The Economic anI Racial Implications of the Globalization of Knowledge by Catholic Missionaries in Portuguese India, 16th-18th Centuries

The European Missionaries benefitted from the native Asian sources and knowledge providers much more than it is honestly acknowledged.

Relações étnico-raciais : um estudo de caso sobre os impactos da lei nº 10.639/03 no cotidiano escolar

A questão central desta pesquisa foi analisar a concepção de seis professores e 100 estudantes de uma escola da rede Estadual de ensino de Pernambuco situada na Região do Agreste Meridional do Estado sobre o papel da história e cultura afro-brasileira e africana como instrumento de combate ao preconceito étnico-racial na escola. Para tanto, elencamos o estudo bibliográfico do período XIX ao XXI referente ao racismo no Brasil, o currículo escolar, a proposta da lei 10.639/03. O processo investigativo foi realizado com entrevista aos professores do Ensino Médio, aplicação de questionário aos estudantes na faixa etária entre 16 e 19 anos, foi utilizada a metodologia qualiquantitativa. Sendo a análise do discurso e o programa SPSS 13.0 utilizado nas tabelas e gráficos, observamos a percepção de professores e alunos no que tange a história e cultura afro-brasileira e africana e do preconceito racial apontados pelos professores e seus estudantes. Observamos que há a carência de uma formação acadêmica referente a Lei 10.639/03 para que estes profissionais consigam perceber atitudes de preconceito racial em suas salas de aula e tenham subsídios para construírem atividades pedagógicas voltadas para a desconstrução do preconceito racial e possam imprimir na cotidianidade escolar projetos e atividades que favoreçam o reconhecimento e a valorização da cultura de ancestralidade africana e afro-brasileira.

Should homework be required? parent attitudes at Central Institute for the Deaf

This paper discusses a study on parental attitudes towards homework for hearing impaired children.

The effectiveness of "Word of Mouth" classes on the use of communication strategies, communication attitudes and lipreading skills

This paper examines the effectiveness of aural rehabilitation on persons with an adventitious hearing loss.

The relation between parental attitudes and cochlear implant benefit in eight and nine year-old children

This paper examines the relation between the speech perception abilities of children with a cochlear implant and parental attitudes.

A consumer survey designed to identify attitudes, knowledge, acceptance, and use of assistive listening devices in public facilities

This paper presents a consumer survey of hearing-impaired persons used to identify their attitudes, knowledge, acceptance, and use of assistive listening devices in public facilities.

La aplicación del Plan Plurinacional para eliminar la discriminación racial y la exclusión étnica en la provincia de Bolívar

Este trabajo analiza la concepción de las políticas públicas en torno a sectores históricamente marginados bajo la óptica de las acciones afirmativas. Se muestra la relación entre los pueblos y nacionalidades y el Estado, enfatizando el caso ecuatoriano y la implementación del Plan Plurinacional para Eliminar la Discriminación Racial y la Exclusión Étnica cuya propuesta plantea superar la exclusión y la discriminación de la cual han sido víctimas ciertos grupos poblacionales en el Ecuador. De esta manera, “el objetivo fundamental de este trabajo es realizar un balance de la aplicación de las políticas de acción afirmativa contenidas en el Plan Plurinacional para eliminar la Discriminación Racial y la Exclusión Étnica en la provincia de Bolívar, utilizando diferentes fuentes de consulta que van desde documentos de análisis sobre la situación del racismo y la discriminación racial a documentos oficiales y uso de entrevistas”.

Managing land-use conflict around urban centres: Australian poultry farmer attitudes towards relocation

In analysing the release of agricultural land to urban development, the urban fringe literature has not focused on whether farmers are able to relocate from the urban fringe to remoter rural areas. Through interviews with representatives from the poultry industry in two Australian states, this paper identifies that poultry farm relocation strategies are constrained by off-farm economic relations, the land-use planning system and financial considerations. Closely aligned to these constraints on relocation is the on-going process of poultry farm intensification, which is seen as presenting rising problems for land-use management around expanding metropolitan centres in Australia. Of particular concern is the potential for amenity complaints and associated land-use conflicts, which have not been comprehensively investigated. Recognising that existing environmental and land-use planning controls are ineffective in producing amicable solutions when conflict involving poultry farming is at its most intense, the paper calls for improvements to the regulatory system, including greater consideration for how the process of relocation can be encouraged. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

A preliminary survey of attitudes to UK construction procurement practice

Although much literature on construction procurement is based on personal experiences, there is little data available to undertake realistic comparison between regions or from one year to another. A survey was undertaken in the UK to examine the feasibility of developing a replicable survey technique that will enable longitudinal studies and international comparisons. The survey showed that a majority felt traditional procurement methods were inappropriate. However, traditional general contracting is still the most common form of procurement. There was strong agreement that economic muscle compels weaker contracting parties to accept onerous contractual terms. There is no relationship between the size of a project and its procurement method, contrary to popular belief. The findings indicate that wider surveys would generate useful data about attitudes.

The Structure and implications of children's attitudes to school

The paper reports a study of children's attitudes to school based on a questionnaire survey of 845 pupils in their first year of secondary school in England, together with interviews with a sample of the children. A clearly structured set of attitudes emerged from a factor analysis which showed a distinction between instrumental and affective aspects of attitudes but also dimensions within these, including a sense of teacher commitment and school as a difficult environment. Virtually all children had a strong sense of the importance of doing well at school. However, a substantial minority were not sure that they would stay on after 16. There were few differences between boys and girls or between children from different socio-economic backgrounds but children planning to leave at 16 enjoyed school less and were less sure that it had anything to offer them. There was an almost universal commitment to the value of education but, for a minority, an ambivalence about the experience and relevance of schooling for them.