Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1941. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-246). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-230).

A presente dissertação traz como tema principal a questão dos valores em relação ao processo educativo escolar. Seu principal objetivo é analisar a tarefa da escola quanto à educação para valores, frente às transformações sociais e culturais e suas implicações no processo educativo. Para a realização de tal propósito, o método de abordagem será o analítico-interpretativo, sendo que o trabalho dissertativo está dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo descreverá a sociedade contemporânea e suas principais transformações no âmbito social e cultural. Por isso, se valerá das contribuições do sociólogo Zygmunt Bauman, no intuito de apresentar as principais características presentes no contexto social, para que, em seguida, se possa compreender o papel da escola inserida nesse contexto. Após a apresentação desse panorama, no segundo capítulo, o trabalho dissertativo terá o intuito de destacar o tema dos valores e, para isso, contará com o aporte teórico do filósofo Max Scheler, apresentando suas ideias centrais acerca de sua teoria dos valores. A partir da descrição da sociedade referenciada por Bauman e da teoria dos valores, formulada por Scheler, no terceiro capítulo, o objetivo será situar e analisar a missão da escola diante das transformações sociais e culturais e seu processo educativo, em especial, frente aos valores. E para a compreensão da missão da escola no contexto hodierno far-se-á a análise do Projeto Político-Pedagógico da Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental Jardim América do município de Vacaria, no Rio Grande do Sul, porque, através da análise desse documento, é possível compreender e avaliar as metas pretendidas com as ações pedagógicas da Escola, e, além disso, constatar como a respectiva instituição concebe a formação do ser humano, e se, para realizá-la, ela tem a preocupação de educar para valores. À luz dessa análise, por fim, elencar-se-ão alguns valores imprescindíveis, a fim de poder tecer uma relação entre escola, sociedade e valores e compreender que a instituição escolar deve educar para valores. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-03T13:23:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Viviane Catarini Paim.pdf: 4108373 bytes, checksum: ca5a176a38f8527efdf7957300dff344 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-03T13:23:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Viviane Catarini Paim.pdf: 4108373 bytes, checksum: ca5a176a38f8527efdf7957300dff344 (MD5) / The present dissertation has as main theme the question of values in relation to the educational process at school. Its main objective is to analyze the task of school on the education for values, compared to the social and cultural changes and their implications in the educational process. To carry out this purpose, the method of approach is the analytical-interpretative, and the dissertation work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter will describe the contemporary society and its major transformations on social and culture scope. Therefore, it will use the contributions of the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, in order to show the main features present in the social context, so that then we can understand the role of schools entered in this context. After presenting this background, the second chapter, the dissertative work has the objective to highlight the issue of values and, to do this, rely on the theoretical philosopher Max Scheler, presenting his central ideas about this theory of values. From the description of society referenced by Bauman and value theory, formulated by Scheler, the third chapter has the objective to situate and analyze the school’s mission face social and cultural transformations and their educational process, in particular, compared to values. And for understanding the school’s mission in today’s context we will analyze the Political Pedagogical Project of the Jardim América State Elementary School, on the city of Vacaria, in Rio Grande do Sul, because through the analysis of this document it is possible to understand and evaluate the desired targets with the pedagogical actions of the school, and also see how the institution sees the formation of human beings, and if, to do it, the school takes care to educate for values. In light of this analysis, finally, we will list some values that are essential, in order to weave a relationship between school, society and values and understand that schools must educate for values.

A presente dissertação traz como tema principal a questão dos valores em relação ao processo educativo escolar. Seu principal objetivo é analisar a tarefa da escola quanto à educação para valores, frente às transformações sociais e culturais e suas implicações no processo educativo. Para a realização de tal propósito, o método de abordagem será o analítico-interpretativo, sendo que o trabalho dissertativo está dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo descreverá a sociedade contemporânea e suas principais transformações no âmbito social e cultural. Por isso, se valerá das contribuições do sociólogo Zygmunt Bauman, no intuito de apresentar as principais características presentes no contexto social, para que, em seguida, se possa compreender o papel da escola inserida nesse contexto. Após a apresentação desse panorama, no segundo capítulo, o trabalho dissertativo terá o intuito de destacar o tema dos valores e, para isso, contará com o aporte teórico do filósofo Max Scheler, apresentando suas ideias centrais acerca de sua teoria dos valores. A partir da descrição da sociedade referenciada por Bauman e da teoria dos valores, formulada por Scheler, no terceiro capítulo, o objetivo será situar e analisar a missão da escola diante das transformações sociais e culturais e seu processo educativo, em especial, frente aos valores. E para a compreensão da missão da escola no contexto hodierno far-se-á a análise do Projeto Político-Pedagógico da Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental Jardim América do município de Vacaria, no Rio Grande do Sul, porque, através da análise desse documento, é possível compreender e avaliar as metas pretendidas com as ações pedagógicas da Escola, e, além disso, constatar como a respectiva instituição concebe a formação do ser humano, e se, para realizá-la, ela tem a preocupação de educar para valores. À luz dessa análise, por fim, elencar-se-ão alguns valores imprescindíveis, a fim de poder tecer uma relação entre escola, sociedade e valores e compreender que a instituição escolar deve educar para valores. / The present dissertation has as main theme the question of values in relation to the educational process at school. Its main objective is to analyze the task of school on the education for values, compared to the social and cultural changes and their implications in the educational process. To carry out this purpose, the method of approach is the analytical-interpretative, and the dissertation work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter will describe the contemporary society and its major transformations on social and culture scope. Therefore, it will use the contributions of the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, in order to show the main features present in the social context, so that then we can understand the role of schools entered in this context. After presenting this background, the second chapter, the dissertative work has the objective to highlight the issue of values and, to do this, rely on the theoretical philosopher Max Scheler, presenting his central ideas about this theory of values. From the description of society referenced by Bauman and value theory, formulated by Scheler, the third chapter has the objective to situate and analyze the school’s mission face social and cultural transformations and their educational process, in particular, compared to values. And for understanding the school’s mission in today’s context we will analyze the Political Pedagogical Project of the Jardim América State Elementary School, on the city of Vacaria, in Rio Grande do Sul, because through the analysis of this document it is possible to understand and evaluate the desired targets with the pedagogical actions of the school, and also see how the institution sees the formation of human beings, and if, to do it, the school takes care to educate for values. In light of this analysis, finally, we will list some values that are essential, in order to weave a relationship between school, society and values and understand that schools must educate for values.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--Kutztown University. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2746. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [50]-52).

The Harry Potter series has been a phenomenal publishing success for their author J. K. Rowling. This thesis argues for the use of these books as a worthwhile teaching asset, especially in the promotion of values in our schools. It particularly focuses on the use of these books for Values Education in the curriculum area of Religious Education. While the world continues to change and evolve there are some aspects of our societies that remain unchanged and the power of stories is one of these stable forces. This thesis looks at the importance of stories in teaching our youth about values, especially Christian values. It also provides research on how critics and youth have responded to the stories about Harry Potter through undertaking a review of critical comments and by actually asking young people what they feel about aspects of the novels. Comment is made on what Christian values can be found in the Harry Potter series and how they are shown through the choices characters make. This thesis also looks at how the power to choose is a fundamental basis of Christian religion and that through our choices we live out our humanity. Mention is made of Values Education in both State and Catholic schools and how, in recent years, we have seen increased moves by both Federal and State Governments to instigate Values Education programmes in Australian schools. This study also looked at how curriculum changes in Tasmania, at both State and Catholic levels, encourages the teaching of values through the use of resources that connect with our young people and teaching strategies that encourage higher-order thinking skills. An analysis is also made regarding the connection between the Harry Potter series and the hero journey motif. This connection provides some answers as to why the series is so popular and why our youth feel some connection to the characters in the books.Through research and analysis this thesis found that the Harry Potter series is popular with our youth and that they are connected to the characters in the books and the choices they make. This study also found that the series, through the characters and choices they make, provides itself as a valuable teaching tool because it is able to be used in both secular and Catholic schools regardless of attacks on the books by Christian groups. Studies undertaken indicated that the values presented in the books are compatible with our Australian societal values and that with the use of good teaching strategies the books can assist students in developing their higher-order thinking skills. The Harry Potter series can be used to assist youth in acquiring values that will assist them in their personal development and to help them become useful contributors to our modern world. Through the character of Harry Potter and his experiences students can learn more about themselves and the values they need to overcome those difficulties that they, like all of us, face in life.

<p>The paper will clear out the student perspective in order to examine students' attitude towards what would be important to touch on a matter of life. The essay will explore what is important for students to discuss and respond to their environment in schools and perceived to be relevant to talk about in life skills. There is an object which deals with gender and masculinity in the study. The study would examine whether a student perspective on life can affect the current knowledge of gender structures in the school. Qualitative research interviews were carried out in seven students in grade 9 at a school located in inner suburbs of Stockholm. In-terviews were of semi-structured nature and after transcription analyzed with hermeneutic and phe-nomenological method. A theoretical background of theories on life skills and other core subjects has also been behind the thesis conclusions.</p>

Thesis (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Theses (Faculty of Education) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

The paper will clear out the student perspective in order to examine students' attitude towards what would be important to touch on a matter of life. The essay will explore what is important for students to discuss and respond to their environment in schools and perceived to be relevant to talk about in life skills. There is an object which deals with gender and masculinity in the study. The study would examine whether a student perspective on life can affect the current knowledge of gender structures in the school. Qualitative research interviews were carried out in seven students in grade 9 at a school located in inner suburbs of Stockholm. In-terviews were of semi-structured nature and after transcription analyzed with hermeneutic and phe-nomenological method. A theoretical background of theories on life skills and other core subjects has also been behind the thesis conclusions.

Abstract Ongoing tension surrounding values education in both the wider community and among politicians and academics, as well as the plethora of values education programs on the commercial market, all contribute to a number of competing values education discourses that can make it difficult for individual classroom teachers to make choices regarding what and how to teach values. The aim of the current study was to contribute to an understanding of discourses of values education in Australia and investigate the way in which the Discourse models of government policy documents and classroom teacher Discourse models of values education intersect in terms of both alignment and fragmentation. In addressing the problem of how teachers choose to bring clarity to competing values education discourses, this research comprises two parts. The first part is an analysis of a key policy text, the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools (2005). The second part focuses on fourteen interviews with seven primary school classroom teachers conducted at different times during one school term. Each teacher was interviewed twice. The interviews were treated as objects of analysis and not just as an information source. The informal theories that underpin the policy and interview texts are analysed through James Paul Gee’s (2005) lens of “Discourse models”. This is a critical discourse approach to analysing a social phenomenon, with analytic focus placed on the language in the texts, as well as the localised and broader social context in which the language is situated. The way in which the policy and interview texts functioned strategically was analysed. The Discourse models evident in the texts were then identified through the use of ‘storylines’ as an analytic tool. In identifying Discourse models, insight was gained into how the official policy and the teacher participants in the study conceptualised values education. Analysis of the policy document showed how the text acted strategically to build legitimacy and the appearance of consensus surrounding the approach to values education advocated in the document. The storyline that emerged was one of the Australian Federal Government as a ‘hero’ intervening in values education to save young people who are at moral risk in the 21st century. Analysis of the interview transcripts showed how these texts also acted strategically to build legitimacy and the appearance that each participant’s approach to values education was right, normal and needed. A similar storyline emerged in the interview texts, where young people were in need of rescuing due to the moral peril of current times but it was the teacher participants who were now in the role of ‘hero’. The teacher participants in the study showed that they called upon a multiplicity of social roles, everything they were as moral beings, in their efforts to rescue students. The results indicate that there is both alignment and fragmentation in the Discourse models identified in both the policy and interview texts. Values education was conceived of in largely behavioural terms, where values were fixed, and change towards these value norms was focused on the individual behaviour of the student. Alignment centred on a dominant ‘salvation’ story in the texts that regarded values education as a way to rescue students from moral peril. This master model of the salvation story was fractured, however, by the experiences of the classroom teachers in the study. Most poignant was that not all students were able to be rescued despite the best of professed intentions. There are several implications emerging from these findings. First, the explicit move towards fixed values norms has exclusionary effects. Second, the focus on changing the behaviour of students as individuals ignores systemic levels of oppression. Third, and overall, the didactic teaching of values creates tensions over the perceived interference of the state in the lives of young people. Recommendations emerging from the study include that teachers be given increased opportunities to become more aware of their own values systems, the impact of these in the classroom; and develop their understanding of the broader social structures in which values education in classrooms is situated. This awareness is a necessary complement to the official discourses of values education in Australia in order to mitigate the potential exclusionary effects of policy. 130105 Primary Education 35%, 160506 Education policy 35%, 1399 Other Education 30%