In an earlier era of instructional technology, researchers proposed a set of criteria to help practitioners understand what assumptions about their work could help them develop well-designed instruction, as well as what assumptions could lead them to develop rigid instruction that did not characterize the goals they had for their practice. They named these criteria Technology I, II, and III. Technology I presupposed that using physical hardware improved instruction. Technology II presupposed that using formulas or strategies improved instruction. Technology III was the belief that good instruction could consist of many different product or process technologies, but that technology use alone did not define good instruction. Rather, good instruction was the realization of improved systems in which learning could take place. I used a historical case study method to analyze the major themes of Technology I, II, and III, as well as reasons why some practitioners might limit themselves to only Technology I or II. My purpose was to discover how to help instructional technologists better accomplish more of the goals they want to achieve. I compared the original goals of two instructional technologies (programmed instruction and problem-based learning), along with twelve case study reports of actual practice of these technologies, against the criteria for Technology I, II, and III. I found that Technology I, II, and III can describe the goals and practices of instructional technologists. Additionally, I discovered four reasons why instructional technologists may limit themselves to Technology I or II, and therefore might not achieve all the important goals for their practice: (a) distracted focus (or compromised integrity); (b) status quo adherence; (c) solidification; and (d) deliberately chosen Technology I or II. I also discovered three methods to help instructional technologists to avoid limiting themselves and more consistently practice Technology III: (a) legitimate evaluation; (b) adopting guiding principles for practice; and (c) using opinion leaders to disseminate the value of Technology III. This study also provides recommendations to help instructional technologists use Technology III to help them better develop flexible instructional technology that better characterizes their goals for their practice.

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Current literature has indicated a concern about standards of maternity care experienced by pregnant asylum seeking women. As the next generation of midwives, it would appear essential that students are educated in a way that prepares them to effectively care for pregnant asylum seekers. Consequently, this study examined the way in which midwifery students constructed a pregnant asylum seeker's health and social needs, the discourses that influenced their constructions and the implications of these findings for midwifery education. For the duration of year two of a pre-registration midwifery programme, eleven midwifery students participated in the study. Two focus group interviews using a problem based learning (PBL) scenario were conducted. In addition, three students were individually interviewed and two students' written reflections on practice were used to construct data. Following a critical discourse analysis, dominant discourses were identified which appeared to influence the way that pregnant asylum seekers were perceived. The findings suggested an underpinning discourse around the asylum seeker as different and of a criminal persuasion. In addition, managerial and medico-scientific discourses were identified, which appeared to influence how midwifery students approach their care of women in general, at the expense of a woman centred, midwifery perspective. The findings from this study were used to develop 'the pregnant woman within the global context' model for midwifery education and it is recommended that this be used in midwifery education, to facilitate the holistic assessment of pregnant asylum seekers' and other newly arrived migrants' health and social needs.

The literature concerning what medical students learn from midwives during specialist obstetric rotations is scarce. In the UK, despite a long tradition of providing midwifery attachments for medical students, it is almost non-existent. Working with midwives is arguably the only opportunity medical students have to experience holistic or social models of maternity care, focusing on normality rather than on the medical concept of risk. This study sought to discover how medical students constructed their knowledge about childbirth during a six week specialist rotation in obstetrics in a Northern English teaching hospital (NETH), with particular emphasis on whether participants assimilated any concepts from midwifery knowledge (MK). A Delphi Study, done as the first phase of the research, focused on MK, utilizing an international sample of experienced midwives. Resulting themes were used to develop the data collection tool for the second phase of the research. The research employed a qualitative case study method with students from a single year cohort comprising the case. Data were collected using a tool consisting of three problem based learning (PBL) scenarios. These were presented to the students in consecutive interviews at the beginning, the middle and the end of their obstetric rotation. Following analysis, five main themes were identified which illuminated the medical students' construction of knowledge about maternity care. These were explored and discussed. The thesis concludes with recommendations for increasing opportunities for IPE in the medical and midwifery curricula.

The aim of the research was to develop a training course that inculcated infonnation literacy that could be implemented by staff at the University of Dar es Salaam library (Tanzania), in order to provide students with appropriate infonnation literacy skills to meet their educational goals. The course was developed from an integration of knowledge from infonnation behaviour research and educational theory with current perspectives of infonnation literacy from Infonnation and Library Science (ILS). The ultimate goal of the research was to create a framework that would be used by public university libraries in Tanzania to teach infonnation literacy courses. The study was carried out in two parts. In the first implementation "pilot" programme, the course was tested by involving librarians who took the entire course, in order to see whether the same course structure could be used to implement to the Masters of Education students. Following adaptations made on the first course, a second course programme was implemented to Masters of Education students by two librarians who attended the first implementation "pilot" programme. Therefore, the success of the course was partly judged on whether it effectively enabled knowledge transfer from the librarians to students. Data collection methods were predominantly qualitative, although quantitative methods in tenns of diagnostic tests were also used. The tests were used to evaluate trainees' knowledge ofinfonnation literacy before and after the course to provide an indication of changes in knowledge. Qualitative methods used included semistructured interviews with librarians and academic staff at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in order to make sure that assumptions made about students' knowledge of infonnation literacy and the kind of problems experienced by students were correct. Other methods included quizzes, exercises, group reflection and presentations that related to each stage in the course. These methods served to indicate trainees' understanding of what was taught, reflections on the leaming process and provided feedback for improvements on the course. The major findings showed that there was a recognized need for infonnation literacy and that problems such as unfamiliarity with categories of infonnation sources, analysis, synthesis, evaluation and use, were experienced in Tanzania as was the case in other "Western" countries. In addition, librarians were able to transfer skills learned to students, who in turn used the same course materials to teach fellow students who did not participate in the course. Furthermore, the design of the course was facilitated by the integration of Information and library science (ILS) approaches to information literacy with the knowledge of information behaviour and pedagogic theory. The thesis provides recommendations for the library and information curricula to introduce information literacy, teaching information literacy in a holistic way and with librarians participating in teaching and research. In addition, the study recommended that librarians should facilitate the development of information literacy in primary and secondary schools.

This qualitative case study research examined how constructivist problem-based learning facilitated higher level thinking, increased interest in art, and affected attitude toward on-line courses in an undergraduate philosophical aesthetics and interpretation of art criticism course. The research conducted for this study suggests that constructivist problem-based learning does facilitate higher level thinking and increases student interest in art and in on-line classes. Active learning assignments, along with the constructivist collaborative class atmosphere, encouraged students to think more deeply about their personal values concerning art and to consider alternative views. Problem-based learning in this class acted as a scaffold to aid in understanding the material and then in applying the material to unique and real-life situations. Each subject came to the course with certain thinking skills and left with increased knowledge about art but also with increased critical thinking skills for critically examining and discussing art. Participants completed the course with more confidence in their critical thinking ability and in dealing with visual art images. Data was gathered from seven study participants in the form of highly-structured interviews, an early and final critical writing analysis, a major problem assignment and its reflection journal, a beginning survey, and two final surveys. The final major problem involved an individual proposal followed by a collaborative group proposal. Group collaboration constituted the most frustration and problem within the constructivist design of the class. This research took a relativistic viewpoint in gathering data and interpreting meaning.

A adequação dos espaços de ensino-aprendizagem que incentivem a formação de profissionais com habilidades em criatividade e inovação e o desenvolvimento de trabalho colaborativo é cada vez mais constatada em conceituadas instituições de ensino e corporações nos país e no exterior. São ambientes concebidos ou adaptados para auxiliar a realização de atividades em equipes utilizando diferentes estratégias de ensinoaprendizagem com participação ativa e colaborativa dos alunos; ambientes equipados com recursos tecnológicos e mobiliários especiais, utilizados segundo dinâmicas que valorizem sua eficácia e vida útil. No entanto, há pouco conhecimento desenvolvido e informação consolidada sobre como conceber, projetar e operar estes espaços, de modo a potencializar a aprendizagem. O objetivo principal dessa pesquisa é o desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta para levantamento de exigências e requisitos para definição de diretrizes norteadoras para intervenções, sejam elas projetos de novos espaços ou adaptações em ambientes construídos já existentes, e para operação dos mesmos. Essa ferramenta não prescreve soluções, mas auxilia as partes interessadas nos diferentes processos envolvidos, ao tratar de assuntos como categorização de tipologia de espaços, aspectos físicos, mobiliário, equipamentos, entre vários fatores associados a concepção e funcionamento (operação e uso). Seu foco são as instituições de ensino e cursos de engenharia. A pesquisa utiliza como métodos de pesquisa revisão bibliográfica, estudos de espaços, acompanhamento de disciplinas, entrevistas e visitas técnicas, e sondagem nãoprobabilística (survey) com docentes, funcionários e alunos dos cursos de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. Como referenciais para o desenvolvimento dessas ferramentas são apresentados espaços desse tipo em instituições norte-americanas e iniciativas em instituições brasileiras, voltadas principalmente para o ensino de engenharia, e também alguns casos de ambientes corporativos e makerspaces. Como resultados obtidos, além da ferramenta, a pesquisa levanta informações sobre as características e a utilização de ambientes adequados às novas estratégias de ensino aprendizagem e testa a ferramenta elaborada em espaços das edificações que abrigam cursos de engenharia da Universidade de São Paulo. / The adequacy of teaching and learning spaces that encourage the development of professionals with skills in creativity and innovation and the development of collaborative work is increasingly found in reputable educational institutions and corporations in the country and abroad. They are environments designed or adapted to assist in the realization of activities in teams using different teaching-learning strategies with active and collaborative participation of students; environments equipped with technology and special furniture, used in accordance with dynamics that enhance the effectiveness and usefulness. However, there is little consolidated knowledge on how to conceive, design and operate these spaces in order to enhance learning. The main objective of this research is to develop a tool to determine the requirements and needs for setting guidelines for interventions, whether they are projects of new spaces or adaptations in existing built environments, and the operation thereof. This tool does not prescribe solutions, but helps stakeholders involved in the different processes to address issues such as categorization of spaces typology, physical, furniture, and equipment among several other factors associated with design and operation. The tool is directed at educational institutions and engineering courses. The research methods includes literature review, research in the use of space, course observation, interviews and technical visits, and a non-probabilistic survey, with faculty, staff and students of civil and environmental engineering courses at the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo. As a reference for the development of these tools similar spaces are presented from American institutions and initiatives in Brazilian institutions, primarily focused on engineering education, and also some cases of corporate environments and makerspaces. In addition to the tool, the research results in information on the characteristics and the use of appropriate environments to new teaching and learning strategies and tests the tool within spaces in the buildings that house engineering courses at the University of São Paulo.