Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 86 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 12, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Over recent years there has been considerable debate about the purpose, value and expectations of higher education. The relationship between government and the higher education sector has become focussed on the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector and on the experience of students as customers. These notions are contested, and sit within a broader context that includes consumerism, marketization, globalisation, and public sectorreform more generally. In higher education, this debate has been polarised and sometimes characterised within institutions as “collegiate” versus “managerial”. These tensions are explored not simply as competing perspectives but as ciphers for competing ideologies. The study considered how academic managers have negotiated this terrain, and the contribution of management to the health of an institution. Qualitative interviews were carried out with senior academic managers in 12 post-92 UK universities, which were regarded as particularly susceptible to economic pressures affecting the public sector following the financial crash of 2008. Conceptual and practical issues relating to the use of interviews were addressed, and the limitations of the study explored. A number of broad themes were identified: management orientation, about how the organisation is run; institutional orientation, about institutionalpurpose and journey, past and future; orientation towards academic staff and students; and, student related performance measures. The inter-relations between themes, and the patterns in participant responses were examined. Management actions can affect institutional performance for good or ill, and the bounded nature of the relationship between academics and managers is acknowledged. In this context, advice is offered that may be of benefit to university academic managers balancing competing expectations in complex and challenging financial times.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:52:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA DE FATIMA CHAGAS DINIZ.pdf: 880780 bytes, checksum: 351e728b3c172ad1a2503982306b5938 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-23 / The purpose of this study is to present an analysis about the academic profile of (a) Full Degree Course in Education from the College Standard of Goiania their professional expectations in the XXI century. During the research sought to investigate the issues that influenced these (as) students (as) in course choice, age of (the) academic (the) school system in which to complete the second degree, the gender predominance of those who choose the course of teaching, analysis of family income and teachers' salaries in different Brazilian states, mean age of (the) students education, marital status. It was used in the theoretical description of the research clippings on several authors who address Laws and Theories on Teacher Education and regulation of the Pedagogy Course throughout its history. We sought to historicize about the history of pedagogy, examining the public policies used during those periods of history and the elements that compose them, influences the policies of the present times atuais. Utilizamos as an instrument for data collection along with a closed and open questions with starters in 2006 and interviews with them, in the process of completing the course in 2009. The research was conducted in three chapters. The first historian Laws and public policies for teacher training, the second has a history of the Faculty of Education and last year made the analysis of data collected on these students (as) surveyed (as). The analysis of research confirms a search for conditions of employment for courses lowest prices and offering fewer competitors, so securing approval for those looking to get a degree. Even with all the devaluation of teaching, research shows that even these education professionals are among the most voluminous and important occupational groups, both by number and by its papel.Conforme the show (as) respondents (as), the public sector is still the major employer in the area and most of those interviewed who seek the course, arriving in the expectation of having a guaranteed job, despite not being valued as a profession aspires all education professionals. / A proposta deste estudo é apresentar uma análise acerca do perfil do acadêmico (a) do curso de Licenciatura Plena em Pedagogia da Faculdade Padrão da cidade de Goiânia e suas expectativas profissionais no século XXI. Durante a pesquisa buscou-se investigar os aspectos que influenciaram esses (as) acadêmicos (as) na escolha do curso, idade desses (as) acadêmicos (as); rede de ensino em que concluíram o segundo grau, predominância do gênero de quem escolhe o curso de pedagogia, renda familiar e análise de salários dos docentes nos diferentes estados brasileiro, idade média desses (as) estudantes de pedagogia, estado civil. Utilizou-se na descrição da pesquisa recortes teóricos em vários autores que abordaram Leis e Teorias sobre a Formação de Professores e regulamentação do Curso de Pedagogia ao longo da sua história. Procuraram-se historicizar acerca da história da pedagogia, analisando as Políticas públicas utilizadas no decorrer desses períodos históricos e os elementos que as compõem, influências presentes nas políticas dos tempos atuais. Utilizamos como instrumento para coleta de dados um conjunto com questões fechadas e abertas com os iniciantes em 2006 e entrevistas com os mesmos, em fase de conclusão do curso em 2009. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três capítulos. O primeiro historiou as Leis e políticas públicas para a formação de professores, o segundo fez um histórico do curso de Pedagogia e o último, fez a análise dos dados colhidos acerca desses acadêmicos (as) pesquisados (as). A análise da pesquisa confirma uma procura por condições de emprego, por cursos de preços mais baixos e que ofereça menor número de concorrentes, de modo garantir a aprovação de quem busca conseguirem um curso superior. Mesmo com toda a desvalorização do magistério, a pesquisa mostra que ainda esses profissionais da educação estão entre os mais volumosos e importantes grupos ocupacionais, tanto pelo seu número como pelo seu papel. Conforme demonstram os (as) entrevistados (as), o setor público ainda é o grande empregador na área e a maioria desses entrevistados que procuram o curso, chegam à expectativa de ter garantido um emprego, mesmo não sendo uma profissão valorizada como almeja todos os profissionais da educação.

Background: World economy of the 21st century places high demands on national economic systems. Governments implement various initiatives to enable a more effective cooperation between universities and industries in order to increase competitiveness of their economies. Science Parks represent one type of such initiatives. It is assumed that they support regional economic growth by means of technology transfer from university to industry. Science Parks usually incorporate incubation programs, which enable creation of NTBFs by university staff and students. Science Parks have to ensure its organizational development by providing paid services, especially in form of incubator program. Therefore, Science Parks are regarded in our research as service companies. In order to enable creation of NTBFs Science Parks have to be able to attract talented researchers and students. In our research, we focus on students and consider them as potential customers for Science Parks. Previous research focusing on the problem of students’ attraction to these organizations is scarce. We implement marketing communication theory to address the problem of students’ attraction to Science Parks. Aim: Our research is set to identify content for a marketing communication strategy of a science park, which considers students as potential customers. Theoretical background/Methodology: In order to fulfill the aim of the research we implement case study strategy. We collected primary and secondary data. The case organization is presented by Dalarna Science Park (located in Borlänge, Sweden), where we collected secondary data. It was incorporated in our research as handout materials that enabled Focus Group discussions. Focus groups with students from Dalarna University presented the source of primary data. Question guideline for focus groups was based on principles of marketing communication theory, which we used as the primary theory of the research. Conclusions: Results indicate that students regard business incubator services of a Science Park as useful for those who have business ideas. It can be considered as positive prerequisite for a marketing communication strategy. In order to attract students with ideas of starting own ventures, a Science Park should engage students into various events, such as workshops, discussions and seminars. The organization should constantly inform students about its nature and activities and create an image of a young successful entrepreneur, which students are attracted to. For this purpose a Science Park can use Internet as means of both spreading its messages to students and enabling WOM recommendations among them.

According to Engel, Blackwell, and Miniard (1993), evaluative criteria is defined as "the standards and specifications used by consumers to compare different products and brands" (p.51). Many studies have investigated factors that might influence the importance of clothing evaluative criteria used by consumers in the decision making process. However, few studies have been directed to examine the relationship between consumers' shopping motivations and their use of clothing evaluative criteria. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of consumers' shopping orientations on the importance placed on the clothing evaluative criteria. Hedonic and utilitarian shopper dichotomy was applied in this study. Self-administered questionnaires which included four sections of questions were used for data collection. The four sections, with 7-point Likert scales, asked about respondents' clothing evaluative criteria used in general and specific purchase context, shopping values, and demographic information. The data were collected at Oregon State University in summer 2005. A convenience sample of 452 students from nine departments was obtained. The frequency and descriptive statistics, cross tabulation and chi-square statistics, Principal Components Factor Analysis with Varimax Rotation, and Pearson Correlation were used to analyze the data. Respondents were classified into hedonic shoppers, utilitarian shoppers, or neutral shoppers, who were dropped in comparison analysis. Results indicated that hedonic shoppers were more likely to be female and younger than were the utilitarian shoppers. Hedonic shoppers were found to be more engaged in un-planned clothing purchases, go clothing shopping more frequently, and spend more money on clothing each month then utilitarian shoppers. Moreover, hedonic shoppers more often went clothing shopping in department stores, closed malls and specialty stores than did the utilitarian shoppers. Principal Components Factor Analysis was conducted to classified clothing evaluative criteria used in both general and specific purchase situations, and new variables were generated for Pearson Correlation Analysis. Results of Pearson Correlation analysis were used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that hedonic shopping value was positively and significantly related to "Aesthetics" and "Symbolic" dimensions of clothing, which supported the first hypothesis. However, utilitarian shopping value was not found to have positive and stronger relationship with "Performance" and "Economic" dimensions of clothing than hedonic shopping value, thus, the second hypothesis was not supported. Apparel manufacturers, retailers, and marketers can draw implications from the study result to develop more effective marketing communication mix. Also, consumer behavior researchers can further investigate hedonic shopping behavior based on the research findings. / Graduation date: 2006

The consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of a probability sample of English public CEGEP (Grades XII and XIII) students in the province of Quebec are investigated to provide a basis for the development of consumer education curricula. Results indicate that consumer knowledge and/or self assessment is low in the area of personal finances, credit usage and consumer protection. Language and sex are significantly associated with consumer knowledge scores; lower scores are more likely if a language other than French or English was spoken in the childhood home, and if the student is female. Previous courses taken with consumer related content significantly improved consumer knowledge scores. Respondents are aware of their level of consumer knowledge based on self assessment and knowledge scores obtained. Generally, respondents judge school and the family as the most useful sources of consumer knowledge; the contribution of the family is not valued highly by respondents who spoke a language other than French or English at home. Support for courses in consumer education is almost unanimous.

Educational disadvantage, long recognised as a factor in determining post-school options, manifests in forms of marginalisation from and resistance to education, and in under-representation in tertiary education. Moreover, while student voice is becoming a more normalised aspect of decision making in schools, marginalised students have limited opportunities to participate in education reform processes. The practice of &quotstudents as researchers" (SaR) extends student voice through engaging students in researching the educational issues that directly affect them and inviting participation in pedagogical and school reform issues. In this research, I examine the application of an SaR model with marginalised secondary school students, and the outcomes for the participants and their schools. The Student Action Research for University Access (SARUA) project provides the site of my empirical investigation. The research is informed by two complementary lines of theory: Habermasian critical theory, which provides the framework for participatory research, and Bourdieuian social reproduction theory, which scaffolds the aims of empowerment underlying SaR. These theories are extended by a theory of imagination to take account of difference and to establish a link to post-modern considerations. I employed a participatory action research methodology to investigate changes in the students' awareness of post-school options, their aspirations regarding tertiary study, and the development of related educational skills as a result of their participation in the project. The principal findings from the research are that the SARUA model provides an effective medium for the empowerment of marginalised students through engagement in meaningful, real-life research; that participant schools are positioned to benefit from the students' research and interventions when school and student habitus are in accord; and that the SARUA model complements current pedagogical reforms aimed at increasing student engagement, retention, and progression to higher education.

Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-79).

Thesis, PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.