The present study aims to investigate early childhood educators' experiences with digital technology and its integration in their teaching practices in kindergartens in Finland and their beliefs on the impact on children's learning. Digital technology has already influenced various aspects of life, and it would be inevitable not to impact Early Childhood Education settings. Therefore, it is essential to scrutinize early childhood educators' experience regarding the implementation of digital technology in everyday life in kindergarten, how they involve children with it, and their perspective on the impact on children's learning. The abovementioned rationale motivated the present qualitative research study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six early childhood educators who work actively in kindergartens in Finland. The interview consisted of open-ended questions, which attempted to delve into early childhood educators' beliefs on the role of digital technology in Early Childhood Education, the ways of implementation in kindergarten, and the effects on children's learning. The collected data from the semi-structured interviews were analyzed through thematic analysis. The findings revealed that the participants of the study use partially digital technology equipment in the kindergarten with children. However, they strongly believe they need more training to implement digital technology in Early Childhood Education adequately. Despite their feelings, they attempt to support children with utilizing digital technology. Moreover, the analysis of the collected data showed that children have the opportunity to practice emotional and social skills while using digital technology equipment but learn the conventional use of the digital devices too.

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La dérivée est un concept important dans les cours de calcul. Dans certains pays comme au Canada et en France, il est enseigné au niveau collégial tandis qu’en Afrique et en particulier au Cameroun, on l’enseigne au niveau secondaire car la dérivée intervient dans l’étude des variations d’une fonction. Cette thèse dont le titre est : Analyse praxéologique des pratiques des enseignants et de leur utilisation de ressources pour l’enseignement de la dérivée. Une étude de cas dans l’enseignement secondaire général au Cameroun part du constat selon lequel de nombreux élèves et étudiants rencontrent des difficultés avec la notion de dérivée et que ces difficultés s’observent dans leurs résultats scolaires et académiques. Au vu de l’importance de la dérivée pour les différents parcours universitaires en sciences, nous nous intéressons aux pratiques des enseignants de mathématiques et notamment leurs praxéologies didactiques autour de la dérivée mais aussi, nous voulons comprendre les raisons qui justifient les choix faits par ces enseignants. La recherche essaie de répondre à la question de savoir quelles sont les pratiques des enseignants et les ressources utilisées par ces derniers pour l’enseignement de la dérivée? La recherche se propose ainsi d’identifier les praxéologies que les enseignants développent dans leur utilisation des ressources pour préparer leurs leçons et pour enseigner la dérivée. Nous ne nous limitons pas aux praxéologies observables mais nous aimerons comprendre les raisons qui justifient les choix opérés par ces enseignants et les contraintes institutionnelles auxquelles ils font face. Deux cadres théoriques encadrent cette recherche : la Théorie Anthropologique de la Didactique (TAD) qui nous permet d’analyser les types de tâches, les techniques, les technologies et les théories justifiant les technologies employées dans les ressources des enseignants et dans leurs pratiques enseignantes. De même, nous utilisons l’Approche Documentaire du Didactique (ADD) afin d’analyser les ressources institutionnelles et les autres ressources que les enseignants utilisent pour enseigner la dérivée. Pour analyser l’utilisation des ressources des enseignants, nous mettons un accent sur les objectifs et les sous-objectifs visés, les règles d’action, les invariants opératoires et les inférences éventuelles. Sur le plan méthodologique, nous utilisons une étude de cas impliquant trois enseignants qui enseignent la dérivée aux élèves de première. Nous utilisons des entretiens semi-dirigés afin d’analyser les choix que font les enseignants lors de la préparation des cours mais et surtout les raisons qui justifient ces choix; les observations vidéo-filmées permettent de savoir comment les enseignants introduisent la dérivée en un point et sur un intervalle et l’analyse des documents tels que les programmes de mathématiques, les manuels scolaires et d’autres ressources des enseignants employés dans la préparation des cours. Le principal résultat de cette thèse est l’identification du poids des ressources institutionnelles et de l’examen de fin d’année sur les praxéologies mathématiques et sur la manière dont les enseignants utilisent ces ressources. Nous discutons de ce résultat en tenant compte du rapport personnel des enseignants et des praxéologies développées dans les manuels et lors de l’enseignement. / Derivatives are one of the most important topics studied in high school (in many countries) and postsecondary mathematics. Many students must learn this topic to pursue their university studies and as a gateway to learn other mathematical topics in various other fields. In Cameroon, secondary teaching lasts from 12 to 18 years old. In this context, what in other countries is considered as pre-university courses, or college, in Cameroon is still called secondary. Derivatives are introduced in the last but one year of this cycle, called première (students are 17), after the topics of function, limit, and continuity. In this thesis, we examined teachers’ practices and their use of resources while teaching derivatives. This study in general secondary education in Cameroon starts from the observation that many pupils and students encounter difficulties with the notion of derivative and that these difficulties are observed in their academic results. The research attempts to identify the tasks, techniques and technologies developed in the resources used by these teachers. It also tries to describe the patterns of use of resources by closely observing the objectives pursued, the rules of action and the operational invariants put in place when using resources. We do not limit ourselves to describing the practices of teachers, but we would like to understand the reasons that justify their choices and the institutional constraints they face. Since we are interested in teachers’ practices and their use of resources to teach derivatives, we use elements of the anthropological theory of the didactic (ATD) to analyze the types of tasks, the techniques, technologies, and theories justifying the technologies used in teachers' resources and teaching practices. By using DA, we understand that teachers, to prepare their teaching, use variety of resources. These resources aiming to teach this content together with the schemes of use of these resources result in a document and these schemes of use of resources is influenced by the teacher’s own personal relationship. The participants in this study were three teachers who teach derivatives to first-class students. We use semi-structured interviews to analyse the choices teachers make when preparing courses, but above all the reasons that justify these choices and video to observe how teachers introduce the derivative. The video shows how teachers introduce the derivative at a point and on an interval. Others analyses helps us understanding how this content is introduced on math programs, textbooks and other teacher resources used in the preparation of courses. The main result of this thesis is the identification of the weight of institutional resources and the end-of-year examination on mathematical praxeology’s and on the way, teachers use these resources. We discuss this result considering the personal relationship of teachers and the praxeology’s developed in textbooks and during teaching.

Cette recherche étudie la possibilité pour les enseignants d’arts plastiques au secondaire de permettre à leurs élèves de créer des oeuvres à partir de questions plus sensibles, comme le feraient de véritables artistes. Elle part de l’hypothèse que certains enseignants hésitent à approuver les intentions sensibles soumises spontanément par leurs élèves, allant même jusqu’à les interdire, ne sachant pas comment y répondre de façon satisfaisante. Elle souligne le fait que ce type de questions peut favoriser la création d’oeuvres pertinentes, authentiques et signifiantes, mais que cela exige des pratiques de régulation capables d ’amener les élèves à créer dans un contexte scolaire où le regard du public compte. Elle mise ainsi sur la possibilité de découvrir, de comprendre et de décrire le phénomène de la pratique de régulation des enseignants face aux questions sensibles soumises par leurs élèves afin de cibler les gestes susceptibles d’amener les élèves à développer une posture similaire à celle d’artistes professionnels. Elle s’appuie sur six composantes inhérentes à ce type de régulation : les questions sensibles, l ’enseignant, l’adolescent, la création, le contexte et le public. Il s’agit d ’une recherche descriptive, qui emprunte des éléments à la recherche phénoménologique et qui adopte un parcours en partie heuristique. Elle fait état de l’expérience de régulation des questions sensibles de la chercheure et de celle de cinq autres enseignants participants oeuvrant auprès d’élèves du secondaire dans un établissement scolaire du Québec. Les résultats de la recherche mettent en relief la nature et les finalités des gestes de régulation recensés par les participants et ils démontrent l ’importance de certains de ces gestes, dont ceux favorisant l’action conjointe ainsi que ceux servant à identifier les conditions favorables au travail des questions sensibles. La recherche prouve l’importance de la réflexion en continu dans le processus de régulation de ce type de questions, processus soutenu à la fois par les élèves et l ’enseignant qui travaillent de concert afin de faire progresser les intentions sensibles initiales qui s’actualisent et se précisent au fur et à mesure que progresse le travail de création. Elle montre également l ’importance de mettre en place une régulation qui tienne compte du public, de la diffusion des oeuvres sensibles faites en classe ainsi que des visées d ’exposition. / This research questions the possibility for secondary school visual arts teachers to allow their students to create artworks dealing with sensitive issues, the way real artists would. It is based on the hypothesis that some teachers are reluctant to accept sensitive intentions that are spontaneously submitted to them by their students, even going so far as to forbid them, because they do not know how to address these issues properly. The research emphasizes that exploring these issues can promote the creation of relevant, authentic and meaningful artworks, however, this requires regulatory measures capable of engaging students creating in a school context where public perception matters. The research is committed to the possibility of discovering, understanding and describing teachers’ regulatory measures when dealing with sensitive issues proposed by their students. It aims to identify actions that may help them develop a personal point of view, similar to those of professional artists. The study is based on six components that are inherent to these types of regulations: sensitive issues, teachers, teenagers, creation, context and audience. This research is descriptive, drawing from elements of phenomenological studies and adopting a partly heuristic approach. It reports on the researcher’s own experience addressing sensitive issues with these regulatory measures, as well as the experiences of five other participating teachers working with students in a secondary school in Quebec. The results of this research highlight the nature and purposes of the regulatory measures identified by the participants and reveal the significance of some of these measures, including those that promote joint action and those that help identify the most conducive conditions for working with sensitive issues. It proves that continuous reflection is essential during the process of regulating these types of questions. This process is carried out by both students and teachers, working together to develop the initial sensitive intentions that are actualized and clarified as the creative work progresses. The study also illustrates the importance of implementing regulations that consider the audience, the display of sensitive work in class and the objectives of the exhibit.

Every citizen has the right to be equipped with scientific literacy to understand and make informed decisions within the discipline of science. Educators can utilize core science teaching practices (CSTPs) to develop scientific literacy. In response, this study identified the CSTPs utilized by preservice elementary teachers (PSETs) to develop scientific literacy during their spring 2022 student teaching semester. Furthermore, this study identified contextual constructs that led to the utilization of the CSTPs to develop scientific literacy. The study used a qualitative exploratory case study using semi-structured interviews as the primary data. Surveys and artifacts were used as supporting secondary data. The identification of CSTPs and their contextual constructs were conducted using inductive content analysis. Afterward, the identified CSTPs and their contextual constructs were deconstructed, interpreted, and synthesized through the critical theoretical framework of disciplinary literacy. Relationships, time, school structure, and community were contextual constructs that enabled and disabled PSETs' utilization of CSTPs to develop scientific literacy. The contextual constructs are represented using the Framework to Develop Scientific Literacy (FDSL). The FDSL contain contextual constructs that enabled PSETs to utilize CSTPs through the sharing of power between the PSET and their cooperating teacher, school district, community, or teacher education programs. In contrast, contextual constructs that disabled PSETs include denying of power that negatively impacted the utilization of CSTPs to develop scientific literacy. The findings of the study call for teacher education programs to include contextual constructs as elements that impact PSETs' student teaching experiences to navigate power dynamics in authentic school settings. By identifying and using constructs as represented in the FDSL, teacher education programs can support PSETs' utilization of CSTPs to develop scientific literacy. In addition, this study calls for a reframing of power relationships between teacher education programs and their partnering school districts. By revealing the complex contextual nature of the PSETs' student teaching experiences, this study seeks to initiate discussion on how teacher education programs can support the practice of PSETs as they educate the next generation of scientifically literate citizens.

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The main purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between students' achievement in mathematics and teachers' background, professional development and teaching practices. A self report instrument - Mathematics Teaching Opinionate Scale (MaTOS) was used to collect data from Form C (Grade 10) mathematics teachers in the Maseru District in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study in the selection of participants screened on the basis of type of ownership of schools. The simple random format was subsequently utilized to pick 40 teachers on the basis of school population. Out of the total participants of 40 teachers, 18 (45.0%) were males while 22(55.0%) were female. Simple correlation and regression statistics at the 0.01 and 0.05 significance levels were utilized for data analysis. Findings indicated a significant positive relationship between students' academic achievement in mathematics and teachers' background (i.e. teachers' qualifications, subject majors and years of experience especially from six years of teaching) with r = 0.552, P < 0.01. Furthermore, regression analysis showed that teachers' qualifications (&#946; = 0.77, P < 0.05), subject majors (&#946; = 0.35, P < 0.05) and experience (&#946; = 0.16, P < 0.05) were predictors of students' achievement in mathematics [F(3,39) = 4.321; P < 0.05)]. The findings therefore suggest that if all mathematics teachers have a degree, are specialized in mathematics or mathematics education and have more than five years teaching experience the students' achievement in mathematics would likely improve. / MATH, SCIENCE & TECH EDU / MSC (MATHS,SCIENCE OR T/EDU)

Plusieurs auteurs (Nadon, 2007; Tauveron, 2005; Routman, 2010) ont mis de l’avant des propositions didactiques pour enseigner l’écriture de façon optimale à partir de la littérature de jeunesse, notamment en amenant les élèves à s’inspirer du style d’un auteur. Puisque la littérature de jeunesse est encore peu employée pour induire des situations d’écriture au primaire (Montésinos-Gelet et Morin, 2007), cette recherche présente un dispositif novateur, soit l’écriture à la manière d’un auteur qui consiste à placer l’élève dans une situation d’appropriation-observation d’une oeuvre littéraire dans le but d’en ressortir ses caractéristiques et de l’imiter (Geist, 2005 et Tauveron, 2002). Selon Olness (2007), l’exposition à une littérature de jeunesse de qualité est essentielle pour permettre aux élèves d’apprendre une variété de styles et d’éléments littéraires. Cette recherche a pour but de décrire dix séquences d’écriture à la manière d’un auteur conçues par l’enseignante-chercheuse et d’identifier les impacts de celles-ci, auprès des élèves, sur leurs habiletés en production écrite, de compréhension en lecture et sur leur motivation à l’écriture. Cette recherche a été réalisée pendant une période de 5 mois auprès de 18 élèves d’une classe de 2e année du primaire. Il ressort de cette recherche que les élèves ont grandement développé leur capacité à analyser et imiter les caractéristiques d’un texte source et qu’ils ont transféré ces apprentissages au-delà du contexte de notre recherche. Par la pratique fréquente et le modelage, ils ont assimilés les six traits de l’écriture et ont manifesté un intérêt grandissant envers la littérature de jeunesse. / Many authors (Nadon, 2007; Tauveron, 2005; Routman, 2010) made suggestions to teach writing in an optimal way by using youth literature to get the students to study an author’s style as an inspiration. Since youth literature is still today not much used in the classrooms (Montésinos-Gelet et Morin, 2007), this research presents an innovative learning activity: writing in the style of an author. It is the stylistic imitation of a text (Tauveron, 2002) in order to observe «the way in which the language is used» (Geist, 2005, p.38). According to Olness (2007), the exposure to a high quality youth literature is essential to learning a variety of writing styles and literacy devices. This research is intended to describe ten activities of writing in the style of an author designed by the teacher researcher and to identify the impacts on the students regarding their writing skills, their reading comprehension and their motivation in writing production. This research was carried out during a 5 months period with a group of 18 grade two elementary students. The results of this research show that the students greatly developed their capacity to analyze and imitate the characteristics of the text studied and that they transferred these skills beyond our research. With a frequent practice and modeling, they learned the six traits of writing and they showed a growing interest regarding youth literature.

Les manuels d’histoire ont souvent fait l’objet d’analyses concernant leur contenu et leur qualité, mais rarement leurs usages en classe. Cette thèse vise à décrire et analyser comment des enseignants d’histoire du Québec au secondaire utilisent le manuel et toute autre ressource didactique. Le problème consiste à mieux connaître ce qui se passe en classe depuis l’implantation de la réforme curriculaire, en 2001, et comment les conceptions des enseignants influencent leurs pratiques en lien avec l’exercice de la méthode historique. Ce travail décrit des pratiques enseignantes selon leur intervention éducative, les ressources didactiques utilisées et l’activité de l’élève en classe. Pour ce faire, la collecte de données est réalisée au travers d’un sondage en ligne (n= 81), d’observations en classe et d’entrevues (n=8) avec les participants. Les enseignants d’histoire utilisent souvent le manuel, mais leur intervention n’est pas structurée par son contenu ou ses exercices. Les cahiers d’exercices ou le récit de l’enseignant semblent structurer principalement leurs interventions. En fait, leurs conceptions sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage en histoire déterminent le plus souvent l’usage du manuel et des autres ressources didactiques d’une manière traditionnelle ou d’une manière qui exerce authentiquement la méthode historique. Afin de décrire ces différents usages, la thèse propose une typologie qui distingue les différentes modalités mises en place afin d’utiliser les ressources didactiques et exercer la méthode historique. Trois principaux types sont énoncés : intensif, extensif et critique. Un quatrième type a été ajouté afin de mieux nuancer les différentes pratiques enseignantes rencontrées : extensif-méthodique. Ce dernier type s’explique par une pratique enseignante qui concilie les types extensif et critique selon les besoins de l’enseignant. La thèse souligne la persistance de pratiques transmissives et magistrocentrées qui limitent un exercice authentique de la méthode historique, alors que le curriculum vise un enseignement constructiviste et que plus de ressources sont disponibles pour les enseignants. / History textbooks are mainly analyzed for their content and quality but not for their real use in classrooms. This thesis aims to describe and analyze how high school history teachers in Quebec use textbooks and other instructional resources. The issue is to know what is going on into classrooms since the new curriculum is in effect and how teachers’ beliefs influence their practices related to the development of historical method skills. This work describes the teaching practices according to their educational intervention, learning resources used and the student’s activities during class. The data was collected with an online survey (n= 81), classroom observations and interviews (n= 8) with the participants. Teachers often use textbooks, but are not automatically led by its content or exercises. Workbooks or teacher’s narrative seem to mainly structure their interventions. Yet, the belief system about teaching and learning history more specifically leads teachers to use textbooks in a traditional way or in a way that fosters historical method. To describe these various uses, the thesis proposes a typology that distinguishes the different modalities put in place to use learning resources and perform historical method. Three main types are described: intensive, extensive and critical. A fourth type was added in order to better explain the different teaching practices encountered: extensive-methodical. The latter type is explained by a teaching practice that combines extensive and critical types related to the needs of the teacher. The thesis points out the persistence of transmissive and teacher-centered pratices limiting authentic historical method exercise while curriculum aims a constructivist way and that more learning resources are available for teachers.