Thesis (M.Ed.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 5, 2008). Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the Swedish school sports system, a system which has evolved since the beginning of the 1970s, the prevalence of which has increased significantly at all school levels since the mid-1990s and today attracts a large number of pupils and teachers. Starting with the neoliberal discourse which has had a major impact on the development of the Swedish school system, and inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework, the reasons for the emergence of the school sports system and the reasons why schools chose to specialise in sport is described. Also examined are the pupils and teachers involved and the mechanics behind their participation. Empirically, this thesis is based on registry data, telephone interviews with principals at schools offering school sports and questionnaires responses from pupils and teachers involved in school sports. The results of the thesis suggest that the main reason school sports has become so common is closely connected to increased competition on the local school market; by offering school sports, schools have found a possible way to attract more pupils. Furthermore, the results show that the social characteristics of pupils who have been selected or have chosen to participate in school sports differs from the national population of pupils and participants in sports clubs. This suggests that the available supply of school sports is better adapted to some pupils’ social backgrounds and habitus. In relation to the teachers involved, the results show that other resources than what is normally required to become a teacher is valued in school sports. Instead of a teacher certificate, a coaching education and experiences in competitive sport is valued highly which suggests that this is recognised as symbolic capital for teachers in school sports. In conclusion this thesis demonstrates that school sports is influenced by both the fields of education and sport, and that the increased supply of school sports has implications for both fields. / Forskningslinjen Utbildning

The main aim of those theses is to present possibilities of financial support from the EU {--} Community programmes of the EU for the subjects in the South Bohemia region. There are mentioned chances of the financial support from the EU in the first part of my work. The next part presents community programmes in the field of education and culture and activities, which can be supported from these sources. Statistic figures of the financial support status are named at the end of each chapter. There is an example of the successful apply of grants as well as some successful projects realised by subjects from South Bohemia in the conclusion part of my theses. The goal of this section was to present the application process. Theses contain also some recommendation for the future increase of the financial drawing from discussed available sources.

Esta tese tem por objetivo analisar a história das relações sociais, culturais e políticas que condicionaram o processo de criação, instalação e desenvolvimento do Ginásio Ruy Barbosa, em Juazeiro, BA, para que se compreenda a gênese e o significado dessa instituição escolar. As opções teóricas e conceituais, que se constituíram como instrumentos e dispositivos da análise das informações e dos dados, partiram da História da Educação e da Sociologia. Procurei desvendar, descrever, explicar e compreender essas relações, recorrendo aos conceitos de formas de escolarização, de instituição escolar, de campo, de relações de força, de violência simbólica e outros. Como estudo de caráter sócio-histórico, desenvolvi este trabalho por meio da coleta e da análise de documentos, atas, folhetos, livros de ocorrências, relatórios e outros, em arquivos, em Juazeiro e Salvador, bem como através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com pessoas que guardam uma memória de ex-professores, ex-alunos, exdiretores, ex-funcionários, familiares de professores e alunos, fundadores do ginásio e pessoas da comunidade, que vivenciaram ou que têm registros de acontecimentos. Ao mesmo tempo, desenvolvi dois levantamentos como subsídios: um, da produção historiográfica dos programas de pós-graduação e pesquisa em educação, no Brasil, relativo às teses e dissertações sobre a história da escola secundária; outro relativo aos artigos da Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos (RBEP) sobre o tema da educação secundária publicados entre os anos de 1944 e 1984. Realizei, também, uma análise histórica com a finalidade de situar o objeto de estudo a partir da noção de formas de escolarização. Trata-se de uma sóciohistória do Ginásio Ruy Barbosa e da escolarização em Juazeiro, BA, na tentativa de compreender como ocorre a história das relações e de um processo, onde estão implicados fatores sócio-institucionais relativos ao estabelecimento escolar, o qual parecia ser de uma instituição isolada num universo imenso do campo educacional da Bahia e do Brasil. Os resultados revelaram, entretanto, que a história dessa instituição faz parte de uma totalidade, como um elemento que se encontra dentro de um campo mais amplo nesse universo da escolarização secundária da sociedade brasileira, em sua institucionalização e na relação escolarização-sociedade e com o campo de produção cultural local, marcadamente dinâmicos, no período da expansão dos ginásios nos finais dos anos quarenta e início dos anos sessenta. O que distingue a história dessa instituição escolar é a forma como se processa a sua construção sócio-histórica, a gênese e a estruturação, permeada por um conjunto de relações ocorridas em meio às ações, condutas e atitudes dos diversos agentes implicados nesse campo de lutas e espaço social. / The purpose of the present thesis is to analyze the history of social, cultural and political relations that influenced the process of creation, installation and development of Ruy Barbosa High school in Juazeiro, Bahia state, in order to understand the genesis and the significance of that school institution. The theoretical and conceptional options that constitute as instruments and devices for the analysis of information and data had their starting point in the History of Education and in Sociology. I went to a lot of effort to unveil, describe, explain and comprehend those relations, resorting to the concepts of schooling forms, school institution, field, relations of power, symbolic violence, among others. As it has a socio-historical character, the present study was carried out by gathering and analyzing documents, minutes, leaflets, occurrence books, reports, and so on, from archives in Juazeiro and Salvador, as well as through semi-structured interviews with people who recall former teachers, students, directors, employees, former students and teachers family members, the schools founders and members of the community that participated in or keep any kind of register of relevant events. At the same time, two surveys were carried out to provide support data: one about the historiographical production of programs for post-graduation and research on education in Brazil, regarding theses and papers on the history of the secondary school; the other one about articles on secondary education published in the Brazilian Magazine for Pedagogical Studies (RBEP) from 1944 through 1984. Furthermore, a historical analysis was carried out intending to set the object of study in the light of the notion of schooling forms. It is a socio-history of Ruy Barbosa High school and schooling in Juazeiro, Bahia, as an attempt to understand how the history occurs, of the relations and of a process where socio-institutional factors are implied regarding the school as an establishment that seemed to be an isolated institution within the immense universe that was the field of education in Bahia and in Brazil. However, the results revealed that the history of this specific institution is part of a whole, being an element situated within a larger field in the universe of secondary school education in the Brazilian society, as to its institutionalization and the relation schooling-society, and regarding the field of local cultural production, notably dynamic, during the period of expansion of high schools, from the late fortieth to the early sixtieth. What distinguishes the history of this specific institution is the way how the socio-historical construction, the genesis and the structuring took place, permeated by a set of relations that occurred throughout the actions, behaviors and attitudes of different agents engaged in this field of struggles and social space.

Esta tese tem por objetivo analisar a história das relações sociais, culturais e políticas que condicionaram o processo de criação, instalação e desenvolvimento do Ginásio Ruy Barbosa, em Juazeiro, BA, para que se compreenda a gênese e o significado dessa instituição escolar. As opções teóricas e conceituais, que se constituíram como instrumentos e dispositivos da análise das informações e dos dados, partiram da História da Educação e da Sociologia. Procurei desvendar, descrever, explicar e compreender essas relações, recorrendo aos conceitos de formas de escolarização, de instituição escolar, de campo, de relações de força, de violência simbólica e outros. Como estudo de caráter sócio-histórico, desenvolvi este trabalho por meio da coleta e da análise de documentos, atas, folhetos, livros de ocorrências, relatórios e outros, em arquivos, em Juazeiro e Salvador, bem como através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com pessoas que guardam uma memória de ex-professores, ex-alunos, exdiretores, ex-funcionários, familiares de professores e alunos, fundadores do ginásio e pessoas da comunidade, que vivenciaram ou que têm registros de acontecimentos. Ao mesmo tempo, desenvolvi dois levantamentos como subsídios: um, da produção historiográfica dos programas de pós-graduação e pesquisa em educação, no Brasil, relativo às teses e dissertações sobre a história da escola secundária; outro relativo aos artigos da Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos (RBEP) sobre o tema da educação secundária publicados entre os anos de 1944 e 1984. Realizei, também, uma análise histórica com a finalidade de situar o objeto de estudo a partir da noção de formas de escolarização. Trata-se de uma sóciohistória do Ginásio Ruy Barbosa e da escolarização em Juazeiro, BA, na tentativa de compreender como ocorre a história das relações e de um processo, onde estão implicados fatores sócio-institucionais relativos ao estabelecimento escolar, o qual parecia ser de uma instituição isolada num universo imenso do campo educacional da Bahia e do Brasil. Os resultados revelaram, entretanto, que a história dessa instituição faz parte de uma totalidade, como um elemento que se encontra dentro de um campo mais amplo nesse universo da escolarização secundária da sociedade brasileira, em sua institucionalização e na relação escolarização-sociedade e com o campo de produção cultural local, marcadamente dinâmicos, no período da expansão dos ginásios nos finais dos anos quarenta e início dos anos sessenta. O que distingue a história dessa instituição escolar é a forma como se processa a sua construção sócio-histórica, a gênese e a estruturação, permeada por um conjunto de relações ocorridas em meio às ações, condutas e atitudes dos diversos agentes implicados nesse campo de lutas e espaço social. / The purpose of the present thesis is to analyze the history of social, cultural and political relations that influenced the process of creation, installation and development of Ruy Barbosa High school in Juazeiro, Bahia state, in order to understand the genesis and the significance of that school institution. The theoretical and conceptional options that constitute as instruments and devices for the analysis of information and data had their starting point in the History of Education and in Sociology. I went to a lot of effort to unveil, describe, explain and comprehend those relations, resorting to the concepts of schooling forms, school institution, field, relations of power, symbolic violence, among others. As it has a socio-historical character, the present study was carried out by gathering and analyzing documents, minutes, leaflets, occurrence books, reports, and so on, from archives in Juazeiro and Salvador, as well as through semi-structured interviews with people who recall former teachers, students, directors, employees, former students and teachers family members, the schools founders and members of the community that participated in or keep any kind of register of relevant events. At the same time, two surveys were carried out to provide support data: one about the historiographical production of programs for post-graduation and research on education in Brazil, regarding theses and papers on the history of the secondary school; the other one about articles on secondary education published in the Brazilian Magazine for Pedagogical Studies (RBEP) from 1944 through 1984. Furthermore, a historical analysis was carried out intending to set the object of study in the light of the notion of schooling forms. It is a socio-history of Ruy Barbosa High school and schooling in Juazeiro, Bahia, as an attempt to understand how the history occurs, of the relations and of a process where socio-institutional factors are implied regarding the school as an establishment that seemed to be an isolated institution within the immense universe that was the field of education in Bahia and in Brazil. However, the results revealed that the history of this specific institution is part of a whole, being an element situated within a larger field in the universe of secondary school education in the Brazilian society, as to its institutionalization and the relation schooling-society, and regarding the field of local cultural production, notably dynamic, during the period of expansion of high schools, from the late fortieth to the early sixtieth. What distinguishes the history of this specific institution is the way how the socio-historical construction, the genesis and the structuring took place, permeated by a set of relations that occurred throughout the actions, behaviors and attitudes of different agents engaged in this field of struggles and social space.

Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates education strategies for field instructors working with undergraduate social work students. Social work students at the University of Stellenbosch receive practical experience and education at welfare institutions as part of their formal education. During this practice education period students are guided and educated by field instructors. Practice education of undergraduate social work students is a demanding responsibility to field instructors and knowledge and skills are required to complete the task successfully. During the practice education period, field instructors are still confronted with their own work pressure and environmental demands in practice, along with the practice education of undergraduate social work students. The basic premise for this research is focused on the importance of the role of field instructors during the field practice period, as well as the importance of continuous education to these field instructors. This research report includes 'n thorough literature study that refers to the knowledge and skills that are required of field instructors for practice eduaction of students. The partnership between the educational institution and practice education agency are discussed and the roles, tasks and expectations of the partners are described in the chapters. Both parties are responsible for the education of field instructors and several educational strategies are examined. As a conclusion, educational strategies for field instructors are discussed and recommendations are made. The empirical research involved the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the theoretical part of the research. An explorary study was used to obtain the information from respondants. The findings and results of the research are analized and compared with the literature and some recommendations are made. The findings of this research can be used as guidelines for the education of field instructors concerned with the education of undergraduate social work students. Field instructors contribute to the education of professional social workers and all parties involved in the education process should bare a responsibilty to participate in field instructors' education. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing ondersoek opleidingsstrategieë vir praktykopleiers van voorgraadse maatskaplikewerk-studente. Maatskaplikewerk-studente aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch word as deel van hul formele opleiding blootgestel aan praktiese ondervinding en -onderrig by welsynsinstansies. Gedurende hierdie praktykonderrigplasing ontvang studente leiding en onderrig van praktykopleiers. Praktykonderrig van voorgraadse maatskaplikewerk-studente stel hoë eise aan praktykopleiers en verg kennis en vaardighede om die taak suksesvol uit te voer. Tydens die praktykonderrigperiode word praktykopleiers steeds gekonfronteer met die eise van die werks- en omgewingsdruk in die praktyk, tesame met die praktykonderrig van voorgraadse maatskaplikewerk-studente. Hierdie navorsing is gerig op die noodsaaklikheid van praktykopleiers se rol tydens die praktykonderrigperiode van voorgraadse maatskaplikewerk-studente, sowel as die belangrikheid van voortgesette opleiding aan hierdie praktykopleiers. Ten einde opleidingsstrategieë vir praktykopleiers daar te stel, fokus die literatuurstudie op 'n bespreking van die kennis en vaardighede waaroor praktykopleiers moet beskik vir praktykonderrig aan studente. Die vennootskap tussen die opleidingsinstansie en praktykonderrigsinstansie word volledig bespreek en rolle, funksies en verwagtinge van die vennote word aangedui. Beide partye dra 'n verantwoordelikheid teenoor die opleiding van praktykopleiers en moontlike opleidingsmetodes word ondersoek. Ter samevatting word opleidingsstrategieë vir praktykopleiers bespreek en aanbevelings word gemaak. Die teoretiese deel van die verslag word uitgebrei in die empiriese ondersoek, deur 'n ontleding en bespreking van die resultate van die ondersoek. 'n Verkennende studie is benut en beide kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe metodes is gebruik om die inligting van respondente te bekom. Die bevindinge en resultate van die ondersoek is geanaliseer en vergelyk met die literatuur en sekere aanbevelings is gemaak. Die bevindinge van hierdie studie kan as riglyn gebruik word vir die opleiding van praktykopleiers wat betrokke is by die onderrig van voorgraadse maatskaplikewerk-studente. Praktykopleiers speel 'n belangrike rol in die opleiding en onderrig van professionele maatskaplike werkers en betrokke partye in die opleidingsproses dra 'n verantwoordelikheid om praktykopleiers toe te rus vir die taak.