En los últimos años ha surgido un fenómeno de carácter internacional llamado globalización. Éste es un proceso económico, social, tecnológico y cultural por el cual se incrementa la comunicación e interdependencia entre los distintos países del mundo de tal manera que se estrecha cada día más el contacto entre las diversas culturas. Frente a esta situación, el Perú ha construido una riqueza inigualable; un país con una gran diversidad cultural. (Álvarez, Giacalone y Sandoval, 2002). / Tesis

En los últimos años se han realizado diversas investigaciones en las ciencias neurobiológicas que han ayudado a comprender los factores que influyen en el desarrollo y bienestar de los niños y niñas. A través de los avances de la ciencia se ha demostrado que en la etapa de 0 a 3 años el cerebro del niño se desarrolla más rápidamente que en cualquier otra etapa de la vida. Según Leccanelier (2006)esto ha generado el boom de la estimulación temprana, sin embargo, él explica que no basta con mostrar al niño miles de cosas nuevas, lo importante es garantizar la continuidad de las experiencias y que en estas participe un adulto que sea significativo para el niño o niña. Este estudioso además hace hincapié en la necesidad de trabajar sobre el desarrollo afectivo de los niños y niñas en la medida que éste tiene consecuencias a nivel cognitivo. Leccanelier (Assis 2009) afirma que “mientras más seguro es el apego durante los tres primeros años de vida más flexible es el niño para cambiar a lo largo de su vida.” De la misma manera Laura Gutman (2003) destaca que un niño que no ha sido nutrido emocionalmente desde sus inicios en la vida, tendrá más dificultad de establecer relaciones seguras con los demás. / Tesis

Submitted by Claudia Ramos (claudiaramosfgv@outlook.com) on 2014-11-19T18:16:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao CLAUDIA FERREIRA RAMOS.pdf: 8570261 bytes, checksum: 23b029456b0feb26df70585af63cefe8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2014-11-25T13:12:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao CLAUDIA FERREIRA RAMOS.pdf: 8570261 bytes, checksum: 23b029456b0feb26df70585af63cefe8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2014-12-15T11:27:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao CLAUDIA FERREIRA RAMOS.pdf: 8570261 bytes, checksum: 23b029456b0feb26df70585af63cefe8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T11:28:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao CLAUDIA FERREIRA RAMOS.pdf: 8570261 bytes, checksum: 23b029456b0feb26df70585af63cefe8 (MD5) / Working on board the same ship may present a challenge to the foreign and Brazilian crew members of the company Alfa Navegações, due to the differences in values and beliefs of these cultures manifested in everyday li f e this maritime crew. The main objective o f this dissettation is to show impacts in the socialization of interaction among the mixed crew onboard. This research investigated the construction of an intercultural everyday life from coexistence among Brazilians and foreigners in the Brazilian branch of the company Alfa Navegações. The theoretical background was built through the fundamentais o f organizational culture, intercultural relations and Brazilian culture for understanding and analysis of everyday life, as well as the field research of Cultural Studies, especially intercultural management. The research methodology applied in this work was the case study with a qualitative emphasis. The semi-structured interview was used as the main instrument for data collection. lt was concluded that cultural differences impact the work routine of a maritime crew of Brazilians and foreigners. With this, it was noted the need to learn to deal with other cultures, in view o f the new international scenario due to the increased movement o f people and ideas from different cultural sources, and that in social relationships the intercultural issue has become crucial. This occurs not only with those who accept the challenge to live or work abroad, but also with those who receive these professionals and live with them in everyday life. / Trabalhar embarcado no mesmo navio, pode representar um desafio para os tripulantes estrangeiros e brasileiros da empresa Alfa Navegações, devido às diferenças de valores e crenças dessas culturas manifestas no dia a dia desta tripulação marítima. O principal objetivo nesta dissertação é sinalizar impactos na socialização do convívio a bordo entre tripulação mista. Esta pesquisa investigou a construção de um cotidiano intercultural a partir da convivência entre brasileiros e estrangeiros na filial brasileira da empresa Alfa Navegações. O marco teórico foi construído por meio de fundamentos sobre cultura organizacional, relações interculturais e cultura brasileira para compreensão e análise do cotidiano. A metodologia de pesquisa adotada neste trabalho foi o estudo de caso, com ênfase qualitativa. Foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada como instrumento principal de coleta de dados. Concluiu-se que as barreiras culturais na comunicação e na adaptação dos tripulantes no convívio intercultural recaem no idioma. Isto reforça os conceitos expostos no marco teórico sobre a necessidade do treinamento intercultural e aprendizagem de outro idioma para auxiliar o convívio entre culturas diferentes. Com isso, notou-se a necessidade de aprender a lidar com outras culturas, tendo em vista o novo cenário internacional, devido ao aumento do trânsito de pessoas e de ideias de fontes culturais diferentes, e que nas relações sociais a questão intercultural tornou-se crucial. Isto ocorre não somente com aqueles que aceitam o desafio de viver ou trabalhar no exterior, mas também com aqueles que recebem estes profissionais e com eles convivem no cotidiano.

Currently, the complexity of concepts of globalization--taking place in a variety of ways in the local economic, cultural, and political flows, and in the notion of World Englishes-- has been widely discussed (Saxena & Omoniyi, 2010). With the recent interest in internationalization, one of the issues in research on English teaching is expected and/or perceived roles of native teachers and non-native teachers in English language classrooms (Braine, 1999). In order to meet demands of international trends, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET Program) was established by the Japanese government in 1987, and it has played an important role by importing "internationalization" into actual classrooms in an EFL country (McConnel, 2000). Despite the long history of the JET program, very little research has been done on the program itself and related issues (e.g., McConnell, 2000; Miyazato, 2009; Fujimoto-Adamson, 2010). This study drew from a teacher-based perception of the Japanese Teachers of English (JTEs) and Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) roles, and it illustrated how English teachers, including both JTEs and ALTs, act locally in the globalized/globalizing classroom while negotiating the governmental expectations for the JET program. Following the examples set by ethnographic research conducted in language teaching environments (e.g., Watson-Gegeo, 1988; Canagarajah, 1999), classroom fieldworks were conducted at three high schools in Hokkaido from May to August in 2010. More specifically, this research employed multiple data sources: participant observation, audiotape recording, interviews and questionnaires, which delivered thick descriptions of concrete reports from these sources (Richards, 2003; Canagarajah, 2006; McKay, 2006) for investigating the grounded perspectives and the practice of the JTEs and ALTs in the classrooms. The findings showed that the macro-level expected roles from the policies were not always directly projected onto the micro-level perceived roles, and there was emerging role at the micro-level as evident in the JTEs' role as guides to entrance examinations. In addition to this, through the classroom observations, this study revealed the perceived roles of JTEs and ALTs are negotiated in the classrooms in various ways. The JTEs sometimes played the perceived roles of ALTs and vice versa depending on the classroom pedagogical contexts, which were sometimes influenced on the power relationship between them. Those findings of the negotiation of roles in the classrooms led to the conclusions that the power of JTEs and ALTs is not something those teachers have a priori, but was negotiated through the interactions of JTEs and ALTs in the actual classrooms. The notion of power is dynamically implicated by language practice, which will be dedicated to the future study of English classrooms in Japan. Also, this study will contribute to casting a light on potential improvements to the JET Program before their quarter-century anniversary.

In this study, I conduct a program evaluation of the International Cultural Service Program (ICSP), a scholarship program at University of Oregon which provides international students tuition remission in exchange for students giving presentations about their home country and culture in the local community and on campus. Through interviews, observations, and quantitative data, I assess ICSP’s impact on the community as well as the international students who participate in the program. After highlighting the research-based impacts of ICSP, as well as the program’s strengths and weaknesses, I provide recommendations for program improvement. This evaluation demonstrates that ICSP increases cultural awareness among ICSP students and community partners, positively impacts international student retention rates, and ultimately contributes to promoting peace across cultures—among a plethora of other benefits. This study incorporates best practices in program evaluation, and I conclude by providing a critique of the assessment process and suggestions for future studies.

Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology)

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-08T21:38:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 107016.pdf: 2408156 bytes, checksum: 13901518a755e6897ab4082ae9c4489f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 / Análise da obra didática "Themen neu" sob o ponto de vista da transmissão de aspectos culturais da Alemanha/ dos alemães e de sua capacidade de desencadeamento de um processo de compreensão entre as culturas. Proposição de objetivos para o ensino de alemão da UFSC, na direção de uma hermenêutica intercultural, que auxiliem na revisão crítica ou eventual substituição da obra didática adotada.

Durante el monitoreo y acompañamiento pedagógico, realizado a los docentes del nivel primaria de la I.E. Manuel Antonio mesones Muro, se ha podido constatar el trabajo docente desligado del contexto socio cultural de la comunidad que no permite el cultivo y valoración de su cultura ancestral, propiciando contrariamente la copia de modelos extranjeros que van en desmedro de nuestra propia identidad cultural. Asimismo, en nuestra comunidad, se muestra en la actualidad la pérdida continua de la artesanía, las costumbres y tradiciones de nuestros ancestros, que muy a nuestro pesar se van con las personas que lo han mantenido. El presente informe de plan de acción tiene la finalidad de presentar una propuesta de solución a la problemática: Inadecuada gestión de los aprendizajes desde un enfoque intercultural El objetivo general es: Fortalecer la gestión de los aprendizajes desde el enfoque intercultural. Para cumplir con este objetivo me propongo tres objetivos específicos que pienso me van a permitir cumplir con este propósito: a) Desarrollar procesos de capacitación docente sobre planificación y desarrollo estratégico desde un enfoque intercultural, b) Optimizar el proceso de acompañamiento y monitoreo y c) Promover el compromiso docente para la mejora de los aprendizajes. Para fortalecer mi investigación he tomado como referencia la propuesta del MINEDU, que incluye dentro del nuevo currículo nacional 2016 el Enfoque Intercultural. Asimismo, algunas consideraciones generales y conclusiones del concurso de Buenas Practicas que ha recogido el Ministerio de Cultura de nuestro país y en otros países como México y Ecuador. Para realizar la investigación se tomó una encuesta a un grupo de docentes del nivel primaria, con sus repuestas se elaboró el cuadro de categorización, el mismo que permitió indagar los referentes teóricos y construir las conclusiones preliminares para posteriormente plantear las alternativas de solución del mencionado problema. / Trabajo académico

abstract: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born July 18, 1918 into the Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei, South Africa. Mandela was a lawyer by trade and a freedom fighter who envisioned freedom and equality for all South Africans regardless of race. In 1965, Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island for twenty-seven years for treason and terrorist activities against the South African apartheid regime: he was assigned prison numbers 46664. In 1992, Mandela was released from prison and two years later not only became the first democratically elected president of South Africa, but also its first black president. "Madiba 46664" is an eight-minute chamber work scored for flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, and bassoon; vibraphone, and two percussionists; piano; violins, violas, and celli. The work blends traditional South African rhythms of the drumming culture with elements of Western harmony and form in contrasting textures of homophony, polyphony and antiphony. "Madiba 46664" utilizes Mandela's prison number, birthdate and age (at the time the composition process began in 2013) for the initial generation of meter, rhythm, harmony, melody, and form. The work also shares intercultural concepts that can be seen in the works of three contemporary African composers, South Africans Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph and Andile Khumalo, and Nigerian Ayo Oluranti. Each section represents a period of Mandela's life as a freedom fighter, a prisoner, and a president. The inspiration stems from the composer's discussions with Mandela soon after his release from prison and prior to his presidency. These lively discussions pertained to the state of traditional music in then apartheid South Africa and led to this creation. The conversations also played a role in the creative process. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2014

abstract: This dissertation examined sojourner adjustment success utilizing a unique method for collecting and analyzing the perceptions and sense making of the sojourner participants. Although previous research studies in this area have mostly relied on quantitative survey designs and researcher-generated models, this study relied on in-depth, participant-driven, qualitative interviews that were semi-structured using a software-assisted method called Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM). Through this dissertation research, study abroad students (sojourners) had the opportunity to reflect on their sojourn experience, share their adjustment stories, and identify factors that were personally relevant to their success. This study broke new ground while building on the vast body of work in cross-cultural and sojourner adjustment. Sojourners were asked to provide their perspectives on the relationships among those factors reported in the literature that are commonly believed to influence successful adjustment. This allowed me to connect existing literature on the subject with the lived experience of the sojourner participants. This dissertation sought to answer two research questions. First, what factors do participants identify as being keys to the success of their sojourn? Second, what relationships do participants perceive among the factors contributing to successful sojourner adjustment? This dissertation found that language proficiency played a key role in their adjustment and openness was the factor most selected by participants in their explanation of a successful sojourn. Additionally, participant profiles and influence structure summaries provided evidence of the relationships participants saw among success factors in their lived experiences. In terms of preparing sojourners for going abroad, analysis of the composite structure revealed what could be prioritized in pre-departure training for impending sojourners. Themes emerged which provide insight into the commonalities of the sojourner experience despite differences in one's program or personality. This dissertation also explained additional success factors participants identified (e.g., ability to manage language fatigue, creation of connections with other travelers) that were not initially provided to them. Finally, suggestions for study abroad students/coordinators, researchers, and employers are provided. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Communication 2014