Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao.pdf: 30140054 bytes, checksum: c5f54ca62713b24505a238af3d1f37a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-13 / The research entitled " The children s literary prose in textbook: an instrument of pedagogical utilitarism or object of pleasure?" involves, thematically, the identification and analysis of the theoretical and methodological concepts, guiding the proposed practices by the textbook of Elementary Education (4th and 5th grades) for the reading of literary texts for children. The study, centered in the dialogic discourse (bakthinian and peircean) and the theory of intertextuality, it aims to reflect on the dual function of children s literature in the classroom: to instruct and amuse, to delight and teach, investigating the relationship between the quality of children s text and the methodology that is dispensed by the textbooks, its potential to arouse the reader reactions of sensible knowledge of the world or simply to serve as an educational tool-utility in carrying out diverse activities of the superficial nature on the read text (fill in forms, reading limited to scripts built of peripheral issues about the content of the text, copies, grammatical notes unrelated of the poetic message constructed by literary language in texts). We opted for Qualitative Research, defining it as a method of data collection for the case study, the Document Analysis. The objects of analysis are selected by the researcher Textbooks, among the examples listed by the guide of the National Textbook Program (NPDB) 2010. We found, with this investigation, that the literary text is treated, in the researched textbooks, as utilitarian object, as a monossemic discourse, unlinked from the real, human and social world. / A pesquisa intitulada A prosa literária infantil em livros didáticos: instrumento de utilitarismo pedagógico ou objeto de prazer? envolve, tematicamente, a identificação e análise das concepções teóricas e metodológicas, norteadoras das práticas propostas pelo livro didático da Educação Fundamental (4º e 5º anos) para a leitura do texto literário infantil. O estudo, centrado no discurso dialógico (bakthiniano e peirceano) e na teoria da intertextualidade, objetiva refletir sobre a dupla função da literatura infantil na sala de aula: instruir e dar prazer, investigando a relação existente entre a qualidade dos textos infantis e a metodologia que lhes é dispensada pelos livros didáticos, sua potencialidade para despertar no leitor reações prazerosas de conhecimento sensível do mundo ou simplesmente para servir de instrumento pedagógico-utilitário na execução de atividades diversas de natureza superficial sobre o texto lido (preenchimento de fichas; leitura limitada a roteiros constituídos de questões periféricas sobre os conteúdos do texto; cópias; observações gramaticais desvinculadas da mensagem poética construída pela linguagem literária dos textos). Optou-se pela Pesquisa Qualitativa, definindo-se como método de coleta de dados para o estudo de caso, a Análise Documental. Os objetos de análise são Livros Didáticos selecionados pela pesquisadora, dentre os exemplares indicados pelo guia do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD) 2010. Constatou-se, com esta investigação, que o texto literário é tratado, nos livros didáticos pesquisados, como objeto utilitário, como um discurso monossêmico, desvinculado do mundo real, humano, social.

Developing critical thinking and mastering its skills has been a vital priority for the curriculum in Swedish upper-secondary school. The National Curriculum for upper-secondary school and the syllabus for the English subject emphasize the importance of implementing and enhancing the development of the students’ critical thinking which leads to having active learners who are able to think creatively and keeps them away from becoming narrow-minded. The purpose of this study is to explore the prospect of teaching critical thinking through reading literature. Guided by the critical thinking skills that are defined in The Delphi Report including (1) interpretation, (2) analysis, (3) evaluation, (4) inference, (5) explanation and (6) self-regulation, this study explores the possibility of promoting critical thinking skills through reading literature. The study also examines the efficacy of the reader-response approach in helping the students to be critical thinkers and active readers. Using qualitative data from conducting interviews, this study analyses teachers’ perspectives and considered the implications for teaching literature in terms of fostering the students’ critical thinking. The study showed that the teachers’ awareness of the significance of integrating literature in teaching English was found to play a great role in fostering the students as critical thinkers. The study also showed that teachers emphasized the importance of in-class discussions about literary works in order to expand the students’ thinking horizons and enhance their sense of self-confidence as contributors to the learning process. It also showed that the reader-response theory has a significant role in fostering the students’ critical thinking even though it is not clearly stated in the teachers’ perspectives on teaching literature.

The object of this study is the reading log that has been issued by the Swedish National Agency for Education’s teachers’ in-service training, The Literacy Boost or Läslyftet. The in-service training programme has been broken down into different modules, and the focus of this study is the reading log that has been addressed by a section of one of the modules. Essentially, this study aims to investigate six different teachers’ perceptions and experiences of the reading log. The method used for this investigation is semi-structured interviews. Consequently, the following research questions were outlined: 1.How do the teachers view the reading log and how have their views been altered by the in-service training?2.Which types of text are the teachers prone to use the reading log for?The results of the semi-structured interviews have shown that the different teachers’ perceptions of the purpose of the reading log were unanimous and aligned with theories addressed in the material. However, the necessity of writing for reflection was questioned by one. Further, all the teachers were acquainted with the reading log prior to the in-service training, and even though only a few new theories were acquired, many teachers benefited from new insights and various ways of using the reading log. Many had also experienced the repetition as positive. Lastly, the interviews also uncovered that the language teachers were more prone to using the reading log for literature studies, whereas teachers who also taught civics were prone to using the reading log for different types of texts.Key words: reading log, reflection, social development theory, reader-response criticism, discussion, the extended concept of text, formative assessment, efferent and aesthetic reading In Swedish with an abstract in English

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The purpose of this study is to explore how upper secondary school students relate to popularhistorical stories conveyed via Hollywood films, if they can identify and relate critically to the use of history used in feature films and how it affects their history film literacy. That students gain an understanding that history is used and in what ways it can be used is a fundamental factor within the subject of history. Previous studies show that many students have difficulty distinguishing between what is historical fact and what is fiction.To explore this, a qualitative study was carried out using observations and the participants’ writtentexts. The theoretical starting points are based on Klas-Göran Karlsson’s typology of use of history, Louise Rosenblatt’s efferent and aesthetic reading and Maria Deldéns historical film literacy. Kenneth Nordgren’s model of historical use was also included in the analysis of the results. The results show that the students were able to identify different uses of history in the feature film 300 with the help of Karlsson’s typology. However, it appeared somewhat problematic as they had difficulty distinguishing some of the uses. The results also showed that it is a good idea to combine efferent reading with aesthetic reading to strengthen the students’ historical film literacy. However, if may be beneficial to use a historical feature film that contains fewer fictional elements. The use of feature film in the education also showed that the students became more engaged in the teaching. / Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur gymnasieelever förhåller sig till populärhistoriskaberättelser som förmedlas via Hollywoodfilmer, om de kan identifiera och förhålla sig kritiskt till historiebruk som används i spelfilm samt hur det påverkar deras historiefilmslitteracitet. Attelever får en förståelse för att historia används och på vilka sätt den kan användas är engrundläggande faktor inom historieämnet. Tidigare studier visar att många elever har svårt att skiljapå vad som är historisk fakta och vad som är fiktion.För att undersöka detta genomfördes en kvalitativ studie med hjälp av observationer och deltagarnasskriftliga texter. De teoretiska utgångspunkterna tar avstamp i Klas-Göran Karlssonshistoriebrukstypologi, Louise Rosenblatts efferenta och estetiska läsning samt Maria Deldénshistoriefilmslitteracitet. I analysen av resultatet användes även Kenneth Nordgrenshistoriebruksmodell. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att eleverna kunde identifiera olika historiebruk i spelfilmen 300 med hjälp av Karlssons typologi. Dock förefall den något problematisk då de hade svårt att särskilja några av bruken. Resultatet visar även att det är en god idé att kombinera efferent läsning med estetisk läsning för att stärka elevers historiefilmslitteracitet. Dock kan det vara fördelaktigt att använda en historisk spelfilm som innehåller färre fiktiva faktorer. Användandet av spelfilm i undervisningen visade även att eleverna blev mer engagerade i undervisningen.