The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the work of the State Department of Education of Texas in promoting school health services in the state. In addition, attention is given to the changing aims of education, the development of school health services throughout the nation, the urgent need for reorientation of subject matter, methods of teaching, and need for greater public financing of health education.

The problem of this study was to determine the status of industrial arts programs in the public secondary schools of Louisiana and perceptions of industrial arts teachers in regards to their programs. The study was a cooperative effort of the Industrial Arts Division of the State Department of Education of Louisiana.

This study investigated the self-efficacy (also often referred to as self-confidence) of principals as determined by school administrator certification credentials and teaching endorsements at low performing middle schools in Mississippi. In educational literature, the term “self-confidence” is often referred to under the nomenclature of self-efficacy. In the context of an educational environment, self-efficacy pertains to a principal’s capability to organize and execute courses of action required in leading and managing a school. Successful school management requires a leader who is task oriented, consistently stays focused, employs effective strategies, and utilizes managerial skills. The investigation focused on the self-efficacy, as determined by credentials and endorsements, of the principals charged with leading and managing the 24 Mississippi middle schools that received Mississippi Department of Education accountability ratings of “D” or “F” in relation to student academic performance. The overall research question that guided the investigation asked: Did the self-efficacy of the principals charged with leading and managing the 24 Mississippi middle schools that received low accountability scores suggest any connection to the ratings? Based on the findings of the investigation, it may be concluded that the self efficacy of the principals charged with leading and managing the middle schools that received low accountability scores didn’t appear to have any connection to the ratings. Also, neither the principals’ certification credential levels nor teaching endorsements appeared to be factors.

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of tracing the history of state level laws and resolutions which affected the elementary school curriculum in Texas' public schools during the years 1950-1983. The roles of the legislature, the State Board of Education, and the State Department of Education in relation to the curriculum are presented. The purposes of the study are to review state level legislation since 1950 that affected the curriculum, to update the work of earlier historical accounts of public education in Texas, and to provide a basis for understanding the current state of curriculum by focusing on its evolution. Inspection of the data reveals that numerous topics were added to the elementary curriculum during the years under study, resulting in a fragmented and complex curriculum. Many of these topics were repealed in 1981. The study concludes that the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education, as well as the legislature exert considerable influence over the curriculum, and that this influence seems likely to increase as the result of reform legislation enacted in 1981. Further study relating to the implementation effects of the new curriculum is recommended.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:35:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ANA.pdf: 1141840 bytes, checksum: 6c83f8d82e359f0e3548b708f6517b5a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This investigation aims understanding and problematizing the violence that passes through power relations in three departments that compound the organizational structure of the Education Department of Santa Catarina State, from 2007 to 2010. The delimitation of the period is justified because 2007 was the year in which there was the last administrative reform undertaken by the government Luiz Henrique da Silveira and that is currently in force, and, 2010, was the year in which ended the management of the secretary Paulo Bauer. The theoretical grounding is supported mainly in the contributions of Michel Foucault, Ana Maria Borges de Sousa and Michel de Certeau. The sources which are the empirical basis are questionnaires, interviews, official documents and documents of internal movement of the Education Department. In the first chapter, were analyzed the interests and consequences of the absence of a table of staff in the Education Department, the confusion surrounding the role of the educator that acts in this area and the violence present in the policy of tips. In the second chapter the reflection considered the practices that adorn the moral harassment, the limits and contradictions of the management practiced in the Education Department, the violence which forge the distancing between the subjects who think the actions and those who perform it, the working conditions and the problems surrounding the discontinuity of actions. In summary, this research presents elements on the issue of power relations and violence, understanding it as complex phenomena, multifaceted, ambiguous and paradoxical, that cannot be explained by extreme logical, being practiced and suffered by those who constitute the Education Department. Accordingly, the manifestations of violence coexist with a process of small revolutions expressed in the forms of organizing the work, in the conquest of space, the search for and the requirement of autonomy, the pleasure of being together, in the construction of knowledge performed in collectivity / Esta investigação objetiva compreender e problematizar as violências que transversalizam as relações de poder em três Diretorias que compõem a estrutura organizacional da Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Santa Catarina - SED, de 2007 a 2010. A delimitação do período justifica-se em razão de 2007 ser o ano em que houve a última reforma administrativa empreendida pelo governo Luiz Henrique da Silveira, e que está atualmente em vigor, e, 2010, o ano em que encerrou a gestão do Secretário Paulo Bauer. A fundamentação teórica é apoiada principalmente nas contribuições de Michel Foucault, Ana Maria Borges de Sousa e Michel de Certeau. As fontes que constituem a base empírica são questionários, entrevistas, documentos oficiais e documentos de circulação interna da Secretaria de Educação. No primeiro capítulo, foram analisados os interesses e consequências decorrentes da inexistência de um quadro de pessoal na SED, a confusão em torno do papel do educador que atua neste espaço e as violências presentes na política de gratificações. No segundo capítulo a reflexão debruçou-se sobre as práticas que ornamentam o assédio moral, os limites e contradições da gestão praticada na SED, as violências que forjam o distanciamento entre os sujeitos que pensam as ações e aqueles que as executam, as condições de trabalho e a problemática em torno da descontinuidade das ações. Em síntese, a pesquisa apresenta elementos sobre a temática das relações de poder e das violências, entendendo-as como fenômenos complexos, multifacetados, ambíguos e paradoxais, que não se pode explicar através de lógicas maniqueístas, sendo praticadas e sofridas por aqueles que constituem a SED. Nesse sentido, as manifestações de violências coexistem com um processo de pequenas revoluções expressas nas formas de organizar o trabalho, na conquista de espaços, na busca e na exigência de autonomia, no prazer de estar junto e na construção do conhecimento realizado na coletividade

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-06-23T13:15:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mariaterezarodrigues.pdf: 1287001 bytes, checksum: 0dd4dfccd2f3d6044565c10a5a8c5a0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-07T20:13:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mariaterezarodrigues.pdf: 1287001 bytes, checksum: 0dd4dfccd2f3d6044565c10a5a8c5a0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-07T20:13:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mariaterezarodrigues.pdf: 1287001 bytes, checksum: 0dd4dfccd2f3d6044565c10a5a8c5a0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-18 / O presente trabalho constata a existência de uma carência de docentes recorrente nas disciplinas de Artes, Filosofia, Física, Matemática, Química e Sociologia e que os mecanismos adotados pela Secretaria Estadual de Educação do Rio de Janeiro (SEEDUC) para o provimento desses professores são insuficientes para atender às necessidades das escolas. A fim de compreender essa questão, objetivou-se analisar o déficit recorrente no provimento de professores nas referidas disciplinas e propor um plano de ação com o propósito de oferecer mecanismos que atenuem as demandas por profissionais dessas disciplinas. Para evidenciar a complexidade que envolve a questão, são apresentados dados estatísticos dos anos de 2008 a 2013, descrevendo as formas de provimento de professores adotadas pela SEEDUC. O cruzamento e a análise dos dados explicitam a tentativa da Secretaria em oportunizar o ingresso de profissionais na rede, a permanência de docentes em exercício, a utilização de diferentes formas de provimento do cargo e a insuficiência dessas ações em atenuar o problema. São utilizadas entrevistas com roteiros semiestruturados com gestores da SEEDUC, que refletem a ação cotidiana de enfrentamento do problema, através da observação sistemática. O escopo da pesquisa traz a tona, ainda, a realidade de outros estados da federação, como eles vêm enfrentando o mesmo problema e quais alternativas estão sendo adotadas. São utilizados, como suporte teórico, autores como Antonio Nóvoa, Ana Maria Costa e Silva, Silke Weber, além de vasta pesquisa documental. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que em média 47% dos candidatos aprovados em concurso público não ingressam na rede pública estadual e que a SEEDUC não dispõe do controle e monitoramento de dados relativos a entrada e saída de servidores. Com base na descrição e análise do caso, apresenta-se o Plano de Ação Educacional (PAE) que está dividido em três eixos: o primeiro diz respeito ao monitoramento dos afastamentos definitivos e temporários dos professores. O segundo eixo trata da identificação dos motivos que levam esses profissionais a não ingressarem na rede pública estadual de ensino. O terceiro eixo sugere a concessão de bolsas para licenciandos que estão cursando a graduação nas disciplinas de carência recorrente. Conclui-se que o investimento na formação de professores é essencial para a oferta de todas as disciplinas da matriz curricular aos alunos, na busca pela garantia de uma educação de qualidade. / The present work notes the existence of a recurrent lack of teachers in the disciplines of Arts, Philosophy, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Sociology and the mechanisms adopted by the State Department of Education of Rio de Janeiro (SEEDUC) for the supply of these teachers are insufficient to fill the needs of schools. In order to understand this issue, the objective was to analyze the recurrent deficit in the supply of teachers in those disciplines and propose an action plan aiming to provide mechanisms that mitigate the demands for professionals in these disciplines. To demonstrate the complexity surrounding the issue, statistical data for the years 2008-2013 are presented, describing the forms of teacher supply adopted by SEEDUC. The crossing and data analysis shows the Secretariat attempt to enabling the entry of professionals in the network, the permanence of practicing teachers and the use of different means to fill the function and the failure of this actions to attenuate the problem. Are used semi-structured interviews with itinerary by managers of SEEDUC that reflect the daily action of the problem confrontation, through the systematic observation. The scope of the search brings up the reality of other federation states, as they are facing the same problem and what alternatives are being adopted. Are used as theoretical support, authors such as Antonio Nóvoa, Ana Maria Costa e Silva, Silke Weber, in addition to extensive documentary and research. The research results show that about 47% of the public concourse approved candidates don’t get in the public school and that SEEDUC don’t have the data control and monitoring of the employee entry and exit. Based on the description and analysis of the case, it presents the Educational Action Plan (EAP) which is divided into three axes: The first concerns the monitoring of definitive and temporary removals of teachers. The second axis deals with the identification of why these professionals not to join the state public school system. The third axis suggests granting scholarships to undergraduates who are enrolled in undergraduate of disciplines with recurrent shortage. It is concluded that investment in education of teachers is essential for the provision of all disciplines of curriculum to students in the pursuit for ensuring quality education.