The teacher‘s knowledge and instructional expertise are vital for the reading development of beginner readers. This study investigated the daily activities of teachers and learners, which promote the development of beginner reading in the Umlazi District, KwaZulu Natal. A literature study on theoretical frameworks that influence a teacher‘s reading instruction practices, policies that guide reading instruction, and the main curriculum components of beginner reading instruction within the South African context informed a classroom ethnography study conducted in a purposefully selected Grade 1 class in the Umlazi District, Kwazulu Natal. Detailed observation of the instruction of beginner reading, interviews with the teacher, the Head of Department, the parents and the learners were used to gather the data. Key findings indicated that a knowledgeable teacher who plans a variety of activities around the key components of beginner reading (reading and sight words, phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness and comprehension) and accommodates the diverse needs of all the learners is essential to promote beginner reading. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Comparative Education)

Master of Music / Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance / Karen M. Large / This report covers a history of the flute in jazz music as well as the advancement of the flute in jazz, starting from the late 1920s. The lives of jazz flute pioneers Alberto Socarrás, Wayman Carver, Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, and Ali Ryerson are discussed, as well as their contributions to the history of jazz flute. Basic jazz techniques such as improvisation are broken down and explained for classically trained flutists and others who have an interest in playing jazz music but do not know where to begin. This report also discusses how practicing these techniques can further aid in preparing a classical performance. Examples included in this report are excerpts from Mozart’s Concerto in D Major for flute and Mike Mower’s Sonata Latino.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-01-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:31:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 aquino_lla_me_arafcl.pdf: 716891 bytes, checksum: f9a8d2e3edc25eebdedc754557abfe6b (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Secretaria de Educação / A intenção central da presente pesquisa foi compreender o trabalho docente fora da situação de sala de aula e voltado para o preparo e organização do ensino. As questões de pesquisa que impulsionaram o estudo foram: Como as professoras utilizam o tempo de trabalho em que não estão lecionando? Que fatores interferem na forma como as professoras usam este tempo de trabalho, que se destina ao planejamento e revisão das aulas? O tempo prescrito pela legislação para o trabalho pedagógico fora da sala de aula é suficiente para que consigam realizar as atividades necessárias à prévia organização do ensino? Os objetivos da pesquisa residem na caracterização das atividades pertinentes à função docente realizadas por professoras alfabetizadoras fora do tempo e do espaço de aula; na identificação das prescrições legais no que tange ao tempo e às atividades destinados ao preparo do ensino, bem como suas relações com o trabalho efetivamente realizado. O estudo foi realizado em uma escola estadual de ensino fundamental, com cinco professoras alfabetizadoras, sendo duas iniciantes e três experientes na profissão. De natureza qualitativa, a pesquisa ocorreu em 2007. Foram utilizados os procedimentos de revisão bibliográfica, observação, questionário, entrevista, produção escrita dos sujeitos participantes e análise de material de trabalho dos mesmos, além da análise de documentos. Como resultados ao se contrastar o trabalho de professoras iniciantes e de professoras experientes, verificaram-se nítidas diferenças entre as mesmas na forma de organização do ensino e no emprego do tempo de trabalho fora da escola, voltado para o preparo das aulas. As demandas externas ao trabalho de sala de aula, tais como, as tarefas burocráticas e o uso do HTPC, interferem na forma e no tempo que as docentes destinam ao preparo do ensino conduzindo a uma sensação... / The present research had as main objective to understand the educational work outside the classroom situation and directed towards the teaching preparation and organization. The research issues that had directed the study had been the following: How do the teachers use their work time when they are not teaching? Which factors interfere in the way teachers use this work time, that is destined to lesson planning and review? Is time destined by the legislation for the pedagogical work outside the classroom enough so that they could carry out the activities necessary to the previous teaching organization? The research aims consist in the characterization of the activities related to the teaching function carried out by literacy teachers out of the lesson time and space; in the identification of the legal prescriptions related to time and to the activities destined to the teaching preparation, as well as their relationship with the work effectively accomplished. The qualitative research was carried out in 2007 in a primary state school, with five literacy teachers – two beginner teachers and three experienced teachers in the profession. The procedures such as bibliographical review, observation, questionnaire, interview, the participants’ written production and analysis of their work material were used, besides the documental analysis. As a result from contrasting the beginner teachers’ to the experienced teachers’ work, clear differences in the way they organize their teaching work and the way the use their time outside the school to prepare their lessons had been verified. The external demands to the classroom’s work, such as, the bureaucratic tasks and the use of the collective pedagogical working hours, intervene in the form and in the time that the teachers destine to the preparation of teaching, leading to a constant sensation of lack of time. Despite they perceive... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6212.pdf: 1916259 bytes, checksum: 923f5a60d1dfa0ca85de7e776bb8974c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-01-24 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The discussion about rural teachers is emergent in Brazil, and few studies on this topic are identified, specially when we focus on the beginning of the career and the learning of the teaching of rural teachers. Thus, this research aims to contribute to this field of study, analyzing how the practice of (self) formation of rural teachers in the early years of the teaching career is configured. From the qualitative research, (auto) biographical approach and the method of life stories, this research was developed with a view to unveiling the formative paths of beginning teachers from rural municipalities of Macarani and Maiquinique, Bahia, belonging to the territory of identity of the Middle Southwest. I used as sources of data collection instruments such as questionnaires, letters, diary and narrative interview, through which I could refer to the memory of the participants and the redemption of their life stories, trying to understand aspects of life-formation. The narratives of the letters, diaries and interviews were triangulated in order to improve the interpretation and analysis of data. The research-formation was the search procedure, given the merit of performing at the same time the procedure of investigation and formation, highlighting the formation process from both the narratives of the research and research collaborators. The study showed that there is no research on beginning teachers of rural areas in Brazil, calling attention to the emergence of the theme. It also ratified that the path of the learning of the teaching of rural teachers is long and fraught with peculiarities and that the social, cultural, personal and professional dimensions make up the production/mobilization of knowledge of these rural beginner teachers. The memories showed to be revealing the subjects and the (auto) biographical narratives, an important formative source; through them the formation course was redone outlining new meanings. These teachers face difficulties that underlie the lack of initial and continuing formation because they act in a mixed level class of Adult Education and act in precarious conditions. So, many factors differentiate the start of teaching in the countryside from that which occurs in other areas and they are identified as ruralities that cross this professional experience. In this study, it was part of this teacher formation trajectory the written narratives, potentiating the professional development, because teachers beginning their careers in rural narrate about learning, rural teaching practices, knowledge, relationships with students, the rural school, job satisfaction, about the personal self and how these narratives are essential components in the teaching establishment. Therefore, the narratives themselves are configured as practical formation of rural teachers beginning their careers. / As discussões sobre professores rurais iniciantes é emergente no Brasil, assim, esta pesquisa objetivou contribuir com esse campo de estudos, ao analisar como a narrativa (auto)biográfica se configura prática de (auto)formação de professores rurais, nos anos iniciais da carreira docente. A partir da pesquisa qualitativa, da abordagem (auto)biográfica e do método das histórias de vida, foi desenvolvida esta investigação com vistas a desvelar as trajetórias formativas de dois professores iniciantes da zona rural dos municípios de Macarani e Maiquinique, na Bahia, pertencentes ao território de identidade do Médio Sudoeste. Utilizei como fontes de coleta de dados, instrumentos como questionário, cartas, diário e entrevista narrativa, por meio dos quais pude remeter à memória dos participantes, buscando compreender aspectos das suas vidas-formação. O procedimento de pesquisa foi a pesquisa-formação, com o intuito de possibilitar tanto a investigação quanto a formação. O estudo evidenciou que existem poucas pesquisas sobre professores iniciantes da zona rural, no Brasil, chamando a atenção para a emergência do tema, como enfatizado nesta pesquisa. Ainda ratificou que o caminho da aprendizagem da docência de professores rurais é longo e carregado de peculiaridades e que as dimensões social, cultural, pessoal e profissional compõem a produção/mobilização de saberes desses docentes iniciantes. As memórias se mostraram reveladoras dos sujeitos e as narrativas (auto)biográficas escritas, potencializadoras do desenvolvimento profissional. Esses professores enfrentam dificuldades que perpassam pela falta de formação inicial e continuada, devido ao fato de atuarem em classes multisseriadas de Educação de Jovens e Adultos, em condições precárias. Assim, muitos fatores diferenciam o início da docência na zona rural daqueles que ocorrem em outros espaços e foram identificados como ruralidades, as quais atravessam essa experiência profissional. Esses professores relataram suas aprendizagens, as práticas pedagógicas rurais, os saberes, a relação com os alunos, a escola rural, a satisfação no trabalho, falaram sobre o eu pessoal e profissional e demonstraram que estas narrativas são componentes essenciais na constituição docente. Portanto, as narrativas de si se configuraram como prática de formação de professores rurais em início de carreira.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:40:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissALSM.pdf: 1113809 bytes, checksum: 1f9485ec65a6da7d028f17b4d409abaa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-24 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The present master s degree dissertation is structured around the following question: What do the works presented on ANPEd and ENDIPE say about the process of professional learning of teaching taken place in the beginning of the career? To answer it, a time cut-out equivalent to a decade of research (1995-2004) was performed, that is, a search on the annals of the last ten ANPEd Annual Meetings and the last five ENDIPEs was conducted, looking for the works that presented as main discussion focus the beginner teacher and its professional learning process, regardless of teaching level. The framework on which the research is based privileges three categories: the teacher formation models, advocating for the model of the teacher as an intellectual critic, that is, a teacher that recognizes the controversial nature of education, not conceiving it as a mere reproducer of the dominant ideology, but also as propelling spring of the social transformation; the characteristics of the beginning of teaching, such as, the feeling of reality shock, marked by the feelings of survival and discovery and the teaching knowing, which comes from various sources and is built, not only during the initial period, but throughout the whole career. Analyzing the results presented by the selected studies, it was possible to verify that: a) the prevailing teacher formation model is the practical epistemology, especially the one that understands the teacher as a practical reflexive professional; b) the characteristics of the beginning of teaching, pointed by literature, are confirmed, especially regarding the feeling of reality shock; c) the teaching knowing is plural, composite and heterogeneous, resulting from several sources (family, previous schooling, initial formation, experience). The data analysis allows pointing out also, as more emphasized aspects in the analyzed works: the professional socialization, the teaching knowing and the feelings of survival and discovery that strongly mark this career beginning, among others. Less emphasized aspects include: the relations between initial formation and professional insertion moment and the learning ways developed by the beginner teacher. Finally, silenced aspects include, among others: the continuous formation and professional development politics, diversity/difference questions, cultural plurality and multiculturalism, pedagogical practice analysis of the teachers of young and adults and the existing relation between the beginner teacher and its professional acting model. The model of the teacher as an intellectual critic, advocated by this work, was also absent from the discussions about the teacher in the beginning of career. / A presente dissertação de mestrado estrutura-se em torno da seguinte questão: O que dizem os trabalhos apresentados na ANPEd e no ENDIPE sobre o processo de aprendizagem profissional da docência ocorrido no início da carreira? Para respondêla, efetuou-se um recorte temporal equivalente a uma década de pesquisa (1995-2004), ou seja, buscou-se nos anais das dez últimas Reuniões Anuais da ANPEd e dos cinco últimos ENDIPEs, os trabalhos que apresentaram como foco central de discussão o professor iniciante e seu processo de aprendizagem profissional, independentemente do nível de ensino em que atue. O referencial teórico no qual a pesquisa se baseia privilegia três categorias: os modelos de formação de professores, advogando o modelo do professor como um intelectual crítico, isto é, um professor que reconhece a natureza contraditória da educação, não a concebendo como mera reprodutora da ideologia dominante, mas também como mola propulsora da transformação social; as características do início da docência, como, por exemplo, o sentimento de choque da realidade, marcado pelas sensações de sobrevivência e descoberta e os saberes docentes, que são provenientes de variadas fontes e vão sendo construídos, não somente no período inicial, mas ao longo de toda carreira. Ao analisar os resultados apresentados pelos estudos selecionados, constatou-se que: a) o modelo de formação de professores preponderante é o da epistemologia da prática, especialmente o que compreende o professor como um profissional prático reflexivo; b) as características do início da docência, apontadas pela literatura, são corroboradas, mormente no que se refere ao sentimento de choque da realidade; c) os saberes docentes são plurais, compósitos e heterogêneos, oriundos de diversas fontes (família, escolarização prévia, formação inicial, experiência). A análise dos dados permite apontar, também, como aspectos mais enfatizados nas pesquisas analisadas: a socialização profissional, os saberes docentes e os sentimentos de sobrevivência e descoberta que marcam fortemente este início de carreira, entre outros. Como aspectos pouco enfatizados encontram-se: as relações entre a formação inicial e o momento de inserção profissional e as formas de aprendizagem desenvolvidas pelo professor novato. Por fim, como aspectos silenciados destacam-se, entre outros: as políticas de formação continuada e de desenvolvimento profissional, questões de diversidade/diferença, pluralidade cultural e multiculturalismo, análise da prática pedagógica dos professores da educação de jovens e adultos e a relação existente entre o professor iniciante e os seus modelos de atuação profissional. O modelo do professor como um intelectual crítico, advogado por este trabalho, também esteve ausente das discussões sobre o professor em início de carreira.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:57:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Veronica_Caldeira_Leite_Christino_dissertacao (1).pdf: 864481 bytes, checksum: 7aa377ff1104d04206b057810ababbad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-22 / This research deals with the discourses surrounding teaching and the teaching profession at the university and at school in order to analyze how the trainees and beginning teachers of chemistry deal with different concerns that "being a teacher" brings and what effects these different discourses would have on the practice of teaching as well as think about monitoring the practices of trainees of Chemistry at the school where I work. Research subjects were students graduating in the period 2011/2, beginner teachers of Chemistry and trainees in the Colégio Municipal Pelotense in the period 2011/2 to 2012/1, all students or graduates of the Degree Course in Chemistry UFPel. The survey was conducted with a methodology that meets assumptions of discourse analysis, based on the theory of Michel Foucault (2012), considering speech as a practice that produces the objects about which it speaks. Interviews, questionnaires and records of responses to a hypothetical situation created for the interviewees to manifest their opinion about the undergraduate program and being a teacher were taken as analysis corpus. Data analysis showed the recurrence of an utterance that permeates different discourses, in the university and in the school, in which being an elementary school teacher is something diminished, and it is possible to see, throughout the study, its effects on the formation of professional identity . From the results of the analysis, it is clear that there is an estrangement of the school by subjects who begin teaching, either as a trainee or as a beginner teacher. I see the proposition of thinking actions for monitoring beginner teachers and especially trainees as a way to draw attention to the role of the university and the school as teacher training agencies, from the initial formation, which may contribute to soften estrangements between university and school, pointed by the subjects of this research. / Este estudo refere-se à análise de discursos que circulam na universidade e na escola sobre a docência e a profissão docente e, a partir dessa análise, discute o papel da escola e da universidade no acompanhamento a estagiários e a professores ingressantes na Educação Básica. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa alunos concluintes no período 2011/2, professoras de Química ingressantes no Colégio Municipal Pelotense e estagiárias no período de 2011/2 a 2012/1, todos estudantes ou egressos do Curso de Licenciatura Química da UFPel. A pesquisa foi realizada com uma metodologia que atende pressupostos da análise de discurso, segundo a teorização de Michel Foucault (2012), que considera o discurso como prática que produz os objetos sobre os quais fala. Foram tomados como corpus de análise as entrevistas, os questionários e os registros de respostas a uma situação hipotética criada para que os entrevistados manifestassem sua opinião sobre o curso de licenciatura e sobre o ser professor. A análise dos dados mostrou a recorrência de um enunciado que perpassou diferentes discursos, na universidade e na escola, de que ser professor da Educação Básica é algo menor, sendo possível ver, ao longo do estudo, seus efeitos para a constituição da identidade profissional docente. A partir dos resultados da análise, percebe-se que há um estranhamento da escola pelos sujeitos que iniciam a docência, seja como estagiário, seja como professor ingressante. Propor ações para o acompanhamento aos professores ingressantes e aos estagiários pode ser uma iniciativa para que o ambiente da escola se torne mais acolhedor, diminuindo a distância que os sujeitos da pesquisa dizem haver entre universidade e escola, levando-nos a pensar que, embora importantes, apenas as ações de formação continuada parecem não estar sendo suficientes, sendo necessário a escola também se ver como agência formadora de professores, desde o período de sua formação inicial.

A number of studies in the literature claim that storytelling is a powerful tool in the development of receptive (i.e., Reading and Listening) and productive (i.e., Speaking and Writing) language skills, including pronunciation (e.g., Atta-Alla, 2011; Mottalabi & Pourgharib, 2013; Zare-Behatash, Saed and Sajjadi, 2016). Furthermore, there are studies that suggest that storytelling is even more effective than traditional teaching methods (e.g., Hsu, 2010; Li & Seehouse, 2010; Zare-Behatash, Saed and Sajjadi, 2016). The problem, however, is that those studies generally lack specific information about how storytelling improves pronunciation and what aspects are enhanced, for instance. This study aims to fill such a gap in the literature by investigating the effect(s) of storytelling on the development of the pronunciation of Brazilian beginner learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) who are 15 years of age and older, through a focus on specific segmental (i.e., /I/; /i/ and /ð/; /θ/) and suprasegmental (i.e., word stress) features that are considered difficult for Brazilian learners of English to pronounce intelligibly (i.e., Baptista, 2001; Cruz, 2003; Reis, 2006). Additionally, it aims to investigate how storytelling activities compare in effectiveness to textbook activities in the development of pronunciation, since textbook activities are widely used pedagogical tools in English classes in Brazil and generally considered to be effective in the development of language skills (e.g., Consolo, 1990; Xavier & Urio, 2006). Last, the study examines Brazilian learners’ perceptions about the usefulness and relevance of the storytelling/textbook activities they were exposed to in improving their pronunciation. Data were collected at a private school in Brazil three times a week, in 12, 25-minute sessions. A total of 86 learners participated in the study and were randomly divided into three different groups (i.e., experimental, n=28; comparison, n=29; and control, n=29). The experimental group performed storytelling activities and the comparison group performed textbook activities. The control group received no treatment. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to examine the data gathered from pre-tests, post-tests and questionnaires. The findings of the statistical analyses showed significant differences in the participants’ performance in the perception and production pre-tests/post-tests, suggesting that storytelling and textbook activities played an effective role in the pronunciation improvement of the participants. In addition, findings showed that storytelling and textbook activities had a similar effect on pronunciation. The findings of the quantitative and qualitative questionnaires showed that, in general, participants in the experimental (i.e., storytelling) and comparison (i.e., textbook) groups similarly enjoyed performing their respective activities, although they were not much sure about their usefulness and relevance for the improvement of their English pronunciation. This study offers various contributions in the investigation of the effect of storytelling on pronunciation improvement. In addition to addressing the lack of specific information in previous studies on the relationship between storytelling and pronunciation development, it also contributes to the field by showing teachers that L2 pronunciation development may be impacted by a number of factors at individual, psychological, sociocultural and sociocognitive levels, to mention a few. Moreover, it suggests that the implicit approach examined in the study did not seem to play an effective role in the development of learners’ pronunciation. Instead, an inductive approach that involves exposing learners to target sounds through the use of enhanced input, for instance, could potentially increase the effectiveness of pronunciation improvement through storytelling. / Graduate

In order to have a thriving business, tennis coaches on all levels need to keep players in their program. Coaches who tend to have the most influence on the game of tennis are developmental coaches. Developmental coaches are coaches who work with starter-beginner tennis players. The first impression that an aspiring player has of the game will ultimately predict their future participation. Usually the first introduction to any sport is through a coaching lesson (Gilbert & Trudel, 2004). The quality, therefore, of coaching that developmental coaches produce in their lessons will have a significant bearing, not only on their own program, but also the game of tennis. It may be assumed that developmental coaches should be proactive in making sure they have the right skills to coach players. This would entail attending a course staged by their respective National Tennis Federation. Unfortunately, this is not the case as the image of tennis coach education courses is somewhat negative; participants of courses are of the feeling that they are not receiving the required knowledge to deliver high quality service tennis coaching (McCullick, Belcher, & Schempp, 2005). Researchers have proven a positive influence between coach education courses and a coach’s confidence and efficiency (Vargas-Tonsing, 2007). Considering the globalization of sports, including tennis, coach education and the demand for qualifying coaches, has been on the rise (Vargas-Tonsing 2007). In light of this information, tennis has stepped up its efforts to provide a better education to their coaches through adopting coaching courses that have the most updated coaching information and matching educative resources (Crespo, McInerney, & Reid, 2006). Santos, Mesquita, Garca, and Rosado (2001) have concluded that the quality of coaching has a direct relationship to the success and satisfaction of its participants and ultimately in their willingness to stay in the sport. There has been a change in focus by researchers in coach education from coaches’ behaviours and performance towards thoughts and knowledge that form the basis of coach’s actions (Gilbert & Trudel, 2004). Many developed tennis federations have established their own unique models of coach education and certification to ensure that those individuals working with a country’s top young players are employing both current coaching practices and working with these players with a methodology and philosophy that is player-centred where the health and well-being of the athlete is put first (Crespo et al., 2006). The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the world governing body of tennis and is responsible for the overall development of the game worldwide. Its structure comprises of five departments: Presidential and Communications, Commercial, Finance and Administration, Professional Tennis, and Tennis Development. The Tennis Development benefits from the Grand Slam Development Fund, a fund comprising of equal donations from the four grand slam nations: Australia, France, Great Britain, and the United States of America (ITF, 2011). ITF’s Development Department’s objective is to help developing countries grow the game. Tennis is known as a sport that is very good at attracting players to the sport, however, very poor at retention (USTA, 2008). Therefore, if the ITF could get coaches to coach starter-beginner tennis players in such a way that would entice them to stay in the sport, this would go a long way in guaranteeing the game’s future. One of the ITF’s development programs is the availability to developing countries of a coach education syllabus, should they not already have one in place. A large majority of developed countries have their own curriculum and, therefore, do not require the ITF’s assistance. Currently, there are 80 nations that use, in some form or other, the ITF’s coach education syllabus (Miley, 2011). The ITF, therefore, influences a great number of coaches worldwide by way of developing countries using the ITF’s coach education syllabus. It is for this reason that the ITF’s coach education syllabus should be the cutting edge in coach education design, ultimately to fulfill its objective of developing the game worldwide. A major component of participation in the sport of tennis falls on the shoulders of the tennis coach. In most cases, the first port of call of any interested starter-beginner tennis player is the coach. Researchers have shown that the quality of coaching has a direct relationship to the success and satisfaction of its participants and ultimately their willingness to stay in the sport (Santos et al., 2001). Although quality of coaching is not the only intervening variable in the continued involvement in tennis, it is recognized as a significant, contributing factor to the development and retention of players (Santos et al., 2001, Misener & Danylchuk, 2009). 13 Evaluating the quality of service of tennis coaches’ courses as a service, therefore, become fundamental to the sustainable development of tennis as a sport. From an educational point of view the development of sports coaches is a complex process that requires not only an individualized program, but in many cases random learning pathways (Nelson & Cushion, 2006). It is the requirement of coach education syllabi to recognize this and to comply with the demands of the coach as they play a critical role in tennis participation and retention. Misener and Danylchuk (2009) justify the importance of the coach when they say, “Coaches are influential figures in the social, physical, psychological and emotional development of athletes” (Misener, & Danylchuk 2009:1). The requirement for effective coach education certification programs is becoming increasingly important worldwide for many reasons (McCullick et al., 2005). First, the number of children who participate in youth and interscholastic sport are increasing dramatically (McCullick et al., 2005). In addition, female participation, older people playing the sport, and newer sports forms are also on the increase which has created a demand for more qualified coaches and sports instructors, thus, making the education and certification of coaches essential, particularly at the entry level (McCullick et al., 2005). Most of the developing countries using the ITF coach education syllabus have a policy that all coaches need to be affiliated and be certified in order to coach. Ensuring that all coaches go through the certification system, the need for coaching courses, particularly at the developmental level to transfer the appropriate knowledge to the coaches in order to retain players, is paramount. The findings of this research emphatically point towards the ITF’s Starter-Beginner Coaching course providing a high level of quality of service. Considering the worldwide perspective of the sample generated to make this research’s analysis and interpretations, the ITF is doing its best to impact coaches in a positive way. The implementation of the modified rules program into the ITF’s Coach Education Syllabus has been positively received by the participants of this research. This provides the confidence to the coaches in their attempt to attract and retain tennis players in this program. If every coach who takes the ITF’s course is receiving the appropriate knowledge and doing their best to retain players, this will have a worldwide impact on the game of tennis. This would be the ultimate goal of the ITF as the status and future of the game falls in their hands. From a coach’s educational point of view, the ITF is fulfilling its objective. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / gm2014 / Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences / unrestricted

O presente trabalho busca compreender como os processos de socialização contribuem para a formação das identidades profissionais docentes dos professores de Ciências egressos do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências da Natureza da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo EACH/USP. O principal referencial teórico que sustenta a pesquisa é constituído por Claude Dubar, que conceitua e fundamenta a construção das identidades sociais e profissionais. Além disso, o trabalho faz uma abordagem sobre a questão das identidades sob a perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais e das discussões suscitadas por alguns de seus teóricos como Stuart Hall e Néstor García Canclini. Para responder a pergunta de pesquisa, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores de Ciências iniciantes, egressos do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências da Natureza da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo. No que confere à análise dos dados utilizou-se uma metodologia qualitativo-interpretativa de pesquisa tendo como principal referencial metodológico as contribuições da História Oral e da Análise de Narrativas. Os resultados mostram que a construção das identidades profissionais docentes é um processo permeado por uma ampla teia de identidades herdadas e visadas e por tensões e rupturas entre os grupos de referência de origem e os grupos nos quais os professores pretendem se inserir em sua vida profissional. Na escolha pela profissão, parece haver um predomínio de identidades herdadas de gerações anteriores, e uma ruptura com o grupo de origem, enquanto que para permanecer no curso e na profissão docente, os professores utilizam algumas estratégias identitárias vinculadas com o reconhecimento desse grupo de origem. Os estágios obrigatórios parecem ter sido um elemento crucial na hora de decidir pela permanência na profissão docente. Quanto à inserção no mercado de trabalho, parece haver tensões entre os professores novos e sua cultura, por um lado, e os professores mais antigos e a cultura institucional, pelo outro. Os resultados nos conduzem a pensar que, nos processos de formação docente é importante incluir oportunidades de reflexão e de trabalho sobre os processos de socialização, para que o início na carreira e a permanência se tornem o menos problemático possível / This study aims to understand how the socialization processes influence on the construction of professional identities of science teachers who have studied the Natural Sciences Teaching Major at School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo - EACH / USP. The main theoretical framework that supports the research is the socialization theory of Claude Dubar, who conceptualized the construction of social and professional identities starting from socialization processes. Moreover, the work is an approach to the issue of identity from the perspective of Cultural Studies and discussions raised by some of its theoreticians such as Stuart Hall. To answer the research question, semi-structured interviews with beginners Science teachers which have studied the Natural Science Teaching Major at EACH-USP were conducted. Regarding to the data analysis, it was used a qualitative-interpretive research methodology, being the narrative analysis the main methodological approach. The results show that the construction of professional teachers\' identities is a permeate process by a wide web of inherited and target identities and tensions and ruptures between the source reference groups and groups in which teachers plan to insert into your professional life. In choosing the profession, seems to be a predominance of inherited from previous generations identities, and a break from the original group, while to stay the course and the teaching profession, teachers use some identity strategies linked with the recognition of this source group. Required stages appear to have been a crucial factor in deciding the stay in the teaching profession. As for the inclusion in the labor market, there seems to be tension between new teachers and their culture, on the one hand, and the older teachers and the institutional culture, on the other. The results lead us to think that the teacher training process is important to include opportunities for reflection and work on the processes of socialization, so that the early career to become the least problematic possible

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