<p>The information and communication technology, ICT, is opening new possibilities for the educational arena. Previous research shows that achieving positive educational outcomes requires more than simply providing access to computer hardware and software. How does this new technology affect the teaching and learning of physics? This thesis focuses on the field of geometrical optics. It reports two studies, both in Swedish upper secondary school. Important for the use of the ICT in physics education is the teaching strategy for using the new technology. The first study investigates with a questionnaire, how 37 teachers in a region of Sweden use computers in physics education and what intentions they follow while doing so. The results of this study show that teachers’ intentions for using ICT in their physics teaching were to increase students' interest for physics, to increase their motivation, to achieve variation in teaching, and to improve visualization and explanation of the phenomena of physics. The second study investigates students’ conceptual change in geometrical optics during a teaching sequence with computer-assisted instruction. For this purpose we choose the computer software "Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU)", which was developed with a base in research on students conceptions in optics. The thesis presents the teaching sequence developed together with the teacher. The study is based on a constructivist view of learning. The concepts analysed in this study were vision, image, ray and image formation. A first result of this study is a category system for conceptions around these concepts, found among the students. With these categories we found that students even at this level, of upper secondary school, have constructed well-known alternative conceptions before teaching, e.g. about a holistic conception of image. The results show also some learning progress: some alternative conceptions vanish, in some cases the physics conceptions are more often constructed after teaching. The students and the teacher also report that the CPU program gave new and useful opportunities to model multiple rays and to model vision.</p>

The information and communication technology, ICT, is opening new possibilities for the educational arena. Previous research shows that achieving positive educational outcomes requires more than simply providing access to computer hardware and software. How does this new technology affect the teaching and learning of physics? This thesis focuses on the field of geometrical optics. It reports two studies, both in Swedish upper secondary school. Important for the use of the ICT in physics education is the teaching strategy for using the new technology. The first study investigates with a questionnaire, how 37 teachers in a region of Sweden use computers in physics education and what intentions they follow while doing so. The results of this study show that teachers’ intentions for using ICT in their physics teaching were to increase students' interest for physics, to increase their motivation, to achieve variation in teaching, and to improve visualization and explanation of the phenomena of physics. The second study investigates students’ conceptual change in geometrical optics during a teaching sequence with computer-assisted instruction. For this purpose we choose the computer software "Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU)", which was developed with a base in research on students conceptions in optics. The thesis presents the teaching sequence developed together with the teacher. The study is based on a constructivist view of learning. The concepts analysed in this study were vision, image, ray and image formation. A first result of this study is a category system for conceptions around these concepts, found among the students. With these categories we found that students even at this level, of upper secondary school, have constructed well-known alternative conceptions before teaching, e.g. about a holistic conception of image. The results show also some learning progress: some alternative conceptions vanish, in some cases the physics conceptions are more often constructed after teaching. The students and the teacher also report that the CPU program gave new and useful opportunities to model multiple rays and to model vision.

The purpose of the study was to compare two methods for teaching guitar to fifth- and sixth-grade students: one based on the tonal learning sequence of the Kodaly method, the other on the traditional note learning sequence found in standard guitar method books. The null hypothesis was that there would be no significant differences on difference scores or attitude ratings by group, sex, grade, or years of experience. Lessons were designed to teach music reading for guitar to fifth- and sixth-grade students. Note sequences were traditional for the control group, Kodaly-based for the treatment group. The lessons were delivered to intact classes over a five-week period in the spring of 1992. A pre/posttest design was used for data collection. Reading tests, attitude scales, and a student profile were researcher-designed. Listening tests were adapted from Music Achievement Test (Colwell, 1968 & 1970). No significant differences were found on difference scores by group or grade, but significant differences were found by sex and years of experience. There was also a significant interaction between group and sex. When the data were divided by sex there were significant differences between the groups, favoring females in the control group and males in the treatment group. There were no significant differences on attitude rating differences by group, grade, or years of experience, but there were significant differences by sex. No significant interactions were found. The Kodaly sequence worked as well as the traditional sequence for teaching music reading for the guitar. The treatment group had 11% more males than the control group; males scored significantly lower than females. Additionally, the treatment group had 14% more students with no musical experience; students with less experience scored significantly lower than students with more experience. Despite this unequal composition, there were no significant differences between the groups. More research is needed to discover if there would be significant differences between the groups if they are evenly matched by sex and by years of experience. In addition, the finding that the control treatment favored females and the experimental treatment favored males needs to be examined further.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar as concepções dos alunos de 9º ano e 1ª série do ensino médio sobre os conceitos de substância e mistura de substâncias, verificando se é possível, para os alunos do 9º ano, fazerem essas ideias evoluírem por meio de uma sequência de ensino estruturada. A elaboração desta sequência levou em consideração alguns aspectos da abordagem baseada na demanda de aprendizagem (LEACH e SCOTT, 2005). A demanda resultou da comparação entre os conceitos que se queria ensinar sobre substâncias e mistura de substâncias e aquilo que os alunos traziam do dia a dia, tal como a ideia de que todo material é uma substância, que a homogeneidade é característica da substância, e a ideia de que mistura de substâncias estão sempre ligadas ao ato de misturar. A partir daí, foi definida a sequência para abordar estes aspectos. Para atingir as finalidades apresentadas foram implementadas 8 aulas de 45 minutos em três turmas de 9º ano do ensino fundamental de duas escolas públicas do estado de São Paulo. Para avaliar os resultados foram elaborados e aplicados instrumentos antes, após e seis meses após a sequência ser aplicada. Por meio de uma análise de conteúdo emergiram as várias categorias, permitindo a organização dos dados. Para cada conceito foram criadas categorias de análise. Os resultados revelaram que a aplicação da sequência de ensino foi capaz de promover, em grande parte dos alunos, a aprendizagem dos conceitos de substâncias e mistura de substâncias, assim como possibilitou uma maior capacidade de reconhecer e diferenciar os materiais em relação aos conceitos estudados. / The objective of this study was to investigate the views of 9th grade students and 1st year of high school on the concepts of substance and mixture of substances, making sure that it is possible for students in 9th grade, do these ideas evolve through a structured teaching sequence. The preparation of this sequence took into account some aspects of the approach based on demand learning (Leach and Scott, 2005). The demand resulted from the comparison between the concepts that would teach for substance and mixtures of substances and what the students brought in everyday study, such as the idea that every material is a substance that homogeneity is characteristic of the substance, and the idea that mixtures of substances are switched to the act of mixing. From there, the sequence was defined to address these issues. To achieve the objectives presented were implemented eight lessons of 45 minutes in three classes of 9th grade of elementary school from two public schools in the state of São Paulo. To evaluate the results have been developed and applied instruments before, after and six months after the sequence is applied. Through a content analysis emerged the various categories, allowing the organization of data. For each concept analysis, categories were created. The results showed that the application of the teaching sequence was able to promote the learning of most students the concepts of substance and mixtures of substances and allowed greater ability to recognize and differentiate the materials in relation to the concepts studied.

Submitted by MARCOS EDER CUPAIOLI (marcoscupaioli@hotmail.com) on 2016-12-02T01:24:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação ME Cupaioli pdf2.pdf: 1786404 bytes, checksum: db704a54f33dc6b28331ff0bbb07a982 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-12-05T13:25:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 cupaioli_me_me_prud.pdf: 1786404 bytes, checksum: db704a54f33dc6b28331ff0bbb07a982 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-05T13:25:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cupaioli_me_me_prud.pdf: 1786404 bytes, checksum: db704a54f33dc6b28331ff0bbb07a982 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-22 / O presente trabalho aborda um conjunto de atividades experimentais com materiais de fácil manuseio, recicláveis e de baixo custo, baseados em uma abordagem de Teaching-Learning Sequence (TLS) ou Sequência de Ensino-Aprendizagem com enfoque intervencionista inspirada na investigação educacional. Utilizando para isso metodologias problematizadoras, visando o entrelaçamento científico e a perspectivas dos alunos sendo estes os protagonistas do seu conhecimento, fazendo a montagem e realizando as atividades experimentais, tendo o professor como mediador, orientando e explicando aos alunos em todo o processo. Além de abordar algumas atividades experimentais, mostrando como são realizadas as montagens dos experimentos e os objetivos a serem atingidos, trazemos um roteiro e uma sequência de como acreditamos que devemos abordá-las em sala de aula. Após a finalização dos experimentos, a análise dos resultados e a validação da aprendizagem, verificou-se, claramente, os progressos obtidos na aprendizagem da Física, com resultados bastante satisfatórios. As atividades aqui propostas podem ser utilizadas e redesenhadas pelo professor, de acordo com o nível de ensino e do conhecimento de seus alunos. / This study approaches a set of experimental activities with easy-handling, recyclable, low-cost materials, based on a Teaching-Learning Sequence (TLS) approach, with interventionist focus inspired by educational investigation. Using problematizing methodologies, aiming scientific intertwining and also the students’ perspective, with the students being the protagonists regarding their own knowledge creating and performing experimental activities, the teacher being a mediator, guiding and detailing with the whole process. Besides approaching some experimental activities, showing the way the experiments are prepared and the goals to be met, we bring guidelines and a sequence indicating how these activities should be approached in the classroom. After completion of the experiments, the analysis of the results and verification of learning, it was clearly verified progress acquired in learning physics with very satisfactory results. The activities proposed here can be used and adapted by teachers, according to the education level and knowledge of their students.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar as concepções dos alunos de 9º ano e 1ª série do ensino médio sobre os conceitos de substância e mistura de substâncias, verificando se é possível, para os alunos do 9º ano, fazerem essas ideias evoluírem por meio de uma sequência de ensino estruturada. A elaboração desta sequência levou em consideração alguns aspectos da abordagem baseada na demanda de aprendizagem (LEACH e SCOTT, 2005). A demanda resultou da comparação entre os conceitos que se queria ensinar sobre substâncias e mistura de substâncias e aquilo que os alunos traziam do dia a dia, tal como a ideia de que todo material é uma substância, que a homogeneidade é característica da substância, e a ideia de que mistura de substâncias estão sempre ligadas ao ato de misturar. A partir daí, foi definida a sequência para abordar estes aspectos. Para atingir as finalidades apresentadas foram implementadas 8 aulas de 45 minutos em três turmas de 9º ano do ensino fundamental de duas escolas públicas do estado de São Paulo. Para avaliar os resultados foram elaborados e aplicados instrumentos antes, após e seis meses após a sequência ser aplicada. Por meio de uma análise de conteúdo emergiram as várias categorias, permitindo a organização dos dados. Para cada conceito foram criadas categorias de análise. Os resultados revelaram que a aplicação da sequência de ensino foi capaz de promover, em grande parte dos alunos, a aprendizagem dos conceitos de substâncias e mistura de substâncias, assim como possibilitou uma maior capacidade de reconhecer e diferenciar os materiais em relação aos conceitos estudados. / The objective of this study was to investigate the views of 9th grade students and 1st year of high school on the concepts of substance and mixture of substances, making sure that it is possible for students in 9th grade, do these ideas evolve through a structured teaching sequence. The preparation of this sequence took into account some aspects of the approach based on demand learning (Leach and Scott, 2005). The demand resulted from the comparison between the concepts that would teach for substance and mixtures of substances and what the students brought in everyday study, such as the idea that every material is a substance that homogeneity is characteristic of the substance, and the idea that mixtures of substances are switched to the act of mixing. From there, the sequence was defined to address these issues. To achieve the objectives presented were implemented eight lessons of 45 minutes in three classes of 9th grade of elementary school from two public schools in the state of São Paulo. To evaluate the results have been developed and applied instruments before, after and six months after the sequence is applied. Through a content analysis emerged the various categories, allowing the organization of data. For each concept analysis, categories were created. The results showed that the application of the teaching sequence was able to promote the learning of most students the concepts of substance and mixtures of substances and allowed greater ability to recognize and differentiate the materials in relation to the concepts studied.

The following essay was written in Stockholm, Sweden in the autumn of 2015 at Stockholm University. The purpose of this study is to explore the forms of multimodal communication that are used in the classroom as meaning making prompts. The study is from a multimodal and design theoretical perspective and uses the model Learning Design Sequence as a framework for collecting and analysing data. A qualitative method is being used for collecting data from video observation, from two eighth grade History classes. Video Observation and multimodal transcription produce rich data from a multimodal perspective, for seeing what modes of communication are being used. However, to observe what modes of communication functioned as meaning making prompts, other methods could be employed. The results show that speech, gesture and tone of voice are used in the foreground as modes of communication. Gaze, image, text, posture and movement can fluctuate between the background and foreground depending on their use. Social practices such as turning the lights off, or turning the overhead projector on can function as meaning making prompts, as can hand gestures such as pointing, clapping and enacting. Speech, gesture, tone of voice, movement, image and sound can all work as a meaning making prompts individually or combined together. / VAL projekt

O presente trabalho conceitualiza e aplica da noção de \"fluxo\" como a parte da intenção didática relacionada com a qualidade das transições entre atividades de uma sequência didática. O fluxo foi empregado como protoprincípio central no desenvolvimento de um curso sobre Relatividade Restrita para o Ensino Médio com base na metodologia Design-Based Research (DBR). A dinâmica de trabalho contou com a participação de pesquisadores e professores da Rede Pública do Estado de São Paulo. Reuniões de discussão, produção e aplicações da sequência didática foram organizadas conjuntamente pelo Núcleo de Pesquisas em Inovação Curricular (NuPIC) e pelo, então formado, Grupo de Atualização da Física Escolar (GrAFiE). Como resultado da pesquisa foi apresentada a comparação entre o fluxo pretendido e a fluência observada pelos alunos. Uma pesquisa auxiliar sobre a compreensão do conceito de evento também é construída e complementa os resultados obtidos. Com vistas na generalização proposta pelos pesquisadores nessa área, são apresentados o protoprincípio de fluxo como potencial motor para o desenvolvimento de sequências didáticas, o diagrama de fluxo como representação prática das intenções dos desenvolvedores e o instrumento de fluxo como método para a produção de dados. Esses elementos foram testados em um ciclo de pesquisas e são destinados ao emprego em outras sequências didáticas. / The present work conceptualizes and applies the concept of \"flow\" as part of the didactic intention related to the quality of transitions between activities of a design experiment. The flow was used as the central protoprinciple in the developiment of a course on Special Relativity for high school based on a Design-Based Research (DBR) methodology. The work has involved the participation of researchers and public school teachers of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Meetings, production and didactic interventions were collectively organized. The comparison between the desired flow and fluency observed by the students was analyzed as a result of the research. An auxiliary research on the understanding on the concept of event is also constructed and complements the research. Looking forward the generalization proposed by researchers in this area, the protoprinciple of the flow was presented as a potential idea for the development of didactic sequences. The flow\'s diagram was presented as a practical representation of the intentions of the developers and the flow instrument has shown as a method for producing data. These elements were tested in a cycle of research and are intended for use in other design experiments.

Considerando que a história da ciência pode constituir uma ferramenta útil para o ensino de ciência, o objetivo desta dissertação é inicialmente apresentar um material histórico para o ensino e aprendizagem de genética no nível médio. Este diz respeito ao desenvolvimento do conceito de linkage no período compreendido entre 1902 e 1915. A partir deste estudo histórico foi elaborada uma sequência didática com o intuito de auxiliar no ensino e aprendizagem deste conceito. Na construção desta levou-se em conta tanto a dimensão epistêmica como a dimensão pedagógica, considerando o processo de elaboração, métodos e validação do conhecimento científico conforme proposto por Méheut (2005). Esta dissertação compreende uma introdução e três capítulos. O Capítulo 1 discute as relações entre história da ciência e o ensino e aprendizagem de genética. O Capítulo 2 apresenta um estudo histórico sobre as explicações para as características que eram herdadas juntas até da proposta do linkage. O Capítulo 3 oferece uma sequência didática. Espera-se que o material elaborado para ser trabalhado em sala de aula possa contribuir para o entendimento do conceito de linkage e mostrar aspectos sobre a natureza da ciência (NDC) tais como: os cientistas podem mudar de ideia; resultados experimentais semelhantes podem ser interpretados à luz de teorias diferentes; e o empreendimento científico é resultado de um trabalho coletivo. / Taking into account that history of science can be an useful tool for the teaching of science, the aim of this dissertation is firstly to present a historical material to the learning and teaching of Genetics in High school. It is related to the growth of the concept of linkage. Departing from this historical study, it presents a teaching-learning sequence, which may assist the teaching and learning of this concept. In the building of such teaching-learning sequence it was taken into account both the pedagogical and epistemic dimensions, considering the drafting process, methods and validation of scientific knowledge, proposed by Méheut (2005). This dissertation comprises an introduction and three chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the relations between history of science and the learning and teaching of genetics. Chapter 2 presents a historical study of the explanations for characteristics which are inherited together until the proposal of linkage. Chapter 3 offers a teaching-learning sequence. It is hoped that the historical material elaborated, to be worked in the classroom could contribute to the understanding of the concept of linkage showing aspects of nature of science (NDC) such us: similar experimental results may be interpreted according different theories; the scientists may change their mind; and that science endeavor results from a collective work.

Esta tese, inserida na linha de pesquisa História da Biologia e Ensino, destinou-se à introdução de episódios da História da Ciência em aulas de ciências do segmento Fundamental II da escola básica, em especial, na modalidade de ensino de Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA). A tese foi organizada em duas partes. A Parte I discorre sobre a abordagem histórica, segundo dois objetivos gerais principais: promover a compreensão de conceitos científicos atuais, relacionados à teoria evolutiva dos seres vivos, e desenvolver uma percepção informada dos estudantes sobre as características da cie?ncia e, mais particularmente, do processo de investigação científica. O episódio da história da biologia selecionado foi o modo pelo qual um mesmo material biológico, o peixe elétrico, foi estudado por diferentes naturalistas dos séculos XVII ao XIX. O interesse foi o de conhecer as principais explicações dadas para o fenômeno, considerado, primeiramente, no âmbito mecânico e corpuscular e, mais tarde, elétrico, sendo retomado, no século XIX, no âmbito da teoria evolutiva. O estudo histórico foi focalizado no fato dos órgãos elétricos de peixes pertencentes a diferentes grupos taxonômicos terem sido considerados por Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) como uma dificuldade especial para o seu princípio de seleção natural. Este estudo indicou a solução apontada pelo naturalista inglês e comparou-a com o conhecimento científico atual uma vez que esse estudo histórico original se destinou ao ensino-aprendizagem de um conjunto de conceitos relacionados ao princípio da seleção natural como ensinado hoje na escola básica. O estudo histórico seguiu a metodologia de pesquisa em história da ciência, por meio de análise de fontes primárias, à luz de fontes secundárias. A Parte II da tese discorre sobre a pesquisa empírica realizada para a introdução do estudo histórico no ensino de ciências da EJA, que foi realizada por meio do planejamento, validação, implementação e avaliação de uma Sequência Didática (SD). A construção e a validação da Sequência Didática seguiram os parâmetros estabelecidos por Méheut e Psillos (2004). A pesquisa empírica foi feita segundo a metodologia da pesquisa-ação, pela professor-pesquisadora, e com alunos da EJA do município de São Paulo. A triangulação dos dados obtidos foi feita a partir de fotografias, gravações audiovisuais das aulas, registros diversos dos alunos ao longo da sequência didática, incluindo respostas a questionário prévio (pré-teste) e posterior (pós-teste) à sequência didática, entrevista semiestruturada, entrevista estruturada e as anotações da professora-pesquisadora. A análise dos dados levantados seguiu metodologia qualitativa de pesquisa em educação científica, baseando-se em Bogdan e Biklen (2014) e na análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin (1994). Como resultados principais da pesquisa empírica sobre a abordagem histórica da cie?ncia no ensino de ciências/biologia na Educação de Jovens e Adultos, destacaram-se: o aumento no número de alunos com percepções mais informadas sobre ciências e a compreensão, pela maioria dos estudantes, do princípio da seleção natural para explicar a origem das espécies, conteúdo científico atual, considerado complexo e distante do dia a dia dos estudantes / This thesis, History of Biology and Education part of the research line, was designed to introduce Science History episodes in elementary school science classes, mainly in Youth and Adult Education (YAE). The historical approach had two objectives in science teaching: promoting understanding of current scientific concepts related to the evolutionary theory of living beings and develop a perception on the characteristics of science and scientific inquiry. The first part of the thesis discusses the historical research and specially the episode in selected science history in which the same biological material - electric fish - were studied by different naturalists of the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The interest was to know the main explanations for the phenomenon, first considered in a corpuscular and mechanical level, and then in an electric one, taken in the nineteenth century, in the context of evolutionary theory. The historical study was focused on the fact that the electric organs of fish belonging to different taxonomic groups were considered by Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) as a special difficulty for the principle of natural selection. This study indicated the approach adopted by English naturalist and compared it to the current scientific knowledge since this original historical study was devoted to the learning of a set of concepts related to the natural selection principle. The historical study followed the methodology research in history of science, through analysis of primary sources, in the light of secondary sources. The second part of the thesis is an empirical research that discusses the introduction of history of science in science education. The introduction of historical study in science education to adult education students was through planning, validation, implementation and evaluation of a Teaching Learning Sequence (TLS). The construction and validation of the TLS followed the parameters established by Méheut and Psillos (2004). The empirical research has been done according to the action-research methodology; the teacher-researcher, and YAE students in a public school, São Paulo. The triangulation of data was made from photographs, audiovisual recordings of classes, many student records along the teaching learning sequence, including answers to previous questionnaire (pre-test) and after (post-test) to the instructional sequence, semi-structured interviews, structured interviews and the teacher-researcher notes. The analysis of the following qualitative data, followed a methodology researched in the science education based on the authors Bogdan and Biklen (2014) and content analysis based on Bardin (1994). The main results of empirical research on the historical approach of science in science/biology education at the Youth and Adult Education are the increasing in the number of students with more informed perceptions about science and understanding the principle of natural selection to explain the origin of species - a current scientific content, considered complex and far from students\' daily lives