A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Education in the Department Educational Planning & Administration at the University of Zululand, 2017 / This investigation studied the challenges faced by the School Management Teams in promoting quality teaching and learning. The outcry of unsatisfied and demotivated educators and the poor academic performance of learners that is experienced as a result of challenges faced by SMTs in their daily function of school management, administration and leadership prompted me to conduct this investigation. Most South African schools, particularly the state schools perform poorly. It is believed that this study will alert the stakeholders in the education fraternity about challenges encountered and contributions each stakeholder has to make to help remedy the situation. The interpretive paradigm was used and the research design was qualitative. I generated data by means of literature reviewed and empirical research. The multi-case or multiple collective case study method was used for data collection. Data gathering techniques used were the semi-structured interviews for both individuals (school principals) and Focus Groups (all other SMTs excluding the principal), observation, documents and artefacts. Three data gathering techniques were used in order to ascertain credibility and trustworthiness of the results. The tools used were the Interview Schedule, Observation Checklist, Field Notes Pads, and the Voice Recorder. The research covers areas which include problems encountered by SMTs that result in poor academic performance, the role of the SMTs in promoting quality teaching and learning, and measures to employ in solving problems encountered. The findings indicated that some practices and policies of the department of education, uncommitted employees and the lack of full involvement of stakeholders, particularly parents and learners, affect academic results. Urban, township and rural schools are all challenged, but the complexity of problems encountered varied, as did the performance standard. Recommendations made include reviewing departmental policies and practices, giving incentives to hardworking employees, and the need for stakeholders to join hands in supporting teaching and learning in South Africa.

For several years, the use of translation and specifically Machine Translation - including Free Online Machine Translation (FOMT) tools - in L2 curricula has been the subject of ongoing debate. Even though the use of such tools is commonly discouraged in L2 classrooms by educators, the persistence of English as a second language (ESL) students in utilizing the tools has inspired many scholars to investigate whether it is helpful to develop effective strategies that transform FOMT into a teaching/learning tool in the ESL/English for specific purposes (ESP) classroom. Specifically, scholars have examined how FOMT can impact or enhance the writing quality of ESL students' compositions in terms of coherence and cohesion. In line with the same research interests, this project examined ESL students' typical coherence/cohesion challenges in academic writing at an Ontario post-secondary institution offering courses in French. The study explored the writing behaviours, such as the use of technologies including FOMT, that influence these challenges. In addition, this project sought to ascertain whether ESL students can be trained to better achieve coherence/cohesion in academic writing and how this training affects their writing behaviours, with particular attention to the use of technologies such as FOMT. In doing so, the study employed a mixed-methods research design and collected survey data, writing samples and screen recordings from 6 high-intermediate-level ESL students. Survey data was also collected from 23 ESL instructors about ESL students' practices, including tool use. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the students and 3 instructors who evaluated the writing samples. Based on the survey results, all the students demonstrated a positive attitude toward FOMT tools, and 5 students used the tools during the writing process in this project. In contrast, the instructors reported divided opinions about such tools for ESL writing purposes. The results showed that instructions can assist students with improving their text quality in terms of coherence and cohesion. As well, based on the results, FOMT can assist the students in constructing their texts during the writing process. The results demonstrated that this assistance can also have a subsequent positive impact on the coherence and cohesion levels in the produced texts.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Paula Graciano Pereira - 2013.pdf: 6654770 bytes, checksum: 65d371e134fb77d92b067d52e31a0a9e (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-30 / This study focuses on pre-service English teachers’ education under critical and socialhistorical- cultural perspectives throughout the course of supervised practicum. The main goal of this research is to understand the meanings the participants build about teaching English as a carrier. It also aims at identifying and analyzing the senses attributed by the participants to the English language and its teaching-learning, as well as identifying and analyzing the participants’ perceptions of teaching English as a carrier. This research was held during the first semester of 2010, at Universidade Federal do Tocantins, and had the participation of two student-teachers at their last term at Letras Portuguese- English course. A qualitative approach was adopted to collect and to analyze the data in this case study. The data were obtained by means of a questionnaires, interviews, observation, field notes, audio and video recording and written tasks done by the participants. The data were then analyzed under the conceptions of socio-historicalcultural theory and Critical Applied Linguistics. Amongst the conclusions found, we observed that the participants present varied and many times contradictory conceptions, postures and attitudes towards their perceptions of the English language, its teachinglearning and what it means to be an English teacher nowadays. For the studentsteachers, the English language can assume different meanings, with emphasis on those regarding its relations with the market, globalization and cultural imperialism. The role English can assume as a social inclusion or exclusion factor was also highlighted by the participants. Another conclusion we arrived at concerns the meanings attributed to teaching English as a carrier and the choice for this profession, which is perceived by the participants as a complex and tiresome carrier, with low social and financial acknowledgement. However, on the other hand, it was also pinpointed that it is a very important profession for the construction of a fairer and more equalitarian society. / Este estudo tem como foco a formação inicial de professores de inglês, na disciplina de estágio supervisionado, sob a ótica das perspectivas crítica e sócio-histórico-cultural. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa é compreender os sentidos que os participantes constroem acerca da docência em Língua Inglesa (LI). Para isso, procuramos identificar e analisar os sentidos atribuídos, pelos participantes, à LI e ao ensino-aprendizagem da LI, bem como identificar e analisar as percepções dos participantes com relação ao exercício da docência em LI. Adotando uma abordagem qualitativa de coleta e análise dos dados, este estudo de caso foi conduzido no primeiro semestre de 2010, na Universidade Federal do Tocantins, e contou com a participação de dois alunosprofessores no último período do curso de licenciatura em Letras Português-Inglês. Os dados, obtidos por meio da utilização de questionário, entrevistas, observações, notas de campo, gravações em áudio e vídeo e produções escritas realizadas pelos participantes, foram analisados à luz de estudos sobre a teoria sócio-histórico-cultural e seus desdobramentos teóricos e sobre a Linguística Aplicada Crítica. Entre as conclusões obtidas, observamos que os participantes apresentam concepções, posturas e atitudes variadas e, muitas vezes, contraditórias no que diz respeito às suas percepções sobre a língua inglesa, o ensino-aprendizagem de inglês e o que significa ser professor de inglês na contemporaneidade. Para os alunos-professores, a língua inglesa pode assumir diferentes sentidos, enfatizando-se os concernentes às suas relações com o mercado, com a globalização e com a colonização cultural e, sobretudo, à sua atuação como fator de inclusão ou de exclusão social dos indivíduos. Outra conclusão observada recai sobre os sentidos atribuídos à docência em língua inglesa e à escolha da profissão professor, que é percebida pelos participantes como carreira complexa, desgastante e com pouco prestígio e reconhecimento social e financeiro, mas muito importante na construção de uma sociedade mais justa e igualitária.

The aim of this study was fourfold. Firstly the nature of training for Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills had to be determined. Secondly, the outcomes for Life Skills training for Foundation Phase student teachers had to be ascertained. Thirdly, effective teaching-learning methods for training had to be identified to achieve outcomes in the most effective way. New methods of presentation and assessment had to be exploited to address the new challenge of reduced contact time. Lastly, the nature of Life Skills training at other higher teaching institutions in South Africa had to be determined so that general outcomes and guidelines for effective training of Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills could be established. A literature study was done to determine the nature of Life Skills for Foundation Phase student teachers. Four outcomes were identified were identified from this study, namely health promotion, promotion of the environment, development of human potential and the promotion of moral, cultural and religious values as main components of Life Skills. In addition a literature study was done on effective teaching-learning methods which should be applied to ensure effective Life Skills training for student teachers. The four most important components or essential features that should be considered during the facilitation of Life Skills for Foundation Phase student teachers, namely the lecturer, student, learning environment as well as the aim of teaching, including teaching content and assessment were set out. After questionnaires regarding the nature of training for Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills were sent to institutions for higher education and the responses were statistically analysed, it was possible to make a number of findings and recommendations. From the empirical research it became clear that the identified outcomes were also valued and applied by lecturers at other institutions for higher education. Furthermore, it became apparent that active teaching learning-methods and self-regulated learning are valued as important aspects of effective teacher training. Skills should not only be practised during contact sessions, but learning environments should be extended. It should include a variety of contexts like community service, practical teaching experience at schools under supervision of mentors as well exposure to diverse and multicultural teaching learning-environments. By effective planning and organising, it is possible for lecturers to guide students to become self regulated and effective learners within the context of reduced contact time. / Thesis (M. Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

The aim of this study was fourfold. Firstly the nature of training for Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills had to be determined. Secondly, the outcomes for Life Skills training for Foundation Phase student teachers had to be ascertained. Thirdly, effective teaching-learning methods for training had to be identified to achieve outcomes in the most effective way. New methods of presentation and assessment had to be exploited to address the new challenge of reduced contact time. Lastly, the nature of Life Skills training at other higher teaching institutions in South Africa had to be determined so that general outcomes and guidelines for effective training of Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills could be established. A literature study was done to determine the nature of Life Skills for Foundation Phase student teachers. Four outcomes were identified were identified from this study, namely health promotion, promotion of the environment, development of human potential and the promotion of moral, cultural and religious values as main components of Life Skills. In addition a literature study was done on effective teaching-learning methods which should be applied to ensure effective Life Skills training for student teachers. The four most important components or essential features that should be considered during the facilitation of Life Skills for Foundation Phase student teachers, namely the lecturer, student, learning environment as well as the aim of teaching, including teaching content and assessment were set out. After questionnaires regarding the nature of training for Foundation Phase student teachers in Life Skills were sent to institutions for higher education and the responses were statistically analysed, it was possible to make a number of findings and recommendations. From the empirical research it became clear that the identified outcomes were also valued and applied by lecturers at other institutions for higher education. Furthermore, it became apparent that active teaching learning-methods and self-regulated learning are valued as important aspects of effective teacher training. Skills should not only be practised during contact sessions, but learning environments should be extended. It should include a variety of contexts like community service, practical teaching experience at schools under supervision of mentors as well exposure to diverse and multicultural teaching learning-environments. By effective planning and organising, it is possible for lecturers to guide students to become self regulated and effective learners within the context of reduced contact time. / Thesis (M. Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

There are various factors that accounting educators should consider when involved in accounting education. These include: A continuous changing business environment; A new generation of learners studying at universities; A lack of skills among learners; Accounting educators resisting changes in accounting education; and The requirements for continuing professional education. From the literature it seems that much research has been done in the field of accounting education, but that it did not find practical application in the classroom. It is therefore necessary to think creatively in order to find practical solutions for the challenges facing both lecturers and facilitators. In the study the following elements of the teaching-learning environment were identified: Learners; The lecturer/facilitator; The milieu; The subject content (including technical content and competencies); and the Teaching methodology. Each of these elements were investigated during the research in order to identify factors from literature that could be included in an improved teaching plan. As part of the plan (methodology) a board game "Commercium™" was developed to meet the requirements of the teaching-learning environment. The board game was evaluated by first year learners at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. The evaluation proved to be very positive. The learners indicated that technical skills, understanding of the roles of the accountant, soft skills as well as knowledge of the subject content improved as a result. What should especially be noted is their positive reaction due to the fact that the game simulated the business environment and linked theory to practice. They also enjoyed the social and group work aspects of the assignment. The learners further had a general positive attitude towards the game. The highest evaluated positive experiences were described as good, exciting and fresh. On the negative side words such as unhappy, uncomfortable and tensed were recorded. The learners were thus required to move outside their comfort zones. Learners were also required to summarise the project in one word. Two thirds of the remarks were positive, with the number one remark being the word "interesting". The largest negative comment was that the project was confusing at the start. This could, however, be addressed in future projects. In conclusion it can thus be said the Commercium™ game meets the requirements of an effective teaching-learning environment by providing an effective teaching methodology. Lecturers now have an empirically proven effective teaching tool for introductory accounting, based on research of the requirements of the teaching-learning environment. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Accounting))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Durante o processo de ensino-aprendizagem-treinamento (EAT), o treinador tem o papel de planejar e conduzir as atividades, principalmente no início dessa prática. No Brasil, para que se exerça essa função deve-se obrigatoriamente concluir a formação acadêmica. Especificamente no handebol enfatiza-se as vivências como atleta e profissional na atuação dos treinadores. Ainda notam-se poucos incentivos na formação desses por parte dos órgãos que regulamentam a modalidade esportiva no país, fazendo com que busque-se conhecimentos de forma particular e isolada, os quais podem não condizer com a realidade de seus ambientes profissionais. Com isso este estudo buscou compreender a atuação dos treinadores das categorias de base de handebol no Brasil, o que eles esperam de seus jogadores diante diferentes contextos e de como ensinam. Para isso realizou-se uma revisão sistemática acerca da temática, seguida da entrevista com treinadores das diferentes categorias de base do handebol no estado de São Paulo. Na tabulação e interpretação dos dados foi utilizado o método do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). Na revisão sistemática identificou-se a necessidade de pesquisas que visem compreender a atuação dos treinadores do handebol brasileiro, principalmente nas categorias de base, uma vez que os trabalhos encontrados são predominantemente originários dos países europeus e/ou com treinadores experiente e que realizam seu trabalho com equipes adultas. Quanto à atuação dos treinadores de handebol nas categorias de base observou-se que os conteúdos exigidos pelos treinadores quando trabalhando suas equipes na fase defensiva e na fase ofensiva leva em consideração o processo maturacional e o tempo de vivência no handebol, porém ao analisarmos como são ensinados os conteúdos esperados, os discursos expressaram que o trabalho realizado pauta-se no ensino exclusivo de conteúdos específicos do handebol, o que não corresponde às demandas apresentadas em cada faixa etária, principalmente nas mais jovens. Conclui-se que no trabalho com as categorias de base do estado de São Paulo preocupa-se com a especificação da prática ao invés de diversificação, o que contrapõe os apontamentos feitos pela literatura de que esse tipo de treinamento pode levar os jogadores a praticarem o handebol de forma específica, existindo a possibilidade de conduzir os praticantes à especialização esportiva precoce. / In the Teaching-Learning-Training (TLT) process, coaches must plan and conduct the activities, mainly in the beginning of this practice. In Brazil, it is mandatory to complete the academic formation in order to perform this function. Specifically in handball it is reported that the athlete and professional experiences takes an important role in their professional activities. It is also noted that the Federations and Confederations do not help the coaches in their professional formation, making them seek for knowledge in a particular and isolated way, which may not match with their professional needs. This study look for understanding the youth teams coaches\' performance, what they expect of their players against some scenarios and how they teach those. For this, a systematic review about the theme has been made, followed by an interview with the Sao Paulo state youth team coaches. For the data tabulation and interpretation, it was used the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). In the systematic review has been identified that there is a need for more research with to aim of understanding the coaches performance, mainly with the youth teams coaches, once that the publications about the theme are mostly from european countries and/or with experienced adult teams coaches. Concerning the youth teams coaches performance it was observed that they takes into account the maturational process and the handball experience time as they work their teams in the offensive and defensive phases, but if we analyze the way that they teach it, the discourses express that the activities are based on teaching many specific tasks, which do not correspond to the age needs, mainly in the youngers. It is concluded that Sao Paulo state youth teams work is concerned with the practice specification instead of the diversification, contrasting the literature appointments which says that this type of training may lead the players to a specific way of practice and conduct them to an early sports specialization.

Esta tese discute o processo de transformação e/ou criação dos motivos na atividade de aprendizagem dos futuros licenciados em Matemática durante o desenvolvimento do estágio supervisionado. Neste trabalho, os motivos são compreendidos como os elementos que impulsionam e orientam a ação e nascem das necessidades do sujeito. O pressuposto é que os motivos somente podem ser percebidos nas relações intrínsecas da atividade. Dentro desse contexto, essa pesquisa demonstra que o processo de formação do professor somente permitirá a descoberta do real sentido do trabalho docente a partir do momento que este esteja inserido em uma proposta de educação humanizadora, que supere o caráter alienante dos modelos atuais de formação do professor. Em decorrência disto, a formação docente deve ocorrer de um modo que possibilite aos indivíduos a apropriação da atividade de ensino. Tendo como base os aportes teóricos fornecidos pela abordagem histórico-cultural da psicologia e, em particular, da Teoria da Atividade. A tese, apoiada principalmente nas idéias de Leontiev, Vigotski e Davidov, destaca a atividade e a sua relação com os motivos, aborda a relação entre a atividade de ensino e atividade de aprendizagem como um componente estruturador da prática docente e como elemento de mediação do processo de apropriação do saber universal do homem. O procedimento metodológico utilizado nesta investigação foi o experimento formativo. Este experimento foi organizado e desenvolvido durante um ano letivo com estagiários do curso de licenciatura em Matemática de uma universidade pública brasileira. Os resultados obtidos pela pesquisa indicam para a necessidade de uma organização de processo de formação do docente que permita não somente a vivência da atividade de ensino, mas a reflexão e a tomada de consciência das suas ações possibilitando a superação da alienação do sujeito humano frente a si mesmo. Com isso acreditamos na possibilidade do processo de transformação da docência em atividade para o professor de Matemática. / This thesis discusses the process of transformation and/or creation of motives in the teaching activities of future bachelors in mathematics during the development of supervised training. In this work, the motifs are understood as elements which impulse and orient the action and induce the subjects necessities. Therefore, the motives can only be perceived in the intrinsic relations of the activity. In this context, this research demonstrates that the process of teacher education will only permit the discovery of the real meaning of the teachers work when it is inserted in a humanizing educational proposal, which overcomes the alienating character of actual models of teacher education. Due to this fact, the teachers education should occur in a way that allows the individuals to significantly appropriate the learning activity. Having as basis the theoretical references supplied for the cultural-historical approach and Activity Theory, supported mainly by the ideas of Vigotski, Leontiev and Davidov, the thesis highlights the activity and its relation with the motifs, tackles the relation between teaching activity and learning activity as a component structuring the teaching practice and as an element of mediation in the appropriation process of universal knowledge of man. The methodological procedure used in this investigation was the formative experiment. This experiment was organized and developed during one school year with pre-service mathematics teachers of a public Brazilian university. The results obtained by the research indicate the necessity of an organization of the teachers education process which allows not only the living of the teaching activity, but the reflection and consciousness taken from his actions making possible the overcoming the alienation of the human subject towards himself. With that we believe in a transformation process of teaching into an activity for the individual.

O teatro de Gil Vicente traz em si características de um momento de transição portuguesa, assim é marcado por traços que indicam desde elementos medievais até elementos renascentistas. Dentre estes traços um elemento surge, a religiosidade em sua vertente católica que foi dominante para a cultura européia deste período, com mais ênfase na Península Ibérica. A arte, seja ela literária, pictórica, musical, arquitetônica, dentre outras manifestações, serviu, a esta época, em muitas ocasiões, como suporte de um processo didático-catequético. Os três autos vicentinos selecionados, Auto de Mofina Mendes, Auto da Alma e Auto da Barca do Inferno, que destacam o nascimento, o correr da vida e a morte, caracterizam-se, entre outras funções e possibilidades de leitura, como veículos deste processo de ensino aprendizagem religiosa, conseqüentemente, os mesmos são analisados com o intuito de se estabelecer o diálogo com outra linguagem que também exerceu esta função, a pintura, em suas manifestações medievais, renascentistas, barrocas e flamencas. É importante destacar que este processo de análise se vale de uma metodologia mista calcada em pressupostos teóricos advindos de estudos de Bakthin, de Kristeva, da Literatura Comparada e da Gestalt, uma vez que ainda não há um suporte teórico que se ocupe particularmente deste exercício. / Gil Vicente\'s theater brings in itself features of a moment of transition in the Portuguese literature, so it is marked by traces that indicate elements from medieval unti Renaissance elements. Almong these traits, an element arises, the Catholic religion in its side that has been dominant for the European culture of this period, with more emphasis on the Peninsula Iberica.The art, be it literary, pictural, musical, architectural, among other manifestations, served, at that time, on many occasions, as a support to the teaching process-catequetico. The three selected \"autos vicentinos\", Auto de Mofina Mendes, Auto da Alma and Auto da Barca do Inferno, which highlight the birth, the running of the life and death, are caracterized among other functions and possibilities for reading, as vehicles of this process of teaching religious learning. Therefore, they are reviewed in order to establish a dialogue with another language that also exercises this function, the painting, in its medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and flamenco manifestations. It is important to note that this process of analysis uses a mixed methodology based on theoretical assumptions arising from the studies of Bahktin, Kristeva, Comparative Literature and Gestault, since there isn\'t a theoretical support that studies this particular subject.