Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Institute of Geography'

This project is focused on the goal of improving access to the Water Resources Institute (WRI) archives using a web-based GIS architecture. This project uses the newest version of ArcGIS Server as a method to support an internet-based map search environment, improved information management and data sharing.

The main scope of this project is to rebuild and deploy web applications that will help share historical artifacts related to the Santa Ana watershed. This project is designed to give a consistent user interface and add extra tools to enhance the functionality of existing applications at the Water Resources Institute (WRI) at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). The purpose of this project is to migrate all applications to a single server and update the applications using ArcGIS Server 9.2. Also to give a consistent look to the applications and to make them user friendly.

ABSTRACT Karst regions of the world that receive relatively similar amounts of precipitation display a wide variety of landscapes. It has been suggested (Groves and Meiman, 2005) that climates exhibiting larger discrete storm events have more dissolving power and consequently higher rates of conduit growth than climates with more uniform precipitation distributions. To study this concept, a computer program “Cave Growth” was developed that modeled the growth of a cross-section of a cave passage under dynamic flow and chemical conditions. A series of 46 simulation datasets were created to represent different climatic conditions. These simulations had the same total annual discharge, but demonstrated a range of flow distributions quantified by use of a gamma distribution index, along with two special theoretical cases. After simulating a year of conduit growth for each of the various flow distributions in a series of model runs, and repeating these sets of simulations for three different passage cross-section geometries, it was evident that the annual temporal distribution of flow did indeed impact the amount of cave growth. However, an increase in the “storminess” of the climate did not simply equate to more dissolution and thus conduit growth. Rather, the quantity and duration of surface contact between water and the conduit walls combined with dissolution rates to affect the total growth. The amount of wetted perimeter (contact between fluid and passage floor/walls) generated by specific conduit to capacity were shown to be very effective at growing the cave. Above this level, the dissolving power of additional water was essentially wasted. This investigation suggests that the maximum amount of passage flow levels depended upon the shape of the passage. Flow conditions that filled the growth occurs under flow conditions that result in the most wetted perimeter for the longest period of time at the highest dissolution rate.

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The present thesis has as its object to promote the historical reconstitution of the development of statistics in Brazil, and the creation and the first years of performance of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – IBGE). The period under study begins with to the creation of the Institute, in the context of the transformations provoked by the 1930 Revolution, and analyzes its participation in the moderniizing political-cultural projects in the period of the Estado Novo. The works is based, among other sources, on the documentation produced by the Institute during this time.
A presente dissertação tem como objeto a reconstituição histórica do desenvolvimento da estatística no Brasil e a criação e os primeiros anos de atuação do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). O período tratado se estende desde o Segundo Império até 1945. O trabalho prioriza a abordagem dos acontecimentos que culminaram com a constituição do IBGE, no contexto das transformações produzidas pela Revolução de 1930, e analisa sua participação nos projetos modernizadores político culturais durante o Estado Novo, com base, entre outras fontes na documentação produzida pelo próprio Instituto.

A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os sentidos e as expectativas que os jovens da primeira turma (2015) do IFPR – Campus Avançado Barracão/PR atribuem ao Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IF) e ao Ensino Médio Técnico Integrado (EMTI). Além disso, o presente trabalhou buscou caracterizar o grupo de estudantes por meio do perfil socioeconômico e simbólico, bem como referenciar o papel da Geografia escolar presente no Projeto Pedagógico Curricular (PPC). Por meio do olhar dos jovens, busca-se analisar o papel do EMTI para eles, bem como os significados que conferem ao IF e às aulas de Geografia. Ao considerar que, a partir da expansão e interiorização da Rede Federal de Educação Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica (RFEPCT), se cria uma nova realidade escolar nos mais remotos espaços, torna-se necessário compreender o papel do IF e das aulas de Geografia. Ou seja, parte-se do pressuposto de que o IF possibilita uma nova prática escolar; para tanto, deve-se repensar o papel das aulas de Geografia. A fim de possibilitar esse intento, a pesquisa apresenta uma abordagem qualitativa baseada nas premissas do paradigma da complexidade. O caminho metodológico percorrido inicia com ums revisão bibliográfica, análise de documentos e pesquisa de campo. Por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, foi possível entender como se deu a expansão da RFEPCT. Após esse passo, empregou-se o grupo focal e a produção escrita. Para inferir a produção escrita, utilizou-se a técnica da Análise Textual Discursiva (ATD). Participaram da pesquisa doze jovens da primeira turma de EMTI do IF. A proposta do trabalho visou dar voz aos jovens que habitam e estudam na fronteira. Dessa forma, a pesquisa revelou que o IF é construtor de topofilias e que a possibilidade de cursar o EMTI superou as expectativas dos jovens. Por meio do campus, os jovens passaram e conceber a educação como uma possibilidade de ascensão social. Igualmente importante revela-se que existe um sentimento de pertencimento dos jovens à fronteira e aos seus elementos. Há uma relação muito forte das aulas de Geografia com o cotidiano deles. Portanto, revela-se que o IF possibilita uma nova realidade escolar e, por isso, torna-se importante repensar concepções sobre a RFEPCT e o ensino de Geografia.
This research aims the analysis of the senses and expectations that the young people, from the first group of IFPR - Barracão Advanced Campus, attribute to the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (IF) and to the Integrated Technical High School (EMTI). Through the eyes of young people, we seek to analyze the role of EMTI for them, as well as the meanings they attribute to the IF and the Geography classes. Considering that, as a result of the expansion and internalization of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (RFEPCT), a new school reality is created in the most remote spaces, it becomes necessary to understand the role of the IF and the Geography classes. In other words, this research is based on the assumption that the IF makes a new school practice possible and, for that, the role of Geography classes should be rethought. To enable the study, this research presents a qualitative approach based on the premises of the complexity paradigm. The methodological path covered includes a bibliographical review, document analysis and field research. Through the bibliographical and documentary research, it was possible to understand how the RFEPCT expansion occurred. Then, focal group analysis was applied and the writing process was done. On the writting process, we used the technique of discursive textual analysis. Twelve young people from the first group of the EMTI of the IF participated in the study. The proposal of the work aimed to give voice to the young people who live and study in the border, as well as to understand their senses and expectations regarding IF, EMTI and Geography classes. The research revealed that the IF is a top-philist builder and that attending the EMTI has exceeded the expectations of young people. Across the campus young people pass on and conceive of education as a possibility of social ascension. It is equally important to show that there is a sense of belonging with the border area and its elements. There is a very strong relationship of Geography classes with their daily lives. Therefore, it is revealed that the FI makes a new school reality possible and, therefore, it becomes important to rethink our conceptions about RFEPCT and the teaching of Geography.

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This thesis aims to analyze the contributions of the Journal of the Institute of History and Geography of São Paulo (RIHGSP) for history of Brazilian education through an analysis of articles published in this journal between 1895 and 2004. The motivation for the study came from the fact that despite the importance of Geographical and Historical Institutes for national historiography, which can be proven by numerous academic studies conducted, there is a gap in the historiography of Brazilian education regarding the use of these journals institutes as primary sources for the history of education. Therefore, this thesis aims to answer the following research question: what are the contributions of RIHGSP for the History of Education in Brazil? The justification for this research is grounded in the understanding that the study of scientific production in the pages of this magazine is relevant to the reconstruction of their own national historiography and to demonstrate the role that information sources play in dissemination of information and the development of the research scientific education. Thus , the main objective of the research was to highlight the contributions of RIHGSP to the historiography of Brazilian education , and the specific objectives were : a) outline a historical overview of Geographical and Historical Institutes in national and world stage standing in this context the History Institute and Geography of São Paulo , b ) describe the main features of the Journal of the Historical and Geographical Institute of São Paulo ( RIHGSP) c ) analyze this scientific production according to bibliometric parameters of authorship, thematic and temporal distribution; d) conduct a content analysis of a selected sample of 20 articles RIHGSP related to the theme of the history of education. From the methodological point of view the research was characterized as an exploratory and descriptive study. The analytical approaches were supported in the bibliometric analysis and content analysis and involved the following steps: literature review, collection, organization and systematization of data and analysis and interpretation of results. Thus, it was possible to obtain scientific evidence to demonstrate that the texts published in RIHGSP, are key to the history and historiography of Brazilian education, because they allow understanding how the literate elite - represented by intellectuals who publish articles in this journal - thought education Brazilian.
Esta tese analisa as contribuições da Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo (Revista IHGSP) para História da Educação brasileira por meio da análise de artigos publicados neste periódico entre 1895 e 2004. A motivação para o estudo veio da constatação de que a despeito da importância dos Institutos Históricos e Geográficos para a historiografia nacional, o que pode ser comprovado pelos inúmeros estudos acadêmicos realizados, há uma lacuna na historiografia educacional brasileira no que tange a utilização dos periódicos desses Institutos como fontes primárias para a História da Educação. Diante disso, essa tese buscou responder a seguinte questão de pesquisa: quais são as contribuições da RIHGSP para a História da Educação no Brasil? A justificativa para essa pesquisa está assentada no entendimento de que o estudo da produção científica nas páginas dessa Revista é relevante para a reconstrução da própria historiografia nacional e para demonstrar o papel que as fontes de informação assumem na disseminação das informações e no desenvolvimento da própria pesquisa científica em Educação. Assim, o objetivo principal da pesquisa foi o de destacar as contribuições da RIHGSP para a historiografia da educação brasileira, e os objetivos específicos foram: a) delinear um panorama histórico dos Institutos Históricos e Geográficos no cenário mundial e nacional situando nesse contexto o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo; b) descrever as principais características da Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo (RIHGSP); c) analisar essa produção científica de acordo com os seguintes parâmetros bibliométricos: autoria, temática e distribuição temporal; d) realizar a análise de conteúdo de uma amostra selecionada de 20 artigos da RIHGSP relacionados à temática da história da educação. Do ponto de vista metodológico a pesquisa caracterizou-se como um estudo exploratório e caráter descritivo e analítico apoiado nas abordagens da análise bibliométrica e de conteúdo e envolveu o desenvolvimento das seguintes etapas: revisão de literatura; coleta, organização e sistematização dos dados e análise e interpretação dos resultados. Dessa forma, conseguiu-se obter evidências científicas para demonstrar que os textos, publicados na RIHGSP, são fundamentais para a história e historiografia da educação brasileira, pois permitem compreender como a elite letrada representada pelos intelectuais que publicam artigos neste periódico pensava a educação brasileira.

Im Februar und März 2007 wurde vom Geographischen Institut der Universität eine Exkursion nach Neuseeland durchgeführt. Der hier vorliegende Bericht bezieht sich auf diese Exkursion. Im ersten Teil wird durch 17 Protokolle der Exkursionsverlauf wiedergegeben. Im zweiten Teil befassen sich sechs Texte näher mit je einem thematischen Aspekt der Exkursion. Autoren der Protokolle und der thematischen Texte sind die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Exkursion. Zum ersten Teil des Berichts – der Exkursionsverlauf Im ersten Teil dieses Berichtes wird der Verlauf der Exkursion Neuseeland 2007 des Geographischen Instituts der Universität Potsdam durch Tagesprotokolle dargestellt. Die Exkursion begann am 14. Februar 2007 in Auckland und endete am 4. März 2007 in Christchurch. Während dieser 19 Tage wurden verschiedene Orte auf der neuseeländischen Nord- und Südinsel aufgesucht, wobei die Exkursionsgruppe verschiedene Aspekte der neuseeländischen Gesellschaft aus einer humangeographischen Perspektive studierte. Im Mittelpunkt standen die Themen historische und jüngere Migration nach Neuseeland, Maori, Milchwirtschaft, Holzwirtschaft und Tourismus in Neuseeland. Die Tagesprotokolle machen deutlich, dass die Exkursion weniger in einer thematisch-systematischen Art und Weise durchgeführt wurde. Statt dessen erfolgte das Aufsuchen exemplarischer Orte, an denen Beobachtungen und darüber hinausgehende Erkundungen stattfanden. Die entsprechenden Aussagen sind in den Protokollen wiedergegeben, schwerpunktmäßig wird dabei folgendes angesprochen: Der erste Exkursionstag, das war der 14. Februar 2007, wurde für den Besuch des Geographischen Institutes der Auckland University genutzt. Dort wurde zum Beispiel eine Diskussionsrunde mit den beiden Humangeographen Richard Le Heron und Gordon Winder veranstaltet. Auch die folgenden zwei Tage verbrachten die Exkursionsgruppe in Auckland, wobei sie sich im »Auckland Museum« über die neuseeländische Geschichte und insbesondere über die Kultur der Maori informierte. Mit einem Maori-Guide unternahmen die Teilnehmer eine Stadtführung durch Auckland, wobei ebenfalls das Leben der Maori im Fokus stand. Außerdem besuchten sie eine private Einwanderungsagentur und führten in Kleingruppen Expertengespräche zum Thema »Migration und Integration in Neuseeland« durch. Am 17. Februar erkundeten die Exkursionsteilnehmer drei Orte in der näheren Umgebung Aucklands. Zunächst begaben sie sich zum Otara Market, einem Wochenmarkt der Pacific Islanders, der immer samstags in Otara abgehalten wird. Anschließend ging es weiter an die westliche Küste, wo sie unter Führung einer Rangerin durch den Muriwai-Regionalpark wanderten. Auf der Rückfahrt nach Auckland machten sie Halt in Soljan’s Winzerei, wo der Betrieb vorgestellt wurde und Wein verkosten werden konnte. Am 18. Februar verließ die Exkursionsgruppe Auckland in Richtung Norden, um zum Ort Puhoi zu gelangen. Dort beschäftigten sich die Teilnehmer mit den sogenannten Bohemians, die einst aus Böhmen nach Neuseeland auswanderten und deren Traditionen dort auch heute noch (zumindest teilweise) gepflegt werden. Am nächsten Tag fuhren sie weiter nach Pahia, dem nördlichsten Aufenthaltsort während der Exkursion. Auf dem Weg dorthin machten sie einen Umweg über Matakohe, wo das Kauri-Museum und der Tane Mahuta, der größte Kauribaum Neuseelands, besichtigt wurden. Am 20. Februar stand vormittags die Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte Neuseelands auf dem Tagesplan. Hierfür besuchte die Exkursionsgruppe die Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Dort informierten sich die Teilnehmer über den Vertrag von Waitangi und darüber, welche Folgen dieser für das Leben der Maori hatte. Am Nachmittag stand das Thema Tourismus im Mittelpunkt. Die Exkursionsteilnehmer machten sich mit einem Teil des touristischen Angebots vertraut, indem sie eine Bootstour durch die Bay of Islands unternahmen. Am 21. Februar fuhr die Gruppe in die Hamilton-Region, wo sie sich auch die folgenden zwei Tage aufhielt. Auf dem Weg dorthin wurde ein Zwischenstopp in Kawakawa und an den Whangarei Falls eingelegt. In Hamilton war die Exkursionsgruppe Gast im Geographischen Institut der Waikato University und im Waikato Migrant Resource Centre. Außerdem stand das Thema Milchwirtschaft auf dem Programm. Hierfür besichtigten die Teilnehmer das Unternehmen AmBreed, welches die Grundlage für die Aufzucht von Hochleistungsmilchkühen bereitstellt – nämlich das Bullensperma. Außerdem konnten sie sich über die Organisation und Probleme einer Milchfarm informieren. Darüber hinaus gestalteten in der Waikato-Region wohnende Nachfahren der böhmischen Einwanderer ein Abendprogramm für die Exkursionsgruppe. Den 24. Februar verbrachten die Teilnehmer im Gebiet von Rotorua. Dort durchkreuzten sie das Thermal Wonderland, in dem heiße Quellen und Geysire sowie die dadurch geschaffenen Oberflächengegebenheiten studiert werden können. Die heißen Quellen werden hier auch zur Energiegewinnung herangezogen, wovon sich die Exkursionsteilnehmer bei einer Besichtigung der Geothermal Power Station of Warakei überzeugen konnten. Auf der Fahrt zum Tongariro Nationalpark bewunderten sie die Huka Falls und machten Halt am Lake Taupo, dem größten See Neuseelands. Im Nationalpark unternahmen sie am 26. Februar eine Wanderung. Tags darauf fuhren sie weiter über Marton nach Wellington, der Hauptstadt Neuseelands. Dort war nachmittags sowie am 28. Februar Gelegenheit, die Stadt zu erkunden, unter anderem auf einer Stadtführung mit Prof. Bredlich. Daneben erfuhr man bei einem Besuch des neuseeländischen Nationalmuseums Te Papa viel Wissenswertes über Gesellschaft und Geschichte Neuseelands. Am 1. März überquerten sie mit der Fähre die Cookstraße, um zur Südinsel zu gelangen. Den Nachmittag dieses Tages verbrachte die Exkursionsgruppe in Upper Moutere, wo sie sich mit der Einwanderung Deutscher in der Region Nelson befasste Am Tag darauf fuhren die Teilnehmer zur Westküste und beschäftigten sich mit den Landschaftsformen der Südalpen und der Küste sowie mit der Frage, welche wirtschaftliche Rolle diese Region einst spielte und welche sie heute einnimmt. Am 3. März überquerten sie die Südalpen über den Athur’s Pass und kamen am Nachmittag in Christchurch an. Am nächsten Tag erlebten sie eine Besichtigungstour durch die größte Stadt der Südinsel unter Leitung von Prof. Parson vom Institut für Geographie der Universität von Canterbury. Dabei standen insbesondere Fragen des städtischen Wandels im Mittelpunkt, welcher mit den ökonomischen Reformen seit Ende der 80er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts einherging. Damit endete am 4. März die Exkursion in Christchurch. Zum zweiten Teil des Berichts – die thematischen Texte Neben dem Gewinn eines ersten Eindrucks vor Ort bietet eine Exkursion als Form der Erkundung eines Landes durchaus auch die Gelegenheit, kritisch über gesellschaftliche Vorgänge zu reflektieren. Über solche Reflexionen geben die Darstellungen im zweiten Teil dieses Exkursionsberichtes Aufschluss. Das Spektrum der in den Texten aufgegriffenen Themen reicht dabei von physisch-geographischen Gegebenheiten, über Land- und Forstwirtschaft, die Maori bis zu bevölkerungsgeographischen Fragestellungen zur Migration und Integration in Neuseeland. Dem zu Grunde liegt ein – in der Geographie lange verwurzeltes – holistisches Verständnis der Disziplin. In den Berichten findet die zentrale Debatte in der Geographie um die Bedeutung und das Zusammenspiel von globalen, regionsunabhängigen und lokalen, regionsspezifischen Faktoren (»Glokalisierung«) an vielen Stellen ihren Ausdruck. Da während der Exkursion Einblick in verschiedenste Bereiche des Lebens in Neuseeland gewonnen werden konnten, ist es im thematischen zweiten Teil des Berichts vorrangiges Ziel, einen guten Überblick über Neuseeland und seine Bevölkerung zu geben. Dabei überwiegt ein beschreibender Charakter der Texte, gleichzeitig sollen aber auch zentrale Veränderungen und Herausforderungen für die neuseeländische Gesellschaft angesprochen, Erklärungsansätze gegeben und Lösungsstrategien aufgewiesen werden. Im Einzelnen ist der thematische Teil folgendermaßen aufgebaut: Zu Beginn widmet sich Anja Lehmann den Maori und beleuchtet Geschichte, Kultur und heutige Situation der indigenen Bevölkerung Neuseelands. Anschließend gehen Katharina Popig und Manuel Hundt in ihrem Text auf die frühe europäische Einwanderung nach Neuseeland, insbesondere auf die Rolle der deutschen bzw. böhmischen Einwanderer, ein. Im darauf folgenden Text zeigt Manuel Hundt die sich verändernden Muster in der jüngeren Migration auf und beleuchtet Fragen der Integration in Neuseeland, wobei insbesondere auf die Rolle der Pacific Islanders eingegangen wird. Dann folgt der Text von Lilli Maier. Sie beschäftigt sich mit Fragen des Tourismus und schildert die Gestalt des Fremdenverkehrs und seine Bedeutung für die neuseeländische Wirtschaft. Natalia Kiselgof gibt einen Überblick sowohl über physisch-geographische Aspekte und den Naturraum Neuseelands als auch über die Struktur der neuseeländischen Landwirtschaft, bevor Sören Sturm die Forstwirtschaft Neuseelands einer kritischen Analyse unterzieht.
In February and March 2007 the Institute of Geography at Potsdam University carried out a field trip to New Zealand. The report refers to this field trip and is divided into two parts. The first part gives an account of the field trip’s course in 17 daily reports. The second part attends to different thematic aspects of the field trip, each dealt with in one of the six texts. Authors of the daily reports and the thematic texts are the participants of the field trip. Part One – The course of the field trip In the first part of this report we will depict the course of the field trip of the Institute of Geography at Potsdam University to New Zealand 2007 by means of reports for each of the field trip’s days. The field trip began on February 14, 2007 in Auckland and ended on March 4, 2007 in Christchurch. During these 19 days, the group visited different places on New Zealand’s North and South Island, in which different aspects of New Zealand’s society were studied from a human geographical perspective. In the centre of interest were topics such as historical and recent migration to New Zealand, Maori, agriculture, forestry and tourism in New Zealand. The daily reports make clear, that the field trip was not strictly conducted systematically in a thematic way. Instead, exemplary places were visited, where observation and exceeding investigations took place. The according explanations are to be found in the daily reports, some of the topics in the focus of interest were the following: The first day of the field trip, February 14, 2007, was used for a visit at the Institute of Geography at Auckland University. They organized presentations and discussions about a wide range of New Zealand and Auckland related topics, amongst others with the human geographers Richard Le Heron and Gordon Winder. For the following two days the group stayed in Auckland and visited the “Auckland Museum”, which gave a good insight into New Zealand history and especially into Maori culture. Historical and contemporary Maori life in Auckland was also in the focus of a guided tour through the city with a Maori guide. Furthermore, the group visited a private immigration agency and conducted interviews in smaller groups with experts about “migration and integration in New Zealand”. On February 17, the participants of the field trip explored three places in the surroundings of Auckland. At first they went to Otara Market, a weekly market of the Pacific Islanders community which is held every Saturday in Otara. Then they continued to Muriwai Regional Park on the Western Coast, where a guided walk with a Park Ranger took place. On the way back to Auckland, they made a last stop at Soljan’s Winery, where the owner explained the history of the family owned business and the process of winemaking. On February 18, the field trip group left Auckland northbound to reach Puhoi by midday. There the main emphasis was put on history and contemporary situation of the “Bohemians”, who once moved from Bohemia to New Zealand and whose traditions have been living on until today. On the following day, the group headed on to Pahia, the northernmost point of the field trip. On the way there, they passed Northland’s ‘Kauri Coast’, visited the Kauri Museum in Matakohe and saw New Zealand’s largest Kauri tree, the ‘Tane Mahuta’. The history of New Zealand was on the agenda for the morning of February 20: The group visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where there were possibilities to find out about the contents of the Treaty of Waitangi and about its consequences for the life of the Maori in past and present times. In the afternoon tourism was in the centre of interest: The participants of the field trip got to know one of the tourist attractions of the region and went on a boat trip through the Bay of Islands. On February 21, the group continued on its course to the region of Hamilton, where it also stayed for the following two days. On the way there, they made a stop at Kawakawa and at Whangarei Falls. In Hamilton they visited the Institute of Geography at Waikato University, where they heard a talk by Jacques Poot, professor and director of the university’s Population Studies Centre. The afternoon saw a visit of the Waikato Migrant Resource Centre. Another thematic emphasis in the Hamilton Region was put on dairy farming. For this, the students visited the company ‘AmBreed’, which specialized in artificial cattle breeding and in the production of the basis of industrialized and efficient dairy farming – the production of top-rate bull’s semen. On a typical mid-sized dairy farm the group could get an insight into organization and problems of dairy farming in New Zealand. Besides, descendants of Bohemian migrants, who had once settled in the Waikato region, organized an evening programme for the field trip group including a barbeque and the playing of traditional tunes. February 24, the participants spent in the area of Rotorua, where they wandered through ‘Thermal Wonderland’. The geothermally very active area that is to be found here created interesting surface forms and colours and there were hot springs and geysers to be studied. The existing geothermal activities are also used for the generation of energy, of which the participants of the field trip could convince themselves during a visit of the Warakei Geothermal Power Station. On the journey to Tongariro National Park they admired the blue waters of the Huka Falls and made a stop at Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in New Zealand. On the next day, February 26, there was some time to explore the volcanic landscape on a day hike in Tongariro National Park. The day after, the group went on to Marton and then to Wellington. In the afternoon as well as during the next day there was time to get to know the city and to form an opinion about New Zealand’s capital, for instance during a guided tour through the town with Professor Bredlich. Furthermore, a visit of New Zealand’s National Museum ‘Te Papa’ offered plenty of information worth knowing about society and history of New Zealand. On March 1, they crossed the Cook Strait by ferry to get to New Zealand’s South Island. The afternoon was spent in the village of Upper Moutere, where the group dealt with German migration in the Nelson region. The next day, the participants went to the West Coast and took a closer look at the landscape forms of the Southern Alps and coastline as well as at the former and recent economic role of this region. On March 3, they crossed the Southern Alps via Arthur’s Pass and arrived at Christchurch in the afternoon. During the following last day of the field trip they took part in a guided tour through the biggest city of the South Island by Professor Parson from the Institute of Geography at the University of Canterbury. In the focus of his explanations were questions of urban change, which came along with the economic reforms at the end of the 1980’s. With this, the field trip to New Zealand ended in Christchurch on March 4, 2007. Part Two – The thematic texts Apart from gaining a first impression, a field trip as a way of exploring and studying a country also opens up the possibility of critically reflecting about social questions and processes. Those reflections are the centre of the following texts in the second part of this report. The range of topics dealt with in the texts reaches from physical-geographical features, agriculture and forestry as well as Maori related topics to population geographical questions regarding migration and integration in New Zealand. The choice of this wide range is based on a holistic understanding of geography, as it is deeply rooted in this discipline. One important reference, that you will find in various parts of the different reports, deals with a central debate in geography – the impact and interaction of global factors, independent of locality, and local factors, specific to certain regions (“Glocalization”). Because it was possible for the participants to get an insight into very different fields of life in New Zealand, the main aim of the second part of this report should be to give a good overview of New Zealand and its people. Predominantly, the texts are of a descriptive character, nevertheless there are many parts where crucial changes and challenges for New Zealand society shall be mentioned, explanatory approaches be given and strategies for possible solutions be shown. In detail, the thematic part is structured as follows: At first, Anja Lehmann attends to Maori life in ‘Aotearoa’ and examines history, culture and present situation of New Zealand’s indigenous population. Then, Katharina Popig and Manuel Hundt depict the early European migration to New Zealand in their text, with an emphasis on the role of German or Bohemian settlers. In the following text Manuel Hundt shines a light on changing patterns in recent migration and takes a closer look on questions of integration in New Zealand, especially regarding the role of Pacific Islanders. After that, the text by Lilli Maier deals with tourism, examining its forms and its role in New Zealand economy. Natalia Kiselgof gives an overview both of physical geographical aspects and landscape forms in New Zealand as of the structure of New Zealand agriculture. In the last text, New Zealand’s forestry is subject to a critical analysis by Sören Sturm.

No Brasil do século XIX, o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB), fundado na Corte do Rio de Janeiro, em 1838, foi o local escolhido pelo governo central para dar vida ao projeto de forjamento de uma história pátria capaz de oferecer ao país um discurso histórico próprio e que o mostrasse como uma unidade política indivisa e carregada de princípios unificadores nacionais. Sob o manto protetor da Monarquia Constitucional, considerada o principal fator de união dos membros da jovem nação brasileira, coube, principalmente, ao IHGB pensar essa nação intelectualmente, por meio da promoção da História e da Geografia. Dessa maneira, a fim de cumprir sua meta de composição de uma história para o Brasil, o IHGB se propôs a coletar, em todas as províncias que formavam o vasto território nacional, informações que pudessem servir para a composição da História e da Geografia brasileiras, centralizando no Rio de Janeiro, sede da Monarquia, o material recolhido por todo o país. Esse trabalho passou a contar com um novo braço quando, na Província do Rio Grande do Sul, foi fundado o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico da Província de São Pedro (IHGPSP), associação letrada com propósitos semelhantes aos do IHGB. Assim, tendo que lidar com a criação de uma associação congênere à sua (e justamente em uma das províncias mais belicosas do Império), o IHGB precisou responder ao pedido de filiação do IHGPSP. Mais ainda: necessitou lidar com o estabelecimento de uma instituição que tinha como finalidade narrar a história do Rio Grande, tarefa até então mantida sob seu controle. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo compreender como se deu o processo de constituição de uma escrita da história sobre o Rio Grande do Sul ao longo do século XIX tendo como estratégia principal a análise do material sobre o Rio Grande coletado, principalmente, em dois periódicos oitocentistas: a Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro e a Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico da Província de São Pedro, tomadas como as principais publicações que, durante o período imperial, se ocuparam da narrativa da história rio-grandense. A pesquisa pretende, igualmente, investigar o IHGPSP e o IHGB como lugares sociais de prática historiográfica e, ainda, se debruçar sobre o papel dos principais letrados que estiveram envolvidos no processo de elaboração de uma escrita da história rio-grandense dentro dessas instituições.
In Brazil, during the 19th Century, the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro – IHGB), founded in the Court of Rio de Janeiro, in 1838, was the site chosen by the central government to give life to the project of shaping a national history capable of offering the country a particular historical discourse, which would portray Brazil as an undividable political unity with unified national principles. Under the protection of the Constitutional Monarchy, which was considered the main element that could unite the members of the young Brazilian nation, IHGB received the task to think this nation intellectually, by elevating History and Geography. To that end, aiming to accomplish the goal of composing a history to Brazil, IHGB proposed itself to collect information that could be used in the composition of the Brazilian History and Geography, in all provinces that were part the wide national territory, concentrating the material collected all over the county in Rio de Janeiro, the seat of the Monarchy. This enterprise received further assistance when, in the Province of Rio Grande do Sul, the Historic and Geographic Institute of the Province of São Pedro (Instituto Histórico e Geográfico da Província de São Pedro – IHGPSP) was founded; this erudite association had similar goals to the IHGB. Thus, having to deal with an association much alike its own (and precisely set in one of the most quarrelsome provinces of the Empire), IHGB had to respond to the request of admission of IHGPSP. And, in addition to that, it had to deal with the establishment of an institution that aimed to narrate the history of Rio Grande, an activity under its sole control until that point. This thesis aims at comprehending the process of constitution of the writing of a history of Rio Grande do Sul throughout the 19th Century, having as its main strategy the analysis of the material on Rio Grande collected especially in two periodicals from this century: the Magazine of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro) and the Magazine of the Historic and Geographic Institute of the Province of São Pedro (Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico da Província de São Pedro). Those magazines are considered the main publications that, during the Imperial period, take up the narrative of the history of Rio Grande do Sul. This research intends, likewise, to investigate IHGPSP and IHGB as social sites of historiographic practice and, furthermore, to scrutinize the role of the leading savants involved in the process of development of the writing of a history of Rio Grande do Sul within these institutions.

Given my experiences as a young conservation advocate, I saw a need to teach students the importance of interconnectedness, cultural awareness and systems-thinking skills through a spatial lens. I believe these skills are required for holistic, equitable and sustainable conservation decision-making in local and international contexts. This thesis uses geospatial tools to teach conservation ecology vocabulary and concepts from high school environmental science curriculum in two online resources. The purpose of my lesson plan is to show students how conservationists address complex conservation and land-use challenges using the Jane Goodall Institute’s community-centered conservation approach as a case-study. My hope is that these lessons empower students to become change-agents in their communities.

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This research takes us to a reflection about the contribution of School Geography in the curriculum of the Agricultural Technician through the discussion of environmental questions. The aim of this research is to comprehend how the geography teaching, through the studying of environmental questions, can contribute to the formation of the Agricultural Technician, having in mind a formation that links contents of general teaching to a technical subject. This knowledge will be reached through interviews with students of 2nd and 3rd grades in the course of Agricultural Technician integrated into high school, at the Instituto Federal Baiano - Campus Catu. In this context, the researcher assumes that for the formation of high school technicians who will work in Brazilian agricultural business is necessary the transmission of knowledge in a way that the traditional subjects of high school should be straightly integrated to the technician contents. Besides is also necessary to make the students sensitive to environmental questions in order to guarantee that the school is preparing technicians with a critical vision and enough knowledge to transform their environment through the perspective of Environment Development, promoting the formation of ?citizens? who know the general problems of Brazilian society in their multiple aspects, such as social, economical, political and environmental issues. The result of the research made leads to the conclusion that in first place the Geography teaching is consistent with the formation of the Agricultural Technician and that concepts like nature and environmental questions are straightly linked to the understanding of the relation between society and nature that collaborates for the student understands the earth not as a bargaining chip for capital accumulation but as an element of economical and sustainable development. The last conclusion is that the concept of sustainable development is not so released among students but the practices to take to it are well known by them. Besides, the reform of agricultural education that divides enabling agricultural into agricultural and livestock seems not to promote employability.
Este trabalho nos leva a uma reflex?o sobre a contribui??o da Geografia Escolar na forma??o do T?cnico agr?cola, a partir da discuss?o das quest?es ambientais. O objetivo deste trabalho ? compreender como o ensino de Geografia, a partir do estudo das quest?es ambientais, contribui para a forma??o do t?cnico agr?cola tendo em vista uma forma??o que vincula conte?dos do ensino proped?utico a ?rea t?cnica. A metodologia usada neste trabalho consistiu na aplica??o de question?rio semi - estruturado com estudantes da segunda e terceira s?ries do ensino m?dio integrado t?cnico em agropecu?ria do Instituto Federal Baiano, campus ? Catu. Neste contexto, parte-se do pressuposto de que para a forma??o de t?cnicos de n?vel m?dio, para trabalharem na agropecu?ria brasileira, ? necess?ria a transmiss?o de conhecimentos onde o ensino de disciplinas ditas do ensino m?dio deve estar diretamente integrado a ?rea t?cnica, como tamb?m torn?-los sens?veis ?s quest?es ambientais a fim de que se formem t?cnicos com vis?o cr?tica e conhecimentos satisfat?rios para assim, transformarem o seu entorno, dentro da perspectiva do Desenvolvimento Sustent?vel, garantindo a forma??o de "cidad?os", conhecedores dos problemas gerais da sociedade brasileira em seus m?ltiplos aspectos, sociais, econ?micos, pol?ticos culturais e ambientais. O resultado da pesquisa realizada durante o trabalho leva a concluir em primeiro lugar que o ensino de Geografia est? em conson?ncia com a forma??o do t?cnico agr?cola, que conceitos como natureza, quest?o ambiental, est?o diretamente vinculados ao entendimento da rela??o da sociedade com a natureza, fato que colabora para que o estudante entenda a terra n?o como moeda de troca para acumula??o de capital, mas sim como um elemento de desenvolvimento econ?mico com sustentabilidade.

Orientador: Fadel David Antonio Tuma Filho
Coorientador: Silvia Aparecida Guarnieri Ortigoza
Banca: Evelyn Monari Belo
Banca: Claudio Pacheco de Oliveira
Banca: Eneas Ronte Ferreira
Banca: Sandra Elisa Contri
Resumo: Esta pesquisa apresenta um panorama inicial da Expansão do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí (IFPI), levando em consideração o potencial humano, os arranjos produtivos e, também, as vocações e as potencialidades das microrregiões estratégicas que contribuem para o desenvolvimento do estado. Dentro dessa perspectiva, o atendimento educacional às comunidades das microrregiões do estado do Piauí, através da implantação dos campi do IFPI, representa um dos principais pontos de interesse do trabalho. Estudar o processo de implantação desses campi em território piauiense, quais os critérios para a definição do município polo, o processo de escolha e implantação dos cursos a serem ofertados em cada município polo foram, igualmente, objetos de interesse. Os campi do IFPI foram criados a partir da iniciativa do Governo Federal, através do Plano de Expansão que cria e implanta os Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IFs) em todo o território nacional. Para o desenvolvimento do projeto, foi realizado o mapeamento das microrregiões do Piauí, utilizando-se dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), e escolhidas as seguintes microrregiões: Médio Parnaíba Piauiense, Chapadas do Extremo Sul Piauiense, Alto Médio Canindé, Baixo Parnaíba Piauiense, São Raimundo Nonato e Alto Parnaíba Piauiense, bem como os municípios polos, dentre aqueles de maior economia, maior população e maior importância na microrregião. A implantação dos campi: Angical do Piauí, Corrente, Paulistana, Piripiri, São Raimundo Nonato e Uruçuí corresponde ao período de 2008 a 2010. Ainda no processo de implantação, foram feitas pesquisas de campo para levantamento de dados referentes à demanda de cursos Técnicos, Superior Tecnológico e de Licenciatura... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This research presents an overview of the initial expansion of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (IFPI), taking into account the human potential, production arrangements, and also the talent and potential of microstrategies that contribute to the development the state. Within this perspective, the educational service to the communities of the micro state of Piaui, through the implementation of the campuses of the IFPI, representing one of the main points of interest work. Studying the process of deploying these campuses in the territory of Piauí, the criteria for defining the pole municipality, the selection process and implementation of courses to be offered in each municipality pole were also objects of interest. The campuses of the IFPI were created from the Federal Government initiative through the expansion plan that creates and deploys the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFs) across the country. For the development of the project the microregions of Piaui were mapped, using data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), choosing the following micro regions: Middle Parnaíba Piauí, Piauí Chapadas Deep South, Upper Middle Canindé, Low Parnaíba Piauiense, Nonato and Alto Parnaíba Piauí, municipalities and poles, among those of largest economy, largest population and greater importance in the micro. The implementation of the campuses: Angical of Piauí, Chain, Paulistana, São Raimundo Nonato and Uruçuí corresponds to the period from 2008 to 2010. Still in the process of implementation, field surveys were made to obtain data regarding the demand for courses Technical, Technological and Higher Degree. The methodology used was descriptive and Research Survey sought to identify opinions of the student population and also business... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Orientador: Fadel David Antonio Filho
Banca: Sandra Elisa Contri Pitton
Banca: Valéria Cazetta
Resumo: O ensino de Geografia nos cursos técnicos de nível médio integrados do IFPI é o objeto desta dissertação. Sua realização resultou da nossa preocupação para com as lacunas que temos presenciado à medida que exercemos a nossa função como profissional do ensino de Geografia nessa instituição. Definimos como seu objetivo geral a caracterização do trabalho realizado pelos professores de Geografia nesses cursos, identificando algumas de suas repercussões na formação dos alunos. Situamos como objetivos específicos: a identificação dos referenciais epistemológicos que fundamentam as práticas e as posturas dos professores, considerando as diretrizes legais para esse ensino e a literatura que tem tratado desse tema; a identificação dos modos como o ensino de Geografia se manifesta, visando contribuir para a construção e a preservação da memória desse ensino; e, ainda, a identificação de traços da cultura de Geografia que resulta das experiências no trabalho de ensino dessa disciplina. O percurso metodológico adotado apoiou-se na visão elaborada por Gramsci, ao abordar suas idéias relacionadas à escola unitária, assim como procuramos nos servir dos subsídios da pesquisa etnográfica e dos fundamentos inerentes à análise do discurso, visando conhecer elementos da cultura e da conseqüente memória que esse ensino tem produzido no IFPI. Realizamos uma análise da evolução da Geografia como ciência e como disciplina escolar, atendendo às determinações das leis que têm disciplinado os currículos no Brasil. Utilizando instrumentos de pesquisa na forma de questionários e entrevistas, colhemos subsídios junto aos professores e aos alunos para a consecução dos nossos objetivos. Como resultado, identificamos que os cursos em questão, e dentro deles o ensino de Geografia, não são bem compreendidos por professores e alunos, reflexo do não conhecimento dos fundamentos da integração suscitada pela legislação
Abstract: Geography teaching in middle level technicians integrated courses of IFPI is the object of this dissertation. His achievement resulted from our concern for the gaps that we witnessed as we exercise our role as professional Geography teaching at that institution. We define as its general goal the characterization of the work done by Geography teacher in these courses, identifying some of its effects on training of students. We place the following objectives: the identification of references epistemological underpinning the practices and attitudes of teachers, considering the legal guidelines for such education and literature that has dealt with this issue, identifying the ways the geography teaching is manifested in order to contribute building and preserving the memory of that teaching, and also the identification of traces in the culture of geography that results of experiments in the work of teaching that course. The methodological used was based on the vision elaborated by Gramsci, in addressing their ideas related to the school unit, as we seek to provide subsidies of ethnographic research and the submissions relating to discourse analysis, to determine elements of culture and the consequent memory that this education has produced the IFPI. An analysis of the geography evolution, science and school discipline, given the determination of the laws that have disciplined curricula in Brazil. Using research instruments in the form of questionnaires and interviews, we reap benefits from the teachers and students to reach our goals. As a result, we identified that the courses concerned, and within them the geography teaching, are not well understood by teachers and students, a reflection of lack of knowledge from the fundamentals of integration raised by legislation that sets out its guidelines, and/or absence of a planning built by the protagonists of this work, able to provide identity to the IFPI this teaching
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O ensino de Geografia nos cursos técnicos de nível médio integrados do IFPI é o objeto desta dissertação. Sua realização resultou da nossa preocupação para com as lacunas que temos presenciado à medida que exercemos a nossa função como profissional do ensino de Geografia nessa instituição. Definimos como seu objetivo geral a caracterização do trabalho realizado pelos professores de Geografia nesses cursos, identificando algumas de suas repercussões na formação dos alunos. Situamos como objetivos específicos: a identificação dos referenciais epistemológicos que fundamentam as práticas e as posturas dos professores, considerando as diretrizes legais para esse ensino e a literatura que tem tratado desse tema; a identificação dos modos como o ensino de Geografia se manifesta, visando contribuir para a construção e a preservação da memória desse ensino; e, ainda, a identificação de traços da cultura de Geografia que resulta das experiências no trabalho de ensino dessa disciplina. O percurso metodológico adotado apoiou-se na visão elaborada por Gramsci, ao abordar suas idéias relacionadas à escola unitária, assim como procuramos nos servir dos subsídios da pesquisa etnográfica e dos fundamentos inerentes à análise do discurso, visando conhecer elementos da cultura e da conseqüente memória que esse ensino tem produzido no IFPI. Realizamos uma análise da evolução da Geografia como ciência e como disciplina escolar, atendendo às determinações das leis que têm disciplinado os currículos no Brasil. Utilizando instrumentos de pesquisa na forma de questionários e entrevistas, colhemos subsídios junto aos professores e aos alunos para a consecução dos nossos objetivos. Como resultado, identificamos que os cursos em questão, e dentro deles o ensino de Geografia, não são bem compreendidos por professores e alunos, reflexo do não conhecimento dos fundamentos da integração suscitada pela legislação
Geography teaching in middle level technicians integrated courses of IFPI is the object of this dissertation. His achievement resulted from our concern for the gaps that we witnessed as we exercise our role as professional Geography teaching at that institution. We define as its general goal the characterization of the work done by Geography teacher in these courses, identifying some of its effects on training of students. We place the following objectives: the identification of references epistemological underpinning the practices and attitudes of teachers, considering the legal guidelines for such education and literature that has dealt with this issue, identifying the ways the geography teaching is manifested in order to contribute building and preserving the memory of that teaching, and also the identification of traces in the culture of geography that results of experiments in the work of teaching that course. The methodological used was based on the vision elaborated by Gramsci, in addressing their ideas related to the school unit, as we seek to provide subsidies of ethnographic research and the submissions relating to discourse analysis, to determine elements of culture and the consequent memory that this education has produced the IFPI. An analysis of the geography evolution, science and school discipline, given the determination of the laws that have disciplined curricula in Brazil. Using research instruments in the form of questionnaires and interviews, we reap benefits from the teachers and students to reach our goals. As a result, we identified that the courses concerned, and within them the geography teaching, are not well understood by teachers and students, a reflection of lack of knowledge from the fundamentals of integration raised by legislation that sets out its guidelines, and/or absence of a planning built by the protagonists of this work, able to provide identity to the IFPI this teaching

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When we turn our attention to education we realize that many challenges need to be overcome, among them: problems in the initial formation of the teacher, the higher valorization of the baccalaureate to the detriment of the degrees, the devaluation of the teacher in the social and economic scope, the distance between the University and the School, dichotomy between theory and practice. We then perceive that the initial formation of the future teacher, as well as the continuing and in-service training, is of the utmost importance. For this reason, the incentive of programs such as the Institutional Scholarship Program (PIBID) can help these students, future education professionals, to face with greater certainty the challenges posed by contemporary education within the real need of the school, where problems are common to all who are part of it. In this context, this paper aims to analyze how PIBID influences the training of students of the Geography course of the Multidisciplinary Institute of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro.
Quando direcionamos nosso olhar para a educa??o percebemos que muitos desafios precisam ser superados, dentre eles: problemas na forma??o inicial do professor, a maior valoriza??o do bacharelado em detrimento das licenciaturas, a desvaloriza??o do professor no ?mbito social e econ?mico, a dist?ncia entre a Universidade e a Escola, dicotomia entre a teoria e a pr?tica. Percebemos ent?o o quanto a forma??o inicial do futuro docente, assim como a forma??o continuada e em servi?o, ? de extrema import?ncia. Por isso, o incentivo de programas como o Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Inicia??o ? Doc?ncia (PIBID), podem ajudar esses estudantes, futuros profissionais da educa??o, a enfrentar, com maior seguran?a os desafios postos pela educa??o contempor?nea dentro da real necessidade da escola, onde os problemas s?o comuns a todos que dela fazem parte. Diante deste contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como o PIBID influencia na forma??o dos alunos do curso de Geografia do Instituto Multidisciplinar da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.

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Esta pesquisa apresenta um panorama inicial da Expansão do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí (IFPI), levando em consideração o potencial humano, os arranjos produtivos e, também, as vocações e as potencialidades das microrregiões estratégicas que contribuem para o desenvolvimento do estado. Dentro dessa perspectiva, o atendimento educacional às comunidades das microrregiões do estado do Piauí, através da implantação dos campi do IFPI, representa um dos principais pontos de interesse do trabalho. Estudar o processo de implantação desses campi em território piauiense, quais os critérios para a definição do município polo, o processo de escolha e implantação dos cursos a serem ofertados em cada município polo foram, igualmente, objetos de interesse. Os campi do IFPI foram criados a partir da iniciativa do Governo Federal, através do Plano de Expansão que cria e implanta os Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IFs) em todo o território nacional. Para o desenvolvimento do projeto, foi realizado o mapeamento das microrregiões do Piauí, utilizando-se dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), e escolhidas as seguintes microrregiões: Médio Parnaíba Piauiense, Chapadas do Extremo Sul Piauiense, Alto Médio Canindé, Baixo Parnaíba Piauiense, São Raimundo Nonato e Alto Parnaíba Piauiense, bem como os municípios polos, dentre aqueles de maior economia, maior população e maior importância na microrregião. A implantação dos campi: Angical do Piauí, Corrente, Paulistana, Piripiri, São Raimundo Nonato e Uruçuí corresponde ao período de 2008 a 2010. Ainda no processo de implantação, foram feitas pesquisas de campo para levantamento de dados referentes à demanda de cursos Técnicos, Superior Tecnológico e de Licenciatura...
This research presents an overview of the initial expansion of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (IFPI), taking into account the human potential, production arrangements, and also the talent and potential of microstrategies that contribute to the development the state. Within this perspective, the educational service to the communities of the micro state of Piaui, through the implementation of the campuses of the IFPI, representing one of the main points of interest work. Studying the process of deploying these campuses in the territory of Piauí, the criteria for defining the pole municipality, the selection process and implementation of courses to be offered in each municipality pole were also objects of interest. The campuses of the IFPI were created from the Federal Government initiative through the expansion plan that creates and deploys the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFs) across the country. For the development of the project the microregions of Piaui were mapped, using data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), choosing the following micro regions: Middle Parnaíba Piauí, Piauí Chapadas Deep South, Upper Middle Canindé, Low Parnaíba Piauiense, Nonato and Alto Parnaíba Piauí, municipalities and poles, among those of largest economy, largest population and greater importance in the micro. The implementation of the campuses: Angical of Piauí, Chain, Paulistana, São Raimundo Nonato and Uruçuí corresponds to the period from 2008 to 2010. Still in the process of implementation, field surveys were made to obtain data regarding the demand for courses Technical, Technological and Higher Degree. The methodology used was descriptive and Research Survey sought to identify opinions of the student population and also business... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

A presente tese trata-se de um estudo de caso, no qual valemo-nos de pesquisas bibliográfica, documental e de campo. Tendo como objeto de estudo as disciplinas filosóficas do Curso de Licenciatura em Geografia do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - campus São Paulo (IFSP-SP), objetivamos analisar o papel exercido por estas disciplinas no interior desta Licenciatura para avaliar em que medida elas contribuem no processo formativo de seus estudantes. Para exame dos dados colhidos no IFSP-SP, utilizamos a abordagem qualitativa e a análise de conteúdo dos questionários aplicados junto a um grupo de professores e estudantes deste Curso. Acreditamos que as disciplinas filosóficas propiciam o desenvolvimento não somente de uma cultura geral, que serve de base para a formação específica do professor de Geografia, mas também uma visão totalizante e o rigor metodológico necessário à compreensão do mundo, do papel do professor de Geografia na Educação Básica e o sentido formativo da Educação, a qual deve promover a humanização, a autonomia e a emancipação, recuperando, portanto, a concepção de uma educação política. Embora tenhamos visto que o Projeto de Curso de Licenciatura em Geografia, a matriz curricular e as disciplinas filosóficas contemplam o que é esperado para uma formação docente de qualidade, verificamos que há um comprometimento da finalidade do Curso em função da grande distância entre o Projeto Pedagógico e o Curso em exercício, o que obstaculariza as contribuições das disciplinas filosóficas, impedindo-as de exercer seu papel no processo formativo dos estudantes.
This thesis is a case study, using bibliographic, documentary and field research, which focuses on the philosophical disciplines in the Geography education program at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - São Paulo campus (IFSP-SP) and aims to analyze the role played by these disciplines within the teacher licensing program in order to assess the extent to which they contribute to the formation of the students. For examination of the data collected at IFSP-SP, we used a qualitative approach and content analysis of questionnaires completed by a group of professors and students in the Geography education course. We believe that the philosophical disciplines favor the development, not only of a general culture that underlies the specific formation of geography teachers, but also of an overall vision and the methodological rigor necessary for an understanding of the world, the role of the geography teacher in primary and secondary education and the formative role of education, which should promote humanization, autonomy and emancipation, thus recovering the concept of a political education. Although in the plan of for the Geography Education Course, the curriculum and the philosophical disciplines include what is expected for quality teacher formation, it appears that there is an impairment of the purpose of the course due to the great distance between plan for the course and the course as it is actually carried out, a fact which creates obstacles for the contributions of then philosophical disciplines, preventing them from performing their role in the formative process of the students.

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Esta Dissertação de Mestrado tem como objetivo investigar quais os motivos que levaram o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Pelotas – IHGPEL - a se constituir como um lugar de memória para a cidade de Pelotas, de acordo com a concepção desenvolvida por Nora. O IHGPEL foi criado em 1982 e é uma instituição privada sem fins lucrativos que teve desde a sua fundação a intenção de recolher, arquivar e divulgar a história da cidade de Pelotas e da Região Sul do Rio Grande do Sul. Neste trabalho utilizou-se como metodologia de pesquisa a análise documental e a história oral. Na análise documental foram observadas as atas de reuniões de diretoria, o livro de termo de posse e o livro de visitas, as Revistas do IHGPEL, os Cadernos do IHGPEL, os Cadernos de Pelotas série IHGPEL e os livros Atas da Câmara Municipal de Pelotas. No que diz respeito à história oral, foram entrevistados cinco sócios da instituição. Para poder compreender melhor a criação do IHGPEL, foi necessário investigar o estabelecimento do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro – IHGB - e do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul – IHGRGS -. Para entender como se deu a constituição do IHGPEL como um lugar de memória da cidade foi necessário pesquisar sua trajetória, identificando as diretorias ao longo de seu funcionamento, bem como os diferentes sócios e não-sócios envolvidos na constituição do acervo, na organização de eventos e na publicação de variados materiais. Dessa maneira, pode-se perceber que para além do trabalho dos associados, os apoiadores da instituição têm um papel importante, pois é através de seu auxílio que estagiários são contratados, possibilitando o funcionamento da instituição. Contudo, a precária relação entre o público e o privado no IHGPEL impede uma continuidade das atividades de forma sistemática, pois ao longo de sua trajetória a instituição trocou diversas vezes de sede, e além disso, por grandes períodos permaneceu sem nenhum funcionário, prejudicando o andamento das atividades. Apesar dos constantes obstáculos, pode-se concluir que o IHGPEL contribui para a preservação do patrimônio documental de Pelotas e região como uma instituição que guarda uma história e uma memória da cidade. Para Nora (1993), os lugares de memória são necessários para se guardar os vestígios do passado, que já não deve mais ser considerado memória e sim, história.
This Master's Dissertation has as its objective investigate wwhich reasons that lead the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Pelotas - IHGPEL - to make itself as a memory place for Pelotas, according to the conception developed by Nora.O IHGPEL was made in 1982 and it is a non profit private institution that has since its fundation the intention of get, keep and divulge Pelotas' history as well as the history of Rio Grande do Sul south region. In this work it was used as research methodology the document analyzis and the oral history. In the document analyzis it were observed the directory meeting record, the possession term book and the visitor's book, the IHGPEL magazines, the IHGPEL notebooks, the Pelotas notebook series IHGPEL and the records from Pelotas Aldermen Chamber. Concerning to oral history, it were interviewed five institution members. To a better understanding of the IHGPEL creation, it was necessary investigate the establishment of Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro - IHGB - and of Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul - IHGRGS. To understand how the constitution of IHGPEL as memory place of the city happened it was necessary to research its trajectory, identifying the directories throughout its functioning, as well as the different members and non-members involved in the constitution of the collection's, in the organization of events and in the publication of several materials. By doing so, we can see beyond the members work, the institution supporters have a important role, because is trought their aid that trainees are hired, enabling the institution working. However the fragile relation between public and private in the IGHPEL forbids a continuity of the activities in a sistematic way, because in the course of its history the institution changed the head office several times, and moreover, for long periods kept with no worker, harming the activities.Despite the constant obstacles, it can be concluded that IHGPEL contributes to the preservation of document patrimony of Pelotas and its region as an institution that keeps a history and memory of the city. For Nora (1993), the memory places are necessary to keep traces from the past, and this can not be considered as memory, but as history.

UBC's research community recently received a significant boost in financial support for five research hubs that will join the Centre for Brain Health as newly appointed national Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR). Two UBC economics professors were recognized with separate Bank of Canada awards: the Research Fellowship 2008 and the Governor's Award. UBC's Brain Research Centre has recevied $25 million from the Province of BC to establish a new facility focused on translational brain research.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Saving the life of another person cannot be measured in monetary terms. It is also impossible to describe the satisfactiori of carrying out a successful rescue to anybody. However, the disappointment and sense of failure when a rescue mission fails and a life is lost, is devastating. Many rescue workers, including those of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), have experienced this overwhelming sense of failure. Rescue workers often dwell on failed rescue attempts, wishing that they could have arrived on the scene earlier or knew where to start looking for people. The fact that lives are still lost, despite the best efforts of rescue workers, points to the need to improve on life saving techniques, procedures, equipment and technology. Providing the NSRI with a workable tool to help them manage and allocate resources, plan a rescue, determine drift speed and distance or create search patterns, may one day be just enough to save one more life. With this goal in mind, a search and rescue application, called RescueView, was developed utilising ArcView 3.2a. This application was specifically designed for use by the NSRI, and it will be used as a command centre in all NRSI control rooms and for all rescue efforts.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Om die lewe van 'n ander persoon te red, kan nie in geldwaarde gemeet word nie. Dit is ook onmoontlik om aan enige iemand die bevrediging van 'n suksesvolle redding te beskryf. Die terleurstelling en gevoel van verlies is egter baie groot wanneer 'n reddingspoging misluk en 'n lewe verloor word. Menige reddingswerkers, insluitend dié van die Nasional Seereddingsinstituut (NSRI), het al hierdie oorweldigende gevoel van mislukking ervaar. Reddingswerkers tob dikwels oor onsuksesvolle reddingspogings en wens dat hulle vroeër op die toneel aangekom het of geweet het waar om vir mense te begin soek. Die feit dat lewensverlies steeds plaasvind, ten spyte van reddingswerkers se beste pogings, dui op die behoefte om lewensreddingstegnieke, -prosedures, -toerusting en -tegnologie te verbeter. ( Deur die NSRI met 'n werkbare instrument te voorsien, wat hulle kan help om hulpbronne te bestuur en toe te wys, 'n redding te beplan, dryfspoed en -afstand te bepaal of soekpatrone te skep, mag eendag dalk net genoeg wees om nog 'n lewe te red. Met hierdie doel in gedagte is RescueView, 'n soek- en reddingsapplikasie, deur middel van ArcView 3.2a ontwikkel. Hierdie applikasie is spesifiek ontwerp vir gebruik deur die NSRI en dit sal as beheersentrurn in alle NSRI kontrolekamers en vir alle reddingspogings gebruik word.

While much has been written on the Australian film and television industry, little has been presented by actual producers, filmmakers and technicians of their time and experiences within that same industry. Similarly, with historical documentaries, it has been academics rather than filmmakers who have led the debate. This thesis addresses this shortcoming and bridges the gap between practitioner experience and intellectual discussion, synthesising the debate and providing an important contribution from a filmmaker-academic, in its own way unique and insightful. The thesis is presented in two voices. First, my voice, the voice of memoir and recollected experience of my screen adventures over 38 years within the Australian industry, mainly producing historical documentaries for the ABC and the SBS. This is represented in italics. The second half and the alternate chapters provide the industry framework in which I worked with particular emphasis on documentaries and how this evolved and developed over a 40-year period, from 1970 to 2010. Within these two voices are three layers against which this history is reviewed and presented. Forming the base of the pyramid is the broad Australian film industry made up of feature films, documentary, television drama, animation and other types and styles of production. Above this is the genre documentary within this broad industry, and making up the small top tip of the pyramid, the sub-genre of historical documentary. These form the vertical structure within which industry issues are discussed. Threading through it are the duel determinants of production: ‘the market’ and ‘funding’. Underpinning the industry is the involvement of government, both state and federal, forming the three dimensional matrix for the thesis. For over 100 years the Australian film industry has depended on government support through subsidy, funding mechanisms, development assistance, broadcast policy and legislative provisions. This thesis aims to weave together these industry layers, binding them with the determinants of the market and funding, and immersing them beneath layers of government legislation and policy to present a new view of the Australian film industry.

abstract: This dissertation focuses on traditional arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) as a form of place-based education by asking the question, what is the role of traditional arts at IAIA? Through a qualitative study students, faculty, staff, and alumni were interviewed to gain their perspectives on education, traditional arts, and the role of traditional arts at IAIA. Through analysis of these interviews, it was found that participants viewed traditional arts as a form of place-based education and that these practices should play an important role at IAIA. This study also looks at critical geography and place-based practice as a form of anti-colonial praxis and an exercise of tribal sovereignty. Colonization restructures and transforms relationships with place. Neo-colonialism actively seeks to disconnect people from their relationship with the environment in which they live. A decline in relationship with places represents a direct threat to tribal sovereignty. This study calls on Indigenous people, and especially those who are Pueblo people, to actively reestablish relationships with their places so that inherent sovereignty can be preserved for future generations. This study also looks at the academic organization of IAIA and proposes a restructuring of the Academic Dean and Chief Academic Officer (AD&CAO) position to address issues of transition, efficiency, and innovation. The extensive responsibilities of this position cause several serious concerns. The policy paper proposes that the academic programs be divided thematically into 2 schools that will allow greater flexibility and adaptive practices to emerge out of the academic division at IAIA. The combination of restructuring the academic division at IAIA, my theoretical argument promoting place-based praxis as anti-colonial practice, and my research into the application of place-based programming at IAIA all support my overall goal of supporting Pueblo communities through my own work.
Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Justice Studies 2018

碩士
國立臺灣大學
生醫電子與資訊學研究所
100
When it comes to taking medical treatment, the first problem is how people choose an appropriate medical institute. Most people choose medical institute by their experience or trying to get some information from other’s advice. Choice of medical institute is a widely studied issue; a lot of important factors of most people have been discovered and analyzed. But lack of quantified data makes these factors hard to be compared between medical institutes. In the past researches, classifier has been used to build up the model of hospital choosing, but personal preference may not be fit by this type of model. Nowadays, several websites provide the medical institute searching service. However, it only provides simple query service. People can choose the district they live, getting the list of medical institute. Practically, these types of service do not consider the personal preference and can not directly support the selection of medical institute while considering to access medical service. Therefore, this research aims to develop a convenient web-based decision engine service system integrated with AHP and GIS for supporting the medical care selection and give a customized, patient-central recommendation list of medical institutes. The result shows that the system could catch the preference of user and indeed help people find the rational medical institute with good satisfaction.

Inhalt: Teil A - Exkursionsberichte 1 Auckland 2 Hamilton 3 Rotorua 4 Tongariro 5 Wellington 6 Abel Tasman National Park 7 Punakaiki 8 Franz Josef Glacier 9 Wanaka 10 Christchurch Teil B - Referate 11 Neuseelands Bevölkerung (KK) 12 Die Maori (AF) 13 Einwanderung in Neuseeland (MB, AS, BW) 14 Die frühe europäische Besiedlung (LE) 15 Das politische System und die Auslandspolitik (TM) 16 Das Sozialsystem in Neuseeland (CH) 17 Die Wohnungspolitik Neuseelands (CL) 18 Infrastruktur und Bildung in Neuseeland (AH) 19 Die Landwirtschaft (TH) 20 Nachhaltigkeit und der Resource Management Act (MK, MG) 21 Die Restrukturierung des Energiesektors (MW) 22 Restructuring - ein lokales Beispiel (JP) 23 Die Perspektiven der sozialen Marktwirtschaft am Beispiel Neuseelands (TG) 24 Literaturverzeichnis

碩士
國立高雄第一科技大學
風險管理與保險研究所
102
ABSTRACT Taiwan could be definite as a developed country and the domestic medical costs grow aggressively. This research aims on the influence of the use of the beta-adrenergic blocker (β-blocker) in Taiwan medical institutions after Roche published theβ-blocker, DILATREND, which is the treatment for hypertension and heart failure in Taiwan hypertension clinical guidelines (2010 Edition). In recent years, quantile regression model has been widely used in the academic field, but is rarely applied in the drug market research. The quantile regression model and OLS are used in this research to discuss the diversity of theβ-blocker in different regions and different levels of medical institutions in Taiwan. The research data is obtained from the database of theβ-blocker in Bureau of National Health Insurance in 2011. The result shows that the diversity exits in different regions and different levels of medical institutions. In the low quantile, there is more significant differentiation of the medical institutions in the south region than them in the other regions. The obvious improvement of business promotion of medical institutions is observed in above region, and could be spread for a short period of time. This study can be applied to other drugs adopted in different regions or high-low quantiles of medical institutions, and help companies develop optimal marketing strategies in different regions.

碩士
南榮技術學院
工程科技研究所碩士在職專班
100
Geographic Information System(GIS) has been developed since the 1960s. For a long time, it is used by government agencies and business to land resources survey analysis, disaster prevention, management of cadastral measurement, and the business community for location analysis, transportation management and other areas of work. In recent years, the sector of human science combined with traditional science and modern technology to provide different levels of digital archives information through GIS integration of the historical development of many cultural monuments and resources. However, There are still many rooms for Taiwan’s industrial and cultural historic preservations to improve in combination of different space-time and dimensions. 〝Taiwan Sugar Research Institute〞 possesses the value of digital archives since it includes sugar cultural assets, the classic green buildings, garden beauty of the landscape as well as the Sugar Research and Development Historical Site which represents the people’s livelihood industry. By employ digital archives tools, we complete following 2D digital creative e-books such as 〝Reproduction of Sugar Elegance and Talent〞，〝Cultural Relics of Sugar Industry〞，〝The Evolution of Sugar Industry〞，〝Chairman Biographies〞and〝Black Demon Horse〞, which can be passed down to future generations. With combined GIS and 3D digital virtual reality, WE use computer graphics software to construct the monuments of 〝王 Character Building〞 and 〝Japanese-Style Buildings〞 in Taiwan Sugar Research Institute across different dimensional level of digital creative. Moreover, by digital technology we integrate the 〝digitized〞 assets of spatial map data and attribute data of land asset management system to be shared and used by different sectors, such as the land and asset management, construction development,farm management, and commodity marketing. Combined with Google Earth, an 〝E- or U-Heritage〞 type information platform can be integrated to improve land value, efficient asset management, and the development of Cultural and Creative Industry.

Im Zuge des Transformations- und Globalisierungsprozesses in Rumänien kommt es in den letzten 15 Jahren zu einer Annäherung an westliche Lebensmuster und parallel dazu zu einer Binnendiversifizierung der Lebensverhältnisse. Allerdings wird das Land nicht flächendeckend von den internationalen ökonomischen Verflechtungen erfasst, sondern es lässt sich eine noch stärkere regionale Ausdifferenzierung als vor der Wende von 1989 beobachten. Traditionelle und moderne Gesellschaften leben nach wie vor nebeneinander. In vielen ländlichen Räumen Rumäniens, so besonders in der wirtschaftlich eher schwachen Dobrudscha, haben sich traditionelle Lebensweisen, Besitzstrukturen, Arbeitstechniken und Bewirtschaftungsformen bis in die heutige Zeit erhalten. Im September 2004 wurden im Rahmen eines Geländekurses unter Berücksichtigung der Raum- und Minderheitenforschung sechs ausgewählte ethnische Minderheiten der Kulturlandschaft Dobrudscha, die in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur meist nur am Rande untersucht wird, während des noch laufenden Transformationsprozesses genauer betrachtet. Dabei wurde mit Hilfe von Experten- und Betroffenen-Interviews die ethnische, ökonomische, politische und kulturelle Situation in der Region dargestellt und analysiert. Karten, Tabellen und 50 Farbfotografien ergänzen den Band.

The Development of Spatial Differentiation of Unemployment in Czechia through the Lens of Evolutionary Geography The diploma thesis aims to analyze the development of spatial differentiation of unemployment on the municipality level in Czechia between the years 2003 and 2016. The theoretical framework is based on the evolutionary approaches in geography which emphasize the role of heredity, continuity and the local specifics in economic and social regional development. The first, extensive part of the research analyses the development of spatial differentiation of unemployment using statistical and spatial methods and identifies two adjacent localities which underwent significantly different unemployment development, specifically the Karviná and Jablunkov regions. The second, intensive part of the research discusses and evaluates possible causes of these different dynamics of unemployment development. An analysis of historical development, information gathered through semi- structured interviews as well as data confirm that the different unemployment development is caused by different population structure, different local customs, and norms stemming from different historical development. The historical heritage also influences locating of new investors who provide new job opportunities. Key words:...

This thesis examines economic growth and change across the city of Melbourne over the 2000s. In the late 1970s to early 1980s, and again in the early 1990s, Melbourne was seen as having a bleak future, as a consequence of the deindustrialisation occurring in the city throughout the late twentieth century. However, Melbourne grew rapidly at the start of the twenty-first century, renewing its profile globally and attracting population. This thesis examines the factors behind the rise of Greater Melbourne over the 2000s, and specifically the rapid revival of the central city area of Melbourne. The study assesses the relevance of economic geography theories (the Global Cities hypothesis, the World City Network (WCN) and agglomeration economies) in relation to Melbourne’s economic growth. Globalisation related theories concerning knowledge cities and workers are also considered.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Identifying spatial and temporal patterns of disease occurrence by mapping the residential locations of affected people can provide information that informs response by public health practitioners and improves understanding in epidemiological research. A common method of locating patients at the individual level is geocoding residential addresses stored in electronic medical records (EMRs) using address matching procedures in a geographic information system (GIS). While the process of geocoding is becoming more common in public health studies, few researchers take the time to examine the effects of using different address databases on match rate and positional accuracy of the geocoded results. This research examined and compared accuracy and match rate resulting from four commonly-used geocoding databases applied to sample of 59,341 subjects residing in and around Marion County/ Indianapolis, IN. The results are intended to inform researchers on the benefits and downsides to their selection of a database to geocode patient addresses in EMRs.