Face aux transformations sociales dont le rythme semble s’accélérer, le monde éducatif est constamment sollicité pour inventer de nouvelles manières de rencontrer les besoins qui en découlent. Une des réponses n’est autre que la création de nouveaux métiers tels que le conseil pédagogique dans lequel l’accompagnement semble occuper une place de choix.Le projet de cette recherche est de proposer une compréhension de l’activité d’accompagnement par le prisme des processus mentaux de conseillers pédagogiques de l’enseignement fondamental en Belgique francophone en situation d’entretien d’accompagnement de directions.Une approche constructiviste, marquée par le paradigme de l’activité dans son acceptation matérialiste et une démarche qualitative ont permis d’élaborer un outil d’analyse - les agirs mentaux –qui possède comme fonction de saisir l’activité mentale dans sa dimension processuelle. Croisé avec un outil issu d’une opérationnalisation des travaux de John Dewey sur l’enquête, cet outil tente de rendre compte des processus mentaux en croisant quatre composantes : a) les opérations de liaison entre les représentations des sujets, b) les intentions mobilisatrices de ces opérations de liaison, c) le format de communication du sujet avec lui-même et enfin d) la construction temporelle de son activité.Les principaux résultats sont de trois natures : 1) des résultats méthodologiques avec la création d’un outil de recueil de données (l’entretien de rétrospection), un outil d’analyse des processus mentaux (cité plus haut) et l’opérationnalisation d’un outil d’analyse de l’activité d’investigation que constitue « l’enquête » de John Dewey, 2) des résultats relatifs aux processus mentaux de conseillers pédagogiques en situation d’accompagnement de directions avec l’identification de configurations spécifiques d’agirs mentaux lors de certains actes posés par les CP et enfin 3) des résultats qui prennent la forme de pistes didactiques suite à un déplacement de posture de chercheur à formateur et qui permettent l’identification de la gestion de l’incertitude, structurellement instituée par les conseillers pédagogiques, comme fil conducteur de leur activité d’accompagnement. / In today's world where the speed of social transformation seems to be ever increasing, the educational field is constantly called upon to come up with new ways to meet the new needs that arise. One of its answers has been nothing less than the creation of new professions such as educational counselling, where personal accompanying seems to hold a privileged position.The goal of this research project is to develop an understanding of the activity of accompanying through the prism of the mental processes of educational advisors in accompanying situations, specifically those advisors working in the field of basic education in the French-speaking part of Belgium.A constructivist approach, characterized by the activity paradigm in its materialist sense, coupled with a qualitative approach have led to the creation of an analytical tool - that of mental acts - whose function is to grasp mental activity in its processual dimension. Alongside a tool obtained by operationalizing John Dewey's work on inquiry, this tool aims to understand mental processes at the crossroads of four components: a) linking operations between subject representations, b) the mobilizing intentions of these linking operations, c) the communication format of the subject with himself, and finally d) the temporal construction of his activity.The main results fall into three categories: 1) methodological results culminating the in creation of a data gathering tool (the retrospective interview), a tool for the analysis of mental processes (mentioned above), and the operationalization of John Dewey's notion of inquiry as a tool for analysing investigative activity; 2) results relating to the mental processes of educational advisors in accompanying situations along with the identification of the specific configuration of mental acts that accompany certain actions undertaken by the advisors; 3) results in the form of pedagogical advice that follows from a shift in posture from that of researcher to that of trainer, one that allows for the identification of uncertainty management, structurally established by the educational advisors, as the guiding principle of their accompanying activity.

This diploma thesis deals with both theoretical part of the new trend in education, it is meant inquiry based teaching/ learning, and practical part which is useful mainly for geography teachers on the 2nd stage of primary schools. Inquiry based teaching has the aim in increasing the efficiency of the science subjects education on primary schools and getting pupils interested in study and interests. In view of the fact that the physical geography has many under parts, there were chosen three main categories for this work: hydrology, meteorology and climate, cartography and geographical informational system. In the theoretical part there is dealt with a definition of a term inquiry based teaching and learning, its using in the world educational systems and its integration into Czech educational system. On the grounds of the studied materials it was made "A set of projects for inquiry based teaching in geographical lessons on the 2nd stage of primary school. This practical portfolio includes both methodical sheets for teachers and worksheets for an explorer. Chosen projects were tested in practice and they are evaluated in the final part of the whole of the diploma thesis.

The aim of the present work is to determine the reaction of Czech student to Inquiry-based science education. The study was conducted using two different laboratory topics, prepared for the study according to the principles of Inquiry-based education. Four different classes from one school participated in this study and the reaction of the students was determined by comparing two questionnaires; one initial, completed before the laboratory work, and the other final, filled in after the laboratory practice has ended.

The title of this diploma thesis is knowledge and preparedness of the population to provide first aid in case of an extraordinary events. It is divided into two main parts, that is the theoretical part and the empirical part of the thesis. The theoretical part of this diploma thesis is contained in one main chapter named Current status that contains several subheads. In the consecutive successive subheads we define the definition of first aid and its history. Moreover they contain characteris-tics and division of the Slovakian Integrated rescue system and the activity of the IRS coordination center. Within first aid and its procedure, this diploma thesis contains cha-racterizations of the first approach to the befallen, the characteristics of the rescue chain and the appointment and detailed description of life-saving activities. The next subhead contains selection of dangerous accidents with the tendency of direct threat to life and their treatment in the means of first aid. Further away we created an individual subhead about the procedure at the casualty site with a large number of the befallen persons. A very important element of first aid is the psychological effect on the befallen. This is described in the subhead Providing of psychological first aid at the casualty site. The next subhead describes the most common myths, miscues and mistakes in providing of amateur first aid. Many amateur rescuers stand by inactively in situations when help is needed, they feel that their knowledge of providing first aid is not sufficient and they are afraid. All of these negative factors cost the befallen valuable seconds that are nee-ded for saving a life and that is why it´s important to increase the public awareness abo-ut providing first aid. The individual subhead about extraordinary events contains basic characteristics of this problem and the description of chosen, most commonly occurring extraordinary events that endanger the residents of Slovakia. Seeing that the chosen method of this diploma thesis is a questionnaire and subsequently statistical evaluation of acquired data, it was necessary to include the statistical methods in the theoretical part of the thesis. The last part of the theoretical part of this diploma thesis is the des-cription of basic descriptive statistics methods and the description of the mathematical statistics methods, that are applied in the empirical part of the thesis. The empirical part of this diploma thesis begins with an assessment of aims and two hypothesis, that focus on ascertaining of the degree of theoretical knowledge of civilians about the providing of first aid in different kinds of extraordinary events. The methodical part of the thesis describes the way of collecting the data using a questionna-ire, it closely describes the characteristics of object file, inquiry progression and results processing. The results describe individual questions and their evaluation and subsequ-ently course of statistical inquiry and comparing its results using the methods of des-criptive and mathematical statistics. The last chapter of this diploma thesis is focused on the discussion about acquired results from the individual questions inquiries and subse-quently the description of the results of statistical inquiry. This part of the thesis further away contains practical recommendations that emerge from acquired results and their application.

The aim of this work was to process the selected theme of the fields of relationships between plants and atmosphere by means of learning programme based on the inquiry approach didacticly and apply it at the elementary school. The aim of the thesis was also to investigate the influence of the created learning programme on the level of pupils´ knowledge. 150 pupils took part in this testing. The research approved that by means of using IBE (Inquiry based education) the level of pupils´ knowledge compared with the frontal form of the education is increasing. The next fact was that pupils´ knowledge of photosynthesis was only on the average. It was also confirmed that with the using of this learning programme with the elements of exploration and the use of modern technology (pupils´ sets called Vernier) the curriculum was absorbed by students more efficiently.

This diploma thesis briefly introduces the concept of inquiry based teaching mathematics. In inquiry based teaching, emphasis is placed primarily on the active activity of the pupil, the aim of which is to discover a certain reality. This activity mainly involves solving problems and finding the right paths to achieve the right goal. We can call this path to a goal as a research. The inquiry process involves observing, formulating questions, identifying information, designing possible processes, and verifying them. In this educational method, the role of the teacher is not to pass the facts to the pupils, but to target them and to supervise the correctness of their practices. We can understand the teacher here as a guide, adviser or assistant on the path to the goal (discovery). In the thesis a few examples of mathematics of elementary and secondary schools are given, in which the inquiry based approach is applied. Mathematics in the given examples is not complicated, emphasis is put on the practical use. In the examples interdisciplinary relationships are developed as well, which is an important part of the inquiry based teaching. In each example, additional questions are provided.

À travers une entrée par l’activité, cette recherche se donne pour objet la compréhension des processus selon lesquels le sujet construit son expérience en réélaborant ses « habitudes d’activités ». L’analyse de l’activité de plusieurs médecins du travail lors de consultations avec les salariés des entreprises dont ils assurent le suivi, nous permet de réaliser l’hypothèse selon laquelle le dialogue qui s’y déroule constitue pour ces acteurs un moyen privilégié de conduire leur action de prévention, mais également d’apprendre au contact d’autrui. En mobilisant la théorie de « l’enquête » de J. Dewey, nous montrons comment ces médecins sont susceptibles de transformer les habitudes qui orientent leur action, lorsqu’ils sont confrontés à une situation insuffisamment déterminée. Nous pensons que ces transformations qui se réalisent dans et par l’action, constituent au fil du temps, une des voies privilégiées du « travail de l’expérience » du sujet en situation professionnelle. / By focusing on the activity, this research aims to understand the process through which the subject constructs his experience by re-developing his “activity habits”. By analyzing the activities of a number of occupational health physicians during their consultations with patients (who are business employees), we may hypothesize that the dialogue which unfolds between the physicians and the patients is a means for physicians to take preventative action and to connect with others. By mobilising J. Dewey’s theory of the “inquiry”, we show how these physicians may transform the habits that orient their action when they are confronted with a situation that is insufficiently determined. We think that these transformations take place in and through actions, constituting

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Khalilah Doss, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Administration and Higher Education, presented on March 30th 2016, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: READY, SET, GO: A NARRATIVE STUDY ON JAMAICAN FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S. MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Saran Donahoo At most institutions, track and field can function as the redheaded stepchild of athletic programs because these sports do not draw the revenue nor get the crowds often associated with college football or basketball. Nevertheless, there are multiple correlations common among all college student athletes. Primarily, all student athletes face the pressure of having both academic and athletic responsibilities and obligations. Concurrently, there are also differences that can make these athletes experiences unique, such as being from a different country or being of minority status (by gender, sexual orientation or color) and attending a predominately white institution. As a former college athlete, I want to identify and determine how Jamaican Female Track and Field Athletes negotiate the social, academic and cultural environments that they were a part of while attending a college or university in the U.S. I believe that some [if not all] of these female athletes struggle academically, socially, and personally while attending postsecondary institutions in the U.S.

x, 95 p. : ill. / While John Dewey's work on the philosophy of education provides a robust descriptive account of educational experience, it does not provide anything like a critical system for the analysis of particular educational curricula. This lack has led to a common confusion with regard to the nature of an inquiry based education: inquiry too often becomes the content, rather than the method, of education. In this thesis, I will show how Dewey's analysis of educational experience can provide grounds for a critical apparatus that might be applied to any curriculum, though especially those founded upon the process of inquiry. This critical approach will be applied to an example case, the "ice hands" activity from Douglass Llewellyn's <italic>Inquire Within,</italic> demonstrating the gap that often exists between the process of inquiry as a description of the process of learning and the process of inquiry as the content of a lesson plan. / Committee in charge: Scott L. Pratt, Chairperson

Este trabalho se insere na área de Educação Musical, especificamente na educação musical escolar, vista sob a perspectiva dos alunos. Teve como objetivo compreender os significados que as participantes atribuem às experiências que tiveram nas aulas de música da escola. A pesquisa baseia-se em princípios metodológicos e epistemológicos do método (auto)biográfico, a partir de Bolívar (2012) e Abrahão (2004), em diálogo com a pesquisa narrativa de Connelly e Clandinin (1990) e Clandinin (2006). Participaram desta pesquisa duas estudantes do 1º ano do ensino médio, ex-alunas do pesquisador, que tiveram aulas de música na escola durante a educação infantil e séries iniciais e que, em encontros ocasionais com seu ex-professor de música, manifestavam sentir saudades das aulas. Para a produção de informações foram realizados um encontro preliminar e três entrevistas narrativas com as participantes. A análise narrativa das informações produziu sete tramas que resultaram em sete textos narrativos. Os textos narram diferentes tipos de significação atribuída pelas participantes às aulas de música. Os primeiros textos as mostram significando as aulas de música como parte de um conjunto de experiências que constituem a época da qual elas sentem saudades e como momento de integração entre fenômeno sonoro e movimento corporal. Elas também identificam a influência das aulas de música em quem elas são hoje e mostram que, dependendo da perspectiva, podem considerá-las ou não como momentos de aprendizagem musical. A aula é caracterizada como agradável pelo modo animado como o professor atua, pela autonomia dos estudantes na realização das tarefas, pelo aspecto socializador e pelo resultado esteticamente bonito da prática musical. A aula é caracterizada como agradável pelo modo animado como o professor atua, pela autonomia dos estudantes na realização das tarefas, pelo aspecto socializador e pelo resultado esteticamente bonito da prática musical. As participantes consideram importante e desejável ter aulas de música em seu nível de ensino atual, mas encontram dificuldades em conceber isso na prática. Em um tempo futuro de suas vidas, elas projetam que a música terá importante significado. As articulações entre as tramas narrativas permitem argumentar que há relação entre a caracterização da aula de música como experiência agradável e sua não significação como momento de aprendizagem musical. Essa relação passa pelo modo como os espaços de aprendizagem são constituídos pela cultura escolar. Permitem também perceber que as participantes constroem os significados das aulas de música a partir da característica coletiva pela qual o dia-a-dia das experiências musicais que vivenciaram está estruturado. Finalmente, essas articulações sugerem que cada participante tem seu modo particular de se relacionar com as experiências da aula de música e esse modo norteia a produção de significados que atribuem a elas. Uma delas se conecta pelo aspecto das relações sociais de integração proporcionadas pela aula de música e a outra através do aspecto prático, do fazer musical. A pesquisa contribui para ampliar a compreensão do significado das aulas de música na escola trazendo a perspectiva de estudantes que estão longe dessa prática há mais de quatro anos. O trabalho procura relacionar a produção de significados das participantes a um contexto escolar maior e, com isso, chama atenção para a complexidade de ações envolvidas nessa produção. / This work is set on Musical Education research field, particularly on the musical education at school, considered from the students’ perspective. It aimed to comprehend meanings that participants assign to the experiences lived in musical education at school. It is based on methodological and epistemological principles of (self)biographical research method, from Bolívar (2012) and Abrahão (2004) in dialogue with narrative inquiry of Connelly and Clandinin (1990) e Clandinin (2006). Participants of this research were two first year high school students, former researcher´s music students, that took music education at school on kindergarten and elementary levels and that told their former teacher, occasionally, they missed music classes. Information was produced by one preliminary meeting and three narrative interview with participants. Narrative analysis built seven plots that generated seven narrative texts. Texts narrates different kind of signification that participants assign to the music class. In the first texts participants signify music classes as a part of a set of experiences that constitute the time that they miss and as an integration moment between sound and body movement. They also identify music class influences in who they are in present and demonstrates that they may or may not signify music class as musical learning moments, according to the point of view. Music class is characterized as enjoyable because of the lively way that the teacher works, of the students’ autonomy in doing activities, the socializing aspect and the beautiful musical practice production. Participants consider that is an important and desirable issue in their current scholar level to have music class, but they find difficulties in conceiving that practically. In future, participants project that music will have important meaning for them. Articulations between narrative plots allow argue that there is a relationship between characterizing music class at school as an enjoyable experience and not signifying it as a musical learning moment. This relationship has to do with how learning places are constituted by scholar culture. They also allow us to perceive that participants built the meanings of music class from an essentially collective characteristic that structures musical experiences that participants lived. Finally, these articulations suggest that each participant has a particular way to relate to the music class experiences and this way guides the production of meaning they assign to music classes. One participant connects through social relation aspect the music class provides and the other one connects through the aspect of practice, musical practicing. This research contributes to extend the understanding of the meaning of music class at school taking the perspective of students that have been away of this practice for more than four years. This work wants to relate participants’ production of meaning to a wide scholar context and through this way it puts light to the complexity of the actions involved in that production.