The purpose of this study was to explore an elementary mathematics teacher&rsquo / s pedagogical reasoning on selection of learning activities. For this purpose, a teacher&rsquo / s decisions and judgments while selecting activities for her mathematics lessons were examined. Qualitative case study was performed where / data was collected in the spring semester of 2008-2009 and in the fall semester of 2009-2010 academic year. The case of the study was a teacher who was known by using activities in her mathematics lessons. Results revealed that the teacher had two main groups of considerations in her pedagogical reasoning on selection of activities. The first group is considering how activities will affect students&rsquo / learning and the second group is considering how to organize her teaching. Considering how activities will affect students&rsquo / learning is related to characteristics of the tasks within the activities, students&rsquo / understanding concepts: their conceptions and misconceptions, and student motivation. On the other hand, considering activities in organization of activities is related to objectives of the lesson, lesson flow, purposes of the activities / time use for an activity, sources and materials to be used in the activities.

Given the teacher-as-technician view and the instrumentalist values that pervade professional schools, practices, and policy decisions (Kinsella & Pitman, 2012a; Zeichner, 2012) with regard to teacher qualification, evidence-based practices, and scripted curricula, there is growing concern that something of fundamental importance and moral significance is missing from the vision of what it means to be a professional, particularly in the field of education. In order to articulate teacher practical knowledge in a way that reflects the complexities of practice, a framework that captures the complexity of teaching practice and helps to define the type of knowledge beyond content and technique, which enables teachers to make practically wise decisions is needed. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the practical reasoning of highly competent teachers as it is revealed through meaning making about their experiences of pedagogical reasoning. The aim of this study was to provide an interpretive description of teacher pedagogical reasoning, then utilize the construct of professional phronesis as a framework for understanding the dimension of teacher knowledge involved in judgment (Coulter & Wiens, 2002; Kinsella, 2012). In order to develop a detailed, multi-perspectival account of the constructs of pedagogical reasoning and professional phronesis, I employed an interpretive phenomenological case study design (Smith et al. 2009) to examine the experiences of three participants. Analysis of the data revealed the pedagogical reasoning of the participants as a knowledge that continuously develops over time through a corpus of instructional experiences including: purposeful professional development, problem solving and reflection. The pedagogical reasoning of the participants was also found to operate as an instructional decision-making process that occurs in two modes: in deliberate planning and preparation for instruction, and spontaneously as they engage in instruction. Finally, the pedagogical reasoning of the participants was characterized by an orientation towards achieving multiple goals at once. All participants acknowledged the content of her discipline as an established goal; however, they described their decision-making in terms of goals for both themselves as practitioners regarding their role in student learning, as well as goals for student outcomes that extended beyond the development of student content knowledge. Professional/personal and instructional goals are tied to the identities of the individual participants and reflect how the unique dispositions of the participants influences the factors they consider in making instructional decisions, regardless of operational mode. Finally, all participants discussed a personal paradigmatic shift in focus from an early-career focus on content delivery to a focus on the needs of individual students and the necessity of developing relationships with students in order to achieve their personal/professional goals and goals for student growth. These themes regarding the experience of pedagogical reasoning reflected the six features of professional phronesis outlined by Kinsella and Pitman (2012b), which suggests that phronesis is a viable construct within the practice knowledge of highly competent teachers.

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2017-08-22T12:48:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana Mallmann Vilalva.pdf: 2852847 bytes, checksum: 537df41d11bd9bf9bf1008a983e137bc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T12:48:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana Mallmann Vilalva.pdf: 2852847 bytes, checksum: 537df41d11bd9bf9bf1008a983e137bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-22 / Considering that teachers¿ professional knowledge has strong influence in students¿ learning processes and also that Law School professors have not necessarily been trained in Pedagogical and teaching skills, thus resort to a more dogmatic and teacher-centered style, this study proposes a discussion about the aspects related to Pedagogical Content Knowledge which has been studied in several areas of teacher training, but not deeply enough by the Law professionals in Brazil. In order to better understand the topic, we studied Lee Shulman¿s constructs ¿ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and the Pedagogical Reasoning and Action Framework (PRAF). Therefore, the question that triggered this investigation is: to carry out a theoretical research and study of the concept of PCK and what are its repercussions on the teaching practice of a Law school professor; to observe and understand how a teacher assimilated the concept of PCK and how she deals with the content of the subject she teaches and how her teaching practice was shaped. To that end, we used multiple tools for the collection of data: the creation of a field journal that reports the observation of classes of a Law School professor during one school term; interviews; the analysis of her teaching plan, and post-observation questions. Data has been analyzed having the practical proposals formulated by Minayo (2006) and the categories of PRAF, proposed by Shulman. PCK comprises of an important kind of knowledge when establishing bodies of professional knowledge and enables the structuring of teaching practices of Law School professors. Data analysis allowed us to understand that it is not enough knowledge of the specific content of the subject to be taught, you need a body of knowledge to that teaching can be transformed into learning. / Tomando por base que o conhecimento profissional dos professores possui repercussão no aprendizado de seus alunos e tendo em vista que os docentes que lecionam em grande parte dos cursos de Direito não possuem formação pedagógica, remontando ao ensino dogmático, bancário, discutem-se, os aspectos relacionados ao conhecimento pedagógico do conteúdo (PCK), o qual tem sido estudado em diversas áreas de formação de professores, mas ainda é pouco estudado pelos profissionais do Direito no Brasil. O PCK compreende um tipo de conhecimento importante na definição de um corpo de conhecimentos profissionais e auxilia na estruturação das práticas pedagógicas do docente do curso de Direito.Para tanto foram utilizados os construtos de Lee Shulman, o conhecimento pedagógico do conteúdo e o modelo de raciocínio pedagógico e ação. Assim, a presente investigação teve por objetivo realizar um estudo teórico sobre o conceito de PCK analisando suas implicações na prática docente de um professor do curso de Direito. Para tanto, foram utilizados instrumentos múltiplos de coletas de dados: elaboração de um diário de campo que retratou o acompanhamento de um semestre letivo de uma docente do curso de Direito; entrevistas; análise de seu plano de ensino, questões pós observação. Os dados foram transportados para o software de análise Atlas Ti e analisados com base na proposta operativa de Minayo (2006) utilizando as categorias do MRPA proposto por Shulman. O PCK compreende um tipo de conhecimento importante na definição de um corpo de conhecimentos profissionais e auxilia na estruturação das práticas pedagógicas do docente do curso de Direito. A análise de dados nos permitiu compreender que não basta o conhecimento do conteúdo específico da matéria a ser ministrada, é necessário um corpo de saberes para que o ensino possa ser transformado em aprendizado.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-09-04T13:05:13Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Maria Betanha Cardoso Barbosa - 2018.pdf: 4660091 bytes, checksum: 3c3e5cd63149239637e618c2abc3af1e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-09-04T13:07:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Maria Betanha Cardoso Barbosa - 2018.pdf: 4660091 bytes, checksum: 3c3e5cd63149239637e618c2abc3af1e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-04T13:07:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Maria Betanha Cardoso Barbosa - 2018.pdf: 4660091 bytes, checksum: 3c3e5cd63149239637e618c2abc3af1e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-06 / The initial training of teachers and the construction of teaching knowledge relates to the theoretical, pedagogical and geographical components formulated by professors in the Geography course. It is important to emphasize the elaboration of the teacher thought in the organization of the teaching process and, as main theme, the concept of city and how this concept is built in the discipline Urban Geography as well as how the teacher synthetizes of this knowledge in the Supervising Teaching Internship. Such knowledge is understood as pedagogical knowledge of contents and pedagogical reasoning according to the Lee Schulman’s approach (2005). The investigated Geography course is located in the city of Santarém-Pará and is offered by Federal University of Western Pará (Ufopa). The city as school content revealed the relation of place as geographical concept about Santarém and how teachers in training develop the pedagogical reasoning, how they understand the city from Geography and how with the city they align the pedagogical concepts. In this research the overall goal was to understand the possibilities of articulating the teaching knowledge in the Ufopa Geography course through the conception of city, having as reference the urban reality of Santarém. The research was qualitative with analytical-descriptive guidance and using the following instruments: documental research, bibliographical research, participant observation, discussion group, narrative and field journal. As subjects, it has fourteen teachers in training of the Geography course from this institution and the data was analyzed extracting the geographical knowledge about city, urban and Santarém, expressed in the Internship classes, besides the procedures and the specific and pedagogical knowledge presented. Regarding the conception of city and urban, there is a synonymous relation because the teachers in training do not define a boundary between city and urban, however the city of Santarém was seen as articulated with place, highlighting various specific issues of the city’s urban. Finally, the research made it possible to verify that the pedagogical knowledge of the content should be seen as a proposal for teaching training, included as a premise in the course’s pedagogical projects, since in isolated disciplines, it does not allow the teacher in training to develop the CPC. Thus, the city must be understood together with the concept of place in the discipline of Urban Geography to make a geographical study about this concept. Therefore, in order to CPC to take place in the initial training it is proposed its insertion as a teacher training proposal. It was proved that when the initial training course in Geography provokes the formation of diverse knowledge as scientific and pedagogical, the teacher in training enhances this knowledge. / A formação inicial de professores e a construção de conhecimentos docentes relaciona-se aos componentes teóricos, pedagógicos e geográficos formulados pelos professores no curso de Geografia. Destaca-se a elaboração do pensamento docente na organização do processo de ensino e, como temática principal, a concepção de cidade e como esse conceito é construído na disciplina Geografia Urbana, bem como o modo com que o professor realiza a síntese desse conhecimento no Estágio Supervisionado docente. Tais conhecimentos são compreendidos como conhecimento pedagógico do conteúdo e raciocínio pedagógico, de acordo com a abordagem de Lee Schulman (2005). O curso de Geografia pesquisado localiza-se na cidade de Santarém-PA e é ofertado pela Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará. A cidade como conteúdo escolar revelou a relação do lugar enquanto conceito geográfico acerca da cidade de Santarém e como os professores em formação desenvolvem o raciocínio pedagógico, como compreendem a cidade a partir da Geografia e com ela alinham os conhecimentos pedagógicos. Nesta pesquisa, o objetivo geral consistiu em compreender as possibilidades de articulação dos conhecimentos docentes no curso de Geografia da Ufopa por meio da concepção de cidade, tendo como referência a realidade urbana de Santarém. A pesquisa foi de natureza qualitativa, com orientação analítico-descritiva e uso dos seguintes instrumentos: pesquisa documental, pesquisa bibliográfica, observação participante, grupo de discussão, narrativa e diário de campo. Como sujeitos, tem-se catorze professores em formação do curso de Geografia dessa instituição e os dados foram analisados extraindo os conhecimentos geográficos acerca de cidade, de urbano e de Santarém, expressos nas aulas de estágio docente, além dos procedimentos e dos conhecimentos específico e pedagógico apresentados. Com relação à concepção de cidade e urbano, há uma relação sinonímica, pois os professores em formação não definem uma linha limite entre cidade e urbano, entretanto, a cidade de Santarém foi vista como articulada ao lugar, evidenciando diversas problemáticas específicas do urbano da cidade. Enfim, a pesquisa possibilitou constatar que o conhecimento pedagógico do conteúdo deve ser entendido como uma proposta de formação docente, incluído como premissa nos projetos pedagógicos de curso, visto que, se somente em disciplinas isoladas, não permite ao professor em formação desenvolver o CPC. Assim, a cidade deve ser compreendida juntamente com o conceito de lugar na disciplina Geografia Urbana para que aconteça um estudo geográfico sobre esse conceito. Logo, para que ocorra o CPC na formação inicial, propõem-se sua inserção como proposta de formação docente. Desta forma, comprova-se que quando o curso de formação inicial em Geografia provoca a formação de conhecimentos diversos como científicos e pedagógicos, o professor em formação potencializa esses conhecimentos.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4495.pdf: 942091 bytes, checksum: 081323303118fcd38c830ac4fe44e9e0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-20 / According to current scenery on knowledge production about teachers education, especially on initial formation within courses of degree, this work has intended to defend that there is an opportunity of diversification and deepening of the knowledge basis for the teaching during long duration supervised traineeship determined by Biological Sciences graduation in UFSCar. The research was oriented by the following question: Which elements of the teaching knowledge basis have been constructed by Biological Sciences Graduation students in the end of their initial formation process? From this question, the objective was developed: (1) to identify the dialogical construction of knowledge (that comprises the knowledge base) revealed by students writings and speeches from the dialogical construction process. Lee Shulman (Knowledge Basis) served as Theoretical Reasons, consider the processes of pedagogical reasoning and action. The process of teacher formation includes shared long duration regencies besides traineeship of observation. In order to investigate this process, we required some data generator instruments: (a) interpretation of eighteen participants metaphors and (b) the second year of traineeship closure conversation with seven students. Our study presents the category General Pedagogical Knowledge as the most representative regarding to teaching knowledge basis, when both the self-dialogue and the face to face dialogue were considered. The Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge were categories with lower expressiveness. The dialogically constructed outlines within knowledge basis were: (1) on teaching planning, (2) on elements of teaching-learning and (3) on students and their history. / Partindo do contexto recente da produção de conhecimentos sobre a formação de professores, especificamente sobre a formação inicial em cursos de licenciatura, esta investigação pretendeu defender a tese da possibilidade de construção da base de conhecimento para o ensino desde a sua formação inicial, com condução dialogada baseada na ação-reflexão-ação, nos períodos de estágio supervisionado de longa duração previstos pelo projeto pedagógico do curso de licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas da UFSCar. A seguinte questão orientou a pesquisa: Quais elementos da base de conhecimento para o ensino são construídos por estudantes de licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas ao final de seu processo de formação inicial com condução dialogada, em estágio supervisionado com regência de longa duração? Desdobraram-se desta questão os seguintes objetivos: (1) identificar evidências de conhecimentos construídos por meio dos processos de raciocínio pedagógico, que compõem a base de conhecimento para o Ensino, reveladas pelas mentes de estudantes de licenciatura participantes desta investigação a partir de instrumentos que trazem suas escritas e falas contextualizadas em processo inicial de aprendizagem da docência; especificamente, (2) identificar os processos de raciocínio pedagógicos envolvidos na construção da base inicial de conhecimento para o ensino e (3) considerar as ações de ensinar e de ser professor, que compõem a docência, na construção de conhecimentos das mentes de estudantes de licenciatura. Assumimos nesta investigação como fundamentação teórica estudos de Lee Shulman (base de conhecimento e processo de raciocínio pedagógico). O contexto de formação em estágio previa não apenas estágio de observação, mas também regências compartilhadas de longa duração. Metodologicamente, para a investigação utilizou-se como instrumentos geradores de dados: (a) interpretação de metáforas dos 18 participantes e (b) uma conversa de encerramento do segundo ano de estágio com 7 estudantes, dos 18, que estagiaram num mesmo ano do Ensino Fundamental. Como resultados, considerando a docência e suas ações de Ensinar e de Ser Professor, evidenciou-se a categoria Conhecimentos Pedagógicos Gerais que compõem a base de conhecimento da docência, como a mais representativa, dados os instrumentos de coleta de dados. As outras duas categorias, Conhecimento do Conteúdo Específico e Conhecimento Pedagógico do Conteúdo, foram evidenciadas com menor expressividade. Alguns dos principais elementos construídos nas categorias da base foram conhecimentos (1) sobre planejamento de ensino, (2) sobre elementos constitutivos do processo de ensino e de aprendizagem e (3) sobre os alunos e seu contexto, correspondendo e identificando como centrais os processos do raciocínio pedagógico de transformação, instrução e reflexão.

This study, Exploring the Use of Computer Simulations as a Technological Pedagogical Reasoning Tool in the Teaching and Learning of Electromagnetism in a Whole-Class Rural Setting, documents a journey of a digital immigrant, physical sciences teacher in a secondary school in a rural area who sought to integrate computer simulations as reasoning tool to enhance instruction and learning. The study employed an action research methodology and used Smart’s model of technological pedagogical reasoning and action (MTPRA) as a theoretical framework to guide the processes of teaching. The study utilised multiple methods of data collection: the documentation of my planning for teaching the topics of magnetic field and electromagnetic induction, reflective journals, feedback from critical friends, video-recordings of my lessons and focus group discussions with learners. Findings from the study revealed teaching with technology is a paradigm shift, change of mindset and culture that requires teachers to consider how the affordances of technology can be harnessed to create opportunities for learners to engage in meaningful learning. These opportunities for learning are created through the matrix of interaction between the teacher, learners, content and computer simulations as informed by the teachers’ technological pedagogical reasoning (TPR) sub-process (i.e., comprehension, transformation, instruction, and evaluation). Each TPR cycle was a professional learning experience which meant that the teacher collected data that could be used to frame and reframe his practice. The process of learning was interactive and facilitated by reflecting on how the elements (content, learners, computer simulations, the teacher) interacted with the actions of comprehension, transformation, instruction, and evaluation. The study found evidence to suggest that computer simulations had an influence on what was learnt, how it was learnt and the effect of these on the learners. Thus, computer simulations can be used as a curriculum resource/material to create potential learning experiences that have cognitive, affective, and conative dimensions. The learning experiences were among others, influenced by the following factors: context, prior learning experiences and the perceptions of the learners. The cognitive dimension resulted in the learners attaining knowledge of the relation between electricity and magnetism and the application of electromagnetism. The affective dimension created in learners a sense of enjoyment, wonder(surprise) and practical relevance of the lessons while the conative dimension created interest in the subject and learning in general. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)