of semi-structured interviews and also includes the investigation of documents produced by these teachers and the schools they work, including the annual teaching plannings, the school´s political pedagogical projects and the applied evaluations. The answers to the interviews were categorized and related to didactic models according to literature descriptions: transmission/assimilation model, discovery learning and constructivist model. Political pedagogical projects and teaching plannings were both categorized according to different curriculum emphases, grouped into two categories: \"General Education\" and \"Chemical Education\". Such emphases are also classified in subcategories, and have been suggested by literature. The exam questions were classified as productives and reproductives, also in accordance to previously described categories. The teaching-learning conceptions that emerge from the analysis of the teacher\'s speeches and the guidelines stated by the documents that define teachers\' classroom practices (teaching plannings and political pedagogical projects) are in close agreement to the educational directions suggested by the curricular restructuring, expressing studentcentered teaching models and giving emphasis to the importance of students´ development and the learning process. Our study reveals, however, that classroom actions contrast to such ideas, at least while assessment procedures are concerned. The systematic analysis of the purposes and methodology of the evaluative process performed by the investigated teachers suggests a strong correlation to a content-based teaching practice, based on a transmission/assimilation model, where the main goal of the assessment practice is certification. Such contradiction may potentially undermine science representation and the learning of science, since, according to a transmission/assimilation model, the obtained grade in an exam and what is requested in the exams are important references to the students. Comprehension as regard to the different roles that the evaluation process may assume does not spontaneously occur. An intervention through teachers\' in-service programs is necessary, focusing on the correlation between teaching-learning conceptions, didactic models and the assessment of learning.

Introdução: O Ambiente Educacional é um dos pilares para o alcance do perfil e das competências definidas na formação do enfermeiro e, portanto, é essencial avaliá-lo, na enfermagem do Brasil, no entanto, não encontramos instrumentos específicos para esta finalidade. Objetivos: conhecer o significado de ambiente educacional para estudantes e professores do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo; construir e validar um instrumento para avaliação do ambiente educacional desta Escola e avaliar, na perspectiva do estudante, o ambiente educacional da Escola. Material e métodos: O estudo teve duas fases: a primeira foi de natureza qualitativa, na modalidade da análise temática, que, entrevistando três docentes e seis estudantes, buscou conhecer o significado e os elementos constitutivos do ambiente educacional. Com base nesta análise e a fim de atender às demandas específicas dos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem no Brasil, foi desenvolvida a segunda fase da pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, que construiu e validou uma escala psicométrica para avaliação do ambiente educacional. Participaram dessa fase, respondendo ao instrumento, 176 (55%) graduandos matriculados na Escola durante a coleta de dados. Resultados: A primeira fase da pesquisa ambiente educacional, além disso, e assim como a fase quantitativa, foram identificados aspectos relevantes a serem apreciados sobre o ambiente. Dentre eles, destacamos: a necessidade de ajustes entre a metodologia de ensino utilizada para a construção do conhecimento e da identidade profissional, com a pressuposta no projeto político pedagógico; o relacionamento interpessoal nos diferentes níveis que, embora considerado harmonioso, pode ser melhorado; a exigência de discussão dos aspectos éticos do cotidiano, visto que os estudantes tem vivenciado situações de desrespeito; a vida social e as atividades extra-curriculares podem ser intensificadas. Conclusões: Este trabalho propiciou a significação de Ambiente Educacional em uma Escola pública paulistana. Em continuidade, é preciso aplicar o instrumento em outras realidades da enfermagem, para não restringir a validação da escala e também, para aumentar a população e refazer o teste de confiabilidade. Apesar dessa limitação, o conhecimento produzido oferece, a outras instituições de ensino superior, um novo construto para avaliação do processo ensino-aprendizagem. / Introduction: The Educational Environment is one of the pillars upon which the profile and the competences defined in nurse training and, therefore, it is essential to evaluate it in nursing in Brazil, however, did not find specific tools for this purpose. Objectives: To know the meaning of the educational environment for students and teachers of the Undergraduate Nursing School of Nursing, University of São Paulo; construct and validate an instrument to assess the educational environment of this school and evaluate the student\'s perspective, the environment Educational School. Methods: The study had two phases: the first was qualitative in nature, in the form of thematic analysis, which, interviewing three teachers and six students, sought to know the meaning and the elements of the educational environment. Based on this analysis and in order to meet the specific demands of graduate programs in nursing in Brazil, we developed a second phase of quantitative research approach, we built and validated a psychometric scale to assess the educational environment. In this phase, responding to the instrument, 176 (55%) undergraduates enrolled in school during data collection. Results: The first phase of the research educational environment, moreover, and as the quantitative phase were identified relevant aspects to be examined on the environment. Among them include: the need for adjustments between the teaching methodology used to construct the knowledge and professional identity, with presupposed in political pedagogical project; interpersonal relationships at different levels, although considered harmonious, can be improved, the requirement for discussion of ethical aspects of daily life, as students have experienced situations of disrespect; social life and extra-curricular activities may be intensified. Conclusions: This study provided the significance of Environmental Education in a public school in Sao Paulo. In continuation, we need to apply the instrument in other realities of nursing, not to restrict the validity of the scale and also to increase the population and re-test reliability. Despite this limitation, offers the knowledge produced, other institutions of higher learning, a new construct to assess the teaching-learning process.

The problem of this study was to describe inservice education programs for members of local boards of trustees and to assess the knowledge and attitude toward inservice of participating and non-participating board members. The major purposes of this study were to describe training programs carried on in selected school districts, and to assess and compare the knowledge and attitudes toward inservice education of board members who do and do not participate in those training programs. The project involved the identification of skill areas necessary for board members, the development of instruments to measure knowledge and attitudes toward inservice, the selection of boards of trustees from six school districts for an experimental and a control group, the description of inservice education programs in operation in districts comprising the experimental group, and the assessment of knowledge and attitudes of members of the experimental and control groups.

The social problem of juvenile delinquency and treatment efforts to alleviate this problem are introduced in this study. Literature related to theories on delinquency, institutional treatment, the role of recreation in correctional settings, and leisure education is reviewed and summarized. A basis for a leisure theory on delinquency is presented, suggesting delinquent behaviors are socially unacceptable leisure pursuits. Implications include efforts to replace delinquent behaviors with socially acceptable leisure pursuits (i.e. recreation).

The purpose of the study was to investigate how parents of students with autism perceived individualized education program (IEP) meetings. I determined factors that contributed to the belief held by parents that their children were or were not being properly served by IEP meetings. Parental relationships with educators, IEP meeting experiences, IEP outcomes, and treatment by educators were revealed through participant input. Parents were asked to share their experiences of previous IEP meetings. Additionally, parents provided input regarding practices that school districts could take to improve IEP meetings, and actions that parents could take to serve as better advocates for their children. Research findings indicated that parents did not perceive themselves as being treated as equals during IEP meetings. Parents believed that their input was not valued or welcomed by educators. Not having an equal voice toward their child's education prevented parents from positively influencing outcomes in their child's IEP meetings in terms of obtaining quality services and building positive relations with educators. Parents further revealed that educators failed to implement proper IEP protocol. According to parents, student objectives agreed upon in IEP meetings were often not always fully implemented for students receiving special education services. Research findings concluded that parents new to the IEP process often experienced difficulty understanding special education law, and were unaware of services that school districts should provide for their children.Suggestions for improving IEP meetings include: educators valuing parents as equal partners during IEP meetings, educators properly adhering to IEP objectives set forth in IEP meetings, and both educators and parents taking measures to becoming more knowledgeable of special education law and the IEP process.

The purpose of this study was to determine if character education programs impact the suspension rates of students from regular instructional public elementary schools in Texas. The data was also examined to determine if the number of years since a school's implementation of a character education program has an impact on the effectiveness of the programs as measured by the suspension rates of students from school. Finally, the study sought to determine if the socio-economic status of the schools has an impact on the effectiveness of character education programs as measured by the student suspension rates. A random sample of 135 regular instructional public elementary schools in Texas was collected. The principal of each school completed a questionnaire that was used to sort schools into three groups: schools with "direct" character education programs, schools with "indirect" character education programs, and schools that have implemented no type of character education program. A two-year history of suspensions was obtained for each school. The data was analyzed using one-way and two-way ANOVAs. The results of the analyses indicated that the implementation of character education programs, no matter what type, did not produce statistically significant differences in student suspension rates from school. Furthermore, the data revealed that neither the number of years since the implementation of the character education programs nor the socio-economic status of the schools had an impact on the effectiveness of the character education programs as measured by the student suspension rates from school.

This study was designed to determine the effects of the infusion of career-education concepts into the language arts and social studies curricula of fifth-grade students. Hypotheses related to differences in mean scores of students in the experimental group and the control group on the Reading Test, Language Test, Study Skills Test of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, as well as on the total battery scores. Additional hypotheses were formulated concerning the difference between proportional mean scores on the Career Education Questionnaire and three self-concept inventories designed by Instructional Objectives Exchange. The following conclusions are based on the findings of this study: (1) Infusion of career-education concepts into content areas of the curriculum can result in the increased academic achievement of-students. This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that, statistically, the arithmetic mean scores for the experimental and the control groups were not significantly different. Gains in language expression and mechanics, reading vocabulary, and references study skills can result when students relate academic knowledge to the world of work; (2) Students' attitudes toward career education can be altered through the provision of factual information and meaningful experiences; and (3) The self-concepts of students are relatively stable and not altered appreciably during a brief period of time.

Data were obtained through the syllabi and the questionnaires returned by the head of physical education institutes in India. From a total of thirty-seven questionnaires sent, sixteen were returned representing fourteen different institutions. The programs in India showed some diversity among the institutions regarding the length of time required to complete the courses and minimum qualifications prescribed for admission to the program. The programs did not meet the recommendations of the conference either in length or content. The newer programs more nearly met the recommendations.