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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Intuitive decisionmaking: tacit knowing in action by U.S. Armed Forces officers in 2011

Moilanen, Jon H. January 1900 (has links)
Doctor of Education / Department of Educational Leadership / Sarah Jane Fishback / This qualitative inquiry was a naturalistic exploration of participants’ perception or understanding of their intuitive decisionmaking processes. A bounded case study explored how a purposeful sampling of U.S. Armed Forces officers−primarily U.S. Army officers−perceived or understood intuitive decisionmaking in the context of their experiences in contemporary military missions. The purposeful sample was comprised of ten volunteer participants attending their professional Intermediate Level Education (ILE) course in 2011 at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. The review of relevant literature used Polanyi's (1958) theory of tacit knowing and personal knowledge [intuition] in making decisions as a philosophical and psychological baseline. U.S. Army doctrine promoted implicit [intuitive] and analytical [deliberate] decisionmaking. Army doctrinal guidance stated that in situations severely constrained in time and requiring an immediate decision, Army leaders rely significantly on intution. A complementary concept advocated creative and critical thinking in order to adaptively solve problems. However, minimal emphasis on intuitive processes and rescinding the term intuitive decisionmaking in Army doctrine indicated a significant gap in Army leader development. This research augmented professional literature on the art and science of military leadership and decisionmaking in the second decade of the 21st century. The exploratory study encouraged further research on how U.S. Armed Forces officers perceive discrete elements or emergent patterns among complex environmental stimuli; understand their tacit knowledge to sense situational cues affecting a problem; and develop their intuitive acumen as a complement to experience and learning toward professional expertise. The participants’ candid insights on their lived and vicarious experiences in intuitive decisionmaking suggested similar leadership value to the adult education community. Other practical benefits included an improved self-efficacy of participants to trust their personal intuition and expertise, and to further explore their tacit knowledge for effective day-to-day living in an ever-changing complex and uncertain world. The experiences of participants indicated the believability of Polanyi’s premise that “we can know more than we can tell.” (Polanyi, 1964, p. x).
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Educação matemática por projetos : perspectivas e prática pedagógica no contexto escolar

Bitencourt, Karliuza Fonseca January 2007 (has links)
Este estudo discute a possibilidade de qualificação profissional do professor de matemática por meio da análise de sua ação docente. São também analisadas as relações entre as ações do professor de matemática no exercício da prática pedagógica por projetos no sistema educacional e como tais ações contribuem para a (re)significação da prática docente, possibilitando a qualificação profissional. Temse, ainda, como perspectiva na análise dos dados, a importância da formação docente do licenciado em sua constituição como educador matemático, as possíveis implicações dessa formação na sua prática pedagógica e a integração entre os saberes didático-pedagógicos na ação docente como fator para qualificação profissional do professor de matemática. / This study discusses the possibility of professional qualification of Mathematics teachers through the analysis of their teaching action. The study also analyzes the relationships between the actions of Mathematics teachers when exercising the pedagogical practice of projects in the educational system and how those actions contribute towards the (re)signification of the teaching practice, thus enabling the professional qualification. As a perspective in data analysis, the importance of the teachers education for the constitution of Mathematics educators has also been considered, as well as possible implications of this education in the pedagogical practice, and the integration of didactical, pedagogical knowledge in the teaching action as a factor for the qualification of Mathematics teachers.
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Educação matemática por projetos : perspectivas e prática pedagógica no contexto escolar

Bitencourt, Karliuza Fonseca January 2007 (has links)
Este estudo discute a possibilidade de qualificação profissional do professor de matemática por meio da análise de sua ação docente. São também analisadas as relações entre as ações do professor de matemática no exercício da prática pedagógica por projetos no sistema educacional e como tais ações contribuem para a (re)significação da prática docente, possibilitando a qualificação profissional. Temse, ainda, como perspectiva na análise dos dados, a importância da formação docente do licenciado em sua constituição como educador matemático, as possíveis implicações dessa formação na sua prática pedagógica e a integração entre os saberes didático-pedagógicos na ação docente como fator para qualificação profissional do professor de matemática. / This study discusses the possibility of professional qualification of Mathematics teachers through the analysis of their teaching action. The study also analyzes the relationships between the actions of Mathematics teachers when exercising the pedagogical practice of projects in the educational system and how those actions contribute towards the (re)signification of the teaching practice, thus enabling the professional qualification. As a perspective in data analysis, the importance of the teachers education for the constitution of Mathematics educators has also been considered, as well as possible implications of this education in the pedagogical practice, and the integration of didactical, pedagogical knowledge in the teaching action as a factor for the qualification of Mathematics teachers.
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Educação matemática por projetos : perspectivas e prática pedagógica no contexto escolar

Bitencourt, Karliuza Fonseca January 2007 (has links)
Este estudo discute a possibilidade de qualificação profissional do professor de matemática por meio da análise de sua ação docente. São também analisadas as relações entre as ações do professor de matemática no exercício da prática pedagógica por projetos no sistema educacional e como tais ações contribuem para a (re)significação da prática docente, possibilitando a qualificação profissional. Temse, ainda, como perspectiva na análise dos dados, a importância da formação docente do licenciado em sua constituição como educador matemático, as possíveis implicações dessa formação na sua prática pedagógica e a integração entre os saberes didático-pedagógicos na ação docente como fator para qualificação profissional do professor de matemática. / This study discusses the possibility of professional qualification of Mathematics teachers through the analysis of their teaching action. The study also analyzes the relationships between the actions of Mathematics teachers when exercising the pedagogical practice of projects in the educational system and how those actions contribute towards the (re)signification of the teaching practice, thus enabling the professional qualification. As a perspective in data analysis, the importance of the teachers education for the constitution of Mathematics educators has also been considered, as well as possible implications of this education in the pedagogical practice, and the integration of didactical, pedagogical knowledge in the teaching action as a factor for the qualification of Mathematics teachers.
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Utilising participatory reflection and action to develop a postgraduate qualification in visual impairment studies

Manis, Maesela January 2020 (has links)
Following the inception of the White Paper 6 in 2001 (Department of Basic Education, 2001), selected schools in South Africa have been transformed into inclusive schools, with the aim of enrolling all learners despite their (dis)abilities. Teachers however still seem hesitant to take care of this responsibility due to a variety of reasons. Against this background, the Department of Higher Education and Training, in collaboration with the European Union has undertaken an initiative focusing on the promotion of inclusive education policy implementation and teacher training in South Africa. As part of this initiative, the University of Pretoria was tasked to develop a postgraduate qualification in visual impairment studies. My study forms part of the broader funded project of the University of Pretoria. More specifically, my study focused on the process and value (or not) when utilising Participatory Reflection and Action (PRA) for the development of a qualification. Based on the assumptions that teachers and expert stakeholders in the visual impairment community would be able to co-conceptualise an advanced diploma for teachers, 17 schools were involved, situated in five South African provinces, with 255 teacher-participants. In addition, 50 expert stakeholders in the field of visual impairment participated in this study, which adopted a participatory research approach, implemented an instrumental case study design and utilised interpretivism as paradigm. For data generation and documentation, I relied on PRA-based activities, individual interviews, observation, field notes, a reflective journal and audio-visual techniques. Following inductive thematic analysis of the data that apply to the focus of my study I identified four main themes, with the related subthemes. These themes relate to utilising PRA to access research partners’ knowledge and expertise, value for participants of being research partners in a PRA process, value for personal and professional development of the participants and recommendations for future application of the PRA process. Findings of my study indicate that it is possible and beneficial to implement PRA when conceptualising a qualification. More specifically, PRA is suitable for accessing research partners’ knowledge and expertise when developing a qualification. PRA empowers participants to instil positive change and further equip themselves. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Educational Psychology / PhD / Unrestricted
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Dialogues with the prototype

Denaro, Chris January 2007 (has links)
This exegesis traces a path through the production of an animated work, and discusses the evolution of an individual production workflow that refigures the industrial animation process of prototyping. By incorporating spontaneity within the animation workflow, the creative output of the project focusses on the development of a series of non-narrative, process-driven temporal constructions that fuse form and process. The creative work occupies 75% of this Masters project, and the exegesis 25% (7500 Words)
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Estudo de projeto têxtil em um contexto de design de interação

Neves, Thaís Boeira January 2010 (has links)
A pesquisa ressalta a importância da reflexão na prática aplicada sustentada no processo científico para construção do conhecimento da área têxtil de malharia retilínea. A abordagem de intervenção utilizada permite heurísticas projetuais que proporcionam análises reflexivas sobre a percepção imaginativa e física dos objetos orientados deste estudo, com base em variáveis como: a seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual. Os objetos orientados são avaliados como ferramentas de mediação dos processos de concepção de produtos têxteis centrados ao usuário, ao processo e ao produto. Verifica-se a importância de construir um instrumento de análise, amparado no conceito de design de interação, através de uma relação contínua de pesquisa-ação onde as construções cognitivas, culturais e sociais são apontadas como fator determinante para o fluxo comunicacional no processo. Sendo utilizados processos integrados de simulação virtual através do sistema CAD SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Para tanto, a pesquisa compreende estudos de caso envolvendo empresas do setor com configurações organizacionais e projetuais diferentes, os quais apresentaram resultados significativos da aplicação do design interativo no contexto projetual têxtil. A Diana Têxtil SA. consiste em uma empresa de grande porte, sediada em Timbó, Santa Catarina. Neste estudo de caso é descrito um projeto piloto que proporcionou a concepção da primeira coleção virtual de malharia retilínea realizada no Brasil. E, apresenta através da análise do seu contexto o fluxo complexo de interações culturais e conexões dos agentes e tecnologias, que configuraram a realização desse evento. A Arco Baleno Ltda. é uma empresa de pequeno porte sediada em Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. Este estudo apresenta um processo de design interativo guiado pelo estilista como agente de inovação. O projeto é realizado através de parcerias entre a empresa fornecedora de tecnologia e a micro empresa analisada que também conta com subsídios financeiros do Sebrae para realização de seus projetos de design. Através desse estudo foi realizada uma pesquisa afetiva com usuário final crianças de 5 a 12 anos, para avaliar a aceitação de texturas específicas e da personagem da marca. A Marisol SA. é uma empresa de grande porte sediada em Jaraguá, Santa Catarina. Este estudo apresenta uma análise sobre a implementação de processos inovadores apresentados em um workshop realizado na empresa. Compreende a avaliação de seus profissionais especialistas quanto à importância da seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual para concepção de novos produtos. A Best Malhas Ltda. é uma empresa de médio porte sediada em Caxias do Sul. Este estudo apresenta descrições de novas concepções estratégicas do posicionamento do designer dentro do contexto de serviço e apresenta tarefas distintas atribuídas a esse profissional. Uma visão holística do processo de design é analisada para subsidiar a compreensão do design do processo de design. O quinto estudo de caso é amparado em uma plataforma global de relacionamentos profissionais o LinkedIn. Esse estudo de caso de profissionais especialistas descreve a criação de uma rede social com expertises específicas, os designers de malharia retilínea, através da plataforma do LinkedIn. Foi realizada uma survey, através de questionários para coleta de dados específicos que permitiram a análises sobre as características do perfil desses profissionais da área, bem como a sua pré-disposição as variáveis desta pesquisa. Através dessa rede social potencializada pelas tecnologias, foram coletadas informações dos especialistas ―estilistas de malharia retilínea‖. Tal processo valoriza a integração de expertises, da sintonia dos pares e proporciona através da dinâmica democrática e virtuosa o ―feedback ―para este objeto de estudo. Esta dissertação possui relevância econômica, social, científica e tecnológica, pois, aponta lacunas na área têxtil de malharia retilínea. Apresenta coerência em uma abordagem de adequação – sócio técnica, no qual é atribuído ao estilista o papel de um agente estratégico de inovação, através da possibilidade descrita que esse profissional possui ao integrar processos avançados para comunicação de seus projetos. / The research point the importance of reflection in applied practice sustained in the scientific process to build the knowledge of the textile flat knitting´s textile area. The used intervention approach allows projectual heuristics that provide reflexive analysis about imaginative and physical perception of the oriented objects of this study, based on variables such as material selection and virtual simulation. The oriented objects are evaluated like mediation tools of conception processes of textile products centered on the user, on the process, and on the product. It is verified the importance of building an analysis tool, supported on the concept of interaction design, through an ongoing relationship of research-action where the cognitive, cultural and social constructions are cited as a determinant factor to communication flow in the process. Integrated processes of virtual simulation are used through the CAD system SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Therefore, the research includes case studies involving companies of the sector with different organizational and projectual configurations, which presented significant results from the application of interactive design within the textile projectual context. Diana Textil SA. consists in a large-sized company, localized in Timbo, Santa Catarina. This case study describes a pilot project that provided the conception of the flat knitting's first virtual collection developed in Brazil. And it presents, through the analysis of its context, the complex flow of cultural interactions and connections of agents and technologies that shaped the realization of this event. Arco Baleno Ltda. is a small-sized company localized in Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents an interactive design process conducted by the designer as the agent of innovation. The project is realized through partnerships between the company that is provider of technology and the analyzed small company, which also has the Sebrae's financial subsidies to perform their design projects. Through this study it was realized an affective research with the end user, children between 5 and 12 years old, to evaluate the acceptance of specific textures and character of the mark. Marisol SA. is a large-sized company localized in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina. This study presents an analysis about implementation of innovative processes presented in a workshop realized at the company. It includes the evaluation of their professionals about the importance of material selection and virtual simulation for conception of new products. Best Malhas Ltda. is a medium-sized company localized in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents descriptions of new strategic conceptions of designer positioning within the service context and presents different tasks assigned to this professional. A holistic view of the design process is analyzed to subsidize the comprehension of the design process' design. The fifth case study is supported on a global platform of professional relationships, LinkedIn. This professional's case study describes the expertise to creation of a social network with specific expertise, the flat knitting designers, through LinkedIn platform. A survey was conducted using questionnaires to collect specific data that allowed the analysis about the profile characteristics of these area professionals, as well as their pre-disposing to the variables of this research. Through this social network augmented by technology, informations was gathered from the experts "flat knitting designers". This process enhances the expertises integration, the tune of pairs and offers the ―feedback‖ for this study object through the virtuous and democratic dynamics. This dissertation has economic, social, scientific and technological importance because it indicates gaps on flat knitting textile area. It shows the consistency in an approach of social- technical adequacy, which is attributed to the designer the potential of a strategic innovation agent, through the described possibility that this professional has to integrate advanced processes for communication of their projects.
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Estudo de projeto têxtil em um contexto de design de interação

Neves, Thaís Boeira January 2010 (has links)
A pesquisa ressalta a importância da reflexão na prática aplicada sustentada no processo científico para construção do conhecimento da área têxtil de malharia retilínea. A abordagem de intervenção utilizada permite heurísticas projetuais que proporcionam análises reflexivas sobre a percepção imaginativa e física dos objetos orientados deste estudo, com base em variáveis como: a seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual. Os objetos orientados são avaliados como ferramentas de mediação dos processos de concepção de produtos têxteis centrados ao usuário, ao processo e ao produto. Verifica-se a importância de construir um instrumento de análise, amparado no conceito de design de interação, através de uma relação contínua de pesquisa-ação onde as construções cognitivas, culturais e sociais são apontadas como fator determinante para o fluxo comunicacional no processo. Sendo utilizados processos integrados de simulação virtual através do sistema CAD SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Para tanto, a pesquisa compreende estudos de caso envolvendo empresas do setor com configurações organizacionais e projetuais diferentes, os quais apresentaram resultados significativos da aplicação do design interativo no contexto projetual têxtil. A Diana Têxtil SA. consiste em uma empresa de grande porte, sediada em Timbó, Santa Catarina. Neste estudo de caso é descrito um projeto piloto que proporcionou a concepção da primeira coleção virtual de malharia retilínea realizada no Brasil. E, apresenta através da análise do seu contexto o fluxo complexo de interações culturais e conexões dos agentes e tecnologias, que configuraram a realização desse evento. A Arco Baleno Ltda. é uma empresa de pequeno porte sediada em Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. Este estudo apresenta um processo de design interativo guiado pelo estilista como agente de inovação. O projeto é realizado através de parcerias entre a empresa fornecedora de tecnologia e a micro empresa analisada que também conta com subsídios financeiros do Sebrae para realização de seus projetos de design. Através desse estudo foi realizada uma pesquisa afetiva com usuário final crianças de 5 a 12 anos, para avaliar a aceitação de texturas específicas e da personagem da marca. A Marisol SA. é uma empresa de grande porte sediada em Jaraguá, Santa Catarina. Este estudo apresenta uma análise sobre a implementação de processos inovadores apresentados em um workshop realizado na empresa. Compreende a avaliação de seus profissionais especialistas quanto à importância da seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual para concepção de novos produtos. A Best Malhas Ltda. é uma empresa de médio porte sediada em Caxias do Sul. Este estudo apresenta descrições de novas concepções estratégicas do posicionamento do designer dentro do contexto de serviço e apresenta tarefas distintas atribuídas a esse profissional. Uma visão holística do processo de design é analisada para subsidiar a compreensão do design do processo de design. O quinto estudo de caso é amparado em uma plataforma global de relacionamentos profissionais o LinkedIn. Esse estudo de caso de profissionais especialistas descreve a criação de uma rede social com expertises específicas, os designers de malharia retilínea, através da plataforma do LinkedIn. Foi realizada uma survey, através de questionários para coleta de dados específicos que permitiram a análises sobre as características do perfil desses profissionais da área, bem como a sua pré-disposição as variáveis desta pesquisa. Através dessa rede social potencializada pelas tecnologias, foram coletadas informações dos especialistas ―estilistas de malharia retilínea‖. Tal processo valoriza a integração de expertises, da sintonia dos pares e proporciona através da dinâmica democrática e virtuosa o ―feedback ―para este objeto de estudo. Esta dissertação possui relevância econômica, social, científica e tecnológica, pois, aponta lacunas na área têxtil de malharia retilínea. Apresenta coerência em uma abordagem de adequação – sócio técnica, no qual é atribuído ao estilista o papel de um agente estratégico de inovação, através da possibilidade descrita que esse profissional possui ao integrar processos avançados para comunicação de seus projetos. / The research point the importance of reflection in applied practice sustained in the scientific process to build the knowledge of the textile flat knitting´s textile area. The used intervention approach allows projectual heuristics that provide reflexive analysis about imaginative and physical perception of the oriented objects of this study, based on variables such as material selection and virtual simulation. The oriented objects are evaluated like mediation tools of conception processes of textile products centered on the user, on the process, and on the product. It is verified the importance of building an analysis tool, supported on the concept of interaction design, through an ongoing relationship of research-action where the cognitive, cultural and social constructions are cited as a determinant factor to communication flow in the process. Integrated processes of virtual simulation are used through the CAD system SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Therefore, the research includes case studies involving companies of the sector with different organizational and projectual configurations, which presented significant results from the application of interactive design within the textile projectual context. Diana Textil SA. consists in a large-sized company, localized in Timbo, Santa Catarina. This case study describes a pilot project that provided the conception of the flat knitting's first virtual collection developed in Brazil. And it presents, through the analysis of its context, the complex flow of cultural interactions and connections of agents and technologies that shaped the realization of this event. Arco Baleno Ltda. is a small-sized company localized in Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents an interactive design process conducted by the designer as the agent of innovation. The project is realized through partnerships between the company that is provider of technology and the analyzed small company, which also has the Sebrae's financial subsidies to perform their design projects. Through this study it was realized an affective research with the end user, children between 5 and 12 years old, to evaluate the acceptance of specific textures and character of the mark. Marisol SA. is a large-sized company localized in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina. This study presents an analysis about implementation of innovative processes presented in a workshop realized at the company. It includes the evaluation of their professionals about the importance of material selection and virtual simulation for conception of new products. Best Malhas Ltda. is a medium-sized company localized in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents descriptions of new strategic conceptions of designer positioning within the service context and presents different tasks assigned to this professional. A holistic view of the design process is analyzed to subsidize the comprehension of the design process' design. The fifth case study is supported on a global platform of professional relationships, LinkedIn. This professional's case study describes the expertise to creation of a social network with specific expertise, the flat knitting designers, through LinkedIn platform. A survey was conducted using questionnaires to collect specific data that allowed the analysis about the profile characteristics of these area professionals, as well as their pre-disposing to the variables of this research. Through this social network augmented by technology, informations was gathered from the experts "flat knitting designers". This process enhances the expertises integration, the tune of pairs and offers the ―feedback‖ for this study object through the virtuous and democratic dynamics. This dissertation has economic, social, scientific and technological importance because it indicates gaps on flat knitting textile area. It shows the consistency in an approach of social- technical adequacy, which is attributed to the designer the potential of a strategic innovation agent, through the described possibility that this professional has to integrate advanced processes for communication of their projects.
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Estudo de projeto têxtil em um contexto de design de interação

Neves, Thaís Boeira January 2010 (has links)
A pesquisa ressalta a importância da reflexão na prática aplicada sustentada no processo científico para construção do conhecimento da área têxtil de malharia retilínea. A abordagem de intervenção utilizada permite heurísticas projetuais que proporcionam análises reflexivas sobre a percepção imaginativa e física dos objetos orientados deste estudo, com base em variáveis como: a seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual. Os objetos orientados são avaliados como ferramentas de mediação dos processos de concepção de produtos têxteis centrados ao usuário, ao processo e ao produto. Verifica-se a importância de construir um instrumento de análise, amparado no conceito de design de interação, através de uma relação contínua de pesquisa-ação onde as construções cognitivas, culturais e sociais são apontadas como fator determinante para o fluxo comunicacional no processo. Sendo utilizados processos integrados de simulação virtual através do sistema CAD SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Para tanto, a pesquisa compreende estudos de caso envolvendo empresas do setor com configurações organizacionais e projetuais diferentes, os quais apresentaram resultados significativos da aplicação do design interativo no contexto projetual têxtil. A Diana Têxtil SA. consiste em uma empresa de grande porte, sediada em Timbó, Santa Catarina. Neste estudo de caso é descrito um projeto piloto que proporcionou a concepção da primeira coleção virtual de malharia retilínea realizada no Brasil. E, apresenta através da análise do seu contexto o fluxo complexo de interações culturais e conexões dos agentes e tecnologias, que configuraram a realização desse evento. A Arco Baleno Ltda. é uma empresa de pequeno porte sediada em Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. Este estudo apresenta um processo de design interativo guiado pelo estilista como agente de inovação. O projeto é realizado através de parcerias entre a empresa fornecedora de tecnologia e a micro empresa analisada que também conta com subsídios financeiros do Sebrae para realização de seus projetos de design. Através desse estudo foi realizada uma pesquisa afetiva com usuário final crianças de 5 a 12 anos, para avaliar a aceitação de texturas específicas e da personagem da marca. A Marisol SA. é uma empresa de grande porte sediada em Jaraguá, Santa Catarina. Este estudo apresenta uma análise sobre a implementação de processos inovadores apresentados em um workshop realizado na empresa. Compreende a avaliação de seus profissionais especialistas quanto à importância da seleção de materiais e a simulação virtual para concepção de novos produtos. A Best Malhas Ltda. é uma empresa de médio porte sediada em Caxias do Sul. Este estudo apresenta descrições de novas concepções estratégicas do posicionamento do designer dentro do contexto de serviço e apresenta tarefas distintas atribuídas a esse profissional. Uma visão holística do processo de design é analisada para subsidiar a compreensão do design do processo de design. O quinto estudo de caso é amparado em uma plataforma global de relacionamentos profissionais o LinkedIn. Esse estudo de caso de profissionais especialistas descreve a criação de uma rede social com expertises específicas, os designers de malharia retilínea, através da plataforma do LinkedIn. Foi realizada uma survey, através de questionários para coleta de dados específicos que permitiram a análises sobre as características do perfil desses profissionais da área, bem como a sua pré-disposição as variáveis desta pesquisa. Através dessa rede social potencializada pelas tecnologias, foram coletadas informações dos especialistas ―estilistas de malharia retilínea‖. Tal processo valoriza a integração de expertises, da sintonia dos pares e proporciona através da dinâmica democrática e virtuosa o ―feedback ―para este objeto de estudo. Esta dissertação possui relevância econômica, social, científica e tecnológica, pois, aponta lacunas na área têxtil de malharia retilínea. Apresenta coerência em uma abordagem de adequação – sócio técnica, no qual é atribuído ao estilista o papel de um agente estratégico de inovação, através da possibilidade descrita que esse profissional possui ao integrar processos avançados para comunicação de seus projetos. / The research point the importance of reflection in applied practice sustained in the scientific process to build the knowledge of the textile flat knitting´s textile area. The used intervention approach allows projectual heuristics that provide reflexive analysis about imaginative and physical perception of the oriented objects of this study, based on variables such as material selection and virtual simulation. The oriented objects are evaluated like mediation tools of conception processes of textile products centered on the user, on the process, and on the product. It is verified the importance of building an analysis tool, supported on the concept of interaction design, through an ongoing relationship of research-action where the cognitive, cultural and social constructions are cited as a determinant factor to communication flow in the process. Integrated processes of virtual simulation are used through the CAD system SDS ONE FULL RD Shima Seiki. Therefore, the research includes case studies involving companies of the sector with different organizational and projectual configurations, which presented significant results from the application of interactive design within the textile projectual context. Diana Textil SA. consists in a large-sized company, localized in Timbo, Santa Catarina. This case study describes a pilot project that provided the conception of the flat knitting's first virtual collection developed in Brazil. And it presents, through the analysis of its context, the complex flow of cultural interactions and connections of agents and technologies that shaped the realization of this event. Arco Baleno Ltda. is a small-sized company localized in Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents an interactive design process conducted by the designer as the agent of innovation. The project is realized through partnerships between the company that is provider of technology and the analyzed small company, which also has the Sebrae's financial subsidies to perform their design projects. Through this study it was realized an affective research with the end user, children between 5 and 12 years old, to evaluate the acceptance of specific textures and character of the mark. Marisol SA. is a large-sized company localized in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina. This study presents an analysis about implementation of innovative processes presented in a workshop realized at the company. It includes the evaluation of their professionals about the importance of material selection and virtual simulation for conception of new products. Best Malhas Ltda. is a medium-sized company localized in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. This study presents descriptions of new strategic conceptions of designer positioning within the service context and presents different tasks assigned to this professional. A holistic view of the design process is analyzed to subsidize the comprehension of the design process' design. The fifth case study is supported on a global platform of professional relationships, LinkedIn. This professional's case study describes the expertise to creation of a social network with specific expertise, the flat knitting designers, through LinkedIn platform. A survey was conducted using questionnaires to collect specific data that allowed the analysis about the profile characteristics of these area professionals, as well as their pre-disposing to the variables of this research. Through this social network augmented by technology, informations was gathered from the experts "flat knitting designers". This process enhances the expertises integration, the tune of pairs and offers the ―feedback‖ for this study object through the virtuous and democratic dynamics. This dissertation has economic, social, scientific and technological importance because it indicates gaps on flat knitting textile area. It shows the consistency in an approach of social- technical adequacy, which is attributed to the designer the potential of a strategic innovation agent, through the described possibility that this professional has to integrate advanced processes for communication of their projects.
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Power-sharing partnerships : teachers’ experiences of participatory methodology

Mbongwe, Bathsheba Basathu 24 April 2013 (has links)
I investigated the experiences of teachers as co-researchers in a long-term partnership with university researchers in an asset-based intervention project known as STAR1. The goal of STAR is to investigate how teachers can promote resilience in scare-resource and high need schools. To inform participatory research methodology, I explored and described how coresearchers (teachers) experience power relations. I conducted the participatory reflection and action (PRA) study by using feminist standpoint theory as guiding epistemological paradigm, Gaventa’s power cube as theoretical framework and participatory research as methodological paradigm. I conveniently chose two cohorts (schools) in the STAR project to partner as the unit of analysis. I thus applied convenience sampling to select information-rich cohorts. The schoolcohorts included a primary school in the Eastern Cape Province and a secondary school in a remote area in the Mpumalanga Province. I then purposefully selected participating coresearchers (n=15: 14 females, 1 male) from the participating schools. Over a two year period, I employed multiple PRA data generation techniques (observation, four focus groups and two semi-structured interviews) and documentation procedures (field notes, research journal, visual data and verbatim transcriptions). I used thematic analysis and categorical aggregation for data analysis, with three themes emerging. In terms of the nature of power in participatory partnerships, co-researchers expressed factors which influenced power and partnership in a participatory project. For co-researchers, these factors enabled them to experience a sense of power-sharing. Regarding the role of agency in relation to power and partnerships, co-researchers indicated that agency resulted from power-sharing and partnerships they had established. The agency meant that they took action through leadership to empower others in school-communities. Co-researchers’ meaning-making of power and partnerships culminated in their construction of power in a participatory project as both a way in which their working environment enabled them to do what they wanted to do, and also as a personal space where they felt capable and had initiative to coordinate project activities. Findings of this study correlate with existing literature where (i) power is seen as the ability of actors to express and act on desires, (ii) power can be redistributed as action for inclusive benefits, (iii) partnerships imply balancing time, and (iv) partnerships evolve over time, are dynamic and involve issues of trust and confidence. In contrast to existing knowledge on power in participatory research, I found that teachers did not view power as dominance or as exclusively owned. I developed a framework of power sharing partnerships to extend Gaventa’s power cube theory. This framework, and its five interrelated elements (leadership as power, identifying vision and mission, synergy, interdependent role of partners, and determination), provide insight into the way co-researchers shared their experiences of participatory research methodology. I posit an evidence-based conceptualisation of power as leadership where community partners play influential roles as co-researchers. I theorise power sharing partnerships as a complimentary platform hosting partners’ shared strengths, skills and experience, creating synergy in collaborative projects. I argue that synergy in power sharing partnerships relies on recognition, appreciation and mutual respect inherent in interdependent roles of partners. Furthermore, the power sharing partnership framework explains how power and partnership depends on determination amongst partners which manifests as agency to drive social change. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

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