Learning and healing: a wellness pedagogy for Aboriginal teacher education /

During the last 30 years Aboriginal peoples in Canada have made steady progress in reclaiming the responsibility for the education of their young people, especially in primary and secondary school. In comparison the education and or training of adult populations has not kept pace and many socioeconomic and sociocultural indicators demonstrate a ' , continued confinement of those populations to the margins of the dominant society of Canada. It is the adults, the mothers and the fathers, the grandmothers and grandfathers, the aunties and uncles that are the first teachers of the next generation and the nature of these relationships replicates the culture of unwellness in each subsequent generation through those teachers. There are few examples in the Aboriginal adult education literatures that give voice to the educational experience of the Learner. This study addresses that gap by exploring the perspectives embedded in the stories of a Circle of Learners who are, or were enrolled in the Bachelor of Education in Aboriginal Adult Education program at Brock University. That Circle of 1 participants included 9 women and 1 man, 6 of whom were from various i Anishinabek nations while 4 represented the Hotinonshd:ni nations in southern Ontario. They are an eclectic group, representing many professions, age groups, spiritual traditions, and backgrounds. This then is their story, the story of the heaming and Healing pedagogy and an expanded vision of Aboriginal education and research at Brock University.

Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald fonds

An accomplished poet, writer and journalist, Ethelwyn Wetherald’s works were present in all Ontario readers for school children. Among her most notable works are; The Indigo Bird, The Red-Winged Blackbird, and The Pasture Field. The above poem Legacies is one of her most famous works and appears on her gravestone. Wetherald was born in 1857 as the sixth child out of an eventual eleven. Although born in Rockwood Ontario, she spent most of her life in Fenwick (Pelham Township), Ontario, where she died in 1940. Wetherald used her surroundings as her inspiration and focused on nature. She has been coined a nature poet and journalist. Wetherald received her education at both the Friends boarding school in Union Springs, N.Y. and at Pickering College in Pickering Ontario. After her schooling she wrote numerous articles for the Toronto Globe under the pen name Bel Thistelwaite, derived from her Grandmother’s name. These articles lead to a position as Women’s editor of the Globe and later she was part of the Advertiser’s editorial staff in London Ontario. Wetherald continued writing after she was finished with the papers and published six volumes of poetry between 1895 and 1931. Her work was not only known amongst school children, but also attracted the attention of Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada in 1907 and Sir Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minster of Canada in 1911. In 1921 she published a book entitled Tree Top Morning, which she dedicated to her daughter Dorothy Rungeling who also became an author. Recently Rungeling published Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald 1857-1940 : with a selection of her poems and articles about her mother. Rungeling, Dorothy W., Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald

Animating grandma : the indices of age and agency in contemporary children

Analysis of three animated children's films, each with heroic grandmothers motivating their plotlines, suggests a shift in the representational politics mediating older women to child audiences. The films function as critiques, reflections, and mechanisms of contemporary capitalism's available sociocultural locations for older women, modelled through varying degrees of subversive performance. Interrogating the agency potential of housework, nurture and extreme sports, this article assesses the role and function of the “Granny trope” in contemporary children's media.

The Greek Diaspora of Melboure, Australia, through the eyes of the second generation Greek Australians

Melbourne has a large and dynamic Greek community that began to form in the 1950s with migration to Australia in the years following the Second World War and the Greek Civil War. The elders of this community, in particular, have tried to ensure that their culture and traditions are kept alive and are handed down from generation to generation. The long history and cultural richness of the Greek tradition is a great source of pride to its members, and this is a key characteristic of the Greek community of Australia. Young and old Greek Australians speak of their country of origin with great pride and passion, as it remains central to their perception of nationality and ethnicity. This importance placed on the retention of the language and culture of their nation of origin means that cultural transmission across generations is of great significance to the community and can provide valuable insight into their interpretation of their own experiences. This paper will present findings from a three generation study about health beliefs and practices of women in the Melbourne Greek community. The experience of granddaughters, who represent the second Australian generation, and how they see their grandmothers’ experience as migrants to Australia will be discussed. The impact of the Diaspora phenomenon and the creation of a Greek community in Melbourne will be considered in the context of health, memory, religion, Greek culture, food, and personal and group identity.

The Greek diaspora of Melbourne: Australia through the eyes of the second generation Greek Australian

form in the 1950s with migration to Australia in the years following the Second World War and the Greek Civil War. The elders of this community, in particular, have tried to ensure that their culture and traditions are kept alive and are handed down from generation to generation. The long history and cultural richness of the Greek tradition is a great source of pride to its members, and this is a key characteristic of the Greek community of Australia. Young and old Greek Australians speak of their country of origin with great pride and passion, as it remains central to their perception of nationality and ethnicity. This importance placed on the retention of the language and culture of their nation of origin means that cultural transmission across generations is of great significance to the community and can provide valuable insight into their interpretation of their own experiences. This paper will present findings from a three generation study about health beliefs and practices of women in the Melbourne Greek community. The experience of granddaughters, who represent the second Australian generation, and how they see their grandmothers’ experience as migrants to Australia will be discussed. The impact of the Diaspora phenomenon and the creation of a Greek community in Melbourne will be considered in the context of health, memory, religion, Greek culture, food, and personal and group identity.

O discurso da amamentação

O presente trabalho pretende ser o primeiro no campo da psicologia da mulher, a enfocar o tema amamentação numa perspectiva sócio-cultural. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo não experimental realizada entre mulheres que amamentaram seus filhos. O método utilizado para coleta de dados foi a história de vida. A população estudada consta de trinta nutrizes, a saber: dez de classe média, dez de classe baixa e dez avós. Foi feita uma análise comparativa da experiência de amamentação das mulheres dos três grupos estudados. Com base nesses dados pode-se concluir, que a amamentação longe de ser apenas um fato biológico singular, é uma construção social, instrumento ideológico de opressão da mulher.

Avaliação de grupo de intervenção para as mães/cuidadores de crianças pré-escolares com problemas de comportamento externalizantes

Negative parental practices may influence the onset and maintenance of externalizing behavior problems, and positive parenting seem to improve children's social skills and reduce behavior problems. The objective of the present study was to describe the effects of an intervention designed to foster parents' social skills related to upbringing practices in order to reduce externalizing problems in children aged 4 to 6 years. Thirteen mothers and two care taker grandmothers took part in the study with an average of four participants per group. To assess intervention effects, we used a repeated measure design with control, pre, and post intervention assessments. Instruments used were: (a) An interview schedule that evaluates the social interactions between parents and children functionally, considering each pair of child's and parent's behaviors as context for one another; (b) A Social Skills Inventory; (c) Child Behavior Checklist - CBCL. Intervention was effective in improving parent general social skills, decreasing negative parental practices and decreasing child behavior problems.

Treinamento esfncteriano anal: Estudo transversal em crianças de 3 a 6 anos de idade

Objective: To assess the practice of children's toilet training through interviews with parents and caretakers. Methods: A cross-sectional study of healthy children using a questionnaire applied to parents or caretakers of 100 consecutive children aged 3 to 6 years old. Results: 97% of the children were home-trained by their mothers and 92% of them used their intuition, previous experience with an older child and grandmothers' experience. Bowel and bladder toilet training started simultaneously in 84% of the cases, whereas 41% of the children mastered stool control earlier. Mothers with lower educational level and of social classes C, D and E initiated the training earlier and one of the related reasons was the cost of disposable diapers. Age in initiation or duration of toilet training was similar for boys and girls. Children presented most of the readiness symptoms for toilet training and only a small number of them used a seat reducer or a foot support. There was no increase in constipation prevalence after toilet training and there was no encopresis. Conclusions: Mothers were responsible for bowel toilet training and initiated it with no specialized help. In C-D-E social classes, the cost of diapers was determinant to initiate bowel toilet training.

O processo de construção do conhecimento histórico para alunos em educação de jovens e adultos: um olhar para as práticas de leitura e escrita

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

O adolescente em liberdade assistida, genitores e avós: vinculação e práticas parentais

Pós-graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem - FC

Entreaberto botão, entrefechada rosa: vivências da adolescência feminina em um assentamento de reforma agrária

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Adesão ao tratamento por cuidadores de crianças com hipotireoidismo congênito

As doenças crônicas requerem atenção e avaliações continuas e têm despertado a atenção de profissionais da área da saúde, especialmente aqueles que se dedicam à Psicologia Pediátrica, campo de aplicação que se dedica ao estudo do desenvolvimento da criança, bem como das relações entre saúde e doença e as interferências na qualidade de vida da criança e de seus familiares. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal realizar um estudo descritivo, a fim de identificar variáveis que estivessem facilitando ou dificultando a adesão ao tratamento por cuidadores de crianças com Hipotireoidismo Congênito atendidas em um centro de referência no Estado do Pará. Participaram deste estudo 50 cuidadores principais, com idade entre 17 a 55 anos, com diferentes graus de parentesco com a criança. As variáveis relacionadas à adesão foram identificadas por meio de entrevistas estruturadas com os cuidadores. Características do Programa foram analisadas por meio de entrevistas realizadas com os profissionais da equipe. A análise dos relatos dos cuidadores mostrou que algumas exigências para a adesão ao tratamento não estão sendo fornecidas. Informações sobre características da doença, etiologia, diagnóstico, tratamento e prognóstico não fazem parte do repertório da maioria dos cuidadores, independente da idade, escolaridade, grau de parentesco e tempo em que a criança está no Programa de Triagem Neonatal. Diferenças significativas foram encontradas quanto ao tempo adequado para a realização do exame, o que demonstrou atraso no inicio do tratamento, As dificuldades descritas pelos profissionais quanto à adesão ao tratamento pelo cuidador foram atribuídas tanto a problemas apresentados pela própria estrutura do Programa como por falta de interesse do cuidador. O estudo traz implicações relevantes para a implantação de programas de prevenção mais efetivos e eficazes que atendam os cuidadores e promovam o adequado desenvolvimento da criança.

Human aging and somatic point mutations in mtDNA: a comparative study of generational differences (grandparents and grandchildren)

The accumulation of somatic mutations in mtDNA is correlated with aging. In this work, we sought to identify somatic mutations in the HVS-1 region (D-loop) of mtDNA that might be associated with aging. For this, we compared 31 grandmothers (mean age: 63 ± 2.3 years) and their 62 grandchildren (mean age: 15 ± 4.1 years), the offspring of their daughters. Direct DNA sequencing showed that mutations absent in the grandchildren were detected in a presumably homoplasmic state in three grandmothers and in a heteroplasmic state in an additional 13 grandmothers; no mutations were detected in the remaining 15 grandmothers. However, cloning followed by DNA sequencing in 12 grandmothers confirmed homoplasia in only one of the three mutations previously considered to be homoplasmic and did not confirm heteroplasmy in three out of nine grandmothers found to be heteroplasmic by direct sequencing. Thus, of 12 grandmothers in whom mtDNA was analyzed by cloning, eight were heteroplasmic for mutations not detected in their grandchildren. In this study, the use of genetically related subjects allowed us to demonstrate the occurrence of age-related (> 60 years old) mutations (homoplasia and heteroplasmy). It is possible that both of these situations (homoplasia and heteroplasmy) were a long-term consequence of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation that can lead to the accumulation of mtDNA mutations throughout life.

Sendo mãe, sendo pai: sexualidade, reprodução e afetividade entre adolescentes de grupos populares em Belém

Este estudo focaliza os eventos relacionados às trajetórias afetivo-sexuais de jovens (homens e mulheres) de camadas populares, em sua maioria, estudantes de uma escola da rede pública (estadual) de ensino. Orientada por um olhar antropológico, a pesquisa contemplou além dos 36 adolescentes (24 mulheres e 12 homens), interlocutores principais, pessoas pertencentes às suas redes de relações na família e na escola, tais como: mães, tias, irmãs, avós, madrinhas, professoras e amigos. A observação direta nos contextos de sociabilidade do grupo foi acrescida de conversas informais e da utilização do diário de campo, tendo sido realizadas entrevistas individuais aprofundadas com os 36 participantes. No interior das diferentes trajetórias aqui analisadas, são pontuados os contextos e desdobramentos da gravidez durante a adolescência, a maternidade e a paternidade, os conflitos, os impasses, os arranjos, re-arranjos e as redes de relações estabelecidas em torno dos mencionados eventos, no âmbito da família e da escola. São postas em relevo as lógicas culturais que presidem as experiências afetivo-sexuais, informadas, sobretudo, pelas diferenciações de gênero. O objetivo foi formular uma compreensão, o mais próxima possível traduzida numa interpretação textualizada dos significados culturais atribuídos aos eventos por aqueles que os vivenciam.

Cuidado integral ao recém-nascido de muito baixo peso: representações de familiares e enfermeiros

Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva - FMB