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O fenômeno dekassegui tem se destacado no Brasil pelo expressivo contingente de descendentes de japoneses que se desloca para o Japão, em busca de trabalho e de uma poupança financeira, e retorna novamente. Muitos refazem esse ciclo mais de uma vez, em sucessivas idas e vindas, caracterizando um movimento pendular. Esse livro, derivado de uma dissertação de mestrado, aborda a experiência de retorno ao Brasil, do migrante dekassegui, particularmente dos filhos desses migrantes, que acompanharam seus pais nessa saga migratória, ainda pequenos, alguns tendo nascidos no Japão. São relatados e analisados casos de crianças e adolescentes, destacando-se suas dificuldades e desafios no processo de integração ou de reintegração à cultura brasileira, que emergem principalmente no contato deles com o ambiente escolar. O desamparo psíquico no processo de adaptação/readaptação dos filhos de dekasseguis na chegada ao Brasil pôde ser identificado nas crianças e também nos próprios pais dekasseguis. Os pais sentem-se desamparados antes mesmo de retornarem para o Brasil. São inúmeras as dificuldades da família dekassegui na chegada ao Brasil, potencializadas por um sentimento de estranhamento do ambiente que antes era bastante familiar e de um estranhamento de si mesmo. Além disso, os pais se defrontam com a questão da identidade cultural de seus filhos, fortemente enraizada na cultura japonesa, o que não se tornava tão evidente quando viviam no Japão. A língua será o principal indicador das raízes mais profundas da identidade cultural dos filhos e o desafio maior a ser enfrentado. Também o fator idade, o tempo de permanência no exterior e o grau de escolaridade em que essas crianças se encontram no ato da imigração acabam contribuindo para as dificuldades de adaptação/readaptação à escola. No entanto, apesar de muitas dificuldades e desafios a serem enfrentados, os dekasseguis e seus filhos trazem consigo, no retorno, um capital cultural inestimável que precisa ser valorizado e aproveitado.

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Change happens all the time, so why is driving particular change generally so hard? Why are the outcomes often unpredictable? Are some types of change easier to achieve than others? Are some techniques for achieving change more effective than others? How can change that is already in train be stopped or deflected? Knowledge about change is fragmented and there is nowhere in the academic or practice worlds that provides comprehensive answers to these and other questions. Every discipline and practice area has only a partial view and there is not even a map of those different perspectives. The purpose of this book is to begin the task of developing a comprehensive approach to change by gathering a variety of viewpoints from the academic and practice worlds.

change --- multidisciplinary --- social science

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This volume explores the questions related to the theory, practice, and policy of the well-being and well-becoming of children. It does so in a truly interdisciplinary way with a focus on the social sciences and philosophy, giving therefore justice to the growing insight that studying and promoting the well-being of children has a strong ethical component. It is dependent on the questions of good life, its conditions and cannot be separated from the concept of social justice and moral entitlements of children and their families. In this book, philosophers and social scientists, in close dialogue, shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved.

motivation, history, social science, culture, emotions

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the value of the university armed service units – the University Officer Training Corps, University Royal Naval Units and University Air Squadrons. The units, many of which date back to the early 20th century, exist in order to provide students at UK universities with an experience of the British armed forces. Participation in the units is entirely voluntary, and there is no expectation that students will go on to join the armed forces on graduation, although a proportion of students each year do so.The Value of the University Armed Service Units brings together the results of a research project which explored what the value of the units might be to student participants, to graduates in civilian jobs who had the experience as students, to the armed forces, to universities whose students take part in the units, and to employers of graduates with service unit experience. This book draws on quantitative and qualitative research data to explore whether, how, and why the units have value to these different groups. Significant conclusions include the extent to which the units are able to assist students with the development of their transferable (graduate) skills; the potential significance of the units for future recruitment to the armed forces, particularly the Reserves; and the effect of unit experience in developing an informed understanding of the role and function of the British armed forces amongst the wider civilian population.

skills --- military --- armed forces --- social science --- university --- higher education