Doctor Legum - LLD / The research problem of this study is the jurisprudential inconsistency in the application of the right in section 26(3) of the South African Constitution's Bill of Rights. The inconsistency is due to inadequate conceptualisation of the substantive requirements of meaningful engagement (ME) by the South African Constitutional Court (ConCourt). The central argument is that the development of a community engagement model based on the substantive requirements of ME will enhance the application of section 26(3). This study commences by illustrating the disempowering nature to the squatters of the apartheid evictions in South Africa. To tighten influx control, the apartheid regime introduced a battery of laws that disempowered the squatters. The apartheid-induced disempowerment of the squatters penetrated into the democratic dispensation. In the examination of the normative context of evictions post-1994, this study identifies six primary drivers for substantive involvement of the occupiers during evictions. The six primary drivers seek to address the disempowering trajectory during evictions.

O ensino transformador de Jesus evidenciado nas bem-aventuranças é ancorado em sua ética que é ancorada em seu amor. A presente pesquisa divide-se em três capítulos respectivamente: O evangelho de Mateus e seu contexto, Bem-aventuranças e Palavração. O primeiro capítulo trata do evangelho de Mateus na tentativa de detectar, autoria, fontes, lugar, data e também a questão social na prática de Jesus. O segundo estuda as bem-aventuranças em Mateus, suas semelhanças e diferenças com Lucas e ainda, contrapõe o ensino com base no ser com a lógica capitalista do ter. O terceiro trabalha a relação existente entre a palavra e a ação na atividade pública de Jesus e tenta fazer ponte com a prática docente atual. Sob o título Bem-Aventuranças: Didaqué Querigma e Ensino Transformador, o diálogo foca no ensino a serviço do reino de Deus, em qualquer espaço ou ambiente onde quer que ele aconteça. A partir das bem-aventuranças, que visam aproximar Deus e as pessoas e concretizar a fé, fica claro o posicionamento de Jesus, é ao lado do pobre, do simples, do injustiçado, em suas muitas faces. Jesus dá ênfase ao que é fundamental, o ser humano. Portanto, a pesquisa se preocupa em trazer a dimensão prática e atual do ensino das bem-aventuranças que desejam mostrar que o reino de Deus é possível em Jesus. Ele dá novo sentido para a vida humana, apontando para o alvo onde Deus quer que cheguemos como cristãos. Muito diferente de se limitar a transferir conhecimento, Jesus mostra que a justiça e a solidariedade estão por excelência acima da lei. E que servir não se caracteriza como lei, mas como impulso a partir da graça. Nesta perspectiva, o ensino transformador terá olhos para aqueles que estão desfavorecidos e encoraja a agir contrário às estruturas injustas existentes. Move a dirigir-se a eles como a amigos, assim como Deus escolhe ser nosso amigo e quando alguém o questiona responde simplesmente EU SOU O QUE SOU. Ensinar numa perspectiva transformadora só é possível se quem ensina tiver sido transformado. Ser transformado pela Palavra de Deus é ser fiel a Jesus e ao seu ensino que convida a converter primeiro os de cima, os líderes, que precisam perceber as pessoas e ajudar. Este é o verdadeiro ensino e culto. O que fundamenta as bem-aventuranças é a ética do ser. Valores como justiça e solidariedade nascem do cristianismo, por isso o ensino numa perspectiva transformadora requer urgência em agir para mudar, melhorar situações indignas. A saber, ensinar conforme o exemplo deixado por Jesus vai além de comunicar ou transferir, implica em se importar, se preocupar com outro, com o próximo. Pois, evidentemente quanto mais próximos estivermos dos ensinos de Jesus mais humanos nos tornaremos. / The transforming teaching of Jesus demonstrated in the beatitudes is anchored in his ethics that are grounded in his love. This research is divided into three chapters: The Gospel of Matthew and its context, the Beatitudes and Jesus' attitude in harmony with his preaching. The first chapter deals with the Gospel of Matthew and seeks to detect: authorship, sources, location, date, and also the social practice of Jesus. The second studies the Beatitudes in Matthew, their similarities and differences with Luke and also confronts teaching based on being with the capitalist logic of possessing. The third chapter deals with the relationship between words and action in the public activity of Jesus and tries to relate this to the current teaching practices. Under the title, "The kerygma in transformative teaching: "ethics-teaching" of the Beatitudes, the dialogue focuses on education in the service of God's kingdom in any space or environment wherever it happens. From the Beatitudes, which aim to bring God and people closer and make faith concrete, it is clear that the position of Jesus is with the poor, the simple, the downtrodden, in their many faces: children, women, poor, sick and others. Jesus emphasizes what is essential: the human being. Therefore, this research concerned itself with bringing the practical and present dimension of the teaching of the Beatitudes that wishes to show that the kingdom of God is possible in Jesus. He gives new meaning to human life, pointing to the place where God wants Christians to come. Very different from a simple transference of knowledge, Jesus shows that justice and solidarity are completely above the law. And that service is not characterized as law but as impelled by grace. In this perspective, transformative teaching has eyes for those who are disadvantaged and encourages them to act contrary to the existing unfair structures. It moves to view them as friends just as God chooses to be our friend and when someone questions him, he answer just: "I AM THAT I AM." Teaching in a transformative perspective is only possible if the one who teaches has been transformed. Being transformed by God's Word is to be faithful to Jesus and his teaching that invites first the top leaders to be converted, those who need to understand and help people. This is true teaching and worship. What underlies the beatitudes is the ethics of being. Values such as justice and solidarity are born from Christianity, by which the transformative teaching perspective requires urgency to act for change, to improve undignified situations. Namely, teaching as the example set by Jesus goes beyond communicating or transferring, it implies caring, being concerned about others, about our neighbor. This, because obviously the closer we are to the teachings of Jesus the more human we become.

This study aims to apply a design theoretical perspective on museum educators in a natural sciencemuseum to see which didactic choices they make. This study proceeds from the following questions: How is the scientific content of the exhibition orchestrated? Which semiotic resources do the museum educators uses? How do the museum tutors reason for their didactic choices? The study is based on seven observations of five different museum educators teaching seven different classes in the younger ages in one specific exhibition. It is also based on one interview with three of the museum educators. The design theory of learning, which is the theory that this study is analysed through, is mostly based on the studies by Staffan Selander and Gunther Kress (2010). The result of the investigation shows, in short, that the scientific content is orchestrated like a journey through time where different sceneries represent the geological ages of the earth. The museum educators uses a combination of multiple semiotic resources. The interview showed what the museum educators wanted to be the key words in their teaching: understanding, curiosity, desire, to arouse interest and willingness to take on the science glasses and ask yourself questions like 'How can you know that?' and 'How can you find out?'.

abstract: This research is particularly concerned with organizations’ advocacy of value-based change aimed at improving consumers’ well-being. This work contributes to the Transformative Services Research area and presents a conceptualization of the value-laden service organization (VLSO), which I define as organizations that advocate for specific value-based behaviors from consumers both within and beyond the particular service setting. In a VLSO, consumers are expected to act in accordance with the values of the organization. If the consumer’s pre-existing value system is not aligned with the values of the service organization, the consumer may experience a sense of psychological disequilibrium, which can lead to unintended decrease in well-being. This research explores how value conflicts are managed by both the organization and by the consumers. This work emerges out of an interpretive study of a Catholic-based homeless shelter for pregnant women. From it, I identify the practices of consumers and the service organization and explored their interactions. This has resulted in a theoretical conceptualization of a Rescue Institution, which combines aspects of both a Total Institution and a Reinventive Institution in a unique way. Further, I conceptualize a cycle of agency and authenticity that maps the dynamics of the consumer in a VLSO as they negotiate the structure/agency duality. In gathering data, I used an interpretive approach over the course of three years’ of direct involvement with a service organization, St. Mary’s House. My methods included participant observation, collection of artifacts, and one-on-one in-depth interviews. I interviewed a total of 30 participants, whose transcribed interviews resulted in over 1500 pages of text. Analysis of themes and concepts occurred as a result of repeated examinations of both existing theory and data. My findings reveal key organizational and consumer practices that negotiate the tension between structure and agency. Organizational practices include rules and social norms, as well as two forms of hierarchy. Consumer practices, often in response to organizational practices, include a cycle of agency and authenticity and participation in a shadow structure. These practices collectively influence consumer’s interpretive drift, which is their adoption of the organization’s values that creates internalized change. I conclude with implications for theory and service organization management. First, value priorities mean that tradeoffs must be made, which can cause unexpected and painful conflict. The experience of change, from both the consumer and service provider perspective, can be very messy. This process includes a dynamic and individual negotiation of authenticity and agency, which will be of interest in future studies. The service providers must be open to this process, carefully navigating their responses to the consumer’s dynamic authenticity, agency and values. Service providers should expect and acknowledge the conflict in consumers’ experience in order to foster their long-term perspective and perseverance. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2015

Studiens syfte är att studera hur arbetsorganisationer förhåller sig till arbetsmiljöföreskrifterna AFS 2105:4 och AFS 2001:1 och hur ledare utövar arbetsmiljöarbete i praktiken. För att studera detta har vi genomfört intervjuer och använt en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Nutidens arbetsliv präglas av komplexitet, flexibilitet och allt mer decentraliserade organisationer. Detta kan ses leda till en utmaning för chefen att orientera sig i denna komplexitet. Med anledning av de i Sverige höga sjukskrivningstalen på grund av psykisk ohälsa riktas idag ett allt större fokus på den sociala och organisatoriska arbetsmiljön. Hur arbetsmiljöarbetet och ledarstilen kan antas främja en god arbetsmiljö är denna studies fokus. Studiens resultat visar att det för att den relationsorienterade ledarstilen ska ha en möjlighet att nå önskad effekt på arbetsmiljön krävs ett medarbetarskap. Även struktur och organisering kring hur det relationella; såsom hur samtal, dialog, uppföljning och åtgärder ska genomföras ingår i studiens fokusområden. / The purpose of this study is to study how labour organizations relate to the work environment regulations AFS 2015:4 and AFS 2001:1 and how managers exercise work environment management in practice. To study that we conducted interviews and used a qualitative research method. Today ́s labour market is characterized by complexity, flexibility and more decentralized organizations. It can be a challenge for a manager to orientate in this complexity. Due to the high level of psychological ill health, today ́s focus is increasingly on the social and organizational work environment. Due to Sweden’s highnumbers of employees reporting sick, a sick leave caused by psychological ill health, focus is increasingly pointed towards the social and organizational work environment. The focus of this study is on how the work environment and leadership style can be assumed to promote satisfied employees. The results show that for the relationship-oriented leadership style to have an opportunity to achieve the desired effect on the work environment, empowerment of the employee is required. Organizational structure with a relational focus, such as conversations, dialogue, follow-up and how to carry out necessary precautions and actions are also in focus in this study.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka chefers upplevelser av att arbeta i en aktivitetsbaserad kontorsmiljö, där studien ska öka förståelsen för vilka utmaningar som chefer kan ställas inför. Eftersom tillit är en viktig förutsättning för ledarskapet i en organisation där gränserna mellan lösts upp är syftet med denna studie också att undersöka om denna typ av kontorsmiljö inverkar på hur tillit samt ledarskap skapas och praktiseras. Empirin har insamlats genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex chefer på mellanchefsnivå som delat med sig av sina uppfattningar och tankar kring ledarskap, det aktivitetsbaserade kontoret samt tillit. Det empiriska materialet analyseras med hjälp av teori om organisationsstruktur och ledarskap. Dessutom används Giddens teori om tid och rum tillsammans med begreppen tillit och expertsystem. Studiens resultat visar att tillit är en viktig förutsättning i ett aktivitetsbaserat kontor samt att tillit inte endast beror på hur rumsutformningen ser ut utan, även är kopplad till medarbetarnas ålder och expertis. Detta kan framförallt förklaras av Giddens teori om tid och rum samt begreppet expertsystem. Vidare visar studien på att de för- och nackdelar cheferna upplever med aktivitetsbaserade kontor varierar beroende på deras medarbetares roll och arbetsuppgifter. De arbeten som präglas av att medarbetarna har en hög kontroll av sina arbetsuppgifter, så som karriärlönearbetaren, upplever fler fördelar i ett aktivitetsbaserat kontor än den traditionella lönearbetaren. Cheferna upplever att flexibiliteten i arbetet är en fördel och utmaningen är främst sammanhållningen i teamet, vilket är kopplat till uppluckringen av tid och rum. / The purpose of this research project is to investigate how managers experience working in an activity-based office and to increase the knowledge of the challenges managers face in this kind of working environment. Trust is an important prerequisite in an organization where the boundaries between time and space have been dissolved and therefore, the purpose of this project is also to investigate if this type of office-environment affects how trust and leadership are created and practiced. The empirical evidence for this project was gathered through semi-structured interviews with six middle-level managers, who shared their experiences and thoughts about leadership, trust and the activity-based office. The empirical evidence was analyzed with the help of organizational structure and leadership theory, and Giddens time-space theory was used together with the concepts of trust and expert-systems. The results of the study show that trust is indeed an important prerequisite for organizations employing an activity-based office solution. Furthermore, the study shows that trust does not depend solely on the spatial solution of the office, but is also influenced by the age and expertise of the employees. This is explained by employing Giddens time-space theory and the concept of expert-systems. Moreover, the study shows that the managers' perceived pros and cons with activity-based office solutions differ depending on the working tasks of their employees and the degree of control they have over their employees. The type of jobs where the employees have a high degree of control in their work experience more pros with an activity-based office solution, than those with a low degree of control. The interviewed managers perceived that flexible working conditions were beneficial and that the main challenge working in an activity-based office was to keep the team united, as the boundaries between time and space were very vague.

Dissertação(mestrado)-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental, Instituto de Educação, 2009. / Submitted by eloisa silva (eloisa1_silva@yahoo.com.br) on 2012-07-25T00:08:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 luciana sereneski de lima.pdf: 1456482 bytes, checksum: f651f32da335e2a3ce0b3a1afd519aff (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Bruna Vieira(bruninha_vieira@ibest.com.br) on 2012-07-25T03:14:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 luciana sereneski de lima.pdf: 1456482 bytes, checksum: f651f32da335e2a3ce0b3a1afd519aff (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-25T03:14:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 luciana sereneski de lima.pdf: 1456482 bytes, checksum: f651f32da335e2a3ce0b3a1afd519aff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar uma leitura do processo participativo no Conselho Ambiental da Ilha dos Marinheiros pela perspectiva da Educação Ambiental Transformadora. A leitura que se realizou teve a intenção de aprofundar o entendimento sobre a teoria e prática da participação no campo teórico do Gerenciamento Costeiro Integrado e avaliar a condução desse processo pelos técnicos do Laboratório de Gerenciamento Costeiro da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (LabGerco/FURG). A partir da perspectiva sócio-histórica de pesquisa qualitativa, as reuniões do Conselho que ocorreram no ano de 2008 foram acompanhadas e entrevistas realizadas com os conselheiros. O texto resultante da transcrição das falas dos entrevistados foi analisado em busca de entender as múltiplas determinações que definem e situam o processo participativo. Dentre as diversas questões levantadas ao longo da análise, consideram-se cruciais para entender este espaço participativo e seu funcionamento àquelas relativas à origem do Conselho e sua institucionalidade, ao papel da FURG e às visões de participação em disputa. O Conselho originou-se a partir de um processo empreendido por agentes externos à Ilha, não sendo um espaço de participação almejado pelos ilhéus e pelo qual lutaram. Antes disso, o Conselho resulta de uma luta que os ilhéus “perderam”, uma vez que resultou do embargo da obra da ponte que seria para os ilhéus a única forma de trazer o progresso para a Ilha. A segunda questão posta diz respeito ao Plano de Manejo da Ilha, documento que traça as principais linhas de ação do Conselho e assume uma visão de futuro para a Ilha dos Marinheiros. Foi observado que a aposta para o futuro da Ilha assumida pelos agentes condutores do processo (equipe do LabGerco/FURG), e presente no referido documento, difere do posicionamento dos ilhéus participantes do processo de planejamento, que depois se tornaram conselheiros. Este conflito centrase especialmente sobre o incentivo ao turismo defendido pelos elaboradores do Plano, enquanto os ilhéus afirmaram a necessidade de se trabalhar questões relativas à busca de melhores condições para sua vida, buscando centrar o Plano na mobilização de esforços para melhorar as atividades de agricultura e pesca. Já o papel do Conselho foi descrito de diferentes formas, entre elas está o controle da entrada de iniciativas e atividades na Ilha, no entanto, o Conselho não dispõe dos instrumentos, institucionalidade e poder necessário para tanto. O Conselho também teria o papel de lutar por mudanças e garantir a participação da comunidade no desenvolvimento, além de ser um espaço de discussão dos problemas e criação de soluções, que seriam propostas a outros órgãos. Neste ponto, reside um problema que diz respeito à indefinição do agente executor do Plano de Manejo, a quem o Conselho deveria aconselhar. Outra questão importante é sobre o papel da FURG no processo, assumindo uma função que pode ser metaforizada pela imagem de um controlador neutro. Por um lado há o discurso do “aprender a aprender” e da neutralidade desta instituição. Por outro lado, o controle das ações do Conselho é exercido de diversas formas. Partindo da análise sobre a concepção de educação e de participação adotados, não foi possível a construção da emancipação nem contribuir ao empoderamento dos educandos, gerando uma relação de profunda dependência. Isto se apresenta como um risco à sobrevivência do Conselho pela intenção expressa da equipe da FURG retirar-se do processo “em um momento ou outro”, o que é agravado pelo fim do Programa Costa Sul que dotava os recursos financeiros que subsidiaram a atuação de tal equipe. Finalmente, permeando diversas das questões postas está o conflito e a disputa entre diferentes sentidos para a participação. Uma alinha-se à tendência hegemônica enquanto a outra pressupõe sua crítica. O dado essencial é que esta disputa permanece velada, ao menos aos olhos dos agentes internos. Partindo destas questões levantadas, há propostas para ação educativa organizadas em três momentos: curso de formação dos conselheiros ilhéus; reflexões com a equipe condutora do processo; e reflexões no âmbito do Conselho como um todo. As propostas fundam-se na necessidade posta aos educadores progressistas de aproveitar os espaços de participação na luta pela transformação da sociedade (FREIRE, 2003). / This study aimed at achieving a reading of the participatory process in the Environmental Council of Ilha dos Marinheiros by the prospect of Transformative Environmental Education. Such reading was held with the intent on deepening the understanding of the theory and practice of participation in the theoretical field of Integrated Coastal Management. Therefore, evaluating the conduct of that process by the technicians of the Laboratory of Coastal Management, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (LabGerco/FURG), was also an essential part of the objective. The Council meetings were attended throughout 2008 and interviews with the counselors were carried out from the socio-historical perspective of qualitative research. The resulting text from the transcript of the speech of interviewees was analyzed in search of understanding the multiple determinations which define and place the participatory process. Among the various issues raised during the analysis, the keys to understand that space and its operation are those related to the origin of the Council and its institutionalities, to the role of FURG, and to the views of participation under disputation. Originated from a process undertaken by staff from outside the island, the Council is not a space of participation sought by the islanders, by which they fought; in fact, it stems from a fight they “lost”, as the result of the restriction on the construction of the bridge that the islanders believed it would bring progress to the Island. The second question raised concerns the Management Plan of Ilha dos Marinheiros, which outlines the leading actions for the Council and is a vision of future for the island. The bet taken by the team driving the process for the future of the island (the team of LabGerco/FURG), as registered in the document, was considered to differ from the positioning of islanders participating of the planning process, who then became counselors. The conflict focuses specifically on the tourism promotion advocated by the Plan designers. The islanders expressed the need to work on issues in search of better conditions for living, as they tried to focus the plan on mobilizing efforts to improve the activities of agriculture and fishery. The Council’s role was described by the interviewees in different ways, among which was the control of entry of initiatives and activities to the island. However, the Council did not have the instruments, institutionality, nor power for that. The Council should also play the role of fighting for change and ensuring community participation in the development, besides being a forum for discussing problems and creating solutions to be proposed to other sectors of society. At this point, there is a problem concerning the vagueness of the official executioner of the Management Plan of Ilha dos Marinheiros, which the Council itself must advise. Another important issue is the role of FURG in the process, assuming a role that can be illustrated as the image of a neutral controller. On the one hand there is the discourse of “learning to learn” and the neutrality of the institution. On the other hand, the control of the Council is exercised in several ways. From the analysis on the concept of education and participation adopted, we concluded that construction of empowerment and emancipation was not possible. Furthermore, the form that the technicians had conducted the process created a deep relationship of dependency. Such a fact shows a risk to the survival of the Council, given the intention expressed by the FURG’s team of withdrawing from the process “at a time or another”. That is exacerbated by the end of the Programa Costa Sul, which gave financial support to subsidize the activities of the team. Finally, all this issues are permeated by the conflict and dispute among different senses of participation. One of them joins to the hegemonic trend while the other assumes its criticism. The key element is that such dispute remains hidden, at least in the eyes of islanders counselors. Taking these issues into account, a proposal for educational activity are herein presented organized in three stages: a training course for islander counselors; discussions with the team driving the process; and reflections within the Council as a whole. The proposals are based on the need put to progressive educators to use the spaces for participating in the struggle of transforming society (FREIRE, 2003).

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Esta é representada pela “Ação Cultural de Criação Saberes e Fazeres da Mata Atlântica”, desenvolvida entre os anos de 2005 e 2010, envolvendo alunos e professores da rede pública de ensino de cinco municípios da região. A partir disso, objetivou-se compreender a repercussão que o processo educativo desenvolvido nessa Ação Cultural de Criação gerou nas práticas pedagógicas das educadoras que dele participaram. Historicamente, a criação e implantação de UCs esteve vinculada a uma perspectiva dissociativa da relação ser humano-natureza, sendo apreciadas como “ilhas de natureza intocável”. No Brasil, foram regulamentadas pela lei do Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação (SNUC), configurando-se em espaços com diferentes características e fins, de acordo com sua categoria, sendo que a educação e a interpretação ambiental apresentam-se dentre os objetivos de unidades da categoria “parque”. Nesse sentido, as ações de educação ambiental propostas pela ONG foram empreendidas principalmente nesses espaços protegidos, com a intenção de trabalhar com as escolas inseridas nos microcorredores ecológicos definidos para a região do Litoral Norte. Para a elucidação dos resultados gerados, a investigação foi feita a partir de pesquisa qualitativa, adotando como procedimentos metodológicos a análise de relatórios das ações educativas realizadas com professores e a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com educadoras que participaram dessa ação. A sistematização dos dados foi feita a partir da análise textual discursiva (ATD), aliada à compreensão do subtexto. Para isso, foram consideradas três categorias a priori na pesquisa: práxis, consciência e autonomia. A análise foi feita à luz do materialismo histórico dialético e da EA crítica transformadora emancipatória, entendendo-se a questão ambiental configurada na integração e inter-relação entre as dimensões biológica, social, econômica e política. Os resultados encontrados permitem concluir que ações de EA continuam a ser desenvolvidas nas escolas da região, com a incorporação e apropriação de práticas pedagógicas ressignificadas pelas educadoras, em uma confluência de ações vinculadas tanto a práticas mais comportamentalistas de EA quanto a propostas mais críticas e com potencial transformador. Com isso, propõese que UCs podem se constituir em importantes espaços educativos, potencializadores na construção de uma “práxis ambiental”. / This work consisted in an investigation that analyzed the experience of environmental education (EE) developed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) “Instituto Curicaca” in protected areas (PAs) in the North Coast of Rio Grande do Sul. This experience is represented by the cultural action "Ação Cultural de Criação Saberes e Fazeres da Mata Atlântica”, developed between the years 2005 and 2010, involving students and teachers of public schools of five cities in the region. The research aimed to understand the impact of this educational process in the pedagogical practices of the teachers who participated of it. Historically, the creation and deployment of PAs has been linked to a dissociative perspective of the relationship between human beings and nature, being assessed as "islands of untouched nature." In Brazil, they were regulated by the law of the National System of Protected Areas (SNUC), setting up in spaces with different characteristics and purposes, according to its category, and environmental education and interpretation are presented among the goals of units of the category "park." In this sense, environmental education actions proposed by the NGO were mainly undertaken in these protected areas, with the intention of working with schools embedded in ecological micro-corridors defined for the North Coast region. For the elucidation of the results, the investigation was made from qualitative research, adopting methodological procedures as the analysis of reports of educational activities with teachers and conducting semi-structured interviews with educators that participated in this action. The systematization of data was made from the discursive textual analysis (DTA), coupled with the understanding of the subtext. Three categories were considered a priori: praxis, consciousness and autonomy. The analysis was made in the light of historical and dialectical materialism and of the critical transformative emancipatory EE, understanding the environment as the integration and interrelationship between the biological, social, economic and political aspects. The results allow us to conclude that schools continue to develop EE actions, with the incorporation and appropriation of pedagogical practices resignified by educators in a confluence of actions linked to both behavioral practices and critical proposals with transformative potential. It is proposed that PAs may be important educational spaces, contributing to the construction of an "environmental praxis".

A sociedade tem sofrido há décadas os malefícios da má alimentação. Ao mesmo tempo que as pessoas têm consciência da importância de mudar seus hábitos, enfrentam grande dificuldade em alterar a forma como se alimentam. Uma série de pesquisas foi realizada sobre a questão do que motivaria as pessoas a escolher seus alimentos de forma geral, algumas apontando o Prazer Sensorial como principal motivação, mas pouco foi investigado sobre quais seriam os drivers da escolha de alimentos saudáveis. Há uma lacuna na literatura em relação a quais seriam os impulsionadores da escolha desse tipo de produto. Desta forma, o objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar as motivações para a escolha de alimentos saudáveis, pelos consumidores. Neste sentido, este trabalho insere-se em uma linha de pesquisa chamada Transformative Consumer Research. Para abordar os objetivos, desenvolveu-se uma investigação estruturada em 4 fases: (1) revisão da literatura; (2) pesquisa qualitativa por meio de entrevistas em profundidade; (3) pesquisa quantitativa por meio de modelagem de equações estruturais - amostra de desenvolvimento com 262 entrevistas; (4) pesquisa quantitativa por meio de modelagem de equações estruturais - amostra para teste do modelo com 300 entrevistas. Os resultados mostram que a motivação Familiaridade seria a mais importante a ser atendida para ampliar o consumo de alimentos saudáveis. Em segundo lugar, destaca-se a motivação Energia, entre as pessoas mais velhas (40 anos ou mais) e o Controle do Peso, entre as mais jovens (39 anos ou menos). O estudo aponta ainda duas outras motivações, Saúde e Funções do Corpo (intestino e digestão). Elas têm efeito significativo na intenção, mas há poucas evidências do seu impacto no consumo real. Por fim, a motivação Prazer Sensorial, apontada como a mais importante em trabalhos anteriores sobre alimentos no geral, destaca-se como a menos importante para o consumo de alimentos saudáveis. A pesquisa traz contribuições teóricas no sentido que apresenta um modelo integrativo das motivações ao consumo de alimentos saudáveis, traz o desenvolvimento de novas escalas, oferece definições para as motivações e os alimentos saudáveis, e aponta as diferenças entre as motivações ao consumo de alimentos saudáveis e as relacionadas aos alimentos no geral. São também apresentadas contribuições às empresas de alimentos, que poderiam adequar suas estratégias de posicionamento, targeting e produto de acordo com as necessidades reveladas dos consumidores. A pesquisa traz ainda contribuições sociais. Órgãos governamentais, ONGs e associações, que têm por objetivo a promoção da alimentação saudável, poderiam utilizar os resultados como forma de melhorar a eficácia de seus programas para ampliar o consumo destes produtos junto à população. / Society has faced for decades the consequences of bad nutrition. Consumers know they should change their habits, but they have a hard time altering the way they eat. Previous research was carried out on the motivations for food consumption in general, some of them pointing out Sensory Pleasure as the most important one, but not as much was studied about what would be the main choice drivers for healthy food. There is a gap in the literature related to what would be the chief motivators for the consumption of these products. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to investigate what are the main motivations for consumers to choose healthy foods. Accordingly, this research can be related to a line of investigation called Transformative Consumer Research. To approach the objectives, this research was structured in 4 phases: (1) literature review; (2) qualitative research through in-depth interviews; (3) quantitative research through structural equation modeling - development sample with 262 interviews; (4) quantitative research through structural equation modeling - model test sample with 300 interviews. Results showed that the motivation Familiarity is the most important to be worked on to enhance the consumption of healthy foods. In addition, two other motivations stand out, but with a more limited reach: Energy is more relevant among older consumers (40 years old or older), while Weight Control is more important among younger consumers (39 years old or younger). The research still points out two other motivations, Health and Body Functions (intestines and digestion). They have a significant effect on the intentions to consume, but there is not strong evidence of their effect on actual consumption. Finally, Sensory Pleasure, pointed out in previous studies as the most important motivation to food consumption in general, is presented here as the least important motivation for the consumption of healthy foods. This study has theoretical contributions while presenting an integrative model of motivations for healthy food, delivering new scales development, conveying definitions for motivations and healthy foods, besides pointing out the differences between the motivations for the consumption of healthy foods and food products in general. In addition, contributions to companies that market healthy foods are also discussed, since they could use the results to make their positioning, targeting and product strategies more adequate to consumer needs. The investigation also delivers social contributions. Govern agencies, NGOs and associations, which have as their main goal to improve population nutrition, could use the results to improve the efficacy of their programs aimed to enhance the consumption of healthy foods.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jaqueline Vasconcelos da Silva.pdf: 944863 bytes, checksum: 88302c4140b413e002c5dd4c3c23d513 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-03 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This research aimed to identify, describe and analyze what the Brazilian and foreign professionals, who were transferred to work in another country, and have returned to their country of origin are understood as resulting from the learning experience of expatriation. Intended to meet situations in which this learning occurred for the individual, and if this learning was absorbed by the organization. The study was based on psychological perspectives applied to studies of learning in organizations, studies of informal learning within institutions, and especially in studies of adult learning from the approach of transformative learning proposed by Jack Mezirow (1991). Therefore, it was conducted a basic interpretive qualitative study with ten participants. Data were collected through semistructured interviews, document analysis and observation, and were analyzed by the method of qualitative data analysis proposed by Flores (1994). The results show that the experience of expatriation triggers transformative learning processes through changes of views and assumptions of the individual. It has been found yet informal learning processes and examples of the connection between individual learning processes and organizational learning. / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar, descrever e analisar o que os profissionais brasileiros e estrangeiros, que foram transferidos a trabalho para outro país, e que já retornaram ao seu país de origem, entendem como aprendizagem resultante da experiência da expatriação. Pretendeu-se conhecer em quais situações este aprendizado ocorreu para o indivíduo, e se este aprendizado foi absorvido pela organização. O estudo apoiou-se nas perspectivas psicológicas aplicadas aos estudos de aprendizagem nas organizações, nos estudos sobre aprendizagem informal dentro de instituições, e, sobretudo, nos estudos de aprendizagem de adultos a partir da abordagem da aprendizagem transformadora proposta por Jack Mezirow (1991). Foi conduzido um estudo qualitativo interpretativo básico com dez participantes. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, análise documental e observação, e foram analisados segundo o processo de análise de dados qualitativos proposto por Flores (1994). Os resultados mostram que a experiência da expatriação desencadeia processos de aprendizagem transformadora por intermédio de mudanças de pontos de vistas e de pressupostos do indivíduo. Foram constatados ainda processos de aprendizagem informal e exemplos da ligação entre processos de aprendizagem individual e aprendizagem organizacional.