This study was devoted to researching the effectiveness of e-learning, in terms of the reported experiences of the Language Services section employees in Parliament RSA. At present, the internet is seen as a successful and influential educational tool in both academic and corporate institutions. Academically, it has been adopted for e-learning methods of teaching and learning. It is perceived as a cost-effective method of providing lifelong education. It is important to know about the pros and cons of e-learning in adult education and compare them with the experiences of the people who are and have been engaged in adult education. To create an adult education skills development framework that can be used successfully in e-learning, it is important to get information about and from the people concerned regarding their learning experiences. To understand more about the influence of e-learning, this study administered a questionnaire to the employees of the Language Services Section of Parliament who participated in the pilot learning programmes offered by Parliament. The questionnaire was designed to gather structured responses from the participants in the inquiry. The results were studied and applied to draw recommendations for what can be improved in the programme to promote and endorse continuing learning experiences as is the aim of the in-house programme offered by Parliament. The study also has relevance in terms of a discussion of issues that arise in the literature on adult education, which were located as part of the study. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Adult Education)

This study investigates the use of co-operative learning in the teaching of mapwork to Geography students in tertiary education. Diverse methods of teaching Geography mapwork and also theories of learning that are relevant to the teaching of mapwork are discussed. Co-operative learning, and how it can be employed in the teaching of mapwork is fully explained. The study revealed that co-operative learning method can help students to achieve higher marks in mapwork. It is an instructional method that uses small groups of students working together to meet educational goals. The approach relies on interaction and interdependence and thus is especially suited to higher level conceptual tasks requiring problem-solving and decision-making. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Syftet med den kvantitativa undersökningen var att jämföra ASL (att skriva sig till läsning) i ett helordsperspektiv med den traditionella ljudmetoden gällande elevers tidiga läs- och skrivutveckling. Jämförelsen gjordes också för att se vilken läsinlärningsmetod som är mest gynnsam och om någon av dessa har bättre möjligheter att förebygga läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Undersökningen bygger på sekundärdata från cirka 200 elever med olika läsinlärningsmetoder där i första hand ordavkodningsförmågan jämförs. Resultat gällande fonologisk medvetenhet, ordavkodningsförmåga, stavning samt nationella prov i svenska samlades in från två parallellgrupper (ASL - ljudmetod). Testmaterialet har hämtats från förskoleklass till och med årskurs 3. Resultatet visade bättre ordavkodningsförmåga för de flesta elever som har haft ASL som läsinlärningsmetod. Detsamma gäller för elever som hade hög ordavkodningsförmåga från årskurs 1. För elever med låg ordavkodningsförmåga visade resultaten däremot ingen skillnad mellan de båda metoderna. En tolkning skulle kunna göras att ASL gynnar ordavkodningsförmågan för många elever, men inte har större möjligheter än ljudmetoden att förebygga läs- och skrivsvårigheter. / The purpose of the quantitative study was to compare WTR (writing to read) in a whole language perspective with the traditional phonics regarding students' early literacy development. The comparison was also made to see which literacy learning method that is most favourable and if any of them is more able to prevent reading and writing disabilities. The study is based on secondary data from approximately 200 students with different methods of teaching reading in which primarily word decoding ability was compared. Results regarding phonological awareness, word decoding ability, spelling and National tests in Swedish were gathered from two parallel groups (WTR - phonics). The test material has been taken from pre-school to grade 3. The results showed better word decoding ability for most students who have had WTR as literacy learning method. The same applies to students who had high word decoding ability from grade 1. Results from students with low word decoding ability showed however no difference between the two methods. One interpretation would be that WTR favours word decoding ability for many students, but does not have more opportunities than phonics of preventing reading and writing disabilities.

The work deals with the cooperation of pupils among first and second grade pupils in a primary school. It analyzes to which extent are second grade pupils able to give their knowledge to pupils of the first grade. Then it shows how the learning style and the personality affects the cooperation of an individual within the group. The practical part proofs the long-term investigation in one class that was systematically prepared for the cooperation among older and younger pupils. The results of this research in the observed class evaluate higher level of cooperative and communication skills of individual pupils than those, who previously did not deal with cooperation. Teaching pupils how to cooperate gradually developed their relationship not only to younger classmates, but to the willingness to help each other, to respect the opinions of others and it also strengthened the relationships in the observed classroom. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-06-16T18:34:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 20.pdf: 3194820 bytes, checksum: 634124ee21a63f423f96bbc90949aa20 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-16T18:34:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 20.pdf: 3194820 bytes, checksum: 634124ee21a63f423f96bbc90949aa20 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-19 / UNISINOS - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos / Estudar a educação jurídica no século XXI implica em construir novas respostas aos problemas que se apresentam. O modo tradicionalmente adotado para se pensar o Direito e seu ensino não é mais suficiente diante de um mundo que vive em constantes transformações. As demandas deste tempo exigem um profissional apto a pensar de modo transdisciplinar, capaz de enfrentar um contexto repleto de complexidades, riscos, paradoxos e contingências. Os ideais de certeza e segurança jurídica não mais se fazem presentes nos dias de hoje, exigindo do profissional do Direito a capacidade de reconectar os saberes. Nesse sentido, destaca-se a relevância dos conteúdos denominados propedêuticos no processo de formação do bacharel, pois têm o papel de promover uma visão integrada, crítica e reflexiva acerca dos fenômenos jurídicos e sociais. Apesar de sua importância, constata-se que os conteúdos propedêuticos são pouco valorizados por parte do corpo discente, que tende a resumir a formação jurídica à prática profissional. A partir dessa problemática, o presente trabalho apresentará a inclusão desses saberes nos currículos dos cursos jurídicos brasileiros desde a sua criação, em 1827. Em seguida, buscar-se-á identificar o perfil dos alunos em início e final de curso e qual a sua avaliação sobre os conteúdos propedêuticos. Após essa etapa, o trabalho se propõe a identificar o perfil dos professores que atuam nessas áreas e constatar quais as suas percepções sobre os desafios da educação jurídica. O contato com os docentes e discentes ocorreu por meio de pesquisa de campo realizada no Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis e na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Por fim, abordar-se-á o paradigma de ensino tradicionalmente adotado pelos cursos jurídicos e, em seguida, serão apresentadas algumas alternativas para o processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos conteúdos propedêuticos. / To study the law education in 21st century requires building new answers to the problems. The traditional adopted way to think the law and its teaching are not enough considering a world which lives in constant transformation. The demands of present time require a professional both able to think in an transdisciplinary way and able to face a context full of complexity, risks, paradoxes and contingencies. The ideal of certainty and legal security are no longer present today, requiring of the law professional the ability to reconnect knowledge. In this sense it is highlighted the relevance of contents called propaedeutic in the process of bachelor formation considering these bachelors have the role to promote an integrated, critic and reflexive vision about the legal and social phenomena. Despite of its importance, it is noticed that propaedeutic disciplines have little appreciation by students which tend to summarize the law education to the professional practice. From this proposition this paper will present the inclusion of these disciplines in the curricula of Brazilian law schools since its inception in 1827. Then it will search the profile of the students in the beginning and end of the course and what are their assessment of the propaedeutic disciplines. After, the study aims to identify the profile of the teachers who work in these disciplines and find what are their perception on the challenges of law education in this area. The contact with the faculty and students occurred through field research conducted in the Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis and in the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Finally it will approach the traditional teaching paradigm adopted by law schools and then will present some alternatives for teaching and learning process of propaedeutic contents.

L'obiettivo che questa tesi persegue è quello di analizzare il binomio blog/didattica, allargando il raggio di discussione e problematizzazione alle tecnologie di rete e all'educazione nei suoi aspetti di formalità e di informalità. Lo sguardo pedagogico-didattico viene eletto come guida del processo di riflessione e la scuola viene scelta come il campo di esplorazione privilegiato. L'approccio d'indagine assunto pone la didattica di fronte al blog riservando ad essa il compito di contestualizzare la tecnologia, di comprenderne potenzialità sfruttabili per sostenere processi di apprendimento formali ed informali e di rilevarne gli aspetti di vantaggio e di problematicità emergenti per progettare impieghi efficaci ed innovativi. La ricerca è strutturata lungo due direttrici: una teorico-fondativa destinata alla riflessione intorno ad alcuni nuclei tematici di sfondo (tecnologie educative, Rete e tecnologie emergenti, educazione formale ed informale) ed alla delineazione dello stato dell'arte in merito al blog ed alle sue applicazioni nella didattica; una empirica costituita dall'indagine sul campo finalizzata ad evidenziare e descrivere tendenze d'uso dei blog nei contesti scolastici italiani. / This thesis aims at analysing the blog/education binomial, extending its discussion and problematic nature to web technologies in the field of formal and informal educational methods. The teaching-learning question is selected as a guidance in the process under consideration and school is looked upon as the privileged field for research. This study places teaching and learning methods before blog and questions this new technique by examining it deeply in the afford to understand its potentiality in the formal and informal educational process. This study aims at putting into evidence possible advantages and problems arising from the application and planning possible innovations in the educational sphere. The research is based on two guiding lines: the theoretical-basic one referring to some background core topics (educational technologies, web, emerging methods, formal and informal education) and referring to the merits related to blog with its application to teaching; the empirical one based on a survey on the field aiming at bringing out and describing trends towards the use of blog in the Italian school environment.

Pagrindinis informacinių technologijų (IT) naudojimo mokymuisi tikslas – didinti mokymosi kokybę ir efektyvumą, lengvinti besimokančiojo ir mokytojo darbą. Galima išskirti dvi IT taikymo ugdymui kryptis: 1) kai naudojant IT siekiama gerinti tradicinius metodus 2) kai sukuriami nauji metodai, kuriuos taikyti įmanoma tik naudojant IT. Abiem atvejais svarbus mokytojų gerosios patirties dalijimasis, mokymosi metodų įvaldymas. Disertacinis darbas skirtas metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų naudojimo problemoms, kylančioms dėl informacijos nepakankamumo mokymosi objektų (MO) metaduomenų saugyklose, spręsti. Išanalizuoti ir palyginti pagrindiniai MO metaduomenų standartų modeliai, naudojami skaitmeniniams mokymosi ištekliams formaliuoju būdu aprašyti. Ištirti MO metaduomenų standartų taikymo modelių sudarymo moksliniai ir praktiniai principai. Išanalizuoti turinio MO kūrimo modeliai, kurie užtikrina MO suderinamumą. Atliktas empirinis tyrimas leido nustatyti tolesnę tyrimo kryptį ir turėjo įtakos išplėsto MO metaduomenų taikomojo modelio kūrimui. Metaduomenų taikomojo modelio projektavimo procesą sudaro šie etapai: 1) metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų objektų aprašančių metaduomenų elementų aibių išskyrimas; 2) valdomųjų žodynų, skirtų metaduomenų elementams aprašyti, formavimas siekiant užtikrinti metaduomenų suderinamumą; 3) metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų objektų aprašančių metaduomenų lyginamoji analizė; 4) išplėsto MO metaduomenų modelio išbaigimas ir diegimas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The key aim of using information technology (IT) in learning is to increase the learning quality and efficiency, to facilitate a learner’s and a teacher’s work. We can distinguish two main directions of IT application in training: (1) if applying IT we strive to improve the traditional methods; (2) if new methods are developed that are applicable only if IT is used. In both cases, sharing the good experience of teachers and mastering of the learning methods are of great importance. The research work is meant for solving the problems of using methodological resources and learning methods, which arise due to insufficiency of information in the metadata repositories of learning object (LO). The main models of LO metadata standards, used to describe digital learning resources in a formal way, have been analyzed and compared. Scientific and practical principles for applied model design of LO metadata standards have been explored. The content LO developing models that ensure LO compatibility have been considered. The empirical research performed enabled us to determine a further trend of research and influenced the creation of an extended LO metadata applied model. The design process of a metadata applied model consists of the following phases: 1) determination of sets of metadata elements that describe methodological resources and learning method objects, 2) composition of controlled vocabularies, aimed at description of metadata elements, with a view to ensure the compatibility... [to full text]

The key aim of using information technology (IT) in learning is to increase the learning quality and efficiency, to facilitate a learner’s and a teacher’s work. We can distinguish two main directions of IT application in training: (1) if applying IT we strive to improve the traditional methods; (2) if new methods are developed that are applicable only if IT is used. In both cases, sharing the good experience of teachers and mastering of the learning methods are of great importance. The research work is meant for solving the problems of using methodological resources and learning methods, which arise due to insufficiency of information in the metadata repositories of learning object (LO). The main models of LO metadata standards, used to describe digital learning resources in a formal way, have been analyzed and compared. Scientific and practical principles for applied model design of LO metadata standards have been explored. The content LO developing models that ensure LO compatibility have been considered. The empirical research performed enabled us to determine a further trend of research and influenced the creation of an extended LO metadata applied model. The design process of a metadata applied model consists of the following phases: 1) determination of sets of metadata elements that describe methodological resources and learning method objects, 2) composition of controlled vocabularies, aimed at description of metadata elements, with a view to ensure the compatibility... [to full text] / Pagrindinis informacinių technologijų (IT) naudojimo mokymuisi tikslas – didinti mokymosi kokybę ir efektyvumą, lengvinti besimokančiojo ir mokytojo darbą. Galima išskirti dvi IT taikymo ugdymui kryptis: 1) kai naudojant IT siekiama gerinti tradicinius metodus 2) kai sukuriami nauji metodai, kuriuos taikyti įmanoma tik naudojant IT. Abiem atvejais svarbus mokytojų gerosios patirties dalijimasis, mokymosi metodų įvaldymas. Disertacinis darbas skirtas metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų naudojimo problemoms, kylančioms dėl informacijos nepakankamumo mokymosi objektų (MO) metaduomenų saugyklose, spręsti. Išanalizuoti ir palyginti pagrindiniai MO metaduomenų standartų modeliai, naudojami skaitmeniniams mokymosi ištekliams formaliuoju būdu aprašyti. Ištirti MO metaduomenų standartų taikymo modelių sudarymo moksliniai ir praktiniai principai. Išanalizuoti turinio MO kūrimo modeliai, kurie užtikrina MO suderinamumą. Atliktas empirinis tyrimas leido nustatyti tolesnę tyrimo kryptį ir turėjo įtakos išplėsto MO metaduomenų taikomojo modelio kūrimui. Metaduomenų taikomojo modelio projektavimo procesą sudaro šie etapai: 1) metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų objektų aprašančių metaduomenų elementų aibių išskyrimas; 2) valdomųjų žodynų, skirtų metaduomenų elementams aprašyti, formavimas siekiant užtikrinti metaduomenų suderinamumą; 3) metodinių išteklių ir mokymosi metodų objektų aprašančių metaduomenų lyginamoji analizė; 4) išplėsto MO metaduomenų modelio išbaigimas ir diegimas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Σε αυτή την Διπλωματική εργασία μελετήσαμε με ποιο τρόπο μπορούν να εφαρμοστούν οι διάφορες τεχνικές Εξόρυξης Γνώσης (Data Mining) στην εκπαίδευση. Αυτός ο επιστημονικός τομέας o οποίος ερευνά και αναπτύσσει τεχνικές προκειμένου να ανακαλύψει γνώση από δεδομένα τα οποία προέρχονται από την εκπαίδευση ονομάζεται Εξόρυξη Γνώσης από Εκπαιδευτικά Δεδομένα (Educational Data Mining –EDM. Στην εργασία αυτή εκτός από την θεωρητική μελέτη των αλγορίθμων και των τεχνικών που διέπουν την εξόρυξη γνώσης από δεδομένα γενικά, έγινε και μια λεπτομερέστερη μελέτη και παρουσίαση της κατηγορίας των αλγορίθμων κατηγοριοποίησης (Classification), διότι αυτοί οι αλγόριθμοι χρησιμοποιήθηκαν στην φάση της υλοποίησης/αξιολόγησης. Στην συνέχεια η εργασία επικεντρώθηκε στον τρόπο με τον οποίο μπορούν να εφαρμοστούν αυτοί οι αλγόριθμοι σε εκπαιδευτικά δεδομένα, τι εφαρμογές έχουμε στην εκπαίδευση, ενώ αναφερόμαστε και σε μια πληθώρα ερευνών που έχουν πραγματοποιηθεί πάνω στο συγκεκριμένο αντικείμενο. Στην συνέχεια διερευνήσαμε την εφαρμογή τεχνικών κατηγοριοποίησης στην πρόγνωση της επίδοσης μαθητών Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης στα μαθήματα της Γεωγραφίας Α’ και Β’ Γυμνασίου. Συγκεκριμένα υλοποιήσαμε και θα αξιολογήσαμε έξι αλγορίθμους οι οποίοι ανήκουν στην ομάδα των αλγορίθμων κατηγοριοποίησης(Classification) και είναι αντιπροσωπευτικοί των σημαντικότερων τεχνικών κατηγοριοποίησης. Από την οικογένεια των ταξινομητών με χρήση δένδρων απόφασης (Decision Tree Classifiers) υλοποιήσαμε τον J48, από τους αλγορίθμους κανόνων ταξινόμησης (Rule-based Classification ) τον Ripper, από τους αλγόριθμους στατιστικής κατηγοριοποίησης τον Naïve Bayes, από την μέθοδο των Κ πλησιέστερων γειτόνων (KNN) τον 3-ΝΝ, από την κατηγορία των τεχνητών νευρωνικών δικτύων τον Back Propagation και τέλος από τις μηχανές διανυσμάτων υποστήριξης (Support Vector Machines SVM) τον SMO (Sequental Minimal Optimazation). Όλες οι παραπάνω υλοποιήσεις και αξιολογήσεις έγιναν με το ελεύθερο λογισμικού Weka το οποίο είναι υλοποιημένο σε Java και το οποίο προσφέρει μια πληθώρα αλγορίθμων μηχανικής μάθησης για να κάνουμε εξόρυξη γνώσης. / In this work we will study the way the misc data mining techniques can be applied to the misc fields of the education. This new scientific field is commonly named Educational Data Mining. In this study we will study the theoretical analysis of the data mining techniques focussing to the classification techniques as those are the most commonly used for prediction purpose. We also intend to predict student performance in secondary education using data mining techniques. The data we collect are concerned the class of Geography and we apply to them six data mining models with the help of the open source machine learning software Weka. We use supervised machine learning algorithms from the Classification field (Decision Tree Classifiers, Rule-based Classification, Neural Networks, k-Nearest Neighbour Algorithm, Bayesian and Support Vector Machines). After we have evaluate the algorithms we build a java tool, that uses the 3-KNN algorithm, to help us predict the performance of a student at the end of the year.

Meaningful learning requires active teaching and learning approaches. Thus, with a specific focus on Mathematics teaching at university in Oramia, the study aimed to: • examine the extent to which active learning/student-centered approaches were implemented; • assess the attitudes of university lecturers towards active-learning; • investigate whether appropriate training and support have been provided for the implementation of an active learning approaches • assess the major challenges that hinder the implementation of active learning approaches and • recommend ways that could advance the use of active learning approaches in Mathematics teaching at university. A mixed-methods design was used. Among the six universities in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia, two of the newly established universities (younger than 5 years) and two of the old universities (15 years and older) were involved in the study. A total of 84 lecturers participated in the study and completed questionnaires. This was complemented by a qualitative approach that used observation checklists and interviews for data gathering: 16 lessons were observed while the lecturers taught their mathematics classes (two lecturers from each of the four sample universities were twice observed). In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four mathematics department heads and eight of the observed lecturers. The study adhered to ethical principles and to applied several techniques to enhance the validity/trustworthiness of the findings. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)