M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) / "The gap between school and work has widened because schools have taken too little account of the realities of the working world. Indeed, despite massive expansion in the upper secondary school system, little has been done in this direction in changing the basic curriculum content, ..• the deficiencies found can be traced back to this root cause. [With a] lack [of] practical orientation and guidance, expectations and aspirations become untenable and attitudes towards employment wrong. Yet, occupational choice, as well as aspirations for a certain type of job are, to some extent at least, conditioned by those aspirations nurtured both in the school and in the social environment, both of which, it would seem, are divorced from reality. Inevitably, disappointment and disillusion are the outcome of this. Often the type of information given to young people about the world is either unrealistic [or] superficial, both. It is then hardly surprising that those initially motivated towards choosing an occupation suited to their needs and skills soon find their expectations thwarted. Convinced that, having given of their best, society apparently does not need them, they withdraw into themselves" (Sellin, 1978 : 54/55).

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-12T10:58:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Thiago Souza Vale.pdf: 9022479 bytes, checksum: a1dbb9ae2c74495c78b70d66d02e0d06 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-12T10:58:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thiago Souza Vale.pdf: 9022479 bytes, checksum: a1dbb9ae2c74495c78b70d66d02e0d06 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This research encompasses the insertion and construction of geography education in digital culture in a private school in the Pinheiros district, west borough of Sao Paulo's municipality. School geography is presently undergoing conceptual, methodological and procedural transformations, which give rise to reflections on teaching practice and the construction of learning situations related to a globalized world. Hence, the general goal of this research is to understand the teaching and learning processes of geography education in the digital culture. By doing so, we aim to verify the potential to understand the geographical phenomena in various scales, using resources other than to encourage the students' creativity and motivation. This research uses a qualitative approach and a methodological procedure inspired in practices associated with action-research, with a pedagogical focus in active teaching-learning methodology models. Data was collected in 2017 from a 9th grade, during learning situations in virtual learning environments, questionnaires, focal groups and from notes taken by the researcher-teacher. Results show that the combination of active methodologies, (DICT) and contents promoted the cognitive and emotional developments of the learners in digital culture contexts, mainly regarding the pedagogical procedures that involve problem solving, collaboration and participation. Therefore, conclude that the pedagogical practices enabled the comprehension of the geographical phenomena in a number of instances, advanced by the DICT, which encouraged the geographical thinking and representation, in addition to favoring the learners' creativity and motivation / A presente pesquisa refere-se à inserção e construção da educação geográfica na cultura digital em uma unidade escolar privada no bairro de Pinheiros, zona oeste do município de São Paulo. A geografia escolar atualmente passa por transformações conceituais, metodológicas e procedimentais, implicando em reflexões da prática docente e da construção de situações de aprendizagem articuladas com as características do mundo globalizado. Assim, o objetivo geral da pesquisa, é compreender os processos de ensino e de aprendizagem da educação geográfica na cultura digital. Com isso, pretende-se verificar o potencial de compreensão dos fenômenos geográficos em diversas escalas, utilizando recursos diferentes da aula expositiva para incentivar a criatividade e motivação dos educandos. Esta pesquisa apresenta abordagem qualitativa e procedimento metodológico inspirado em práticas associadas à pesquisa-ação, com enfoque pedagógico em modelos de metodologias ativas de ensino e de aprendizagem. Os dados referentes ao 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental Anos Finais foram coletados em 2017, nas situações de aprendizagem em ambientes virtuais, questionários, grupos focais e a partir de anotações sistematizadas do professor/pesquisador. Os resultados indicam que a combinação entre metodologias ativas, (TDIC) e conteúdos favoreceram os desenvolvimentos cognitivo e emocional dos educandos em contextos da cultura digital, principalmente quanto a procedimentos pedagógicos que envolvem resolução de problemas, colaboração e participação. Dessa forma podemos concluir que as práticas pedagógicas realizadas, facilitaram a compreensão dos fenômenos geográficos em diversas escalas, impulsionada pelas TDIC, que incentivaram a representação e expressão do raciocínio geográfico, além de favorecer a criatividade e motivação dos educandos

School geography has been identified as the one subject which has the most potential to develop pupils' ability to identify with their community and with their environment. Through the development of a sense of place pupils are encouraged to become effective perceivers, users, appreciators, evaluators and developers of their environment (Catling 1987. This approach to the teaching of geography implies that the content and the teaching strategies need to be perceived as relevant. Relevance in this study is taken to incorporate not only the needs of the pupils and the community but also of the subject. The location of this study in Venda, an area which is predominantly rural in nature sought to emphasise the important role which rural settlement geography can play in aiding the development of these pupils' sense of place and social identity. The research therefore concentrated on the approaches and teaching strategies used in the teaching of rural settlement in Venda secondary schools. This was achieved through a survey which involved geography teachers and pupils in the Thohoyandou inspection area. The place of rural settlement in the current geography curriculum was established through an analysis of the relevant syllabuses, textbooks and senior certificate examination papers. This analysis was primarily undertaken to illuminate the extent to which rural settlement geography in the South African curriculum complies with accepted criteria for relevance. The study revealed that the teaching of rural settlement in Venda is textbook-related and teacher- directed with no attempt to capitalise upon the pupils' experience of their rural environment. This was largely ascribed to the constraints of the syllabus and the demands of the examination system. When allied to the problems teachers have concerning syllabus development, the validity and relevance of this aspect of the syllabus is reduced. More importantly, because the local environment is not perceived as having value in the teaching of geography, the Venda pupils' perception of the value of their environment is diminished.

This portfolio of work represents three research projects on issues related to teacher education. The research was undertaken at Dr. W.B. Rubusana College of Education over a period of three years. The first project is a situational analysis that attempts to determine whether the college is capable of meeting the challenges placed on it by the evolving South African Educational System. The key finding is that the college is not ready to embark on the changes required by the Ministry of Education chiefly because its educators and learners are seemingly not ready to embrace change. The second project is a case study that attempts to determine whether a group of 12 Senior Primary students at the college are able to interpret photographs of the local environment and as such provide evidence of their ability to be environmental educators through the medium of geography. The findings indicate that they are only able to read the photographs at a very superficial level. Their poor communication skills and their disadvantaged backgrounds seem to prevent them from achieving the level of thinking required for them to be effective environmental educators. The third project describes, analyses and evaluates a fieldwork study done with a class of Senior Primary students at the college. While the students did not achieve the necessary progression from 'look and see' to 'enquiry based' fieldwork the project was valuable in that it was an educative experience for both teacher and learner and provides evidence of the value of action research and reflective teaching.

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