Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Linguistics & Psychology, Department of Linguistics, 2006. / Bibliography: p. 372-438. / Introduction: the influence of second language teachers' conceptions and the role of interactions in language learning -- Literature review -- Theory and methodology -- Teachers' conceptions of in-class interactions -- Teachers' conceptions of out-of-class interactions -- Differences between EAP teachers' experiences and conceptual development: in-class and out-of-class interactions -- Two categorical frameworks for ICI and OCI context: similarities, differences and relations -- Discussion and conclusion. / Spoken interaction with others is one of the most powerful tools in learning and teaching a second language. This investigation is concerned with uncovering and categorising the ways a group of L2 teachers' describe their experiences and beliefs of two types of spoken interaction; those that occur in the classroom (ICI) and those that occur outside the classroom (OCI). Twenty-eight EAP teachers were interviewed using phenomenographic and ethnographic investigative approaches and asked to describe their experiences and how they thought about and used spoken interactions in the teaching and learning of a situated lesson. The conceptions that emerged as consistent (reported as experienced most frequently across the group and within individual transcripts) were identified and categorised into two sets of categories of description (COD) one for each type of interaction. Across the group of teachers, five stable ICI categories of conceptions were identified and four stable OCI categories of conceptions were identified. These categories describe the range of conceptions that emerged across the group as a whole and do not attempt to rate the understandings of individual teachers. -- The conceptions of interactions in both sets of categories followed a hierarchal pattern of development from less complete to more complete understandings of these interactions. These descriptions formed two frameworks that are supported by similar patterns describing less complete and more complete understandings of various concepts in sets of categories published in other education settings (Marton & Booth, 1997). Exploration into the teaching and learning approaches reported in the teachers' experiences of ICI and OCI indicated that the utilization of interactions was constrained by the ways these interactions were conceived. Relations between more developed conceptions of both phenomena emerged in situations where more developed conceptions were reported. In these situations both ICI and OCI were simultaneously present in the teachers' awareness and perceived as different aspects of the same teaching/ learning situations. Across the group the teachers reported less powerful ideas of how to utilize OCI than how to utilize ICI. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / xvii, 496 p. ill

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Lenore M. Pogonowski. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-175).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Capella University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-118) and abstract.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2008. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2009). Thesis advisor: George M. Hopper. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Teacher-learner classroom interactions are beautiful yet intricate. This phenomenon forms part of the lifespan of most individuals and occurs every day in classrooms worldwide. As a beginner teacher I have personally experienced a vast array of classroom interactions which at times have left me speechless, upset or confused. However this particular study enabled me to view interaction from a different angle, as I had the privilege of observing interaction from an outside(r) perspective. In this study the aim is thus to provide its reader with greater insight and understanding of the nature of teacher-learner classroom interactions. It also sheds light on the core constituents of teacher-learner interactions and how these influence teaching and learning processes and eventually the teacher-learner relationship. Three main concepts that emerged from the onset of the study are pedagogy, power and affect which not only strongly emanated from the literature but eventually also from the research findings. A qualitative study was undertaken by means of a collective case study research design. Observation was conducted in two grade nine classrooms at two different schools. In both cases findings in eight categories emerged, namely power, teacher behaviour, pedagogy, teacher affect, communication, learner behaviour, human qualities and characteristics and relational aspects. The findings suggest that teachers develop Emotional Intelligence strategies not only to enhance relationship building or teacher-learner interactions but also to maintain a certain level of emotional well-being. Teachers should also aim to incorporate a critical pedagogy approach and learner empowerment in their teaching practice to prepare the contemporary adolescent for a rapidly changing modern society. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Onderwyser-leerder interaksie is besonders maar kompleks. Die fenomeen vorm deel van die lewensduur van meeste individue en speel homself daagliks uit in klaskamers wêreldwyd. As ‘n beginner onderwyseres het ek eerstehandse ervaring van klaskamer interaksie. By tye, het interaksies met leerders my al sprakeloos, verward en ontsteld gelaat. Hierdie studie het my egter in staat gestel om interaksie vanuit ‘n ander oogpunt te beskou. Ek was bevoorreg genoeg om onderwyser-leerder klaskamer interaksie vanuit die perspektief van ‘n buitestaander te aanskou. Hierdie studie poog om die leser se kennis en begrip aangaande die aard van onderwyser-leerder klaskamer interaksie uit te brei. Dit werp ook lig op kern aspekte van dié interaksie en hoe dit onder meer onderrig- en leerprosesse, sowel as die onderwyser-leerder verhouding beïnvloed. Drie vername konsepte wat vanuit die literatuur spruit sluit in: pedagogie, mag en die affektiewe wat ook uiteindelik sterk na vore in die bevindinge kom. ‘n Kwalitatiewe studie is onderneem aan die hand van ‘n gesamentlike gevallestudie. Waarnemings is gemaak in twee graad nege klasse by twee verskillende skole. In albei gevalle het die data bevinindings in agt kategorieë gelewer, naamlik: mag, onderwyser gedrag, pedagogie, onderwyser affek, kommunikasie, leerder gedrag, menslike karaktereienskappe en verhoudings-aspekte. Vanuit die bevindinge word voorgestel dat onderwysers Emosionele Intelligensie strategieë ontwikkel. Hierdie strategieë kan onder meer bydra tot ‘n beter verhouding tussen onderwysers en leerders en onderwysers baat ten opsigte van hul persoonlike emosionele welstand. Daarbenewens, kan onderwysers hulself wend tot ‘n kritiese pedagogiese onderrigbenadering asook die bemagtiging van hul leerders om uiteindelik die kontemporêre adolessent vir die moderne samelewing voor te berei.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:44:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 1074779 bytes, checksum: d749dff25abaad6c40ca95955b681609 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-28 / This study was conducted in a public school in Minas Gerais and aimed to investigate the construction and negotiation of identity of an English teacher in talk in interaction in the classroom. Sharing a sociointeractionist view of language, we believe that participants continuously negotiate what is being said or done, i.e., how they express what they say and how they deal with a given situation. In talk in interaction, teachers and students negotiate not only the senses but also identities, since the participants position themselves, they project to each other images of self (Goffman, 1998). This linguistic-discursive study was theoretical and methodological grounded in the theories of Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis (ECA), studies of Discursive Psychology, the Interactional Sociolinguistic and Applied Linguistic. We aim to study the construction of the professional identity of an English teacher in talk in interaction in its natural context of production. Therefore, we use as data collection instruments the audio recordings and their transcripts, participant observation, questionnaire in addition to document analysis. The analysis of positions taken by participants and shown by conventions of contextualization has revealed that there is a hierarchical relationship between the teacher and the students researched, in which the teacher assumes a position of authority, since she projects herself into the discourse as participant who owns all the rights of the turn taking and controls students‟ behavior. The positioning analysis also reveals that the teacher searched assumes the discursive identity of counselor, quality controller of the language used in classroom, valuer, planner and friend. The positioning taken by teacher (except for friend positioning) show a construction of an identity strongly influenced by traditional method of teaching (Grammar-Translation Method), in which predominates the teacher-centered teaching with strong classroom control. The results also show the challenges of teaching in a large classroom. / Este estudo foi desenvolvido em uma escola pública do interior de Minas Gerais e teve como objetivo principal investigar a construção e a negociação da identidade de uma professora de língua inglesa na fala-em-interação em sala de aula. Compartilhando de uma visão sociointeracionista da linguagem, acreditamos que os participantes negociam continuamente o que está sendo dito ou feito, isto é, a maneira como eles expressam o que dizem e a forma como eles lidam com uma dada situação. Em uma interação, professores e alunos negociam não só sentidos, como também identidades, uma vez que os participantes, ao se posicionarem, projetam uns para os outros, imagens do self (GOFFMAN, 1998). Este estudo linguístico-discursivo teve como pressupostos teórico-metodológicos as teorias da Análise da Conversa Etnometodológica (ACE), os estudos da Psicologia Discursiva, da Sociolinguística Interacional e da Linguística Aplicada. Buscamos estudar a construção da identidade de uma professora de língua inglesa na fala-em-interação em seu contexto natural de produção. Logo, utilizamos como instrumentos de coleta de dados as gravações em áudio e suas transcrições, a observação participante e o questionário. A análise dos posicionamentos assumidos pelos participantes e explicitados pelas convenções de contextualização demonstrou que há uma relação hierárquica entre a professora pesquisada e os alunos, na qual a professora assume uma posição de autoridade, uma vez que ela se projeta no discurso como uma participante que detêm todos os direitos sob a tomada dos turnos, bem como assume uma posição de controladora do comportamento dos discentes. A análise dos posicionamentos revela, ainda, que a professora pesquisada assume as identidades discursivas de conselheira, controladora da qualidade, avaliadora, planejadora e amiga. Os posicionamentos assumidos pela professora (exceto o posicionamento de amiga) revelam uma construção de uma identidade profissional fortemente influenciada pelo método tradicional de ensino (Método Gramática e Tradução), no qual predomina um ensino centrado no professor com forte controle da sala de aula. Os resultados mostram, ainda, os desafios de se lecionar em sala de aula numerosa.

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The diploma thesis will deal with the professional vision of teachers as one of the actual concepts of didactics, given to art education. It is based on the knowledge that professional's thinking does not take place only in terms but also through images. It will deal with vocational vision in connection with professional knowledge and action in close relation to the teaching reflection. In the research part the student will participate in the analysis of concrete art lesson recorded by video study method. She will study and compare the comments of student teachers at the observational concepts and sub-processes. In the practical part student will create and carry out own art project that will respond to selected categories of the observed video study. She will apply it to the skills of primary school pupils. She will reflects in detail implemented project in relation to the analyzed concepts. Keywords reflection, art education, didactics of art education, discourse, teacher, student, teacher learning, Professional development, professional vision, teacher knowledge, video cases, analysis, concept

This interpretive case study was undertaken to investigate the nature of classroom tasks that teachers give to their learners and to gain insights into how they choose these tasks. It was carried out at two secondary schools in the Okahao circuit of the Omusati region in Namibia. The schools range from Grade 8 to Grade 12. This study focused mainly on teachers who teach Mathematics at senior secondary phase (Grade 11 and 12). The research participants were of four mathematics teachers – two from each school. The study was designed around two phases. Phase one consisted of video-recording of lessons, and phase two consisted of interviewing the teachers. The main purpose of the study was to ascertain the types and nature of tasks that teachers give to their learners and to gain insights into how they chose these tasks. The research adopted a combination of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study revealed that the participating teachers provided a near equal amount of lower level cognitive tasks and higher level cognitive tasks. It further revealed several factors that influence teachers when selecting the types of tasks they give to their learners. These factors include curriculum requirements, types of learners and their experiences, and learners’ contexts.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:24:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_elda.pdf: 17191274 bytes, checksum: 11d070cbb636a253140564c947cecbc9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-26 / Before the recognition of the fact that, as a social activity, language developed through interpersonal relationships and social practices, conducting textual, oral or written, interactional features brands that establish a direct involvement between the interlocutors is that this work was conducted in order to study the interaction between speaker / author and alocutário / student textbook in the Portuguese Language, marked by the presence or absence of evidence of interactivity in commands the activities of writing from the perspective of qualitative analysis. This study was based on dialogical conception proposed by Bakhtin (1992), (1999); Geraldi (2003), the theoretical approach of socio-discursive interactionism (BRONCKART, 2003) and in research Marcuschi (2001), (2008) that advocate the dialogic action of language. As a resource for this analysis, we used a collection of Portuguese Language Elementary School 5th-8th grade, titled "Project Araribá - (Org Editora Moderna, 2006), for being the most widely adopted by schools of public schools in municipality of Escada - PE in 2008 and to show how one of the guiding principles of the design language that relies on interaction with other students and with writing. As a procedure of analysis, it was a survey of proposals and controls of production in each book to see if they had characteristics of engagement between the author and his interlocutor-student, checked for possible linguistic forms interactive. Later she did an analysis on each series to see if the collection bears marks of interactivity in commands to produce a more or less equivalent in all series or if there are considerable differences between them. The analysis results showed immediately that the relationship between the interlocutors in the communicative textbook generally unidirectional characteristic features, namely the speaker-author commands and alocutário-student fulfills the order, indicating a certain distance between the interlocutors. However, when analyzing the textual commands of production, it was noticed the presence of linguistic elements with interactive character, indicating a close relationship between the interlocutors in the communicative process. In short, we can say that the marks of interactivity in the writing act as operators of cognitive orientation, suggesting prospects for interpretation by the clerk. Those brands, and are loaded with stylistic value, are forms of action with language that can make proposals, establish contracts and placements to define a more precise and communicative interaction between the author and effective student / player in mediating the activity of writing the textbook / Diante do reconhecimento do fato de que, sendo a língua uma atividade social desenvolvida através das relações interpessoais e em práticas sociais, a realização textual, oral ou escrita, apresenta marcas interacionais que estabelecem um envolvimento direto entre os interlocutores, é que se realizou esta pesquisa, a fim de se estudar a interação entre locutor/autor e alocutário/aluno no livro didático de Língua Portuguesa, marcada pela presença ou ausência de indícios de interatividade nos comandos das atividades de produção textual, numa perspectiva de análise qualitativa. Este estudo fundamentou-se na concepção dialógica proposta por Bakhtin (1992), (1999); Geraldi (2003); na abordagem teórica do interacionismo sócio-discursivo (BRONCKART, 2003) e nas pesquisas de Marcuschi (2001), (2008) que defendem a ação dialógica da linguagem. Como recurso para esta análise, foi utilizada a coleção de Língua Portuguesa do Ensino Fundamental de 5ª a 8ª série, intitulada Projeto Araribá (Org. Editora Moderna, 2006), por ter sido a mais adotada pelas escolas da rede pública de ensino no município de Escada - PE em 2008 e por apresentar como um dos princípios norteadores a concepção de língua que se apoia na interação do aluno com o outro e com a escrita. Como procedimento de análise, fez-se um levantamento das propostas e comandos de produção em cada livro a fim de perceber se estas apresentavam características de envolvimento entre o autor e seu interlocutor-aluno, marcada por possíveis formas lingüísticas interativas. Posteriormente fez-se uma análise em cada série para perceber se a coleção apresenta marcas de interatividade nos comandos de produção de forma mais ou menos equivalente em todas as séries ou se existem diferenças consideráveis entre elas. Os resultados da análise demonstraram, de imediato, que a relação comunicativa entre os interlocutores no livro didático de modo geral, apresenta característica unidirecional, ou seja, o locutor-autor ordena e o alocutário-aluno cumpre ordem, sinalizando um certo distanciamento entre os interlocutores. No entanto, ao analisar os comandos de produção de textual, percebeu-se a presença de elementos linguísticos com caráter interativo, apontando para uma relação de proximidade entre os interlocutores no processo comunicativo. Em suma, podemos dizer que as marcas de interatividade na escrita atuam como operadores de orientação cognitiva, sugerindo perspectivas de interpretação por parte do escrevente. Essas marcas, além de serem carregadas de valor estilístico, são formas de ação com a linguagem que podem fazer propostas, estabelecerem contratos e definirem posicionamentos para uma interação comunicativa mais precisa e eficaz entre o autor e o aluno/leitor na mediação das atividades de produção textual no livro didático