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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 75 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-57).

Resumo: A presente pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo as necessidades de formação de professores a partir da análise do campo da formação continuada. Foram objetivos da pesquisa: compreender como se manifestam e se revelam as necessidades formativas no contexto de atuação profissional das professoras; identificar representações de necessidades das/pelas docentes em situação de trabalho; compreender os elementos circundantes e interferentes na manifestação de necessidades docentes e de necessidades de formação continuada; compreender o modo como as professoras atuantes no 1º ciclo do Ensino Fundamental lidam com suas necessidades na escola; sugerir a estruturação de propostas de formação continuada para professores baseada na análise de necessidades. O estudo está teoricamente alicerçado em três eixos da pesquisa educacional: formação de professores (Day, Gatti, Estrela, Mizukami, Monteiro e Giovanni, Garcia), análise de necessidades (GALINDO, Rodrigues, Wilson e Easen, Rodrigues e Esteves) e trabalho docente (Tardif e Lessard). Os autores utilizados ajudaram a tecer uma forma diferenciada de organizar e proceder à análise de necessidades de formação para a formação continuada, a partir da identificação de campos de diálogos imbricados teoricamente às necessidades de formação (Korthagen, Lopes, Hargreaves, Schön, Huberman, entre outros). A parte empírica foi realizada por meio de metodologias com características etnográficas. Os dados foram obtidos em uma escola da periferia da cidade de Araraquara-SP, Brasil, sendo a parte principal deles composta de registros de observação participante em duas salas de aula de duas docentes atuantes no 1º ano do 1º ciclo do Ensino Fundamental, com suporte na entrevista estruturada com as doze professoras atuantes no primeiro ciclo do Ensino Fundamental da escola pesquisada no ano de 2009. A coleta dos dados centrou-se... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The object of the present research is the teacher education needs carried out from the analysis of in-service education field. Its objectives were: to understand how teacher education needs are expressed and developed in a professional context; to identify the representations of teachers needs in the work place; to understand the surrounding and interfering elements about teachers needs and in-service education needs; to understand the way the first cycle primary teachers deal with their needs; to suggest structures to in-service education based on needs analysis. This study is theoretically based on three 3 axes of the educational research: the teacher education (Day, Gatti, Estrela, Mizukami, Monteiro & Giovanni, Garcia); the needs analysis (Galindo, Rodrigues, Wilson & Easen, Rodrigues & Esteves); and the teaching as such (Tardif & Lessard). The authors cited above helped to organise and to carry out different ways to analyse education needs and in-service education from the identification of dialogue fields theoretically overlapped with education needs (Korthagen, Lopes, Hargreaves, Schön, Huberman, among others). The empirical part of this study was carried out based on methodologies with ethnographical characteristics. Data were collected in a school located in the suburb of Araraquara city, Brazil, mainly composed by participant observation records in two first cycle primary teachers' classes. Data were supported by a structured interview conducted with 12 first cycle teachers in the same school in 2009. Data collection means were mainly the information about the school and its neighbourhood. It was possible through data collection to get some information about teachers, concerning their school and professional education, their social relationships, their leisure, their difficulties and motivations, their professional... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Edson do Carmo Inforsato / Coorientador: Manuela Esteves / Banca: Belmira Amélia de Oliveira Bueno / Banca: Luciana Maria Giovanni / Banca: Yoshie Ussami Ferrari Leite / Banca: Maria Regina Guarnieri / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-03-10Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:22:20Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 galindo_cj_dr_arafcl.pdf: 4851160 bytes, checksum: 2aa2c3dd351d082e1c6be2462cc50748 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo as necessidades de formação de professores a partir da análise do campo da formação continuada. Foram objetivos da pesquisa: compreender como se manifestam e se revelam as necessidades formativas no contexto de atuação profissional das professoras; identificar representações de necessidades das/pelas docentes em situação de trabalho; compreender os elementos circundantes e interferentes na manifestação de necessidades docentes e de necessidades de formação continuada; compreender o modo como as professoras atuantes no 1º ciclo do Ensino Fundamental lidam com suas necessidades na escola; sugerir a estruturação de propostas de formação continuada para professores baseada na análise de necessidades. O estudo está teoricamente alicerçado em três eixos da pesquisa educacional: formação de professores (Day, Gatti, Estrela, Mizukami, Monteiro e Giovanni, Garcia), análise de necessidades (GALINDO, Rodrigues, Wilson e Easen, Rodrigues e Esteves) e trabalho docente (Tardif e Lessard). Os autores utilizados ajudaram a tecer uma forma diferenciada de organizar e proceder à análise de necessidades de formação para a formação continuada, a partir da identificação de campos de diálogos imbricados teoricamente às necessidades de formação (Korthagen, Lopes, Hargreaves, Schön, Huberman, entre outros). A parte empírica foi realizada por meio de metodologias com características etnográficas. Os dados foram obtidos em uma escola da periferia da cidade de Araraquara-SP, Brasil, sendo a parte principal deles composta de registros de observação participante em duas salas de aula de duas docentes atuantes no 1º ano do 1º ciclo do Ensino Fundamental, com suporte na entrevista estruturada com as doze professoras atuantes no primeiro ciclo do Ensino Fundamental da escola pesquisada no ano de 2009. A coleta dos dados centrou-se... / The object of the present research is the teacher education needs carried out from the analysis of in-service education field. Its objectives were: to understand how teacher education needs are expressed and developed in a professional context; to identify the representations of teachers needs in the work place; to understand the surrounding and interfering elements about teachers needs and in-service education needs; to understand the way the first cycle primary teachers deal with their needs; to suggest structures to in-service education based on needs analysis. This study is theoretically based on three 3 axes of the educational research: the teacher education (Day, Gatti, Estrela, Mizukami, Monteiro & Giovanni, Garcia); the needs analysis (Galindo, Rodrigues, Wilson & Easen, Rodrigues & Esteves); and the teaching as such (Tardif & Lessard). The authors cited above helped to organise and to carry out different ways to analyse education needs and in-service education from the identification of dialogue fields theoretically overlapped with education needs (Korthagen, Lopes, Hargreaves, Schön, Huberman, among others). The empirical part of this study was carried out based on methodologies with ethnographical characteristics. Data were collected in a school located in the suburb of Araraquara city, Brazil, mainly composed by participant observation records in two first cycle primary teachers’ classes. Data were supported by a structured interview conducted with 12 first cycle teachers in the same school in 2009. Data collection means were mainly the information about the school and its neighbourhood. It was possible through data collection to get some information about teachers, concerning their school and professional education, their social relationships, their leisure, their difficulties and motivations, their professional... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Research has previously highlighted the physical, social, affective and cognitive benefits of engagement in quality physical education (PE) (Bailey, 2006). Furthermore, practical, physical and expressive creative experiences in education have also been cited as being an important constituent when educating children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) (Cole and Visser, 1998). However, research has yet to address the experiences of the child with SEBD, as told by themselves, alongside the ideological benefits of their participation in physical education. As such, this study has examined how children and young people experience the National Curriculum of PE in England and Wales. Specifically working with those deemed by their school to have SEBD, this study aims to give voice to how participants create meaning of their PE experiences. A case study methodology was adopted whereby, after a period of piloting and familiarisation, two periods of twelve weeks were spent with six adolescent boys, each described by their schools as having SEBD. A range of participatory methods were used to elicit their perceptions of PE. Inductive processes of analysis generated outcomes which showed signs of the idiosyncratic nature of varying experiences and multiple truths. A number of themes emerged from the analysis of each case, aside to the contextualised responses of individuals. Participants spoke of their affinity towards the inherent practical nature of PE, which appeared to be forgiving of their desire for cathartic opportunities to participate physically. They regularly discussed their perception of PE being a subject allowing for relative freedoms not found elsewhere in their curricula. Narratives which described their experiences were also characterised by issues which focussed upon the non-educational aspects of the subject. The perceived pardon from the academic demands of school life, and the subsequent opportunities for socialisation with peers, were described as times which cemented the both positive and negative social systems at place in their classes. ii The case studies have resulted in the discussion of experiences which demonstrate the rich and highly individualised nature of children and young peoples‟ time in PE. The nature of their difficulties appeared to exacerbate and heighten the responses to participation which have been commonly reported in previous studies. Participants‟ time in PE was shown to be an example of the challenges that they face in their school lives more broadly. PE served to magnify both the positive and negative responses to education that were described as being experienced elsewhere in their curriculum subjects. This research has shown that, when adopting methodologies which privilege participatory methods, it is possible to gain greater depth of understanding as to how children with social emotional and behavioural difficulties experience physical education.

This study aims to develop knowledge of different professional groups and their views on inclusion and collaboration concerning "students in difficulty." Through qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey, the researcher sought answers to this and also how inclusion, through collaboration between different professional groups, can develop in school.The results of the study have been analyzed according by Nilholms (2007) three different perspectives on special education: The critical perspective, the compensatory perspective and the dilemma perspective. The results were also analyzed based on Ahlberg's (2013) communicative – relationship perspective.The result shows that the concept of inclusion is not clearly defined either in the governing documents or among the interviewees. This makes it difficult to speak the same language in school, which complicates the work of inclusion. Since the governing documents are unclear and somewhat contradictory when dealing with "students in difficulty" educators are put in a dilemma. It is on the one hand about the importance of early identification and remedy difficulties and on the other hand not to categorize students. Another concern is on the one hand to see differences as opportunities for learning and on the other hand that all students should attain the curriculum objectives. Students should at the same time feel good and happy at school. The result also shows that the cooperation that existed around "students in difficulty” has been minimal at schools. In contrast, all interviewees’ see good cooperation as crucial to the quality of work with students. Surprising facts is that it seems to be easier to see and talk about what others should do to improve together than to see one’s own part in the work for development. One conclusion is also that the majority of the respondents see the economic foundations are setting up barriers by time, room, materials and resource shortages, and also large classes.

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was an exploratory examination/study of the self-concept of learners with Special Education Needs. To this end, all 1005 subjects completed the Piers-Harris Self Concept Questionnaire once. This questionnaire consists of 80 statements divided into six subscales i.e. : Behaviour, Intellectual and School status, Physical appearance, Anxiety, Popularity and Happiness and satisfaction. A total score is then culculated from those separate dimensions. Learners in the four Special Schools were selected per school as follows: • in random order • sex • medium of instruction • technical subject • hostel/day scholar • grade/standard Correlations between self-concept variables were examined, but two other questionnaires containing certain biographical details and information concerning the learners' academic and technical marks and the parents' marital status, were also used in the study. By using these two questionnaires, correlations between self-concept variables and certain biographical variables such as the following were possible : • sex and self-concept • medium of instruction and self-concept • living in the school hostel and self-concept • evaluation of relationship with technical teacher and self-concept • academic achievement and self-concept • technical subject and self-concept and • marital status of parents and self-concept correlations The following decisive correlations emerged as a result of the study : • regarding the correlation between self-concept variables, Happiness and satisfaction as well as Popularity featured strongly with limited Anxiety. Physical Appearance correlated strongly with Popularity and with Happiness and satisfaction. • regarding the correlation between sex and self-concept, it appeared that boys have a better/higher self-concept than girls with regard to Physical Appearance, Happiness and satisfaction and limited Anxiety. • regarding the correlation between medium of instruction and self-concept, there appeared to be a significant link between the self-concept variables: Anxiety, Popularity and Happiness and satisfaction. English speaking learners registered higher values on the scores than Afrikaans speaking learners in all three self-concept variables. • regarding the correlation between living in the school hostel and self-concept, it appeared that day scholars had higher self-concept scores with regard to Physical Appearance, Popularity, Happiness and satisfaction than hostel residents. • regarding the correlation between evaluation of relationship with technical teacher and self-concept, it appeared that there was a significant link between evaluation of the relationship with the teacher and two self-concept variables : Behaviour and Intellectual and School Status. Learners to whom the technical teacher meant a great deal, had higher self-concept scores in Intellectual and School Status than those to whom the technical teacher meant little. regarding the correlation between academic achievement and self-concept and sex, there were significant correlations between academic achievement and self-concept variables such as : Behaviour, Intellectual and School Status and Happiness and satisfaction. Differences between the size of correlations between boys and girls were however, insignificant. • regarding the correlation between technical subject and self-concept, there are significant links between technical subject and Physical Appearance, Anxiety, Popularity and Happiness and satisfaction. • regarding the correlation between marital status of parents and self-concept variables, it appeared that learners whose parents are in the process of divorce, scored lower for Anxiety. They experienced a reasonably high degree of Anxiety and also less Happiness and satisfaction compared to persons whose parents were married or divorced. From the results of this study, it appears that the placing of a learner in a special school, despite the criticisms expressed by opponents, does show positive correlations between self-concept and certain biographical variables as discussed. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die huidige ondersoek was In verkennende ondersoek na die selfkonsep van leerders met Spesiale Onderwysbehoeftes. Om dit te bewerkstellig, het al 1005 proefpersone die Piers - Harris Selfkonsepvraelys eenmalig beantwoord. Dié vraelys bestaan uit 80 stellings wat in ses subskale onderverdeel word, naamlik : Gedrag, Intellektuele- en skoolstatus, Fisiese voorkoms, Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en tevredenheid. In Totaaltelling word dan uit hierdie afsonderlike dimensies bereken. Leerders in die vier Spesiale Skole is per skool soos volg geselekteer : • op In gelykkansige wyse • geslag • onderrigtaal • tegniese vak • koshuis/dagskoliere • graad/standerd Verbande tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes onderling is ondersoek, maar twee ander vraelyste waarin sekere biografiese besonderhede en inligting oor leerders se akademiese en - tegniese punte en ouers se huwelikstatus bekom is, is ook in die ondersoek gebruik. Deur dié twee vaelyste ook te gebruik, kon verbande tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes en sekere biografiese veranderlikes soos die volgende ondersoek word: • verband tussen geslag en selfkonsep • verband tussen onderrigtaal en selfkonsep • verband tussen koshuisinwoning en selfkonsep verband tussen evaluering van verhouding met tegniese onderwyser en selfkonsep • verband tussen akademiese prestasie en selfkonsep • verband tussen tegniese vak en selfkonsep en • verband tussen huwelikstatus van ouers en selfkonsepveranderlikes Uit die resultate van die ondersoek is die volgende beduidende verbande, gevind: • ten opsigte van die verband tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes onderling, het Geluk en Tevredenheid asook Populariteit redelik sterk gekorreleer met lae Angsgevoelens. Fisiese Voorkoms korreleer ook redelik sterk met Populariteit en met Geluk en Tevredenheid. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen geslag en selfkonsep blyk dit dat seuns 'n hoër selfkonsep het as dogters wat betrefFisiese Voorkoms, Geluk en Tevredenheid en laer Angsgevoelens. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen onderrigtaal en selfkonsep blyk dit dat daar 'n beduidende verband is tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes : Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en Tevredenheid. Byal drie selfkonsepveranderlikes toon Engelssprekende leerders hoër waardes op die tellings as Afrikaanssprekendes. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen koshuisinwoning en selfkonsep blyk dit dat leerders wat nie inwoon nie, hoër selfkonseptellings het ten opsigte van Fisiese Voorkoms, Populariteit, Geluk en Tevredenheid as leerders wat inwoon. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen evaluering van verhouding met tegniese onderwyser en selfkonsep blyk dit dat daar 'n beduidende verband is tussen evaluering van verhouding met tegniese onderwyser en twee selfkonsepveranderlikes : Gedrag en Intellektuele en Skoolstatus. Leerders vir wie die tegniese onderwyser baie tot geweldig baie beteken, het hoër selfkonseptellings op Intellektuele en Skoolstatus as diegene vir wie die tegniese onderwyser baie min tot min beteken. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen akademiese prestasie en seljkonsep en per geslag is daar beduidende korrelasies tussen akademiese prestasie en selfkonsepveranderlikes soos : Gedrag, Intellektuele en Skoolstatus en Geluk en Tevredenheid. Verskille tussen grootte van korrelasies tussen seuns en dogters is egter baie gering. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen tegniese vak en seljkonsep is daar beduidende verbande tussen tegniese vak en Fisiese Voorkoms, Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en Tevredenheid en • ten opsigte van die verband tussen huwelikstatus van ouers en seljkonsepveranderlikes blyk dit dat persone wie se ouers besig is om te skei, laer angstellings het, met ander woorde hulle ervaar 'n redelik hoë mate van Angs en ook minder Geluk en Tevredenheid in vergelyking met persone waarvan die ouers in ander huwelikstate verkeer. Uit die resultate van die ondersoek wil dit tog voorkom asof die plasing van 'n leerder in 'n spesiale skool, nieteenstaande al die kritiek wat deur teenstanders uitgespreek word, tog positiewe verbande toon tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes en sekere biografiese veranderlikes soos bespreek

Syftet med denna fallstudie är att få en bild av vad specialpedagogens roll i förskolan innehåller och innebär. Studiens ansats är kvalitativ och som empirisk datainsamlingsmetod används kvalitativa intervjuer samt observationer. Studiens analysbegrepp är det specialpedagogiska dilemmaperspektivet samt den sociokulturella teorin. Rapporten beskriver specialpedagogens roll på två olika förskolor. Den beskriver också de förväntningar som finns på specialpedagogen samt specialpedagogens syn på sin egen roll. Studien visar att specialpedagogens uppdrag kan se väldigt olika ut, beroende på flera olika faktorer - bland annat anställningsform och organisation. / The purpose of this case study is to describe the role of the special education needs coordinator (SENCO) in preschools. The study's approach is qualitative. The method used is qualitative interviews and observations. The study's analysis concepts are the special education dilemma perspective and the sociocultural theory. The study aims to describe the role of the SENCOs in two different preschools. It is also aiming to describe the expectations upon the SENCOs and what the SENCOs thinks about their own role. The study shows that the assignments of the SENCO can look very different depending on several factors- including employment status and organization.

Integravus vaikus su negalia į bendrojo lavinimo mokyklas, mokytojui, ugdančiam šiuos vaikus, iškyla nemažai rūpesčių. Tapo aktualu ištirti mokytojo padėjėjo veiklą ir apibūdinti mokytojo padėjėjo vaidmenis bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje. Siekiant spęsti šią problemą buvo iškeltas toks tyrimo tikslas: atskleisti svarbiausius mokytojo padėjėjo vaidmenis, kuriant palankias mokymosi sąlygas mokiniams, turintiems specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių, bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje. Šiam tikslui pasiekti buvo suformuluota keletas uždavinių: išanalizuoti specialiosios pagalbos teorinius pagrindus; atskleisti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklų mokytojų ir mokinių tėvų lūkesčius mokytojo padėjėjo pagalbai; įvertinti bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje dirbančių mokytojų padėjėjų atliekamų vaidmenų kryptingumą, nustatyti mokytojo padėjėjo veiklos ryšius su kitais ugdymo proceso dalyviais, pateikti siūlymų dėl mokytojų padėjėjų rengimo. Empirinis tyrimas atskleidė visuomenės lūkesčius: mokytojo padėjėjas turėtų būti kiekvienoje klasėje, turėtų turėti specialųjį pedagoginį – psichologinį išsilavinimą ir turėtų padėti mokiniams turintiems specialiųjų poreikių bendradarbiauti su mokytojais, padėti mokytojui ir mokiniui atlikti pateiktas užduotis, judėti mokykloje, orientuotis aplinkoje. Tyrimo metu gauti rezultatai rodo, kad mokytojo padėjėjas atlieka tokius vaidmenis: pagalbininko mokytojui, pagalbininko mokiniui, tarpininko tarp mokinio ir mokytojo, prižiūrėtojo, draugo. Siekdami įvertinti jų kryptingumą, ištyrėme... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / As the disabled children have been integrated in comprehensive schools their teachers encounter many problems. Therefore, analysis of assistant teacher functions and description of his/her roles in a comprehensive school has become relevant. To resolve the issue the following aim of the research was put: to reveal basic roles of assistant teacher in creating favourable learning environment for children with specific education needs in comprehensive schools. To achieve the said aim several tasks have been formulated: to analyze theoretical bases of specific assistance; to reveal expectations of comprehensive school teachers and schoolchildren parents in regard of assistant teacher functions; to evaluate functional singleness of roles of assistant teachers working in comprehensive schools; to ascertain relations of assistant teacher activity with activities of other participants of educational process and to give suggestions on training assistant teachers. The empirical study carried out has disclosed social expectations: an assistant teacher should be in each and every class, he/she must have specific pedagogical and psychological education, help children with specific needs to cooperate with teachers, help teachers and children do their tasks, move across a school and orient in the environment. Results of the study show an assistant teacher has the following roles: he/she is an assistant to a teacher, an assistant to a child, an intermediate between a child and a teacher, a... [to full text]

<p>The number of children with disabilities under the age of 18 years around the world varies from 120 to 150 million. In many countries, throughout the world, the majority of children with disabilities either do not receive any form of education or, if they receive any, it is often inappropriate. UNESCO estimates that more than 90% of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend schools. Rwanda has recently started inclusive education in a number of schools around the country for ensuring that children with disabilities have access to education. Despite this, in Rwanda, many children with disabilities do not attend school and this number is not known. This study aimed to identify the barriers to school attendance by children with disabilities in Rwanda.</p>