In South Africa, the current movement towards the inclusion of children with disabilities, including children with hearing loss, is likely to have far-reaching consequences for both teachers and learners. Undoubtedly, needs will arise from teachers during the transition, especially in the areas pertaining to the audiological and educational management of children with hearing loss. A hearing loss often negatively impacts on the development of the child’s auditory, language, speech, communication, literacy, academic, and psychosocial skills. The educational audiologist is uniquely skilled in managing the effects of hearing loss on the child’s educational development, and is a crucial member on the educational team. The educational audiologist as specialist in the management of children with hearing loss, is able to offer a wide range of support and assistance to teachers as well as children with hearing loss in the inclusive educational system. When teachers receive appropriate educational audiology services, they are enabled to provide quality education that strives to reach the full potential of every child with hearing loss. Therefore, an urgent need existed to determine the needs of teachers of children with hearing loss regarding an educational audiology service delivery model for use within the inclusive educational system. In order to comply with this need, a descriptive research design was developed comprising of a questionnaire survey followed by focus group interviews. The questionnaire survey explored the needs of 664 teachers of children with hearing loss. Focus group interviews were conducted with 19 teachers of children with hearing loss and these results were used to substantiate findings from the questionnaire survey. The results of the study indicated that the needs of teachers differ according to the sub-groups found among teachers, namely those teachers who mainly promote the use of spoken language and those who mainly promote Sign Language. Findings revealed that, although participants realised the importance of various aspects of development of the child with hearing loss, they generally did not realise the importance of receiving support from an educational audiologist. With respect to specifics in term of support, participants strongly recommended that teachers receive support in the acquisition of knowledge re the trouble-shooting of hearing aids, advocacy for the implementation of FM systems in inclusive classrooms and the development of speech production skills of the child with hearing loss in the inclusive environment. In addition, various suggestions were made regarding the structure of services rendered within the educational context. These findings were utilised in order to propose an educational audiology service delivery model for South Africa in the current timeframe. / Thesis (DPhil (Communication Pathology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / unrestricted

The thesis deals with the questions of the educational system and development of employees of delivery point in a selected company. The first part is focused on the basic theoretic concepts related to emloyee training. The second part analyzes the selected company and the educational system. The thirdpart contains the main proposals for the educational system.

Master’s thesis deals with issue of the educational system and development of employees in selected company. Thesis includes theoretic concepts related to employee training. Next part analyses current education system of selected company. Based on the results, there are suggestions which aims to improve current state of educational system in selected company.

The graduation theses focus on the problems of development, emphasising the part of education of the employees in the company UNISTAV Inc. At present, the management of development of human resources is becoming one of the most important activities of personal work. In the practical part, an analysis of individual stages of the educational system in the company UNISTAV Inc. Attention will be paid to the identification of individual needs, to making the working output more effective, to increasing the competitiveness of the company. On the basis of the results of the analysis, the suggestions aiming towards the changes in the educational system in the point stock company UNISTAV has been made.

Orientador: Neide Aparecida de Souza Lehfeld / Resumo: A tese de doutorado que ora apresentamos teve o desafio de responder à questão central do seu objeto: a quem se destina a política social de atendimento socioeducativo: ao resgate da dignidade humana sob a construção de novos projetos de vida por adolescentes ou ao capital que regride direitos e criminaliza a pobreza para o seu processo acumulativo? Esta indagação norteou toda a construção desta pesquisa que teve como objetivo – construir conhecimento científico acerca da gestão e execução das medidas socioeducativas no estado de São Paulo e os rebatimentos das contrarreformas neoliberais do Estado Brasileiro no atendimento aos adolescentes autores de ato infracional. A partir da questão norteadora e do objetivo central da pesquisa, compreendemos, enquanto proposições hipotéticas, que as medidas socioeducativas aplicadas ao adolescente autor de ato infracional estão submissas às determinações do sistema capitalista. Esta submissão se materializa no histórico processo de atendimento institucional, realizado a priori, pelo Estado e, posteriormente, compartilhado com as Organizações da Sociedade Civil, que responsabiliza exclusivamente o adolescente por todas as suas ações, esvaziando uma reflexão acerca das desigualdades e injustiças sociais que nivelam a violência e aprofundam o abismo socioeconômico que separa ricos e pobres. Além da violência que desenha o Estado penal em face destes jovens, o sistema socioeducativo ao adolescente vivencia a contraditória fase de avanços téc... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The doctoral thesis we presented here had the challenge of answering the central question of its object: who is the social policy of socio-educational assistance for: the rescue of human dignity under the construction of new life projects by teenagers or the capital that regresses rights and criminalizes poverty for its cumulative process? These questions guided the entire construction of this research that aimed to build scientific knowledge about the management and execution of socio-educational measures in the state of São Paulo and the repercussions of the neoliberal counter-reforms of the Brazilian State in assisting adolescent authors of an infraction. From the guiding question and the central objective of the research, we understand, as hypothetical propositions that the socio-educational measures applied to the adolescent who committed an infraction are subject to the determinations of the capitalist system. This submission is materialized in the historical process of institutional assistance, carried out a priori by the State and, later, shared with Civil Society Organizations that still exclusively hold adolescents responsible for all their actions, emptying a reflection on the inequalities and social injustices that level the violence and deepen the socioeconomic gap that separates rich and poor. In addition to the violence that draws the penal state in the face of these young people, the adolescent's socio-educational system experiences the contradictory phase of ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Resumen: La tesis doctoral que presentamos aquí tuvo el desafío de responder a la pregunta central de su objeto: quién es la política social de asistencia socioeducativa para: el rescate de la dignidad humana bajo la construcción de nuevos proyectos de vida por parte de adolescentes o la capital que retrocede derechos y criminaliza la pobreza por su proceso acumulativo? Estas preguntas guiaron toda la construcción de esta investigación que tenía como objetivo construir conocimiento científico sobre el manejo y la ejecución de medidas socioeducativas en el estado de São Paulo y las repercusiones de las contrarreformas neoliberales del Estado brasileño para ayudar a los autores adolescentes de una infracción. A partir de la pregunta guía y el objetivo central de la investigación, entendemos, como proposiciones hipotéticas, que las medidas socioeducativas aplicadas al adolescente que cometió una infracción están sujetas a las determinaciones del sistema capitalista. Esta presentación se materializa en el proceso histórico de asistencia institucional, llevado a cabo a priori por el Estado y, más tarde, compartido con organizaciones de la sociedad civil que aún responsabilizan exclusivamente a los adolescentes de todas sus acciones, vaciando una reflexión sobre las desigualdades e injusticias sociales que nivelar la violencia y profundizar la brecha socioeconómica que separa a ricos y pobres. Además de la violencia que atrae al Estado penal frente a estos jóvenes, el sistema socioeducativo... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo) / Doutor

This diploma thesis clarifies the issue of Triadic nexus among Slovakia, Hungary and the Hungarian minority concerning education and economic access to areas inhabited by the Hungarian minority, which affect the graduates of minority schools in the Slovak labor market. At the same time it aspires to refer to this relationship as one of the factors that may impact on reduction in the number of members of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. The main focus is on the trilateral approach to the issue of education in the Slovak minority schools in Hungarian language in case of teaching the state language. The consequences of the different trilateral relation approach to minority education can lead to inefficiency of minority schools teaching Slovak language, which can, in conjunction with the current economic approach of Slovakia to the areas inhabited by the Hungarian minority, lead to migratory pressures on graduates of minority schools as for the choice of university studies and their employability. The lack of language skills reduces their competitiveness and flexibility compared to linguistically better equipped individuals. The statistical data in education, employment and population movements that will be analyzed and compared, are freely available, and confirm this hypothesis.

The Diploma Thesis deals with an influence of Anglo-American culture upon Czech society in 1918- 1938. The main focus is dedicated to the Czech intellectual environment, which has accepted Anglo- American culture and spread it among general public. An importance of T. G. Masaryk to introduction of English philosophy at the Czech philosophical faculty is shown here as well as his support of Anglo- American culture in the time of establishing the Czechoslovakia. Famous Czech author K. Čapek is presented as an admirer of American pragmatism and his further relationship towards American culture is also shown here. A part of thesis deals with Čapek's well known travelogue called Anglické listy. Except of famous personalities, the importance of English department at Prague faculty of arts is also taken into account. The department was lead by the founder of Czech English studies Vilém Mathesius, whose linguistic and cultural studies are also presented here. The last part of thesis is dedicated to introduction of compulsory English language classes into secondary schools and to analysis of curriculum and text books.

This diploma thesis deals with attitudes of teachers towards the introduction of the multicultural education within the curriculum reform of the regional system of education in the Czech Republic. The thesis then deals also with the course of implementation of the multicultural education in practice and with attitudes of teachers towards further training in this area. Since teachers are the key persons involved in the implementation of education policy, their attitude is crucial for successful implementation of the multicultural education. The methodology is based on the qualitative data analysis obtained from interviews with teachers. There are three main theoretical resources followed in this thesis, belief systems of Paul A. Sabatier, the theory of street-level bureaucracy of Michael Lipsky and multicultural education theories. Teachers have positive attitudes to the multicultural education. But some have their own prejudices against other ethnic groups. Although teachers understand positively their autonomy in the implementation of the multicultural education in practice, they express the need for certain rules in the implementation of the multicultural education. The absence of clear rules and adequate support in practice brings problems with the implementation. Based on these findings, the...

Orientador: Humberto Perinelli Neto / Resumo: Trata-se de pesquisa destinada a compreender a representação do negro contida no material didático oficial adotado na rede estadual de ensino de São Paulo, mais especificamente nos Anos Finais do Ensino Fundamental (7º e 8º anos). A pesquisa é qualitativa, pois a partir da descrição, será aprofundada a descrição e a interpretação do material analisado, à medida que a complexidade também se acentuará, pois o objeto está relacionado ao social, ao mundo macro. Para tanto, são empregados como materiais as “Situações de Aprendizagem” contidas nos Cadernos do 7º e 8° anos da rede estadual de ensino paulista (“Projeto São Faz Escola”). O aporte teórico da pesquisa envolve estudos da imagem, combinados com a Análise de Conteúdo dos textos, segundo autores que se dedicaram ao estudo do negro no Brasil e de acordo com a perspectiva do paradigma indiciário. Conclui-se que há um abismo entre o conteúdo do Caderno do Aluno (e também do Professor) e as recomendações presentes na legislação dedicada às Africanidades. É claro o limite deste material se observarmos os direcionamentos dos documentos oficiais da Educação para Relações Étnico-Raciais. / Abstract: This research is about understanding black representation contained in the teaching material from the São Paulo State public educational system, specifically in the last two years of teaching cycle (i.e. 7th and 8th years). It is a qualitative research where we will deeply describe and interpret the material, which is a complex subject since it is related to the practical aspects of society and can lead to different thoughts and conclusions. To do so, we will use the section "Situações de Aprendizagem" from the 7th and 8th years teaching material from the São Paulo state educational system (“Projeto São Faz Escola”). The theoretical back ground is related to the study of image combined with content analysis, follow in go ther authors who studied black people in Brazilan dunder the perspective of the indicial paradigm. It is concluded that there is a gulf between the contents of the student notebook (and also the teacher) and the recommendations in the legislation dedicated to africanities. The boundary of this material is clear if we look at the guidelines of the official documents of Education for Ethnic-Racial Relations. / Resumen: Esta es una investigación dirigida a comprender la representación de las personas negras contenida en el material de enseñanza oficial adoptado en el sistema escolar estatal de São Paulo, más específicamente en los últimos años de la escuela primaria (7º y 8º años). La investigación es cualitativa, porque a partir de la descripción se profundizará la descripción e interpretación del material analizado, ya que la complejidad también se acentuará, porque el objeto está relacionado con lo social, con el mundo macro. Con este fin, las "Situaciones de aprendizaje" contenidas en los cuadernos de séptimo y octavo grado del sistema escolar estatal de São Paulo ("Proyecto São Faz Escola") se utilizan como materiales. El soporte teórico de la investigación involucra estudios de imagen, combinados con el Análisis de Contenido de los textos, según autores que se dedicaron al estudio de los negros en Brasil y de acuerdo con la perspectiva del paradigma evidencial. Se concluye que existe un abismo entre el contenido del Cuaderno del estudiante (y también el del Maestro) y las recomendaciones de la legislación dedicada a las africanidades. El límite de este material es claro si miramos las pautas de los documentos oficiales de Educación para las Relaciones Étnico-Raciales. / Mestre

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka hur representanter för skolhuvudmän i olika kommuner resonerar kring en inkluderande skolverksamhet. Studien bygger i sin helhet på Bronfenbrenners ekologiska systemteori, där huvudtesen är att alla olika nivåer inom ett system påverkar varandra. Utifrån detta har studien inspirerats av fenomenologin för att belysa hur deltagarna resonerar kring och upplever inkludering, likvärdighet och sin roll som verksamhets- eller förvaltningschef. Resultatet har sedan analyserats tematiskt. Deltagarna är skol- och förvaltningschefer från sju olika kommuner i Sverige. Datainsamlingen har skett genom semistrukturerade intervjuer som genomfördes online som spelades in och sedan transkriberades till flytande talspråklig text. Deltagarna representerar kommuner med mellan ca 5000 och 100 000 invånare vilket innebär att de har mycket olika förutsättningar och utmaningar kring att skapa en inkluderande skolverksamhet. Resultatet pekar, precis som tidigare forskning, på att det finns ett glapp mellan idén om inkludering och praktiken i skolans verksamhet. Detta glapp verkar inte heller minska, utan snarare öka utifrån deltagarnas resonemang om att sätta elever i exkluderande undervisning är utifrån en idé att det är för elevens bästa. Det innebär möjligen att det kan bli ännu vanligare att placera elever i exkluderande sammanhang utifrån denna idé om elevens bästa.