Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad förskollärare säger om sitt arbete inom teknik som lärområde i förskolan. Därutöver syftar studien till att undersöka och synliggöra aspekter som är betydelsefulla i förskollärarens undervisning i teknik tillsammans med barn. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter har sin grund i sociokulturellt perspektiv, där kommunikation och interaktion är en viktig del i barnens utveckling och lärande. Även det teoretiska ramverket Pedagogical Content Knowledge PCK (Shulman, 1986), används för att tolka och förstå förskollärarnas förmågor i arbetet med teknik med barnen. Undersökningen består av semistrukturerade intervjuer som genomfördes med sex förskollärare. Resultatet visar att arbetslagens verksamhetsplanering utvecklades med stöd av reflektionsunderlaget Content Representation CoRe (Loughran, Milroy, Berry, Gunstone och Mullhall 2001) som bidrog till fördjupade diskussioner och att innehållsområdet avgränsades i teknikundervisningen. Resultatet visar också att det skedde en utveckling av undervisningen genom användning av andra fysiska redskap än man arbetat med tidigare. Dessutom utvecklades andra metoder när förskollärarna arbetade med teknik med barnen.

In 2016 the Ministry of Education in British Columbia (BC), Canada introduced the topics of quantum mechanics (QM) into the Grade 8 science curriculum. Science teachers with or without QM background are expected to learn and teach QM. Stemming from a constructivist theoretical framework, this in-depth exploratory case study explores the processes of learning and teaching the topics of QM by asking: “How does a Grade 8 science teacher learn to teach QM?” The purpose was to understand the teacher’s QM learning process, the development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in QM and teacher’s views of the nature of science (NOS). The data was collected through multiple sources and analyzed by using thematic analysis. The themes were identified under five main categories: 1) the development of PCK in QM is complex, 2) the student-centered approach mandated in the redesigned curriculum may be limiting, 3) the nature of learning QM is not different than learning other subjects, 4) middle school science education is inconsistent with the current level of scientific knowledge, and 5) the development of informed views of NOS requires an accumulation and synthesis of prior knowledge in history and philosophy of science (HPS). The study proposes two previously unexplored integral aspects of PCK framework, since: the ‘allotted time’ in learning and teaching a subject and ‘pre-PCK’ change the nature of PCK development. The term pre-PCK was coined referring to the specific content oriented and student-centered activities that take place before the class with the goal of establishing an effective basis for the PCK development. The insights emerging from the study would be of interest to other Grade 8 science teachers in BC, pre-service teacher program coordinators at the universities, and the Ministry of Education in BC to provide institutional support. This study would also contribute to closing the knowledge and communication gaps between the fields of science, science education practice and science education research. / Graduate

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Sérgio Henrique Bezerra de Sousa Leal / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino, História, Filosofia das Ciências e Matemática, Santo André, 2018. / A Escola Preparatória da UFABC (EPUFABC) é um projeto de extensão dirigido às comunidades com menor acesso à educação, com o propósito de promover maior oportunidade de ingresso ao ensino superior. As aulas da EPUFABC são ministradas por alunos da graduação e pós-graduação da Universidade Federal do ABC, que muitas vezes só têm a visão do que é ser professor vivenciada em suas experiências como aluno. Nesse contexto, e utilizando o Conhecimento Pedagógico do Conteúdo (PCK) como referencial teórico, este trabalho investigou os indícios do PCK para o conteúdo de isomeria de dois professores de química da EPUFABC. Como ferramenta de acesso desse conhecimento foi utilizado o preenchimento do instrumento Representação de Conteúdo (CoRe), realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com os professores e o registro audiovisual das aulas ministradas para o conteúdo anteriormente mencionado. Os dados obtidos foram transcritos e analisados segundo as categorias do PCK propostas por Magnusson et al. (1999) e Adadan e Oner (2014). Dessa forma, foi possível compreender como professores com formações iniciais distintas e ministrando o mesmo conteúdo mobilizam o seu PCK, bem como verificar o grau de desenvolvimento do mesmo. Identificou-se nos registros as diferentes categorias do PCK e como a formação de cada professor, aliada à sua prática influenciam na contrução dos diferentes conhecimentos que constituem o PCK. / The UFABC Preparatory School (EPUFABC) is an extension project aimed at communities with less access to education, with the purpose of promoting greater opportunities for higher education. EPUFABC classes are taught by undergraduate and graduate students of the Federal University of ABC, who often only have the vision of what it is to be a teacher experienced in their experiences as a student. In this context, and using the Pedagogical Knowledge of Content (PCK) as a theoretical reference, this work investigated the evidence of the PCK for the isomer content of two chemistry professors of EPUFABC. As a tool to access this knowledge was used the filling of the Instrument of Content Representation (CoRe), conducted semi-structured interviews with the teachers and the audiovisual record of the classes taught for the content mentioned above. The data obtained were transcribed and analyzed according to the PCK categories proposed by Magnusson et al. (1999) and Adadan and Oner (2014). In this way, it was possible to understand how teachers with different initial training and ministering the same content mobilize their PCK, as well as verify the degree of development of the same. The different categories of the PCK were identified in the registers and how the formation of each teacher, together with their practice, influence the construction of different knowledge that constitute the PCK.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Libya, as one of the third world countries, is struggling to address the issue of transformation and various institutional reforms (including the education system). For example, it has been observed that many biology teachers are faced with challenges relating to both subject matter knowledge (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) yet the expectation of the new curriculum is that biology teachers demonstrate professional efficacy in their work regardless of the challenges they face. In light of this, a group of Libyan secondary school biology teachers was investigated in Tripoli through a participatory action research process. The study was underpinned by the Shulman theory of PCK using a mixed-methods design to generate an understanding of the theory of basic knowledge of teaching. This investigation examined the influence of an in-service training programme consisting of three components of PCK namely: teachers‘ subject matter knowledge (SMK); use of instructional strategies; and understanding of learners on a group of Libyan biology teachers‘ instructional practices. On the one hand, the investigation considered their theoretical knowledge, and their experiences during the professional development programme aimed at designing new teaching and learning activities and materials while on the other hand, it considered their practical knowledge in terms of their professional skills or their practical use of what has been learned during their pre-service training as well as what they learned during the professional development programme. Specifically, the study focused on biology teachers from the Hai Alandalus District (Libya). This representation enabled me to unveil the PCK components held to some extent by the Libyan teachers in general. Moreover, the PCK representation has also enabled me to clarify the category of the teachers‘ PCK in the Libyan context especially as their PCK was unknown at the commencement of the study. The findings have shown that the professional development used in the study facilitated the biology teachers‘ ability in several ways such as increased their PCK and SMK; improved their ability to organize activity-based lessons; increased their desire to use a variety of instructional strategies; increased the understanding of their learners‘ needs; improved their awareness that their learners‘ performance is not unrelated to their socio-economic background; and so on. Overall, the findings suggest that designing and implementing new teaching and learning activities and materials based on the teachers‘ knowledge, experiences, and needs, in a workshop context could provide an enabling learning environment for them as well as facilitate their potential to provide a powerful means for increasing their PCK, SMK and understanding their learners. The study also reveals that there is a great necessity for designers to mount professional development programmes that take into consideration the teachers‘ PCK to meaningfully promote their professional development and instructional practices.

Uppdraget som låg till grund för detta examensarbete var att utveckla Vattenfall Science Centers utställning och verksamhet. Uppdraget formulerades i ett syfte att studera hur sciencecentret som koncept kan utvecklas genom att pröva hur ett sociokulturellt perspektiv pålärande yttrar sig i skapandet av en interaktiv installation. Målet med arbetet är att föreslå hurett science center kan formas och utvecklas för att skapa förutsättningar för lärande.Arbetet delades upp i tre delar. Första delen består av en studie av litteratur med syfteatt få en övergripande bild av den forskning som berör lärande på museer. Målet var att belysaviktiga aspekter för lärande på museer. Andra delen består av arbetet med att formulera endidaktisk modell som svarar för vad, varför och hur ett ämne eller ämnesområde skapresenteras, samt att tillämpa den didaktiska modellen i skapandet av en interaktivinstallation. Tredje delen av arbetet består av en utvärdering av mötet mellan den skapadeinstallationen och dess användare.I denna rapport presenteras arbetets tre delar för att avslutningsvis leda till endiskussion kring examensarbetets huvudfråga: Hur kan förutsättningar för lärande möjliggörasi utformandet av en interaktiv utställning?Att skapa förutsättningar för lärande handlar om att skapa förutsättningar föraktiviteter som möjliggör lärande. Genom utformning och val av innehåll i en utställningfinns möjlighet att skapa mer eller mindre goda förutsättning för lärande. Därför är det viktigtatt från början ha en klar bild av vilken typ av aktivitet som det är önskvärt att utställningeninbjuder besökaren till, exempelvis samarbete, samtal och besökarens egen påverkan.Det traditionella science centret är ofta kritiserat för att framställa naturvetenskap ochteknik som något färdigt och opåverkbart. För att skapa intresse och engagemang för dessaämnen och för områdena energi och miljö betonas från flera håll vikten av att iställetframställa dem nyanserat och från flera perspektiv. Därför är det viktigt att i arbetet med attutveckla en interaktiv utställning eller en science center verksamhet diskutera hur det tänktaämnet ska presenteras för att uppnå detta.Att skapa och utveckla en utställning och en verksamhet är en arbetsprocess sominvolverar många människor. Här liksom i alla situationer där många människor ärinvolverade i ett och samma projekt behövs en tydlig ambition och tydliga mål medverksamheten som kan styra och leda arbetsprocessens alla delar. I arbetet har det betonats attdenna ambition kan utvecklas från att intressera besökaren för naturvetenskap och teknik, idetta fall med fokus på energi- och miljöfrågor, till att också skapa engagemang. Engagemangsom exempelvis kan skapas genom att erbjuda besökaren verktyg för att själv kunna agera ochpåverka framtiden i relation energi- och miljöfrågor. / This study illuminates how the science center as a concept can be developed and how asociocultural perspective on learning influences the design of an interactive exhibit. The aimof the study is to propose ideas on how a science center can be designed and developed withthe purpose of creating good conditions for learning.The work was divided in three parts. In the first part literature was studied with theaim of highlighting aspects important for learning from a sociocultural perspective. In thesecond part an educational model was formulated based on the result from the literature study,interviews and study visits. The educational model was then used to guide the design of aninteractive exhibit on hydro power. The third part consists of an evaluation of the exhibitbased on observation of the visitors’ interaction with the exhibit.In this thesis the work and the result of the three parts are presented leading to a finaldiscussion about the key question of the study: How can learning possibilities be createdthrough the design of an interactive exhibition?Creating possibilities for learning is about creating possibilities for activities thatmakes learning possible. Through the design and in the choice of content of an exhibition it ispossible to create more or less good conditions for learning. Therefore it is important to havea clear picture of what type of activities it is desirable that an exhibition invite the visitor to,for example cooperation and conversation and the visitors’ possibility to influence the resultof the activity.The traditional science center is often criticized for presenting science and technologyas something static and finished. To create interest and engagement for the subject area it isinstead needed to be presented from a wide range of perspectives. Therefore throughout thework of developing an interactive exhibition or a science center it is important to discuss howthe subject area can be presented to fulfil this aim.Creating and developing an exhibition is a work that involves a number of people withdifferent backgrounds, knowledge and ideas. Just as in any other project that involves manypeople a clear ambition with clear goals is needed and makes a shared vision possible that canlead and steer all parts of the work.

In this paper the notion of “mathematics profiles” and “instructional behaviour profiles is introduced. A brief explanation of what these profiles are and how they were constructed and represented for preservice mathematics teachers is provided. An example of one of the participants’ profiles is included as an example. The influence of the pre-service teachers’ mathematics profiles on their instructional behaviour is then discussed. This is done with regard to using the mathematics profiles as a potential tool to optimise the development of pre-service mathematics teachers’ instructional behaviour towards a more reform-oriented approach.

The study explores the meaning of knowing how to reason about justice in civics in upper secondary school. This is examined through the analysis of students’ conceptions of justice, and of their conceptions of civic reasoning about justice. It is also examined through the analysis of civic education practise. In the study, teaching was designed using Variation Theory and the theory of intersubjectivity in Activity Theory, and examined and evaluated in three Learning Studies. The empirical material consists of filmed and transcribed research lessons and interviews, as well as of written pre- and post-tests. The material was first analysed using phenomenography, and then analysed using content-oriented conversation analysis. Students’ conceptions of justice were found to move between the conception of justice as (A) a universal value, (B) a personal value or (C) a value of principle. Students’ conceptions of civic reasoning about justice were found to move between three conceptions: (a) reporting about justice, (b) analysing causes of different perspectives on justice or (c) critical reasoning about principles of justice. The critical aspects of knowing how to reason about justice in civics that students needed to discern were the relativity of justice, the basis for arguments for principles of justice and the analysing as well as the criticizing aspects of reasoning. The subject-knowledge that the teachers expressed in their teaching was one condition of the practise of civics that was found to be of importance for the students’ learning. Others were the assumed purpose of the practise of civics and a genuine need for the intended knowledge in the practice. Communicative actions that seem to facilitate these conditions are real learning tasks and a subject-specific language and variation of critical aspects as mediating tools. The findings are discussed in relation to theories of justice in political science and to the practise of civics education.

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Trots intensiva satsningar på skolans digitalisering visar forskningen att den inte lederautomatiskt till förbättrat lärande och kunskapsutveckling hos eleverna. Syftet medexamensarbetet var att undersöka pedagogernas syn på frågan hur IT och 1:1 kontextenkan utnyttjas för att främja elevers lärande i naturvetenskaplig undervisning.Empirin omfattar djupintervjuer med fyra lärare som undervisar i biologi, kemi ellerNO. Syftet var att få insikt i lärarnas funderingar och sätt att använda IT och 1:1kontexten för att stötta elevers lärande och det pedagogiska arbetet. Dessutom gjordesen enkätstudie bland åtta lärarstudenter för att ta reda på deras uppfattningar om 1:1kontextens användning och effekt vid observerade naturvetenskapliga lektioner. Detempiriska materialet analyseras utifrån utvalda teoretiska utgångspunkterna somomfattar teorier av Vygotskij och Dewey kring sociokonstruktivistiskt läranderespektive inquiry-based learning samt Mishra och Koehlers TPACK modell.Kopplingar görs också till aktuell evidensbaserad pedagogisk forskning kring IT-stöddlärandet som beskrivs i forskningsöversikten.Arbetets resultat visar på konkreta exemplen på hur IT och 1:1 kontexten kanutnyttjas för att främja elevers lärande, t.ex. vid utveckling av förmågor som lära attlära, metakognition, kommunikation och digital kompetens. Identifierade positivafaktorer för en effektiv IT användning är ett elevcentrerat undervisningsupplägg,lärarnas IT-intresse och elevernas guidning kring datoranvändning och kunskapsmålen.I arbetet identifieras också en rad utmaningar och riskfaktorer som kan lätt äventyrapositiva effekter av IT och 1:1 kontexten. Som mest besvärlig upplevs ITsdistraktionskraft på eleverna samt lokala förutsättningar som är svårare att påverka(teknisk utrustning, klassens sammansättning, elevernas motivation och förmåga tillsjälvkontroll, samt lärarnas möjligheter till att kunna utveckla sin TPACK).Analysen visar att positiva effekter för undervisningen och elevers lärande uppstårmer sannolikt när IT och 1:1 kontexten används selektiv för att stödja effektivaläraktiviteter som är aktiva, elevcentrerade, kognitiv utmanande, skapande och (social-)konstruktivistiska samt för att ge formativ bedömning. / Teaching science with one computer per pupil:opportunities and challenges from teachers’ perspective