O conhecimento de uma pessoa pode se tornar obsoleto ou incompleto rapidamente, visto que, na chamada sociedade da informação e do conhecimento, a todo instante surgem novas teorias e tecnologias que são rapidamente publicadas e disseminadas pelos novos meios de comunicação e informação, notadamente a Internet. Visando contribuir para a atenuação desse problema, o presente trabalho propõe o desenvolvimento de um ambiente baseado na Web que dê apoio à aprendizagem continuada de um indivíduo dentro de algum campo de interesse, facilitando, assim, a atualização de seus conhecimentos. Do ponto de vista tecnológico, o trabalho se apóia na recuperação de informações em contexto e na tecnologia de agentes de software; do ponto de vista pedagógico, inspira-se na pedagogia de projetos de aprendizagem. / The knowledge of a person can become rapidly obsolete or incomplete, since the called society of information and knowledge, all the time there are new theories and technologies that are quickly published and disseminated by new media and information, notably the Internet. Aiming to reduce this problem, this work proposes the development of a Web-based environment which provides support for lifelong learning of an individual within a certain field of interest, thus facilitating the upgrade of their knowledge. From a technological standpoint, the work relies on Information Retrieval in Context and the Technology of Software Agents, the pedagogical point of view, inspired by the Pedagogy of Learning Projects.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6475.pdf: 1412640 bytes, checksum: 1124fb478e71b1f826bf924b9193c8d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-24 / The Education of Youth and Adults (EJA) undergoes a process of paradigm change from a compensatory conception of basic education to lifelong learning. As a teaching modality, EJA needs to be understood in the broadest sense, connecting school experience with people s life and work expectations by seeking to contemplate their needs. The objective of this work is to describe and analyze one experience of EJA understood in the context of Lifelong Education: the Popular Legal Promoters Course (PLPs), which aims to train adult women to be multipliers of rights, laws and legal mechanisms in their communities. Women are still subordinate to hierarchies in different social contexts and struggle daily to uphold their rights. This research was carried out by conducting in-depth interviews with four PLPs graduated in the third group of the course in the city of Sao Carlos. Through content analysis and the Critical Communicative Methodology themes and categories were prepared highlighted in their transforming and exclusionary elements. Among the main elements of the PLPs course that contribute to EJA we have: practical utility of the content; the form of openly relation with knowledge; dialogical education; the importance of women's themes and feminism as well as multidisciplinary content. In this sense, the present dissertation focuses on the Popular Legal Promoters education as a Lifelong Education experience, which brings elements to the reformulation in the organization of EJA as a formative space that better suits women. / A Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) passa por um processo de mudança de paradigma entre uma concepção compensatória da formação básica e uma aprendizagem ao longo da vida. Enquanto modalidade de ensino, a EJA necessita ser compreendida no sentido mais amplo, conectando a experiência escolar, com as expectativas de vida e de trabalho das pessoas, buscando contemplar as suas necessidades. Busca-se neste trabalho descrever e analisar uma experiência de EJA, compreendida na perspectiva da Educação ao Longo da Vida: o Curso Promotoras Legais Populares (PLPs), que tem como objetivo formar mulheres adultas, para que sejam multiplicadoras dos direitos, leis e mecanismos jurídicos em suas comunidades. As mulheres ainda encontram-se subordinadas à hierarquias em diversos âmbitos sociais, e lutando cotidianamente para que seus direitos sejam assegurados. Essa pesquisa se desenvolveu por meio da realização de entrevistas em profundidade, com quatro PLPs, formadas na terceira turma do curso da cidade de São Carlos. Por meio da análise de conteúdo e da Metodologia Comunicativa Crítica, foram elaboradas temáticas e categorias, destacadas em seus elementos transformadores e excludentes. Dentre os principais elementos do curso de PLPs que contribuem para a EJA, temos: utilidade prática do conteúdo; a forma de relação com o conhecimento, de maneira aberta; a formação dialógica; a importância dos temas das mulheres e do feminismo e conteúdo multidisciplinar. Desta forma, a presente dissertação trata a formação das Promotoras Legais Populares, como uma experiência de Educação ao Longo da Vida, que traz elementos para a reformulação na organização da EJA, como espaço formativo que melhor atenda as mulheres.

This work deals with the influence of a positive working environment in the work of nurses. At present, this issue is widely discussed, since there are large changes in the health sector. The problem concerns the lack of nurses, which is caused by nurses leaving to foreign countries to seek better working conditions. A lack of nurses is also caused by increasing demands on nurses, which is due to a reduced quality of health and nursing care. Furthermore, nurses are very badly paid. Another reason why nurses do not want to work in this profession is certainly the unhealthy working environment. An unhealthy environment reduces the performance of nurses, and often causes stress; long-term stress often has considerable consequences and nurses are forced to leave the workplace. If nurses are satisfied then patients are satisfied and the quality of care provided thus increases. This topic interested me because the issue of nurses working environment is currently very topical. I am also interested in how satisfied are nurses in the hospitals in which this research is carried out. In this research, I would like to learn how a positive work environment could be created for nurses. The research was conducted in hospitals in České Budějovice, Písek, Plzeň and Prague, through questionnaires and quantitative research. The research is based on a number of nurses working in these hospitals. The aim of this work is to see how a positive work environment affects nurses{\crq} work. The first hypothesis suggests that nurses need to perform their work a positive working environment. The second hypothesis should confirm that nurses need to perform their profession for a sufficient salary. The third hypothesis suggests that nurses need to perform their profession in a safe working environment. The fourth hypothesis should confirm that nurses welcome the opportunity of further education.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar a aprendizagem de estudantes universitários de japonês como língua estrangeira (JLE) e sua autonomia fora da sala de aula no contexto da cidade de São Paulo. Levando em consideração que a aprendizagem de língua tem o caráter contínuo ao longo da vida, o aprendiz precisa desenvolver a capacidade de dirigir seu estudo por conta própria, ou seja, autonomia. Enquanto essa concepção indica um atributo do aprendiz, sua prática pode ser restrita por fatores externos como o ambiente e a relação com outras pessoas. A fim de pôr qualquer ação em prática que visa à promoção da autonomia do aprendiz, faz-se necessário reconhecer formas e ambientes reais em que a aprendizagem se concretiza. No geral, o aprendiz tende a realizar atividades com sua língua-alvo fora da sala de aula por sua iniciativa, e para desenvolver sua proficiência nesse contexto, ele precisa gerenciar seu estudo. Partindo-se dessa perspectiva, fora da sala de aula é uma situação em que permite observar a autonomia do aprendiz uma vez que há certo grau de liberdade de dirigir sua aprendizagem. A pesquisa teve a natureza qualitativa com dados qualitativos e quantitativos, e configurou-se como estudo de caso. Os participantes foram trinta estudantes no total, de uma disciplina da língua japonesa (LJ) de nível básico do curso de habilitação na língua de uma instituição de ensino superior, localizada na cidade de São Paulo. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizados instrumentos; observação de aulas, questionário para todos os estudantes, entrevista para sete estudantes e diário de estudo para três estudantes. Para a análise, os dados foram identificados, descritos e interpretados. Os resultados apontam que os estudantes desenvolviam várias atividades utilizando a LJ além da sala de aula por sua iniciativa, principalmente as receptivas no domínio pessoal. Na maioria das atividades de interação, amigos e colegas de estudo foram interlocutores. Apesar da ampla disponibilidade de recursos para a aprendizagem da LJ na cidade graças à imigração japonesa e ao intercâmbio econômico e comercial com o Japão, os estudantes tenderam a utilizar recursos e meios digitais como sites da internet, redes sociais e chat. Embora muitas atividades fossem realizadas principalmente pelo interesse cultural, alguns alunos tentaram compreender o conhecimento obtido durante aulas, aplicando-o nas atividades fora do contexto da instituição educacional intencionalmente. Verificou-se também o esforço de uma estudante para procurar oportunidades de interagir com falantes da LJ no domínio público e profissional. / This thesis aims at investigating the learning of undergraduate students of Japanese as foreign language and their autonomy beyond the classroom in the city of São Paulo. Considering that language learning is a lifelong activity, a learner needs to develop the capacity to direct your study on your own, namely, autonomy. While this concept indicates an learner\'s attribute, its practice can be restricted by external factors such as his environment and relationship with other people. In order to put into practice any action in pursuit of this capacity, it is essential to comprehend real forms and environments in which learning occurs. Generally speaking, the learner tends to realize activities using his target language outside the classroom taking his initiative, and so as to develop his proficiency in this context, he needs to administrate his study under his own direction. From this perspective, it can be said that it is a situation in which allows us to observe the learner autonomy because there is a certain degree of freedom to direct his own study. This research was qualitative treating both qualitative and quantitative data, and its approach was case study. The participants were thirty undergraduate students in total of a Japanese language basic level subject of the language course in the city of São Paulo. For the data collection, the instruments such as classroom observation, questionnaire for thirty students, interview for seven students and learning diary for three students were employed, and for the analysis, the data was identified, described and interpreted. The results point out that the students developed various activities using Japanese beyond the classroom, especially that of reception in the personal domain. In many cases of interaction, friends and classmates were their interlocutors. Regardless of wide range of variety of resources available to Japanese language learning in the city due to the Japanese immigration to Brazil and economic relationship with Japan, these students tended to use digital resources and medias such as internet sites, social networking services and chat. Although most activities were held primarily because of their interest in Japanese culture, some participants sought to comprehend the linguistic knowledge acquired in the classroom, using it in those out-of-classroom activities. Among the student\'s attempts to use the language, it was observed that a student looked for opportunities to interact with Japanese speakers even in the public and professional domains.

Orientador: Débora Cristina Jeffrey / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T21:59:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dombosco_CristianeTeresa_M.pdf: 3087059 bytes, checksum: 37fe07963f78254791e2ba9f057363c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A pesquisa tem como objetivo geral fazer a análise da política pública de qualificação profissional de educandos da Educação de Jovens e Adultos - EJA, por meio do projeto EJA Profissões, nos cursos do segundo segmento dessa modalidade no âmbito da Secretaria Municipal de Educação no município de Campinas/SP. O referencial teórico-metodológico fundamenta-se na abordagem do ciclo de políticas, formulada por Stephen Ball, uma vez que essa abordagem compreende a análise da trajetória de políticas públicas educacionais, da sua formulação à implementação, por meio do estudo dos contextos de influência, contexto do texto e contexto da prática. A pesquisa é qualitativa e se baseou em um estudo de caso, realizado em duas das três escolas indicadas pela Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Campinas como unidades piloto para a implementação dessa política pública. Pretende-se dar maior visibilidade ao processo de implementação dessa política e, com isso, conhecer as questões que a levaram a fazer parte da agenda política, seus formuladores, seus implementadores e, por fim, as possíveis relações entre os objetivos da medida e sua efetiva implementação. / Abstract: The research aims to make the analysis of public policy on students' professional qualifications of Youth People and Adults - EJA, through the project "EJA Profissões", in the second segment courses of this modality of education, within the scope of the City Department of Education in Campinas/SP. The theoretical and methodological approach is based on the Stephen Ball's 'policy cycle'. This approach includes the analysis of the trajectory of educational public policies, from their formulation to their implementation, through the study of the influence contexts, the text context and the practice context. The research is qualitative and it is based on a case study conducted in two of the three schools listed by the City Department of Education of Campinas as pilot units for the implementation of this public policy. The expectation of the research is to give a broader visibility to the process of implementation of this public policy. From there, understand the issues that led it to the political agenda, its formulators and implementers, and also the possible relationships between the objectives of this process and its effective implementation. / Mestrado / Politicas, Administração e Sistemas Educacionais / Mestra em Educação

Abstract This study aims to bring knowledge about human resources specialists perception and experiences of poor work-related mental health through different channels of learning, how they feel that work environment management is visible and how they get involved in it in organizations. This work environment management is largely regulated by the Work Environment Act, which was undergoing a correction in 2016. Research has shown that the developed guidelines are difficult to implement and evaluated in the real working life, due to lack of commitment from employer, and the increased requirement of individuals to acquire knowledge have increased, and then primarily focused on organizations efficiency. The theoretical framework used for the study is the lifelong learning, and aims to explain how the acquisition of knowledge about poor work-related mental health has taken place, and how these skills are used in the daily working life. The material for the study was collected through eight interviews and the results were presented through a thematic analysis. The results showed that formal education is often difficult to put in a real context, that the poor work-related mental health is often difficult to handle, and that it is through the informal learning that the informants learned to meet the phenomenon. It was found that the distinction between the physical and the psychosocial work environment was experienced as difficult to separate, and that the psychosocial work environment is often not seen to the same extent as the physical. The results also showed that occupational health services, and their cooperation with workplaces helped to make the work environment management visible for the employees. The role of the boss was crucial for the visualization, and also the sense of incentive in the work environment management. Informal learning proved to be of great importance to informants ability to be able to handle factors in the working life, but there is a lack of non-formal learning or formal learning that confirms the knowledge gained from informal learning. / Sammanfattning Denna kvalitativa studie syftar till att undersöka yrkesverksamma personalvetares uppfattning om arbetsrelaterad psykisk ohälsa och om det arbetsmiljöarbete som bedrivs i förebyggande syfte mot arbetsrelaterad psykisk ohälsa på deras arbetsplats. Arbetsrelaterad psykisk ohälsa är ett växande fenomen som orsakas av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön. Arbetsmiljöarbetet är till stor del lagreglerat i arbetsmiljölagen, som genomgick en korrigering under 2016. Forskning visar dock att de riktlinjer som framtagits är svåra att implementera och utvärdera i det verkliga arbetslivet, att det råder brist på engagemang från arbetsgivaren, samt ett ökat krav på individer att förvärva kunskaper för att främst öka organisationers effektivitet. De teoretiska ramverk som använts för studien är det livslånga lärandet, och ämnar att förklara hur förvärvandet av kunskaper om arbetsrelaterad psykisk ohälsa gått till, och dessa kunskaper används i arbetslivet. Studien utgick från åtta intervjuer och resultaten presenterades genom en tematisk analys. Det visade sig att formell utbildning många gånger är svårt att sätta i en verklig kontext, att fenomenet arbetsrelaterad psykisk ohälsa ofta är svårbemött, och att det är genom det informella lärandet som informanterna lärde sig att bemöta det. Det visade sig även att särskiljandet av den fysiska och den psykosociala arbetsmiljön upplevdes som svåra att separera, och att den psykosociala arbetsmiljön då ofta inte synliggjordes i samma utsträckning som den fysiska. Resultaten visade även på att samarbetet med företagshälsovården på arbetsplatser hjälpte till att synliggöra ett arbetsmiljöarbete. Chefens roll var avgörande många gånger för synliggörandet samt känslan av ett inkulderande i arbetsmiljöarbetet. Det informella lärandet visade sig vara av stor betydelse för informanternas möjlighet att kunna hantera faktorer i arbetslivet, men att det finns en avsaknad av icke-formellt lärande eller formellt lärande i arbetslivet, som bekräftar den kunskap som kommer från det informella lärandet.

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In South Africa today a constant stream of demands characterise higher education. The global employment market expects graduating students to be flexible, adoptable and prepared to take responsibility for their own learning and their own continuous professional development. The pace of technological change in health sciences and the volume of available information highlight the need to develop students’ critical reflective thinking. A paradigm shift is required in health science education from one of providing instruction to one of promoting effective and lifelong learning. Educators in health sciences need to revisit, rethink and evaluate criteria for health practice. The challenge of this research is to investigate the integration of critical reflection as a learning strategy in the outcomes of learning programmes within a transformative education approach; the integration of theory and practice through a reflective learning approach; the development and implementation of different learning tools to facilitate effective learning; the importance of establishing an understanding of the link between the learning styles of students and critical reflection as a learning strategy; and the value of the integration of critical reflection to promote lifelong learning. A mixed methods research approach was primarily utilised to monitor facilitation of learning initiatives and appropriate activities for strengthening the learning-centred approach, through reflective journals and reflective learning groups. A quantitative and qualitative study was used in which a pilot study questionnaire, observations, structured interviews and questionnaires were conducted and completed. The findings of this investigation indicate that critical reflection adds value to the effectiveness of learning. The investigation also revealed the value of sharing learning experiences in a small learning group and proved that the learning environment for radiography education allows enough opportunities to integrate an alternative learning strategy such as critical reflection. All role players in health science education need to build their own skills to function effectively as whole brain thinkers with a view to maximizing learning effectiveness. Reflective practice enhances lifelong learning and can also be utilised as a tool for quality control of the learning programme. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted

This study aims to address a gap in knowledge about Further Education college flexible learning centres and their contribution to lifelong learning. Flexible learning centres were established as a response to the lifelong learning agenda of the 1990s and are now in the front line in responding to government initiatives to improve employability and foster social inclusion. Their tutors work in a contested area where the boundaries between teaching and supporting learning are blurred and the learning achieved may be undervalued by the Inspectorate and college authorities. This study adopts a qualitative approach of narrative inquiry to analyse the learning culture of the Flexible Learning Centre (FLC) of Hollypark College, focusing on 15 learners’ and 2 tutors’ narratives elicited by episodic interviews. The narratives of learning biographies and work biographies of learners and tutors are explored, supplemented by quantitative data from College databases. The study evaluates the ways in which the pedagogical approach of selfdirected study with tutor support appears to be successful for predominantly mature learners wishing to acquire mainly Information Technology (IT) skills which may enhance their chances of employment or benefit them in other ways. Building on recent work on learning cultures, social capital, well-being and identity theories, the study gives a voice to these learners who are so far unheard and despite the demographic population shift to increasing numbers of older people, are not the focus of current government policy initiatives. Focus on employability which is equated with acquiring skills is seen as too narrow to encompass the wider needs met and benefits accrued by attending the FLC. The findings are that this FLC’s approach is particularly effective for older learners in general in acquiring IT skills. Those made redundant, the retired, those in work and carers who may have been out of the workforce for some time may flourish in this learning environment where mainstream courses cannot offer equivalent flexibility and opportunities to structure their own learning. The learning culture of the Flexible Learning Centre provides a space where such learners may not only acquire IT skills but may also increase their social and cultural capital while opening up new horizons for their future. Tutor/learner relationships are of key importance and the learning taking place should be re-evaluated by the Inspectorate and government alike.

My thesis deals with the satisfaction and motivation of nurses. On the base of theoretic knowledges, specifically the theme of leading people, motivation of workers, education system for nurses and everything what influences the satisfaction was written up the practical part. The aim of this thesis is the analysis of satisfaction and motivation of nurses in the chosen medical institution. Part of the practical part is the assessment of the established aims and verification of the correctness of the hypotheses.