[pt] A presente dissertação objetiva investigar as dificuldades de letramento apresentadas por alunos de primeiro ano do Ensino Médio de um colégio estadual localizado em um bairro de baixa renda da Zona Norte do Rio de Janeiro. A autora desta dissertação é professora de língua inglesa nesse contexto e se interessou pelo tema ao perceber que os desafios enfrentados por seus alunos ecoavam notícias publicadas em jornais, portais eletrônicos, rádio e televisão acerca do fraco desempenho dos estudantes brasileiros em exames nacionais e internacionais como o SAEB, o ENEM e o Pisa. Buscando entender e contribuir para essa grave situação social, a presente pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo-interpretativista, se insere nos estudos da Linguística Aplicada e foi realizada com diversas turmas de primeiro ano do Ensino Médio, ao longo das aulas de inglês, na qual a pesquisadora em questão também era a professora. A base teórica foi construída a partir dos conceitos de letramento, tanto em LM como em LE, apresentadas por Street (1984), Soares (1998) e Rojo (2009) bem como da Prática Exploratória (Allwright; Hanks, 2009). Assim, a professora-pesquisadora sistematizou suas observações cotidianas a respeito do trabalho de letramento que realiza há nove anos, sob a perspectiva de gêneros textuais como formas de vida e ações sociais (Miller, 1984; Bazerman, 2006), com alunos ingressantes no Ensino Médio. Os entendimentos reflexivos alcançados confirmam a necessidade de intensificar o ensino-aprendizagem de LM e LE através de gêneros textuais e sugerem a importância de fomentar mais estudos sobre práticas de letramento escolar. / [en] This work aims to investigate the literacy difficulties presented by high school students of a state school located in a low income neighborhood of the Northern Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The author of this dissertation is an English language teacher in this context and became interested in the subject when she realized that the challenges faced by her students echoed news published in newspapers, electronic, radio and television portals about the weak performance of Brazilian students in such national and international examinations as SAEB, ENEM and Pisa. Seeking to understand and contribute to such a serious social situation, this qualitative-interpretative research is considered an Applied Linguistics study and was carried out with several 1st year high school English classes, in which the researcher was also the teacher. The theoretical framework was anchored not only in the concepts of literacy, both in the mother tongue and in the foreign language, as presented by Street (1984), Soares (1998) and Rojo (2009) but also in the ideas of Exploratory Practice (Allwright; Hanks, 2009). Thus, the teacher-researcher systematized her daily observations regarding the literacy work that she had been doing since 2010, from the perspective of textual genres as forms of life and social actions (Miller, 1984; Bazerman, 2006), with entering high school students. The reflective understandings achieved confirm the need for intensifying mother tongue and foreign language teaching and learning through a genre pedagogy and also suggest the importance of encouraging further studies on school literacy practices.

[pt] Este trabalho tem como eixo principal a inclusão do estudo dos Poliedros de Arquimedes, para complementar o conteúdo mínimo de geometria espacial, que é exigido para desenvolvimento desse conteúdo no ensino médio da rede publica de ensino. O trabalho foi desenvolvido de forma a valorizar o estudo de geometria, que apesar da sua extrema importância, vem perdendo espaço para a álgebra dentro do currículo mínimo, imposto pela Secretaria Estadual de Educação, e despertar no aluno o interesse pelo conteúdo a ser trabalhado. Dividido em três etapas, o desenvolvimento do trabalho iniciou-se com a planificação de poliedros, abrangendo o conceito de face, vértices e arestas, posições de reta e plano no espaço, construção de poliedros, poliedros regulares e semirregulares, visualização espacial, a relação de Euler e a demonstração do motivo pelo qual só existam cinco poliedros regulares. A utilização de recursos tecnológicos como ferramenta facilitadora no ensino, nesse primeiro momento, teve também como grande função, a busca da atenção e do interesse do aluno pelo conteúdo. A segunda e terceira etapas foram de exposição do trabalho desenvolvido, no primeiro momento, com intuito de, através da arte, expor de forma rápida e sucinta, quais são os poliedros de Platão, os Poliedros de Arquimedes e suas principais características, buscando alcançar um público além da sala de aula. Na terceira etapa, o aluno passa a ser o protagonista no desenvolvimento da oficina, que acontece simultaneamente à exposição do conteúdo através da arte. / [en] The main axis of this work is the inclusion of the study of Polyhedra Archimedes to complement the minimum content of space geometry, which is required for the development of this subject in high school at public schools. The work was developed to enhance the study of geometry, that despite its extreme importance has been losing ground for algebra within the minimum curriculum, imposed by the State Department of Education, and awaken in the student interest in the content to be worked. Divided into three stages, the development of the work started with the planning of polyhedra, including the concept of face, vertices and edges, straight positions and plane in space, construction of polyhedra, regular polyhedra and semiregular, spatial visualization, the Euler relationship and the demonstration of why there are only five regular polyhedra. The use of technological resources as an enabling tool for teaching, this first time, also had a great function, the pursuit of attention and interest of the student for the content. The second and third stages were exhibition of work at first with a view to, through art, expose quickly and succinctly, what are the polyhedra of Plato, the Polyhedra of Archimedes and its main features, seeking to reach an audience beyond the classroom. In the third stage, the student becomes the protagonist in the development of the workshop, held concurrently with the exhibition s content through art.

[pt] O estudo tem por foco o processo de reflexão sobre minhas aulas de inglês no Ensino Médio de uma Escola Estadual, no município do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo consiste em mostrar meus entendimentos e dos próprios alunos sobre a falta de motivação em relação às aulas, no segundo semestre de 2009, e as mudanças iniciadas em 2009, com continuidade no primeiro e segundo semestres de 2010. A abordagem teórica e metodológica insere-se no âmbito da Prática Exploratória e dos conceitos que orientam a Narrativização da Experiência, com utilização do diário da professora-pesquisadora e de redações escolares como instrumento de pesquisa reflexiva, que possibilitam a construção da análise através de uma postura teórica que articula evidencialidade, modalidades do discurso, construção do self e narrativa. A pesquisa é de ordem qualitativa e interpretativista. Os diários foram produzidos em dois momentos: o primeiro, em 2009.2; o segundo, durante o ano letivo de 2010. Em ambas as fases, seguindo os princípios da Prática Exploratória, entende-se a escrita reflexiva como ação para compreender. A análise dos dados centra-se na construção do self emocional, reflexivo e agentivo, a partir de estratégias de evidencialidade, manifestas em atitudes epistemológicas relatadas e nos eventos de experiência. Os entendimentos alcançados indicam uma revisão e ressignificação dos sistemas de crenças tanto do professor quanto dos alunos, ambos mais interessados e produtivos. A articulação entre estratégias de evidencialidade e posicionamentos de selves em narrativas de experiência profissional foi muito significativa para uma melhor reflexão do professor sobre a sua prática. / [en] This research focuses on the reflexive process I undertook about my English classes in a Public High School, in Rio de Janeiro. The study aims at showing my own and my students understandings about the lack of motivation during my classes, in the second semester of 2009, and about the changes that began in 2009 and that continued through the first and second semesters of 2010. This is a qualitative and interpretative research, whose theoretical and methodological framework is based on the principles of Exploratory Practice and on the concepts associated with the Narrativization of Experience. The diaries were written in two different moments: the first one in the second semester of 2009 and the second one, during 2010. In both phases, reflexive writing is understood as action for understanding. The teacher s diary and the student s compositions, which are considered as instruments of reflexive research, were analyzed through evidentiality, modality in discourse, and construction of self. The analysis focuses on the construction of emotional, reflexive and agentive self as projected through a reportive epistemological stance. The study indicates not only a review and a ressignification of the teacher s as well as the students belief systems, both becoming more interesting and productive. Articulating evidentiality with positioning in narratives of experience was extremely significant for this dissertation as well as for the teacher in her practice.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:09:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2978567 bytes, checksum: 605703416cf1a59db79b1f9c483d8021 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This piece of research aims at analyzing some aspects of the proposals of the curriculum policy, regarding the Professional Technical Education Integrated into High School Teaching, identified in the teachers´ discourses and in the national and local official documents, such as Act CNE⁄CEB Nº 5⁄2011, Resolution Nº 02⁄2012 that characterize the National Curriculum Guidelines for the High School Teaching; Act CNE⁄CEB Nº 7⁄2010, Resolution Nº 04⁄2010, that define the National Curriculum General Guidelines for Basic Education; Act CNE⁄CEB Nº 11⁄2012 and Resolution Nº 06⁄2012, that deal with the National Curriculum Guidelines for the Professional Technical Education for High School level; Plan of Institutional Development - (2010 2014) - IFPB, Pedagog-ical Plans of Courses and National Catalogue of the Technical Courses for High School Teaching. The methodology of analysis is based on the Discourse Theory of authors such as Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe (2004; 2010), Laclau (1990; 2006; 2011; 2013); Lopes (2008), Macedo (2012), Mouffe (1993; 2003; 2005; 2007), Pereira (2009; 2010; 2012). The discourse, the empty and floating signifiers, the antagonism and the hegemony were elected as categories of discourse analysis. These categories were used according to the demands identified in the teachers´ discourses as well as in the re-searched documents. Seven interviews and fourteen questionnaires were accomplished with 21 teachers who work with this teaching modality with the purpose of perceiving the implications of this discourse in the teaching practice. The discursive analysis re-vealed, among other aspects, that the curriculum policy of the Professional Technical Education Integrated into High School Teaching is permeated by different epistemolo-gies, pedagogies, pluralism of values and cultures that are translated into a multiplicity of tension and subordination relations in search of emancipation in the space-time of such policy. / O objetivo desta pesquisa foi de analisar alguns sentidos das propostas da política de currículo, voltada para a Educação Profissional Técnica Integrada ao Ensino Médio (EPTIEM), identificados nos discursos dos docentes e dos documentos oficiais, nacio-nais e locais, como o Parecer CNE⁄CEB Nº 5⁄2011 e a Resolução nº 02⁄2012, que defi-nem as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para o Ensino Médio; o Parecer CNE⁄CEB nº 7⁄2010, e a Resolução nº 04⁄2010, que definem as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais Ge-rais para a Educação Básica; o Parecer CNE⁄CEB nº 11⁄2012 e a Resolução nº 06⁄2012, que tratam das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação Profissional Técnica de Nível Médio; o Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional PDI (2010 2014) - IFPB, e os Planos Pedagógicos de Cursos e Catálogo Nacional dos Cursos Técnicos para o Ensino Médio. A metodologia de análise está pautada na Teoria do Discurso de Ernesto Laclau e Chantal Mouffe (2004; 2010), Laclau (1990; 2006; 2011; 2013); Lopes (2008), Macedo (2012), Mouffe (1993; 2003; 2005; 2007) e Pereira (2009; 2010; 2012). O dis-curso, o significante vazio e flutuante, o antagonismo e a hegemonia foram eleitos como categorias de análise. Essas categorias foram utilizadas de acordo com as demandas identificadas nos discursos dos docentes e dos documentos utilizados. Foram aplicados sete entrevistas e 14 questionários a 21 docentes que ministram aulas nessa modalidade de educação, com a finalidade de saber quais as implicações desses discursos na prática docente. A análise discursiva revelou, entre outros aspectos, que a política curricular voltada para a EPTIEM é permeada por diferentes epistemologias, pedagogias, plura-lismos de valores e culturas, que se traduzem em uma multiplicidade de tensões e de relações de subordinação em busca de emancipações nos espaços-tempos dessa política.

Este estudo apresenta uma proposta de material de apoio docente para o trabalho com o início do conteúdo Função, no primeiro ano do Ensino Médio. Partindo da exposição do conceito de função abordado em diferentes bibliografias para então desenvolver o conteúdo por meio de propriedades e exemplos envolvendo, em especial, bijetividade, composição e inversão de funções. Encerrado com transformações de gráficos de funções em geral. / This study presents a proposal for teaching support materials to work with the beginning of the Function content in the first year of high school. Starting from the exhibition of the Function concept addressed in different bibliographies and then develop the content through of properties and examples involving, in particular, bijectivity, composition and inversion of functions. Ended with function transformations of graphics general functions.

[pt] As proposições oficiais do MEC para o Ensino Médio nos anos 90, bem como os fatores que influenciaram a sua elaboração, foram considerados neste estudo para situar o processo de revisão curricular empreendido pelo Colégio Pedro II, importante complexo educacional, por sua histórica vinculação ao governo central desde a fase imperial. Entrevistas com diretores e técnicos, representantes de pais e alunos, questionários para professores e análise de documentos institucionais relativos ao processo de elaboração e implantação do Projeto Político Pedagógico, realizados entre 1999 e 2003, se constituíram nos principais instrumentos de coleta de dados. Concluiu-se que, apesar das diversas críticas dirigidas as DCNEM advindas do setor acadêmico, das condições infra estruturais e organizacionais que muitas vezes se apresentaram como entraves ao desenvolvimento das propostas e dos embates político-ideológicos próprios ao campo, podemos afirmar que este processo se deu em continuidade ao movimento de reflexão e tentativa de superação da perspectiva propedêutica que prevalecia. Ao que tudo indica, este processo só não foi mais bem conduzido, permanecendo restrito a um grupo historicamente mais atuante dentro da comunidade, devido à ingerência praticada pelo próprio governo federal que, na ânsia de dar satisfações à opinião pública sobre a reforma, inviabilizou a continuidade do debate e aampliação da compreensão de noções centrais como currículo e avaliação por competências, fazendo com que a construção de um currículo diferenciado permanecesse predominantemente no plano da intenção declarada. / [en] The official proposals from MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture) for Secondary Education in the 90 s , as well as the factors that influenced their elaboration, have been considered in this study to situate the process of curricular revision undertaken by Pedro II School , an important educational institution for its entailment to the central government since the imperial period. The main instruments used to collect data were: Interviews with school principals, members of the pedagogical staff and parents and pupils representatives , questionnaires for teachers and analysis of institutional documents from the process of elaborating and implanting the Political-Pedagogical Project.. in spite of the several academic department criticisms directed to the DCNEM , the sub structural and organizational conditions which have for many times become impediments to the development of the proposals, and of the inherent political-ideological impacts, we can affirm that this process was held reflecting the movement and attempting to overcome the propaedeutic perspective that prevailed. Everything indicates that this process was not better conducted, remaining restricted to a historically more operating group inside of the community, only due to the interference from the federal government, which, longing for satisfying the public opinion on the reform, made impossible the continuity of the debate and the magnifying of the understanding of central concepts such as competency-based curriculum and evaluation, making the construction of a differentiated curriculum remain predominantly a declared intention.

[pt] A presente pesquisa busca evidenciar uma atitude diante do conhecimento desenvolvido na rede pública, em seu Ensino Médio, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro / RJ. Instala-se como atividade complementar pedagógica, através de dinâmicas arte-terapêuticas, com o enfoque do Neuro-Design, integrando o Design Social. Esse novo segmento, o Neuro-Design, visa demonstrar de modo lúdico, a plasticidade cerebral como a capacidade do sistema nervoso para alterar o funcionamento do sistema motor e perceptivo baseado em mudanças do ambiente, através da conexão e (re)aconexão das sinapses nervosas, organizando e (re) organizando as informações dos estímulos motores e sensitivos. (Relvas, 2005:69-70) 1. Entre outros, são utilizados como canais, elementos biológicos como o bambu e as flores, além de nosso próprio corpo, pela linguagem da música e da dança. / [en] This investigation aims at evidencing na attitude facing the knowledge developed in the Public School System, within the Middle School, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, a Pedagogical complementary activity via the use of dynamic arttherapies, such as the emphasis on Neuro-Design integrating Social Design. Such new segment - The Neuro Design, aims at demonstrating, in a playful manner, the cerebral plasticity as a capacity of the Nervous System to alter functioning of both motor and perception systems, based on changes to the environment trough connection and (re)connection of the nervous synapses, thereby organizing and (re)organizing the information of motor and sensitive stimuli. (Relvas, 2005: 69-70) 1. Among other, used as channels, the biological elements, such as bamboo and flowers, by the language of music and dance.

D.Ed. / Although the mandated change processes were intended to, among other things, improve the work performance of educators, they have, however, experienced a number of obstacles which are briefly discussed. Lack of participation by educators in the introduction and implementation of the change processes lead to resistance by some educators and this had a negative impact on their work performance. Lack of physical resources such as water, telephone lines, the interne and classrooms lead to overcrowded classes. Effective management of mandate change was hampered by the defiance of authority by some educators, who prevented circuit managers and subject advisors from visiting schools for purposes of professional development and guidance in terms of mandated change processes such as developmental appraisal. This had a negative impact on the work performance of educators. Educators had low levels of morale and motivation and this manifested itself in educators' high levels of absenteeism, lack of commitment and preparation. The Department of Education's lack of capacity to manage financial and human resources hampered effective management of the mandated change processes. Lack of coordination between the national department of education and provincial education departments resulted in lack of information needed by educators to implement the mandated change processes such as rationalization and redeployment of educators and curriculum 2005 and this had a negative impact on educators' work performance. This research employed the quantitative research approach to investigate the influence of effective management of change on the work performance of educators in the Limpopo province. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire which was distributed among the 274 total number of principals in the district. These schools wrote the 2005 senior certificate examination. 78.5% of questionnaires were returned. The completed questionnaires were processed by a computer programme (SPSS), after which research data was analysed and the following were the most important findings: There was a statistically significant association between the mandated change processes, IQMS, OBE, CASS, training and development and the quality of teaching as a work performance indicator. 88.5% of the respondents believed that IQMS had a significant influence on the current level of cooperation (which is high) to a large extent. More courses/workshops/seminars attended on the management of change processes had a positive influence not only on the ability of educators to manage the change processes but also on their motivation levels. However, the number of courses/workshops/seminars attended on the management of change had no influence on the rationalization and redeployment of educators. Mandated change processes are accompanied by reactions such as anxiety, fear, low morale and motivation which had a negative impact on the work performance of educators. The research results showed that educators should receive more intrinsic motivation. The necessary financial resources should be mobilized to ensure that there is adequate infrastructure and training for effective implementation of mandated change processes. Educators should participate in all phases of mandated change processes. Principals and other senior departmental officials should be made aware that effective implementation of the change processes do not take place overnight but need more time.

[pt] Esta pesquisa investiga o destino de alunos do Ensino Médio em defasagem idade-série em uma escola da rede estadual de educação do Rio de Janeiro, analisando a experiência de inserção em duas classes de aceleração da aprendizagem do Programa Autonomia da Fundação Roberto Marinho. A partir da conjugação de observações com entrevistas, busca, na fronteira entre etnografia e educação, aproximar-se da perspectiva destes alunos para tentar construir um conhecimento sob novos ângulos. Investiga o sentido do que pensam estes alunos sobre seu atraso escolar, sobre a transição para o programa de aceleração, sobre a experiência de estudar nestas classes e sobre os ganhos simbólicos e concretos percebidos por eles. Identifica nos problemas de comportamento dos alunos a principal explicação escolar para o fracasso, explicação internalizada pelos próprios estudantes. Caracteriza a ênfase dada no Programa Autonomia à socialização e adequação dos comportamentos, e não à aprendizagem, o que acaba por assegurar uma inclusão subalterna no sistema escolar. / [en] This study investigates the fate of high school students with an age-grade gap at a state school in Rio de Janeiro, analyzing the placement experience in two learning acceleration classes in the Roberto Marinho Foundation Autonomy Program. From a set of observations through interviews, it aims, on the boundary between ethnography and education, to get a closer perspective of these students to try to build knowledge from new angles. It investigates the meaning of the reflections that these students make about their educational delay and the transition to the accelerated program on the experience of studying in these classes and the symbolic and concrete gains they perceived. It identifies the main reason for school failure as the students behavior problems, an explanation internalized by the students themselves. It characterizes the acceleration classes as a space for socialization and behavior suitability at the expense of learning, which ultimately ensures subordinate inclusion in the school system.

This interpretive case study was undertaken to investigate the nature of classroom tasks that teachers give to their learners and to gain insights into how they choose these tasks. It was carried out at two secondary schools in the Okahao circuit of the Omusati region in Namibia. The schools range from Grade 8 to Grade 12. This study focused mainly on teachers who teach Mathematics at senior secondary phase (Grade 11 and 12). The research participants were of four mathematics teachers – two from each school. The study was designed around two phases. Phase one consisted of video-recording of lessons, and phase two consisted of interviewing the teachers. The main purpose of the study was to ascertain the types and nature of tasks that teachers give to their learners and to gain insights into how they chose these tasks. The research adopted a combination of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study revealed that the participating teachers provided a near equal amount of lower level cognitive tasks and higher level cognitive tasks. It further revealed several factors that influence teachers when selecting the types of tasks they give to their learners. These factors include curriculum requirements, types of learners and their experiences, and learners’ contexts.