The implementation of a new curriculum is a challenging issue to educators in many countries. In this country training for an implementation of a curriculum is done in one week and it takes a form of one a size fits all. The study investigated how I transform my content knowledge when teaching a new topic in the new curriculum. The aim of this study was to carry a self- study of how I transformed my content knowledge when teaching energy resources and its uses to make it comprehensible to learners. The following research question guided the study:  How did my PCK develop as I developed the broad content of the energy resources and its uses into focused, teachable and comprehensible content?  How did my planning and reflecting on practice change as I participated in the process of planning, developing and implementing the lesson plans? When teachers teach, they draw upon knowledge of their subject matter, general pedagogy as well as context. This could be improved by the contribution of the concept of pedagogical content knowledge where content and pedagogy are blended. Therefore, for this study I have chosen PCK as a theoretical framework because I will be looking at how my content knowledge can be transformed into content knowledge for teaching. The study employed a qualitative research, which uses multiple realities that are socially constructed through collective and individual definitions of the situations. It is a self –study focusing on my own teaching and intending to improve my practice as a teacher. The focus is myself teaching two grade 11 classes in a township school. Khumalo M. iv Data was collected in a form of concept maps, reflective journals, lesson plan and CoRE s and PaPeRs. CoRes and PaPe-Rs were used to capture and portray my PCK. The methodological tools used to document and portray my Pedagogical Content Knowledge when teaching energy and resources, used representations called Content Representation (CoRe) and Pedagogical and Professional – experience Repertoires (PaP-eRs). The CoRe elaborated on my construction of content, which framed the topic and each Pa-PeR, was a narrative derived from the classroom observations and the journal. Findings in this study indicate that using the CoRe and PaPeR as a tool to portray PCK helps in the development of content knowledge. Some elements of PCK could be identified and the implementation of developed lessons led to insight into my teaching. Learners participated more freely and develop confidence when home language was used. I gained confidence using the CoRe to develop lessons.

The South African government that was elected in 1994 made tremendous changes in the Education system. The new government came up with the new curriculum for Basic Education (grade R- 12). The new curriculum had new topics in physical science. This made me as a teacher doubt whether I would be able to teach new topics. During my time as a student, I was not taught mining at school or college. As a result, I decided to do a self study in order to investigate how I would learn gold mining as a topic in order for me to be able to teach it to my learners. My study involved studying my own teaching practice while learning and also finding out the key things that made me understand the content knowledge involved in the topic of gold mining. The self study was done in order to ensure that I understood the content knowledge and how best to teach it to the learners. I used a collaboration team, reflective journal, group interviews classroom observation and learners’ responses to collect data. The participants were my grade 11 learners and myself. My data was analysed using a PCK model, CoRes and PaPeRs. I had to learn the content knowledge and transform it to make it understandable to learners. I designed lessons using the prior knowledge of learners and integrating Physical Science and Geography. Lessons did not go as smoothly as I had expected. Learners wanted some of their existing knowledge to be included. The classroom activities depended entirely on the relationship between the teacher and learners. I carried out my study bearing in mind that implementation of the new curriculum depends not only on classroom interactions (DoE, 2002) but most importantly on the content knowledge that the teacher has and how it is transformed. Learners taught me to understand gold mining from the geographical point of view as well from the scientific point of view. From the beginning of the study they were really excited and were looking forward to new things. Using the learners’ science prior knowledge helped me design lessons that allowed me to learn to be a facilitator.

This study deals with an analysis of the contribution of a work-study practice for secondary vocational school students, especially in the area of social studies. It describes various forms of work-study practice at four high schools and evaluates the students' opinions regarding the value of work-study programs and their connection to classroom theory. The study seeks outputs for increasing the value of work-study programs so that the students would receive most practical expertise to work in their future occupations. It also brings arguments defending the continuation of the work-study programs in the secondary vocational school curriculae.

Denna studie undersöker erfarenhetens betydelse för lärande utifrån ett pedagogiskt perspektiv. Detta för att det i Sverige råder en ”poliskris” då erfarna och kompetenta poliser lämnar sin tjänst av andra skäl än pension. Svenska polisförbundet (2017) menar att förlusten av erfarna poliser medför konsekvenser för ett effektivt utfört polisarbete. Vad betyder då förlusten av erfarna kollegor utifrån ett lärandeperspektiv? Föreliggande examensarbetes syfte är att undersöka polisers upplevelser av yrkeserfarenhetens betydelse för lärande i arbetet. Studien är genomförd med en kvalitativ metod och använde sig av intervjuformen fokusgruppintervju för att samla in data. Analysmetod var en kvalitativ innehållsanalys och bearbetad data tolkades genom ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande. Resultatet visar att yrkeserfarenhet inom yrkesutövningen är betydelsefull för lärande, både för egenupplevda erfarenheter och genom att kollegors erfarenheter och yrkeskunskaper bidrar till eget lärande. Studiens slutsats är att erfarna poliser behövs i tjänst; om de slutar är det en förlust för verksamheten utifrån ett pedagogiskt lärandeperspektiv.

La notion d'expérience est une notion polysémique. Plusieurs significations lui sont attribuées. L'expérience est à la fois processus, produit, capital, connaissance pratique, trajectoire, réalité, potentialité, mode de formation, modalité d'apprentissage, vécu, élan vital, énergie, événement.Le chercheur qui s'intéresse à la question de l'expérience, de son expression et de sa transmission, se trouve ainsi confronte à cette pluralité sémantique et au défi de la définir.Ce travail de recherche vise à comprendre ce qui est convoqué quand un formateur fait référence à ce qu'il reconnait et désigne comme son expérience professionnelle ou comme savoir issu de celle-ci. Cette thèse porte sur l'étude de la communication de l'expérience professionnelle des professeurs associés temporaires en situation de formation et se propose d'appréhender les liens établis par ces formateurs entre l'espace du travail et l'espace de formation, en analysant plus particulièrement le contenu des références que ces enseignants font des situations vécues et issues de leur pratique professionnelle, pendant la conduite de leur activité de formation.Pour cela, une démarche méthodologique multiforme est mise en œuvre : tout d'abord, la rencontre avec les acteurs, l'exploration de parcours et de significations, puis, l'observation des situations de formation, de manière à se confronter à leur complexité et, enfin, l'élaboration d'un matériau discursif, issu de la confrontation des acteurs aux traces (enregistrements audio et vidéo) de l'activité déployée dans les situations observées, en présence du chercheur.Les résultats de la recherche permettent d'identifier sur le plan de la communication, des configurations des processus de référenciation à l'expérience professionnelle vécue dans une situation de formation, déclinées en trois composantes : significations, formes énonciatives et fonctions.Ces configurations mises à jour contribuent d'une part à mieux comprendre ce qui est désigné comme expérience professionnelle par ces acteurs dans les situations observées et, d'autre part, l'usage qu'ils en font dans leurs pratiques de formation, des pratiques sociales qui semblent être au cœur des stratégies des universités dans le glissement progressif vers une approche plus professionnalisante de l'enseignement supérieur. / The notion of experience is a polysemous one. Several significations are ascribed to it. Experience means process, product, resources, practical knowledge, career-path, reality, possibility, training style, learning mechanisms, background, vital spark, energy, and occasion all at once. Researchers who are interested in the matter of experience, its expression and its transmission, will find themselves confronted with this semantic plurality and the challenge of defining it.This research work aims at understanding what is convoked when associate professors refer to what they admit and design as their professional experience or as the knowledge derived from it. The present thesis focuses on the study of the communication of the professional experience of temporary associate professors during training courses. It also intends to comprehend the connection entrenched by these associate professors between the working and the training space by analyzing more specifically the content of the references they make based on situations they have experienced which also emerge form their professional activity during their training practice.For this purpose, a multidimensional methodological approach has been implemented. First of all, the researcher met with the professionals in order to explore their background and significations of experiences. Then, the researcher observed the training situation in such a way as to confront their complexity. And finally the researcher, through the confrontation between the participants and their traces (audio and video recording) of the activity carried out during the observed situations, produced a discursive data in his/her presence.The outcomes of this research enable us to identify, on a communication plan, the configurations of referencing processes of professional practice experienced in a training situation. These outcomes are divided into three parts: significations, enunciative forms and functions. These updated configurations contribute on the one hand to better understand which those participants designated as professional experience during the observed situations. On the other hand, to better understand the use they make of their professional experience within their training practices. These social practices seem to be at the heart of the universities' strategies within the progressive slide towards a more professionalizing approach in higher education.

Orientador: Jorge Sergio Peres Gallardo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T04:29:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Azevedo_LucioHenriqueRezende_M.pdf: 4628143 bytes, checksum: 9cbcc1cdeb468566489291f0c1de3f69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Os projetos de redistribuição de renda do governo são responsáveis hoje por milhões de reais injetados em diferentes programas com objetivos variados, mas com um estímulo comum, a concessão de um pagamento em dinheiro para que as pessoas mantenham-se dentro dos programas. O PETI tem como foco de atuação uma jornada ampliada, que é feita no horário oposto ao escolar. Essa jornada tem como objetivo impedir que as crianças trabalhem nesse período e desenvolvam suas potencialidades. Dentro da proposta do programa, estão contempladas as práticas físico-esportivas que ocorreriam dentro da jornada ampliada. Sendo assim os profissionais de Educação Física possuem um novo local de atuação com um potencial magnífico para quem deseja atuar com o objetivo de conseguir reais transformações sociais. No entanto, não conseguimos encontrar nenhum estudo ou pesquisa sobre a atuação do profissional do professor Educação Física (ou mesmo profissionais não graduados) dentro do PETI. De esta forma, este trabalho tem a pretensão de iniciar o preenchimento dessa lacuna utilizando uma metodologia de observação e análises da estrutura do projeto em diferentes unidades do PETI de Sumaré complementado com questionários aos profissionais envolvidos nestes Programas detectando erros e acertos que ocorrem e assim desenvolver esse programa que tem um grande potencial transformador. / Abstract: The projects of redistribution of government are responsible today for millions of reais injected into different programs with varying goals, but with a common stimulus, the provision of a cash payment for people to remain within the programs. I had the opportunity to work in one of those programs was the Program of Eradication of Child Labor (PETI) of Sumaré. PETI has its focus on an Extended Journey, which is made in the schedule opposite the school. This Journey is intended to prevent children from working during that period and develop their potential. Within the context of the program are covered by the physical and sport practices that occur within the Extended Journey. Thus the Physical Education professionals have a new place of work with a wonderful potential for those who want to work with the goal of achieving real social change. However, I could not find any study or research on the role of professional physical education teacher (or even non-professional graduates) within the Committee. In this way, this work has the intention to start filling this gap using a methodology of observation and analysis of the project structure in different units of gestational PETI. / Mestrado / Educação Fisica e Sociedade / Mestre em Educação Física

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:48:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Direli_Azambuja_Pereira_Dissertacao.pdf: 651070 bytes, checksum: 6428c1b8148a7eb5f9dd51ada6afecbd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-02 / The focus of this study is to problematize, based on Karl Marx s and Paulo Freire s theoretical-methodological perspectives and also on the professional experience of the research author, the current public school model, pursuing elements for the construction of a new schooling institution project. The research object, public school, is analysed as a concrete whole as a multiple relations and interrelationships result that occur in their interior. For a radical, global and rigorous reading resulting in a real concrete, not an immediate concrete, the research indicates the observation of Marx s (dialectic) and Freire s (awareness) theoretical-methodological perspectives epistemological basis. It is postulated that a dialectic and conscientizing view on public school will enable the knowledge of what this institution truly is and with effect, offer an opportunity of the action edification able to build another public school project, unlike today s implemented model, which does not suit as a place for a humane, fair and democratic world fomentation. The referred study is anchored on the philosophical methodology. Therefore, at first, it seeks to engender a comprehension on What Philosophy is , going to the source of what it really intents. Hereafter, it starts a search to orchestrate the philosophical methodology as a problematization motion of reality, especially in this case, educational-academic. In conclusion, basing on a substantive theoretical reference, the possible alternatives to process the current reality on public school become concreteness, that is, understanding what public school really is, infinite possibilities arise for the purpose of constructing a new school project, capable of decisively contribute with the organization of a new society project. It is in evidence that reality and current school projects are oppressor, unequal and lead men and women to being less. What it is desired is a social organization that has, as its basic principles, solidarity, humanization, hope and social justice. It is aiming this kind of society that school must conduct its educational process. By this transformation of public school horizon, Marx s and Freire s theoretical-methodological perspectives contributions become dispensable. / O estudo tem como foco problematizar, com base nas perspectivas teóricometodológicas de Karl Marx e Paulo Freire e na experiência profissional do autor da pesquisa, o atual modelo de escola pública, buscando elementos para a construção de um novo projeto de instituição escolar. O objeto da pesquisa, a escola pública, é analisado como um todo concreto resultado de múltiplas relações e inter-relações que ocorrem em seu interior. Para que haja uma leitura radical, global e rigorosa que resulte num concreto real e não em um concreto imediato, a pesquisa indica que sejam observadas as bases epistemológicas das perspectivas teórico-metodológicas de Marx (a dialética) e Freire (a conscientização). Postula-se que um olhar dialético e conscientizador sobre a escola pública possibilitará conhecer o que é verdadeiramente esta instituição e, com efeito, oferecer a oportunidade da edificação de ações capazes de construir um outro projeto de escola pública, diferente do modelo hoje implementado, o qual não serve como espaço para a fomentação de um mundo humano, justo e democrático. O referido estudo ancora-se na metodologia filosófica. Para tanto, em um primeiro momento, procura-se engendrar uma compreensão sobre O que é a Filosofia , indo à raiz do que realmente pretende a mesma. A seguir, parte-se em busca de orquestrar a metodologia filosófica como um movimento de problematização da realidade, especialmente neste caso, a realidade educacional-escolar. Conclui-se que, com base em um referencial teórico substantivo, as alternativas possíveis para transformar a realidade da escola pública atualmente tornam-se concretude, ou seja, entendendo-se o que é realmente a escola pública, infinitas possibilidades se abrem a fim de que se possa construir um novo projeto de escola, capaz de contribuir decisivamente na organização de um novo projeto de sociedade. Constata-se que a realidade e os projetos de escola atuais são opressores, desiguais e conduzem homens e mulheres ao ser menos. O que se deseja é uma organização social que tenha como princípios básicos a solidariedade, a humanização, a esperança e a justiça social. É mirando este tipo de sociedade que a escola deve conduzir o seu processo educacional. Com este horizonte de transformação da escola pública, os contributos das perspectivas teórico-metodológicas de Marx e Freire tornam-se indispensáveis

Denna kvantitativa enkätstudie riktar sig till yrkesverksamma pedagoger i förskolan. Syftet är att undersöka kunskapsläget hos pedagoger i Sveriges förskolor och deras behov av stöd och resurser i förhållande till barns traumatiska erfarenheter utifrån pedagogernas utbildningsnivå, år i yrket och vilket socioekonomiskt område de arbetar i. Undersökningen visar att barndomsrelaterade trauman är vanligt förekommande och att det råder en kunskapsbrist hos pedagoger i Sveriges förskolor om barns traumatiska erfarenheter. Studien visar inga signifikanta skillnader beroende på pedagogernas utbildningsnivå. Emellertid är pedagogernas antal år i yrket av betydelse då pedagoger med mer yrkeserfarenhet av förskolans verksamhet i större utsträckning fått tillräckliga stöd och resurser för att möta barn med traumatiska erfarenheter, jämfört med pedagoger med mindre erfarenhet. Mer yrkeserfarna pedagoger och de som arbetar i områden med socioekonomiska utmaningar har mött fler barn med traumatiska erfarenheter. Resultatet visar att pedagoger efterfrågar mer utbildning i form av kompetensutveckling samtidigt som tidigare forskning visar att det finns kunskap att tillgå. Detta indikerar att pedagogerna antingen inte är medvetna eller inte har tillgång till relevant fortbildning och kompetensutveckling för att möta barn med traumatiska erfarenheter. / This quantitative survey study is aimed at professional educators in preschools. The aim is to examine the level of knowledge among educators in Swedish preschools and their needs for support and resources regarding children's traumatic experiences, based on the educators' level of education, years in the profession, and the socioeconomic areas in which they work. Our survey shows that childhood-related traumas are commonly prevalent, and there is a lack of knowledge among educators in Swedish preschools regarding children's traumatic experiences. The study reveals no significant differences based on the educators' level of education. However, the number of years in the profession is significant as educators with more experience in preschool activities have received adequate support and resources to address children with traumatic experiences to a greater extent compared to those with less experience. More experienced educators and those working in socioeconomically challenging areas have encountered a higher number of children with traumatic experiences. The results indicate that educators demand more education in the form of professional development, despite previous research suggesting the availability of knowledge. This indicates that educators are either unaware or do not have access to relevant further education and professional development to address children with traumatic experiences.

Chaque année, un grand nombre d’immigrants arrivent dans la grande région de Montréal. Parmi eux, nous trouvons des travailleurs qualifiés qui retournent souvent aux études supérieures pour s'insérer sur le marché du travail québécois. Cette catégorie d'immigration a des trajectoires d'études et professionnelles qui diffèrent de celles des Québécois. De nombreuses recherches ont été réalisées sur l'immigration, mais les études sur le parcours migratoire qui considèrent le contexte du pays d'origine et le contexte du pays d'arrivée comme un continuum sont plus rares. Cette étude exploratoire a pour objectif de saisir les cheminements d'études et professionnels de travailleuses qualifiées en contexte migratoire entre la Colombie et le Québec. Il s'agira d’identifier les moments clés qui ont jalonné et facilité ces cheminements. Nous avons mobilisé le paradigme du parcours de vie pour comprendre les trajectoires d'études et professionnelles des femmes colombiennes. Nous avons utilisé ce paradigme pour interpréter les données résultant de quatorze entretiens menés avec des immigrantes colombiennes qualifiées à Montréal. Nous avons ensuite analysé les résultats selon leur contenu thématique, pour conclure qu’il y avait chez les femmes interrogées, plusieurs éléments clés qui ont facilité leurs trajectoires d'études et professionnelles de la Colombie jusqu'au Québec. L’analyse du discours met en évidence le fait que le réseau familial en Colombie ont une portée sur ces trajectoires tout aussi significative que le rôle de l'État au Québec en l’absence du réseau social perdu lors de la migration. Le support du conjoint reste constant dans les deux contextes. Le caractère exploratoire de notre étude ne permet pas de généraliser ces résultats, mais il reste que ce mémoire invite à élargir le regard sur cet objet trop peu étudié en sociologie que sont les trajectoires d'études et professionnelles de travailleuses qualifiées issues de l'immigration, trajectoires appréhendées comme un continuum entre les deux sociétés. / Each year, a large number of immigrants arrive in the greater Montreal area. Among them, we find skilled workers who often return to higher education to enter the Quebec job market. This category of immigration have academic and professional experiences that differ from those of Quebec. Many studies have been carried out on immigration, but studies on the migratory journey that consider the context of the country of origin and the context of the country of arrival as a continuum are rarer. This exploratory study aims to understand the evolution of academic and professional experiences throughout the migratory trajectory in two contrasting contexts, Colombia on the one hand and Quebec on the other, and to identify the key moments that facilitated these experiences. We used the life course paradigm to better understand the academic and professional experiences of Colombian women. We used this paradigm to interpret the data from fourteen interviews conducted with Colombian immigrant women in Montreal in the category of skilled workers. We then analyzed the results according to their thematic content, to conclude that there were several key elements among the interviewed women that facilitated their academic and professional experiences from Colombia to Quebec. Discourse analysis highlights the fact that the social network in Colombia has a bearing on these trajectories that are just as significant as the role of the state in Quebec in the absence of the social network lost during migration. Spousal support remains constant in both contexts. The exploratory nature of our study does not allow us to generalize these results, but the fact remains that this thesis invites us to broaden our view of this subject that is too little studied in sociology, namely the study of the academic and professional experiences of Colombian women in the category of skilled workers throughout their migratory trajectory as a continuum between two societies.

Divers acteurs éducatifs dénoncent une baisse du niveau des élèves des écoles primaires en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) au cours de la dernière décennie. Certains parlent de « déliquescence qualitative » (Mokonzi, 2015, p. 5) et évoquent le vieillissement du corps enseignant comme une des causes de cette baisse de niveau. Ce jugement sans base factuelle a été l’élément déclencheur de notre recherche. Celle-ci vise à déterminer l’effet de l’ancienneté professionnelle des enseignants sur les performances des élèves et à identifier les autres facteurs susceptibles de les influencer dans les écoles primaires en RDC. En nous référant à la modélisation de Huberman (1989) qui divise la carrière enseignante en cinq phases, nous analysons l’effet de l’ancienneté professionnelle sur les performances des élèves en RDC. Notre étude s’appuie sur les données recueillies lors de l’évaluation internationale PASEC2019 à laquelle 14 pays, dont la RDC, ont participé. Le sous-échantillon de la RDC est constitué de 4380 élèves de 6e année, inscrits dans 246 écoles, et de 1844 enseignantes et enseignants. Les analyses de variance et de régression linéaire multiple révèlent qu’il existe une association statistiquement significative entre l’ancienneté professionnelle du personnel enseignant et les résultats des élèves aux tests de lecture et de mathématiques. Plus précisément, l’ancienneté exerce un effet positif au début de la carrière, mais celui-ci diminue progressivement à partir de la septième année et disparait quasiment dans les dernières années de la carrière. / Over the last decade, various key actors in the educational sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have decried the decline or degradation of learning outcomes among primary school pupils in the country. For some, one of the causes of this “qualitative deliquescence” (Mokonzi, 2015, p. 5) is the ageing of the teaching staff. This critique, though without factual basis, is the trigger for this research. Its aim is to determine the effects of teachers’ years of professional experience (professional age) on pupils’ academic performance, and to identify other factors likely to influence this performance in primary schools in the DRC. With reference to Huberman's (1989) modeling, which divides the teaching career into five phases, we analyzed data collected during the international PASEC2019 evaluation, in which 14 countries, including the DRC, participated. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s subsample consisted of 4380 pupils of grade 6 enrolled in 246 schools, and 1844 teachers. The analysis of variance and multiple linear regression revealed that there is a statistically significant association between teachers' years of professional experience and students’ performance in reading and in mathematics. Specifically, the number of years of professional experience has a positive effect at the beginning of a teacher’s career but this effect decreases progressively from the seventh year and practically disappears during the last years of the career.