Delivered through the medium of a Community of Philosophical Inquiry, this thesis outlines the experience of engaging prisoners in philosophical conversation, thereby articulat-ing the relevance of this type of education for those in long-term confinement. The research, which took place in two prisons, explores the role of prison education, community dialogue and active philosophising in encouraging personal development. With similar populations but contrasting characters, HMPs Grendon and Full Sutton provided the backdrop to grounded, ethnographically-led research. The research design reflects the exploratory nature of the approach. Derek Layder’s adaptive theory has provided a methodological framework, whilst the theoretical framework draws on desistance literature, prison sociology, and philosophical pedagogy to enhance and develop understanding of the emergent themes. However, as a criminological piece of research, it sits within the criminological, and more specifically, prison sociological paradigm. The thesis culminates in a discussion of personal development that articulates the role of education in developing growth identities among prisoner-participants. The research de-scribes the role of philosophical dialogue in developing trust and relationships between and among the participants; the relevance of this type of education to prisoners’ psychological wellbeing; and the significance of the subject-matter to participants’ perspectives. The thesis argues that prison promotes the formation of a hyper-masculine ‘survival’ identity. It goes on to argue that education, and more specifically philosophy education, can play a role in culti-vating growth identities that encourage personal exploration, self-reflection, and development of new interests and skills among prisoners.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2019-03-18T14:34:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduarda Bonora Kern_.pdf: 936035 bytes, checksum: f383219c2fb8b60e80df802c2acc6317 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-03-18T14:34:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduarda Bonora Kern_.pdf: 936035 bytes, checksum: f383219c2fb8b60e80df802c2acc6317 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-27 / Nenhuma / A pesquisa é um estudo sobre o uso dos aparelhos celulares nas aulas de Ciências Humanas de duas escolas estaduais de São Leopoldo. O estudo busca fazer uma aproximação entre a Sociologia da Educação e as Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação. O objetivo do trabalho é compreender as relações desenvolvidas no interior das instituições escolares com esses dispositivos móveis de conexão a internet. As práticas, os significados e os questionamentos existentes nesse fenômeno contribui para a reflexão sobre o espaço escolar inserido na Sociedade da Informação. A leitura do campo através do conceito de experiência social de François Dubet indica trabalho de autoria exercido pelos atores escolares frente as normas institucionais que organizam os fazeres educativos. A metodologia de investigação utilizou-se da observação participante e da aplicação de questionários com educadores e educandos para aprofundar o entendimento do objeto de estudo. A análise de dados identificou a existência de mediações entre as demandas estudantis e as exigências institucionais veiculadas pelos professos no regramento das posturas em sala de aula. É possível concluir que a dimensão comunicativa da escola deve ser valorizada, sendo necessário experimentar práticas escolares onde os recursos multimídias do celular estejam articulados em projeto educativo de forma a integrar diferentes linguagens na construção dos conhecimentos. / This research is a study about the use of cellphones in Human Science’s class, analyzed on two high schools maintained by State. The investigation explores interfaces between Sociology of Education and Tecnology of Information and Comunication. The point of search is realize about developing relationships in schools with cellphones and learning. Understant how pratices, meanings and questions in this phenomenon contributed for thinking educational spaces in Information Society. The concept of social expirencie formulated by François Dubet produced interpretations of field work in which demonstrated authorship in educational institutions. The metodology work was used participant observation and survey with students and teachers for collect information related to the object of study. The date analysis identified mediations between student's needs and institucional's script in class behavior. It's a possible conclusion the neccessity to valorize communicative and interactive dimension in school from experimenting multimedia resources of cellphone. This experiences should contribute for articulate an educational project with different languages to building knowledge.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:34:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Yvan Pacheco Dourado.pdf: 570406 bytes, checksum: 05a7eaa40bfa530f11ca2210513abeec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The aim of the this study is to identify, in different kinds of higher education institutions, the relevancy attributed to the Sociology of Education study on the development of teachers from the Education Program. In order to characterize the profile of the course Sociology of Education and the place that it occupies on the curricular proposal from the courses that are going to be investigated, as well as to identify and characterize the profile, necessities and the discipline views expressed by professors and pedagogic coordinators from the Education Programs, the data collection was performed in the year 2008, in 4 different institutions of higher education in the city of São Paulo (one public university and three private institutions), through methodological procedures that included: a) execution of semi-structured interviews (with the assistance of a script developed and tested to this purpose) with 01 professor (responsible for the course) and 01 pedagogic coordinator (Education Program); b) execution of documental analysis concerning the present legislation that guides the development of teachers (in Brazil and in the State of São Paulo) and general documentation that guides the Education Program and the course Sociology of Education (curricular proposal, teaching plan of the course) at the target institutions of this study. The obtained data were organized into summary-charts and analyzed under the theoretic referential offered by authors such as: M. Apple, C. Baudelot, O. Evangelista, F. Fernandes, A. Nóvoa, J.C. Passeron, K. Zeichner whose studies focus on the historical and sociological aspects of the process of academic development. The results show that in spite of the importance attributed by professors to the study of Sociology of Education in the Education Program, the reported practices to its instruction are still insufficient to the development of the critical Sociological look necessary to the students of Education and future teachers / Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar, em diferentes tipos instituições de ensino superior, a relevância atribuída ao estudo da Sociologia da Educação para a formação de professores nos cursos de Pedagogia. Para caracterizar o perfil da disciplina Sociologia da Educação e o espaço que ocupa na proposta curricular dos cursos a serem investigados, bem como para identificar e caracterizar perfil, necessidades e visão da disciplina expressas por professores formadores e coordenadores pedagógicos dos cursos, a coleta de dados foi realizada, no ano de 2008, em 04 diferentes instituições de ensino superior da cidade de São Paulo (uma universidade pública e três instituições privadas), por meio de procedimentos metodológicos que incluíram: a) realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas (com auxílio de roteiro construído e testado com essa finalidade) com 01 professor-formador (responsável pela disciplina) e 01 coordenador pedagógico (curso de Pedagogia) e b) realização de análise documental envolvendo a legislação atual norteadora da formação de professores (no Brasil e no Estado de São Paulo) e documentação geral norteadora do curso de Pedagogia e disciplina específica de Sociologia da Educação (proposta curricular do curso, plano de ensino da disciplina) nas instituições alvos do estudo. Os dados obtidos foram organizados em quadros-síntese e analisados à luz do referencial teórico oferecido por autores como: M. Apple, C. Baudelot, O. Evangelista, F. Fernandes, A. Nóvoa, J.C. Passeron, K. Zeichner cujos estudos voltam-se para aspectos históricos e sociológicos do processo de formação docente. Os resultados indicam que apesar da importância que os professores atribuem ao estudo da Sociologia da Educação no curso de Pedagogia, as práticas que relatam para o seu ensino ainda são insuficientes para o desenvolvimento do olhar sociológico e crítico necessário aos alunos de Pedagogia, futuros professores

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar, descrever e examinar alguns aspectos da educação política no Brasil, mais especificamente as estratégias de uso de elementos da cultura empregadas pelos consultores de marketing político no seio das campanhas eleitorais. Neste estudo, defendeu-se duas teses: a) o marketing como uma matriz de educação política e b) os consultores como intérpretes da cultura. Observou-se, portanto, que esses agentes da política, da educação e da cultura agem como administradores de uma informação acumulada, por meio de uma ação pedagógica e socializadora difusa da população. Identificou-se os interesses diversificados de agentes na adesão a um espaço social específico, descreveu-se a institucionalização do marketing político no interior do campo científico e interpelou-se a categoria nativa intérpretes na produção de crenças e entendimentos sobre a política. Com o objetivo de aprofundar a compreensão das duas teses, discutiu-se a memória e a fofoca como conteúdos e didáticas das campanhas eleitorais. Para cumprir o empreendimento intelectual proposto, foi realizada uma etnografia multissituada, de caráter exploratório, inovador e inédito na área de educação, analisando um conjunto de dados multilocalizados e oriundos de propagandas eleitorais; de contextos de produção de uma campanha específica, realizada na Amazônia brasileira; de livros produzidos por consultores; de entrevistas realizadas com eles e de outras referências encontradas no trabalho de campo e vividas pelo autor da pesquisa. Com a intenção de que o presente estudo venha contribuir para um entendimento mais amplo e eficiente a respeito da construção social da realidade nos dias atuais, propôs-se investigar as formas de sintetizar a cultura no que se refere à produção de possíveis tentativas de educação dos modos de concepção, classificação, julgamento e imaginação da população no âmbito político. Por fim, buscou-se contribuir para a ampliação do escopo investigativo da sociologia da educação no que tange aos processos educacionais difusos e de massa, e que influem substancialmente no futuro do país, que não estão restritos à escola, mas que podem chegar à ela. / This research aimed at identifying, describing and examining some aspects of political education in Brazil, more precisely the use of cultural elements by political marketing consultants in electoral campaigns. Two theses were defended by this study: a) Marketing as a source for political education and b) consultants as the interpreters of culture. It was observed, therefore, that these agents of politics, education and culture operate as managers of accumulated information, by means of pedagogic action and socializing practices of the population. Diversified interests of these agents were identified in support of a particular social area, the institutionalization of political marketing within the scientific field was also depicted, and the native status of interpreters in the creation of political views and beliefs was questioned. With the objective of deepening the understanding of the two theses, collective memory and rumors were discussed as content of and educational approaches to electoral campaigns. In order to accomplish the proposed intellectual enterprise, a multi-sited ethnographic study that was exploratory and innovative in character and unprecedented in the educational field, was created by analyzing a set of multi-locational data derived from electoral campaigns; in fact as a result of a particular campaign, which took place in the Brazilian Amazon; from books written by those consultants; interviews and other references that were found during fieldwork and experienced by the author of the research. With the purpose to provide a broader and more efficient understanding concerning the construction of our current social reality, the present case study aimed at exploring ways to synthesize culture regarding the production of possible attempts to educate the population in of methods of conception, classification, judgment and imagination in the realm of politics. Lastly, the intention was to widen the investigative scope of sociology of education related to widespread and mass educational procedures, which have a substantial influence on the future of the country, and which arent limited to the school system, but that can reach it.

Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Este trabalho versa sobre a relação entre a implantação de um projeto de educação pública e a sua receptividade social. Resgata as concepções que deram origem ao programa de implantação das escolas de tempo integral no estado do Rio de Janeiro e como hoje elas são vistas por seus usuários. Discute os resultados inesperados que teve o projeto educacional salvador (não só da educação como também das populações empobrecidas do estado do Rio de Janeiro). Pretendendo ser inclusivo, dando ao pobre acesso a benefícios que não tinha, produziu mais segregação, repetindo a seletividade que a escola pública brasileira apresenta. / This work talks about the relationship between the implementation of a public education's project and its social receptivity. It rescues the conceptions which gave rise to the Full time schools implantation program in Rio de Janeiro State and how they have been seen by its users. It talks about the unexpected results of the "savior" educational project (not only concerning the education but also to the impoverished populations from RIo de Janeiro State). Intending to be inclusive, giving to a poor person access to benefits he had not before, it ended up producing more segregation, repeating the selectivity that Brazilian public school already presented.

This dissertation has investigated the impact of the acculturation and repatriation processes and the language experiences of French academic sojourners on their perceptions of cultural identity. This dissertation was based on three substantive themes: culture shock, reverse culture shock and cultural identity issues.

In the last decade stratification within educational results has, in Sweden as in other countries, been framed as a matter of boys’ and young men’s under-achievement. The question of whether this is a problem, and if so, for whom and how to change the structure, has been discussed in research and educational policy. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to these fields and to enhance knowledge of young people’s gendered and classed identity processes, by analyzing how achievement and engagement were negotiated and given meaning in relation to young men. Previous research has primarily explored identity processes among “risk categories” or subordinated students. The objective here was to analyze how masculinity was accomplished via peer-group interactions within a rarely problematized category, through examining how upper middle-class young men identify themselves and are ascribed identities by others. The study’s design was inspired by ethnographic methodology and combined participant observation, semi-structured individual and group interviews and a background questionnaire. Identities, social categorizations (especially gender and class) and dominance-relations were thus analyzed from an actor-oriented perspective. The research participants were young men and women, age 15-16, in two school classes. The field work was conducted at, respectively, a Natural Science and a Vehicle Programme; educational settings with connotations to masculinity but significantly different in terms of class. The study enrolled a total of fifty-six students, but focus is upon the fifteen young men among the natural science students.  High achievement and under-achievement, high social and cognitive ability, and group loyalty are main themes in the study. Identity claims were analyzed in relation to the practices through which they were negotiated, e.g. self-hindrance. Similar to other research, the results emphasize the relationship between masculinity and “effortless achievement”. The concept “under-achievement” is developed as an analytical tool, by distinguishing between five dimensions.

Education is a neglected area within globalisation research, and, within educational research, very few studies have been devoted to transnational phenomena. In this study, transnational educational strategies are analysed as ingredients in social groups’ strategies, while the transnational investments of higher education institutions are understood primarily as resources in national educational field struggles. Three investigations are presented, two on Swedish students studying abroad – Paris and north-eastern USA – and one on transnational investments at educational establishments in Stockholm. The material consists of two surveys, interviews with Swedish students abroad and administrators at Swedish educational institutions, and analyses of statistics and documents. Central methods include those of geometrical data analysis, such as correspondence analysis and Euclidean classification, and interviews. The most significant concepts – field, capital and strategies – have been taken from Bourdieu’s sociological toolbox. The studies show that those who study in Paris constitute both a social and meritocratic elite, while the students in north-eastern USA have more social than meritocratic resources. Three types of transnational educational strategies appear. For one group of students, studies at prestigious higher education institutions constitute a complement to their main studies at leading Swedish counterparts. Another group has chosen to make nation-specific or international investments rather than invest in Swedish higher education. A third group comprises students lacking access to the Swedish system, and for whom studies abroad provide a second chance. One of the main results is that the most sought-after positions at foreign educational institutions are often attained through substantial investment in the Swedish educational system. The leading institutions have sufficient resources to ensure viability in a transnational educational market and take their place in exclusive networks. Those students who reach the top of the national hierarchies thus gain access to the most sought-after positions in a global educational market.

Since the late nineteenth century, Switzerland, a self-professed “playground” and “classroom” of the world, has successfully promoted itself as a desirable destination for international study and tourism. The historically entangled private schooling and tourism industries have steadily communicated idealised images of educational tourism in Switzerland via advertising. Concentrating on the period 1890 -1945 – when promotional ties between tourism organisations and private schools solidified – this thesis investigates the social construction of educational tourist place in two different types of promotion aimed at English-speaking markets: private international school prospectuses and education-focused tourism brochures. An analysis of early prospectuses from three long-standing private international schools and of education-focused tourism guides written by municipal organisations, travel agencies, school boards and the Swiss government revealed highly visual, ideologically-charged textual representations of locations and markets simultaneously defined, idealised and commodified international education in Switzerland. Chapters provide close interpretation of documents and aim, through thick description, to understand specific place-making examples within a wider socio-historical context. Chapter One examines the earliest prospectuses of Le Rosey and Brillantmont, two of the world’s must exclusive Swiss schools (1890-1916). An examination of photo-essay style prospectuses reveals highly selective portrayals of “Château” architecture communicated capacity to deliver a “high-class” and gender appropriate Swiss finishing. Visual cues hallmarking literary and sporting preferences indicated texts catered to the gaze of social-climbing, Anglo-centric markets desirous a continental cosmopolitan education that was not overly “foreign.” Chapter Two analyses the social construction of towns in French-speaking Switzerland as attractive educational centres (1890-1914). It explores how guides promoting Geneva, Neuchâtel and Lausanne constructed an idealised study-abroad landscape through thematic testaments to the educative capacities of local human and natural landscapes. The remaining chapters explore interwar texts. Chapter Three examines a high-altitude institute’s use of the idealising skills of high-end tourism poster artists to manufacture a pleasant, school-like image for the mountain sanatoria-like campus of Beau Soleil. Chapter Four investigates two series of education-focused tourism guidebooks which promoted education in Switzerland. An examination of a Swiss National Tourist Office series reveals discourses of nationhood racialised the Swiss as natural-born pedagogues and constructed Switzerland as a safe, moral destination populated by cooperative, multi-lingual and foreign student-friendly folk. An analysis of R. Perrin Travel Agency’s series explores guidebooks which openly classified education as a tourism commodity. The final chapter examines Le Rosey and Brillantmont’s interwar prospectuses within the context of complex, transnational schooling and school advertising practices. An analysis of images of school sports at winter holiday resorts suggests prospectuses expressed the sense of freedom which accompanies upper-class identity more so than any sense of gender-driven restriction.

This study investigates how Yoruba migrants make meaning of Yoruba Indigenous knowledges in the African Diaspora, specifically within the geopolitical space of dominant Canadian culture. This research is informed by the lived experiences of 16 Africans of Yoruba descent now living in Toronto, Canada, and explores how these first and second generation migrants construct the spiritual and linguistic dimensions of Yoruba Indigenous identities in their everyday lives. While Canada is often imagined as a sanctuary for progressive politics, it nonetheless is also a hegemonic space where inequities continue to shape the social engagements of everyday life. Hence, this dissertation situates the historical and contemporary realities of colonialism and imperialism, by beginning with the premise that people in diasporic Yoruba communities are continuously affected by the complicated interplay of various forms of oppression such as racism, and inequities based on language, gender and religion. This study is situated within a socio–historical and cosmological context to effectively examine colonialism’s impact on Yoruba Indigenous knowledges. Yet, inversely, this study also involves discussion of how these knowledges are utilized as decolonizing tools of navigation, subversion and resistance. The central focus of this research is the articulation of colonial oppression and how it has reconfigured Yoruba Indigenous identities even within a purportedly ‘multicultural’ space. First, the historical dis/continuities of the Yoruba language in Yorubaland are investigated. This strand of the research considers British colonization, and more specifically, the Church Missionary Society’s (CMS) efforts at translating the Bible into Yoruba as pivotal in the colonial project. What kinds of categories does missionary education create that differ from pre-colonial categories of Yoruba Indigenous identity? How are these new identities shaped along lines of race and gender? In other words, what happens when Yoruba cosmology encounters colonialism? The second strand of this research investigates how these historical colonialisms have set the framework for enduring contemporary colonialisms that continue to fracture Yoruba Indigenous knowledges. This dissertation offers insights relevant to diversity and equitable pedagogy through careful consideration of the complicated strategies used by participants in their negotiations of Yoruba identities within a context of social inequity and colonialism.