University of Macau / Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

In 1991, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) created the Challenging Athletes' Minds for Personal Success (CHAMPS)/Life Skills Program to support the student development initiatives of participating universities and colleges and to enhance the quality of the collegiate student-athlete experience within the university setting (NCAA, 2005). The CHAMPS/Life Skills Program focuses on five areas: Academic Excellence, Athletic Excellence, Personal Development, Career Development, and Service. Very few modifications have been made to the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program Educational material. The material is out of date and does not meet the needs of instructors or collegiate student-athletes. Many university faculty members use various forms of technology to supplement their teaching methods. The current presentation of the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program content exists only in paper- and pencil- format.The purpose of this creative project was to update the existing CHAMPS/Life Skills Program material and transform the material into an electronic format. This project focused on updating the Personal Development chapter, including updates to topics such as: stress management and self-esteem. A Sport Psychology chapter was created to equip CHAMPS/Life Skills Program instructors with sport psychology knowledge applicable to a collegiate student-athlete population. Electronic and additional hard copy resources were created in this project. The updated chapters and an evaluation form were distributed to three academicians familiar with the Creative Project. The academicians were asked to provide feedback and evaluate the updated chapters. The provided feedback can be used during the final preparation of the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program Manual. / School of Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science

This creative project has explored the possibility of establishing a field of technical literature which bridges the gap between processes books and engineering texts. The project, by setting an example, has presented a format which may easily be followed by other writers in the field.The project specifically deals with eleven contemporary sheetmetal forming techniques. In addition, the handbook presents an overall view of production planning, quality control, and standardization.

This creative project is a teacher's manual to accompany the student materials previously developed for "Physics for Freshmen: A Laboratory Survey of Some Major Topics in Physics." The manual is divided into four sections for each of the 62 laboratory investigations. The teaser is intended to arouse interest in the principle to be studied. The equipment list is to aid the teacher in the preparation of materials. The introduction includes directions for preparation of materials, notes for introducing subject matter to the students, and directions and/or references for the operation of the equipment. The conclusion is basically notes to use in leading the students' discussion following their experimental work.The manual is intended for an experienced physics teacher or for someone trained in the field with a great deal of personal reference study.

by Sondra B. Lage [and] Richard S. Marcus. / Bibliography: p. 45. / DSR Project 70149.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MercilLOT.pdf: 2597326 bytes, checksum: c421535fdf1fa029cba3adf477ccb05a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This work aims to present an investigation on the level of understanding in the informative texts enclosed in manuals of instructions of a DVD set, trying to identify what makes consumers use or not manuals of instructions which accompany the products. It analyses factors that affect the motivation to use manuals and, linguistically, to verify whether the language used in the manuals is adapted for the understanding of the information by the consumer. Under an ergonomic approach, the research tries to recognize whether it is accordance in the information contained in manuals. According to the production engineering, it is very important to insert the best production practical and administration of the product in the companies, aiming the best competitiveness, The present study suggests a route to evaluate manuals of instructions of a DVD set, using for that a questionnaire with closed questions and an open one, applied to students, employees and teachers of an agricultural school bonded to Rio Grande do Norte Federal University. The results can contribute to provide helps to industry in presentation quality betterment of its information, and becoming the consumer integral part of that improvement process / O presente trabalho objetiva apresentar uma investiga??o sobre o n?vel de clareza dos textos constantes nos Manuais de Instru??es de um aparelho de DVD Digital V?deo Disc, na tentativa de identificar quais os motivos que possam levar os consumidores a usar ou n?o os manuais de instru??es que acompanham os produtos. Analisa os fatores que afetam a motiva??o para usar os manuais e, ling?isticamente, verifica se a linguagem utilizada nesses manuais ? adequada para a compreens?o das informa??es pelo consumidor. Dentro de uma abordagem ergon?mica, a pesquisa tenta identificar se existe conformidade nas informa??es apostas nos manuais. Levando-se em conta que a Engenharia de Produ??o considera muito importante a inser??o de melhores pr?ticas de produ??o e gest?o de produtos nas empresas, com a finalidade de melhor competirem, o presente estudo prop?e um roteiro para avaliar os manuais de instru??es de um aparelho de DVD, utilizando-se de um question?rio com quest?es fechadas e uma aberta, aplicada aos alunos, funcion?rios e professores de uma escola agr?cola vinculada ? Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Os resultados apresentados podem contribuir para fornecer subs?dios para a ind?stria na melhoria da qualidade da apresenta??o de suas informa??es, e tornar o consumidor parte integrante desse processo de melhoria

Magister Artium - MA / Technical documentation comes in a variety of forms such as installation or operation manuals, quick reference guides, maintenance manuals, user manuals, policy and procedure manuals or marketing brochures and flyers (Walsh, 2012). What all these sub-genres have in common is that the texts that correspond to them seek to inform and give instruction about procedures, behaviour and actions related to products (Schäffner & Wiesemann, 2001: 49). Manuals have been described as “the complete reference source for a product’s operation, maintenance and safety” (Cowley & Wogalter, 2011: 1773). For the purpose of this study, we will focus on one form of technical documentation, namely user manuals. The terms “documentation” and “manuals” will be used interchangeably. Although there are probably as many manuals as there are products in our homes, these user manuals have not frequently been the subject of academic study in the South African context. The relative lack of research into user manuals is especially regrettable at a time when new product liability legislation and trade regulations (e.g. the Consumer Protect Act of South Africa, 2008) have enhanced the profile of product manuals in public and regulatory discourse. As a result of this relative neglect, it is not known how understandable, relevant and therefore empowering users of products find these manuals. There is also not much knowledge concerning the level of compliance in manuals to the provisions of product liability legislation. This study therefore proposes to investigate the comprehensibility and usability of user manuals associated with two products (blenders) marketed in South Africa. It will draw on theories and methods of analysis associated with technical writing, analysis of terminological consistency, genre and multimodality, to evaluate the selected manuals from the standpoint of a subset of the criteria listed in Section 22(2) of the Consumer Protection Act of South Africa, No. 68 of 2008, which was later amended in 2011. The methodology for the proposed study will combine text analysis (by the researcher) with comprehension and usability tasks performed by selected participants. Data from these sources will be collated and analysed to determine the conformity of the manuals to criteria in the Consumer Protection Act of South Africa, and the effect the manuals have on product users. Areas for optimising (improving) the manuals will also be identified.

Esta dissertação analisa as discursividades presentes em livros educativos contemporâneos que buscam tratar da educação de meninos e meninas, a saber: Criando Meninas da autora Gisela Preuschoff (2008), Criando Meninos do autor Steve Biddulph (2006), Como criar meninas felizes e confiantes e Como criar meninos felizes e confiantes, ambas as obras da autora Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer (2004a, 2004b). Ancorada numa perspectiva pós-estruturalista e a partir dos aportes teóricos dos Estudos de Gênero e dos Estudos Culturais, a investigação objetivou discutir e problematizar como tais artefatos culturais, investidos de conselhos, prescrições, dicas, regulações, funcionam como instâncias pedagógicas, sugerindo formas específicas dos indivíduos, no caso, mães, pais e educadores/as, conduzirem suas vidas e de outras pessoas e relacionarem-se consigo mesmos e com os outros a partir e em nome de certas verdades. Desse modo, pode-se dizer que os livros operam como manuais educativos. Além disso, procurei olhar para os mecanismos, os jogos estratégicos e as técnicas que fazem funcionar os discursos que ali se apresentam. Este estudo filia-se às discussões que buscam problematizar as relações entre poder e infância, ou seja, de como a infância é capturada nas relações saber-poder; como este sujeito infantil generificado é produzido e como operam as estratégias que objetivam seu governamento. Com o propósito de analisar as políticas de verdade presentes nas obras em questão, foram observadas as linguagens utilizadas e os diferentes campos discursivos em que se baseiam os saberes e proposições ali postos. As análises permitem dizer que as formas de “educar” presentes nas publicações posicionam os sujeitos de formas diversas e particulares, constituindo meninos, meninas, pais, mães, educadores/as, através de tecnologias humanas específicas. / This dissertation analyses the discursivities present in contemporary educational books that search to treat the education of boys and girls, namely: Raising Girls of the authoress Gisela Preuschoff (2008), Raising Boys of the author Steve Biddulph (2006), How to raise happy and confident girls and How to raise happy and confident boys, both titles of the authoress Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer (2004a, 2004b). Anchored in a post-structuralist perspective and from the theoretical contributions of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies, the research aimed to discuss and to problematize how such cultural artifacts, invested advices, prescriptions, hints, regulations, serve as educational instances, suggesting specific forms of individuals, in this case, mothers, fathers and educators, to lead their lives and other people and to relate to themselves and others from and on behalf of certain truths. Thus, we can say that the books operate as educational manuals. Also, I tried to look at the mechanisms, strategic games and the techniques that make the speeches that are presented work. This study is affiliated to the discussions that search to problematize the relationships between power and childhood, or of how childhood is captured in the knowledge-power relationships, as this infantile gendered subject is produced and how operate the strategies that aim their government. In order to analyze the politics of truth present in the titles in issue, were observed the language used and the different discursive fields that are based on the knowledge and the proposal put there. The analysis allow to say that the ways of "educating" presented in these publications positionates the subjects in different ways and particular, constituting boys, fathers, mothers, educators, by specific human technologies.

Nossa dissertação objetiva compreender o que manuais de puericultura podem evidenciar a respeito da configuração da sociedade, ao longo dos tempos. O eixo central das discussões dessa pesquisa considera a noção de práticas discursivas, proposta por Maingueneau (1997, 2005, 2008), segundo a qual todos os planos do discurso estão integrados estão ligados às práticas sociais. Os manuais de puericultura que constituem nosso estudo são: A vida do bebê, de autoria do pediatra brasileiro Dr. Rinaldo De Lamare (1950, 7 edição; 2002, 41 edição) e Bebê: manual do proprietário, do pediatra norte-americano Dr. Louis Borgenicht e seu filho Joe Borgenicth (2005, 1 edição), traduzido para o português por Maria Alayde Carvalho. Nosso corpus é composto pelas capas, contracapas, sumários e introduções dos referidos livros. Com base na relação entre diferentes planos do discurso, buscamos verificar a constituição e os discursos que perpassam cada exemplar, priorizando a aplicabilidade da noção de práticas discursivas. As conclusões apontaram à identificação de diferentes práticas, formações e comunidades discursivas, relacionadas a cada manual / Our dissertation aims to understand what puericulture manuals may indicate of the society configuration throughout time. The core of this research is the concept of discoursive practices as proposed by Maingueneau (1997, 2005, 2008) who suggests all discoursive levels are integrated to social practices. Our study focus on the following books: A vida do bebê, by the brazilian pediatrician Dr. Rinaldo De Lamare (1950, 7th edition; 2002, 41st edition) and Bebê: manual do proprietário, by the North-American pediatrician Dr. Louis Borgenitch and his son Joe Borgenitch (2005, 1st edition), translated to Portuguese by Maria Alayde Carvalho. Our corpus is composed by the covers, summaries and the introductions of the before mentioned publications. Based on the relationship between diverse discourse levels, we tried to verify their constitution and the discourses that pervade each publication, highlighting the applicability of the notion of discoursive practices. The conclusions pointed towards the identification of different discoursive practices, discoursive formations and communities related to each manual

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O estudo situa-se no âmbito das investigações voltadas para documentos que sistematizam o trabalho do professor, dentre eles, o manual do professor que organiza a atividade docente junto ao livro didático. A dissertação analisa manuais do professor dos livros de espanhol selecionados pelo MEC para serem distribuídos a professores, em 2005, em função da lei 11161 da obrigatoriedade do ensino da língua espanhola para o ensino médio em todo o território nacional. O objetivo foi identificar imagens discursivas de docente e de ensino de espanhol como língua estrangeira neles construídas. Os fundamentos teóricos adotados advêm da Análise do Discurso de base enunciativa, além de recorrermos aos conceitos de dialogismo (BAKHTIN, 1979) e de polifonia (BAKHTIN, 1979; DUCROT, 1987). Os resultados nesses manuais apontam para a construção de imagens de professor como: aquele que necessita ser guiado em sua tarefa, incapaz de realizar suas escolhas em sala de aula, um professor recebedor de ordens; desatualizado com as metodologias de ensino atuais, necessitando, portanto, de atualização profissional; há ainda um professor que busca instruções facilitadoras para seu trabalho. Já no que se refere à visão de língua, deparamo-nos com um manual que dá ênfase ao trabalho com a leitura, voltado para uma concepção que valoriza aspectos discursivos; outros que afirmam seguir a abordagem comunicativa, com um olhar para a língua em uso, porém adotam procedimentos pautados numa concepção de língua como estrutura e/ou misturam ambas perspectivas / This thesis investigates documents that systematize the work of teachers, among them the teachers guide, which organizes the teaching activity with a textbook. The dissertation examines teacher's manuals of the Spanish books selected by the Brazilian MEC to be distributed to teachers in 2005, according to the law 11 161, which imposes the teaching of Spanish language in high schools across the country. The main purpose was to identify the discursive images of teachers and the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language built into them. The theoretical foundations here adopted come from the analysis of speech based on enunciation, as well as the concepts of dialogism (Bakhtin, 1979) and polyphony (Bakhtin, 1979; Ducrot, 1987). The results in these manuals point at the construction of teachers images such as: one that needs to be guided in his task, who is unable to make choices in the classroom; a teacher receiving orders; outdated with the current teaching methodologies, thus in need of professional development. There is still a teacher seeking instructions to facilitate his work. In that which concerns the vision of language, we find a manual that emphasizes working with reading, based on a conception that emphasizes discursive aspects; and others who claim to follow the communicative approach, focused on the language used, however adopt procedures oriented in a conception of language as a structure, and / or blend both perspectives