Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T16:16:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiane Staub.pdf: 4330877 bytes, checksum: 0a3fd382aa6b4cfd16060213b664137e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-11 / Zoos, botanical gardens, planetariums, aquariums, natural history museums and other places are characterized as museums and science centers. Museums and science centers are essential to the science popularization, the justification is given to the fact that in our country, science represents a little part of our culture. In this scenario, this paper discusses elements of science communication and scientific culture, especially of sciences teaching in non-formal fields. More specifically, we investigated sixteen museums and science centers located at Paraná state and listed in the Guia de Centros e Museus de Ciências do Brasil. Through field observations and interviews with its coordinators, subjected to content analysis, we aimed to understand the possibilities and limitations of these space´s impact over the sciences teaching, in other words, the interaction possibilities between these places and formal education places. So, the data registration occured by audio and also video, photo, document analysis and logbook. From the observations and interviews, was constructed a profile of these places and their activities aimed to the science popularization, as well as the impact of these on sciences teaching, in other words, the interaction possibilities between these centers and museums of sciences and technology and formal education places, such as schools and universities. Therefore, this research deals with the the science divulgation in one of the most important segments of the social constitution, the education. Teaching, is a starting point when forming the potential divulgator, and it is arrival point as ultimate instance, in which scientific knowledge is incorporated into the scientific culture. We decided that in the sample located at Paraná state, museums and science centers assumed functions as science divulgators, research institutions, "appendices" from schools and universities, interactive places, places of academic and cultural formation. Museums and science centers are potencial formation places, places for information and scientific updating, teaching places for school and adult audiences, places where equipments and teaching materials are developed. They are extracurricular institutions charged of science diffusion and responsable for helping in the skilled people formation to the science culture. We believe that museums and science centers contribute to the science teaching and, therefore, represent essential element in the scientific culture formation of the population with which it interacts / Jardins zoológicos, jardins botânicos, planetários, aquários, museus de história natural e outros espaços são caracterizados como museus e centros de ciências. Museus e centros de ciências são fundamentais à popularização da ciência. A justificativa se dá no fato de que, em nosso país, a ciência ainda pouco faz parte de nossa cultura. Dentro desse panorama, o presente trabalho discute elementos da divulgação científica e da cultura científica, especialmente do ensino de ciências em espaços não formais. Mais em específico, investigam-se dezesseis (16) museus e centros de ciências do estado do Paraná listados no Guia de Centros e Museus de Ciências do Brasil. Por meio de observações a campo e de entrevistas aos seus coordenadores, submetidos à análise de conteúdo, busca-se compreender potencialidades e limites do impacto desses espaços sobre o ensino de ciências, ou seja, possibilidades da interação entre eles e os espaços da educação formal. Desse modo, o registro de dados se deu por gravações de áudio e também de vídeo, fotografia, análise documental e diário de bordo. Das observações e entrevistas se construiu um perfil desses espaços e das suas atividades voltadas à divulgação científica, como também do impacto deles por sobre o ensino de ciências, ou seja, da interação entre esses museus e centros de ciência e tecnologia e os espaços da educação formal, como escolas e universidades. Assim, portanto, o presente trabalho de pesquisa aborda a divulgação científica em um dos segmentos mais importantes da constituição social, a educação. O ensino constitui ponto de partida ao formar o potencial divulgador e é ponto de chegada como instância última em que o conhecimento científico se incorpora à cultura científica. Resolveu-se que, no recorte do estado do Paraná, museus e centros de ciências assumem papel enquanto divulgadores da ciência, instituições de pesquisa, apêndices das escolas e universidades, espaços de interatividade, espaços de formação acadêmica e formação cultural. Museus e centros de ciências são potenciais núcleos formadores, pontos de informação e atualização científica, espaços de aprendizagem para o público adulto e escolar, ambientes em que se desenvolvem equipamentos e materiais de ensino. São instituições extraescolares encarregadas de difundir a ciência e auxiliar na formação de indivíduos aptos a transitar nas esferas da cultura científica. Nossa defesa é a de que os museus e centros de ciências contribuem com o ensino de ciências e, por conseguinte, representam elemento imprescindível na formação da cultura científica da população com a qual interage.

Hobby activities can be viewed through the lens of informal, free-choice learning. A wide range of hobbies combine fun and learning-intensive practices, and can contribute to scientific literacy. Hobby learning involves clear goal orientation, persistence and effort, and often results in more richly and strongly connected knowledge; traits highly valued in both in and out-of-school science learning. In this study, I used koi hobbyists as subjects to discover and explore hobbyists' information-seeking strategies under different learning scenarios. I approached koi hobbyists' learning about koi and their koi hobby in both quantitative and qualitative ways. I designed a Stage of Engagement Model to illustrate koi hobbyists' engagement with their hobby, and adapted Falk and Dierking's Contextual Model of Learning to explain how personal, socio-cultural and physical contextual factors affect koi hobbyists' learning. An instrument was developed to assess koi hobbyists' experience with keeping koi, knowledge about the hobby, motivation/goals, interaction with other hobbyists, and the information-seeking strategies they used under different learning scenarios. I administered this questionnaire to koi hobbyist communities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and online. Based on the quantitative analysis, the results supported my hypotheses that koi hobbyists chose different information-seeking strategies based on personal contextual factors such as previous experience, motivation and learning goals; socio-cultural contextual factors such as interactions with other koi hobbyists; and physical contextual factors such as the nature of the problems they encounter. Koi hobbyists also chose different information-seeking strategies based upon their stage of engagement with their hobby. The long-term potential of this study is to offer insights into how learners construct their knowledge by applying different learning strategies under different personal, socio-cultural and physical circumstances, and to provide a framework for the future study of other kinds of hobbies and hobbyists that will help to promote public scientific literacy. / Graduation date: 2012

Vienos svarbiausių šių dienų švietimo kaitos sąlygų – kūrybiškas tinkamų užduočių pateikimas mokykloje, naujų mokymo(si) santykių ir pedagoginės veiklos formų paieška bei ugdytinių kompetencijų ugdymas(is) ir plėtojimas. Improvizacija būdinga liaudies kūrybai bei kai kurioms profesionalioms meno šakoms: muzikai, poezijai, teatrui. Muzikos improvizacija gali būti fiksuojama garso įrašu, bet negali būti pakartota. Magistro darbo „Muzikinės improvizacijos naudojimo ypatumai 5–8 progimnazijos klasių neformaliajame švietime“ tikslas – ištirti 5–8 progimnazijos klasių muzikinės improvizacijos naudojimo neformaliajame švietime ypatumus. Šiam tikslui pasiekti buvo iškelti šie uždaviniai: atskleisti muzikinės improvizacijos ir neformaliojo švietimo sintezės problematiką; išsiaiškinti mokinių ir mokytojų požiūrį į muzikinę improvizaciją; ištirti muzikinės improvizacijos naudojimo ypatumus neformaliojo švietimo veikloje; nustatyti moderniųjų technologijų naudojimą improvizuojant. Tyrimo objekas – muzikinės improvizacijos naudojimas neformaliajame švietime. Tyrimas buvo vykdytas III etapais: I etapas – anketinė mokytojų ir mokinių apklausa. Anketa muzikos mokytojams buvo siekiama išsiaiškinti mokytojų požiūrį į muzikinės improvizacijos naudojimą neformaliajame švietime. Mokytojų apklausoje dalyvavo 17 Vilniaus mieto progimnazijose neformaliajai veiklai vadovaujančių mokytojų. Anketa, skirta neformaliąja muzikine veikla užimtiems mokiniams, buvo siekta surinkti informaciją, kurią... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Some of the most important conditions of nowadays education change are creative presentation of the appropriate tasks in school, discovery of new learning relations and pedagogic forms and development and cultivation of students’ competencies. Improvisation is a characteristic of folk art, as well as of some professional arts industries: music, poetry and theater. Musical improvisation can be recorded by audio, but can not be repeated. The purpose of master thesis “Features of Musical Improvisation Application in non-formal Education of 5 – 8 Progymnasium Grades” is to explore the features of musical improvisation use in non-formal education of 5 – 8 progymnasium grades. To achieve this goal the following objectives have been set: identify problems of musical improvisation and non-formal education synthesis, ascertain students’ and teachers’ attitude towards musical improvisation, examine the features of musical improvisation use in non-formal education activities, and determine the use of high-tech while improvising. Research object – use of musical improvisation in non-formal education. The study was carried out in III phases. Phase I – Questionnaire survey for teachers and students. Questionnaire for teachers was used to ascertain teachers' attitude towards the use of musical improvisation in non-formal education. 17 teachers, who are leading non-formal education activities in Vilnius city progymnasiums, participated in this questionnaire. Questionnaire for students was... [to full text]

In Malawi, an estimated 202 000 children are out of school and of those in school, less than 50 percent reach grade five. Increasingly, alternatives to the formal school system are gaining traction as a means to reach these excluded children. Recognizing the necessity, the Malawian government recently stipulated a non-formal provision in its education plan. As demand increases, it is important to consider what makes these programmes appealing and sustainable. Using qualitative interview methods, this study explores the lives of ten rural Malawian youth who are participating in an alternative initiative and investigates factors that have influenced the students to initially join and remain in the programme. The study sheds light on experience with alternative education initiatives as seen from the student perspective and provides insight into influences, motivation and successful non-formal programming by linking the theoretical framework to the findings.

In Malawi, an estimated 202 000 children are out of school and of those in school, less than 50 percent reach grade five. Increasingly, alternatives to the formal school system are gaining traction as a means to reach these excluded children. Recognizing the necessity, the Malawian government recently stipulated a non-formal provision in its education plan. As demand increases, it is important to consider what makes these programmes appealing and sustainable. Using qualitative interview methods, this study explores the lives of ten rural Malawian youth who are participating in an alternative initiative and investigates factors that have influenced the students to initially join and remain in the programme. The study sheds light on experience with alternative education initiatives as seen from the student perspective and provides insight into influences, motivation and successful non-formal programming by linking the theoretical framework to the findings.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: John Portelli.

Thesis (Master of Consumer Science)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years unemployment figures in South Africa have reached alarming proportions. Many people do not have any form of income, and many others rely on irregular incomes from seasonal work. Education of adults has been highlighted as a possibility for teaching people various skills, which they could apply to generate an income for themselves. This research was conducted by following a participatory action research method to determine whether a nonformal adult education programme would assist individuals in generating an income. The literature review to support the research conducted included a discussion on poverty, rural areas and their development, and the relevance of entrepreneurial development for these areas. From here, the focus of the literature review moved to that of adult education as applied in training programmes. Participatory Action Research (PAR) and its role in a nonformal adult education programme is discussed, followed by a discussion of empowerment. The monitoring and evaluation of these programmes are also described. The Development and Advancement of Rural Entrepreneurship (DARE) is a programme that was launched in 2000 by the Department of Consumer Science: Foods, Clothing, Housing at the University of Stellenbosch. The main focus of this programme is the assistance given to rural communities to assist them in addressing the problem of unemployment and poverty, by providing support and training to potential local entrepreneurs. The rural town of Montagu was identified to conduct a nonformal adult education programme, focusing on skills training and entrepreneurial development of interested individuals in the community. The research period lasted 14 months. The programme itself consisted of different projects that concentrated on skills training suitable for income generation. People from the community were invited to attend the programme, making all participation voluntary. A PAR approach to present training skills was followed. Each PAR cycle consisted of four stages, namely planning, action, observation, reflection, as well as the revised plan which forms the first phase of the next plan. This approach ensures maximum involvement of participants. Empowerment levels of participants were measured using a standardised questionnaire with a pre- and post- test design. One of the PAR cycles included a five-day business course. Different aspects of entrepreneurship were addressed during the programme and eventually all the skills were combined and implemented to assist in the generation of income. Data of the empowerment levels of participants, and general information on the participants and their evaluation of the programme are documented as case studies. This data was also used to evaluate the success of the programme. The analysis of the data clearly shows that there was a need for skills development and entrepreneurial development in this rural area. Participants were eager to take part in the programme and to apply their skills in the market place where they displayed the skills they have acquired. Those participants who completed the programme all demonstrated an increase in their empowerment levels, the most significant increase on micro level. The research results indicated that participants were able to apply the knowledge and skills gained during the programme. However, four months after the completion of the programme none of them were involved in income-generation ventures. Despite the fact that the need for training existed in this rural area, sustainability was problematic once the facilitator withdrew. It is therefore recommended that novice entrepreneurs should have long-term guidance and emotional support in order to reach independence eventually. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die werkloosheid syfer in Suid-Afrika het die afgelope paar jaar onrusbarend toegeneem. 'n Groot aantal mense het geen vorm van inkomste nie, en baie maak staat op die inkomste wat hulle uit seisoenwerk genereer. Opleiding van volwassenes is aangedui as 'n wyse waarop mense 'n verskeidenheid vaardighede kan aanleer wat hulle dan kan toepas om sodoende vir hulself 'n inkomste te genereer. Hierdie navorsing is onderneem om te bepaal of 'n nieformele opleidingsprogram waar 'n deelnemende aksienavorsingsmetode (DAN) gevolg is, individue sal kan help om 'n inkomste te genereer. Die literatuuroorsig wat die navorsing onderskryf, sluit 'n bespreking in van armoede, landelike areas en die ontwikkeling daarvan asook van die relevansie van entrepreneuriese ontwikkeling in hierdie areas. Die fokus van die literatuur verskuif dan na volwasse onderwys, soos toegepas in opleidings programme. Daarna word deelnemende aksienavorsing (DAN) en die rol daarvan in programme in nieformele onderwys vir volwassenes bespreek. Dit word gevolg deur 'n bespreking van bemagtiging. Laastens word monitering en evaluering van programme bespreek. Die Development and Advancement of Rural Enterprises (DARE) Program is deur die Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Departement Verbruikerswetenskap: Voedsel, Kleding, Behuising in 2000 geloods. Die fokus van die program is om bystand aan landelike gemeenskappe ten opsigte van die hantering van werkloosheid en armoede aan te spreek. Die landelike dorp Montagu, is geïdentifiseer as 'n area om 'n nieformele onderwysprogram vir volwassenes wat fokus op vaardigheidsopleiding en entrepreneuriese ontwikkeling van belangstellende individue in die gemeenskap, aan te bied. Mense van die gemeenskap is uitgenooi om vrywillig aan die program deel te neem. Die navorsingsperiode het oor 14 maande gestrek. Die program self het bestaan uit verskillende projekte wat op opleidingsvaardighede geskik om 'n inkomste te genereer, fokus. 'n Deelnemende aksienavorsingsmetode is gevolg om opleidingsvaardighede aan te bied. Elke DAN-siklus het uit vier fases bestaan, naamlik beplanning, aksie, observasie en besinning. 'n Hersieningsplan het deel uitgemaak van die eerste fase van die volgende siklus. Hierdie benadering het maksimum betrokkenheid deur deelnemers verseker. Tydens een van die DAN siklusse, is deelnemers se bemagtingingsvlakke gemeet deur gebruik te maak van 'n gestandaardiseerde vraelys met 'n voor- en ná-toets ontwerp. Een van die DAN-siklusse het uit 'n vyf-dag sakekursus bestaan. Verskillende aspekte van entrepreneurskap is tydens die program aangespreek en ten slotte is alle vaardighede saamgevoeg en geïmplementeer om die generering van inkomste aan te moedig. Gevallestudies is gebruik om deelnemers se bemagtigingsvlakke, algemene inligting oor die deelnemers en die deelnemers se evaluering van die program aan te teken. Hierdie data is ook gebruik om die sukses van die program te evalueer. Die data analise wys uitdruklik dat daar 'n behoefte was aan die ontwikkeling van vaardighede en entrepreneuriese ontwikkeling in hierdie landelike gebied. Deelnemers was gretig om aan die program deel te neem en om vaardighede wat aangeleer is, toe te pas op die ope mark. Die deelnemers wat die program voltooi het, het almal 'n verbetering ten opsigte van hulle vlakke van bemagtiging getoon, met die grootste verbetering op die mikrovlak. Die navorsingsresultate bevestig dat die deelnemers hulle vaardighede en kennis wat in die program verwerf is, kon toepas. Nogtans was geeneen van die deelnemers wat die program voltooi het, vier maande ná die afloop van die program besig om 'n inkomste te genereer nie. AI was daar 'n behoefte aan opleiding in hierdie landelike area geidentifiseer, was daar, nadat die fasiliteerder onttrek het, geen volhoubaarheid van die program nie. Daar word dus aanbeveel dat opkomende entrepreneurs langtermynondersteuning sal geniet wat uiteindelik tot hul onafhanklikheid sal lei.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5158.pdf: 5813097 bytes, checksum: 4ba57c749247a69db8749359a12740c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-04 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The research is part of the Research Line Social Practices and Educational Processes of the Program of Post Graduation in Education of the Federal University of São Carlos PPGE/UFSCar and aims to identify and describe social practices and educational processes experienced in the everyday of the Terena village of the indigenous Land Taunay/Ipegue in the city of Aquidauana Mato Grosso do Sul, which enable the understanding of how the practices present in the culture Terena may, or may not, dialogue with the indigenous school education. To achieve the proposed objective we established the following research questions: What practices present in the Terena culture form the basis of their everyday education? How these educational processes may, or may not, dialogue with the the education offered in the existing schools in the villages? What do the Terena consider important to be taught in school? How the Terena indigenous school has historically constituted itself in space time of dialogue between the different knowledges of the subjects involved in this educational reality? To compose the theoretical referential of the research we used of contributions developed by central authors of the Research Line, among them Enrique Dussel, Ernani Fiori and Paulo Freire where we locate ourselves drawing on experiences and existences in Latin America. This is an ethnographic research as proposed by André (1995) and Geertz (1989), which is based on the thick description of the social practices and the educational processes experienced in everyday life of the Terena villages of of the Indigenous Land Taunay/Ipegue. The methodological procedures used consist in the analysis of the records of the Journal Field of moments lived with the Terena of the studied villages; the interview is conducted by the circle of conversations (the circle of Tereré and the moments around the fire); of the consultation of the registration of parent-teacher meetings and other meetings in the villages in the period from 2000 to 2010, and photographs that record the daily life of the villages surveyed. The knowledge fruit of the research seeks to meet what is proposed by the research line Social Practices and Educational Processes PPGE/UFSCar which aims to provide the formation of researchers whose work will allow interventions in educational processes located in Latin America. Starting from what was lived we seek to raise a series of questions, inquiries and reflections which could contribute to closer the dialogue between the educational processes of the Terena indigenous culture, with what proposes the education offered in the existing schools in the villages of Terena Indian Land Taunay/Ipegue of the city of Aquidauana MS in the context of Brazilian cultural diversity. / Este trabalho se insere na linha de pesquisa Práticas Sociais e Processos Educativos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (PPGE/UFSCar) e tem por objetivo identificar e descrever práticas sociais e processos educativos vivenciados no cotidiano das aldeias Terena da Terra Indígena Taunay/Ipegue do município de Aquidauana Mato Grosso do Sul, que permitam compreender como as práticas presentes na cultura Terena podem, ou não, dialogar com a educação escolar indígena. Para alcançar o objetivo proposto estabeleci as seguintes questões de pesquisa: Quais práticas presentes na cultura Terena constituem a base de sua educação cotidiana? Como esses processos educativos podem, ou não, dialogar com a educação oferecida nas escolas existentes nas aldeias? O que os Terena consideram importante que seja ensinado na escola? Como a escola indígena Terena tem se constituído historicamente em espaço/tempo de diálogo entre os diferentes saberes dos sujeitos envolvidos nessa realidade de ensino? Para compor o referencial teórico da pesquisa utilizei as contribuições dos autores centrais da Linha de Pesquisa, entre eles Enrique Dussel, Ernani Fiori e Paulo Freire, com os quais me situei produzindo conhecimento, partindo das experiências e vivências na América Latina. Trata-se de uma pesquisa etnográfica, tal como proposta por André (1995) e Geertz (1989), que se baseia na descrição densa das práticas sociais e dos processos educativos vivenciados no cotidiano das aldeias Terena da Terra Indígena Taunay/Ipegue. Os procedimentos metodológicos adotados consistem na análise dos registros do diário de campo sobre os momentos vividos com os Terena das aldeias pesquisadas, das entrevistas realizadas por meio das rodas de conversa (a roda de tereré e dos momentos ao redor do fogo), da consulta às atas de reuniões de pais e mestres e demais encontros realizados nas aldeias no período de 2000 a 2010 e de fotografias que registram o cotidiano das aldeias investigadas. O conhecimento resultante da pesquisa busca atender o que é proposto pela linha de pesquisa Práticas Sociais e Processos Educativos do PPGE/UFSCar, que tem como objetivo propiciar a formação de pesquisadores cujos trabalhos venham a permitir intervenções em processos educativos situados na América Latina. Partindo do vivido, levantei uma série de questionamentos, indagações e reflexões que possam contribuir para aproximar o diálogo entre os processos educativos da cultura indígena Terena com o que propõe a educação oferecida nas escolas existentes nas aldeias Terena da Terra Indígena Taunay/Ipegue do município de Aquidauana, no contexto da diversidade cultural brasileira.

[pt] Esta tese tem como objetivo discutir o padrão de acesso dos alunos da rede municipal de educação da cidade do Rio de Janeiro aos equipamentos culturais parceiros da prefeitura no Projeto Escola e Museu. Em geral, a promoção cultural se dá através do diálogo das escolas com instituições diretamente ligadas à cultura como museus, centros culturais, bibliotecas, teatros e planetários. Entretanto, em tempos de responsabilização docente baseada em índices construídos a partir dos resultados das avaliações em larga escala, será que há possibilidades para a formação cultural em espaços de educação não formal? O referido objetivo se desdobra em questões que orientam a investigação: Como as escolas se apropriam dos equipamentos culturais, especialmente dos museus parceiros da SME/RJ? A escola valoriza o diálogo com os espaços de educação não formal? Quais experiências os alunos da rede estão vivenciando nos equipamentos culturais? Para a realização do estudo, foram adotadas as seguintes estratégias metodológicas: i) observação das atividades realizadas com os alunos do ensino fundamental em sete museus e centros culturais parceiros da Secretaria Municipal de Educação (SME/RJ) no Projeto Escola e Museu; ii) realização de entrevistas com a coordenadora do Projeto Escola e Museu e com os docentes participantes; iii) análise documental do projeto, através de textos secundários. A investigação aborda as contribuições dos Estudos sobre Avaliação e Desempenho e Estudos sobre Cultura e Formação Cultural, campos que permitiram investigar as relações entre formação acadêmica e formação cultural no âmbito das políticas públicas educacionais. A pesquisa problematiza a questão da formação cultural fundamentada em autores como Hans-Georg Gadamer e John Dewey. A hipótese que engendrou a pesquisa foi a de que o acesso dos alunos aos equipamentos culturais através do Projeto Escola e Museu pode contribuir para a ampliação da formação cultural, em uma dimensão de experiência crítica, que proporcione o desenvolvimento da emoção estética e a inserção do aluno na sociedade na perspectiva cultural. A partir das análises, as conclusões encontradas foram: (i) em contexto de responsabilização docente, o Projeto Escola e Museu configura-se um exemplo de bom uso dos resultados das avaliações externas, à medida que as escolas participantes são selecionadas a partir de critérios como, por exemplo, estarem situadas em áreas conflagradas da cidade e apresentarem baixo desempenho. Logo, através desse projeto, pode-se perceber uma estratégia de tentar promover a equidade na rede; (ii) o Projeto Escola e Museu cumpre os seus objetivos por: promover o acesso de professores e alunos a museus, centros, institutos de arte e cultura, como atividade articulada ao desenvolvimento do Currículo; estimular a valorização do patrimônio cultural da cidade; estimular a formação de público de visitação a instituições e espaços culturais decorrente do desenvolvimento do interesse de alunos e professores pela apropriação de bens culturais; possibilitar aos alunos aprofundar e diversificar as formas de aprendizagem dos conteúdos das distintas áreas do conhecimento, proporcionados nas visitas às instituições culturais; (iii) o Projeto também apresenta aspectos que precisam ser melhorados tais como: o atendimento restrito aos alunos do oitavo ano; número reduzido de escolas participantes; concentração dos equipamentos culturais na zona sul e no centro da cidade e problemas relacionados ao deslocamento. / [en] This thesis aims to discuss the access pattern of the students of the Municipal Education Network of the city of Rio de Janeiro (SME/RJ) to the cultural facilities partners of the city hall in the Project School and Museum. In general, cultural promotion takes place through the dialogue of schools with institutions directly linked to culture such as museums, cultural centers, libraries, theaters and planetariums. However, in times of teacher accountability based on indexes constructed from the results of large-scale evaluations, is there any possibility for cultural formation in non-formal education spaces? This objective is deployed on issues that guide this research: How do schools take ownership of cultural facilities, especially from SME / RJ partner museums? Does the school value dialogue with non-formal education spaces? What experiences are network students having with the cultural equipment? In order to carry out the study, the following methodological strategies were adopted: i) observation of the activities carried out with elementary school students in seven museums and cultural centers partners of the Municipal Department of Education (SME / RJ) in the School and Museum Project; ii) interviews with the coordinator of the School and Museum Project and with the participating teachers. The research deals with the contributions of the Studies on Assessment and Performance and Studies on Culture and Cultural Formation, fields that allowed to investigate the relations among academic formation and cultural formation in the scope of public educational policies. The research problematizes the question of cultural formation based on authors such as Hans-Georg Gadamer and John Dewey. The hypothesis that generated the research was that the students access to cultural equipment through the School and Museum Project can contribute to the expansion of cultural formation, in a dimension of critical experience that provides the development of aesthetic emotion and the insertion of the student in society through the cultural perspective. From the analyzes, the conclusions were: (i) in the context of teacher accountability, the School and Museum Project is an example of good use of the results of external evaluations, as participating schools are selected based on criteria like if they are in areas of conflict in the city and have poor performance. Therefore, through this project, one can perceive a strategy of trying to promote equity in the network; (ii) the School and Museum Project fulfills its objectives by: promoting the access of teachers and students to museums, centers, institutes of art and culture, as an articulated activity to the development of the Curriculum; stimulate the appreciation of the city s cultural heritage; forming a visiting public for institutions and cultural spaces resulting from the development of the interest of students and teachers in the appropriation of cultural goods; enable students to deepen and diversify the ways of learning the contents of the different areas of knowledge, provided in visits to cultural institutions; (iii) the Project also presents aspects that need to be improved, for example: restricted attendance of the 8th grade students; reduced number of participating schools; concentration of cultural facilities in the south and center of the city and problems related to displacement.

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe registered nurse's perceptions with regard to continuing formal education. A quantitative descriptive, explorative research design was used to study registered nurses views with regard to continuing formal education and to identify the barriers to continuing formal education as experienced by registered nurses. Convenience sampling was used to select the research sample of registered nurses working at four state health institutions in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Descriptive statistics, based on calculations using the Microsoft (MS) Excel (for Windows 2000) programme, were used to summarise and describe the research results obtained from the questions completed by the registered nurses. The research results indicated that most registered nurses perceive continuing formal education as beneficial to their personal and professional growth and to improve the quality of patient/client care, but barriers exist which prevent or deter them from undertaking continuing formal education programmes. The main barriers were identified as structural barriers, including lack of funding, job and family responsibilities and lack of coherent staff development planning. / Health Studies / M. A. (Health Studies)