Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-06-16Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:53:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 lopes_rp_me_prud.pdf: 1188837 bytes, checksum: 51d087c48cb7fc2b36610e7e479a5257 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nesta pesquisa, inscrita na Linha “Práticas e Processos Formativos em Educação”, busca-se responder se os cursos de licenciatura estão formando professores para utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) nas escolas da Educação Básica. Sua relevância está em contribuir para ampliar a compreensão sobre a temática e também no fato de que os professores são fundamentais a toda inovação ou mudança qualitativa que se pretenda na Educação. Delimitou-se como objetivo geral investigar se a formação do professor que atuará na Educação Básica contempla conhecimentos sobre TDIC e sob qual paradigma pedagógico os mesmos se articulam. A este se seguem os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar conteúdos curriculares voltados ao ensino-aprendizagem de TDIC nos cursos de licenciatura das universidades públicas estaduais paulistas que formam para a Educação Básica e identificar a presença das TDIC nos objetivos e no perfil do egresso dos projetos pedagógicos analisados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com análise de dados quantitativos. Analisaram-se, inicialmente, as grades curriculares, ementas e programas de ensino de 123 cursos de formação de professores das três universidades estaduais paulistas, constatando ocorrência das referidas tecnologias nas disciplinas obrigatórias e optativas dos cursos, estando essas ocorrências em maior número nas optativas. Em seguida, analisando os projetos pedagógicos de seis cursos da Área de Exatas de uma das universidades inicialmente focalizadas, constatou-se indícios de propostas de formação do professor para o uso das TDIC em dois dos seis cursos focalizados, ambos de Matemática. O meio utilizado... / In this research included in the research line “Training Practices and Processes in Education” one aims to investigate whether the undergraduate programs are actually training teachers to use the Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (TDIC) in the schools of basic education. Its relevance is to help broadening the understanding of the subject and also to the fact that teachers are essential to any innovation or qualitative change that is sought in Education. One delimited as general objective to investigate whether teacher training to focus on Basic Education includes knowledge on TDIC and under what pedagogical paradigm they are articulated. The following specific objectives then arises: identifying curricula aimed at teaching and learning of TDIC in undergraduate programs of the Sao Paulo State public universities that will form for Basic Education and identify the presence of TDIC in the pedagogical proposals analyzed. This is a qualitative analysis with quantitative data. Initially, we analyzed the curriculum, menus and education programs of 123 major courses in the three universities of Sao Paulo State and noted the occurrence of these technologies in both mandatory and optional teaching subjects, with a greater number of events in the later. Then, by analyzing the pedagogical projects of six courses in the exact sciences from one of these universities initially targeted, it was found evidence of proposals for teacher training for the use of TDIC in two of six courses we focused, both... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6740.pdf: 1869979 bytes, checksum: b80faf43c5e6f0d9e31bab9cd0845aef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-05 / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / The process known as greening universities refers to the introduction of environmental issues in the teaching-research-extension and management fronts. Considering the various initiatives of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) insert the environmental education in the curricula and management, this study aimed to assess what form and how is this process in view of undergraduate students in chemistry and Pedagogy in three campuses UFSCar (São Carlos, Araras and Sorocaba). To this end, a virtual tool known as "Sustainability Test" was used (www.projetosustentabilidade.sc.usp.br) to assess sustainability practices in academic spaces. The themes analyzed in this study were divided in four categories: a) Environmental Management (waste management, water, energy, mobility / accessibility, green areas and green technologies); b) curriculum greening (environmental education in teaching / curriculum); c) Involvement and Participation d) The role of universities face to environmental issues. In addition to the questionnaire, interviews were conducted focus group type and consulted institutional legislation concerning the issue investigated. While acknowledging the Environmental Education (EE) in the institution, it was observed that most students of both courses were unaware of the actions related to environmental management, especially in the campus of San Carlos. The theme of "green technologies" still seemed far from the Education field, as well as the Science-Technology-Society-Environment Approach (CTSA). The main difficulty pointed out by students for their involvement in environmental issues is the lack of time and information, which may be a priority target given to the theme in these spaces. According to the data collected, the role of universities would be to invest in educational processes and disseminate scientific knowledge, approach the community, addressing EA critically. It was found that the promotion of reflection and dialogue between institutional subjects that carry different views on the greening of HEIs should be seen as necessary strategies to face the challenges inherent in such a process. / O movimento denominado ambientalização universitária se refere à inserção da temática ambiental nas Instituições de Educação Superior (IES), nas frentes de ensino-pesquisaextensão e gestão. Considerando as várias iniciativas da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) em ambientalizar os seus currículos e gestão, este trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar qual a forma e como se dá este processo na visão dos estudantes de licenciatura em Química e Pedagogia em três campi da UFSCar (São Carlos, Araras e Sorocaba). Para tal, uma ferramenta virtual conhecida como Teste de Sustentabilidade foi utilizada (www.projetosustentabilidade.sc.usp.br), para se avaliar práticas de sustentabilidade nos espaços acadêmicos. As temáticas analisadas neste trabalho foram divididas em quatro categorias: a) Gestão Ambiental (gestão de resíduos, água, energia, mobilidade / acessibilidade, áreas verdes e tecnologias verdes); b) Ambientalização curricular (educação ambiental no ensino/currículo); c) Envolvimento e Participação e d) O papel das universidades frente às questões ambientais. Além do questionário, foram realizadas entrevistas do tipo grupo focal e consultados os documentos institucionais voltados à questão investigada. Embora reconheçam a existência da Educação Ambiental (EA) na instituição, foi possível observar que grande parte dos estudantes de ambos os cursos desconhecia as ações de ligadas à gestão ambiental, principalmente no campus de São Carlos. O tema tecnologias verdes ainda pareceu distante do campo da Pedagogia, assim como a abordagem Ciência- Tecnologia-Sociedade-Ambiente (CTSA). A principal dificuldade apontada pelos estudantes para seu envolvimento com as questões ambientais é a falta de tempo e de informação, o que pode ser um indicativo da prioridade dada à temática nestes espaços. De acordo com os dados levantados, o papel das universidades seria o de investir em processos educativos e divulgar o conhecimento científico, estreitando os laços com a comunidade, abordando a EA de forma crítica. Verificou-se que a promoção de reflexões e diálogos entre os sujeitos institucionais que carregam diferentes visões sobre a ambientalização de IES devem ser vistas como estratégias necessárias de enfrentamento dos desafios inerentes a tal processo.

Orientador: Mônica Fürkotter / Banca: Maria Raquel Miotto Morelatti / Banca: Rosana Giaretta Sguerra Miskulin / Resumo: Nesta pesquisa, inscrita na Linha "Práticas e Processos Formativos em Educação", busca-se responder se os cursos de licenciatura estão formando professores para utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) nas escolas da Educação Básica. Sua relevância está em contribuir para ampliar a compreensão sobre a temática e também no fato de que os professores são fundamentais a toda inovação ou mudança qualitativa que se pretenda na Educação. Delimitou-se como objetivo geral investigar se a formação do professor que atuará na Educação Básica contempla conhecimentos sobre TDIC e sob qual paradigma pedagógico os mesmos se articulam. A este se seguem os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar conteúdos curriculares voltados ao ensino-aprendizagem de TDIC nos cursos de licenciatura das universidades públicas estaduais paulistas que formam para a Educação Básica e identificar a presença das TDIC nos objetivos e no perfil do egresso dos projetos pedagógicos analisados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com análise de dados quantitativos. Analisaram-se, inicialmente, as grades curriculares, ementas e programas de ensino de 123 cursos de formação de professores das três universidades estaduais paulistas, constatando ocorrência das referidas tecnologias nas disciplinas obrigatórias e optativas dos cursos, estando essas ocorrências em maior número nas optativas. Em seguida, analisando os projetos pedagógicos de seis cursos da Área de Exatas de uma das universidades inicialmente focalizadas, constatou-se indícios de propostas de formação do professor para o uso das TDIC em dois dos seis cursos focalizados, ambos de Matemática. O meio utilizado... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In this research included in the research line "Training Practices and Processes in Education" one aims to investigate whether the undergraduate programs are actually training teachers to use the Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (TDIC) in the schools of basic education. Its relevance is to help broadening the understanding of the subject and also to the fact that teachers are essential to any innovation or qualitative change that is sought in Education. One delimited as general objective to investigate whether teacher training to focus on Basic Education includes knowledge on TDIC and under what pedagogical paradigm they are articulated. The following specific objectives then arises: identifying curricula aimed at teaching and learning of TDIC in undergraduate programs of the Sao Paulo State public universities that will form for Basic Education and identify the presence of TDIC in the pedagogical proposals analyzed. This is a qualitative analysis with quantitative data. Initially, we analyzed the curriculum, menus and education programs of 123 major courses in the three universities of Sao Paulo State and noted the occurrence of these technologies in both mandatory and optional teaching subjects, with a greater number of events in the later. Then, by analyzing the pedagogical projects of six courses in the exact sciences from one of these universities initially targeted, it was found evidence of proposals for teacher training for the use of TDIC in two of six courses we focused, both... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

The need to empower student teachers with positive teacher-student relationships (TSRs) competencies resonates with the fact that students are not merely cognitive but also emotional and social beings. Indeed, the interactions of the cognitive, emotional and social dimensions work to impact on their learning and performance. The benefits for positive teacher-student relationships within and outside class contexts cannot be overemphasised. Students are hard-wired with the need to connect in relationships with their teachers. Teacher-student relationships determine students’ school engagement, their adaptation to developmental changes and their motivation to learn. Also, TSRs influence students’ discipline, stability to social adjustments, value orientation and their identity formation and development. Undeniably, the building of positive TSRs and teaching and learning processes are essentially mutually inclusive. To be able to form and sustain positive TSRs, student teachers need well-developed knowledge, beliefs, and self efficacy attributes. This comparative study of Tanzania and Germany argues that positive teacher student relationships form a critical requirement for effective teaching, learning, and holistic development of students in schools. To this end, the initial teacher education has a duty to nurture the TSRs attributes alongside other teacher competencies. Despite the acknowledgement of the necessity for positive TSRs by researchers, educators, and administrative authorities, literature provides no evidence of the contribution of the initial teacher education to the positive TSRs abilities. The existing studies on TSRs have focused mainly on TSRs in schools and on the problems related to unhealthy TSRs (Giles, 2008; Jones, 2009; Knoell, 2012; Raufelder et al., 2013; Sands, 2011; Wubbel et al., 1993) and others. This disjuncture between the reported problems faced by teachers in forming and sustaining positive TSRs and the opportunity for initial teacher education to empower student teachers for positive relational exchange frames this study. The study employed a combination of the conceptual change, self-efficacy, and goal contents theories. The utilisation of the theories was justified by the study assumptions that in order to produce teachers who are capable of handling positive TSRs in schools, the initial teacher education has to transform, orient, and reorient student teachers on the relational exchange knowledge. Secondly, apart from the pro-relational knowledge, student teachers ought to demonstrate improved self-efficacy as a yardstick of their preparedness and commitment to positive TSRs. Lastly, the study examined the implication of student teachers’ motivational reasons for joining teaching on their TSRs self efficacy. Motivational dynamics have been proven to influence teachers’ occupational satisfaction and their behaviours (Weiss & Kiel, 2013; Vansteenkiste & Ryan, 2013). Hence, the motivational reasons held by student teachers to join the teaching profession were viewed as an important construct which also may influence the student teachers’ self-efficacy for positive TSRs. This study sought to answer the following question: Does the university¬¬ based initial teacher education contribute to positive TSRs (competencies) among student teachers? To ascertain for this role, the study investigated and compared student teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, perceived self efficacy, as well as the approaches employed in this regard. The study was anchored on the Pragmatism epistemology and ontology. The study used qualitative and quantitative techniques to study two typical cases, namely; the Universities of Leipzig and Dar es Salaam, in Germany and Tanzania respectively. The study deployed both probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampling techniques to arrive at the sample size N=721 for student teachers; both final-year (n=548) and beginners (n=173) and eight (8) university teacher educators. Findings of the study show the presence of significant changes in the student teachers\'' knowledge, beliefs, and perceived self-efficacy for positive TSRs. Comparatively, student teachers in Germany revealed higher levels of the TSRs knowledge and perceived self-efficacy than their Tanzanian counterparts. However, the qualitative findings revealed inadequacies in TSRs knowledge among the final-year student teachers in both countries. The beginner student teachers in Germany demonstrated higher command in positive TSRs knowledge and self efficacy than their Tanzanian counterparts. It was further unveiled that the student teachers’ knowledge had a significant association with their self-efficacy for positive TSRs. The approaches employed in promoting positive TSRs competencies include the teaching practice, educational courses and role modelling. However, these approaches were constrained by the strict focus given on academic performance, lack of clear orientation on the nature of positive TSRs, and overlook of important and potential aspects of initial teacher education. Despite having approaches to promoting positive TSRs abilities, teacher educators demonstrated varied and contradicting perspectives of what constitutes the nature and character of positive TSRs. The study considered contradicting perspectives among the hurdles to the effective orientation of the positive TSRs. Moreover, findings indicated that student teachers in Germany and Tanzania joined the teaching profession as a result of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational reasons. It was found out that the intrinsic motivation reasons were more important among German student teachers. Conversely, extrinsic motivational reasons were relatively more important among student teachers in Tanzania. The analysis of motivational reasons indicated a strong positive association (Cramer’s V .175) between intrinsic motivational reasons and perceived self-efficacy for positive TSRs. The study concludes that although positive TSRs feature in the initial teacher education, its implementation has suffered inconsistency, underrepresentation, and misinterpretation by teacher educators and student teachers. The study recommends for an integration of a compulsory positive TSRs content or module to address for depth, breadth and evaluative treatment of the competencies (the proposed framework of integration has been suggested). Moreover, the study recommends for the redefinition and reaffirmation of the positive TSRs phenomenon in the theoretical and practical aspects of the university based initial teacher education.

Orientador: Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão / Banca: Walkyria Monte Mor / Banca: Francisco José Quaresma de Figueiredo / Banca: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Ana Mariza Benedetti / Resumo: Estudos em Formação de Professores de Línguas (GIMENEZ, 2005; VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 2002) apontam para a necessidade de uma proposta de formação na qual o professor não mais fique atrelado a modelos e pacotes previamente definidos que nem sempre são adequados ao seu contexto e o paradigma reflexivo (DEWEY, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983; ZEICHNER, 1993; KUMARAVADIVELU, 2003) pode atender tais necessidades. Trata-se de um processo gradativo que demanda reflexão e aprofundamento teórico (VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 1999) e seu principal objetivo é a promoção da autonomia do professor, o que lhe confere poder e responsabilidade. Diante dessa questão, este estudo envolveu uma formadora e sete alunosprofessores (APs) da disciplina Prática de Ensino em contexto de universidade privada. Buscamos investigar as ações práticas e o discurso da formadora na busca pela interação entre os componentes teóricos e práticos, e como tal interação é percebida nas ações e nos discursos dos APs durante as aulas e na realização de seus projetos de estágio supervisionado. Os instrumentos e procedimentos incluíram questionários, entrevistas, gravações em áudio e vídeo, observações de aula, sessões de história de vida e de visionamento. Os resultados apontam para as complexidades e as incertezas da formadora quanto à real promoção da autonomia de seus alunos, quanto à coerência entre o programa proposto e a prática efetiva e quanto ao papel da teoria acadêmica dentro do processo de formação inicial. Os resultados sugeriram também divergências entre as culturas de ensinar e aprender dos alunos-professores e da professora-formadora, sendo que alguns APs apresentaram expectativas de uma postura diretiva da formadora, contrapondo-se às suas propostas que visavam à descoberta e à autonomia dos mesmos. Quanto aos APs, os resultados sugeriram que há uma visão dicotômica sobre teoria e prática... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Studies on Language Teacher Education (GIMENEZ, 2005; VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 2002) point towards the need for an education program in which teachers are no longer dependant on closed teaching "packages" which may be inappropriate for their specific contexts and the reflective paradigm (DEWEY, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983; ZEICHNER, 1993; KUMARAVADIVELU, 2003) may suit those needs. It is a gradual process which demands reflection and theoretical deepening (VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 1999) and its main purpose is the promotion of teacher's autonomy, which in turn confers power and responsibility on the teacher. This study was carried out with a teacher educator and seven student teachers taking the subject Teaching Practices in a private university. It aimed at investigating the teacher educator's practices and discourse towards the relation theory-practice and how such relation may be expressed in the student teachers' practices and discourse during their supervised teaching practices. The instruments and procedures included questionnaires, interviews, audio and video recordings, field notes, narratives and visioning sessions. Results include the teacher educator's uncertainties concerning the real promotion of the student teachers' autonomy, the coherency between the syllabus and her practices and the role of academic theory in initial teacher education. Results also suggest there are divergences between the cultures of teaching and learning among the participants, as students expected directive practices whilst the teacher educator's proposals were more linked to discovery, exploration and autonomy. As for the student teachers, results suggested there is a dichotomic view on theory and practice, the former seen as directing the latter; beliefs are predominant in decision making when implementing practices and the lack of linguistic-communicative competence hindered... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francinete Alves Nunes.pdf: 11166924 bytes, checksum: c977e76cfcc3c3f9eb1a026a909b9227 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / This Master's thesis investigated the professional performance of students who graduated in Pedagogy in 2011 and 2012 from the State University of Maranhão - Santa Inês campus/MA, based on their reports. Its objective arises from the need to analyze the influence of the course in the professional lives of its graduates. Two aspects considered important in the context of this work were selected as categories of analysis: the initial teacher education and the professional development of the graduates from the point of view of the authors Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Carlos Garcia, Antonio Nóvoa and Maurice Tardif. This study also used documentary and bibliographical research as a subsidy for reflection, as well as the application of questionnaires which was the basis for data analysis. Thus, the situation of these Pedagogy Course professionals in the labor market was analyzed in order to identify the principles of their education from an adequate preparation to start teaching immediately, as proposed by the Political Pedagogical Project. Furthermore, an investigation was carried out to determine how the course contributed to the professional performance of the graduates, and whether the relationship between theory and practice was present so that students would feel confident in their teaching activity due to the gap between daily pedagogical actions in the classroom and the University. Therefore, based on the theoretical frameworks and reports from the graduates, a critical and contextualized analysis of this process was conducted. It identified that, during the course of his education, the graduate expressed many doubts and worries, living with the feeling of insufficient training. However, at the end of the course, he attests the compatibility between the proposed education and his professional performance / Esta dissertação de Mestrado investigou a atuação profissional dos egressos do curso de Pedagogia ano 2011 e 2012 da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão-campus Santa Inês/MA, a partir dos seus relatos. Seu objetivo surge da necessidade de analisar a influência do Curso na vida profissional de seus egressos. Selecionou-se como categorias de análises, dois aspectos considerados relevantes no contexto deste trabalho: a formação inicial de professores e o desenvolvimento profissional dos egressos sob o ponto de vista dos autores Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Carlos Garcia, Antônio Nóvoa e Maurice Tardif. Essa pesquisa utilizou também, como subsídio para reflexões, a pesquisa documental, bibliográfica e aplicação de questionário que foi a base para análise dos dados. Desta forma, analisou-se a situação desses profissionais do Curso de Pedagogia no mercado de trabalho, a fim de identificar os princípios da sua formação a partir de uma preparação adequada para atuar de imediato como docente proposto pelo Projeto Político Pedagógico. Além disso, investigou-se de que forma o curso colaborou para a atuação profissional dos egressos, e se a relação entre a teoria e a prática esteve presente para que os discentes se sentissem seguros na atividade docente em razão do distanciamento entre as ações pedagógicas no cotidiano de sala de aula e a Universidade. Sendo assim, com base nos referenciais teóricos e nos relatos dos egressos, fez-se uma análise crítica e contextualizada de todo esse processo, identificando nessa pesquisa, que durante o percurso da formação, o egresso manifestou muitas dúvidas e inquietações, convivendo com a sensação de uma formação não suficiente. Entretanto, ao final do curso, ele atesta a compatibilidade entre a proposta de formação e a sua atuação profissional

This research discusses the issue of education reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through an exploration of the perspectives of a range of participants involved in the preparation programme for science teachers which is run through an existing relationship between the University of Taibah and public schools in Medina city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The research examines the perspectives of participants in the university and the school (university supervisors, university coordinators, headteachers, collaborating teachers and science student teachers). It discusses teacher preparation issues in the multiple contexts reported in the literature. Teacher preparation in other contexts has revealed models which could be useful in the Saudi context. Activity Theory (AT) was used as the theoretical framework to achieve this study’s objective of exploring the academic systems of the university/school and the relationship between them in science teacher preparation, focussing on the contradictions that create conflicts for student teachers learning to teach the modern science curriculum. Activity Theory was a useful tool in organizing this research as it permitted the exploration of the relationships between systems, analysing the rich data collected on the relationship between university and school. Activity Theory acted as a link between the need for a more expansive unit of analysis in initial teacher education (ITE) studies and appropriate and effective research methods. This research is situated within the interpretative paradigm. It usescase study with mixed methods as an appropriate methodology, using multiple methods of data collection, namely semi-structured interviews as the main tool, questionnaires and documentary evidence. This research revealed the utilitarian nature of the relationship between the university and the school, which did not reach the level of a cooperative partnership, and which contained many contradictions that created conflicts for science teachers when learning the teaching skills required of modern science curricula.

Despite recent rhetoric advocating the diversification of the teacher workforce, teachers in Canada continue to be disproportionately white and of northern European heritage. By investigating responses to difference experienced by racial and linguistic minority immigrant teacher candidates in an initial teacher education program, this thesis sheds light on dynamics that challenge or support the induction of minoritized individuals as members of the teaching profession in Canada. Data collected through interviews with eight immigrant teacher candidates, four instructors, and five student support staff of an initial teacher education program at an urban Canadian university (UCU) indicated that teacher candidates at UCU experienced varied responses to difference. Influences of both hegemony and collaboration were found in the university and practice teaching contexts where individuals representing regimes of competence enacted challenging assimilationist or supportive multiculturalist ideologies. In practice teaching contexts, although all of the teacher candidates engaged with at least one collaborative mentor teacher and they all persisted to complete the program, six of the eight teacher candidates (i.e., all of the linguistic minority teacher candidates in this study) encountered a challenging and significantly discouraging relationship with a mentor teacher. In these hegemonic contexts the legitimacy of the teacher candidates appeared to be measured against a conception of “real teachers” as “real Canadians” who are native English-speakers and who are familiar with the culture of schooling in Canada. Within the university context, student support staff were consistent in their critical awareness of the challenges and supports experienced by teacher candidates while instructors demonstrated a range of familiarity with these issues and with concepts of equity as they relate to the experiences of teacher candidates. Implications of this study support the following: continuation of programs offered through student support services; educative collaborative implementation of UCU’s equity policy to promote greater consistency in its influence; application of inclusive pedagogy; greater curricular emphasis on social power and constructions of difference; recognition of immigrant teachers’ linguistic capital; development of a collaborative method to evaluate teacher candidates in practice teaching contexts; and continued effort to advance a more profound and consistent influence of multiculturalist ideology in Canadian schools.

Despite recent rhetoric advocating the diversification of the teacher workforce, teachers in Canada continue to be disproportionately white and of northern European heritage. By investigating responses to difference experienced by racial and linguistic minority immigrant teacher candidates in an initial teacher education program, this thesis sheds light on dynamics that challenge or support the induction of minoritized individuals as members of the teaching profession in Canada. Data collected through interviews with eight immigrant teacher candidates, four instructors, and five student support staff of an initial teacher education program at an urban Canadian university (UCU) indicated that teacher candidates at UCU experienced varied responses to difference. Influences of both hegemony and collaboration were found in the university and practice teaching contexts where individuals representing regimes of competence enacted challenging assimilationist or supportive multiculturalist ideologies. In practice teaching contexts, although all of the teacher candidates engaged with at least one collaborative mentor teacher and they all persisted to complete the program, six of the eight teacher candidates (i.e., all of the linguistic minority teacher candidates in this study) encountered a challenging and significantly discouraging relationship with a mentor teacher. In these hegemonic contexts the legitimacy of the teacher candidates appeared to be measured against a conception of “real teachers” as “real Canadians” who are native English-speakers and who are familiar with the culture of schooling in Canada. Within the university context, student support staff were consistent in their critical awareness of the challenges and supports experienced by teacher candidates while instructors demonstrated a range of familiarity with these issues and with concepts of equity as they relate to the experiences of teacher candidates. Implications of this study support the following: continuation of programs offered through student support services; educative collaborative implementation of UCU’s equity policy to promote greater consistency in its influence; application of inclusive pedagogy; greater curricular emphasis on social power and constructions of difference; recognition of immigrant teachers’ linguistic capital; development of a collaborative method to evaluate teacher candidates in practice teaching contexts; and continued effort to advance a more profound and consistent influence of multiculturalist ideology in Canadian schools.

Submitted by MAYKELL JÚLIO DE SOUZA FIGUEIRA null (maykelljsf@gmail.com) on 2016-04-25T19:33:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_MAYKELL_VersãoFinal.pdf: 1491005 bytes, checksum: afad1fa4b1d741ce2acfca4c9c623bb6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-28T11:53:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 figueira_mjs_me_bauru.pdf: 1491005 bytes, checksum: afad1fa4b1d741ce2acfca4c9c623bb6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T11:53:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 figueira_mjs_me_bauru.pdf: 1491005 bytes, checksum: afad1fa4b1d741ce2acfca4c9c623bb6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A formação inicial docente é um momento fundamental na constituição de um licenciando enquanto futuro professor, visto que é provavelmente nessa etapa em que são feitas as primeiras reflexões sobre as várias dimensões pedagógicas, didáticas, políticas e sociais envolvidas nos processos de ensinar e aprender. Discutir assuntos sociocientíficos de importância atual e apresentar o conhecimento científico como um conjunto dinâmico, provisório e socialmente construído de possíveis explicações são encaminhamentos necessários ao Ensino de Ciências dos anos presentes e futuros, aproximando-o de uma abordagem mais externalista das Ciências. A argumentação, como forma de socialização dialógica do conhecimento científico, já foi apontada por diversos autores como um poderoso recurso metodológico para aulas de Ciências. No entanto, o desenvolvimento de competências argumentativas ainda passa longe dos atuais cursos de Licenciatura. O estudo aqui descrito foi realizado com sete estudantes do último ano de um curso de Licenciatura em Física que cursavam a disciplina de Didática das Ciências (DdC) de uma universidade pública do estado de São Paulo e teve como objetivo principal compreender de que forma dinâmicas argumentativas sobre assuntos sociocientíficos podem contribuir para a construção de saberes docentes de argumentação entre os licenciandos. O debate, organizado na forma de uma audiência pública simulada, teve como tema principal as possibilidades para o plano nuclear brasileiro nos próximos anos. Os estudantes foram agrupados em duplas que deveriam representar quatro setores de interesse no assunto, sendo que cada estudante escolheu um nome e um cargo fictício. Essa dinâmica de role-play educacional parece ter facilitado as interações discursivas e incentivado os estudantes a pesquisarem antes de vir para o debate. A atividade foi gravada em vídeo para posterior transcrição e análise dos episódios segundo referenciais específicos da Sociolinguística e da Argumentação no Ensino de Ciências. / The initial teacher education is a key moment in the constitution of licentiate1 students, as they become future teachers, since it is probably in this stage when the first reflections on the various educational, pedagogical, political, and social dimensions involved in the processes of teaching and learning are undertaken. Discussing sociocientific issues of current importance and presenting scientific knowledge as a dynamic, temporary and socially constructed set of possible explanations are necessary developments for Science Education in the upcoming years, approximating it to a more externalist view of science. Several authors have already pointed out argumentation as a powerful methodological resource for science classes. However, the development of argumentative skills is still quite distant from the current licentiate majors. The study here described was performed with seven students in the final year of a Physics licentiate major, who were attending the course of Science Didactics in a public University in the State of São Paulo. The research had as its main goal to understand how an argumentative dynamic about socioscientifc issues can contribute to the construction of argumentative teacher knowledge among the students. The debate, organized in the form of a simulated public hearing, had as its main theme the possibilities for the Brazilian nuclear plan in the next few years. Students were grouped in pairs that should represent four sectors of interest in the nuclear matter and each student chose a name and title. This dynamic of educational role-play seems to have facilitated the discursive interactions and incentivated students to search for information before coming to the debate. The activity was recorded on video for later transcription and the analysis of the episodes was done according to references on sociolinguistics and argumentation in science education.