The theses deals with partnership and client-based approach to family and schooll collaboration. The theoretical part focuces on family and school as an institucion, thein definition, fiction and curricular documents. Further it deals with relations between a family and school, evolution of views on cooperation, mutal expectations of resulting cooperation, educational and social partenrship, the parents influence on the education of children, forms of cooperation, as well as with the limitations and risks that can be involved in the communication and collaboration. Criteria of effective cooperation between s family and school given by two different authors are characterized and compared. The work also maps the criteria of effective cooperation and forms of collaboration within in programme Step by Step. The empirical part presents observations, action research and interviews, to detect cooperation between school and families in a class following the programme Step by Step. The research methods include observations focused on consultations of a teacher - parents - children, an action research, which took place during creative workshops designed for parents, as well as group interview, carried out with the parents, the teacher and the children. KEYWORDS: Family, school, communication, cooperation,...

The Master thesis "Procedures of RWCT programme in the teaching of Czech language and literature at primary school" discusses the use of critical thinking techniques in the Czech language classes for fifth graders. My goal is to explore what options are used as the RWCT programme methods in the Czech language classes at primary school. One of the key objectives is to build a comprehensive material for teaching the Czech language in the fifth grade of primary school. This is based on critical thinking techniques thanks to which pupils not only study the new curriculum but also develop their reading literacy. The anthology demonstrates the applicability of critical thinking techniques in classes with specific examples. On the basis of reflections, I assess the options whitch the RWCT programme gives to the teaching of the Czech language in the fifth grade of primary school. Keywords A teacher at primary school, contemporary conception of teaching, Framework Educational Programme for primary education, RWCT programme, critical thinking, E - U - R model, critical thinking techniques, Czech language and literature.

Cette recherche a pour objectif de comprendre la résistance des consommateurs à l'entrée dans les programmes de fidélisation. Elle s'intéresse plus particulièrement aux mécanismes sous-jacents à cette résistance et à ses fondements. Prenant appui sur la sociologie de la traduction et le modèle des « Economies de la Grandeur», deux études qualitatives sont menées. La première repose sur l'observation de points de vente complétée par des entretiens auprès du personnel et des clients. Elle reconstruit le processus d'adhésion dans le point de vente en montrant les éléments qui peuvent justifier la résistance des consommateurs à l'entrée dans les programmes de fidélisation. La deuxième mobilise la méthode des récits de vie pour interviewer vingt sept répondants. Elle montre que ces derniers justifient leur résistance en émettant des critiques aux mondes « marchand » et « industriel ». Ces critiques proviennent des mondes « domestique », « civique », « de l'opinion » et « de l'inspiration ». A l'issu de ces résultats, une conceptualisation de la résistance des consommateurs à l'entrée dans les programmes de fidélisation est présentée. Elle met en évidence deux éléments préalables à la situation d'influence : (1) les régimes de justification et (2) la métacognition marchande. Elle montre aussi que cette résistance est modérée par des caractéristiques individuelles. / This research aims to understand consumer resistance against joining loyalty programs. It focuses in particular on the mechanisms underlying this resistance and its foundations. Building on the sociology of translation and the model of « Economies of Worth», two qualitative studies are conducted. The first is based on the observation of outlets complemented by interviews with staff and customers. It reconstructs the process of membership in the store, showing components that may justify consumer resistance against joining the loyalty programs The second conduct narrative interviews with twenty seven informants. It shows that respondents justify their resistance by issuing critics to « market» and « industrial» world. These criticisms come from the « domestic», « civic», « opinion» and « inspiration» world. These results build a conceptualization of consumer resistance against joining loyalty programs. It highlights two elements prior to the situation of influence: (1) regimes of justification and (2) market metacognition. It also shows that this resistance is moderated by individual characteristics.

D.Litt.et Phil. / The Chief Directorate: Population Development which is responsible for the implementation of the Population Development Programme and the Rural Foundation, regard the community development strategy as one of the most important means of improving the quality of life of the population and especially of the farm worker. Against the above-mentioned background this study firstly draws a comparison between the levels of development of Third World inhabitants, the Third World component in South Africa and farm workers. In this regard it is concluded that the level of development of farm workers corresponds with that of Third World inhabitants, and that they are even worse off than the rest of the third World component in South Africa. Secondly, the community development strategy, which forms part of South Africa's official development policy, is being evaluated with regard to other existing international development strategies. It is concluded that the community development strategy is a potentially useful tool for the furthering of development. Lastly, a synthesis is made between the theory and practice of the community development approach, within a suggested implementation model. The implementation model (see Diagrams 1 to 4) is developed incrementally in this study according to the following three schools of thought most commonly applied in practice: Endogenous initiative,where the community acts solely on its own initiative; Exogenous initiative, where the community's latent initiative is stimulated by an outside catalyst; and Concerted initiative, where the community does have its own initiative, but needs help from outside and consequently invites the help of (for instance) a community developer.

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Thesis (M. Tech. - Food Service Management, Dept. of Hospitality, Tourism and PR management)--Vaal University of Technology / Malnutrition amongst pre-school children age two-to-five-years is a growing world-wide concern. This is mainly due to poverty, diseases and inadequate dietary intake. Malnourished children are also a problem in South Africa. Pre-schools play an important role in the prevention of malnutrition because most young children consume about two thirds of their food and therefore their daily nutritional intake at the pre-schools. There are various factors that affect a child's nutrition in pre-schools, such as food choices, meal plans, the environment and the nutritional knowledge of the caregivers. Pre-schools can only fulfill this responsibility through the proper nutritional knowledge and training. The nutritional education and knowledge of food service assistants/caregivers are very important, because they compile the meal plans and menus for pre-schools. The objectives of this study were to evaluate a Nutrition Education Programme (NEP) to address the lack of nutritional knowledge of service assistants/caregivers who plan the menus in pre-schools in terms of existing menu content and food choices required for children between two to five years of age and by using the existing menus and food choices applied to make recommendations for nutritional skills training. Also in terms of basic nutrition, health and safety, to recommend more appropriate alternatives acceptable to children between two to five years of age. Lastly to integrate recommendations for nutritional skill training with regard to the alternative meal plan, eating habits and food choices for the menu through a NEP that would be implemented and evaluated. The study design was a combination of an exploratory and quantitative-descriptive research design in the form of a survey. A pilot study was used mainly to test the nutrition knowledge questionnaires for content validity. The study population of this research project was randomly selected pre-schools chosen from the Eatonside informal settlement. Procedures for data gathering and the different methods used for data analysis were divided into four phases. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the percentage of pre-schools who answered the questions correctly for selected nutrition knowledge, portion sizes questions and menu planning, as well as food safety and health. Paired t-tests were carried out to measure the statistically significant difference (pS0.05) before and after the implementation of the NEP. The results of the t-test indicate that only nine of the questions in the post-test questionnaire showed a confidence interval of the difference. There is statistical significance in these questions through either increase or decrease. It can be concluded that the Nutrition Education Programme (NEP) was successful, but that more training is needed due to the limitations experienced. The menu analysis tested the respondent's menus in terms of the average daily nutrient intake level given to the pre-school children. The data of the pre- and post-test menus were then compared to EAR in order to determine any change in the menus nutritional values after the NEP was completed. The results showed that there were differences in the post-test results that both decreased and increased.

Thesis (M. Tech. (Food Service Management, Dept. of Hospitality and Tourism))--Vaal Univrsity of Technology. / Inadequate food intake and unhygienic practices are usually associated with poor nutrition practices. Malnutrition stems from poor quality and quantity of foods, but is also contributed to by factors of inadequate maternal and child health care, lack of education and information and insufficient health services. The first phase of this study was to assess the nutritional status and nutritional knowledge of primary school children within a peri-urban community, through the implementation of a situational analysis. Validated 24-hour (hr) recall, food frequency (FFQ), nutrition knowledge and health questionnaires were used to conduct the situational analysis of this community. Parents (n=52) representative of 400 (13.0 percent) children voluntarily agreed to participate and 45 children completed the baseline survey. Results indicated a community faced with poverty as unemployment (60.9 percent) was high, education levels amongst the parents ranging between primary (33.3 percent) and secondary school (54.9 percent). The dietary patterns of the children revealed a carbohydrate-based diet with very few (n=2) consuming a variety of fruit and vegetables. Some nutrition knowledge amongst the children was evident, with a mean 60.2 percent in correct answers for the true/false questions. The children within the community were at risk of becoming stunted, with small numbers having deficiencies in iron. Therefore, it was decided to implement a nutrition education programme (NEP) in the second phase of the study to address malnutrition amongst primary school children. The objectives of the second phase were 1) to implement a NEP amongst the primary school children to assess the impact on nutrition knowledge and dietary practice, and 2) to determine the retention of knowledge after nine months and whether any correlation occurred between knowledge and dietary practices. The school environment was chosen to ensure attendance and create a suitable learning environment to which the children were already accustomed. Two groups, namely experimental (n=82) and control (n=91), were assigned for this study. The control group received no form of nutrition education during the intervention period. The experimental group received nine 45 minute lessons over a period of nine weeks. The nutrition education tools (NETs) were made up of a text and activity book, supplemented by a card and board game. Pre- and post-nutrition intervention knowledge and 24-hr recall questionnaires were completed to assess differences in nutrition knowledge and dietary practices between the two groups. The intervention made a significant impact on the nutrition knowledge of the experimental group, with a 13 percent improvement between pre and post results. Topics which required more emphasis included the importance of variety in the diet, the functions and sources of certain nutrients, and the classification of certain food groups and the daily serving requirements. In the long-term evaluation, nutrition knowledge was retained and related to topics of the inclusion of milk and fat on a daily basis, the serving size of starch, dairy products and fruit and vegetables, and the classification of low-fat snack items. Retention of knowledge was poor for the source of vitamin C. A few changes were made in the dietary choices of the children after the intervention, with the inclusion of more carbohydrates and one fruit. During the long-term evaluation, the children included more protein sources, but carbohydrates remained dominant within the Top 20 list. The energy distribution in the long term changed towards more energy being supplied from protein (15.6 percent) and fat (34.4 percent), compared with post results of 13.7 and 25.8 percent respectively. The multivariate analysis revealed a significant correlation between the protein intake of the Top 20 list and the question relating to the number of eggs (p=0.00) to be consumed daily, as well as the link between vitamin C (p=0.00) and fruit and vegetable intake. A limitation is that a small number of children (n=27) could not complete the post test, with another 34 children not present to complete the long-term evaluation. The children had very little control of the dietary patterns as their mothers were primarily responsible for food procurement, preparation and feeding. A recommendation is to commence the intervention in the beginning of the year and to consider a co-ordinated approach with parents to encourage dietary changes. / Vaal University of Technology and SANPAD

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur behov och åtgärder i ämnet svenska beskrevs i några åtgärdsprogram upprättade för elever i årskurserna 1-3.   Frågeställningarna handlade om hur lärare beskrev elevens behov av stöd och efterföljande åtgärder.   För att besvara frågeställningarna har kritisk diskursanalys använts. Empirin till undersökningen var fjorton åtgärdsprogram från tre olika kommuner. Till hjälp för analys av resultat har de specialpedagogiska perspektiven använts som teoretisk modell.   Det sammantagna resultatet visade att elevens behov vid flera av de granskade åtgärdsprogrammen framställdes som om eleven var bärare av sina problem, eller att eleven behövde träna mer. Behoven framställdes också som om eleven behövde liten grupp eller en resursperson. Åtgärder beskrevs utifrån att eleven var en passiv mottagare av åtgärden. De flesta åtgärderna var åtgärder på individnivå. Speciallärare framstod som åtgärd i flera av de granskade åtgärdsprogrammen. I några åtgärdsprogram var åtgärden beskriven på organisationsnivå, åtgärderna handlade om att lärarna behövde hitta andra arbetssätt.   Sammanfattningsvis utkristalliserades sex olika diskurser, inkluderande diskurs, exkluderande diskurs, pedagogisk diskurs, eleven som problembärande diskurs, akademisk diskurs och kunskapsdiskurs. Flera av diskurserna hör hemma i den traditionella skolan och det kompensatoriska perspektivet. Dock gjordes några diskurser synliga som hör hemma i det kritiska perspektivet, exempelvis inkluderande diskurs, där görs kopplingar till politiska dokument såsom Barnkonventionen och Salamancadeklarationen. En intressant slutsats är att flera diskurser handlade om specialläraren, med hjälp av dilemmaperspektivet påvisades att diskursen kan bli problematiskt beroende på hur vi ser på specialläraren som profession. / The purpose of the study was to examine how the work with special support in the subject Swedish is described in some action programme established for students in grades 1-3.   The paper’s questions were about how teachers described the student’s need for support and the following actions.   Critical discourse analysis was used to answer the questions. The empirical data for the study were fourteen action programmes from three different municipalities. To help in the analysis of the results, the special education perspective as a theoretical model was used.   The combined results showed that the student’s needs at several of the reviewed action programmes were presented as if the student was carrying his problems, or that the student needed to train more. The needs were also presented as if the student needed a small group or an assistant. Actions were described on the basis that the student was a passive recipient of the actions. Most of the actions were on an individual level. Special needs teachers were presented as actions in several of the reviewed action programmes. In some action programmes the actions were described on an organizational level. The measurements used were focused on the teachers where they needed to find other ways of working.   In conclusion, five different discourses emerged; inclusive discourse, excluding discourse, pedagogic discourse, student as the problem bearer, knowledge discourse and academic discourse. Several of the discourses belong in the traditional school and the compensatory perspective. However, there were some discourses revealed that belong in the critical perspective, such as including discourse where connections can be made to political documents such as the child convention and Salamanca declaration. One interesting conclusion is that many discourses were about the special needs teacher, with the help of the dilemma perspective the study shows that the discourse can be problematic depending on how we view the special needs teaching as a profession.

The thesis contains a description of the recruitment and selection for the European Union institutions. This HR activity is provided by the European Personnel Selection Office, which initiated "EPSO Development Programme" following an audit of personnel actions and complaints of applicants in 2010. The EPSO Development Programme's aim was to improve the recruitment and selection process including the shortening its duration and testing part. The goal of the thesis is to compare the recruitment and selection process before the EPSO Development Programme and after it. Then to evaluate how successful it was.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the impact of publicity on public relations for the Operational Programme Entrepreneurship and Innovation since 2007 to 2009. For the impact analysis was used comparison of the communication tools used in each year of the current programming period 2007 - 2013 and a public research organized by the Managing Authority of OPPI and personal survey executed in cooperation with consulting firm. Result of the analysis confirms the basic hypothesis that the publicity carried out within the OPPI does not influence too much the actual number of applicants for grants. It is targeted too broadly and neither the follow-up studies nor evaluations focus on how many entities, which applied for a grant, did so on the basis of publicity, and how this publicity helped them with their applications