This research investigates drama teaching practice in New Zealand primary and secondary schools, through a case-based qualitative inquiry into the practice of six experienced drama teachers. The study reveals that whilst drama education is couched within the Arts learning area of the national curriculum, the educational philosophy enacted by participants encompasses a broad vision for drama education, which extends learning beyond a technical knowledge of theatre and theatre-making towards the domains of social and personal meaning-making and emancipatory knowledge. Explored through the lenses of Artist and Co-artist, the study identifies the socio-cultural nature of the practice of these teachers. Teachers’ artistry is revealed through creative use of drama tools and processes to create aesthetically-rich learning experiences. The significance of relational pedagogy to teaching and learning in these drama classrooms is also examined within the study. Teachers’ accounts reveal the ways they seek to develop interpersonal relationships with and between students, and establish ensemble-based approaches to learning in drama. As co-artists, participants employ pedagogies that empower students to actively participate in a community of drama practice, intentionally developing students’ capacities for collaboration, creativity and critical thinking, while discovering and developing their artistic-aesthetic capabilities. These teachers share power with students through acts of negotiation, creating dialogic learning opportunities in order to develop student agency as artists and citizens. Attempts to navigate tensions that arise due to increased performativity pressures on teachers and to avoid prescriptive and technocratic delivery of drama curriculum are also explored. In-depth interviews were conducted with participants to discover the complexities of their teaching practice, the philosophy of drama education they hold, and the decisions they make in curriculum content and pedagogy. Observations of classroom practice were also undertaken, along with an analysis of planning documents and an interview with their students. The study provides six rich case studies of drama practice in New Zealand schools, contributing to local and international understandings of enacted drama education within school settings. Implications for educational policy, curriculum design, classroom practice and teacher education arise from this investigation.

The research by Lithuanian and foreign scientists justify the fact that instructional communication becomes a topical objective in the teacher-students’ professional self-development. Instructional communication is defined as a complex integral phenomenon, the most significant part of teacher’s activity, joining together all other activities into the whole and having an impact on pupil’s and teacher’s interaction, success of the self-developmental process. Teacher’s informative-communicative, perceptive, interactive skills of instructional communication perform a multifunctional role in pupils’ self-developmental process, while designing their world of values, motivating them to learn all life long, embed the attitudes of humanism, democracy, etc. Scientific literature data and legal documents‘ analysis substantiate theoretically the development of student-teachers’ instructional communication topical and points out the problem of its insufficient research. The aim of the research is to reveal peculiarities and dynamics of student‘s and teachers‘ instructional communication in the study process. The data of the empirical research revealed and substantiated prerequisites for student-teachers’ self-development of instructional communication skills: one’s self-determination to become a teacher, interpersonal relationship in a study group, carrying out practical tasks under the guidance of competent supervisors in particular. The integration of theoretical knowledge on... [to full text] / Lietuvos ir užsienio mokslininkų darbai pagrindžia, kad pedagoginis bendravimas – aktualus siekinys būsimųjų mokytojų profesiniame ugdyme(si). Pedagoginis bendravimas apibrėžiamas kaip sudėtingas integruotas reiškinys, svarbiausia mokytojo veiklos dalis, jungianti į visumą visas kitas veiklas bei lemianti mokinio ir mokytojo sąveiką, ugdymo(si) proceso sėkmingumą. Mokytojo pedagoginio bendravimo informaciniai-komunikaciniai, percepciniai, interakciniai gebėjimai atlieka polifunkcinį vaidmenį mokinių ugdymo(si) procese, kuriant vertybinį pasaulį, motyvuojant mokymąsi visą gyvenimą, įtvirtina humaniškumo, demokratiškumo nuostatas ir kt. Darbe mokslinės literatūros analize aktualizuota būsimųjų mokytojų pedagoginio bendravimo ugdymo(si) aukštojoje mokykloje nepakankamo mokslinio ištyrimo problema, todėl išsikeltas tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti būsimųjų mokytojų pedagoginio bendravimo ypatumus ir dinamiką studijų procese. Remiantis empirinio tyrimo rezultatais atskleistos ir pagrįstos būsimųjų mokytojų pedagoginio bendravimo gebėjimų ugdymo(si) prielaidos: pasiryžimas dirbti mokytoju, tarpasmeniniai santykiai studijų grupėje, savarankiškos praktinės užduotys konsultuojant kompetentingiems vadovams. Taip pat pagrįstas integruoto pedagoginio bendravimo ugdymo pozityvus poveikis studentams: jų profesiniam (stiprėjantis apsisprendimas būti mokytoju), dalykiniam (sąmoningas siekis gilesnio dalykinio išprusimo) apsisprendimui, tarpasmeninių santykių grupėje dinamikai ir kt.

In Ireland, formal mentoring as a mechanism for supporting student learning in the Teaching Practice (TP) phase of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is at a developmental stage. The Irish Government appears to support mentoring initiatives in ITE, however, there is little evidence of a clear policy on student teacher learning, and the role of mentoring within it. This study investigates physical education teacher education (PETE) student learning on TP within a community of practice framework. Currently, the process of informal mentoring of PETE students during TP is undertaken by untrained cooperating teachers (CTs) as an unacknowledged gesture of goodwill. This has implications for the quality of PETE student learning during TP and became the subject of this research. Employing a range of qualitative data collection methods, this study focused on one umbrella case study (Greendale University, schools and PETE students) and five individual case studies: tetrads of PETE student, CT, university tutor (UT) and school principal (SP) during one academic year. PETE student learning was investigated from the perspectives of each member of the tetrad and data collected were analysed using grounded theory. Findings from this research concluded that (a) untrained CTs were unsuitable mentors and (b) untrained UTs were inappropriate tutors for PETE students as they both needed teaching expertise, a positive disposition and adequate training to embrace their respective roles. The study also found that within TP, there was a perceived lack of parity between the schools and university, with SPs feeling excluded and taken for granted by the university. This often led to open hostility between CTs and UTs, who were unclear about their respective TP roles. The combination of these factors resulted in PETE students learning the powerful hidden curriculum of TP which encouraged them to learn pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in an unsupported and often isolated manner.

This study used Activity Theory (AT) as a lens to explore how administrative and academic activity systems worked in a university, in schools and in the university-school partnership to support Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Saudi Arabia. It examined the perspectives of partnership coordinators, university tutors, head teachers, cooperating teachers and student teachers involved in the ITE partnership programme at Umm Alqura University. The study was conducted under the umbrella of the interpretive paradigm. Case study was used as the methodology of the study. The study employed multiple methods of data collection: questionnaire, interviews and documentary evidence. Maximum variation sampling was used to select the participants to take part in the current study. The total number of the whole sample with all sub-groups was 187. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with volunteer interviewees. The study yielded various findings. Participants’ expectations were influenced by their history and background. In addition, student teachers were supported in learning about teaching in the university, school and through the partnership between school and university. However, different kinds of challenges were identified. These included: extreme centralisation in running the partnership activity system, lack of awareness of the importance of the partnership and of the need to address contradictory points of view about teaching and learning to teach in a constructive way. These challenges were symptoms of unresolved contradictions inherent in the partnership activity system. Despite these contradictions, many opportunities for professional development were highlighted by all partners. Using AT as an analytical tool, several implications for all partners were identified. The study concluded with the idea that for effective teacher education, not only is it important to understand the interaction between university and school but also how, within each, administrative and academic activity sub-systems operate and interact. This is because clear understanding of all aspects of the academic and administrative elements of the partnership, and of their relationship, is essential for a successful teacher education.

This study measured and explored changes in perceptions of the roles and responsibilities of the library media specialist when the level of collaboration increased. Seven library media specialists targeted four members of their educational communities with whom to increase collaborative activities. Before and after the collaboration began, the library media specialists, the teachers with whom they chose to collaborate, other members from the same educational community, and a control group that did not participate in increased collaboration were given a roles and responsibilities rank-order form. This form was used to measure changes in perceptions regarding the importance of the three roles and selected responsibilities related to the three roles before and after the collaborative experience. The library media specialists and the targeted teachers also kept reflection logs to record factors that enhanced collaboration, factors that inhibited collaboration, and any changes in their teaching style as a result of the collaborative experience. Results indicate that the participating library media specialists themselves experienced the most change. Role identification remains a problem as library media specialists seek to become teaching partners with classroom teachers yet still must keep the library media center aligned with school and district goals and move toward making it an information center that provides information resources for all members of the educational community in an effective, efficient and timely manner. Major enhancers to increased collaboration included flexible scheduling of the library, sharing ideas and resources, partnership in teaching, and student achievement. Major inhibitors included time, wanting to keep things the way they were, and lack of resources. Changes in teaching practice included working with another professional instead of in isolation, integrating many resources into the lesson to provide for the learning needs of all students, the incorporation of technology into the lesson, and an awareness of the roles of both library media specialists and teachers.

Notre travail de thèse porte sur la pratique enseignante. Nous étudions plus particulièrement la cohérence discursive des savoirs tout au long d’une séquence d’enseignement de physique intégrant les TICE. L’étude est conduite en classe de terminale scientifique et porte sur l’enseignement de l’électricité. L’étude de cas s’appuie sur des éléments théoriques utilisés dans les recherches en didactique (modélisation, registres sémiotiques, discours multimodal, approche communicative), comme elle propose des développements de certains concepts (inscription, concept importé de l’anthropologie des sciences). De même, l’étude propose des développements méthodologiques pour l’analyse de la cohérence discursive de l’enseignant et des inscriptions, et les interactions entre elles. Nous avons proposé une distinction entre quatre catégories de cohérence discursive dans la transmission du savoir (expansion, réduction, auto-reformulation et répétition). De même, nous avons distingué les inscriptions réalisées par l’enseignant en deux natures différentes ; elles complètent les potentialités du logiciel utilisé par l’enseignant. / Our work deals with the teaching practice. We are particularly interested in the discursive coherence of knowledge in a “natural” physics teaching sequence in electricity involving ICT. The study is conducted at the grade 12 (Terminale in France) in science class.The case study is based on theoretical elements used in science education (modeling, semiotic registers, multimodal discourse and communicative approach), it offers some conceptual development (inscription: imported from the anthropology of science). The study also proposes methodological developments for the analysis of discursive coherence of teachers and of inscriptions, and the interactions between them.We have suggested a distinction of four types of discursive coherence in the transmission of knowledge (expansion, reduction, self-reformulation and repetition). We also distinguish between two types of the inscriptions made by the teacher; they complement the potential of the software used by the teacher.

Orientador: Elianeth Dias Kanthack Hernandes / Resumo: A leitura constitui prática reconhecidamente valorizada no âmbito da sociedade, uma vez que sua utilização remete a maior possibilidade de participação em diferentes esferas sociais. Portanto, saber ler vai muito além de saber a pronúncia das letras e a decodificação de sílabas. Por sua função social, o domínio das capacidades de leitura é uma questão de cidadania, pois possibilita a capacidade criadora e o posicionamento crítico diante da complexidade do mundo no qual estamos inseridos. Outro ponto de destaque para a pesquisa que originou este trabalho é o entendimento de que a escola é a agência por excelência de veiculação e produção desses conhecimentos. Sendo assim, ela desempenha um papel de extrema importância no processo de aquisição da leitura, e deve sempre buscar o desenvolvimento leitor de seus alunos, de forma plena, por intermédio das tematizações das práticas sociais de leitura e escrita proporcionadas no contexto escolar. Nesta perspectiva, este estudo está centrado no tema da formação de alunos leitores e das práticas de professores alfabetizadores que são destinadas a esta formação. O ensino da leitura, por muitas décadas, foi baseado em métodos caracterizados pelo progresso passo a passo, ou seja, decorava-se o alfabeto, soletrava-se, decodificavam-se palavras isoladas, frases e por fim textos. O estudo partiu do pressuposto que este é um caminho que se distancia das concepções sobre o ensino da leitura defendidas por autores: Ferreiro e Teberosky (1999), S... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Reading is a recognised practice within society, as its use refers to the greater possibility of participation in different social spheres. Therefore, knowing how to read goes far beyond knowing the pronunciation of letters and the decoding of syllables. Due to its social function, the mastery of reading skills is a matter of citizenship, since it enables the creative capacity and critical positioning in the face of the complexity of the world in which we are inserted. Another highlight of the research that originated this work is the understanding that the school is the agency par excellence for conveying and producing this knowledge. Therefore, it plays an extremely important role in the process of acquisition of reading, and should always seek the reader development of its students, fully, through the themes of social practices of reading and writing provided in the school context. From this perspective, this study is centred on the subject of the training of student readers and the practices of literacy teachers that are intended for this training. The teaching of reading, for many decades, was based on methods characterised by step-by-step progress, i.e. decorating the alphabet, spelling, decoding individual words, sentences and finally texts. The study was based on the assumption that this is a path that distances itself from the conceptions about the teaching of reading advocated by authors: Ferreiro and Teberosky (1999), Smith (2003), Cadermatori (2006), Freire (2011)... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Orientador: Vânia de Fátima Martino / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo a prática dos orientadores educacionais das escolas de Educação Básica (Educação Infantil – Fase I e II e Ensino Fundamental-1º ao 5º ano) da rede municipal de Franca/SP, buscando investigar a atuação desses profissionais e sua consonância com os documentos, teorias, legislações e orientações oficiais que regem a prática pedagógica desses especialistas da educação, no município em questão. O orientador educacional (OrE), ao lado do diretor, do coordenador pedagógico, do pedagogo e do pedagogo da Sala de Recursos Multifuncionais, faz parte da equipe gestora das escolas municipais de Franca/SP. Partimos do pressuposto de que a atuação do orientador educacional é muito importante no contexto escolar, visto que seu papel deve estar direcionado para a formação integral do aluno, contribuindo com seu desenvolvimento cognitivo, social e emocional, ajudando o professor a compreender a realidade das crianças e atuando também como um elo entre escola-família-comunidade. Para tal investigação, optamos como escolha metodológica a abordagem qualitativa e um estudo analítico-descritivo. As fontes para o tratamento do objeto foram bibliográficas, documentais e a pesquisa de campo. A partir da revisão bibliográfica sobre a Orientação Educacional (OE), apresentamos a trajetória histórica desta profissão no Brasil, assim como alguns conceitos e abordagens dos principais teóricos sobre o tema, dentre eles: Heloísa Lück, José Carlos Libâneo, Mirian Grinspu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study the practice of educational counselors on the Basic Education (Preschool - Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten- as well as Elementary School - 1st to 5th grade) schools of the municipal network of Franca/SP. It also seek to investigate the performance of these professionals and their consonance with the documents, theories, laws and official guidelines that govern the pedagogical practice of these education specialists in this county. The educational advisor, along with the director, pedagogical coordinator, pedagogue and pedagogue of the Multifunctional Resources Room, is part of the management team of the municipal schools of Franca/SP. It was assumed that the role of the educational supervisor is very important in the school context, since his role should be directed towards the integral formation of the student, contributing to his cognitive, social and emotional development, besides to help the teacher to understand the reality of the children and acting as a link between school-family-community. For this investigation, it was chosen as methodological choice the qualitative approach and a descriptive analytical study. The sources for the treatment of the object were bibliographical, documentary and field research. From the bibliographic review on Educational Guidance (OE), we present the historical trajectory of this profession in Brazil, as well as some concepts and approaches of the main theoreticians on the subject, among them: H... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

[pt] Esta dissertação tem como objetivo identificar e discutir elementos do imaginário tecnológico vivenciado por professores, tendo em vista analisar como este atravessa as práticas pedagógicas e as relações que os docentes estabelecem com os alunos, no contexto da cultura digital. O trabalho busca captar a percepção que professores têm da atividade docente face às supostas mudanças pelas quais vem passando a profissão, em tempos de massificação do acesso às tecnologias digitais. Tem como principal referência teórica as contribuições das teorias da cultura digital e do mito da digitalização para pensar o imaginário tecnológico. Estas acepções estão alocadas no campo dos estudos de mídia de orientação filosófica que participam de uma perspectiva pós-metafísica. A pesquisa, de caráter qualitativo, teve por base a realização de entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas, seguindo a lógica do sistema de rede para a seleção dos entrevistados. Foram entrevistados quinze professores de Ensino Médio, atuantes, em sua maioria, em escolas estaduais de formação docente, localizadas na cidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os resultados indicam que o imaginário tecnológico partilhado por estes profissionais apresenta aspectos do mito da digitalização, no interior do qual prevalece a percepção de que há um maior distanciamento entre gerações na conjuntura da cultura digital e a concepção de que os jovens são experts na utilização de tecnologias, frente a adultos pouco qualificados nesse âmbito. Foi também identificada uma maior freqüência de uso social das tecnologias por parte dos professores, em comparação a inserção das mesmas em sua prática pedagógica. Além de questões como a precária infraestrutura da escola, formação insuficiente para a utilização das tecnologias e a falta de tempo, o imaginário tecnológico parece ser também um fator que incide sobre o baixo uso das tecnologias em sala de aula. / [en] This paper aims at pointing out and discussing elements of the technological imaginary experienced by teachers and analyze its implications on teaching practices and on the relationships that teachers establish with the students in a digital culture. It also attempts to grasp the teachers conception of how their profession supposedly has been changing in face of a massification of the access to technology and digital Medias. This dissertation has as its main theoretical foundation Digital Culture and the myth of digital culture theories and their contribution to understanding the Technological Imaginary. These theories are placed among philosophically oriented Media studies, which belong to a postmetaphysical perspective. The empirical research consisted of semi-structured interviews with 15 high school teachers in Rio de Janeiro, mostly from State Schools where high school students are granted a license to be a Junior School teacher. Results suggest that the Technological Imaginary shared by these professionals includes the myth of digital culture, which in turn implies a belief that there is a greater distance between generations in the context of a digital culture and that the young master the new media technologies, whereas adults have little understanding of them. The study also discovered that the teachers use technologies to engage in social use more frequently than for pedagogical purposes. Even beyond the poor infrastructure of schools, little instruction in the use of technologies and lack of viable time to implement such resources in their range of teaching practices, this Technological Imaginary seems to be a factor in the low use of technologies in classrooms.

[pt] Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar quais são as adaptações que estão ocorrendo na organização da prática docente de uma escola com bons resultados acadêmicos (pelos atuais sistemas de avaliação nacional), a partir das mudanças implantadas pelas políticas curriculares da Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Rio de Janeiro (SME/RJ). Buscamos especialmente investigar como os docentes estão interpretando tais mudanças no contexto escolar e suas percepções quanto aos efeitos das iniciativas. Como referencial teórico-metodológico, buscamos o Ciclo de Políticas, elaborado por Stephen Ball e colaboradores (1994), para compreender o processo de formulação da nova orientação curricular da SME/RJ a partir do contexto de influências em que está inserida. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa em uma escola municipal do Rio de Janeiro, utilizando a observação direta em sala de aula e nas reuniões pedagógicas, além de entrevistas e questionários com professores e equipe gestora da escola. De uma forma geral, as mudanças refletem ênfase em uma cultura performática e entre os principais achados da pesquisa, percebe-se uma aceitação do estabelecimento de um currículo unificado, pouca resistência à metodologia diretiva da proposta e uma recontextualização das estratégias implantadas, a partir da crença sobre educação que os professores trazem consigo e da concepção pedagógica a partir da qual construíram sua experiência docente. / [en] This research had as its objective to analyze what are the adaptations that are taking place in the organization of teaching practices in a school with good academic results (as indicated by current national assessments), since changes were deployed by the curriculum policies of the Municipal Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro (SME/RJ). We especially investigated how teachers are interpreting such changes in the school context and their perceptions regarding the effects of these initiatives. As a theoretical-methodological framework, we choose the Policy Cycle Approach, developed by Stephen Ball and his colleagues (1994), to understand the process of formulating the new curriculum guidelines of the SME / RJ from the context in which it is inserted. The research had a qualitative approach, using a direct observation in classroom and educational school meetings, besides that, we used interviews and questionnaires with teachers and the school management team. In general, the implemented changes in policies emphasize a performance practice. Furthermore, among the research key findings, we found an acceptance of the establishment of a unified curriculum, little resistance to the proposed policy methodology and a reconceptualization of the implemented strategies, based on the teachers’ conceptions and views about education and the pedagogical approach from which they built their teaching experience.