The theoretical part of the thesis contains information about the assessment and the specific method of assessment in the art education. The research part is divided into preliminary research and three stages of research - the interview, the observation and questionnaire own experiment and subsequent questioning. In these stages of research I have found information on the experiences and attitudes to assessment in the art education, but also on the whole subject of the art education. The survey was conducted in one class mainstream primary school in a small town in the South Bohemian Region. The work provides interesting information about the current view of pupils and their teachers on the art education and its assessment . The results suggest the need for pupils to be assessed, especially classified and the ability of students to use assessment criteria. Research findings may contribute to the debate regarding the evaluation in art education. They are also useful for the preparation of training teachers in the primary education, improving teaching and can be the basis for more extensive research investigations.

Im Social Commerce entwickeln sich die Kunden zu einer bedeutenden Informationsquelle für Unternehmen. Die Kunden nutzen die Kommunikationsplattformen des Web 2.0 (z.B. Twitter), um ihre Meinungen und Erfahrungen über Produkte zu äußern. Diese Diskussionen können sehr wichtig für die Entwicklung von Produkten eines Unternehmens sein. Ein modellbasierter Ansatz soll es einem Unternehmen ermöglichen, die Meinungen zu seinen Produkten in Microblogs zu betrachten. Der erste Schritt dafür ist die Erkennung von Themen in einem spezifischen Kontext. In einem weiteren Schritt müssen die zu den Themen korrespondierenden Einträge bezüglich der geäußerten Meinungen analysiert werden. Für die Erkennung der Themen kommt ein Verfahren zum Einsatz, das auf der Latent Dirichlet Allocation basiert. Das Verfahren identifizierte eventbasierte Themen im Zusammenhang mit den 3D-TV-Anlagen von Sony.

Politische Kultur hat politischer Kultiviertheit wenig zu tun. Sie erfasst vielmehr die „subjektive Dimension von Politik“ – Meinungen, Einstellungen und Werte der Bevölkerung gegenüber Politikern, dem Parlament, den Institutionen uvm. Mehr als ein Vierteljahrhundert nach der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung fragt dieses, aus einem Forschungsseminar an der TU Chemnitz hervorgegangene Umfrageprojekt nach ausgewählten Aspekten der lokalen politischen Kultur in Chemnitz. Dazu zählen die Wahrnehmung der politischen Institutionen, die Einschätzung der demokratischen Teilhabechancen, das Sozialkapital sowie schließlich die Nutzung digitaler Medien. / Political Culture has nothing to do with a civilized mode of political behaviour, Instead, it embraces the “subject dimension of politics” – opinions, attitudes and value orientations of society toward politicians, parliament, and other institutions of political life. More than 25 years after German re-unification this project – a product of a research seminar conducted at TU Chemnitz in 2016 – illuminates selected aspects of local political culture in “Saxony’s Manchester”, including the societal perception of political institutions, the evaluation of democratic participatory opportunities, social capital as well as the relevance of social media for political participation.

Många barn behöver alternativ och kompletterande kommunikation (AKK) för att tillgodogöra sig undervisningen i förskolan. AKK kan därmed bidra till undervisningen av kemi, speciellt undervisning för de allra yngsta barnen. Studien syftar till att bidra med kunskap om hur förskollärare kommunicerar kemi med barn i åldern 1–3 år i förskolans undervisning, med fokus på AKK. Semistrukturerade intervjuer med tio förskollärare har genomförts. För att studera fenomenet AKK som didaktiskt verktyg i kemiundervisning har vi använt oss av en fenomenografisk ansats. För att beskriva lärande och undervisning i resultatet har vi arbetat utifrån det sociokulturella perspektivet. Studiens resultat visar att AKK skulle kunna användas som hjälpmedel i kemiundervisning med barn 1–3 år, men än så länge saknas rutiner för att använda dessa metoder i undervisningen. Förskollärare ger exempel på en variation av sätt att undervisa i ämnet kemi i förskolan. Bland annat tar de upp planerade experiment och hur de kan konkretisera kemi i barnens vardag. Vidare lyfter förskollärarna att det krävs ett fungerande arbetslag och ämnesspecifikt material för att skapa intresseväckande undervisning i kemi för de yngsta barnen. Begränsningar som framkommer är bland annat bristande ämneskunskaper och sviktande självkänsla. AKK beskrivs gynna alla barn och är ett av de viktigaste redskapen att använda i undervisningen. Samtidigt framkommer organisatoriska begränsningar som att det är tidskrävande att förbereda AKK material samt att det saknas rutiner för att bibehålla en kontinuitet i verksamheten. Sammanfattningsvis visar studien både på en vilja och ett behov av att arbeta aktivt med AKK i kemiundervisningen. / Many children require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to benefit from the education in pre-school. Thereby AAC can contribute to teaching chemistry, especially to the youngest children. The aim of this study is to bring more knowledge on how pre-school teachers communicate chemistry to children aged 1–3 years, focusing on AAC. Semistructured interviews with ten pre-school teachers were conducted. In order to study AAC as a didactic tool in chemistry education a phenomenographic approach was used. The result has been analysed from a sociocultural perspective as a means to describe learning and teaching.  The study results show that AAC could be a helpful tool in chemistry education for children aged 1–3 years, but so far routines to use these methods in the education is missing. Pre-school teachers describe a number of ways to teach chemistry in pre-school, for example by preparing experiments in advance and integrating chemistry in the children’s everyday life. Furthermore, pre-school teachers mean that a functioning work team and subject specific materials are required to arouse the interest of chemistry in the youngest children. Among other things, insufficient subject-specific knowledge and failing self-esteem are described as limitations. AAC is reported as beneficial for all children and is one of the most important educational tools. At the same time, organisational constraints such as the time-consuming work of preparing AAC material and the lack of routine procedures to maintain educational and working continuity are described. In summary, the study shows both the willingness and the necessity of actively working with AAC in chemistry education.

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South Africa is called "the rainbow nation" because it has so many different cultures. These have an impact on the provision of primary health care. The purpose of this research is to foster good relationships between community health nurses and traditional healers and to explore, identify and describe the attitude of community health nurses towards the integration of traditional healers into primary health care. A non-experimental, explorative and descriptive research strategy was designed to explore the working relationship between community health nurses and traditional healers. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Quantitative as well as qualitative data analysis techniques were adopted to interpret the findings. The results indicated that respondents demonstrated positive attitudes towards working with traditional healers, especially in the provision of primary health care. Positive opinions, ideas and views were provided about the integration of traditional healers into primary health care. Respect, recognition and sensitivity were emphasized by respondents. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)

This Diploma thesis is a continuation of bachelor thesis, which discusses the formal cooperation between family and school in pre-school age of a child. Diploma thesis is extended and brings new information about cooperation of family and school. There are important information from Bachelor thesis included in the theoretical part. They play important role in practical part of Diploma thesis and objectives and goals for the research come out of them. Theoretical part is therefore focusing on terms family, teacher and nursery school. It also derives information from curricular documents, such as Framing educational program of pre-school education. It discusses its main principles and objectives and focuses on conditions of pre-school education, where parents play an important role. I tis one of the main principles of Step by Step program. Also White book is mentioned, which also talks about cooperation with parents. Theoretical part then discusses the opportunities and options of working together, how to realize it and what its applications. It also talks about other programs and initiatives emphasizing the importance of cooperation with family. One chapter talks in detail about Begin together program, about its objectives and teacher's methods of work in this program. In this chapter, thesis...

Text in English / The study aimed at exploring the “mindset” of learners, teachers and principals behind the violence in schools. “Mindset” is a person's general attitude with which he/she approaches a situation and the way they think about things, their experiemces and opinions. The data in the current study was gathered from three schools on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape. The Cape Flats is home to South Africa’s most violent gangs, perpetuated by the socio-economic issues created by apartheid. A provincial breakdown of crime statistics ranks the Western Cape second highest in South Africa. The researcher adopted Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Framework to delineate the risk factors which impact on the community, family, individual, peer group and school environment. Participants’ selection was effected through a non-probability method of purposive sampling. Participants’ in a non-probability sample are selected based on their accessibility or by the purposive personal judgment of the researcher. The downside of the non-probability sampling method is that an unknown proportion of the entire population was not sampled. From the preceding results, it is evident that learners are exposed to many forms of violence. Too many children are reared in dysfunctional families, poorly managed schools and neighbourhoods caught in the grip of violence and poverty. If this malady is not addressed and managed, South Africa can expect another generation of youth who resort to violence as a means of conflict resolution. The rich and in-depth information around participants’ unique opinions, experiences and realities contribute towards a better understanding of school violence, dysfunctional behaviour and towards the improvement of school violence interventions. It is also argued that additional insights from the study would add value to the organisational incapacity management process of schools. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:57:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alessandra Tereza Cecchi Cervera.pdf: 13374036 bytes, checksum: a313c2adbe1340cfc9078bcaf91df7d6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-21 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / There has been a constant concern about the improvement of reading and writing skills among secondary school students in the continuous teachertraining programmes run by the São Paulo State school network in recent years. This study seeks to make a contribution to this debate by undertaking research into the question of the effects of these programmes (called the Secondary Education network in training Secondary School teachers of Portuguese). By assessing the standard of the texts written by students whose teachers took part in the programme, the study sought to determine how much what had been learnt in the area of gender discourse and, in particular the ideas expressed in articles, had become a part of the students´ everyday classroom activities and had helped them to produce texts of their own. To achieve this aim, four teachers were invited from four different schools in the east of São Paulo to select 35 students to write articles expressing opinions. These were marked on the basis of the criteria laid down by the Secondary School Network. The analysis of the results showed that the students had still not mastered the ability to produce written texts of this kind. Thus, although the teachers had taken part in the official programme, they had not managed to teach their students the basic skills required to become competent readers and writers in this area. This finding leads us to reflect on teacher-training courses and the public policies implemented in recent years by the Secretary for Education in the State of São Paulo / A preocupação com o desenvolvimento da compreensão leitora e escritora dos alunos do ensino médio tem sido um tema constante nos programas de formação continuada oferecidos aos professores da rede estadual paulista nos últimos anos. Com o intuito de contribuir com a discussão desta temática, esta pesquisa avaliou o impacto de um destes programas, intitulado Ensino Médio em Rede na formação do professor de Língua Portuguesa do Ensino Médio. Utilizando-se da avaliação de textos de alunos cujos professores foram cursistas certificados no referido programa, pretendeu-se saber quanto do que havia sido desenvolvido no que tange ao trabalho com gêneros do discurso, mais especificamente o artigo de opinião, havia passado a fazer parte de sua prática diária de sala de aula contribuindo na produção de textos dos alunos. Foram convidados 4 professores de escolas diferentes, de uma diretoria da zona leste da capital paulista, que indicaram 35 alunos para produzirem um artigo de opinião, que foi corrigido segundo os critérios propostos pelo programa Ensino Médio em Rede. A análise dos resultados demonstrou que os alunos ainda não dominam a produção escrita deste gênero e apesar do professor ter sido cursista certificado pelo programa, não conseguiu desenvolver com seus alunos as competências básicas para torná-los leitores e escritores competentes no que se refere a este gênero. Tal constatação nos leva a uma reflexão dos cursos de formação de professores e das políticas públicas implantadas nos últimos anos pela Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo

The topic of this thesis is carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS), which is a technology that is currently being promoted by industries, scientists and governments, among others, in order to mitigate climate change despite a continued use of fossil fuels. Because of the complex nature of CCS and the risks it entails, it is controversial. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how the technology may be further developed in a responsible manner. In the first part of the thesis different methods for capturing CO2 from industrial processes as well as power plants are analysed. The aim is to identify early opportunities for CO2 capture, which is considered important because of the urgency of the climate change problem. Three potential early opportunities are studied: i) capturing CO2 from calcining processes such as cement industries by using the oxyfuel process, ii) capturing CO2 from pressurised flue gas, and iii) capturing CO2 from hybrid combined cycles. Each opportunity has properties that may make them competitive in comparison to the more common alternatives if CCS is realised. However, there are also drawbacks. For example, while capturing CO2 from pressurised flue gas enables the use of more compact capture plant designs as well as less expensive and less toxic absorbents, the concept is neither suitable for retrofitting nor has it been promoted by the large and influential corporations. The second part of the thesis has a broader scope than the first and is multidisciplinary in its nature with inspiration from the research field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The approach is to critically analyse stakeholder percep-tions regarding CCS, with a specific focus on the CCS experts. The thesis sheds new light on the complexity and scientific uncertainty of CCS as well as on the optimism among many of its proponents. Because of the uncertain development when it comes to climate change, fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions, the conclusion is that CCS has to be further developed and demonstrated. A responsible strategy for a future development of CCS would benefit from: i) a search for win-win strategies, ii) increasing use of appropriate analytical tools such as life-cycle analysis, iii) a consideration of fossil fuel scarcity and increasing price volatility, iv) funding of unbiased research and v) increasing simultaneous investments in long-term solutions such as renewable energy alternatives and efficiency improvements. / QC 20100727