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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53608#.VMnt0izQrzE Author(s)   Valderez F. Fraga 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 IE-ECEX Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Associate Professor), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil . 2 Getulio Vargas Foundation—EBAPE (Inviting Professor), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil . ABSTRACT This study presents and discusses trough a phenomenologic qualitative method summed up with an empirical insertion in the challenges of an education project on digital education for special, regular students and also a glace to long distance learning and teaching, in an Experimental School in Brazil. The discussions show the complexity but also the possibility of educational advances, to envision the advantages of the respect for students’ differences, in parallel to educators support and the significance of the aggregation of traditional methods and modern technologies in learning situations for all possible ad...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51128#.VFbVomfHRK0 Author(s)   Cynthia L. Murray Affiliation(s) School of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada . ABSTRACT High maternal, gestational weight gain is associated with high birthweight, large-for-gestational-age birthweights, cesarean delivery, child overweight, and short- and long-term postpartum weight retention. In this phenomenological study, the meaning and experiences of weight gain for pregnant women with high gestational weight gain were investigated. Data were collected through interviews with pregnant women from Atlantic Canada. van Manen’s method of phenomenology was utilized...