The aim of this study is to examine the role of teacher as agent for change in the school environment after the provision of in-service teacher training. Ministry of Education provides in-service teacher training in collaboration with the International English Language Education Association (INGED- Turkish acronym- for short) in order to keep English language teachers up to date and adapt to the changing nature of the modern world. To what extent in-service teacher training enables teachers perform as leaders, whether they act as agents for change and more importantly whether teachers contribute to school improvement are the areas that this study conducts a research on. Qualitative research method was employed in this study. Data were collected through interviews in two phases in the city of &Ccedil / anakkale. Phase 1 took place during the Ministry of National Education in-service teacher training seminar, Phase 2 was after six months of the seminar. Sample in the first phase was v made up of 19 course participants, in the second phase the sample contained both 19 course participants and their 38 peers and 10 principals. Findings revealed that some teachers who work in a more democratic school environment were enabled with their change agentry roles as their principals created a flexible institutional culture. However, teachers who work in more rigid and centralized work environment were not given the freedom for applying the ideas that they were encouraged through in-service teacher training. This shows that on the one hand even one shot in-service teacher education contributes to teacher development in building change agents by raising teacher awareness on her subject knowledge and role but on the other hand to practice leadership and change agent role very much depends on the school culture.

This study is a detailed examination of reflection in pre-service teacher education. It focuses on the process of the promotion of reflective teacher education. Within this process, it considers pre-service teachers&#039 / perceptions on becoming reflective and their focus of attention throughout their practicum. In relation to these, it analyzes pre-service teachers&#039 / improvement in reflection by focusing on various methods of promotion for reflectivity.

The current study was based in one higher education institution and examined pre-service teachers’ use of social media to support their own professional development whilst on school placement, through a community of practice lens. The trainees were registered on a one year secondary course designed to lead to a Post Graduate Certificate in Education with 60 credits at Masters Level combined with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for England and Wales during which the researcher repeatedly interviewed a focus group sample from each subject cohort and analysed transcripts of these interviews through the lens of Wenger’s (1998) concept of a community of practice. The research took place in a national context of review and reform of teacher education in England. Some trainees, for example those studying at the higher education establishment at question, might experience considerable challenge in the school placement. Authentic self-reflection requires a safe place in which pre-service teachers can openly articulate with others what they might see as their own failures as well as successes in the classroom in order to develop a greater sense of self-efficacy and new ideas about teaching. In some instances, such as in the area of behaviour management, the national focus on maintaining good order means that it may become even more challenging and ultimately riskier to share the experience of failure because acknowledgement of this risks the possibility of failing to achieve the requisite standard for qualified teacher status. Besides, to gain qualified teacher status a trainee must attain the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2013) which include a requirement that a professional teacher upholds the ethos of the school to which the trainee might not be sympathetic. Findings from this research cannot be generalised. However, in this small-scale study it was found that pre-service teachers used private social media to support each other on the course in a number of ways: to establish a group that might be viewed as a community of practice and then, as part of the core enterprise of becoming a qualified teacher, to offer or to receive shared practice or support from another pre-service teacher in the role of more knowledgeable other and to broker new ideas about teaching to each other and to schools themselves from the other communities to which they belonged. Those who networked socially as part of the community of practice were more organised around deadlines. They also more likely to manage risky and stressful situations collaboratively and present an enhanced image of “…a body of common knowledge, practices and approaches” (Wenger, McDermott and Snyder, 2007, pp. 4-5) during their school placement which was unavailable to the trainee who did not participate within the online community. The scope for openly sharing practice and the development of learning communities among pre-service teachers is potentially restricted by the current national and local context of teacher education. However, one conclusion from this study might be that social media can potentially enable pre-service teachers to communicate privately in important ways that support their professional development whilst undertaking their training.

This study examined the effects of the (Singapore) Model Method on elementary pre-service teachers' understanding fractions and attitudes toward teaching and learning mathematics. In particular, this study focused on fraction operation concepts in solving word problems. The study involved thirty-four elementary pre-service teachers enrolled in two sections of mathematics content and methods courses in the Teacher Education Program in a Midwestern public university. This study used quantitative data from an experimental design using an instructional intervention (Model Method). The instruments for data collection included a demographic questionnaire, mathematics attitude survey, fraction computation test, and fraction word problem test. To attain additional information for the instructional intervention and to verify the findings of the quantitative data, open- ended interviews were conducted. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods, including MANOVA, ANCOVA and correlation analysis. The treatment group received six intensive lessons to learn fraction operation from word problems with a focus on the Model Method while the control group had traditional lessons with the same topics and materials. The findings show that using the Model Method in teaching fraction operation concepts helps the pre-service teachers to improve their conceptual understanding in solving word problems. After the Model Method instruction, an attitude survey and interviews were used and indicated that the experimental group had more positive attitudes and increased confidence and liking toward teaching and learning mathematics than the control group. Furthermore, the correlation analysis shows that the correlation between the pre-service teachers' fraction knowledge in solving word problems and computational problems was strong. This result indicates that higher conceptual knowledge can predict a higher level of procedural knowledge in fraction operations. The findings suggest that the Model Method is an effective teaching method to enhance students' fractional knowledge in learning problem-solving.

abstract: The United States is facing an unprecedented teacher shortage. With many studies estimating that 17-33% of teachers leave the profession within their first five years of starting a career, something needs to change to keep new teachers in the classroom. This study evaluates the effectiveness of peer observation as a learning tool to supplement the training of preservice teachers on an elementary campus. Observational learning theory and adult learning theory created the lens through which peer observations were implemented and evaluated in this study. Specifically, this study aimed to answer the following research questions: (a) How do conversations about teaching practices evolve over time between the preservice teacher participant and the researcher within the context of discussions following peer observations? and (b) How do peer observations influence the teaching practices of preservice teachers? This study found that the preservice teachers who participated in the peer observation intervention improved in their teaching practices over the course of the semester, valued the experience of peer observation visits, and increased their ability to talk about teaching and learning in more sophisticated and complex terms. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Leadership and Innovation 2016

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No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2014_Lucimeire da Silva Furlaneto.pdf: 2592459 bytes, checksum: 9548c0c5dd9bc100c7dc9b24b26c3852 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-18 / A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar e discutir as concepções de leitura dos professores de Língua Portuguesa mobilizadas nas atividades de leitura no curso de formação continuada intitulado “Letramentos do professor: Vivências de Leitura e Escrita em Língua Materna”, conduzido na Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, campus de Cuiabá. Para tal propósito, nós analisamos os enunciados produzidos e circulados pelos professores-cursistas como sujeitos sócio e historicamente constituídos. A metodologia de pesquisa de análise dos dados é de abordagem qualitativa à luz da perspectiva de uso da linguagem enunciativo-discursiva de Bakhtin e o Círculo ([1952-53], 2010); ([1929], 2012), e do aporte teórico socio-histórico de ensino e aprendizagem de Lev Vygotsky (2007[1930]). Para analisar os dados coletados nos questionários aplicados aos cursistas, embasa-se nos pressupostos da metodologia quantitativa de Bauere Gaskell (2012) e fundamenta-se na abordagem de pesquisa qualitativa de Bogdan e Biklen (1994). O principal propósito do curso de formação continuada de professores é ajudar o educador a situar contextualmente suas práticas no domínio escolar como também nas aulas de Língua Portuguesa com os alunos. No escopo do curso, apresentou-se momentos de vivências de leitura, escrita e reescrita, focados em diferentes textos de gêneros discursivos que circulam em diversas esferas discursivas. Nossas análises revelaram que o letramento do professor é bastante restrito e que, apesar de continuadas formações, a atualização destes dentro das novas perspectivas de ensino é deficitária, concorrendo para uma atuação confusa e teoricamente mista em sala de aula. Verificamos que os vários cursos de formação continuada dos professores da rede pública não estão contribuindo efetivamente para mudanças em suas práticas de ensino de leitura e escrita em sala de aula. Assim, confirmamos a nossa hipótese de que as práticas de letramentos do professor mobilizadas nas atividades de ensino de leitura possam estar intimamente relacionadas mais a um problema de cultura profissional do que a uma questão de área de conhecimento. Por fim, destacamos que cursos pontuais de curta duração de 60 horas não são suficientes para sanar estes problemas, apenas para detectar e levantar mais algumas questões. Portanto, acreditamos que o processo de formação deva ser contínuo e assessorado por mais de um ano letivo a fim de que possa promover mudanças significativas nas atividades e práticas de ensino de leitura numa perspectiva de formação de sujeitos críticos e cidadãos. / The present research has the aim to analyse and argue about the conceptions of Portuguese language teachers´ reading mobilized inthe reading activities at the in-service teacher education course intitled “Teacher´s literacy: livings on reading and writing in Portuguese Languageconducted at Mato Grosso´s Federal University”, in the campus of Cuiabá. For such purpose, we analysed the utterances produced and circulated by the teachers attendants of the course as social and historical constituted subjects of discourses. The research methodology of data analysis is qualitative approachin the light of Bakhtin and the Circle´s enunciative-discoursive use of language perspective ([1952-53], 2010); ([1929], 2012), and Lev Vygotsky`s social-historical teaching and learning theoretical framework(2007[1930]). To analyse the data collected atthe questionnaires applied at the course attendants, it grounds upon the assumptions in Bauer and Gaskell quantitative methodology (2012), and it also relies on Bogdan and Biklen´s qualitative research approach (1994). The primary purpose of continuing professional education course for teachers is to help the educator to contextually situate their practices in the school domain but also in the Portuguese language lessons with students. In the scope of the course, it has presented moments of living experiences in reading, writing and rewriting, focused on diversified texts in various speech genres that circulate in different discursive spheres. We found that the various continuing teaching education courses for public school teachers are not effectively contributing to changes in their teaching practice of reading and writing in the classroom. Therefore, we confirmed our hypothesis that the practices of literacies which the teachers mobilize in teaching reading activities may be more closely related to a problem of professional culture than a matter of knowledge areas. Finally, we highlight that short in-lenght courses of 60 hours are not enough to remedy these problems, only to detect and raise a few more questions. Therefore, we believe that the training process must be continuous and assisted by more than one school year in order that can promote significant changes in the activities and practices of teaching reading in a formation perspective of critical.

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Agradecemos a compreensão. on 2017-10-23T13:48:02Z (GMT) / Submitted by Gabriela Rodrigues Longo null (gabizinha_grl@hotmail.com) on 2017-10-24T11:55:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO.pdf: 1880556 bytes, checksum: a35085ac170823e668ec34d6bd62a143 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com) on 2017-10-26T11:47:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 longo_gr_me_rcla.pdf: 1880556 bytes, checksum: a35085ac170823e668ec34d6bd62a143 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-26T11:47:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 longo_gr_me_rcla.pdf: 1880556 bytes, checksum: a35085ac170823e668ec34d6bd62a143 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-18 / Nossa pesquisa se concentra na formação continuada de professores em Educação Ambiental (EA) e sua dimensão axiológica, tendo em vista que diversos autores que discutem a dimensão valorativa dentro da Educação Ambiental, indicam a complexidade da realização desse trabalho pelo professor. A partir do projeto de extensão universitária “Educação Ambiental e o trabalho com valores”, voltado à formação continuada de professores e realizado de 2008 a 2016 na UNESP de Rio Claro, nos propusemos a compreender os sentidos construídos a seu respeito por sete professoras que dele participaram, discutindo os limites e possibilidades do mesmo. Nos enunciados das professoras, durante os diálogos que estabelecemos com cada uma delas, a formação se mostrou relevante, significando a aproximação com novas perspectivas teóricas, momentos de discussões coletivas e práticas variadas, e possibilitando uma reflexão sobre suas práticas pessoais habituais. A questão da separação ser humano-natureza apresentou-se como uma mudança significativa em suas compreensões sobre a questão ambiental. Em meio aos limites encontrados, identificamos o desafio do aprofundamento do aporte teórico, que exige tempo e não se esgota em uma única formação, e do trabalho com valores, que se apresentou nos enunciados como algo muito difícil, apesar da formação ter sido voltada a ele. O ambiente de trabalho coletivo, para a maioria das professoras, foi rememorado com um sentido altamente positivo de fator estimulador, tendo o diálogo e a troca de experiências como elementos centrais da formação. A relação construída entre as professoras participantes do projeto e o ambiente da Universidade também foi algo destacado como positivo. Por fim, é fundamental indicarmos a importância da inserção da EA e o trabalho com a dimensão de valores na formação continuada de professores, frente à necessidade da ampliação de discussões, pesquisas e estudos a esse respeito. Estes poderão colaborar tanto para a compreensão em profundidade desse processo formativo como para viabilizar novos projetos de formação voltados a essa temática, promovendo seu desenvolvimento no ambiente escolar. / Our research focuses on the in-service teacher training in Environmental Education (EE) and its axiological dimension, since several authors who discuss the value dimension within Environmental Education, indicate the complexity of the accomplishment of this work by the teacher. Based on the University extension project "Environmental Education and Work with Values", aimed at the in-service teacher training and held from 2008 to 2016 at UNESP in Rio Claro, we set out to understand the meanings constructed by seven teachers participated, discussing the limits and possibilities of it. In the statements of the teachers, during the dialogues we established with each one, the training was relevant, meaning the approach with new theoretical perspectives, moments of collective discussions and varied practices, and allowing a reflection on their habitual personal practices. The issue of human-nature separation presented itself as a significant shift in their understanding of the environmental issue. Within the limits found, we identified the challenge of deepening the theoretical contribution, which requires time and is not exhausted in a single formation, and work with values, which presented itself in the statements as something very difficult, although the training was focused on he. The collective work environment for most teachers was remembered with a highly positive sense of stimulating factor, with dialogue and the exchange of experiences as central elements of the formation. The relationship built between the teachers participating in the project and the University environment was also highlighted as positive. Finally, it is fundamental to indicate the importance of the insertion of EE and work with the value dimension in the in-service teacher training, in view of the need to expand discussions, research and studies in this regard. These can collaborate both for an in-depth understanding of this training process and for the viability of new training projects aimed at this theme, promoting their development in the school environment.

Orientador: Sergio Ferreira do Amaral / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T08:39:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Basso_Ilda_D.pdf: 2814201 bytes, checksum: 2e44d9b7fa96e9a7fce9e52f3e305d40 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A formação continuada pode ser analisada de diferentes perspectivas e em várias vertentes. No caso da presente pesquisa, discutem-se questões relacionadas à formação continuada, às competências e ao uso da linguagem digital. Por isso seus objetivos são conhecer as concepções dos professores sobre a linguagem digital e o uso da mesma nas escolas Públicas de Campinas e região; identificar as competências requeridas dos professores para o uso da linguagem digital nas práticas pedagógicas em sala de aula. A amostra da pesquisa foi composta de 136 participantes professores em formação continuada. A investigação se deu por meio da aplicação de questionários e escala Likert, e a sua essência é a identificação de competências necessárias ao uso da linguagem digital na formação continuada de professores., cujos resultados apontam a necessidade de uma mudança na concepção de ensino e aprendizagem da escola e do professor dentro deste contexto tecnológico, além de investimentos para o acesso aos suportes tecnológicos para fins pedagógicos. / Abstract: Continuing education may be analyzed from different perspectives. The present study discusses issues related to continuing formation, competences and the use of digital language. Its objectives are to know teachers' thoughts about digital language and its use in public schools in the city of Campinas and neighbor areas; to identify teachers' required competences for using digital language in classroom pedagogical practices. The sample was formed by 136 teachers in continuing education. The investigation involved the application of questionnaires and Likert scale, and its essence is the identification of the necessary competences for using digital language in teacher continuing formation. Results point the need for a change in the concept of teaching and learning in a technological context, in terms of the school as well as of the teacher. There is also the need of investments to provide access to technological supports for pedagogical ends. / Doutorado / Educação, Ciencia e Tecnologia / Doutor em Educação

Dentre os muitos e bem conhecidos problemas relacionados ao ensino de Ciências, a falta de planejamento dos professores vem contribuindo para agravar ainda mais esses problemas. Na prática escolar existe grande dificuldade em compreender a necessidade de um processo de planejamento e de torná-lo real. Atualmente o planejamento é rejeitado por professores que por obrigação se limitam a elaborar seu plano burocraticamente, apenas para atender as exigências da Instituição. Esta pesquisa buscou investigar as concepções sobre planejamento e elaboração do plano de curso de sete professores de Química de escolas estaduais de São Paulo que participaram do Projeto Laboratório Didático Virtual (LabVirt) desenvolvido pela Escola do Futuro da Universidade de São Paulo. Buscou investigar também a possibilidade de uma ação de formação contínua ter efetividade prática na promoção de mudanças significativas na elaboração dos planos de curso destes professores, enfatizando não apenas os conteúdos, mas também os objetivos, os métodos, os recursos e a avaliação. Os dados desta pesquisa foram coletados na forma de questionários, entrevistas e planos de curso pré e pós-projeto e organizados em mapas cognitivos por permitem uma visão idiossincrática de cada indivíduo. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que os professores entendem o processo de planejamento como necessário para organizar os conteúdos conceituais que serão ensinados durante o ano. Seus planos de curso seguem o modelo padrão estabelecido pela maioria das escolas (objetivo, conteúdo, metodologia e avaliação) e não refletem o \"quê fazer\" do professor. As atividades desenvolvidas no LabVirt pouco contribuíram para modificações nos planos de curso, na medida que os planos elaborados pós-projeto são praticamente idênticos aos do pré-projeto. Apesar disso, todos assumem que o fato de ter um plano de aulas bem organizado, facilita e orienta a prática docente mostrando então que perceberam a importância do planejamento no seu dia-a-dia. / Among the many and well-known problems related to science education, the poor preparation of teaching plannings make these problems worse. Most in-service teachers have difficulties to understand the necessity of the planning process, and to bring it to reality. In general, teachers reject planning, for they consider it only as an imposition of the school´s bureaucratic structure. The aim of this research was to investigate the conceptions on planning and the elaboration of course plans of seven Chemistry teachers working in public schools from the state of São Paulo, and which took part in the Virtual Didactic Laboratory Project (LabVirt) developed by the \"Escola do Futuro\" of the University of São Paulo. Another aim was to investigate the effects of an in-service teacher education action designed to promote significative changes in the elaboration of course plans, which should focus not only contents, but also objectives, methods, resources and assessment. Data of this research consisted in answers to questionnaires, interviews and plannings which were collected before and after the LabVirt activities. Data were organized in cognitive maps, which allowed an idiossincratic view the participants. The results suggested that the teachers understand the planning process as necessary to organize the conceptual contents that will be taught during the year. Their annual plannings follow the established pattern in most schools, and do not properly reflects the teachers´ practices. The activities developed in the LabVirt project brought few contributions to the modification of course plans, since the plans elaborated after the project activities were practically the same those made before them. However, most teachers recognized the importance of a well-elaborated class plan. The importance of planning to their everyday practice seemed to have been assimilated by the teachers.

Human behaviour in educational contexts can be facilitated and supported by technology enhancements. This thesis considers a virtual 3D world as one such technological enhancement and explores its use in supporting technology acceptance in pre-service teacher education. The adaptation of different educational technology tools can often be challenging for teachers due to negative perceptions, lack of experience and a fear of technology. This thesis investigates the role that immersion within virtual environments can play to change perceptions, increase experience with and overcome fears associated to adopting technologies in the classroom. For this reason, this thesis asks the following questions: What factors and indicators show a positive influence on the participants’ perceptions of learning technologies? Do the virtual world (VW) activities encourage more VW connections and interactions inside the VW? What are the pre-service teachers’ reflections on learning in the VW setting? How is the learning experience in the VW applied to the real world classroom practice? This study focuses on the use of classroom technologies in a pre-service teaching program at the University of Malta. PreVieW (Pre-service teachers Virtual World experience) is evaluated using quantitative, qualitative and social network analysis (SNA). The combination of these three methods is used to measure the extent of the VW’s influence as a medium in affecting the participants’ perceptions about classroom technologies and their behavioural intentions to adopt technology during teaching. The results show that the VW experience has an overall significant positive effect on the self-reported perceptions of technology. Factors affecting this result are perceived ease of use, experience and attitude, whilst social network graphs show that VW activities are responsible for social group formations. Participants attribute the strengths of PreVieW to its flexibility and learner-centric activities whilst finding the technical setup as challenging. Participants reflect on the cultural differences in the understanding of teaching and learning in the VW as opposed to a traditional classroom. Findings lead to a deeper understanding of the human-computer interactions in a VW set in a formal learning experience. Following this a model is recommended proposing the integration of a VW experience in a teacher education program together with a number of propositions to enrich learning in a 3D VW.