Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-92). Also available on the Internet.

[pt] A Educação Física parece ser uma das disciplinas mais esperadas na semana por grande parte dos alunos e alunas, durante o processo de escolarização. O fato pode ser analisado a partir da própria vivência do componente que, em geral, rompe com a fixidez do corpo, possibilitando outros espaços de movimento e reflexão. Porém, nem sempre o repertório de gestos e práticas corporais é valorizado e reconhecido pelo espaço da escola. Tal contexto pode ocasionar o engessamento de modos de se conceber as diferenças de gênero, classe, raça, sexualidade, idade, habilidade motora, etc. Assim sendo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar como as questões relacionadas às diferenças culturais são tratadas pelos/as professores/as nas aulas de Educação Física do ensino médio no cotidiano de uma escola pública estadual do RJ. O interesse por investigar o ensino médio se deu pelo fato do ensino da Educação Física neste segmento ainda ser um assunto pouco abordado na área, talvez pela dificuldade dos professores/as e alunos/as em superar a famosa aula rola bola, ou ainda pelo sentimento de fracasso que ronda este segmento de ensino marcado pelo forte viés esportivizante e pela descontextualização com a cultura juvenil. Para o estudo, optamos por investigar as aulas de Educação Física de uma escola estadual, situada no bairro de Campo Grande, na Zona Oeste do município do Rio de Janeiro. Foram analisados o Projeto Político Pedagógico da escola, o currículo mínimo de Educação Física do Estado e os planos de curso dos/as professores de Educação Física. Também foram observadas aulas de Educação Física e, por fim, foram realizadas entrevistas com professores/as de Educação Física, diretores/as e coordenadoras da escola em questão. Concluímos que as diferenças culturais são percebidas no contexto das aulas de Educação Física, ora como um problema a resolver, ora como uma possibilidade de reconhecimento e respeito ao outro, embora, tais questões não sejam reconhecidas de forma explícita nas propostas curriculares vigentes. Defendemos neste estudo a consideração das diferenças culturais como constitutivas de todos e todas, e, portanto, uma questão fundamental a ser discutida nas práticas pedagógicas, no conhecimento escolar, nas relações interpessoais e, em suma, no currículo escolar. / [en] Physical Education seems to be one of the most expected disciplines in the week by a large part of the students during the schooling process. The fact can be analyzed from the very experience of the component that breaks with the fixity of the body, allowing other spaces of movement and reflection. However, the repertoire of gestures and corporal practices is not always valued and recognized by the school space. Such a context may lead to stiffening of ways of conceiving differences of gender, class, race, sexuality, age, motor ability, etc. Therefore, the present study had as objective to analyze how questions related to cultural differences are treated by the teachers in the classes of Physical Education of the high school in the daily life of a state public school of the RJ. The interest in investigating high school was because the teaching of Physical Education in this segment is still a subject little addressed in the area, perhaps due to the difficulty of teachers and students in overcoming the famous roll the ball class, or the feeling of failure that surrounds this segment of education marked with a strong sportive bias and decontextualization with youth culture. For the study, we chose to investigate Physical Education classes at a state school, located in the Campo Grande neighborhood, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Were analyzed the school s Political Pedagogical Project, the minimum curriculum of State Physical Education and the course plans of the Physical Education teachers. Physical Education classes were also observed and, finally, interviews were conducted with physical education teachers, directors and coordinators of the school in question. We conclude that cultural differences are perceived in the context of Physical Education classes, both as a problem to be solved, and as a possibility of recognition and respect for the other, although such issues are not explicitly recognized in current curricular proposals. We defend in this study the consideration of cultural differences as constitutive of all, and therefore a fundamental issue to be discussed in pedagogical practices, school knowledge, interpersonal relations and, in short, the school curriculum.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T13:54:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 delcineide maria ferreira.pdf: 828193 bytes, checksum: 40376fc0055ce8d9336467cdec9b19ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-01-14 / The present paper seeks to evidence all contribtions that the teaching of History can offer to High School students (as well as other levels; we stressed High School students due to the theoretical cut of this study) through a pedagogic pratice that takes in consideration analysis and reflexion. This way, facing the chaotic picture of public education (as well private one) in Brazil, especially in the State os Maranhão, the worry about a teaching im which it is possibile the active and critical participation of the person before different social instances is considered here very importat. A theaching capable of make possibile for students to find themselves in modern world as well as see themselves as human beings who cam transform, build an participate. However, it has to be stressed that the limits of a society acostumated to define positions require an education of this kind. The research will be conducted from the theoretical analysis as well as interviews with teachers from two public schools in São Luís City (Liceu Maranhense High School and Complexo Educacional Edison Lobão High School); afterward, there will be elaborated a report of the research as part of a future dissertation. / O presente trabalho procura evidenciar as contribuições que o ensino da História pode oferecer ao aluno do Ensino Médio mediante uma prática pedagógica que leve em consideração a análise e a reflexão. Diante do quadro caótico da educação pública (e também privada) de nosso país, e especialmente em nosso Estado, consideramos oportuna a preocupação com um ensino que oriente para a participação ativa e crítica do indivíduo frente às diferentes instâncias sociais, um ensino capaz de possibilitar ao aluno situar-se no mundo, perceber-se um ser que transforma, constrói, participa. Entretanto, não deixamos de ressaltar os limites que uma sociedade acostumada a definir posições impõe a uma educação desse tipo. A pesquisa encaminhar-se-á a partir da análise teórica e de entrevistas gravadas com professores de duas escolas públicas de São Luís MA (Liceu Maranhense e Complexo Educacional Edison Lobão), e posteriormente procederemos à elaboração do relatório da pesquisa de campo com parte da dissertação.

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[pt] O presente trabalho visa investigar a produção escrita de alunos de uma escola pública da rede estadual do Rio de Janeiro, buscando observar o grau de letramento em língua portuguesa como primeira língua, apresentado por esses alunos ao ingressarem no Ensino Médio e quando estão prestes a conclui-lo. A pesquisa insere-se na área de Linguística Aplicada, voltada para a relevância social do uso da língua (Moita Lopes, 2006), adotando uma abordagem textual à escrita (Hyland, 2002) e seguindo pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Lingüística Sistêmico-Funcional, que se ocupa do estudo da língua enquanto sistema de significados e suas funções nos contextos culturais e situacionais. Enfocando o estudo do uso da metáfora gramatical (Halliday, 1994) em textos escolares, através do emprego de nominalizações, este trabalho propõe as seguintes questões: 1) Os alunos do Ensino Médio empregam a metáfora gramatical em seus textos produzidos em sala de aula? 2) O uso de uma linguagem gramaticalmente mais metafórica aumenta durante o ciclo do Ensino Médio? 3) O uso de nominalizações contribui para a melhoria no letramento dos alunos? O conjunto de textos analisados neste estudo consiste em um questionário social, respondido por 40 (quarenta) alunos de duas turmas, uma do primeiro ano e outra do terceiro ano, para que possamos entender quem são os sujeitos sóciohistoricamente construídos, que compõem estas salas de aula. Exercícios de transformações de estruturas verbais em nominais foram feitos por alunos do primeiro ano e do terceiro do Ensino Médio, e analisados para observar o domínio da metáfora gramatical através do uso de nominalizações. Redações escritas por esses alunos (N=50) também foram analisadas com o objetivo de verificar o uso da metáfora gramatical no momento da elaborar os textos escritos em sala de aula. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que os alunos apresentam um maior domínio da metáfora gramatical quando chegam ao terceiro ano, entretanto não fazem uso de uma linguagem gramaticalmente mais metafórica ao redigir seus textos em sala de sala de aula, mostrando certa dificuldade em fazer uso amplo de transformações gramaticais na escrita. / [en] The present work aims at investigating the written production of students at a state school in Rio de Janeiro, in order to verify the degree of literacy in Portuguese as a first language of the students as they enroll in secondary school and when they are about to complete it. This Applied Linguistics research, emphasizes the social relevance of the use of language (Moita Lopes, 2006), adopting a textual approach to writing (Hyland, 2002) and following theoretical and methodological assumptions of Systemic-Functional Linguistics, which views language as a system of meanings and functions in both situational and cultural contexts. Focusing on the study of the use of grammatical metaphor (Halliday, 1994) in school texts, through the use of nominalizations, this research proposes the following questions: 1) Do students in secondary school employ the grammatical metaphor in their texts produced in the classroom? 2) Does the use of a more grammatically metaphorical language increase during the cycle of high school? 3) Does the use of nominalizations help to improve the students’ literacy? The set of texts analyzed in this study consists of a social questionnaire, answered by 40 (forty) students in two classes, one of the first year and the other of the third year, so that we could understand who the socio-historically constructed subjects that compound these classrooms are. Exercises that aim at transforming verbal structures into nominal were done by students of the first and third years of secondary school, and analyzed to observe the control of grammatical metaphor through the use of nominalizations. Essays written by these students (N = 50) were also analyzed with the purpose of verifying the use of grammatical metaphor while writing the texts in the classroom. Research results indicate that students have a greater control of grammatical metaphor when they achieve the third year of secondary school. However, they do not use a more grammatically metaphorical language to write their texts in the classroom, showing certain difficulty of using largely grammatical transformations in writing.

[pt] Esta pesquisa propõe que a desmotivação que marca a relação de muitos jovens com a escola poderia ser abrandada caso existissem mais espaços de diálogo com os agentes da instituição, especialmente em situações que permitissem aos alunos a expressão de seus dilemas, sugestões de mudanças e acolhimento das mesmas. Este pressuposto surge da articulação entre referências teóricas da sociologia da juventude e da educação, da psicologia e da filosofia da linguagem, que indicou a necessidade de estudar-se o jovem em sua condição situada, agente que constroi sua própria identidade através da linguagem e da narrativa. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi, por um lado, compreender quais são os discursos que competem na construção da identidade aluno dos jovens participantes da pesquisa e, por outro, avaliar como as situações de expressão individual e de interação permitem que essas identidades se (re)elaborem de forma consciente. Para tanto, convidamos dois grupos de jovens do Ensino Médio de uma escola pública na zona sul do Rio de Janeiro para participar de oficinas de elaboração de um roteiro e de videogravação. Desenvolvemos, com base na abordagem de pesquisa autobiográfica, uma metodologia composta por três partes: (1) uma redação autobiográfica individual, (2) a elaboração coletiva de um roteiro de inspiração autobiográfica e (3) uma entrevista individual videogravada. A análise dos depoimentos dos participantes mostrou que, apesar de apresentarem dilemas semelhantes próprios da fase de transição e do contexto socioeconômico em que vivem, os jovens elaboram de formas diversas suas identidades e projetos de trajetória de vida. / [en] This research suggests that the lack of motivation that marks the relationship of many young people with school could change if there were more opportunities for dialogue with the institution, specially through providing situations that allow students to express their dilemmas and ideas. This assumption stems from the connection found between theoretical references in the areas of sociology of youth and education, psychology and philosophy of language. Such connection indicated the need to study the student in his/her situated condition, as an agent who constructs his/her own identity through language and narratives. The aim of this study was first, to understand what are the competing discourses in the construction of student identities for those involved in the research, and, second, to analyze how the situations of individual expression and interaction allow those identities to be consciously re-constructed. To this end, we invited two groups of high school students from a public school in the city of Rio de Janeiro to participate in workshops and prepare a script that would then be video.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions of teachers on the implementation of Life Orientation curriculum in five schools of the Cofimvaba Education District. In 1994, there were so many changes in South Africa which brought educational transformation at the fore front and centre of all discussions about the changes in general. The curriculum was reviewed and perceived as a guide meant to reflect the values and principles for envisaged learner such as human rights, social and environmental justice with a high level of skills, values and knowledge. Life Orientation as a compulsory subject that was introduced in the epitome of these changes and presents South Africa with the opportunity of providing a meaningful contribution to its youth and mainly as a partial solution to various social problems. The bottom-up model was used to explain the data which was collected from 5 schools in Cofimvaba district using structured interview schedule The schools selected were based in the rural areas of Cofimvaba District and the number of participants interviewed were 15 teachers with different educational qualifications. The data was then arranged and sorted into common themes as well as tallying and ranking of the responses. This was done in order to uncover the main issues that make the findings of the current study. The data collected revealed that some of the Life Orientation teachers from the GET Band (school 2: 3 teachers, school 3: 6 teachers and school 5: 2 teachers) did not receive any training nor support from the Department of Education on implementing Life Orientation and that resulted to implementation difficulties in their schools. However, some teachers that were interviewed in school 1, 2 (3 teachers) and in school 4 joyfully responded by informing the researcher that the Department of Education was supportive to such an extent that the department has provided study material, teaching material, annual teaching plan and also organised support workshops for them. Although that was the case, some schools (2, 3 and 5) are still experiencing some shortages in terms of teaching materials as they go to the neighbouring schools for support. Though there was support that was given by the Department of Education to Life Orientation, it is still inadequate as it could not cater for all the needs of the schools. In addition, the challenges faced by the above mentioned schools may also result in the provision of unbalanced LO curriculum implementation. Support and monitoring is crucial aspect when it comes to implementation of a certain learning area especially when dealing with Life Orientation. This is an easy subject to deal with since it entails issues of life, therefore, whatever support that needs to be provided in future will be appreciated in order to the teachers to be able to implement the curriculum according to its expected standards.

This study explores the ways in which teachers' interventions interact with and occasion the growth of students' mathematical understanding. Two 'cases' were documented, and these form the two strands of my research. The first strand concerns data collected in my own high school classroom at a time when I was a full-time teacher of mathematics in a small, rural secondary school in the United Kingdom. The second strand concerns data collected in a mathematics classroom in a large, urban high school in Vancouver, British Columbia. The data consist of videotaped lessons in each of the two classrooms, videotaped interviews with students from both strands of the data, copies of students' work from both strands, videotaped interviews with the Vancouver teacher, and my own journal entries. Analysis of the data, which is described in six stages, resulted in the generation of fifteen themes to describe the teachers' actions-in-the-moment. Three of these themes are distinguished from the others as teaching styles, as contrasted with the remaining twelve teaching strategies, and a number of the teaching strategies are clustered within the three teaching styles. The notion of a 'continuum of telling' is developed, upon which the three teaching styles lie, and this continuum is explored in order to probe the ways in which teachers' interventions interact with the growth of students' mathematical understanding. The ways in which teachers' interventions occasion the growth of students' mathematical understanding is probed through an integration of detailed traces of the students' growth of understanding with contemporaneous considerations of the teachers' strategies and styles. Implications to be drawn from these analyses, both for the research community and for teaching and learning, are discussed. I also share my reflections on my own growth as a teacher and as a researcher that I have experienced as a result of participating in, and conducting, this study. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

Thesis (PhD. (Education)) --University of Limpopo, 2019. / This study explored secondary school teachers’ perceptions, practices and expectations on moral education. Specifically, three areas of investigation were (a) teachers’ perceptions, (b) practices, and (c) expectations. The purpose of the study was drawn from the fact that our society is currently at crossroads and need to revamp the present education system so that it morphs into a pivotal tool for developing moral values. The study commenced with an examination of the context, demographics of the schools, teachers and learners. It followed 4 secondary school teachers in Capricorn District of Limpopo Province, over the course of three phases. A critical review and evaluation of empirical studies pertaining to moral education in secondary schools locally and further afield is presented. The theoretical framework of constructivist epistemology and the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism guided this study. The research design combined the usual elements of case study (participant observation, individual and focus group interviews), along with documents analysis and records designed to supplement and corroborate data. Through descriptive thematic and framework analyses applied to data collected, several findings emerged from this study. Firstly, it became clear from teachers’ perceptions that there is insufficient theoretical background on foundations of moral education. This finding has several implications for teacher training syllabus that bears further implications on content comprising of philosophical, sociological and psychological foundations of moral education. Secondly, based on teachers’ practices of moral education, there is a shortage of teaching skills for moral education. This is an indication of a dire need for them to be exposed to various teaching approaches and their alternatives which has implications on organisation of methodology and evaluation. Thirdly, regarding teachers’ expectations in the implementation of moral education for a multicultural society, this study revealed lack of teacher support and calls for their development in this regard. Fourthly, numerous moral agents depicted as stakeholders in moral education can compensate one another in the battle to improve the moral fibre in our schools. Lastly, the moral life that is restricted to the classroom implies supplementation through the adoption of a comprehensive approach to foster moral values beyond the classroom. Despite the limitations encountered during the execution of this study, such as lack of other moral agents’ voices and selection of other contexts, this study’s findings warrant further exploration, and publication. The study provided evidence for the claim that secondary school teachers’ perceptions, practices and expectations are important constructs that can contribute to the body of knowledge in the moral education literature.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the learning log, a reader-response journal, as an instructional tool in the study of literature. One hundred high school seniors participated in this study over the course of a year. Random sampling was used to assign the students to two groups -- an experimental group and a control group. The variable was the learning log. Group A kept a learning log on A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and Group B did not. An objective exam was administered to both groups immediately following completion of the study of the novel. Several months later, Group B kept a learning log on 1984 by George Orwell and Group A did not. Again, a follow-up test was given to both groups. Statistical analysis indicated that the learning log did make a difference in students' exam scores. At the end of the year, another exam on these novels was given to both groups and statistical analysis on this data indicated the learning log was particularly effective in delayed testing. A major portion of the study also included case studies to examine the variety and patterns of student responses in the learning logs. Based on textual analysis, it appeared that high-achieving students wrote responses which were predicting and analytical; average students wrote responses which were more comparative and associative; and lower achieving students wrote responses which were questioning but not probing. / Master of Arts