The focus of this study is the development and implementation of the Iterative Needs Assessment/Evaluation Model for use as part of an English curriculum reform project at a four-year university in Japan. Three questions were addressed in this study: (a) what model components were necessary for use in a Japanese university setting; (b) what survey instruments would work with such a model; and (c) what needs would the stakeholders in the project report? The site for the study was a mid-sized private, four-year university in Japan. Set as an instrumental case study (Stake, 1998), multiple methods and sources were employed. Stakeholders in the project included university students (n = 1533), teaching staff (n = 33), university administrators and staff (n = 5), and domain experts (n = 7). Data collection included the use of questionnaires, unstructured and semi-structured interviews, and systems and materials analyses. Questionnaires were developed and analyzed using Rasch analysis. The Needs Assessment/Evaluation Model was assessed using a modified version of the Checklist for Judging the Adequacy of an Evaluation Design (Sanders & Nafziger, 1985). Implementation of a full iteration of the Model indicated that use of the Iterative Needs Assessment/Evaluation Model could guide the development and evaluation of the English language program. As part of the study, valid survey instruments that can continue to aid the assessment of needs for and evaluation of the courses were developed. Data from multiple sources indicated a difference in the perception of needs between stakeholders. The processes followed through the development and application of the Iterative Needs Assessment/Evaluation Model served to incorporate these different perceptions into a cohesive language program curriculum. / CITE/Language Arts

In today's globalized and technology-driven landscape, engineers wield unprecedented influence. As a response to calls from engineering accrediting and professional organizations, engineering educators have begun to further emphasize the importance of ethical decision-making within the curriculum. However, despite numerous attempts to integrate ethics, there remains a lack of consensus on effective strategies, particularly for larger-scale initiatives. This research, utilizing Lattuca and Stark's (2009) Academic Plan model, explores the Pathways curriculum reform at Virginia Tech, a university-wide initiative aimed at integrating intercultural awareness and ethical reasoning across general education courses. Through a case study methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 faculty in the College of Engineering. Participants shared insights on the barriers encountered, resources utilized, and perceptions of ethical culture within their various academic environments. Additionally, participants described their network interactions within and beyond the curriculum reform initiative. Findings suggest faculty leverage existing networks during curriculum reform, with identified barriers categorized as influence-driven and resource-driven. Integrating these insights into the Academic Plan model offers a nuanced, process-oriented understanding of curricular change. / Doctor of Philosophy / In today's globalized and technology-driven landscape, engineers wield unprecedented influence. As a response to calls from engineering accrediting and professional organizations, engineering educators have begun to further emphasize the importance of ethical decision-making within the curriculum. However, despite numerous attempts to integrate ethics, there remains a lack of consensus on effective strategies, particularly for larger-scale initiatives. This research explores the Pathways curriculum reform at Virginia Tech, a university-wide initiative aimed at integrating intercultural awareness and ethical reasoning across general education courses. To understand faculty experiences related to the curriculum reform, interviews were conducted with 12 faculty in the College of Engineering. Participants shared insights on the barriers encountered, resources utilized, and perceptions of ethical culture within their various academic environments. Additionally, participants described their personal collaborations within and beyond the curriculum reform initiative. Findings suggest faculty leverage existing networks during curriculum reform, with identified barriers categorized as influence-driven and resource-driven. By integrating these insights into one connected framework, we might be able to better understand and navigate the barriers associated with curriculum reforms.

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本研究從幼兒園第二代經營者的角度出發，以研究者家族所經營，位在相對弱勢社區中的幼兒園為對象，從批判教育學的角度，探討透過教育消弭階級差異的方法，以及課程模式與階級文化間的關係。批判教育學探討在資本主義制度下，教育對中下階層學生的壓迫，進一步主張透過覺醒與轉化的教育模式，消弭階級差異彰顯人性的價值。呼應這樣的概念，近年來台灣的幼兒教育現場，在幼托整合的政策引領下，也開始施行以遊戲為主的統整課程模式，宣稱可透過根植於學生經驗的方式，使學習更有意義。然這樣的政策在教育現場施行並不順利，台灣幼兒教育現場，長期以私立幼兒園為主，多數幼兒園在激烈競爭下，不得不呼應家長需求崇尚讀、寫、算，為進入小學做準備的教學模式。因此統整課程的驟然推行，受到來自基層教師、家長與學生的抗拒。研究者透過自己長年在幼兒園中的觀察，與家長及教師的訪談，釐清這些抵抗背後的原因，並引述批判教育學者Freire覺察、解放，以及Giroux轉化型知識份子的概念，透過與教師取得觀念上的共識，幫助其了解自身在社會中的角色，進一步改變其教學方式。在得到幼兒園教師的初步共識後，進一步使轉化的意識擴及家長。期望透過由下而上的基進方式，達成課程改革並拉近階級差異的目的。 / From the perspective of the second generation manager of kindergarten, this study, with the kindergarten operated by the researcher family’s in a disadvantage community, explores methods to eliminate the class difference through education, and relationship between curriculum model and class cultures based on the viewpoint of critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogy investigates the oppression of the lower class students through education in the capitalist system. Furthermore, it advocates eliminating class differences and highlighting the value of humanity through awareness and transformation of education. Echoing this concept, in recent years, the field of early childhood education in Taiwan begins to implement play-based integrated curriculum model under the guidance of preschools integration policy, and claims that learning can become more significance from student’s perspective. However, such policy does not work well. Early childhood education in Taiwan is mainly private kindergartens. Under the intense competition, most kindergartens have to respond to the demands of parents to advocate reading, writing, counting, implementing teaching mode preparing for entry into primary school. Therefore, the sudden implementation of integrated curriculum gets resistance from teachers, parents and students. The researcher clarifies reasons of the resistance by observation in kindergarten for many years, interviews with parents and teachers, quoted from critical pedagogy such as concepts of conscious and liberation by Paulo Freire and transformative intellectuals by Henry Giroux, to realize the consensus with teachers to help them understand their position in society and further change their teaching methods. After build-up the preliminary consensus with teachers in kindergarten, the researcher make transformation expanded into parents. The study expects to reach the purpose of curriculum reform and eliminate class difference through the radical approach.

This thesis is of a theoretical nature: it does not include any field research. It includes a proposal for an elementary school brochure-guide for parents in Czech Republic, created by the author of this thesis. The thesis summarizes findings on the educational curriculum reform in the Czech Republic, which took place in 2007, and analyses ways in which parents were informed. The text focuses first on the reform itself, its objectives and its basic features. It then analyses the relationship between family and school, stating that parents as a group are of major importance for the successful implementation of the reform. It is therefore crucial to properly understand this group. In connection with the reform and its importance for parents, the text deals with how the informational campaign was conceived in the Czech Republic and in the UK. The 'Guide for Parents of English pupils aged 5 to 7 years' is then described as a source of ideas. Based on this, a proposal for a brochure-guide was created to be used as informational material for parents in the Czech Republic.

On the assumption that leadership involves individuals with distinct qualities who take much ingenuity, energy and skills to trigger greater capacity in the organization for moving people towards organizational vision and goal achievement, the aim of this study is to identify and describe the leadership shown by managers and lecturers for the successful implementation of academic programme change at National University of Rwanda. That includes investigating the improvement of academic practice in the higher education institution while implementing change, i.e. introduction of the Module-Based Teaching and Learning (MBTL) methodology which is a new approach to schooling, as well as defining an appropriate leadership style needed for the management of this implementation. The research was carried out at National University of Rwanda as a case study and supported by the aid of interviews with faculty managers and lecturers as they are the main developers and users of teaching and learning programmes. Next, data collected were complemented by means of textual analysis. The findings revealed that the MBTL introduced at NUR as an innovation in academic practice was a top-down decision made by the policy makers without consultation with academic staffs and implemented without adequate preparation whereas they are the main actors in the implementation. Coupled with the change in the language of instruction from French to English and the lack of educational material required by the MBTL approach, the situation had an unenthusiastic impact on the engagement of NUR academics for accurate successful implementation. The overall conclusion is that inadequate management of the introduction of an educational change programme leads to misadoption and reluctance at best and resistance by the implementers at worst.

This work deals with curricular reform and its relation to leisure education. Trying to locate the targets of education for the society model curriculum. When finding the key competencies understood as primarily a means of fulfilling the objectives of reform attempts to map these competences, in the practical part analyze the documents containing leisure facilities targets and looking how their goals coincide with the goals of the curriculum reform, and whether the objectives of the planned use of key competencies.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-12-12T14:22:54Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação Érica Brito de Santana.pdf: 2625718 bytes, checksum: f40ac7f557474de1736c3a2fcbe6a7cb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T14:22:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação Érica Brito de Santana.pdf: 2625718 bytes, checksum: f40ac7f557474de1736c3a2fcbe6a7cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-29 / A pesquisa aborda a autonomia docente no contexto da reforma curricular de cursos de licenciatura. Diante da sensação de falta de autonomia em relação às decisões que envolvem o currículo em uma universidade pública – instituição em que é garantida, pela Constituição Federal, a autonomia didático-científica –, a investigação teve por objetivo geral analisar a autonomia de docentes formadores, vinculados a departamentos-âncoras de cursos presenciais do Centro de Artes e Comunicação CAC/UFPE, em processos de elaboração de projetos pedagógicos de cursos de licenciatura que passaram por reformulação curricular. Tal intenção se desdobrou em quatro objetivos específicos: identificar norteadores dos processos de elaboração de projetos pedagógicos de cursos de licenciatura no âmbito da UFPE; analisar elementos do processo de reformulação que evidenciam a autonomia docente; compreender a percepção de docentes formadores acerca dos desdobramentos do processo de reformulação curricular, em termos de formação profissional e de atuação dos docentes formadores; e identificar as concepções de docentes acerca do exercício da autonomia frente ao processo de elaboração de projetos pedagógicos. Como referencial teórico, assumimos a noção de autonomia a partir de Contreras (2012), Freire (1996) e Rios (2008). A concepção de currículo adotada fundamenta-se nas teorias críticas de currículo, com foco nos estudos de Henry Giroux (1981, 1983) e Paulo Freire (1987, 1989). Quanto à abordagem, trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa que se baseia na análise de conteúdo (BARDIN, 2011), por meio da técnica de análise temática. Utilizamos como instrumento de coleta e construção de dados a pesquisa documental, a observação participativa, a entrevista semiestruturada e conversas informais. O campo de investigação foram três cursos de licenciatura (Artes Visuais, Expressão Gráfica e Letras-Português) vinculados ao CAC/UFPE. Contamos com o depoimento de 05 professores que atuaram como coordenadores dos cursos durante o processo de reforma e mais 06 professores que participaram do processo de elaboração, totalizando 11 entrevistados. As principais categorias teóricas utilizadas foram: autonomia ilusória; autonomia das decisões profissionais e autonomia profissional, posturas delineadas a partir de perfis profissionais de professores (CONTRERAS, 2012). O processo de elaboração dos projetos pedagógicos das licenciaturas se caracterizou pelo conflito de concepções de formação docente, o que envolveu relações de poder constituídas a partir das posturas assumidas nas relações internas dos cursos e entre departamentos da instituição, evidenciadas por meio de vários níveis de exercício e desenvolvimento da autonomia. Apesar da percepção de falta de autonomia, os relatos a respeito das formas de realização do processo de elaboração de projetos pedagógicos evidenciam que os próprios docentes identificam não apenas limites que condicionam a tomada de decisão, mas também encontram possibilidades para a elaboração de currículos que reflitam os propósitos educativos assumidos. Ao vivenciar o processo de reformulação curricular, enquanto alguns docentes revelam uma autonomia profissional, algumas posturas se distanciam das características do perfil de intelectual crítico, ou seja, apesar de gozarem de autonomia, os professores, por vezes, não a exercem de modo a expressar uma profissionalidade, entendida como um conjunto de qualidades da prática profissional docente em função do que requer o trabalho educativo. / The present research aims to investigate teaching autonomy in the context of curriculum reform proposals. Facing the perceived lack of autonomy due to curriculum decisions at a public university system - where didactic and scientific autonomy is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution- the main goal was to analyze the autonomy of teachers in the process of proposing changes in the pedagogical projects of undergraduate courses at the Center for Arts and Communication CAC/UFPE, in order to elicit what have gone through for making course curriculum reform happen. Such an intention unfolds into four specific objectives: identifying the guiding line along the drafting process of pedagogical projects of three undergraduate courses offered by the UFPE; analyzing elements of the redesign process which highlighted the teaching autonomy; understanding the perception of trainers teaching about the development of the curriculum reform, in terms of professional training and performance enhancement of teachers on the exercise of autonomy itself; and identifying teachers' sense of autonomy. of As a theoretical framework, we assume the notion of autonomy from Contreras (2012), Freire (1996) and Rios (2008). The design of curriculum adopted is based on the critical theories of curriculum, focusing on studies of Henry Giroux (1981, 1983) and Paulo Freire (1987, 1989). As for the approach, it is a qualitative research that is based on content analysis (BARDIN, 2011), through thematic analysis. We used as a tool for building data collection and document research, participant observation and semi-structured interview. The field of research was three degree courses (Visual Arts, Graphic Expression and Letters-Portuguese) linked to the CAC/UFPE. We have the testimony of 05 teachers who acted as coordinators of the courses during the process of reform and over 06 teachers who participated in the drafting process, a total of 11 respondents. the main theoretical categories used were illusory autonomy; autonomy of professional autonomy and professional decisions, postures delineated from professional teachers profiles (CONTRERAS, 2012). The process of drawing up pedagogical projects of undergraduate education was characterized by the conflict of teacher training conceptions, which involved power relations constituted from the positions taken in the internal relations of the courses and between departments of the institution, evidenced from various levels of exercise and development of autonomy. despite the perceived lack of autonomy, the reports about the embodiments of the preparation of educational projects process show that the teachers themselves identify not only limits that influence decision making, but also are possibilities for the development of curricula that reflect educational purposes undertaken. To experience the process of curricular reform, while some teachers show a professional autonomy, some postures distance themselves from the characteristics of the critical intellectual profile, ie although from enjoying autonomy, teachers sometimes do not exercise it in order to express one professionalism, understood as a set of qualities of the teaching professional practice in terms of what requires educational work.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação Susana.pdf: 1885260 bytes, checksum: 9a50bcc5d1674bd9950ca327c6ff64ec (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-28 / Sem bolsa / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo compreender como a reforma em ação do governo gestão 2011-2014 com vista ao Ensino Médio (EM) politécnico e integrado no RS acontece no chão da escola de forma a perceber as (im) possibilidades para a melhoria educacional, centrando-se, dentro desse contexto, um olhar especial para a Educação Física (EF). A pesquisa foi um estudo de caso qualitativo em que se tomou como base o referencial metodológico Materialista-Histórico-Dialético através de um processo de ―triangulação‖ entre diferentes fontes de dados, pressupondo a existência de vinculações estreitas e essenciais com uma macrorrealidade, sobretudo no estudo do caso que tem como intuito a apreensão mais profunda de uma unidade. Foram estruturados três capítulos de embasamento teórico, em que se aclarou, a conceituação politécnica e integrada, seguido do trabalho como princípio educativo finalizando com a análise sobre o EM brasileiro e suas possibilidades no século XXI. Tais capítulos foram sumários para no último capítulo após elucidar a população a escola, o governo e o teor da proposta alvo de investigação, secundariamente investigar a reforma em uma escola da rede estadual. Para a coleta dos dados foram entrevistadas, através de roteiros de perguntas, as professoras atuantes no Seminário Integrado, as três professoras de EF atuantes no EM, além das contribuições da direção e da supervisão escolar. Na escola observaram-se quatro reformas (Reorganização curricular, inserção do Seminário integrado, Inclusão da Avaliação Emancipatória e Agrupamento por áreas de conhecimento), além do processo de implantação e de investimento na escola e professores, analisou-se o espaço da EF, para por fim refletir o que se verificou após dois anos de reformulações. As conclusões da pesquisa demonstraram um aumento da fragilidade do EM, em consonância do empobrecimento curricular, da forma de implementação e da falta de investimento e formação que deixou a escolas, principalmente, os professores de lado. O conceito de politecnia, á espécie de seus princípios basilares, não apareceu nos achados. Por conta disso, a partir da fala dos professores entrevistados e das reflexões ao longo do estudo, percebeu-se que a presente medida tem se encaminhado como uma política de governo que busca visibilidade por meio da melhoria das taxas escolares, mas que na verdade, está pouco preocupada com a melhoria da formação escolar dos jovens gaúchos, contribuindo sim, para a precarização do processo formativo e para o envio de trabalhadores ao sistema produtivo capitalista que busca recursos de baixo custo para funções no chão de fábrica. / This study proposed to understand how the reform in action management for the Polytechnic and Integrated High School happens on the school floor trying to verifying the (im) possibilities to improve the educational, focusing, in this context, a special attention to Physical Education. The research was a qualitative case study in which that took as base the Dialectical-Historical-Materialist approach through a "triangulation" process with the use of different data sources, assuming essential links existing with a macro-reality, mainly in the case study that wants to know deeply an unit. Three theoretical basis chapters were create, the first was dedicated to the polytechnic and integrated concepts, the next reflected about the work as an educational principle, finalizing with the XXI century Brazilian High School possibilities. These points where essential for in the last chapter, after elucidated the school population, the government and the proposal contents, verify the reform in a state school. Were interviewed, using questions scripts, the Integrated Seminar teachers, the three Physical Education High School teachers, beyond the school principal and supervision contributions. Were observed four reforms (The curriculum reorganization; The insertion of Integrated Seminar; The Evaluation modification and; The areas grouping), the implantation process and investments in the schools and teachers, as well as, looked the Physical Education space inside the reforms, to finally reflects about the two years changes founds. The survey conclusions indicated the High School fragility increase, in accordance with the impoverishment curriculum and the implement form, which without investment and training, forgot the teachers. The polytechnic concept, according their basic principles, wasn‘t found. Because of this, from the teachers interviews and the study reflections, was possible to realize that this reform has been forwarded as a government policy that wants visibility improving school rates, but in truth, is little concerned with the young gauchos‘ school education improvement, contributing, in fact, to precariousness the formation and to send workers to the capitalism system search low cost resources to work on factory floor functions.

From the 1960s to the present, the Swedish school has undergone quite a few major reforms, including three new national curricula. The aim of this literature review is to investigate what previous research says about curriculum reform regarding second language teaching and learning in general, and English as a second language in particular. Through analysis of the chosen seven sources, there is some evidence that curriculum reform has affected second language learning and teaching. Especially when it comes to the implementation of curriculum, a subject syllabus plays an essential role in the process of transmitting knowledge, and the dynamic of the classroom is changing, which entails that both teachers’ role and students’ roles are shifting. The teacher is not the only source of knowledge any more, and students do not just sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. Students’ influence is highlighted both in the curriculum and in the classroom. Communicative competence has become the focus of the teaching and learning of a second language.