<p>Syftet med undersökningen var att ge en bild av hur studenter i en högskoleutbildning på distans upplever sitt lärande. Fokus har lagts på den eventuella kopplingen mellan studenternas yrkeserfarenhet/yrkespraktik och deras lärande i en utbildning. Undersökningen utgår ifrån ett kvalitativt forskningsperspektiv och ett fenomenologiskt synsätt. Den empiriska undersökningen genomfördes i form av intervjuer med fem studenter som utbildar sig till lärare inom förskola och förskoleklass. Intervjuerna bearbetades och analyserades utifrån undersökningens syfte och frågeställningar och utmynnande i ett antal övergripande områden och teman. Resultatet visar att studenterna upplever att yrkeserfarenheten påverkar deras lärande bland annat genom ett praxisnära förhållningssätt och att de ”tänker i arbetet” när de studerar. Studenterna ser många fördelar med att arbeta parallellt med studierna och anser att deras erfarenhet i stor utsträckning tas tillvara i utbildningen. De effekter som studierna upplevs ha fått i yrkespraktiken är framför allt att studenterna kan sätta ord på sitt handlande och reflektera över sitt eget förhållningssätt och den egna verksamheten i större utsträckning än tidigare.</p> / <p>The aim of this study was to describe how distance students in higher education experience learning. The focus of the study is the connection between the students’ professional experience/occupational practice and their learning. The survey is founded on a qualitative research perspective and has a phenomenological approach. The empirical survey was carried out through interviews with five students who train to become teachers for pre-school and pre-school class. The interviews were processed and analyzed on the basis of the research questions, and resulted in a number of general areas and themes. The results indicate that the students experience that their work affect their learning. They have a practical attitude towards their studies and relate to their work practice when studying. The students can see many advantages in working alongside their studies and consider that their experience, to a great extent, is made the most of in their education. The students experience that the effect the studies have had in their occupational practice is, above all, that the they can put<em> </em>their actions into words and reflect upon their own work to a greater extent than before.</p>

<p>The research findings are grouped according to the three themes identified which includes the relevance of the module, the effectiveness of the teaching and learning approaches and methods, and the integration of generic and discipline specific academic literacy. The researcher hopes this study will help illuminate perceptions of part-time students&rsquo / about the Academic Literacy for Commerce course and also how it can be improved to better serve the needs of part-time students.</p>

This essay presents a literary study for adult students of English at English A level at Komvux (municipal adult education) and Vuxenskola (a study association for adult non-formal learning). It has its basis in the question whether reading Shakespeare in the original version is suitable for language learners as form, and is beneficial as content. The classic play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare features in the course book Read and Log on used by the English A group at Komvux in my chosen municipality. The primary aims of the study were to explore teachers’ attitude and views on teaching literature – the classics in general, and Shakespeare in particular – to adult language learners, and students’ reactions and opinions about a lesson on Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet in the original language with regards to content and usefulness.

The topic of assessment has attracted wide-spread attention in the discipline of music education in recent decades. However, most research centres on school-based assessment, and then mainly on the assessment of practical music subjects. Current assessment practices in music literacy programmes (such as 'paper-and-pencil' and standardized tests) counteract what is arguably the most important goal of music education, namely the development of musicianship. Therefore, in this study, my aim is to investigate assessment practices in music literacy courses for young adults, and to show how assessment in these courses can contribute to the development of musicianship. In order to reach these aims, the terms 'musicianship' and 'music literacy' are defined. The importance of a guiding philosophy for assessment is highlighted and constructivism is discussed as an example of such a philosophy, since constructivist principles largely correspond with the principles of assessment and adult education. Principles for effective assessment are subsequently established before being applied to the assessment of music literacy outcomes. Finally, the need for further research about various topics that can inform assessment practices in music subjects is pointed out. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Η εργασία, που ακολουθεί, εστίασε την προσοχή της στους ενηλίκους που φοιτούν στο ΚΕΕ Αχαΐας το οποίο προσφέρει προγράμματα σπουδών και επιμόρφωσης σε αρκετές ειδικότητες. Τόσο η εκπαίδευση ενηλίκων στην Ελλάδα όσο και η μη τυπική εκπαίδευση σε συνάρτηση με το ζήτημα των κινήτρων τα οποία ωθούν τους ενήλικους εκπαιδευόμενους στην παρακολούθηση εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων δεν έχουν ερευνηθεί ικανοποιητικά. Οι στόχοι της έρευνας ήταν: 1. η διαπίστωση του ποια είναι τα κίνητρα που ωθούν τους ενήλικους εκπαιδευομένους στο να παρακολουθούν προγράμματα εκπαίδευσης στο ΚΕΕ της Πάτρας σύμφωνα με τους παράγοντες της Κλίμακας Συμμετοχής στην Εκπαίδευση. 2. η κατάδειξη της σχέσης συνάφειας των παραγόντων της Κλίμακας Συμμετοχής στην Εκπαίδευση, με τους αντίστοιχους μαθησιακούς τρόπους που μαθαίνουν οι ενήλικοι, οι οποίοι συμμετέχουν σε εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα που προσφέρονται από το ΚΕΕ Αχαΐας. 3. ο εντοπισμός των κινήτρων που ωθούν τους ενηλίκους στο να παρακολουθήσουν το πρόγραμμα επιμόρφωσης, η σύνδεση δημογραφικών στοιχείων των ενηλίκων με τους παράγοντες της Κλίμακας Συμμετοχής στην Εκπαίδευση, καθώς και η εύρεση διαφορών και ομοιοτήτων μεταξύ τους σε σχέση με τους αντίστοιχους προτιμώμενους μαθησιακούς τρόπους του Kolb. Το ερευνητικό μέρος αφορά έρευνα με τη χρήση δύο εργαλείων: α) την Κλίμακα Συμμετοχής στην Εκπαίδευση του Boshier η οποία αποτελεί μια τυπολογία επτά παραγόντων που περιγράφουν τα κίνητρα τα οποία ωθούν τους ενήλικους εκπαιδευόμενους να συμμετέχουν σε εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα και β) το ερωτηματολόγιο (LSQ) το οποίο στηρίζεται στη θεωρητική βάση του Kolb και είναι σχεδιασμένο να μετράει τον προτιμώμενο μαθησιακό τρόπο από τους ενηλίκους, καθώς και τη σχετική ένταση των τεσσάρων διαφορετικών μαθησιακών τρόπων, (ενεργητικός, στοχαζόμενος, θεωρητικός και πειραματιζόμενος ή πραγματιστής). Το δείγμα αποτέλεσαν 156 εκπαιδευόμενοι στο ΚΕΕ Πάτρας. Η εργασία ολοκληρώνεται με την παράθεση των αποτελεσμάτων σε σχέση με τα ερευνητικά μας ερωτήματα τα οποία συζητούνται σε συνάρτηση με την υπάρχουσα βιβλιογραφία. Ακολουθούν οι προτάσεις για μελλοντικές ερευνητικές προσπάθειες οι οποίες θα προσφέρουν περισσότερη γνώση στο θέμα των κινήτρων και των μαθησιακών τύπων των ενηλίκων που ενδιαφέρονται για παρακολούθηση εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων. / The work that followed, focused on adults who attend the KEE Achaia, which offers courses and training in several specialties. Non-formal education and adult education in Greece, according to the issue of incentives that motivate adult learners in monitoring educational programs have not been investigated adequately. The research part of investigating the use of two tools: a) Scale of Participation in Education (Boshier) which is a typology of seven factors that describe the incentives that motivate adult learners to participate in educational programs and b) Questionnaire (LSQ of Honey & Mumford) which is designed to measure the preferred way of learning by adults, and the relative intensity of four different learning modes, energetic, stochastic, theorist and pragmatist or experimenting. The sample consisted of 156 students in the KEE Patras. The work concludes with the presentation of results in relation to our research questions are discussed in relation to the existing literature. Below are suggestions for future research efforts that will provide more knowledge on the issue of incentives and types of learning for adults interested in monitoring educational programs.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo pesquisar o que ensinar, em aula de língua estrangeira, a alunos adultos, de mais de cinquenta anos de idade que, em virtude de sua experiência de vida, muitas vezes, têm mais a ensinar que a aprender. O estudo está vinculado ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação, da Universidade de Caxias do Sul- Mestrado em Educação-, dentro da linha de pesquisa “Educação, Linguagem e Tecnologia” e vincula-se, também, ao projeto de pesquisa “Aspectos da formação leitora e sua repercussão na relação entre profissional eficiente e leitura (TEAR 5)”, desenvolvido na Universidade de Caxias do Sul. Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados incluíram um instrumento de pesquisa que consistiu num questionário, com a inclusão de um relato de experiências, do qual foi feita uma análise textual discursiva (Bardin e Moraes), juntamente com uma análise dialética dos aspectos levantados. Percebe-se que o conteúdo das aulas de língua estrangeira para adultos maiores precisa ser reformulado, a fim de torná-lo significativo. Com base na pesquisa realizada, destacam-se os aspectos: subjetividade e expressão de sentimentos, o que leva a sugerir um “novo” elemento a ser incluído no ensino de língua estrangeira para essa faixa etária: a estética, entendida como uma possibilidade de entender o mundo de outra maneira. O elemento estético, trabalhado por Bense, Ostrower, Hermann, Paviani, vem acompanhado do processo reflexivo no ato de aprender, como forma de atingir a autonomia no desenvolvimento cognitivo do indivíduo histórico (conceito apresentado por Hegel). Relacionando a ética com a estética, a arte e a vida, compõe-se uma proposta que recorre, também, aos usos do texto e da língua na perspectiva de Vygotsky e Bakhtin, como forma de fazer com que o aluno dialogue consigo mesmo, com o outro e com o mundo. O estudo mostra que o aluno, no momento em que consegue estabelecer esse diálogo, aprende, interagindo e construindo sua subjetividade. Dessa forma, este estudo apresenta sugestões de incluir elementos estéticos nos programas de ensino de língua estrangeira para alunos adultos maiores e de continuar pesquisando se esses elementos são relevantes, também, para outras áreas do ensino e da aprendizagem nessa faixa etária. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-03T12:18:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Elsa Monica Bonito Basso.pdf: 1156315 bytes, checksum: 2b3e24f03090617cd4eb117834e9f767 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-03T12:18:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Elsa Monica Bonito Basso.pdf: 1156315 bytes, checksum: 2b3e24f03090617cd4eb117834e9f767 (MD5) / The aim of this work is to investigate what to teach, in foreign language classes, to more than fifty-year-old adult learners, who, due to their life experience, have more to teach than to learn. This study is linked to Post-Graduation Program in Education of Universidad de Caxias do Sul- Master in Education- in research line “Education, Language, and Technology” and , it is also linked to a research project “Aspects of reading training and its repercussions in the relationship between efficient professional and reading (TEAR 5)”, also developed at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. The methodological procedures used included a research instrument which consisted in a questionnaire, containing an experience account. From the latter, a textual discourse analysis was done (Bardin and Moraes) together with a dialectic analysis of the referred aspects. It was noticed that the contents of foreign language classes for older adults needs to be reformulated so as to be more significant. Based on the piece of research done, two aspects: subjectivity and expression of feelings are highlighted, which leads to suggest a “new” element to be included in foreign language teaching for this age: aesthetics, considered as a possibility of seeing life in another way. The aesthetic element, as studied by Bense, Ostrower, Hermann, and Paviani appears together with the process of reflection in the act of learning, as a means of attaining autonomy in the cognitive development of the historic individual (concept introduced by Hegel). Relating ethics and aesthetics, art and life, this proposal is composed, also referring to uses of text and language, in Vygotsky‟s and Bakhtin‟s approach, as a way of having the student talking to himself/herself, to others, and to the world. This study shows that, when this dialogue takes place, the student learns, and at the same time, builds his/her subjectivity. So, this study suggests including aesthetics elements in foreign language curricula for older adult students, and continuing research about the possibility of these points being also relevant in other areas of teaching and learning at the referred age.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo pesquisar o que ensinar, em aula de língua estrangeira, a alunos adultos, de mais de cinquenta anos de idade que, em virtude de sua experiência de vida, muitas vezes, têm mais a ensinar que a aprender. O estudo está vinculado ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação, da Universidade de Caxias do Sul- Mestrado em Educação-, dentro da linha de pesquisa “Educação, Linguagem e Tecnologia” e vincula-se, também, ao projeto de pesquisa “Aspectos da formação leitora e sua repercussão na relação entre profissional eficiente e leitura (TEAR 5)”, desenvolvido na Universidade de Caxias do Sul. Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados incluíram um instrumento de pesquisa que consistiu num questionário, com a inclusão de um relato de experiências, do qual foi feita uma análise textual discursiva (Bardin e Moraes), juntamente com uma análise dialética dos aspectos levantados. Percebe-se que o conteúdo das aulas de língua estrangeira para adultos maiores precisa ser reformulado, a fim de torná-lo significativo. Com base na pesquisa realizada, destacam-se os aspectos: subjetividade e expressão de sentimentos, o que leva a sugerir um “novo” elemento a ser incluído no ensino de língua estrangeira para essa faixa etária: a estética, entendida como uma possibilidade de entender o mundo de outra maneira. O elemento estético, trabalhado por Bense, Ostrower, Hermann, Paviani, vem acompanhado do processo reflexivo no ato de aprender, como forma de atingir a autonomia no desenvolvimento cognitivo do indivíduo histórico (conceito apresentado por Hegel). Relacionando a ética com a estética, a arte e a vida, compõe-se uma proposta que recorre, também, aos usos do texto e da língua na perspectiva de Vygotsky e Bakhtin, como forma de fazer com que o aluno dialogue consigo mesmo, com o outro e com o mundo. O estudo mostra que o aluno, no momento em que consegue estabelecer esse diálogo, aprende, interagindo e construindo sua subjetividade. Dessa forma, este estudo apresenta sugestões de incluir elementos estéticos nos programas de ensino de língua estrangeira para alunos adultos maiores e de continuar pesquisando se esses elementos são relevantes, também, para outras áreas do ensino e da aprendizagem nessa faixa etária. / The aim of this work is to investigate what to teach, in foreign language classes, to more than fifty-year-old adult learners, who, due to their life experience, have more to teach than to learn. This study is linked to Post-Graduation Program in Education of Universidad de Caxias do Sul- Master in Education- in research line “Education, Language, and Technology” and , it is also linked to a research project “Aspects of reading training and its repercussions in the relationship between efficient professional and reading (TEAR 5)”, also developed at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. The methodological procedures used included a research instrument which consisted in a questionnaire, containing an experience account. From the latter, a textual discourse analysis was done (Bardin and Moraes) together with a dialectic analysis of the referred aspects. It was noticed that the contents of foreign language classes for older adults needs to be reformulated so as to be more significant. Based on the piece of research done, two aspects: subjectivity and expression of feelings are highlighted, which leads to suggest a “new” element to be included in foreign language teaching for this age: aesthetics, considered as a possibility of seeing life in another way. The aesthetic element, as studied by Bense, Ostrower, Hermann, and Paviani appears together with the process of reflection in the act of learning, as a means of attaining autonomy in the cognitive development of the historic individual (concept introduced by Hegel). Relating ethics and aesthetics, art and life, this proposal is composed, also referring to uses of text and language, in Vygotsky‟s and Bakhtin‟s approach, as a way of having the student talking to himself/herself, to others, and to the world. This study shows that, when this dialogue takes place, the student learns, and at the same time, builds his/her subjectivity. So, this study suggests including aesthetics elements in foreign language curricula for older adult students, and continuing research about the possibility of these points being also relevant in other areas of teaching and learning at the referred age.

The purpose of this study was to understand the reasons the four female participants decided to pursue electrician technician training, their perspectives of the apprenticeship program, their perceptions of successful employment in a male-dominated occupation, and differences in treatment based on their gender. The exploratory questions that guided the study were: what led the females to make the decision for applying to the electrician technician apprenticeship; what was the nature of the education and training experiences of the participants in the electrician technician apprenticeship program, what were the participants’ perceptions of being successful in advancement within the workforce as a female electrician technician; and what gender differences did the participants experience as female electrician technicians? The theoretical framework for this study is based on feminist standpoint theory (Harding, 1991, 1993, 1987; Hartsock, 1997, 1998a 1998b; Smith 1987, 1997). Data collection methods consisted of a demographics questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, participant journals, researcher’s reflexive journal notes, and electrician apprenticeship program data. The cross-case analysis generated five major themes: family support, independence, mentors, self-directedness, and gender stereotypes. These five themes included discussions of the micro, meso, and macro levels in a male-dominated occupation. Implications for practitioners and policy makers are described. This study contributes empirical research on feminist standpoint theory and females in male-dominated occupations. It also adds to the body of literature on female electrician technicians’ decision processes, which are rarely studied, and success in a male-dominated occupation.

Magister Artium - MA / The research findings are grouped according to the three themes identified which includes the relevance of the module, the effectiveness of the teaching and learning approaches and methods, and the integration of generic and discipline specific academic literacy. The researcher hopes this study will help illuminate perceptions of part-time students' about the Academic Literacy for Commerce course and also how it can be improved to better serve the needs of part-time students. / South Africa

Magister Educationis - MEd / The impact of global migration on local contexts has spawned new issues and a range of social responses. These include the emergence of ‘xenophobia’ in the terrain of discrimination and the subsequent development of popular educational responses to this. As part of popular educational responses, adult education programmes have assumed an important role in changing people’s attitudes. This long research paper presents a critical analysis of how a human rights and counter-xenophobia peer educators’ programme enables young adults to develop a critical consciousness about human rights and ‘xenophobia’. The research focused on learning materials, course content, training methodology and processes of a three-day human rights and counter- xenophobia workshop held by Umoja wa Afrika, a local non-governmental organization, in March/April 2007 at Goedgedacht, just outside Cape Town. The research was based on qualitative methodology which included an exploration of relevant literature, interviews with participants and facilitators, as well as the researcher’s critical reflections. The research was located within a critical theory framework in the field of adult learning, and drew from the work of Paulo Freire (1970) and Stephen Brookfield(2005). The key finding of the study is that the experience of the workshop enabled participants to develop a critical awareness - but not necessarily a critical understanding of human rights and ‘xenophobia’. The participants identified specific factors that contributed to such awareness. These included the diverse composition of participants, the ‘accompanying’ facilitation style, and the interactive training methodology. This study makes a contribution to understanding human rights peer education in the South African context and the extent to which such provision could enable participants to develop a critical understanding of human rights and xenophobia. This study is an attempt to make an original contribution in this area. As such it adds to literature in applied critical methodology. / South Africa