scholarly journals Educação do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra: um espaço de resistência à colonialidade e seus mecanismos de poder

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Yohana Marcela Sierra Casallas ◽  
Darci Secchi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The Public ◽  
National School ◽  
Education Personnel

This paper is part of an investigation linked to the Post-graduate Education Program in the Federal University of Mato Grosso, research on Social Movements, Politics and Popular Education, Cuiabá, with the support of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Its purpose is to analyze the pedagogical and educational initiatives developed in rural schools, under the coordination of the Movement of Landless Workers (MST) in Mato Grosso, as a process of resistance to coloniality and its mechanisms of power. This is a qualitative research, developed with the teachers and directors of the Florestan Fernandes National School located in the October 12’s Settlement. The research tools used were: semi structured interviews, participant observation and field journals. Based on the interviews, it can be seen that the MST’s schools are constituted from an anti-hegemonic conception, with different pedagogical practices. The field journals analysis reveals that this school implements the philosophical and pedagogical principles of the Movement, although financed by the public sector.

How Do New Critical Pedagogies Develop? Educational Innovation, Social Change, and Landless Workers in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Tarlau
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Educational Theories ◽  
Educational Initiatives

Background Over the past 30 years, the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST), one of the largest social movements in Latin America, has developed a series of pedagogical practices for public schools that support the movement's struggle for agrarian reform in the Brazilian countryside. The MST's educational initiatives can be viewed in terms of their place in the debate about how grassroots movements develop alternatives to dominant educational practices. Purpose This article examines the diverse pedagogies and educational theories that MST activists have drawn on, while also assessing the political implications of this participation in the public schools. Setting Research took place in Brazil, in several dozen public schools located in MST communities. Population Research participants included MST activists, students attending schools in MST communities, teachers working in these schools, administrators, and public officials. More than 150 people were interviewed. Research Design This research is an ethnographic, qualitative case study, examining the MST's educational initiatives in four different regions of Brazil. Field research took place over 15 months, between October 2010 and December 2011. Research methods included semi-structured interviews, classroom observation, participation observation, analysis of primary documents, and focus groups with teachers and students. Findings Although the MST initially invested only in informal, popular education, by the late 1980s activists began to realize that transforming public schools was necessary for the realization of the movement's social and political goals. By drawing on their previous experiences with popular education, as well as the theories of several outside intellectuals, activists developed educational utopias that allowed them to solidify their educational proposals in practice. Conclusions This article provides insights into the process of grassroots educational innovation, illustrating that communities draw on a diverse set of educational theories that resonate with local practices and beliefs to develop alternative proposals for their schools. The article also suggests that certain questions arise about the purpose of public education when social movements with particular visions of societal transformation demand participation in the public school sphere. The article argues that this social movement participation is appropriate if activists can mobilize parents, students, teachers, and other community members to implement this vision through a collective process of participatory governance.

Nostalgia, the Fleeting, and the Rare in Chilean Relationships to Nature and Nonhuman Species

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Root-Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
The Public ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
Mediterranean Habitat ◽  
Nonhuman Species ◽  
Over Time

Semi-structured interviews and participant observation were used to understand how urban Chileans form relationships with nature and nonhuman species in central Chile. Most informants expressed dislike of the typical mediterranean-habitat landscape, characterizing it as dry, poor, and empty. Yet many people expressed nostalgic attachment to specific places, species, and activities that they had experienced, often as children. Most of the reminisced-about interactions were fleeting or had been lost over time. In the dominant discourse, nature in the mediterranean zone of Chile is closely associated with poverty, and it is considered to lack beauty, biodiversity, culture, and history. Appeals to personal nostalgia may break through this discourse to form private assemblages of value. Chileans also attributed social value to interactions with species who are rare or who are found “exclusively” in Chile. Appeals to nostalgia, rarity, and exclusivity help to draw these private discourses into the public realm.

scholarly journals Os “aulões” nos espaços de privação de liberdade como ato de esperança

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 333
Author(s):  
Luciana Ferreira da Silva Moraes ◽  
Elenice Maria Cammarosano Onofre
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa ◽  
Liberating Education

ResumoO objetivo deste estudo é analisar a atividade de preparo e desenvolvimento de aulas baseadas em um tema gerador e que acontecem em espaços de privação de liberdade nos municípios de Cuiabá e Várzea Grande, estado de Mato Grosso. A questão que suleou o estudo é: Como se desenvolvem os “aulões” como prática social libertadora em espaços restritivos de liberdade? Trata-se de pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, de observação participante, que ocorreu em reuniões do Pró-Escolas Formação na Escola - MT. Os dados coletados foram registrados em Diários de Campo e analisados à luz da Análise de Conteúdo de Laurence Bardin. Os resultados evidenciaram que os “aulões” se apresentam como possibilidade de educação libertadora mesmo em um espaço com normas rígidas e opressoras como a prisão.Palavras-chave: Processos Educativos. Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Espaços de Privação de Liberdade.The “aulões” in the spaces of deprivation of liberty as an act of hopeAbstractThe objective of this study is to analyze the preparation and development of classes based on a generating theme that take place in spaces of deprivation of liberty in the municipalities of Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, state of Mato Grosso. The question that guide the study is: How do the “aulões” develop as a liberating social practice in spaces that restrict freedom? This is a qualitative research, of participant observation, which took place in meetings of the Pro-Schools Training at School – MT. The data collected were recorded in Field Diaries and analyzed in light of the Content Analysis of Laurence Bardin. The results showed that the “aulões” present themselves as a possibility of liberating education even in a space with rigid and oppressive norms like prison.Keywords: Educative Processes. Youth and Adult Education. Spaces of Deprivation of Liberty.“Aulões” en los espacios de privación de libertad como acto de esperanzaResumenEl propósito de este estudio es analizar la preparación y desarrollo de clases basadas en un tema generativo que se desarrollan en lugares de privación de libertad en los municipios de Cuiabá y Várzea Grande, estado de Mato Grosso. La pregunta que guio el estudio es: ¿Cómo se desarrollan los “aulões” como práctica social liberadora en espacios que restringen la libertad? Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, de observación participante, que se llevó a cabo en los encuentros de Formación Pro-Escuelas en la Escuela – MT. Los datos recopilados se registraron en Diarios de Campo y se analizaron a la luz del Análisis de Contenido de Laurence Bardin. Los resultados mostraron que los “aulões” son una posibilidad de educación liberadora incluso en un espacio con normas rígidas y opresivas como la prisión.Palabras clave: Procesos Educativos. Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos. Espacios de Privación de Libertad.

scholarly journals Using Drama and Drama Techniques to Teach English Conversations to English as A Foreign Language Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Saman Masoumi-Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
English Competence

The present study aimed to examine the ways in which drama and drama techniques and practices, as implemented in the English language classes and combined with pedagogical practices to teach and learn English conversation, can create the appropriate conditions that promote learning environments conducive for learning English conversations. The participants of this study were thirty undergraduate male and female students who had studied English at the secondary and high school levels at the public schools in Ardebil. They were classified into two groups including Control and Experimental groups. The two groups were administered a Test-Retest evaluation to measure the targeted language skills that was to be taught to them. In order to collect the necessary data, two modern plays were taught and rehearsed in classroom context and then a retest were administered after the practice of these two modern dramatic discourse in the classroom. The different data-collecting techniques were used for the current research were participant observation (direct and indirect), and interviews. After analysing the data the results showed that there was no significant improvement in English competence of the Control group but the Experimental group revealed a tremendous achievement in their abilities in English conversations through the use of dramatic discourse.

Using Drama and Drama Techniques to Teach English Conversations to EFL Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-101
Author(s):  
Saman M. Moghadam ◽  
Reza Ghafarsamar
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Collecting Techniques ◽  
English Competence

The present study aimed to examine the ways in which drama and drama techniques and practices, as implemented in the English language classes and combined with pedagogical practices to teach and learn English conversation, can create the appropriate conditions that promote learning environments conducive for learning English conversations. The participants of this study were thirty undergraduate male and female students who had studied English at the secondary and high school levels at the public schools in Ardebil. They were classified into two groups including Control and Experimental groups. The two groups were administered a Test-Retest evaluation to measure the targeted language skills that was to be taught to them. In order to collect the necessary data, two modern plays were taught and rehearsed in classroom context and then a retest were administered after the practice of these two modern dramatic discourse in the classroom. The different data-collecting techniques were used for the current research were participant observation (direct and indirect), and interviews. After analysing the data the results showed that there was no significant improvement in English competence of the Control group but the Experimental group revealed a tremendous achievement in their abilities in English conversations through the use of dramatic discourse.

What creates the public’s impression of social work and how can we improve it?

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502199210
Author(s):  
Barbara Staniforth ◽  
Slade C Dellow ◽  
Catherine Scheffer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

This paper presents results from a study in Aotearoa New Zealand 1 which explored the ideas of social work practitioners on public perceptions of social work and how to improve them. This qualitative research was part of a Master’s project for two of the authors and followed on from two previous quantitative studies on this topic in Aotearoa. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 social work practitioners. Thematic analysis was used to create themes concerning what the perceived public perception was, what contributed to it, and how to improve it. The findings have implications for being better able to understand factors that contribute to the public perception of social work so that it may be improved, for increasing the public’s understanding of social work, and for recruitment of students into the profession.

Contextualising the antecedents of organisational innovativeness

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ahrens ◽  
Aishah A.K. Al-Sereidi ◽  
Halimah F. Al-Shaebi ◽  
Asra H. Rahmdel
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organisational Capabilities ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the specific meanings underlying the general antecedents of organisational innovativeness (OI) in one specific public sector context, to fill empirically the categories employed in prior quantitative research and to understand better some of the opportunities for strengthening facilitators of OI and overcoming barriers to OI that present themselves in particular contexts. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on a field study. It uses 29 semi-structured interviews with the members of UAE government and semi-government organisations. The research methodology is qualitative: it seeks to elucidate the meanings that structure the respondents’ understandings of innovation at work. Findings Across the UAE public sector there are great differences in organisational members’ interest in, and readiness to engage with, OI. Members of the public sector tended to conceptualise OI as a set of individual efforts and relationships in which the trust with superiors played a key role, as did the availability of individual rewards. For some respondents communication served as an umbrella term to denote organisational characteristics that would enable individuals to join efforts to make the public sector more innovative. Overall, the great variations in respondents’ ability to articulate and conceptualise the antecedents of OI suggests that organisational capabilities to support OI need strengthening. Research limitations/implications The paper’s insights are based on the study of the public sector of only one country and may be difficult to generalise to other countries. Practical implications The paper suggests ways in which Emirati public sector organisations can strengthen the facilitators of OI and overcome the obstacles presented by the barriers to OI in order to help public sector leaders and employees make innovation a routine element of their day-to-day work. Originality/value The paper presents a first attempt at using qualitative research to deepen our understanding of the antecedents of organisational innovativeness in the public sector.

scholarly journals TRAMAR, DESTRAMAR E RETRAMAR: a arte nas montanhas das Minas Gerais

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Motta Castro
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Feminist Studies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Feminist Hermeneutics ◽  
The Town

Resumo O artigo é um extrato da pesquisa de doutorado sobre o processo pedagógico de ensinar e aprender da tecelagem manual desenvolvido em Resende Costa, cidade localizada nas montanas de Minhas Gerais onde a grande maioria das pessoas sobrevive da tecelagem manual. Neste lugar um dito popular, ouvido muitas vezes durante a pesquisa empírica, revela: "Em Resende Costa, em todas as casas existe um tear”. A economia do município gira em torno das 98 lojas de artesanato. A metodologia da investigação com base em pesquisa participante, foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, observação participante e diário de campo. A análise dos dados foi embasada na hermenêutica feminista. Entre os resultados encontrados, observa-se a formação das tecelãs que se desenvolve pelas mulheres da localidade, sobretudo pelas mãos das mulheres mais velhas, que realizam o repasse, criando, assim, o processo de ensinar e aprender da tecelagem manual e suas invisibilidades. Palavras-chave: Estudos feministas. Educação popular. Gênero. Formação. Artesanato. Tecelagem. TRAMING, DESTRAMING AND RETRAMING: art in the mountains of Minas Gerais Abstract A result of my Doctoral Dissertation defended in 2015, this paper seeks to analyze how the pedagogical process of teaching and learning hand weaving developed in Resende Costa town occurs. In this small town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, most people live out of hand weaving. In this place, they frequently repeated: "In Resende Costa there is a loom at every home”. In this sense, the economy of the town revolves around its 98 handcrafting stores. Methodology employed based on the participatory research method was carried out with semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and field diary. The data analysis was based on feminist hermeneutics. Among the outcomes, we see the female weavers' training beeing developed by local women, mainly by the hand of older ones that pass around their knowledge and, thus, creating a process of teaching and learning of hand weaving and their invisibility.Keywords: Feminist Studies. Popular Education. Genre. Training. Handicraft, Weaving. 

scholarly journals White uniform’s meanings for nursing teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 88-100
Author(s):  
Clara Felício Barreto Zatyrko ◽  
Régia Cristina Oliveira ◽  
Eunice Almeida da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Feminine Gender ◽  
The North ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Nursing Teachers

The uniform can be understood as a symbol which represents the individual’s occupation in society and in the institution where he works. Nursing, since its early days, is a profession which demands the wearing of a uniform. Nursing schools, traditionally, are in charge of indicating the wearing of uniform, informing this clothing’s symbolic importance for the profession. The present paper aims at analyzing the uniform’s meanings revealed by nursing teachers at a high school and nursing technician course, in a school located in the North Zone of São Paulo, Brazil. This qualitative research with semi structured interviews and participant observation with nursing teachers. The results showed that there are meanings that update traditional values related to the profession, the feminine gender, professional identity and the association between uniform and painful experiences.

scholarly journals Exploring the challenges involved in migrating from an on-premises ECM solution to a SaaS based ECM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Muhammad Farooq Ali
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Practical Implications

<p>Purpose: The objective of this research is to investigate the challenges that are acting as barriers to the adoption of a SaaS based ECM solution, mainly from an Information Technology viewpoint, in the wake of ‘cloud first’ policy that had been launched by the New Zealand government with the intent to maximize efficiencies across the public sector.  Methodology: Qualitative research was chosen for this research and outputs from the semi-structured interviews are compared with literature in order to highlight the commonalities and potentially highlighting any additional ones that exist with regards to the challenges that are associated with the adoption of a cloud based ECM service.  Practical Implications: This research will help organizations that have on-premises ECM solutions in making informed decisions through being aware of the challenges that act as barriers to adopting a SaaS based ECM solution through migrating from an on-premises ECM application.  Originality/Value: ECM in the context of a service based offering has been relatively little discussed in the literature. This research adds to the literature by examining ECM through the lens of cloud computing and investigates the challenges that are influencing its adoption.</p>

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