Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-08T21:34:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 07b.pdf: 1206515 bytes, checksum: 5e20b090b0e71c543037d5e38a0f2232 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-08T21:34:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 07b.pdf: 1206515 bytes, checksum: 5e20b090b0e71c543037d5e38a0f2232 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-28 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta Tese tem por objetivo analisar o movimento Todos Pela Educação (TPE), buscando compreender suas condições de proveniência e emergência, bem como seus efeitos no cenário educacional brasileiro na atualidade. Trata-se de um movimento da sociedade civil iniciado em 2006 e idealizado por um grupo de empresários, com o objetivo de contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade da educação no Brasil. Os materiais de pesquisa consistem em oito publicações do Movimento, entre manuais de divulgação de suas ações e relatórios de monitoramento das metas. Por meio de uma atitude investigativa genealógica, a partir dos estudos de Michel Foucault, a Tese demonstra que os discursos que constroem a grande verdade da educação para todos, alinhados aos discursos que instituem a necessidade da reforma educacional, dão as condições para a proveniência de movimentos como o Todos Pela Educação. Também analisa a emergência do Movimento no cenário político atual, considerando suas implicações. Como um dos principais efeitos do Movimento no cenário educacional brasileiro na atualidade, percebe-se a centralidade da performatividade, no sentido que lhe atribui o pesquisador Stephen Ball. A partir dessa constatação, a pesquisa analisa: quando emerge a noção de performatividade; que efeitos são produzidos nas práticas que a engendram; de que forma a performatividade opera no movimento Todos Pela Educação; e quais seus efeitos no campo educacional. O trabalho investigativo mostrou que a performatividade é central no movimento Todos Pela Educação e se articula aos conceitos de inclusão e aprendizagem. Para operar, ela necessita de um processo de reconfiguração da aprendizagem em desempenho. Por sua vez, a relação da performatividade com a inclusão é mais complexa, constituindo-se em um paradoxo. Ao mesmo tempo em que num sistema escolar pautado pelas exigências da performatividade, a inclusão de todos é uma condição inegociável, absolutamente necessária, esses ditos “incluídos” ameaçam a performatividade escolar, uma vez que seus desempenhos nas avaliações em larga escala, muitas vezes, não são considerados satisfatórios para atender às metas estabelecidas por essa escola pautada pela performatividade como produtividade na educação. / This thesis has aimed to analyze the movement known as Everyone for Education, in an attempt to understand its conditions of provenience and emergence, as well as its effects on the present Brazilian education scenario. The movement appeared in 2006 as an initiative by the civil society and was idealized by a group of businessmen aiming at contributing to improve the quality of education in Brazil. The research materials have comprised eight publications by the movement, such as handbooks that publicize its actions, and reports monitoring its goals. By means of an investigative genealogic approach grounded on Michel Foucault’s studies, this thesis has shown that discourses that have constructed the great truth of Education for All, aligned with discourses that have instituted the need for educational reform, have provided the conditions for the provenience of movements such as Everyone for Education. The research has also analyzed the emergence of the movement in the present political scenario, considering its implications. Performativity has been perceived as one of the main effects of the movement on the present Brazilian educational scenario, in the sense that Stephen Ball has attributed to it. From such evidence, the research has analyzed the following issues: when the notion of performativity emerged; the effects produced on the practices that have engendered it; how performativity has operated in Everyone for Education; and its effects on the educational field. The study has evidenced that performativity is central in the Everyone for Education movement and has been articulated with the concepts of inclusion and learning. In order to operate, performativity has required a process of reconfiguration of learning as performance. The relation of performativity to inclusion, in turn, is more complex and has constituted a paradox. While inclusion of everyone is a non negotiable condition in a school system grounded on performativity requirements, the allegedly "included" threaten school performativity, since their performances in large-scale evaluations are seldom regarded as satisfactory to achieve the goals established by a school that takes performativity as productivity in education.

This Diploma thesis introduce an important pedagogue Mr. Ferdinand Krch of the 20th century. He was not only the pedagogue but he was also a writer, an editor, a warden and methodist.Thanks to an experimental housing called Dum detstvi in Horni Krnsko he became an important part of pedagogue history. He was also a part of another projects such as a Musical institution, Milicuv dům or Akce zamky. The Diploma thesis is also focused on his education theory which has been deposit in his handwritings archives in Narodni pedagogicke muzem and J.A.Komensky library in Prague. Resources for this Diploma thesis were available literature, handwritings and source documents.

Background: Latina/o/x students who persist to college are likely to enter through community college (Contreras & Contreras, 2018) and until the enactment of California Assembly Bill 705, would have been susceptible to placement in developmental education courses (Rodriguez, Cuellar Mejia, & Johnson, 2018). The implementation of AB 705 shifted the requirements for new student placement in all 115 California Community Colleges. With compliance mandated by Fall 2019, the law required colleges to "maximize the probability" that entering students enroll and complete transfer-level English or mathematics within a one-year timeframe and within a three-year timeframe for students enrolled in English as a Second Language courses (A. B. 705, 2017, para. 2). Purpose: This study examined organizational changes related to developmental education reform, AB 705, at a Hispanic Serving Community College. Methodology: This instrumental case study, at a Hispanic Serving Community College, employed various data collection methods including semi-structured interviews, document collection and analysis, physical artifact collection, and observations. Primarily, the enquiry focused on learning from eleven participants (faculty, staff, and administration) who were strategically involved in reform efforts. Conclusions: The findings identified structural and procedural changes to the placement process as well as existing supplemental supports and curriculum at the research site. Barriers and supports for faculty, staff, and administration influenced the change process and the perceived implications for equitable student outcomes of students. As all community colleges throughout the state are required to comply with AB 705, this study may be of interest to those invested in similar change processes.

The significance of professional development (PD) is acknowledged in research studies as essential to implementing rigorous state standards. Although the literature recognizes that PD is a crucial component in improving teachers' knowledge and skills, some teachers at a midsized urban public elementary school in the southern United States did not see the benefit of attending PD. The purpose of this study was to explore elementary special education teachers' perceptions of PD around assessment. Guided by a framework based on Chen and McCray's whole teacher approach to teacher PD, this basic qualitative study was designed to understand how these elementary special education teachers viewed the PD activities related to assessment at the local site. In-depth interviews were conducted with elementary special education teachers at LMP Elementary School who had attended PD about assessment. Interview data were analyzed using the content analysis method. Overall, findings revealed concerns regarding the quality of PD, lack of training, lack of evidence-based practice, teachers' intrinsic motivation and commitment, and teachers' autonomy. Findings were used to design a 3-day PD workshop that engaged learning techniques for special education teachers to assess and implement instructional methods to augment students with disabilities' academic achievement. Ultimately, this study has implications for creating positive social change by advocating and providing for special education teachers to be maximally engaged in PD aimed at enhancing outcomes for the students with disabilities they serve.

Despite the billions of dollars spent in the last forty years, America's efforts toward closing the achievement gaps among diverse learners and their receptive counterparts have not been realized. Limitations noted in previous research discussed the need to examine the unique contributions of diverse learner variables as a way of determining their specific academic needs. The purpose of this study was to examine the intra- and inter-group growth trajectories of two diverse student groups (English Language Learners and Students with Specific Learning Disabilities) on reading achievement. The study employed a longitudinal, quasi-experimental research design utilizing archival data from 26,947 students' files to answer two research questions. The first research question examined growth relationships between 3rd grade English Language Learner student categories on reading achievement while holding gender and socio-economic variables constant. The second research question explored the extent to which the initial levels and slopes of 3rd grade students with specific learning disabilities differed across racial and ethnic groups. Growth curve analyses were employed to answer both research questions. Findings revealed significant intercept and slope relationships for the two groups on reading fluency measures. Significant differences were found between the reference group (i.e., Non-ELL females who were ineligible for free and or reduced lunch) and two of the ELL subgroups. The slope relationships were only significant for ELL students (ELL-LY) who were in the currently enrolled (i.e., receiving some type of ELL instructional support or service) category. Gender and socio-economic variables were significant suggesting a negative influence on initial reading levels. Reading fluency (DORF) achievement findings relative to students with disabilities and their race and ethnic subgroups revealed White students' initial DORF scores were significantly different from Hispanic and Black students' scores. Race and ethnic slope variables were insignificant and homogeneous in nature. A discussion about these findings and their implications for closing the achievement gap for diverse students is provided in the document.

Pasaulio globalizacijos procesas, Lietuvos švietimo integracija į Europos Sąjungos švietimo erdvę kelia naujus reikalavimus tiek mokyklų vadovams tiek visai mokyklos bendruomenei. Šiandien reikalingi aukščiausios kvalifikacijos vadybos specialistai: kompetentingi, turintys reikiamų žinių ir įgūdžių, nuolat tobulinantys savo kvalifikaciją bei vadybinius gebėjimus, galintys daryti įtaką kaitos procesams savo mokyklose. Strateginis planavimas yra visų mokyklos suinteresuotų asmenų bendrų sprendimų bei pažiūrų visuma, kuri kiekvieną organizacijos atstovą skatina prisiimti atsakomybę už organizacijos veiklą. Atsižvelgiant į tai, buvo iškelta tyrimo problema – kokia yra strateginio planavimo įtaka mokyklos kaitai: ar strateginis planavimas padeda valdyti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos pokyčius; kaip padėti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos vadovams vadovauti mokyklos kaitai? Tyrimo objektas – strateginis planavimas bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje. Tyrimo tikslas - išanalizuoti strateginio planavimo bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje ypatumus. Tyrimo uždaviniai:  Aptarti teisinius dokumentus, reglamentuojančius bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos kaitą.  Atskleisti strateginio planavimo įtaką bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos kaitai.  Ištirti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklų strateginio plano kūrimo grupės narių požiūrį į strateginio planavimo įgyvendinimą. Tyrimo imtis - 177 mokyklų strateginio plano kūrimo grupių nariai ir iš 18 bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos vadovų paimtas interviu. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Constant and rapid changes, stimulated by the process of the world globalization, integration into European Union economical, cultural and educational space, conditioned the changes in the educational system of Lithuania. It has cost the new requirements for the leaders of schools as well as for the whole school community. Today we need the high qualified specialists of management, who are competent, who have got proper knowledge and skills and can influence the processes of changes in schools. Strategic planning is the summation of the collective decisions and views of the whole school community, which stimulate and motivate every member of the organization to assume the responsibility for the actions of the organization. Strategic planning is the process during which the organization decides what it is going to aim for and how it will be done. Therefore, the research question has been raised – what is the influence of the strategic planning for the alternation of school: does strategic planning help to control the changes at comprehensive schools; how to help the leaders of comprehensive schools to lead the alternation of school? The aim of the research is to analyze the features of the strategic planning in comprehensive schools. Analysis of the documents, regulating the reform of comprehensive schools of Lithuania, analysis of the theoretical works and documents of foreign and national scientists about the role of the... [to full text]

Baigiamasis bakalauro darbas Šiuolaikinis gyvenimas suteikia labai daug galimybių pasirinkimui, tuo pačiu supainiodamas žmogų, o ypatingai jauną besivystančią asmenybę. Paskutiniais dešimtmečiais įvyko labai žymūs pokyčiai visose socialinio gyvenimo sferose. Švietimo sistema vis labiau reikalauja ankstyvo moksleivių apsisprendimo dėl studijų krypties ir profesijos pasirinkimo. Norėdamas pasirinkti realius ateities tikslus, bręstantis žmogus turi suderinti savo individualius motyvus su socialiniais reikalavimais, normomis ir galimybėmis. Paaugliai siekia išsiaiškinti esamas vertybes ir susidaryti savąją vertybių sistemą, nes vertybės turi daug reikšmės priimant sprendimus. Tyrimo objektas - dešimtos klasės mokinių vertybinės orientacijos ir ateities lūkesčiai. Bakalauro darbo tikslas - ištirti dešimtos klasės mokinių vertybines orientacijas ir ateities lūkesčių ypatumus. Tyrime dalyvavo 19 (10 merginų bei 9 vaikinai) X klasės mokinių iš Radviliškio rajono vidurinės mokyklos. Ateities lūkesčių tyrimas atliktas taikant R. Pivorienės (Sud.) (2005) „Pasiekimų motyvacijos skalę“; vertybinėms orientacijoms tirti taikyta Allport – Lindzey – Vernon (ALV) metodika; asmenybės bruožams tirti pasirinkta „Didžiojo penketo asmenybės dimensijos“ (DPAD) skalė. Tyrimo hipotezė – tikėtina, kad egzistuoja ryšys tarp vertybinių orientacijų pobūdžio ir ateities lūkesčių. Nustatyta, kad vyresniųjų paauglių religinė vertybinė orientacija buvo įvertinta aukščiausiai, o žemiausiai estetinė vertybinė... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Bachelor’s Thesis Modern life offers many opportunities for choice, the same confusion person, especially in developing the personality of a young. In recent decades there have been very significant changes in all spheres of social life. Education system is increasingly demanding an early decision on the students' course of study and career choices. In order to choose realistic goals for the future of the maturing of man have to harmonize their individual motives with social requirements, standards and opportunities. Teenagers to find out the current values and create their own system of values, because values have great importance in decision making. The subject matter is 10th form students’ value orientation and future expectations. Bachelor's Thesis aim – to examine the 10th form students’ value orientations and future expectations features. The study included 19 (10 girls and 9 boys) 10th form students’ from a secondary school of Radviliškis district. Future expectations survey has been conducted by the R Pivorienė (editor) (2005) Achievement Motivation Scale; to investigate value orientations Allport – Lindzey – Vernon (ALV) methodology has been used; to investigate The Big Five personality dimensions scale. Research hypothesis is unlikely that there is a correlation between the nature of value orientations and future expectations. It was found that older adolescent religious orientation was the highest and the lowest appeared values of aesthetic orientation. The... [to full text]

abstract: The purpose of this study was to understand what promotes or hinders the implementation of a high school education reform policy in Arizona schools from the perspective of a nonprofit organization that served an active and intentional role as an intermediary organization working directly with schools and policymakers. The study was intended to facilitate implementation of the education reform policy in the school sites, to gain knowledge that will be used to inform future cycles of planning and implementation, and to influence state policy. This study was an explanatory nonexperimental multiple case study involving five high schools across Arizona. The study focused on the early phase of implementation of the education reform policy. A mixed methods case study design grounded in the tradition of participatory action research was employed. Data were collected through surveys, interviews, observations, focus groups, and a document review. The results suggest that the education reform policy was implementable in diverse schools across the state. However, how the education reform policy was implemented in each school site appeared to vary. A number of factors seemed to influence the actual implementation process including the design and understanding of the reform, selection process, district context and school characteristics, and school capacity to undertake the reform. The findings suggest that the nonprofit organization that served as an intermediary organization within the study influenced the implementation process. It appears that this primarily took place by providing direct assistance to the schools, creating opportunities for collaboration and communication across the multiple school sites implementing the same education reform policy, and serving as a connector to other organizations, policymakers, and the larger public. The study resulted in the nonprofit organization's deeper understanding of the complexity of implementing the education reform policy, the challenges schools face in implementing the reform, and the factors that appear to promote or impede the implementation process. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2012

abstract: National and state education reforms are centered on developing higher academic expectations and standards to ensure students transitions into postsecondary options, college and career ready. What does this national emphasis signify for urban school districts that are educating a significant proportion of first-generation students and that struggle to produce students ready for the rigor of postsecondary education without remediation? Framed within Karl Weick's (1976) theoretical framework of loose coupling organizational theory, this qualitative study examined the implementation of the pseudonymous ABC High School District college readiness education reform initiative through the lens of district-wide system actors, which included district leadership, school-level implementers and the students as the intended beneficiaries. ABC High School District is the largest non-unified urban school district in a large metropolitan area in the Southwestern United States. I focused specifically on two implementation sites: Blue Sky and Desert Flower High Schools. The system actors expounded on their knowledge and understanding of how they perceived the implementation of the initiative, their interpretations of the district's new policy and initiative, and how this initiative guided their practices based on their respective roles. The findings included the four major themes of (a) building capacity of the actors, (b) communication, (c) policy and politics, and (d) academic rigor and high expectations. Two additional findings specific to counselors and students were also revealed. The counselor-specific experiences revealed the changes in their roles that have created confusion among school staff and their growing responsibilities that may impede the progress of the district initiative. The student-descriptions suggest their knowledge about college and career planning, challenges, and their academic preparedness to successfully transition to a postsecondary institution. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

Submitted by Gustavo Gomes (gustavolascasas@gmail.com) on 2013-09-24T12:14:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Conflitos e constrangimentos que cercam a implementa????o de pol??ticas.pdf: 8694951 bytes, checksum: 19f62c7ca4d3f8ea3f97db6720e28f4d (MD5) license_rdf: 23599 bytes, checksum: 9e2b7f6edbd693264102b96ece20428a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Roger Guedes (roger.guedes@fjp.mg.gov.br) on 2013-09-24T13:39:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Conflitos e constrangimentos que cercam a implementa????o de pol??ticas.pdf: 8694951 bytes, checksum: 19f62c7ca4d3f8ea3f97db6720e28f4d (MD5) license_rdf: 23599 bytes, checksum: 9e2b7f6edbd693264102b96ece20428a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-09-24T13:39:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Conflitos e constrangimentos que cercam a implementa????o de pol??ticas.pdf: 8694951 bytes, checksum: 19f62c7ca4d3f8ea3f97db6720e28f4d (MD5) license_rdf: 23599 bytes, checksum: 9e2b7f6edbd693264102b96ece20428a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-22 / Funda????o Jo??o Pinheiro / Esta disserta????o analisou os problemas e os conflitos gerados na implementa????o da Escola Plural,pol??tica educacional da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte a partir de 1995. Mostrou que esta pol??tica fazia parte de um contexto de reformas que atravessavam as diversas na????es da Am??rica Latina, em um momento em que os sistemas educacionais se apresentavam ineficientes e ineficazes. E contribu??am para a cria????o e agravamento das desigualdades educacionais entre pobres e ricos. A Escola Plural foi considerada uma pol??tica voltada para equidade entendida como reconhecimento da diversidade de itiner??rios educativos de seus estudantes. Pol??ticas educacionais com esse objetivo revelaram ser dif??ceis de serem implementadas, pois exigiam mudan??as na organiza????o das escolas e dos sistemas educacionais, alterando rotinas e tecnologias amplamentes aceitas e historicamentes erraizadas na cultura da popula????o. Al??m disso, foram identificadas outras vari??veis que poderiam interferir no processo de implementa????o. Foram destacadas a concep????o dos gestores municipais sobre o processo de implementa????o da Escola Plural, a forma de sua implementa????o, o seu modelo de organiza????o e gest??o, a distribui????o dos seus custos e benef??cios, os conflitos gerados e a intensidade deles. As analises identificaram que havia, entre os gestores municipais de Belo Horizonte, a certeza da complexidade e dificuldade do processo de implementa????o da Escola Plural e, por isso, mobilizaram uma grande quantidade de recursos. Porem, um otimismo sobre a recep????o da proposta pelos atores escolares levou a uma subestima????o dos conflitos e da resist??ncia a nova pol??tica educacional. O modelo de gerenciamento e de gest??o foram adequados. Mas, por gerar um alto custo sobre os professores que deveriam ser os implementadores, a Escola Plural enfrentou forte resist??ncia deste ator. Entre os custos, destaca-se a necessidade de mudan??as na organiza????o das escolas e na rotina de trabalho docente, acarretando a sensa????o de perda e, consequentemente, formas diversas de resist??ncia ?? sua implementa????o. Nas tr??s escolas analisadas foram identificadas mudan??as. Em duas delas as mudan??as organizacionais foram maiores e houve uma aproxima????o signif1cativa entre a sua organiza????o e o desenho da Escola Plural. Em uma, as mudan??as foram pequenas e preservou-se muito do modelo tradicional. Contudo,percebeu-se uma adapta????o entre o desenho (macro implementa????o) e a forma como as escolas municipais v??m se organizando e implementando a Escola Plural (micro. O modelo de organiza????o e as rotinas das escolas municipais de Belo Horizonte foram alterados em muitos aspectos, mas preservaram muito do modelo de educa????o que a Escola Plural procurou combater. / Educa????o