Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Popular Physics'

This thesis investigates quantum physics narratives for non-physicists, covering four interlocking modes of writing for adults and children, fictional and nonfictional, from 1900 to the present. It brings together three separate scholarly fields: literature and science, science fiction, and science communication. The thesis has revealed parallels between the approaches to quantum physics in these disparate narratives that have not been addressed before, shedding new light on the mutual influences between science and narrative form. The thesis argues that similar narrative tropes have been employed in popular science writing and in fiction across all age groups, changing non-physicists' ideas of quantum physics. This understanding differs significantly from the professional understanding of quantum physics, as I establish by means of a series of case studies, including popular science books for adults by Alastair I.M. Rae, George Gamow and Robert Gilmore; popularizations for children by Lucy and Stephen Hawking, Russell Stannard, and Otto Fong; children's fiction by Philip Pullman and Madeleine L'Engle; and fiction for adults by Greg Egan, David Walton, Blake Crouch, and Iain Pears. An analysis of authors who wrote for various audiences or in multiple genres, such as Fred Hoyle, Stephen Hawking, and Ian Stewart, shows how the same concerns and conflicts surface in a wide range of stories. Quantum physics is not yet fully understood; the Copenhagen, conscious collapse, many-worlds and other interpretations compete for both scientific and public acceptance. Influential physics communicators such as John Gribbin and Brian Cox have written popularizations in which they express a personal preference for one interpretation, arguing against others. Scientific conflict, which tends to be omitted from university teaching, is thus explicitly present in popularizations, making it clear to the reader that quantum physics is in a constant state of flux. I investigate the conflicts between Fred Hoyle and George Gamow, and Stephen Hawking and Leonard Susskind, to see how they undermine the alleged objectivity of science. The interplay between the different stories of quantum physics shows how the science not only shapes the stories: the stories shape the science, too.

The first four decades of the twentieth century was a period of rapid development in physics. The late nineteenth century discoveries of X-rays, Becquerel rays and subatomic particles had revealed new properties of matter, and the early twentieth century quantum and relativity theories added to the notion that the discipline was undergoing a fundamental change in thought and practice. Historians and scientists alike have retrospectively conceived of a sharp divide between nineteenth century and twentieth century physics, applying the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ to distinguish between these two practices. However, recent scholarship has suggested that early twentieth century physicists did not see this divide as self-evident, and in fact were responsible for consciously constructing these categories and definitions. This thesis explores the creation of the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ physics in Britain, and the physicists responsible. I consider how these terms were employed in ‘public’ arenas (lectures, books, newspapers, museums) influencing the wider reception of ‘modern’ physics. I consider not only the rhetorics employed by ‘modern’ physicists, but also those we would now consider to be ‘classical’, revealing a diverse range of potential definitions of ‘modern’ physics. Furthermore, even within the ‘modernists’ themselves, there was considerable disagreement over how their work was to be presented, as industrially applicable, or of value simply as intellectual knowledge in and of itself. There were also different notions of how scientific ‘progress’ should be portrayed, whether knowledge advanced through experimental refinement or theoretical work. Early twentieth century ‘modern’ physics appeared to discard long held theories, rejecting much of the discipline’s past. As such, physicists’ connection to the legacy of Newton was under threat. Furthermore, the instability of science more generally was revealed: if physicists had shown the old theories to be wrong, then why should the new ones be any different? This had severe implications as to how the public placed ‘trust’ in science. I explore how physicists carefully managed the ‘public’ transition from ‘classical’ to ‘modern’ physics, regaining public trust during a period of scientific ‘revolution’ and controversy.

N'importe quel liquide peut etre refroidi au-dessous de sa temperature de cristallisation sans se cristalliser en devenant un liquide surfondu. Ces proprietes statiques sont les continuations analytiques de celles d'un liquide ordinaire. Par contre la dynamique montre un ralentissement dramatique qu'on apelle la transition vitreuse: le temps de relaxation croit de picoseconds au voisinage de la transition de cristallisation au temps macroscopique pour les basses temperatures. Comprehension et explication de ce comportement des liquides surfondus a basses temperatures est l'un des problemes ouverts de mecanique statistique hors d'equilibre. Les scenarios divers ont ete proposes pour expliquer ce comportement des liquides surfondus. Dans cette th`ese nous adoptons celui base sur l'analyse des modeles de verres de spins generalises et la Theorie de Couplage de Modes (MCT). Ce scenario reproduit bien le ralentissement initial de la dynamique. Cependant il predit une transition spurieuse vers une phase non-ergodique pour les basses temperatures. C a pose un probleme naturel: comment peut-t-on generaliser le modele afin de reproduire le comportement aux basses temperatures observe et eliminer la transition ? Le but principal de la these etait de construire une telle generalisation. Il est suppose de facon generale que c'est les corrections aux MCT qui modifient la theorie aux basses temperatures. Cependant le defaut principal de MCT est la nature incontrolee de l'approximation qui amene a MCT ce qui fait le calcul des corrections a MCT un probleme quasiment insoluble. Un methode promettant pour contourner cette difficulte est la rederivation de MCT dans le contexte d'une theorie de champs. La revision des essaies precedents a releve leur inconsistance a cause d'une violation de la symetrie par rapport de renversement de temps (TRS) dans les series perturbatives. La solution de ce probleme amene a une rederivation correcte de MCT et donne des series perturbatives respectantes TRS. Cette construction permet de verifier directement la stabilite structurelle de MCT ce qui permet de repondre a une question principale de la theorie: Est ce que la transition est coupee par dans le cadre d'une approximation plus astucieuse ou il y a des raisons plus fondamentales ? Le reponse est que MCT n'est qu'une theorie de champ moyen et, par consequence, les corrections pertrubatives sont irrelevantes. Dans le meme contexte on etudie aussi le mapping des liquides surfondus sur les systemes de reaction-diffusion. Les resultats donnes au-dessus sont valables au-dessus de la transition vitreuse i.e pour les liquides en equilibre. Dans la derniere chapitre on etudie la generalisation de ces resultats aux basses temperatures ou le systeme n'atteint jamais l'equilibre pendant l'observation et le temps relaxation est, effectivement, infini. L'analyse est plus complique dans ce cas car des nouveaux phenomene, comme le vieillissement des proprietes physique, apparaissent.

In recent years superhero movies have skyrocketed in popularity, bringing with them plots and characters that tend to exhibit high levels of aggression. As social learners, humans often learn from what they observe, and especially emulate characters they admire – including fictional superheroes and villains. Consequently, this study content analyzed non-physical aggressions (verbal aggression, relational aggression, and violent ideation) in the top 25 highest grossing superhero movies between 2005 and 2015. Results found an average of 171.8 acts of non-physical aggression per movie. Females in these movies were also significantly more likely to engage in verbal and relational aggressions, which contributes to gender stereotypes about aggression. Unfortunately, due to a failure in intercoder reliability testing, these results are unreliable.

4 pp.<br>Recently, a number of global positioning system (GPS) devices have been introduced commercially which exploit GPS, transforming frequent measurements of time and location, into an estimate of energy expenditure. This fact sheet reviews how GPS watches (GPS fitness units) measure energy expenditure of individual during physical activity. We list popular GPS watches that are on the market and showed pros and cons of these watches. After our field testing, we decided that Garmin Forenunner 305 is our best pick for the GPS watch. We included information on Geocashing, which is one of popular outdoor activities using GPS receiver or other navigational techniques.

Ecotourism is a common conservation and development strategy in the Maya, Forest region. New sites of ecotourism consumption, such as El Rematé near Tikal National Park in Guatemala, are developing in response to consumer demand for budget accommodations in this attractive cultural and natural setting. This study analyzes new ecotourism infrastructure developments in El Rematé for signs that this tourism draws on ecological imagery as expressed in popular media - or popular ecology - not on the natural and cultural ecology of the region that is the target of international conservation efforts. Analysis suggests that ecotourism entrepreneurs who effectively associate their product with texts of popular ecology will out-compete the community ecotourism projects supported by the non-governmental organizations managing the Biosphere Reserves in the region, challenging the success of international conservation and development strategies.

3 pp.<br>Pedometers are small devices worn at the hip to count the number of steps walked per day. Pedometers gained popularity as a tool for motivating and monitoring physical activity. The purpose of the publication was to provide basic mechanisms and functions of pedometers. Additionally, we provided information of new technology (cell phone and Google Maps) that are emerging as a tool for motivating physical activity.

In recent years, the media have publicized the social problem of physical child abuse. This study examined three artifacts of physical abuse: the children's book Robin's Story, the popular song "Luka," and the television documentary Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse. Chapter One described each artifact and provided a literature review which detailed the writings about physical child abuse and artifacts discussing this topic. The chapter then posed research questions about how the artifacts viewed abused children and their abusers, the causes of abuse, and the solutions proposed for ending physical abuse.Chapter One finally discussed the narrative framework of rhetorical analysis used to examine the three artifacts. The narrative method used in this analysis employed three steps: 1) An examination of narrative structure, which discussed the plot of the story, the crucial points of the story and the events which supplemented those points, and the steps of breach, crisis, redress, and reintegration in the narrative; 2) An examination of narrative rationality, which talked about the completeness and true to life quality of the story and evaluated the reasons the rhetors gave for following the course of action endorsed by the story; and 3) An examination of narrative standards, including truth standard or how the narrative compares with what the audience believes is true; aesthetic standard or the grammar, setting, and characterization within the story, and ethical standard or the values expressed within the narrative. Chapter Two applied this framework to the children's book Robin's Story. Chapter Three viewed the popular song "Luka" through the narrative framework. Chapter Four discussed the documentary Scared Silent in terms of narrative analysis.Chapter Five then discussed the conclusions of the analysis for each artifact, artifacts discussing physical abuse, and for rhetoric. Some of the conclusions reached were that artifacts discussing physical child abuse should attempt to make their stories universal, that such artifacts need to distinguish between abuse and physical punishment, and that artifacts dealing with this problem must provide concrete courses of action to end physical abuse. This analysis concluded that, while narrative analysis provided the answers to the research questions, this framework needs to be made into a concrete method of rhetorical analysis to ensure that narratives are effectively evaluated. Narrative analysis was positive in this analysis, however, in that it supported the definitions of rhetoric as value, epistemology, motive, drama, meaning, and argument. This analysis found that, to end the problem of physical child abuse, rhetors must work with experts in this field and tailor artifacts from different perspectives to various audiences using different forms of media.<br>Department of Speech Communication

A presente dissertação trata da organização do conhecimento nas aulas de Educação Física em duas escolas no contexto da proposta político-pedagógica Escola Cidadã da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. A Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre tem passado por diversas transformações ao longo dos últimos vinte e cinco anos, desde a proposta de ensino por ciclos de formação, passando por processos de construção de referenciais curriculares e mudanças epistemológicas a cada troca de gestão na Secretaria Municipal de Educação. No entanto, a proposta da Escola Cidadã, implementada em 1992 e que é pautada nos marcos da educação popular, ainda é a que permanece como vigente desta rede de ensino e, contraditoriamente a estes preceitos, a Secretaria Municipal de Educação é caracterizada por uma eficiente gestão de resultados, baseada em conceitos gerencialistas. Alguns dos fenômenos que atravessam o trabalho docente são resultantes destas contradições, como a proletarização e a intensificação do trabalho docente, a perda de autonomia, a racionalização e a divisão da concepção e da execução dos planos de ensino. Ainda devemos considerar as diferentes concepções e teorias pedagógicas que influenciaram no ensino da Educação Física escolar, possibilitando diferentes modos de organização do conhecimento nas aulas. Desta forma, algumas inquietações nos surgiram e resultaram neste problema de investigação: Que conhecimentos são tratados e como são organizados nas aulas de Educação Física de duas escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre? Para auxiliar neste processo, elaboramos os seguintes objetivos específicos: Identificar quais são os conhecimentos contemplados nas aulas de Educação Física; Compreender de que forma estes conhecimentos são organizado pelos professores de Educação Física no seu planejamento e na sua prática pedagógica; Compreender como os estudantes organizam os conhecimentos tratados nas aulas de Educação Física; Analisar como o conhecimento tratado nas aulas de Educação Física se articula com o Projeto Escola Cidadã e as transformações da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Orientados por esta questão de investigação, a opção metodológica foi pelo estudo de cunho qualitativo e etnográfico, pois abrange um conjunto de pressupostos e procedimentos que se preocupam em descrever, explicar, interpretar e compreender as representações e os significados que um grupo específico atribui à suas ações e vivências diárias. A opção pela etnografia é por entender que o ambiente escolar e aqueles que nele estão inseridos constroem valores, crenças, perspectivas e motivações próprias daquele contexto e tal perspectiva teórico-metodológica permite compreender os fenômenos sociais e as contradições que permeiam a organização do conhecimento nas aulas de Educação Física. O contexto da investigação foram duas escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Os instrumentos de obtenção de informações utilizados na investigação foram a observação participante, entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores e estudantes, diários de campo e análise de documentos. As informações obtidas passaram por um exaustivo processo de leitura e releitura, atribuindo a elas unidades de significado, posteriormente agrupadas em três grandes categorias de análise que constituíram os capítulos de discussão desta dissertação: As concepções e percurso dos docentes; A organização escolar e da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre; a relação dos estudantes com os conhecimentos. Foi possível compreender através destes três elementos diferentes aspectos que se articulam para a organização do conhecimento nas aulas de Educação Física. Dentre estes aspectos, a formação dos docentes, suas experiências, os trajetos de cada um deles dentro da própria rede contribuíram para a construção da prática e da concepção de Educação Física de cada um dos docentes. Também foi possível compreender as estruturas físicas e organizacionais da escola como aspectos influentes na organização do conhecimento, assim como as transformações da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre e as frequentes alternâncias nas políticas educacionais promovidas pelas diferentes gestões da mantenedora. Ainda analisamos os aspectos relacionados aos estudantes, e a forma que suas perspectivas, seus desejos e tensionamentos contribuem na organização do conhecimento. Ao considerarmos estes aspectos, todos, presentes ao mesmo tempo e se inter-relacionando dentro do mesmo contexto, foi possível contribuir com a compreensão da complexidade das contradições presentes na organização do conhecimento, de modo singular nestas duas escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre.<br>This work will address the organization of knowledge in Physical Education classes in two schools in the context of political-pedagogical proposal “Escola Cidadã” of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre. The Municipal Network of Porto Alegre Teaching has undergone several transformations over the past twenty-five years since the proposal of education for forming cycles, through construction processes of curriculum frameworks and epistemological changes at each change of management in the Secretariat Municipal Education. However, the proposal of the “Escola Cidadã”, implemented in 1992 and which is guided in the framework of popular education, is still remaining as an official of this school system and, contradictorily to these precepts, the Secretariat Municipal Education is characterized by an efficient management results, based on managerial concepts. Some of the phenomena that cross the teaching work are the result of these contradictions, as the proletarianization and the intensification of teachers‟ work, the loss of autonomy, rationalization and the division of design and implementation of education plans. Still we must consider the different conceptions and pedagogical theories that influenced the teaching of Physical Education, allowing different ways of organizing knowledge in class. Thus, some concerns have arisen in and resulted in this research problem: What knowledge are treated and how they are organized in Physical Education classes in two schools of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre? To assist in this process, we make the following specific objectives: Identify what knowledge included in the physical education classes; Understanding how these skills are organized by Physical Education teachers in their planning and in their teaching; Understanding how students organize knowledge treated in Physical Education; Analyze how the treaty knowledge in Physical Education classes articulates with the Project “Escola Cidadã” and the transformation of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre. Guided by this research question, methodological option was the qualitative and ethnographic study because it encompasses a set of assumptions and procedures that you care to describe, explain, interpret and understand the representations and meanings that a specific group attributes to their daily actions and experiences. The choice of ethnography is to understand that the school environment and those in it are inserted build values, beliefs, perspectives and own motivations that context and such theoretical and methodological perspective allows us to understand social phenomena and contradictions that pervade the organization of knowledge in the classroom Physical Education. The context of the research were two schools of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre. The instruments for obtaining information used in the research were the participant observation, semi-structured interviews with teachers and students, field diaries and document analysis. Information obtained underwent a thorough reading and rereading process, assigning them units of meaning, later grouped into three broad categories of analysis were the discussion of chapters of this dissertation: Conceptions and route of teachers; The school organization and the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre; the relationship of students with the knowledge. It was possible to understand through these three different elements aspects that are linked to the organization of knowledge in Physical Education classes. Among these aspects, the training of teachers, their experiences, the paths of each of them within the network contributed to the construction of practice and design of Physical Education in each of the teachers. It was also possible to understand the physical and organizational structure of the school as influential aspects in the organization of knowledge, and with the transformations of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre and frequent alternations in educational policies promoted by different administrations of the sponsor. Also analyzed aspects related to the students, and the way that your prospects, your desires and tensions contribute to the organization of knowledge. When considering these aspects, all present at the same time and interrelating within the same context, it was possible to contribute to the understanding of the complexity of the contradictions present in the organization of knowledge in a unique way these two schools of the Municipal Teaching Network of Porto Alegre.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:10:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1230812 bytes, checksum: 5fac1e34c277a804db18336952f6eed6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-19<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES<br>The personal social network is build by people who live with the subject in their daily reality and those who are available to contact. This network has an outstanding importance in the life of those from popular classes, in an even enhanced way when it refers to people with great limitations, as it is the case of many people with physical disability. In this context, the social network becomes fundamental as to lessen the difficulties that these people face as regards the set of limitations inflicted by the disability, and the socio-economical context in which they take part, urging as well the need for the professionals who act in the basic care services make use of these networks support. This study aims to analyze the meaning of the personal social networks value in Popular Education in Health practice, encouraging the interaction between the professionals and the social networks, as concerns the production of more intense health actions for the physical disabled people, who belong to popular classes. Hence, an action-research with two phases was developed: in the first one, a mapping of the social networks of disabled people was done by means of semi-structured interviews, as well as the making up of the disabled people s history; in the second phase, the social networks activation/mobilization through meetings and personal contacts was accomplished. Apart from the interviews, the data were collected by records in a research diary. The data analysis was based on thematic units which were organized in categories. Thus, results showed the existing difference between the social networks of the people who belong to the same social class and cope with the same problems, as well as the erosion which occurs in the social network of the disabled ones who live alongside the urban areas, imposing them diverse degrees of isolation and making the rehabilitation process difficult. The isolation between the researched people may be attributed to several factors, and the social network mobilization presents itself as an important possibility to overcome this condition and to collaborate with these subjects´ organizations, rescuing their self-esteem and providing autonomy. The practices of Popular Education in Health are a very fertile ground for the work with the social networks. For this reason, the social network notion can contribute to widen the actions of Popular Education in Health, pointing out intervention ways which enable a major practical and theoretical visibility of the social networks in these actions, so that the basic care services can be more dynamic.<br>A rede social pessoal é constituída por pessoas que convivem com o sujeito em sua realidade cotidiana e que são acessíveis ao contato. Essa rede assume importância fundamental na vida dos sujeitos das classes populares, de forma ainda mais acentuada quando se trata de pessoas com grandes limitações, como é o caso de muitas pessoas com deficiência física. Nesse contexto, a rede social torna-se fundamental no sentido de atenuar as dificuldades que essas pessoas enfrentam face ao quadro de limitações impostas pela deficiência, e ao contexto sócio-econômico no qual estão inseridas, impondo-se, também, a necessidade de que os profissionais que atuam nos serviços de atenção básica recorram ao apoio dessas redes. Este estudo propõe-se a analisar o significado da valorização das redes sociais pessoais na prática de Educação Popular em Saúde, incentivando a interação entre profissionais e as redes sociais, no sentido da construção de ações de saúde mais integrais para as pessoas com deficiência física, pertencentes às classes populares. Para tanto, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa-ação, que constou de duas fases: na primeira etapa foi realizado um mapeamento das redes sociais das pessoas com deficiência através de entrevistas do tipo semi-estruturada, como também a construção das trajetórias de vida das pessoas com deficiência; na segunda fase, procedeu-se à ativação/mobilização das redes sociais, através de reuniões e contatos pessoais. Além das entrevistas, os dados foram coletados a partir de registros em um diário de pesquisa. A análise dos dados se deu com base em unidades temáticas que foram organizadas em categorias. Registra-se a diferença existente entre as redes sociais das pessoas que pertencem a uma mesma classe social e convivem com os mesmos problemas, assim como a erosão que ocorre na rede social das pessoas com deficiência física que residem nas periferias urbanas, impondo-lhes graus variados de isolamento e dificultando o processo de reabilitação. O isolamento constatado entre as pessoas pesquisadas pode ser atribuído a um somatório de fatores, e a mobilização da rede social apresenta-se como uma possibilidade importante de superar essa condição e também de colaborar com a organização desses sujeitos, resgatando a auto-estima e alimentando a autonomia. As práticas de Educação Popular e Saúde são um terreno muito fértil para o trabalho com as redes sociais. Por sua vez, a noção de rede social pode contribuir para alargar as ações de Educação Popular em Saúde, elucidando caminhos de intervenção que possibilitem uma maior visibilidade prática e teórica das redes sociais nessas ações, contribuindo para dinamizar os serviços de atenção básica.

This thesis examines the circulation of physical music media (78rpm records, LPs, CDs, tape) in the independent music marketplace. It is based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork in Austin, Texas, amongst the producers of goods for the independent marketplace, independent music stores and consumers of these goods and services. Against prevailing constructivist interpretations, I will argue for the value of authenticity as an analytical anthropological concept because it unites what my research participants value about materiality, technology, and marketplace relationships. In the independent marketplace for physical music media, authenticity is a multi-local, multi-vocal phenomenon. A nexus of economic rationales, design, reproduction-technologies, histories and personal conduct interact in an ongoing process that authenticates music commodities and their marketplace. This means that particular commodities are sought out over others on account of the multi-local authenticities they anchor. The thesis firstly demonstrates how the independent music scene safeguards claims to authentic identities by constructing an opposition to the mainstream, drawing on discourses of ethical production and consumption, sound technologies, spaces of consumption and cultural production. Secondly, I will uncover how physical music media and sound-reproduction technologies are assessed as effective providers of authentic musical reproductions according to their historical contingencies and performative material capacities. Thirdly, I develop the notion of the scene (Shank 1994) from its previously genre-fixed perspective to encompass multiple musical styles operating within a common social network of producers, retailers and collectors. The pluralistic scene I describe utilises multiple musical genres and nuanced notions of materiality and authenticity to establish their complex hierarchy of sonic and technological experiences.

This dissertation is an attempt to define the constellation of circumstances and ideas, which has determined my strategy in the paintings and performances submitted for examination. Unlike many artists I do not accept the fact of postmodernity. On the contrary, art and life remain suspended between the future and the past, the essential modernist condition. I argue for this in the introduction and the first two chapters, through a description of the performance work of Joseph Beuys and on my reaction to it in a performance in which I attempted to examine the practical paradoxes of art making in late modernity. I take my position largely from the Frankfurt school and succeeding debates about their work up to Zizek. For, while we remain in modernity we cannot regard it simply as an unfinished project. It is no longer possible to adopt an avant-garde position in one�s practice. The central section of the thesis contains a series of studies of the careers of major artists who have faced up to the paradoxes of modernity from Picasso to Richter and Parr. Through their successes, failures and sometimes duplicity, a practical profile emerges � a guide to the limits of contemporary practice. The last chapter concerns my paintings as a response to this profile.

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2016-12-21T11:07:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ligia da Fonseca Bernardes.pdf: 34560622 bytes, checksum: 55bb5662c8ed01a07bd0efbe1c7ed3a8 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-21T11:07:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ligia da Fonseca Bernardes.pdf: 34560622 bytes, checksum: 55bb5662c8ed01a07bd0efbe1c7ed3a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-28<br>This study aimed to apprehend the senses of intrafamilial physical violence against children attributed by three generations of popular class families. This work is part of the research named Educar/criar sem violência: prevenção da violência física familiar contra crianças, which dealt with families whose children participate, or participated at the time of the research, in Escola de Circo, in Goiânia (GO), one of the extension programs of the Instituto Dom Fernando (IDF) at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás). The present research is qualitative and all the process was based on the theoretical and methodological principles of Vigotski’s social-historical psychology, focusing on the historical and dialectical materialism perspective. Two families participated and members of three generations were interviewed: grandmother, mother, and child(ren). It is important to point out that one of the families participated with two children, totaling seven individuals. According to the core meanings of the participants, it was possible to apprehend the senses of intrafamilial physical violence against children attributed by each one of them. In a general perspective, physical violence against children was and continues being one of the main, if not the main, method used in the education of this three generations under study. Although it is a naturalized and banalized phenomenon for the interviewed grandmothers, mothers, and children, contradictorily, all these subjects expressed their suffering and/or affirmed their sorrow for having experienced such violence. In conclusion, each generation understands physical violence against children in a peculiar way: for the grandmothers, it is legitimated, although they reject the one that leaves physical marks in the body or the type they consider more severe; the mothers live a reflection about its use in their children’s education, although they find it difficult to interrupt the usage of this method of education; and finally, the children reported suffering when they are the victims, but it is difficult for them to imagine other models of education.<br>Neste estudo, buscou-se apreender os sentidos da violência física intrafamiliar contra crianças atribuídos por três gerações de famílias de classe popular. Este trabalho constitui um recorte da pesquisa intitulada Educar/criar sem violência: prevenção da violência física familiar contra crianças, realizada com famílias cujos filhos frequentam, ou frequentavam na época da pesquisa, a Escola de Circo, em Goiânia (GO), um dos programas de extensão do Instituto Dom Fernando (IDF) da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-Goiás). A presente pesquisa enquadra-se no tipo qualitativo e todo o seu processo foi pautado nos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da psicologia sócio-histórica de Vigotski, fundamentados na perspectiva do materialismo histórico e dialético. Participaram como sujeitos duas famílias, entrevistando-se membros de três gerações: avó, mãe e criança(s). Ressalva-se que em uma família foram entrevistadas duas crianças, totalizando sete sujeitos. A partir dos núcleos de significação dos sujeitos, apreenderam-se os sentidos da violência física intrafamiliar contra crianças para cada um deles. De forma geral, a violência física contra crianças foi e continua sendo um dos principais, se não o principal, método utilizado na educação/criação dos filhos das três gerações participantes. Identificou-se, porém, que embora seja um fenômeno naturalizado e banalizado pelas avós, mães e crianças entrevistadas, contraditoriamente, todos estes sujeitos expressaram sofrimento e/ou afirmaram seu pesar ao vivenciar tal violência. Concluiu-se que cada geração entende a violência física contra crianças de forma singular: para as avós, ela é legitimada, embora rejeitem a que deixa marcas físicas no corpo ou aquela que consideram mais grave; já as mães vivem uma reflexão sobre o seu uso na educação/criação dos filhos, embora encontrem dificuldade em interromper a aplicação deste método; por fim, as crianças relatam sofrimento ao serem vítimas, mas têm dificuldade em imaginar outros modelos de educação/criação.

Orientador: Luci Regina Muzzeti<br>Banca: João Paulo Borin<br>Banca: Mauro Carlos Romanatto<br>Resumo: Este estudo examina o potencial da disciplina Educação Física para promover a inclusão escolar de alunos provindos das camadas populares na escola periférica EMEF Ricardo C.C. Monteiro e popularmente apelidada como CAIC do Vale do Sol, por estar localizada no bairro cujo nome é Vale do Sol em Araraquara- SP. A partir de entrevistas com agentes envolvidos na instituição, levantaram-se os dados que comprovam a importância da disciplina Educação Física e do Projeto SEMEAR como estratégias de manutenção da permanência do discente no espaço escolar e as conseqüências positivas dessa inclusão. Por tratar-se de uma pesquisa de caráter sociológico, foi utilizado dos estudos de Pierre Bourdieu e colaboradores, onde suas categorias de análise sociológica garantem o suporte necessário para verificar a reestruturação do habitus primário dos alunos, adquirido no seio familiar em habitus cultivado pela escola, para que haja a aceitação dos códigos simbólicos impostos pela instituição escolar e legitimados pela sociedade. Fica, portanto, subliminar nesta pesquisa a relevância dos conteúdos específicos da área e que, com os depoimentos dos alunos pode-se constatar que são bem trabalhados pelos professores de Educação Física, tornando-se ferramentas importantes na sistematização desse processo de inclusão. Conclui-se que, a Educação Física; disciplina obrigatória do currículo escolar, desempenha um papel fundamental nesta instituição escolar e principalmente para estas famílias pertencentes a esta fração de classe que, consciente ou inconscientemente atribuem a ela (Educação Física), a longevidade do percurso escolar de sua prole, vislumbrando assim uma melhor qualidade de vida.<br>Abstract: This study examines the potential of Physical Education as a discipline that promotes the school inclusion of students coming from a lower class of the EMEF "Ricardo C.C. Monteiro", na outskirt school , popularly called as Caic "Vale do Sol"as it is located in the Vale do Sol neighborhood in Araraquara, SP. As a result of the interviews done with the agents unvolved in that institution, data were collected that prove the importance of the discipline Physical Education and the SEMEAR Project as strategies of maintenance of permanence of the students in the school space and the positive consequences of that inclusion. As it is a research of sociological character, Pierre Bourdieu and cooperator's studies were used where their categories of sociological analysisguarantee the necessary theorical support for the accomplishment of this research that wants to verify the restructuring of the primary habitus of the students acquired in the family into habitus cultivated by the school so that there is acceptance of symbolic codes imposed by the school institution and legitimized by the society. So, it's implicit in this research the relevance of specific contents in this area and verified by the answers of the students well worked by the Physical Education teachers, becoming important instruments in the systematization of this process of inclusion. The conclusion is that Physical Education, obligatory discipline of the school grade, has a fundamental role in that school institution and mainly for that social class that consciously or unconsciously imputes to it (Physical Education) the longevity of the school trajectory of their children, aiming at a better quality of life.<br>Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-06-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:20:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 reina_ft_me_arafcl.pdf: 524167 bytes, checksum: 98a1c863fb213717a68c975c7dc4480d (MD5)<br>Este estudo examina o potencial da disciplina Educação Física para promover a inclusão escolar de alunos provindos das camadas populares na escola periférica EMEF Ricardo C.C. Monteiro e popularmente apelidada como CAIC do Vale do Sol, por estar localizada no bairro cujo nome é Vale do Sol em Araraquara- SP. A partir de entrevistas com agentes envolvidos na instituição, levantaram-se os dados que comprovam a importância da disciplina Educação Física e do Projeto SEMEAR como estratégias de manutenção da permanência do discente no espaço escolar e as conseqüências positivas dessa inclusão. Por tratar-se de uma pesquisa de caráter sociológico, foi utilizado dos estudos de Pierre Bourdieu e colaboradores, onde suas categorias de análise sociológica garantem o suporte necessário para verificar a reestruturação do habitus primário dos alunos, adquirido no seio familiar em habitus cultivado pela escola, para que haja a aceitação dos códigos simbólicos impostos pela instituição escolar e legitimados pela sociedade. Fica, portanto, subliminar nesta pesquisa a relevância dos conteúdos específicos da área e que, com os depoimentos dos alunos pode-se constatar que são bem trabalhados pelos professores de Educação Física, tornando-se ferramentas importantes na sistematização desse processo de inclusão. Conclui-se que, a Educação Física; disciplina obrigatória do currículo escolar, desempenha um papel fundamental nesta instituição escolar e principalmente para estas famílias pertencentes a esta fração de classe que, consciente ou inconscientemente atribuem a ela (Educação Física), a longevidade do percurso escolar de sua prole, vislumbrando assim uma melhor qualidade de vida.<br>This study examines the potential of Physical Education as a discipline that promotes the school inclusion of students coming from a lower class of the EMEF Ricardo C.C. Monteiro, na outskirt school , popularly called as Caic Vale do Solas it is located in the Vale do Sol neighborhood in Araraquara, SP. As a result of the interviews done with the agents unvolved in that institution, data were collected that prove the importance of the discipline Physical Education and the SEMEAR Project as strategies of maintenance of permanence of the students in the school space and the positive consequences of that inclusion. As it is a research of sociological character, Pierre Bourdieu and cooperator's studies were used where their categories of sociological analysisguarantee the necessary theorical support for the accomplishment of this research that wants to verify the restructuring of the primary habitus of the students acquired in the family into habitus cultivated by the school so that there is acceptance of symbolic codes imposed by the school institution and legitimized by the society. So, it's implicit in this research the relevance of specific contents in this area and verified by the answers of the students well worked by the Physical Education teachers, becoming important instruments in the systematization of this process of inclusion. The conclusion is that Physical Education, obligatory discipline of the school grade, has a fundamental role in that school institution and mainly for that social class that consciously or unconsciously imputes to it (Physical Education) the longevity of the school trajectory of their children, aiming at a better quality of life.

98f.<br>Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-05-07T15:28:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Silvana Rosso.pdf: 3264986 bytes, checksum: e8c1821ba8e16a938e63f94126035eda (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-05-08T11:42:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Silvana Rosso.pdf: 3264986 bytes, checksum: e8c1821ba8e16a938e63f94126035eda (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-08T11:42:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Silvana Rosso.pdf: 3264986 bytes, checksum: e8c1821ba8e16a938e63f94126035eda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008<br>O estudo trata de espaços pedagógicos, partindo da consideração do Centro de Educação Física e Esporte da UFBA para questionar as relações entre projeto histórico, projeto de formação humana e o trabalho pedagógico em espaços educativos. O questionamento teórico que se coloca, face à situação do Curso de Formação de Professores de Educação Física da UFBA, diz respeito às possibilidades de organização do espaço objetivando, através do trabalho pedagógico, superar contradições e construir uma internalização de novos valores e conseqüentemente, uma outra construção de subjetividade humana. A hipótese é de que os espaços pedagógicos na sociedade estão diminuindo, não cumprem sua finalidade educativa, na perspectiva de uma formação humana omnilateral e, na área da cultura corporal, quando existem, sua infra-estrutura é unilateral e relacionada com práticas esportivas competitivas, individualistas. Isso está determinado, em geral, pelos interesses de lucro que levam à privatização dos espaços públicos, pelo projeto político pedagógico institucional e pela correlação de forças estabelecidas que defendem projetos antagônicos expressos no trabalho pedagógico. Contraditoriamente, existem possibilidades concretas, na luta dos contrários, de superação das condições objetivas que atualmente predominam no CEFE/UFBA. Para tanto, fazem-se necessários estudos aprofundados, o projeto político pedagógico da instituição, o intercâmbio acadêmico, a determinação política e o trabalho pedagógico coletivo, intenso, integrados com a comunidade e as escolas públicas do sistema de ensino e voltados para a construção da cultura corporal, na perspectiva de um projeto histórico para além do capital. O percurso teórico metodológico implicou uma definição de conceitos e categorias como realidade, contradições e possibilidades, e sobre formação humana, práticas pedagógicas e cultura corporal. Levantaram-se dados em fontes documentais primárias, secundárias e fontes vivas que permitiram reconhecer práticas, finalidades e infra-estrutura do CEFE/UFBA, em seus trinta anos de existência, e delinear possibilidades superadoras através da construção do “Centro de Referencia Popular da Formação de Professores e da Cultura Corporal”.<br>Salvador

Popular geography magazines like National Geographic (NG) provide readers with a lens of the world around them. Yet sadly they often only serve a limited utilitarian purpose as dust collectors on coffee tables of hospital waiting rooms or doctors’ practices. It should be of little surprise then that the relative importance of geographic magazines as a representational forum has been underestimated historically. The importance of geographic magazines as an outlet for creating and disseminating preconceived visions of what may be termed ‘popular geographies’ has only become the subject of scrutiny in the last two decades. Authors including Lutz and Collins (1993) and Rothenberg (1994, 2007) have reflected critically upon the place of NG as a powerful ideological institution for legitimating particular visions of the world in the wider corpus of the discipline of geography. Yet while there has been a substantial volume of work dedicated to unravelling the situated lens of NG there has been no research devoted to deciphering the lenses of other geography magazines such as Canadian Geographic (CG), Australian Geographic (AG) or New Zealand Geographic (NZG). These magazines also embody the ideals of adventure, discovery and nature made famous by NG but purvey geography through distinctively national narratives. Through discourse analysis the thesis examines these three magazines in order to unravel geographic imaginations of nationalism in CG, AG and NZG and in the process challenge divergent conceptions of geography itself as both an academic discipline and popular subject.

Albert Einstein published the English translation of Relativity: The Special and General Theory in the midst of two big events in 1920: the confirmation of the two theories of relativity and spacetime in 1919 and the Nobel prize in physics in 1921. The new global celebrity wanted to make the theories intelligible and readable for an international English-speaking audience, an audience that also included antagonistic scientists and even anti-Semites. The aim of this thesis is to do a rhetorical analysis of Einstein’s character, his ethos, in Relativity, with a specific focus on creation of credibility in regard to his historical context: scientific ideals, values and norms as well as the political and cultural tendencies in Europe during the early 20th century. This was done firstly by identifying the implied auditor. Secondly, based on the material, I have identified three stereotypes or characters – the professional idealist, the mentor and the internationalist –  which emphases different features and capacities that are crucial for the credibility of the text. Thirdly, by using these stereotypes and in regard to the specific historical context, I investigated how Einstein developed his primary ethos into a secondary ethos in the text. The rhetorical analysis of Einstein’s Relativity shows that his ethos stands in relation to the social and cultural perception of the virtuous epistemic scientist; to fight prejudices regarding being a Jewish-German theoretical physicist; and, noteworthy, a way to produce a well-needed international space – a crucial alternative to continue the positivistic knowledge production counter to the nationalistic project.

Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2013-04-25T14:36:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Jamerson da Silva.pdf: 1147733 bytes, checksum: 1cbe25672db4205df47ec026cd6ada91 (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes(silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-05-17T15:57:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Jamerson da Silva.pdf: 1147733 bytes, checksum: 1cbe25672db4205df47ec026cd6ada91 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-17T15:57:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jamerson da Silva.pdf: 1147733 bytes, checksum: 1cbe25672db4205df47ec026cd6ada91 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005<br>Esta tese foi elaborada no interior do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal da Bahia, linha Educação, Cultura Corporal e Lazer e Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Educação Física & Esporte e Lazer. O Grupo tem como objetivo central estudar as problemáticas significativas da práxis pedagógica, da formação de professores, da produção do conhecimento e das políticas públicas em Esporte e Lazer. Trata-se de uma pesquisa-ação realizada junto a Política Municipal de Esporte e Lazer da cidade do Recife, que teve como objetivo investigar as contradições e possibilidades de uma política de esporte e lazer contribuir para a educação emancipatória da juventude, tendo em vista o fortalecimento das classes populares na luta por uma nova hegemonia. Analisando as relações entre o jovem, o tempo livre e o lazer na era da máquina programável sob hegemonia do sistema do capital, o estudo salienta o papel da juventude na luta pela transformação da ordem social, vendo nas manifestações culturais do tempo livre uma importância estratégica no processo de educação emancipatória e defendendo seu espaço nos projetos democráticos e populares. A partir da pesquisa-ação realizada no programa Círculos Populares de Esporte e Lazer, particularmente o seu projeto Esporte do Mangue, cujo foco principal foi a juventude da periferia do Recife praticante de esportes radicais e das culturas relacionadas com o movimento manguebeat, o estudo defende a tese de que as possibilidades de uma política pública contribuírem para a realização de uma educação emancipatória da juventude estão ligada as seguintes condições: (1) a existência de uma gestão democrática e popular que esteja em sintonia com os referencias normativos da política de esporte e lazer; (2) orçamento adequado as necessidades do projeto; (3) equipe gestora e de educadores capacitada para o trabalho coletivo e militante; (4) formação continuada como espaço sistemático de reflexão e reordenação da política pública e não como ?mera capacitação?; (5) contanto permanente com as inovações científicas no setor; (6) sistematização de uma proposta pedagógica clara e que garanta a unidade das ações pedagógicas; (7) a extrapolação das ações para outros espaços políticos de disputa do governo da cidade. A investigação também evidenciou que, apesar da precariedade da ?máquina administrativa? ter prejudicado significativamente sua execução, o projeto desenvolveu uma política de acumulação de forças no sentido democrático e popular, na medida em que contribuiu para o fortalecimento e criação de novos organismos juvenis de hegemonia, na formação cultural de quadros orgânicos vinculados as classes populares, na conquista e ampliação de direitos no âmbito do esporte e lazer, e na elevação da consciência de classe da população.<br>Salvador

Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-20T17:09:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-03-02. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-20T17:26:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000841599.pdf: 1020021 bytes, checksum: 00d5c6eb08d2c20ace4f90f9a2c20af2 (MD5)<br>Considerando que os aparelhos celulares se fazem cada vez mais presentes entre os jovens, e que estes dispositivos apresentam diversos recursos que podem ser interessantes numa perspectiva educacional, o objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar as possibilidades pedagógicas dos usos dos celulares nas aulas de Educação Física, no conteúdo de dança proposto pelo currículo do Estado de São Paulo, mais especificamente, o Hip Hop e Street dance, contemplados no nono ano do Ensino Fundamental. Para isso, o método da pesquisa consistiu em três etapas distintas e complementares: 1- Diagnóstico da temática do estudo realizado por meio uma análise documental, observação participante e entrevistas com professores, alunos e coordenadores pedagógicos de duas escolas, sendo uma pública e outra privada; 2- Implementação de aulas, pelo próprio pesquisador, aproximando os recursos do celular do conteúdo referido; 3- Avaliação das aulas ministradas, a partir de entrevistas com professores e alunos, levantando as principais impressões, possibilidades e limitações da proposta implementada. A análise dos dados ocorreu por meio de uma categorização temática, a qual culminou em quatro categorias de análise, sendo elas: TIC, diagnóstico e realidades; Possibilidades e contribuições do celular nas aulas de Educação Física; Inovações nas aulas de Educação Física e Dificuldades. Na primeira categoria, pôde-se evidenciar uma grande diferença, entre o ensino público e o privado, em relação ao acesso e uso das TIC no ambiente escolar. Verificou-se, também, que a utilização do celular se faz presente no cotidiano dos atores escolares. Em relação às possibilidades pedagógicas, o celular se mostrou como uma ferramenta versátil para o desenvolvimento das aulas, dessa forma possibilitou a exploração como fonte de pesquisa imediata, registro de imagens e situações pedagógicas, bem como interatividade, a partir de...<br>Whereas cell phones are made increasingly present among young people, and that these devices have several features that may be interesting an educational perspective, the objective of this study was to investigate the pedagogical possibilities of mobile uses in Physical Education, the dance curriculum content offered by the State of São Paulo, more specifically, the Hip Hop and Street Dance, contemplated in the ninth year of elementary school. For this, the research method consisted of three distinct and complementary stages: 1- Study the issue of diagnosis performed through documentary analysis, participant observation and interviews with teachers, students and coordinators of two schools, one public and one private ; 2- Implementation classes, by the researcher, bringing the resources of the cell of said content; 3- Evaluation of classes taught, from interviews with teachers and students, raising the main impressions, possibilities and limitations of the proposal implemented. Data analysis was carried out through a thematic categorization, which culminated in four categories of analysis, namely: ICT, diagnosis and realities; Possibilities and cellular contributions in Physical Education; Innovations in Physical Education and difficulties. In the first category, we could show a marked difference between public education and private, in relation to access to and use of ICT in the school environment. It was found also that the use of cell is present in the routine of school actors. With regard to the pedagogical possibilities, the cell proved to be a versatile tool for the development of the classes thus enabled the exploitation as a source of immediate search, image registration and pedagogical situations and interactivity, from a virtual group. In addition, both dance as a content of the classes, as the cell were considered innovations in Physical Education. In the case of difficulties, there was a resistance on the part of schools....

Orientadora: Suraya Cristina Darido<br>Banca: Fernanda Moreto Impolcetto<br>Banca: Larissa Rafaela Galatti<br>Resumo: Considerando que os aparelhos celulares se fazem cada vez mais presentes entre os jovens, e que estes dispositivos apresentam diversos recursos que podem ser interessantes numa perspectiva educacional, o objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar as possibilidades pedagógicas dos usos dos celulares nas aulas de Educação Física, no conteúdo de dança proposto pelo currículo do Estado de São Paulo, mais especificamente, o Hip Hop e Street dance, contemplados no nono ano do Ensino Fundamental. Para isso, o método da pesquisa consistiu em três etapas distintas e complementares: 1- Diagnóstico da temática do estudo realizado por meio uma análise documental, observação participante e entrevistas com professores, alunos e coordenadores pedagógicos de duas escolas, sendo uma pública e outra privada; 2- Implementação de aulas, pelo próprio pesquisador, aproximando os recursos do celular do conteúdo referido; 3- Avaliação das aulas ministradas, a partir de entrevistas com professores e alunos, levantando as principais impressões, possibilidades e limitações da proposta implementada. A análise dos dados ocorreu por meio de uma categorização temática, a qual culminou em quatro categorias de análise, sendo elas: TIC, diagnóstico e realidades; Possibilidades e contribuições do celular nas aulas de Educação Física; "Inovações" nas aulas de Educação Física e Dificuldades. Na primeira categoria, pôde-se evidenciar uma grande diferença, entre o ensino público e o privado, em relação ao acesso e uso das TIC no ambiente escolar. Verificou-se, também, que a utilização do celular se faz presente no cotidiano dos atores escolares. Em relação às possibilidades pedagógicas, o celular se mostrou como uma ferramenta versátil para o desenvolvimento das aulas, dessa forma possibilitou a exploração como fonte de pesquisa imediata, registro de imagens e situações pedagógicas, bem como interatividade, a partir de...<br>Abstract: Whereas cell phones are made increasingly present among young people, and that these devices have several features that may be interesting an educational perspective, the objective of this study was to investigate the pedagogical possibilities of mobile uses in Physical Education, the dance curriculum content offered by the State of São Paulo, more specifically, the Hip Hop and Street Dance, contemplated in the ninth year of elementary school. For this, the research method consisted of three distinct and complementary stages: 1- Study the issue of diagnosis performed through documentary analysis, participant observation and interviews with teachers, students and coordinators of two schools, one public and one private ; 2- Implementation classes, by the researcher, bringing the resources of the cell of said content; 3- Evaluation of classes taught, from interviews with teachers and students, raising the main impressions, possibilities and limitations of the proposal implemented. Data analysis was carried out through a thematic categorization, which culminated in four categories of analysis, namely: ICT, diagnosis and realities; Possibilities and cellular contributions in Physical Education; "Innovations" in Physical Education and difficulties. In the first category, we could show a marked difference between public education and private, in relation to access to and use of ICT in the school environment. It was found also that the use of cell is present in the routine of school actors. With regard to the pedagogical possibilities, the cell proved to be a versatile tool for the development of the classes thus enabled the exploitation as a source of immediate search, image registration and pedagogical situations and interactivity, from a virtual group. In addition, both dance as a content of the classes, as the cell were considered innovations in Physical Education. In the case of difficulties, there was a resistance on the part of schools....<br>Mestre

On a mesure les gonflements directionnels et la masse volumique de plaquettes de hetre, peuplier et epicea de diverses epaisseurs, saturees par des solutions de soude. Les gonflements observes sont compris entre deux valeurs limites et sont d'autant plus importants que les plaquettes sont moins epaisses. Seul le gonflement tangentiel est affecte par la presence de soude en solution. Les masses volumiques mesurees indiquent qu'il n'y a pas additivite des volumes de la matiere vegetale et de la solution impregnante et que la masse volumique est d'autant plus faible que le gonflement volumique est plus important

碩士<br>國立臺東大學<br>教育學系(所)<br>102<br>The purpose of this study is to research how to activate teaching by applying the pop-science into physics courses with the cooperative learning. Through the action-research on teaching two units (optics and mechanics), each with eight periods in one semesters and two semesters in total, can it change students’ learning motivation and promote their creativity? Data collection: the quantity data has the “situation-based creativity test,” which has three different situations. The sum of them is the creativity score, which contents valuable score and originality score. Quality data is collected between the first and second circulation, which is composed of student interview, student’s reflection, research observation and record, and researcher’s reflection. The following is the result: 1. pop-science teaching: (1)pop-science reading gets better by applying more pictures in the course (2)pop-science video gets better with simple principles (3)the rate of the accomplishment of the pop-science experiment is more important than the science effects (4)student’s learning is multiple, so the teaching material should be multiple as well (5)students with low learning achievement and low motivation changes the most (6)the visibility of scientific principles influences students’ learning achievement. 2. cooperative learning: (1)the more the students learn to share, the better their learning gets enhanced (2)disadvantaged students’ effectiveness of learning gets better through mutual cooperation (3)by fostering the teacher-student friendship, and the teaching atmosphere is also activated (4)the teacher has more time to help disadvantaged students. 3. situation-based creativity test: (1)boys’ rate of progress is greater than girls’ in situation one and two (2)girls’ rate of progress is greater than boys’ in situation three (3)total score of creativity , valuable score and originality score reaches the level of significance (4)students’ creativity test score is promoted better in the second circulation after the correction of the lesson plans, and it reaches the level of significance. 4. pop-science motivation: (1)pop-science can promote the science learning motivation, and girls changes the most (2)pop-science video and pop-science experiments arouse the most learning motivation. Finally, this study aims to be the reference of activating teaching and gives some suggestion of pop-science and cooperative learning for twelve-year public education program.

碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>運動與休閒管理研究所在職碩士班<br>100<br>Science and technology teaching is applied to different learning areas. The multimedia content in the teaching of sports affect the students' visual memory, and the network resources can expand the curriculum materials. The main objective of this research is to understand the effect of learning motivation and learning satisfaction. In this study, multimedia slides, digital camera, Youtube video platform, teaching blog and Facebook fan groups, and other technological teaching tools are used in popular dance class at Soochow University and Shih-Hsin University. After 14-week technology teaching, a questionnaire explore the changes of learning motivation and learning satisfaction, and the relationship between learning motivation and learning satisfaction. The results showed that the average learning motivation and general benefits and the depth of feeling dimensions is enhanced. The overall learning satisfaction dimensions are highly satisfied. There were significant differences in the learning satisfaction between students who has e-learning experience or not. There were significant difference in learning motivation between students who ever leave messages on teaching website or not. Students who visit the teaching website more, the dimensions of the general benefits of learning motivation and learning satisfaction dimensions are significantly higher than the students do not often visit the teaching website. There is a significant positive correlation between learning motivation and learning satisfaction dimensions.

Orientação: Maria Eduarda Margarido Pires ; co-orientação: Maria das Graças Andrade Ataíde de Almeida<br>Esta investigação tem como fio condutor estudar o lúdico na Educação Física, contextualizando em uma abordagem sociocultural, entendendo-se a brincadeira como uma construção cultural transmitida e/ou permitida em qualquer contexto social. Por isso é necessário o entendimento dos termos: brincadeira, brinquedo, cultura e lúdico. O objetivo geral voltou-se para analisar como a cultura escolar acolhe os jogos e brincadeiras populares nas aulas de Educação Física no ensino fundamental I. O aporte teórico para essa investigação elegeu as categorias: Ensino de Educação Física, Cultura da Escola e Prática de Jogos e Brincadeiras Populares.O Locus da investigação foram 5 escolas da cidade de Arcoverde cerca de 256 Km da capital Recife.<br>This research has as guideline the study of playful activities in Physical Education courses contextualized in a socio-cultural approach. Playful activities mean a cultural construction transmitted and/ or allowed in any social context. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the following terms: cultural activity, toy, culture, and playful activity. The general purpose was to analyze how the school culture receives games and popular cultural activities in the classes of Physical Education in Elementary School I. The theoretical contribution for this investigation chose the next categories: Physical Education Teaching, School Culture, Game Practices and Popular Cultural Activities. The locus of the investigation were 5 schools of the town of Arcoverde, about 300 km from the capital city of Pernambuco state, Recife.

碩士<br>國立臺灣大學<br>商學研究所<br>105<br>Nowadays, social media are gaining vast amount of attention in the context of public relation management by both organizations and individuals. This phenomenon is evident with numerous successful examples in practice. One of them is the well-known Facebook Fan Page, using the word-of-mouth effect by celebrities or popular bloggers to affect consumers’ purchasing decision. While there are different factors that drive the effect, including source, message and receiver, most existing studies focus their analyses on only one of the three factors. In light of that, this research establishes an angle that takes all three of the factors under consideration. And in each factor, one variable is picked up for the analysis, including the physical attractiveness of the fashion bloggers, the content of post and the centrality of visual product aesthetics (CVPA) of consumer. Hopefully, this research could compensate for the missing part of existing literature, and are applicable to the development of marketing strategy in practice. This study is a 2 X 2 X 2 experimental design, using physical attractiveness of popular fashion blogger, the content of post and CVPA of consumer as independent variables; product attitude and purchase intension as dependent variables. The following results are found in the context of fashion apparel industry by this research: 1. Physical attractiveness of popular fashion blogger does not significantly affect the advertising effect. 2. Whether content of post is in narrative or evaluation style, does not significantly affect the advertising effect. 3. Consumers with higher CVPA receive greater advertising effect. 4. Better advertising effect is found in the combination of high bloggers’ physical attractiveness with narrative style posts; and moderate bloggers’ physical attractiveness with evaluation style posts. 5. The interaction between CVPA of consumer and the content of posts does not significantly affect the advertising effect. 6. Better advertising effect is found in the combination of high bloggers’ physical attractiveness with low CVPA consumers; and moderate bloggers’ physical attractiveness with high CVPA consumers.

Obesity is a major concern not only of the Czech Republic, but of all developed countries of the world. It is therefore a global pandemic, against which it is necessary to introduce effective measures. According to epidemiological studies, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are among the states with the highest prevalence of obesity. In most European countries, the prevalence of obesity in women is higher than in men, by about 3-6%. But a big issue is childhood obesity, which predisposes individuals to obesity also in adulthood. This results in an increased risk of premature morbidity and mortality due to complications of obesity. In obese children the risk of musculoskeletal diseases and cardiovascular and respiratory systems is increased. Obesity often leads to disorders of sexual development, skin complications and changes in the psyche. According to the World Health Organization, there are about 43 million overweight or obese children in the world. The treatment of childhood obesity is not simple. It is necessary to establish a long-term strategic plan, based on the lifestyle change focused on nutrition and eating habits, physical activity and strengthening the self-confidence of the child. This diploma thesis was carried out by the quantitative research through the secondary data analysis. The research group consisted of children registered at the general practitioner for children and adolescents, Šárka Mičanová, M.D. The main goal of my thesis was to survey the prevalence of obesity and overweight in children at this selected pediatric office. Four hypotheses were stated for the research. Hypothesis No.1, children with a high BMI at the age of 5 years show the signs of obesity also at the age of 15-17-years, has not been confirmed. Hypothesis No.2, in childhood, obesity originating in alimentation prevails over obesity of endocrinological origin, has been confirmed. The hypothesis that obesity prevalence has increased in recent years has not been confirmed. The last hypothesis presuming that levels of biochemical markers in children with overweight and obesity do not differ from those of children with a normal weight has not been confirmed.

Title: Frequency of normal weight obese preschool children and its physical fitness - selected populations of children from 6 Prague kindergartens. Objectives: The goal of this thesis is to find out the occurence and physical fitness of preschool age children with normal weight obese and compare it with physical fitness of normal weight non-obese preschool children and children with overweight and obese. Methods: Observation is the main method used in this thesis (regarding to title). We analysed 289 preschool aged children and chose BMI index in the range of 25th to 80th percentil, according to Vignerova at al. (2006) along with values of each skinfold higher then 85th percentil according to Bláha et al. (1990), to identify normal weight obese children. Physical fitness was based on several tests: multistage 20 metre shuttle run, standing long jump, sit-ups, sit- and-reach, throw ball with alternative hands. To analyse all the facts and get results we used descriptive statistics, tests of normaltity and ANOVA. Results: We identified n = 12 normal weight obese children (4,15 %) from all participating children. Results of research showed us that normal weight obese children were worse than normal weight non-obese children by 5,80 %, respectively by 4,76 %. Children that were overweight and obese had...

In the case of time-consuming or arduous activity the individual bone, modifications of the individual skeleton may occur. Specific activities or movements are predominantly responsible for these modifications and are likely to be carried out for long periods from a young age of the individual. One of these modifications is considered to be some of the so- called non-metric traits on the postcranial skeleton. Special attention is being paid to changes of the articulation facets and changes in some muscular or ligaments' binding areas which are considered to be possibly related to excessive physical stress, occurring through the lifetime (squatting position). With respect to the frequency of 30 postcranial non-metric traits 293 skeletal remains in the Great Moravian population from the settlement agglomeration Mikulčice-Valy (9th - 10th century) have been compared. The primary goal of this research was to determine the frequency of non-metric traits and to verify the relationship with sex - age or the potential laterality differences in the case of bilateral traits. Then, based on the variability of non-metric traits, two different socio-economic groups were compared - the castle (burial site III. church) and the hinterland (burial sites Prušánky and Josefov). The highest incidence of traits was...

7 ABSTRACT The occurrence of enthesopathies is associated with muscle insertion sites and physical activities. The aim of this work is focused on two basic target areas. In the methodical section, I tested two methods of enthesopathy evaluation (Crubézy, 1988; Villotte, 2006) and I monitored the influence of age and physical stress on the incidence of enthesopathies in a documented skeletal collection from Greece. The main aim was then the evaluation of enthesopathies in the Great Moravian population from the settlement agglomeration Mikulčice-Valy (9th -10th century) using the selected method and the subsequent interpretation of the results attained, taking into consideration the archaeological facts relating to the given locality. Based on the observed degrees of concordance between the repeated evaluations, I used Villotte's method (2006) for final evaluation. I proved the correlation between the prevalence of enthesopathies and age in individuals from a recently documented skeletal collection. I was unable to demonstrate the influence of physical activity on the incidence of enthesopathies. This is apparently due to the small number of individuals with manual and non-manual occupations. In individuals from the Mikulčice settlement agglomeration, I recorded a demonstrable difference between individual...

Title: Sport and physical activities in senior population - situation and promotion in Cheb Town The aim of this thesis is to examine what way of life seniors in Cheb prefer, what physical level they achieve and what specific programs and opportunities for leisure activities for this specific group of people in Cheb is organized. Conducted survey is to provide answers to questions primarily related to the level of physical activity of seniors and integration of these activities in their lifestyle and perception and satisfaction wit treir own health and life. Results of this work are the proposals that could help engage more seniors in an active lifestyle and proposals that could be considered by established organizations devoted to work with this specific group of people. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>This study uses a rhetorical visual analysis to investigate supplement advertisements within the top three fitness magazines, according to circulation, to provide a richer understanding of the message construction within the visual images the advertisements contain. The advertisements were selected at random over a time span of a year and a half within each of the magazines, totaling nine separate advertisements for analysis. The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent, if any, the construction of advertisements in men's fitness magazines operates as ideographic images establishing legitimacy as determined through application of Sonja Foss' rhetorical visual analysis methodology. Previous research has identified various analyses of visual images within the fitness culture, however, rhetorical visual analysis of supplement advertisement does not appear to have been investigated prior to this project which is the primary concern for the initiation of the current research. Employing rhetorical analysis in order to understand visual images provides a perspective that is imperative to identification of elements and functions of visual images. The current findings indicate that images in advertisements in men's fitness magazines do not establish rhetorical legitimacy, as understood from a rhetorical perspective. However, when examined through a traditional aesthetic intentionalist perspective, the construction of the advertisements operates as ideographic images, establishing legitimacy through the image. This information provides us with the understanding that advertisements within current muscle magazines are operating under a traditional viewpoint, and as such, produce traditional perspectives. The advertisement industry within this genre is reliant upon the consumer first knowing what the product is and then realizing how the image fits into that function. The limitation within this perspective of the advertisement industry is the consumer's knowledge base concerning the product, the product being explained through text and the time the consumer is willing to spend on correlating the intent or function with the images presented.