A Aprendizagem Baseada em Projeto é uma metodologia ativa de aprendizagem, utilizando a elaboração e execução de um projeto como estratégia motivadora para a aprendizagem de diferentes tópicos teóricos envolvidos na resolução de problemas concretos. Além de favorecer a construção de conhecimentos, este método contribui para o desenvolvimento de algumas habilidades e competências pessoais e profissionais considerados importantes para a formação dos alunos e sua atuação na sociedade, tais como construção autônoma de conhecimento, análise críticas de situações e problemas, autoavaliação, relacionamento interpessoal, entre outras. Esta metodologia é pouco usada no ensino básico (fundamental e médio) sendo mais aplicado na medicina e engenharia. Nesta pesquisa foi feito um estudo de caso sobre a aplicação da Aprendizagem Baseada em Projeto ao 2º ano do ensino médio. A pesquisa teve um caráter quanti-qualitativo e interdisciplinar, sendo aplicada fundamentalmente na disciplina de química e com participação e suporte das disciplinas de Português, Matemática, História e Inglês. O projeto proposto aos alunos foi a elaboração e construção de uma estação para tratamento de fatores químicos, físicos e biológicos para obter água potável, suficiente para abastecer uma família de quatro pessoas morando à beira de um rio. O desenvolvimento dos alunos foi acompanhado por meio de avaliações diagnósticas iniciais e finais e durante todo o percurso formativo por meio das avaliações formais das disciplinas, de rodas de conversas, apresentação de seminários, desenvolvimento do projeto, construção e apresentação de um protótipo contendo todas as etapas do tratamento, e dimensionamento para a construção da estação real, incluindo materiais e custos. Os resultados mostram indícios de uma aprendizagem significativa, sendo notado também o desenvolvimento de habilidades transversais como desenvolvimento social e cooperativo entre os alunos, contribuindo para o processo de formação de cidadãos ativos e críticos. / Project-Based Learning is an active learning methodology, using the design and execution of a project as a motivating strategy for learning different theoretical topics involved in solving concrete problems. In addition to promoting the construction of knowledge, this method contributes to the development of some personal and professional skills and competences considered important for students\' training and their performance in society, such as autonomous construction of knowledge, critical analysis of situations and problems, selfassessment, interpersonal relationships, among others. This methodology is little used in basic education (basic and secondary) being more applied in medicine and engineering. In this research, a case study on the application of Project Based Learning to the second year of high school was done. The research had a quantitative-qualitative and interdisciplinary character, being applied fundamentally in the discipline of chemistry and with participation and support of the disciplines of Portuguese, Mathematics, History and English. The project proposed to the students was the elaboration and construction of a station to treat chemical, physical and biological factors to obtain drinking water, enough to supply a family of four living on the edge of a river. The development of the students was accompanied by initial and final diagnostic evaluations and throughout the formative course through the formal evaluations of the subjects, the discussion wheels, seminars presentation, project development, construction and presentation of a prototype containing all the treatment steps, and sizing for actual station construction, including materials and costs. The results show signs of a significant learning process, with the development of transversal skills such as social and cooperative development among students, contributing to the process of training active and critical citizens.

A Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABPj) é uma metodologia ativa de ensino e aprendizagem que apresenta aos alunos uma situação-problema orientadora, o que propicia, durante a busca de uma solução, a compreensão dos conteúdos pertinentes. A ABPj consiste numa metodologia de aprendizagem diferenciada, por possibilitar o desenvolvimento de competências técnicas e transversais na resolução de problemas. As competências técnicas são aquelas necessárias para a solução do problema. As transversais, que foram objeto de estudo neste trabalho, abrangem o trabalho em equipe, o desenvolvimento pessoal, a gestão de projetos e a comunicação. Nessa metodologia, o aluno torna-se o centro das atenções, o protagonista de sua aprendizagem. Esse projeto foi pensado e desenvolvido a partir da aplicação da ABPj no ensino da Matemática no Ensino Médio, com o intuito de melhorar o desempenho dos estudantes na disciplina. A realização de uma pesquisa-ação foi o ponto de partida para o início dos estudos. Nesse percurso, pesquisador e pesquisados participaram ativamente do objeto de pesquisa. O método da pesquisa-ação consiste em planejar as ações, coletar e analisar os dados, implementar as ações e, por fim, avaliar os resultados. Ela foi aplicada em dois ciclos: em 2015 e em 2017. Os resultados da aplicação referente ao primeiro ciclo trouxeram informações que serviram como base para a realização do segundo ciclo. Esta dissertação descreve de forma pormenorizada como foi aplicado ABPj nestes dois ciclos e apresenta os resultados obtidos ao final do segundo ciclo. A ABPj aplicada no ensino da matemática alcançou os resultados esperados, destacando o visível aprimoramento do desempenho pessoal dos alunos, nas relações interpessoais e, principalmente, na melhoria da aprendizagem da matemática. / The Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an active method of teaching and learning in which the students are introduced to a guiding problem situation, which provides, during a search of the solution, a dossier of pertinent information. The PBL consists in a differentiated learning methodology, by allowing the development of technical and transversal skills in solving problems. The technical skills are those necessary to solve the problem. The transversal competences which were the object of study in this study, cover teamwork, personal development, project management and communication. In this methodology, the student becomes the center of attention, the protagonist of its own learning. The following project was thought and developed applying the PBL to the teaching of mathematics in High School, seeking to improve the students\' performance in the discipline. The performance of an action research was the starting point for the beginning of the studies. In this course, researcher and researched were integral parts of the research object. The action research method is structured in planning, collecting data, analyzing data, implementing actions and, finally, evaluating the results. The action research was applied in two cycles, in 2015 and in 2017. The results of the first cycle application brought information that served as the basis for the second cycle. This work describes in detail how the PBL was applied in these two cycles and presents the main results obtained at the end of the second cycle. The PBL applied to the teaching of mathematics reached the expected results, highlighting the visible improvement of the personal performance of the students, in the interpersonal relations, and mainly in the improvement of the learning of mathematics.

Para alunos de cursos superiores de Sistemas de Informação e afins, aprender a programar computadores é fundamental. No entanto, ensinar programação por meio de métodos tradicionais tem se tornado cada vez mais desafiante devido a fatores recentes, tais como transformações na maneira de aprender das novas gerações e o surgimento de novas máquinas computacionais. Neste contexto, a aprendizagem baseada em projeto possui potencial para beneficiar a educação em programação. Há especial relevância para a abordagem Ágil de projetos, por possuir destaque no mercado de trabalho e origem atrelada ao próprio desenvolvimento de softwares. Por outro lado, foram encontrados poucos estudos de relevância internacional relatando a utilização da aprendizagem baseada em projeto ágil (APjBL) no contexto do ensino superior brasileiro. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é analisar os benefícios de um método APjBL para os alunos de programação no ensino superior brasileiro quando comparado ao método tradicional de ensino, principalmente com relação a quatro benefícios de interesse desta pesquisa: o rendimento escolar, a motivação para aprender, a comunicação verbal e a exploração vocacional dos alunos. Nesta pesquisa empírica e de natureza aplicada, foi feita a opção pelo quase-experimento em um curso superior tecnológico de Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas durante o primeiro semestre de 2018. A análise foi quali-quantitativa e os critérios de comparação foram os quatro benefícios mencionados. Como intervenção educacional APjBL, foi escolhido o método Agile Model for Projects in Computing Education (AMoPCE) e adaptado ao contexto. Participaram desta pesquisa 151 alunos e cinco professores, divididos em grupos de experimento e controle. Ao final do semestre, os alunos responderam a um questionário eletrônico sobre três benefícios: motivação para aprender, comunicação verbal e exploração vocacional. Foram coletadas as notas e as frequências dos alunos, além das percepções dos professores por meio de entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas. Dados históricos das disciplinas foram coletados para ajudar a explicar os fenômenos. Conclui-se que, no contexto geral da pesquisa, para a disciplina de conteúdo predominantemente procedural (prático), AMoPCE beneficiou a motivação extrínseca, a frequência escolar e a escuta ativa na comunicação. Para a disciplina altamente procedural, AMoPCE apresentou mais dois benefícios: motivação para aprender intrínseca e exploração vocacional intrínseca. Em suma, foi verificada uma hipótese de pesquisa, AMoPCE beneficia a motivação para aprender, na disciplina altamente procedural / To learn computer programming is an essential topic to undergraduate students at Information System and related higher education courses. However, teaching programming using traditional methods have become much more challenging due to recent reasons, like changes in the manner that the new generation is now prone to learn, and the arising of new programmable devices. The Project-Based Learn may offer potential benefits to the computer programming education, especially the Agile approach, given its origin at the software development process. And yet there were found a few relevant international studies regarding the Agile Project-Based Learn (APjBL) to cope with the computer programming education at Brazilian Information System higher education. The research leading objective was to analyze the main benefits of the APjBL teaching method when compared to the traditional teaching method, mainly the following four students benefits: academic performance, motivation to learn, verbal communication and vocational inquiry aspects. As the comparison criterion, we selected these four benefits through specific instruments adapted to this research. We also chose the Agile Model for Projects in Computing Education (AMoPCE) as the APjBL teaching method, which was originated from previous researches and that we adapted to this context. This research adopted an experimental approach via a quasi-experiment at the System Development and Analysis higher education course, during the first semester of 2018. A total of 151 students and five teachers participated in this research. By the end of the experiment, the students replied to an electronic questionnaire regarding three benefits: motivation to learn, verbal communication and vocational inquiry aspects. Five professors participated in an individual interview. Students grades and frequency and their historical data were also collected. As results, we found that for procedural (practical) content, AMoPCE presented at least the following benefits: extrinsic motivation, class frequency, and verbal communication via active listening. Even further, when the class is highly procedural, AMoPCE presents two benefits more: intrinsic motivation to learn and intrinsic vocational inquiry. In summary, the hypothesis that AMoPCE benefits the motivation was confirmed at highly procedural classes

Project-based Language Learning (PBLL) provides students with opportunities to use the target language purposefully and to interact with culturally authentic materials. Because PBLL holds critical benefits for its students, it is important that teachers learn best practices for implementation and how to overcome the challenges that PBLL brings. This study focuses on the experiences of 15 world language teachers as they participated in a PBLL professional development series developed by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Findings from this study are based on data gathered from surveys and interviews with a diverse group of educators for the purpose of gaining an understanding of what participants learned and the activities that impacted learning of PBLL. Results show that learning about gold standard elements of PBLL made the biggest impact on participants' pedagogical beliefs and motivated them to change their practice. Activities that positively impacted learning were those that were active, social, and related to practice. Participants were overwhelmed with the amount of content and needed help making connections between the content and their teaching contexts. Overall, participants' experiences in the professional development series led to a change in pedagogical beliefs and a desire to alter their implementation of PBLL.

abstract: The success or failure of projects is not determined only by procedures, tasks, and technologies, but also by the project team and its effectiveness. In order to lead project teams towards successful outcomes, project managers must maintain high quality relationships in the workplace. When looking at employees’ relationships in the workplace, Social Exchange Theory introduces two types of exchanges: employee-organization and leader-member exchanges. While both types of exchanges focus exclusively on the employee’s longitudinal relationships, the interpersonal relationships among the team members are usually overlooked. This research presents the results of a quantitative study of the interpersonal relationships of 327 project managers and assistant project managers in their workplace. Specifically, the study investigates if the quality of the relationship with particular stakeholders, such as one’s immediate supervisor (boss), peers, or subordinates, drives the individual’s quality of the relationship with other stakeholders. Contrary to the expectations, in strictly hierarchical organizations (one direct supervisor), there is no significant correlation between the quality of relationships with the boss and the overall quality of the individual’s relationships. However, in the case of matrix organizations (two or three bosses), there are significant correlations between several variables such as the quality of the relationship, perceived importance and the time spent with each stakeholder, as well the inclination of the participant towards leadership actions. The driving relationship in matrix organizations is the one with “the most important peer”. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering 2019

Implementation of project-based learning (PBL) has contributed to increases in students’ retention of concepts, engagement, and academic success. The problem for this study is that teachers’ and administrators’ experiences and perceptions have not been sought regarding the integration of PBL in the classroom at the school district. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to gain a deeper insight into the experiences of teachers and administrators implementing PBL. Centered on the theory of constructivism, the research questions focused on 10 teachers’ and 5 administrators’ experiences integrating PBL. Face-to-face interviews with participants and 10 classroom observations were conducted. Inductive coding and thematic analysis were used with the collected data. Results indicated that teachers perceived several benefits with PBL such as improved students’ retention and engagement, academic success, and 21st-century skills and a few challenges such as time consuming lesson planning and delivery, and lack of resources and materials. Observations showed improvement in students’ behavior and engagement. Administrators also indicated similar benefits, agreed that there was lack of resources, and perceived challenges to be teachers’ lack of willingness and openness to implement PBL. Recommendations were that schools or district develop accountability measures, best strategies, and curriculum alignment for standards-based PBL. Findings may contribute to positive social change by bringing greater awareness to local educators of the benefits and challenges surrounding implementing PBL. School administrators can foster a school culture and environment for student learning in which teachers are supported and lesson planning and collaboration are prioritized.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka verktyg som används för att främja kunskapshantering inom ett företag som arbetar i projekt, då tidigare forskning indikerar att projektformen medförsvårigheter i arbetet med kunskapshantering. För att besvara syftet undersöker uppsatsen vilka förutsättningar som är avgörande för att kunskapsdelning ska komma till stånd samt vilka metoder som finns att tillgå för att dela och överföra kunskap inom och mellan projekt. En fallstudie med semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes för att besvara frågeställningarna. Resultatet visar att det finns en tro bland respondenterna att individen bär på kunskap och det framkommer en tilltro till de sociala aspekterna av kunskapsdelning. För att kunskapsdelning ska främjas krävs att medarbetarna har ett brett socialt nätverk samt att det existerar en företagskultur som uppmanar till kunskapsdelning. Det bör finnas systematiska processer föröverföring av såväl explicit och implicit kunskap då resultatet indikerar på att ett fungerande IT-verktyg för kunskapslagring tillsammans med verktyg och systematiska processer som lessons-learned, tillsammans bidrar till en effektiv kunskapshantering och säkerställer att kunskap överförs mellan projekt. / The purpose of this paper is to investigate which tools are used to promote Knowledge Management in project-based organizations, since previous research indicate that the project form experience difficulties regarding Knowledge Management. An empirical research was conducted in order to examine which conditions are crucial for knowledge sharing and which methods are available to share and transfer knowledge within and between projects. The data was gathered through semi-structured interviews. The result of the study shows that there is a belief among the respondents that knowledge exists within the individual. The result also indicates that the preferred way to share knowledge is through personal communication and asocial network. Hence, in order for knowledge sharing to be promoted, employees must have abroad social network. Furthermore, there must exist an organizational culture that promotes knowledge sharing behavior among the employees. Nevertheless, a successful Knowledge Management process should ensure to include systematic processes for both sharing and transferring of explicit and implicit knowledge. The result indicates that tools for knowledge storage and tools like lessons-learned, together contribute to effective Knowledge Management processes that ensure knowledge being transferred between projects.

<p>Purpose: Although under the last decade there has been increased interest in management of project-based teams and numerous examples of such relationships exist, relatively little is known about “the dynamics of shorter relationships”. Management of communication between partners involved in short-term project-based relationships and the ways, in which multiparty value is created as a result, form a task for important and necessary research in marketing theory and practice. This study aims to define whether there exists a positive relationship between management activities that can influence the communication environment within project-based groups and effectiveness of collaboration between participants.</p><p>Research question: In what role management incentives can positively influence communication and collaboration within a network of the external parties involved in a project?</p><p>Approach: The research design for this study includes a literature review and a longitudinal observational case study. The aim was drawing on and extending important ideas of research on organizational management of project-based teams. On the basis of literature review aspects that have the most influential impact on communication within project-based networks are organized in a integrative framework that gives an image of factors influencing relationships in project-based teams. The theoretical model is proved through a qualitative study of project-based teams performance. Data was collected through the use of meetings observations, email interviewing of participants and informal interviews.</p><p>Findings: Although sensemaking and relational exchanges are distinct concepts in the extant literature, this study illustrates the ways in which the two are interconnected: the social processes of relational exchanges between project participants engaging in the proceses of sensemaking and the ways of approaching relational exchanges that would facilitate the process of sensemaking. On the basis of the theoretical discussion how projects are operated while being embedded in a context of networks of external participants we elaborated that for successful project performance management of project-based networks should play facilitating and supportive role of creating a framework enabling mindful behaviour and collaborative processes of problem-solving.</p><p>Research limitations/implications: Even this study highlights previously overlooked connections between literatures on relational exchanges and organizational sensemaking by giving attention to a diverse range of issues concerning project-based business networks, further research in this direction may be useful for deeper understanding of the processes. Firstly, the generalizability of the findings presented here remains to be tested. Secondly, the aspects influencing relational exchanges in short-term project setting identified here may not be exhaustive: they could be supplemented by the discovery of other aspects, perhaps through data collected from project setting of different type. Thirdly, although relational exchanges can vary in sense of communication and collaboration intensity, it was outside the scope of this study to address the issue at this level of analysis. Despite these limitations, this study has made an attempt to draw up the findings that may have some implications for both research and practice.</p><p>Value of research: As revealed in our study, a set of management incentives may help in creating a positive environment for efficient communication and collaboration within a project. It suggests that management incentives should try to organize a trust like environment that will provide much of incentive for partners to work together non-opportunistically during their relational exchanges and much of the assurance necessary for exchange partners to feel comfortable with this arrangement. The results of the study clearly shows that applying management methods will help shortcut the process necessary to establish the working norms necessary for functional communication and collaboration between participants.</p>

Purpose: Although under the last decade there has been increased interest in management of project-based teams and numerous examples of such relationships exist, relatively little is known about “the dynamics of shorter relationships”. Management of communication between partners involved in short-term project-based relationships and the ways, in which multiparty value is created as a result, form a task for important and necessary research in marketing theory and practice. This study aims to define whether there exists a positive relationship between management activities that can influence the communication environment within project-based groups and effectiveness of collaboration between participants. Research question: In what role management incentives can positively influence communication and collaboration within a network of the external parties involved in a project? Approach: The research design for this study includes a literature review and a longitudinal observational case study. The aim was drawing on and extending important ideas of research on organizational management of project-based teams. On the basis of literature review aspects that have the most influential impact on communication within project-based networks are organized in a integrative framework that gives an image of factors influencing relationships in project-based teams. The theoretical model is proved through a qualitative study of project-based teams performance. Data was collected through the use of meetings observations, email interviewing of participants and informal interviews. Findings: Although sensemaking and relational exchanges are distinct concepts in the extant literature, this study illustrates the ways in which the two are interconnected: the social processes of relational exchanges between project participants engaging in the proceses of sensemaking and the ways of approaching relational exchanges that would facilitate the process of sensemaking. On the basis of the theoretical discussion how projects are operated while being embedded in a context of networks of external participants we elaborated that for successful project performance management of project-based networks should play facilitating and supportive role of creating a framework enabling mindful behaviour and collaborative processes of problem-solving. Research limitations/implications: Even this study highlights previously overlooked connections between literatures on relational exchanges and organizational sensemaking by giving attention to a diverse range of issues concerning project-based business networks, further research in this direction may be useful for deeper understanding of the processes. Firstly, the generalizability of the findings presented here remains to be tested. Secondly, the aspects influencing relational exchanges in short-term project setting identified here may not be exhaustive: they could be supplemented by the discovery of other aspects, perhaps through data collected from project setting of different type. Thirdly, although relational exchanges can vary in sense of communication and collaboration intensity, it was outside the scope of this study to address the issue at this level of analysis. Despite these limitations, this study has made an attempt to draw up the findings that may have some implications for both research and practice. Value of research: As revealed in our study, a set of management incentives may help in creating a positive environment for efficient communication and collaboration within a project. It suggests that management incentives should try to organize a trust like environment that will provide much of incentive for partners to work together non-opportunistically during their relational exchanges and much of the assurance necessary for exchange partners to feel comfortable with this arrangement. The results of the study clearly shows that applying management methods will help shortcut the process necessary to establish the working norms necessary for functional communication and collaboration between participants.

I läroplanens inledande del lyfts betydelsen av att elever aktivt får delta i planering och utvärdering av undervisningen och utveckla sin förmåga utöva inflytande och ta ansvar i skolan. Tidigare forskning visar att skolan inte lyckats i detta uppdrag. Studien är en del av en aktion vars utvecklingsfokus varit att öka elevers delaktighet i projektarbetsformen. Studien vill belysa elevdelaktighet ur elevernas perspektiv, vilken betydelse och vilket värde delaktighet har för eleverna, samt hur de anser att den fungerar i praktiken. Forskningsfrågan är: Hur beskriver elever delaktighet i skolan? Studiens syfte är att belysa elevdelaktighet ur elevernas perspektiv, för att förstå vilken betydelse och vilket värde delaktighet har för eleverna, samt hur de anser att den fungerar i praktiken. Data har skapats genom elevers loggboksskrivande om delaktighet och uppföljande samtal med elever, som analyserats genom dimensioner av delaktighet; innehållsdimension, drivkrafts-dimension och samspelsdimension. Elevers beskrivningar av delaktighet är i lika mån beskrivningar av lärandet. Resultatet visar att delaktighet ger mening till elevernas lärande. Den individuella valfriheten är motiverande för eleverna. Det absolut viktigaste för eleverna att få vara delaktiga i är lärandets innehålls- och formfrågor. Delaktighet beskrivs av eleverna både ur ett individuellt och ett kollektivt perspektiv. Studiens resultat bekräftar Illeris och Wengers teorier om lärandets samspel och socialt lärande. / In the introductory part of the Curriculum for the Compulsory School, the importance of pupils participation in the planning and the evaluation of their education is highlighted. Also to develop their ability to participate and to take responsibility in school is highlighted. Earlier research shows that the school has failed in this mission. This study is a part of an action, which developing focus has been to increase the pupils participation in project based learning. The intention of the study is to throw light upon pupils participation from the pupils view, what meaning and what value do the pupils give participation, and how do they think it is working in practice. The research question is: How do pupils describe participation in school? The purpose of the study is to highlight pupils participation from the pupils' view, to understand what meaning and value it gives to the pupils', and how they think it works in practice. Data has been produced by the pupils by writing logbooks about participation and by follow-up conversation with the same pupils. The empirics have been analyzed throw dimensions of participation; the dimension of content, the dimension of motive power and the dimension of cooperation. The pupils descriptions' of participation are also descriptions about learning. The result shows that participation gives meaning to the pupils learning. The individual freedom of choice is motivating for the pupils. The most important area for the pupils to participate in, is the content and the form of learning-area. Participation is described both from an individual and a collective perspective by the pupils. The results of the study confirm Illeris and Wengers theories about cooperative learning and social learning.