The Master´s Thesis describes the teaching of the drama in education in České Budějovice. Specifically, it focuses on the leisure activity in the primary schools. The Thesis explores how the drama in education is taught and how it influences the personal development of the pupils. It also concerns the personality of the teachers, particularly their self-reflection.

This master thesis deals with programming education on first grade of primary schools in application EasyLogo. The theoretical part consists of analysis of education of an original set of short programming exercises. Based on observation of teaching at schools and following interactions with teachers and students was the set modified and supplemented by new exercises. The new educational set includes 52 exercises divided into seven sections which keep the teaching process following the taught steps. The master thesis consists of descriptions and previews of new exercises, guidelines for teachers and as an attachment there is a complete list of exercises divided into sections.

The focus of this diploma thesis is to create a set of short tasks for teaching programming at primary schools focused on Scratch programming enviroment. Those taks should help students to deeply understand of particular term, functions and syntax of commands. Also this set will contain tasks focused on particular term but with different approach of learning the term. First I chose some of the key concepts of teaching programming for 2nd grade primary school. For each set and task I had to set which term will the task be focused on and how the task will accomplish students key learing preferences which is important for learning students. Those task has been developed based on this learning preferences. Diploma thesis is divided into two parts, practical and theoretical part. Theoretical part contains the theoretical starting points from the field of conceptual design and constructivist approach to teaching and consequently contains description of all task including students developing competenses. This part also contain manual for teachers containing pcinipal, core and correct solution of the tasks all described in detail with highlights of important parts for teacher to carefully focuse on. The second and practical part of the diploma theses contains sets of tasks which have been directly tested in teaching on primary school and have been edited during this testing period of time.

Les nouvelles exigences de l’Education Nationale imposent aux enseignants de s’engager dans une démarche individuelle et collective de développement professionnel et ce tout au long de leur carrière. Ce concept est d’ailleurs très présent dans les débats professionnels et scientifiques. Le développement professionnel des enseignants est un processus qui peut se déployer dans la sphère privée par un travail personnel. Ce travail bénéficie depuis une quinzaine d’années de l’émergence du numérique et de ces outils. Le numérique irrigue désormais toutes les sphères professionnelles et le métier de l’enseignant n’y échappe pas. De nouvelles possibilités d’accéder à des ressources numériques ouvrent de nouveaux « espaces de savoir » et de nouvelles modalités d’apprentissage aux enseignants. Ce travail de thèse tente de décrire et de comprendre de quelle manière les usages numériques informels peuvent produire des situations d’apprentissage, de collaboration et de ce fait participer au développement professionnel des enseignants du primaire et plus spécifiquement ceux de la Haute-Garonne. Afin de répondre à cette problématique, une méthode mixte, quantitative et qualitative, a été mobilisée. Les résultats obtenus démontrent une interrelation entre les usages numériques dans la sphère privée des enseignants et les indicateurs liés au processus du développement professionnel. Hors de l’établissement, c’est-à-dire lors des séquences les moins identifiables de son travail, l’enseignant continue d’agir en professionnel : il s’informe, prépare, réfléchit, fabrique, échange sur l’acte d’apprentissage et d’enseignement. Ces procédures numériques que nous décrirons sont des leviers de professionnalisation et de structuration des compétences. / Today’s teachers are required by the National Education to get involved in an individual and collective process of professional development throughout their career. This concept is actually very present in professional and scientific debates. Teachers’ professional development is a process that can be extended in the private sphere with personal work. For about fifteen years this work has benefited from the emergence of digital tools. These days digital circulates in all professional spheres and the teaching profession can’t escape it. New opportunities of access to digital resources open up new « spaces of knowledge » and new learning methods for teachers.This thesis work attempts to describe and understand how informal digital uses can bring about learning, collaborating situations and therefore how they can take part in the professional development of primary school teachers, more precisely those in the Haute-Garonne department. A mixed method both quantitative and qualitative has been used in response to this problem.The obtained results show an interrelation between the digital uses in teachers’ private sphere and the indicators related to the process of professional development.Outside the school i.e. during their working time that is most difficult to identify, teachers keep working as professionals : they do research and preparation work, they think, create, exchange about the act of learning and teaching. The digital procedures we will describe are good means to become professional and to structure one’s abilities.

154 f. / Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-04-30T14:05:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Ana Katia Santos.pdf: 1005877 bytes, checksum: 97804e9144d5506cebc290c54b2b4a59 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes(silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-06-11T19:21:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Ana Katia Santos.pdf: 1005877 bytes, checksum: 97804e9144d5506cebc290c54b2b4a59 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-11T19:21:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Ana Katia Santos.pdf: 1005877 bytes, checksum: 97804e9144d5506cebc290c54b2b4a59 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Este trabalho investiga questões relativas à Ciência da Educação que edifica o ensino fundamental no contexto baiano, repensando alguns dos seus pressupostos. Discute o principal fundamento do projeto epistemológico da modernidade, fazendo crítica à separação sujeito e objeto enquanto organizadora da epistemologia do educador na contemporaneidade, analisando ainda a supervalorização da cognição ou do sujeito ?super-racional? hierarquicamente colocado como superior. Nesse sentido, abre análise sobre a negação da experiência do sujeito afrodescendente no período da infância, no contexto do Estado da Bahia, visto que o conhecimento por ele produzido, na escola, é de natureza abstrata e organizado por uma visão moderno-colonialista, na qual a postura etnocêntrica, negadora da alteridade, continua fortalecida. Em contrapartida, possibilita reflexão sobre uma epistemologia crítica que considera o princípio da Reconciliação como tarefa significativa realizada pelos afrodescendentes deste território, articulado a alguns outros princípios validados por esses sujeitos, principalmente os que vivem a experiência das comunidades religiosas de tradição africana, bem como articula a essa leitura a crítica posta pela ontologia heideggeriana para um repensar dos princípios científicos dados em sua construção moderno-ocidental. A metodologia aponta que existem barreiras para a efetivação de uma epistemologia crítica no ensino fundamental: a separação sujeito/objeto como fundamento da Ciência da Educação gera o corte da criança afrodescendente com a sua experiência, bem como o olhar distraído dos educadores(as) sobre a realidade; a interpretação realizada pelos educadores(as) sobre a epistemologia genética (mais conhecida entre eles como construtivismo) impulsiona o olhar linear sobre os sujeitos. O biológico é mais importante que o cultural, o social, o político; a intolerância religiosa gera preconceito contra as crianças afrodescendentes na escola; a atual configuração da escola é perversa e dificulta a formação de uma epistemologia crítica, principalmente quando se considera o método, a didática, a partir das condições de formação possibilitadas aos educadores (as). Essas barreiras precisam ser ?encaradas? de frente para que possam ser minimizadas e, quem sabe, excluídas do cotidiano escolar. / Salvador

The subject of the diploma thesis is the creation of study material relating the subject of theory of dividing for students trained to be teachers at primary school. In the first part of the thesis I am concentrating on theory of mentioned problem. The main target of the thesis in the second part is the collection of exercises for the students. In the third part of these I am checking the level of knowledge in the subject of divisions in natural numbers with ten years old autistics student that I take care during school instruction. The results of these tests are mentioned in the thesis.

This study sets out to determine whether or not a primary school library, managed by a school librarian, makes a contribution to the information literacy development of year 6 students (ages 10-11 years old). The methodological approach to this research was interpretivist, ethnographic case studies. This is a shift from other studies on school library impact because it employs direct observation of students, and studies each school as a whole, where prior studies have relied on assessment data. This study relied on data collected in the natural environment where children were working to develop rich descriptions of the schools chosen, to be written into detailed case studies. In order to determine the contribution of the school library to information literacy development, the researcher spent time in three different schools, which had differing levels of library provision. The researcher spent time with a Year 6 (age 10-11 years) class in each school, and observed their information behaviour during a research task assigned by their classroom teacher. In order to streamline the observations, an observation framework was developed. This also ensured that each class in the three schools was observed in the same way. The researcher was immersed in each class for the duration of the class assignment, and walked around during the research lessons and spoke to the children about their research process. Semi structured interviews were conducted with members of teaching staff and head teachers to gain information about the school, and to determine their attitudes about school library provision, employing a librarian and the instruction of information literacy. Each school was then written into a case study to provide a rich picture of the school, and of the specific events during the observation sessions with the students. From the case studies, themes about the ways that the students experienced information emerged, and the findings from each school was the basis for the creation of an information literacy framework and recommendations of best practice found in each of the three schools. The investigation highlighted the important contribution that a well-managed school library made to the development of students information literacy.

Issued thesis is engaged in comprehensive system of education of Botany in primary schools. There are problems viewed of the educational interconnection between the first and second grades. It's not the main goal to find a solution of these problems. It only tries to highlight the topic. Educational forms, methods and curriculum documents, connected to teaching of Botany in primary schools, are introduced and summarized in the first theoretical part of this thesis. Its role is to give theoretical base for teaching. Practical point of view is included in the second part. This part's goal is to give information about contemporary practice in primary schools and available posibilities. It shows table comparison of Biology textbooks for the first and the second grade of primary schools. Then it deals with questionnaire research which studies the situations connected to Biology teaching in primary schools in the Czech Republic. The questionnaire research bring information about the amount of using school gardens and parks due to Biology teaching and teachers' opinions interconnection with students' knowledge. The last part of practical part is focused on creating educational materials and suggestions for recognizing skills of wood plants in school gardens and parks. It also develops students' attitude...

The study aimed at developing a curriculum for technology teacher education and training for technology teachers teaching Grade R-9 in South African schools. The study was motivated by the national implementation of Curriculum 2005 as well as the Revised National Curriculum Statements Grades R-9 to be implemented from 2004. The cognitive framework was illuminated by the conceptualisation of technology education and examined the philosophical foundation and theoretical context of technology education, including the historical background of technical education in relation to teacher training in South Africa. The Norms and Standards for Educators as a benchmark for teacher education and training programmes is explored. Moreover, a conceptual framework for the proposed curriculum was investigated. This involved an analysis of selected educational philosophies and their influence on curriculum development, various curriculum approaches and models, including outcomes-based education, a needs analysis and curriculum evaluation and assessment. A small-scale empirical investigation using qualitative and quantitative approaches was carried out. Questionnaires designed for educators of the Technology Learning Area and educators of technical subjects were used to gather data. The empirical investigation comprised a needs analysis of the curriculum development process. To ascertain validity and reliability of findings, instruments were subjected to a pilot study. Data were analysed by a MS Excell spreadsheet computer programme and findings presented in tables and graphs. The curriculum for technology teacher education and training, particularly curriculum content, was based on the empirical findings and the philosophical foundations discussed in the literature review. The proposed curriculum stresses the importance of partnership between schools and industry and resulted in the following outcomes: * knowledge of technology education; * applied and integrated teaching competence; * applied and integrated assessment; * recommendations for improving the school-industry relationships through partnerships programmes emphasising the design of technological projects. Finally, the following recommendations emanated: * improvement of technology teacher education and training programmes in higher education; * development of expertise in the teaching and learning of technology; * resurgence of research in the teaching and learning of the technological design process. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Didatics)

Esta dissertação teve como objetivo compreender de que modo os/as professores/as especialistas de Educação Física constituem seu trabalho docente no I ciclo em duas Escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Nessa investigação, de corte qualitativo com desenho teórico-metodológico etnográfico, constituíram-se como fontes de pesquisa documentos oficiais das escolas, anotações no diário de campo das recordações da observação participante e transcrição das entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com os/as docentes de Educação Física. As discussões estão ancoradas na perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais, sob uma abordagem pós-estruturalista, em especial naquelas que se inspiram nas ideias de Michel Foucault. A partir disso, no primeiro capítulo analítico, abordou-se a cultura docente, tratando das rotinas, das crenças, das práticas, e das relações entre os/as docentes que compõem o I ciclo. As discussões desse capítulo partiram de retóricas enunciadas nos contextos estudados, em especial, foi problematizado o termo “os pequenos”, que circula em ambas as escolas para referir-se às/aos estudantes do I ciclo. A incidência dessa expressão parece estar atrelada às idealizações sobre a infância, as quais, por sua vez, constituem também crenças e práticas em relação à docência com “os pequenos”, tais como: educar com amor, ser firme, elaborar diferentes atividades festivas. Nesse contexto, trabalhar com “os pequenos” implica “se virar nos 30’’” No segundo capítulo analítico, foram discutidas questões relacionadas às finalidades propostas no I ciclo. Problematizei a forte cobrança externa às escolas para desenvolvimento da alfabetização no I ciclo e o quanto isso se atravessa na legitimidade dos demais componentes curriculares, postos em menor relevância perante a necessidade de promover a alfabetização em um espaço-tempo determinado. Nesse ciclo alfabetizador, o entendimento da Educação Física que parece ser mais legitimado, nas escolas pesquisadas, pauta-se nas vertentes psicomotoras e desenvolvimentistas. Com esse percurso de discussões, essas questões podem dar pistas para compreensão de como se constitui a docência do/a professor/a especialista de Educação Física, que parece estar atravessada por um entrecruzamento de discursos que circulam na cultura escolar, sobretudo nas discursividades relacionadas à infância. Ao sinalizar certas verdades que foram sendo produzidas em relação à docência no I ciclo e seus efeitos de verdade, é possível pensar em linhas de fuga; novos modos de ver, pensar e se posicionar como docente no I ciclo com os/as “pequenos”. / This study aims to understand how the specialized Physical Education (PE) teachers form their teaching work in the 1st cycle in two schools of the municipal education system of Porto Alegre. In this investigation, a qualitative research with an ethnographic theoretical and methodological approach, the research sources were the official documents of the schools; notes taken in the field diary about the remembrances of the participant observation; transcription of the semi-structured interviews held with the PE teachers. The discussions are rooted in the cultural studies perspective, under a post-structuralist approach, mainly under the approaches inspired by the ideas of Michel Foucault. Based on that, in the first analytic chapter, the teaching culture about the routines, the beliefs, the practices, and the relations between the teachers that form the 1st cycle. The discussions on this chapter were based on stated rhetorical, especially questioning the term “the kids”, used on both schools to refer to the students of the 1st cycle. The occurrence of this expression seems to be linked to the idealization of the childhood, what also constitutes beliefs and practices related to the “kids” education, such as: educate with love, be strict, elaborate different festive activities. In this context, working with the “kid” implicate to “find a way to make it” In the second analytic chapter, questions related to the purposes of the 1st cycle were discussed. I questioned the strong external demand on schools to the development of the literacy in the 1st cycle and how this crosses the legitimacy on the other curricular components, that are set in lower relevance over the necessity to promote literacy in a determined area-period. In this literacy cycle, the understand of the PE that seems most legitimate, in the researched schools, is based on the psychomotor and developmental slopes. With this path of discussions, this question may give hints to understand how the teaching work of the PE teacher, that seems to be crossed by an intersection of speeches that are stated in the scholar culture, especially on the discourses related to the childhood. When indicated that certain truths were being produced about the teaching work on the 1st cycle and their truly effects, it is possible to think in escape routes; innovative ways to look at, to think and to place oneself as a teacher in the 1st cycle with the “kids”.