The HCI community is well aware of the gap between research and practice in the field. The issue is often discussed in terms of the applicability and adaption of theories and methods to the real world, but both categories seem insufficient for explaining how practitioners navigate the complexity of the problems they work on. This study takes a more fundamental perspective, inspired by theories of reflective practice and design. As a consequence, the attention is shifted to the framing of a problem that happens prior—or in parallel—to the use of theories and methods. Six case studies were collected through semi-structured interviews to investigate this position. The findings point towards a rather small set of techniques which are used for supporting the (re-)framing of a problem in an often pragmatic and informal way. A model locating the methods in their respective stages is proposed; and the methods are related to other research to suggest additional possibilities not mentioned by the participants of this study. What most clearly distinguished HCI practitioners from designers in other professions was their distrust in their own intuition, and the key role they attached to the user in response.

Submitted by Mario BC (mario@bc.ufrpe.br) on 2016-08-19T13:52:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Agilson Nascimento de Souza.pdf: 663140 bytes, checksum: d12b268b23abe49245e53e78260df3cc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T13:52:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Agilson Nascimento de Souza.pdf: 663140 bytes, checksum: d12b268b23abe49245e53e78260df3cc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-28 / This work consists of an investigation about relative aspects the reflexive practices near two teachers of chemistry of the State Net of Teaching of the State of Pernambuco who were wrapped currently of formation been still made a list to the paradigm of the reflexive teacher. For that, they were carved and analysed that you qualitatively interview and videos of classrooms of such teachers, and used as dock theories reflexive-practically. The interviews took as a finality the identification and register of possible discursive appropriation of relative aspects to reflexive practices for part of the investigated teachers. The videos, for his time, subsidized us in the identification and registers of possible characteristic actions of our object of investigation. The analyses of the data showed up what the teachers existed if appropriated characteristic aspects of the reflexive practice in the context of the speech, meantime, in situations of classrooms, the actions of the teachers appeared characteristically traditional. / O objeto de investigação são aspectos relativos a práticas reflexivas junto a dois professores de química da rede estadual de ensino de Pernambuco que desenvolvem suas atividades docentes há vários anos sendo, portanto, considerados experientes. Foram gravados e analisados qualitativamente entrevistas e vídeos de aulas destes docentes, e utilizadas como aporte teorias prático-reflexivas. As entrevistas objetivaram identificar e registrar possíveis apropriações discursivas de aspectos relativos a práticas reflexivas por parte dos professores investigados. Os vídeos, por sua vez, nos subsidiaram na identificação e registros de possíveis ações características de nosso objeto de investigação. As análises dos dados evidenciam que os docentes se apropriaram de aspectos característicos da prática reflexiva no âmbito discursivo, entretanto, que em situações de aulas, suas ações se constituíram caracteristicamente tradicionais.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-04-18T14:11:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação versão final biblioteca.pdf: 2098019 bytes, checksum: 2b5d6e448f8bb0750949793f3f687640 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-18T14:11:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação versão final biblioteca.pdf: 2098019 bytes, checksum: 2b5d6e448f8bb0750949793f3f687640 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-11 / O objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi investigar como a prática reflexiva pode influenciar na gestão dos restaurantes universitários (RUs) terceirizados de instituições públicas de ensino superior, a partir da identificação das principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelos gestores. Os referenciais teóricos adotados foram, principalmente, aqueles pertinentes à gestão de serviços de alimentação, restaurantes universitários e suas características, sobretudo, na perspectiva da prática profissional dos gestores, enfocando os conceitos da prática reflexiva do autor Donald Schön. Três objetivos específicos conduziram a pesquisa: (i) compreender o processo de conhecer-na-ação desenvolvido pelos gestores associado à prática profissional (ii) identificar as principais dificuldades de gestão dos RUs no âmbito da prática profissional dos gestores. (iii) articular a prática reflexiva à prática profissional, propondo aplicações no contexto da gestão dos RUs. A estratégia adotada para atingir os objetivos seguiu uma abordagem qualitativa a partir do estudo de caso. Foram estudados dois RUs pertencentes a duas instituições públicas de ensino superior do Recife-PE com serviços de alimentação terceirizados. A coleta de dados foi desenvolvida por meio de entrevistas e documentos. Foram realizadas onze entrevistas com os gestores pertencentes às instituições e às respectivas contratadas. O tratamento dos dados se deu através da análise pragmática da linguagem de acordo com Mattos (2006), centrado no significado semântico-pragmático da conversação. Assim, conclui-se: a gestão dos RUs terceirizados ocorre na prática profissional durante o processo de conhecer na-ação dos gestores; as dificuldades de gestão da infraestrutura e de pessoas influenciam diretamente na gestão dos contratos; e com a prática reflexiva é possível desenvolver habilidades administrativas e políticas na implementação de decisões. / The general objective of this research was to investigate how reflective practice can influence the management of the university restaurants (RUs) outsourced public institutions of higher education, from the identification of main difficulties faced by managers. The theoretical references adopted were mainly those pertinent to food service management, University restaurants and their characteristics, especially in the perspective of the professional practice of managers, focusing on the concepts of reflective practice by Donald Schön. Three specific objectives guided the research: (i) understanding the process met-in-action developed by managers associated with the professional practice (ii) identify the main difficulties of management of RUs in the scope of practice of professional managers. (iii) articulate the reflective practice to the professional practice, proposing applications in the context of the management of the RUs. The strategy adopted to achieve the objectives pursued a qualitative approach based on a case study. It was studied two RUs belonging to two public institutions of higher education in Recife-PE, with food services outsourced. Data was collected through interviews and documents. Eleven interviews were conducted with managers belonging to institutions and their contractors. We look at the data through the pragmatic analysis of language, according to Mattos (2006), based on the semantic meaning-a pragmatist of the conversation. Therefore, we concluded that the management of outsourced RUs occurs the in professional practice during the process of meeting in-action of managers, the difficulties in the management of infrastructure, and of people influence directly the management of contracts. Thus, a reflective practice can develop administrative and political skills in the implementation of decisions.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:00:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Ana Paula ECM.pdf: 1210764 bytes, checksum: b51d79c614d1a7a50189d28ed26dd19f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-17 / This work consists of an investigation about the Supervised Training of the Graduation Courses in Mathematics of the State University of Goiás UEG. The aim is to investigate the practice developed in the Supervised Training of these courses in order to verify if and how this component of the curriculum has promoted a reflexive practice in the graduated students. Taking into consideration the object of this research, it was used the focus on the theoretical methodological and qualitative points. The subjects of this research were seven professors of the graduation course of Mathematics from the State University of Goiás, from the campi of Formosa, City of Goiás, Iporá, Jussara, Posse, Quirinópolis an UnUCET, who worked with the Supervised Training, in the years of 2008 and 2009. In order to study the problematic and aiming to search for information to answer the question of the investigation were used the documental analysis, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews in a reflexive way. This analysis was theoretically fundamented on the ideas of Schön (1997), Zeichner (1993), Nóvoa (1992), Gómez (1997), Sacristán (1999), Pimenta e Ghedin (2002) about reflexivity. The present study relates that the documents of the courses (PPC, PE and PC) of the Graduation in Mathematicas of the State University of Goiás UEG announces a formation which provides the development of a critical-reflexive professional, although, when an accurate vision was made, we verified that they evidence a formation directed to the second level of reflexion. The discourse of the major part of the professors, subjects of this investigation, in relation to their pedagogical practice also relates the level of reflexion with some characteristics of a critical reflexivity. The study also highlights that the actions for the development of a reflexive practice in the formation of the professors of Mathematics, in the investigated context has been elementary and isolated yet, emphasizing the importance of the comprehension of the concepts and fundaments of reflexion to subside the proposals of Supervised Training in this perspective. / Este trabalho consiste em uma investigação sobre o Estágio Supervisionado dos cursos de Licenciatura em Matemática da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG). O objetivo é investigar a prática realizada no Estágio Supervisionado (ES) destes cursos, a fim de verificar se este componente curricular tem provocado uma prática reflexiva nos licenciandos e em caso afirmativo, verificar de que forma essa reflexividade vem sendo abordada. Tendo em vista o objeto da pesquisa, utilizamos o enfoque teórico-metodológico qualitativo. Os sujeitos foram 07 professores dos cursos de Matemática da UEG, das unidades universitárias de Formosa, Goiás, Iporá, Jussara, Posse, Quirinópolis e UnUCET, que trabalharam com o ES em 2008 ou 2009. A fim de estudar a problemática e na busca de informações para responder a questão de investigação foram utilizados a análise documental, questionários e entrevistas semiestruturadas de caráter reflexivo. Esta análise foi teóricamente fundamentada nas idéias de Schön (1997), Zeichner (1993), Nóvoa (1992), Gómez (1997), Pimenta e Ghedin (2002) sobre a reflexividade; em Sacristán (1999) e Zeichner & Liston (1987), no tocante aos níveis de reflexão. Segundo estes autores, o processo de reflexão é caracterizado em três níveis gradativos de complexidade, de forma que o primeiro nível (reflexão técnica) se refere a uma reflexibilidade bastante imediata, que tem sua origem na experiência, a qual diz respeito às idéias genuínas da docência. O segundo nível (reflexão prática), se situa na interação recíproca entre o conhecimento científico e o conhecimento pessoal, de forma que os conhecimentos do senso comum são alterados pelas transformações causadas pelas incorporações da ciência no mesmo. O terceiro nível (reflexão crítica) supõe pensar na epistemologia da ciência da educação, implica a análise ética, social e política da própria prática. O estudo em questão evidencia que os documentos dos cursos (PPC, PE e PC) de Licenciatura em Matemática da UEG anunciam uma formação que propicie o desenvolvimento de um profissional crítico-reflexivo, no entanto, ao fazer a leitura mais acurada de todos os componentes destes documentos, verificou-se que evidenciam uma formação direcionada para o segundo nível de reflexão. O discurso da maioria dos professores sujeitos desta investigação, em relação à sua prática pedagógica, também retrata esse nível de reflexão com algumas características da reflexividade crítica. O estudo também ressalta que as ações para o desenvolvimento de uma prática reflexiva na formação de professores de Matemática, no contexto investigado ainda são tímidas e isoladas, destacando assim, a importância da compreensão do conceito e dos fundamentos da reflexão para subsidiar propostas de ES nesta perspectiva.

Thoughts about reflection and reflective practice have evolved over many decades, through carefully constructed theory and research applications, mainly based on the work of Dewey (1933) and Schön (1983). Evidence also exists in the literature that the ability to reflect on practice is considered a necessity for effective instruction (Sowder, 2007). By reflecting critically teachers become more positive in the search for a new understanding of their teaching practice and design more ways to deal with the challenges that confront them daily. When teachers act reflectively, they consider carefully the problems in their own teaching and think about how those problems are related to their educational or social context. They are aware of the consequences of their teaching and how their own assumptions or beliefs can influence their teaching. This main purpose of my research study was to explore the nature of mathematics teachers’ reflective practice in the context of lesson study. To achieve this aim, an in-depth exploration of five mathematics teachers’ reflection before, during and after teaching a lesson was conducted. The possible relationship between these teachers’ reflection and their classroom practice was also examined. The research also aimed to explore whether and how mathematics teachers’ reflections differ from the conceptualisations of reflection in classroom practice as found in the literature. Contextual factors that might influence the nature of mathematics teachers’ reflective practice were also investigated. My findings indicate that the mathematics teachers in my sample have a limited understanding of the concept of reflection. Furthermore, based on lesson plan analysis, there was no evidence that these teachers reflect-for-action. However, they all reflected on-action verbally and in writing, and three of the five teachers reflected-in-action while teaching. They all reflected on Level R1 (recall level of reflection) and Level R2 (rationalisation level of reflection) and three teachers reflected critically on their learners’ understanding of mathematics and their own teaching of concepts towards the end of the research project (Lee, 2005). Language and the lesson study group experience emerged as contextual factors that seemed to influence the teachers’ reflection. Although the research study’s results cannot be generalised due to the small sample, I believe that through engaging in the lesson study experience the five teachers of this study improved their reflective practice, reporting an increase in self-knowledge and finding new ways of teaching mathematics to learners. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Science, Mathematics and Technology Education / unrestricted

Background: Journal writing is often used to gauge student skills and knowledge. There is disagreement as to whether journals should be graded because students may embellish experiences or write what the instructor wants to read. If students are not engaged in honest reflection, the benefit of reflective practice is reduced. Purpose: The purpose of this correlational non-experimental study was to examine if a relationship exists between the grading of reflective journals and student honesty in reflective journal writing. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework for this study was based on Schӧn’s reflective practice theory. This theoretical framework is suitable as students participate in reflective journal writing learning from experience and response to the situation, scaffolding on previous knowledge with the application of new knowledge. Methods: The correlational, non-experimental study was conducted at five Midwestern U.S. pre-licensure nursing programs. Data were collected using an anonymous survey. The non-probability sampling technique was used to examine the existence of a relationship between the grading of reflective journals and student honesty in reflective journal writing. Results: Findings indicated that a significant relationship exists between the grading of reflective journals and student honesty. The relationship between reflective journal writing and embellishment was negative and non-significant. Conclusions: This study revealed that a relationship exists between graded reflective journals and study honesty in reflective journal writing. Nurse educators and policy makers need to assess the process of reflection which involves critical thinking and problem-solving instead of grading the written component; possibly, changing to a complete/incomplete grade.

This study looks at issues of Bildung and vocational education from a biographical perspective. These issues are conceptualized in terms of Bildung in action, developed in relation to Schön’s concept reflection in action; Bildung through making as a way of thinking about processes of Bildung connected to crafts; and Bildung in vocational contexts, ie. contexts of vocational education and work. The concepts are enriched through an extensive auto/biographical case study of master craftsman Wolfgang B.’s educational biography focusing on stories of Bildung where processes and actions are described as well as the curricular structure of his training. Some of these stories and aspects of the case have then been analyzed in two articles, one dealing with questions of aesthetic Bildung in vocational education using Schiller as conceptual lens and one dealing with educating for vocational excellence using Aristotle’s concepts techne and phronesis to understand the narratives analyzed. The results are an increased and differentiated understanding of Bildung in vocational contexts, especially as related to the coexistence of skill training with education for Bildung and the unique perspectives that auto/biographical studies of retired or semi-retired craftspeople bring to the field of research connecting biography, Bildung in action and vocational education.

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Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Education, 1999.