nÃo hà / A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo fornecer subsÃdios teÃricos para reflexÃo no campo da avaliaÃÃo educacional frente Ãs prÃticas adotadas na educaÃÃo de jovens e adultos das sÃries iniciais do ensino fundamental e se estas favorecem ou nÃo o exercÃcio do direito à educaÃÃo, centrado no carÃter de permanÃncia, acesso e inclusÃo escolar do aluno. Para tanto, descortinou-se neste ensaio a âteceturaâ entre as concepÃÃes histÃricas da avaliaÃÃo no cenÃrio da educaÃÃo de jovens e adultos, da subjetividade individual e social que dÃo sustentaÃÃo à formaÃÃo da cultura escolar, por meio de suas falas, dialogicidade, relaÃÃes sociais e da avaliaÃÃo enquanto prÃtica pedagÃgica adotada na EJA. A problemÃtica pode ser traduzida na seguinte questÃo: a prÃtica avaliativa adotada no cenÃrio da EducaÃÃo de Jovens e Adultos em Escolas da Rede PÃblica de Fortaleza favorece o processo de permanÃncia do aluno na escola, corrobora para sua inclusÃo no seio da sociedade e por sua vez, no exercÃcio do direito à educaÃÃo? O trabalho està assentado em pesquisa de cunho bibliogrÃfico, documental e de campo. No campo, buscou-se adotar enquanto instrumentais o questionÃrio aplicado a dez por cento dos professores da rede pÃblica municipal e o grupo focal, aplicado com 06 alunos em escola da Regional seis, onde se procurou pontualizar o âmodus operandiâ da prÃtica avaliativa frente à possibilidade de cumprimento da funÃÃo social de incluir o aluno na escola e na sociedade. O ato de revolver e vasculhar a temÃtica da avaliaÃÃo enquanto prÃtica pedagÃgica na EducaÃÃo de Jovens e Adultos possibilita que o problema ocupe um espaÃo epistemolÃgico significativo, principalmente quando referenciadas Ãs inÃmeras variÃveis que entrecortam o trabalho do professor na construÃÃo de uma prÃtica avaliativa humanizada. ApÃs breve excursÃo sobre as concepÃÃes assinaladas, chega-se a enunciar como uma das principais consideraÃÃes finais, que o ato de avaliar està preso à formaÃÃo do âhabitusâ do capital cultural internalizado. / The present research aims to supply theoretical subsidies for reflection in the field of the educational evaluation facing the practices adopted in the education of youth and adults in the initial series of basic education and if these benefit or not the exercise of the education right, focused on the permanence aspect, access and scholar inclusion of the pupil. So, the âweavingâ was disclosed in this essay among the historical conceptions of the evaluation in the scene of youth and adults education, of the individual and social subjectivity that supports the schooling culture formation, through its speech, dialog aspect, social relations and evaluation concerning the adopted pedagogic practice in YAE. The topic might be translated into the following question: the evaluative practice adopted in the scene of the and Adults and Youth Education in Public Schools of Fortaleza suggests the permanence process of the pupil in the school, corroborates for its inclusion in the heart of society and then, in the exercise of education right? The work is based on bibliographical, documental and realistic experiments research. Through the experiments, we tried to adopt, as instrumentals, the commonly applied survey to ten percent of the MUNICIPAL public school teachers and the focused group, applying with 06 students from Regional VI schools, where we tried to point the âmodus operandiâ of the evaluative practice concerning the possibility of compliance of the social role of including the pupil in the school and in the society.Th e act of digging and searching the thematic of the evaluation as a pedagogical practice in Youth and Adult Education allows the problem to occupy a significant epistemologic space, mainly when we refer to the several variable aspects that cross the work developed by the teacher in the construction of a humanized evaluative practice. After an excursion on the designated conceptions, we can announce it as one of the main final considerations, which the act of evaluating is tied to the formation of the internalized âhabitusâ culturally.

Submitted by Marilene Donadel (marilene.donadel@unioeste.br) on 2018-07-09T23:52:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana_Tavares_2018.pdf: 2372046 bytes, checksum: a0d6fbe0024a78d5cfc0af9468169175 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-09T23:52:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana_Tavares_2018.pdf: 2372046 bytes, checksum: a0d6fbe0024a78d5cfc0af9468169175 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-06 / He challenge of the present study is to understand the process of self-evaluation at the State University of the West of Paraná, Unioeste, Cascavel, in the perspective of the participation of the academic community, having as its axis the social representations of the institutional actors of the evaluation process, aiming at the construction and consolidation of effective evaluation culture. We seek answers to the following questions: Are there institutional policies that motivate the implantation / formation / strengthening of the culture of institutional evaluation? How is the issue addressed in the different institutional instances? Why is there low adherence, participation and involvement of the academic community in the evaluation process, its effects and uses in the development of Unioeste? What is the relation of these aspects to the representations for the formation / strengthening of the evaluation culture that is wanted from the institutional self-evaluation? What are the challenges, weaknesses and potentialities of the institution to overcome the legal assistance scenario and give new meaning to the process of self-evaluation and the university? The study was guided by the induction method and was constituted by field research, exploratory in nature and descriptive, subsidized by bibliographical and documentary research. In the data collection, a questionnaire (Appendix 2) was applied to be answered by the components of the sample, institutional actors involved in the elaboration, conduction and management of the evaluation process of the university, object of study. In the analysis of the collected material, it was based on the individual conception of the participant to extend their social representations built for the collective understanding, with the objectives of understanding how the evaluation process takes place under the legal guidelines of the National System of Evaluation of Higher Education, Sinaes, to identify the existence (or not) of academic policies and practices that favor the formation / strengthening of the evaluation culture and to know how this culture is represented in the institutional context. In the referential, as a way of overcoming the coercive character of legal mechanisms and go beyond the discussion of compliance with the legislation of the Law of Sinaes, in the sociological bias, foundations and theoretical support were sought to discuss and analyze the content of the discourse of the component subjects of the sample, recorded in response to the questions in the questionnaire. In the analysis of the social representations of the institutional actors involved, we identified the main challenges, fragilities and institutional potential that favor /hinder the understanding and collective construction of the evaluation culture and the contribution of this culture in the formation of new representations with new meanings for Unioeste. The results of the study may contribute to the construction of actions that allow the articulation of management and optimization of planning and improvement of institutional quality, in order to effectively promote the construction / consolidation of the evaluation culture. / O desafio do presente estudo é a compreensão sobre o processo de autoavaliação na Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Unioeste, na perspectiva da participação da comunidade acadêmica, tendo como eixo as representações sociais dos atores institucionais do processo avaliativo, visando à construção e consolidação de efetiva cultura avaliativa. Buscam-se respostas para as seguintes questões: Existem políticas institucionais que motivem a implantação/formação/ fortalecimento da cultura de avaliação institucional? Como a questão é tratada nas diferentes instâncias institucionais? Por que há baixa adesão, participação e envolvimento da comunidade acadêmica no processo avaliativo, seus efeitos e usos no desenvolvimento da Unioeste? Qual a relação desses aspectos com as representações para a formação/fortalecimento da cultura avaliativa que se quer a partir da autoavaliação institucional? Quais os desafios, fragilidades e potencialidades na instituição para superar o cenário de atendimento legal e dar novo significado ao processo de autoavaliação e a universidade? O estudo se orientou pelo método de indução e se constituiu por pesquisa de campo, de natureza exploratória e cunho descritivo, subsidiada por pesquisas bibliográfica e documental. Na coleta de dados, aplicou-se um questionário (Apêndice 2) para ser respondido pelos componentes da amostra, atores institucionais envolvidos na elaboração, condução e gestão do processo avaliativo da universidade, objeto de estudo. Na análise do material coletado, partiu-se da concepção individual do participante para ampliar suas representações sociais construídas para a compreensão coletiva, com os objetivos de compreender como se dá o processo avaliativo sob as diretrizes legais do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior, Sinaes, identificar a existência (ou não) de políticas e práticas acadêmicas que favorecem a formação/fortalecimento da cultura avaliativa e conhecer como essa cultura é representada no contexto institucional. No referencial, desde a superação do caráter coercitivo dos mecanismos legais e ir além da discussão sobre o cumprimento da legislação da Lei do Sinaes, no viés sociológico, buscaram-se fundamentos e amparo teórico para discutir e analisar o conteúdo do discurso dos sujeitos componentes da amostra, registrado como resposta às questões do questionário. Na análise das representações sociais dos atores institucionais envolvidos, identificaram-se os principais desafios, fragilidades e potencialidades institucionais que favorecem/dificultam a compreensão e a construção coletiva da cultura avaliativa e a contribuição dessa cultura na formação de novas representações com novos significados para a Unioeste. Os resultados do estudo poderão contribuir para a construção de ações que permitam a articulação da gestão e a otimização do planejamento e da melhoria da qualidade institucional, visando promover, efetivamente, a construção/consolidação da cultura avaliativa.

With the advent of shorter time to market of software products there an increasing requirement for techniques and methods to improve the productivity levels in software development together with a requirement for increased flexibility and the introduction of late changes. This in turn has lead to the introduction of a set of techniques known as ―Agile methods which include one methodology known as ―eXtreme Programming. This is a collection of values, principles, and practices. Since these methods are becoming more common in industry, is has become more important to introduce these ideas in the undergraduate curriculum. This case study analysed whether or not it is possible to teach eXtreme Programming at a university by means of a course that presents a mixture of theory and practice within eXtreme programming. In this context, a case study was carried out to determine which of the practices of eXtreme Programming are more appropriate to university projects. The case study indicates that it is worth investing the effort to teach eXtreme Programming to students to enable them to apply eXtreme Programming or at least some of its practices in future business and university projects.

Apparel purchase is an everyday decision process for consumers and the decision is motivated by various consumer needs. As an important aspect in the study of consumer behaviour, the link between South African young adult male consumers’ perception of apparel quality, use of informational cues, and apparel evaluation criteria needs to be established. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the role of intrinsic and extrinsic apparel features as informational cues on young adult males’ assessment of apparel quality during purchase decision-making. The quantitative research approach involved a structured questionnaire with Likert-type four-point scales to measure the importance of informational cues in the quality assessment of smart casual wear. This study involved a non-probability purposive sample of 330 young adult males between the ages of 24 and 36 living in Pretoria and Johannesburg, Gauteng. The study included purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Descriptive analyses were used to determine the importance of apparel features in the assessment of apparel. Correlation analyses were conducted to explore relationships among the quality dimensions. Lastly, exploratory analyses were done to measure the interaction of demographics and shopping behaviour with the importance of apparel quality dimensions. Results showed that South African young adult male consumers rank comfort most important in their quality assessment criteria, next to durability, in assessment of smart casual apparel. The country where garments are manufactured or assembled is the least important to the young adult South African males. The strongest relationship among the various apparel dimensions existed between extrinsic features and aesthetic performance. The weakest relationship, although positively significant, existed between the extrinsic features and functional performance. This suggests that to some extent, male apparel consumers form links between apparel features as each feature to some extent influences the importance placed on other apparel quality features. Furthermore, findings suggest that male consumers differ in their apparel assessment criteria based on how much money they have for apparel, and that income is an important socio-economic variable in apparel purchase decision-making. Most of these male consumers, although not experts in the field of apparel quality, considered it important to assess apparel for perceived quality during the pre-purchase phase of consumer decision-making. In all, informational cues, although varying in importance, play a role in the young adult male’s quality assessment of smart casual wear. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / lk2014 / Consumer Science / MA / Unrestricted

The theme of the graduation thesis is the process of public procurement in the state-established organization. Since the sphere of public procurement is very extensive the thesis focus on possibilities of use of multiple criteria decision making methods for the selection of the optimal offer. In addition to multicriterial decision making methods the thesis deals with preparative phase of the whole process especially with the statement of the evaluative criteria and determination of their weights. The thesis refers to the deficiencies of the process of public procurement that we can see in practice and tries to propose the possibilities how to avoid these deficiencies.

The objective of this thesis concerns the issue of motivation and evaluation of staff at the Žerotín School of Music in Olomouc. In the theoretical part, we show the concepts and theoretical principles which are necessary for processing the subsequent analytical part. In the analytical part of the work we will then present information about the Zerotin School of Music, and we will discuss the evaluation system and employee motivation. This thesis will conclude by making suggestions for improvements to existing procedures. The outcome of this work is to evaluate motivation and evaluation of staff at the Žerotín School of Music and make recommendations which will lead to employees being more satisfied and motivated.

In this study, societal attitudes toward sexual minorities are investigated through analyzing journalists’ use of evaluative adjectives in newspaper articles regarding famous homosexual couples compared to famous heterosexual couples. In this study, differences in attitudes between male and female journalists are also investigated. The aim is to investigate evaluative adjectives and how often they occur in order to find patterns that could indicate societal attitudes toward sexual minorities. The method used for this research was a close reading of the articles chosen and determining whether the evaluative adjectives were positive or negative in each specific context. The results were then normalized for the purpose of comparison between articles. The results of the study indicate that female journalists use more adjectives in general compared to male journalists. The results also indicate that journalists use more positive adjectives when writing about famous heterosexual couples, compared to famous homosexual couples. Also, male homosexual couples are portrayed more positively than female homosexual couples.

Computer science is a discipline that is increasing in importance and value in our society, yet we are still failing to graduate a sufficient number of students to keep up with the demand required in the United States economy. We research several ways to retain students. We also discuss ways to increase students’ interest in the major, i.e., those who normally would not know about computer science. We discuss ways to increase female participation as well as overall participation in the major.

This dissertation explores how experience and environment impact behavior. In the first chapter, I provide behavioral foundations for a model of taste uncertainty with endogenous learning through consumption. In this setting, uncertainty is over an unobservable, subjective state space. Preference over lottery-menu pairs is sufficient to identify the state space and the learning process. In this model, the agent is viewed as if he learns the utility of an object upon its consumption. This information is used to improve choice from the follow-on menu. This implies a trade-off between consumption value and information leading to experimentation. I provide a behavioral definition of experimentation. While the literature focuses on identifying subjective states through a demand for flexibility, I show that experimentation also (partially) identifies taste uncertainty. The second chapter explores the potential for social networks to affect decisions of political leaders. To this end we construct a database linking European royal kinship networks, monarchies, and wars to study the effect of family ties on conflict. To establish causality, we exploit decreases in connection caused by apolitical deaths of network important individuals. These deaths are associated with substantial increases in the frequency and duration of war. We provide evidence that these deaths affect conflict only through changing the kinship network. Over our period of interest, the percentage of European monarchs with kinship ties increased threefold. Together, these findings help explain the well-documented decrease in European war frequency. The final chapter builds on the robust finding from the psychology literature that the co-presentation of products causes consumers to associate them. Associated products are evaluated more similarly. Supposing that agents behave according to this evidence, I axiomatically derive a tractable utility model of this association effect. In an application, I study a two-product monopolist that can strategically choose whether or not to offer his products under the same brand. I demonstrate that psychological association can provide strict incentives for either brand extension or brand differentiation depending on the distribution of product valuations in the market. Appropriate branding strategies allow firms to extract more surplus from consumers when psychological association is present.

School leaders in the United States live in an educational era characterized by a desire for and expectation that all students attain high levels of academic proficiency. There is an increased reliance on all types of educational assessment as a key component to help school leaders attain that goal. The purpose of this study is to understand how school administrators can foster a balanced system of assessment at the local level to genuinely harness the power of assessment to enhance student learning. The significance of the study rests in the fact that there is a general failure of states and school districts to conceive of educational assessment as a system that operates at all levels of the educational system from the classroom up to the district and state level. The findings of this study support the efforts of a group of administrators to develop a balanced system of math assessments in their school district.