This thesis deals with the topic of formative assessment embedding. The goal of the theoretical part is to map the school assessment in general, mention its functions, types, forms and language. The purpose of this work is also to describe the process of formative assesment embeding, which is the topic of this thesis, where at first the formative assesment will be characterised and then divided into several sub-parts, which characterise suitable strategies for its embedding. Next goal is to summarize the characterstics of a lower age pupil, where the focus will be on his/her cognitive, emotional and social developement. The theoretical part is concluded by a chapter dealing with the specifics of a beggining teacher. The goal of this chapter is to describe his/her features and skills, which he she should have. All the above mentioned topics will be defined on the base of the professional literature. The methodology used in this thesis will be defined in the empirical part. The aim of the empirical part is gradual embedding of the formative assessment elements, which will be led in the 4th year of primary school, where I have been currently working as a teacher for the first year. The active teacher research, where the elements of the formative assessment are being embedded, will run for the period...

It s imperious the Teachers Continuous Formation for keeping in pace with the technological advancements, the new knowledge and increased information available in every area in society. Distance Education thru the Internet starts to produce results in all teaching levels. Virtual Environment for Teaching-Learning (AVEA in Portuguese) have a wide range of information, availability and accessible, producing new learning-teaching opportunities. Then, the main objective in this dissertation is to investigate, thru action-research, AVEA potencialities in Teachers Continuing Formation. In order to do the research, we set up a course, Didactical Material Production thru Internet The Knowledge and the Teachable Knowledge , combining presence and distance modalities, with basic education teachers in Santa Maria public schools. The main subject was Didactic Transposition. The teachers searched the WEB for new information in their areas, and produced didactic material. The Santa Maria Federal University Computer Multimedia Environment (AMEN in Portuguese) was used as the main tool. Our proposal involved Dialog-Problematical Education, School Action-Research, Free Software and Problem Solving. The results show Virtual Environment for Teaching-Learning as a powerful formation tool, specially when combining presential and distance modalities, allowing teachers learning while developing their professional activities. Also show an increased computer use by teachers as needed to explore and investigate these resources potential in formation situations and in school work. / Considerando o aprender sempre, a investigação e a análise reflexiva das práticas pedagógicas rotineiras, os avanços tecnológicos, os conhecimentos e informações de todas as áreas que aumentam exponencialmente, a Formação Continuada para os Professores torna-se uma necessidade. A Educação a Distância, via Internet, começa a ocasionar mudanças em todos os níveis de ensino. Os Ambientes Virtuais de Ensino-Aprendizagem (AVEA) representam novas maneiras de ensinar e aprender. Assim, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é investigar, através da Investigação-Ação Escolar, as Potencialidades dos AVEA na Formação Continuada de Professores. Para realizar a pesquisa, montamos e implementamos um curso, Produção de Material Didático através da Internet O Saber e o Saber Ensinável , acoplando as Modalidades Presenciais e a Distância, tendo como público alvo professores da Rede Pública da cidade de Santa Maria, RS. O principal conteúdo trabalhado foi a Transposição Didática. Os professores pesquisaram na Rede saberes de sua área de atuação e produziram material didático. O ambiente mediador foi o AMEM Ambiente Multimídia para Computador. Como partimos do pressuposto de que os ambientes devem ter um suporte pedagógico, modelizamos uma proposta que envolveu Educação Dialógico-Problematizadora, Investigação-Ação Escolar, Software Livre e Resolução de Problemas. Os resultados apontam os AVEA como um recurso potencializador das situações de formação, principalmente quando acoplam as modalidades presenciais e a distância, pois possibilitam aos professores continuarem aprendendo sem afastar-se de suas atividades profissionais. Apontam, igualmente, a necessidade de um maior contato dos professores com computadores conectados para explorar e investigar o potencial desses recursos nas situações de formação e no trabalho escolar.

The aim of the work is to improve the quality of teaching. The work points to the possibility of using action teacher research in an effort to implement innovations in the field of teaching methods for younger school age students and at the same time the development of their own professional competencies. It justifies the contribution of activating experiential and reflective methods for pupils in integrating the goals of the curriculum in the field of social science topics and the goals of personal and social education. The theoretical part maps the professional background of closely related topics such as teacher professional competencies, development of primary school teachers, innovative teaching methods, personality concepts, activation methods, experiential learning, experiential pedagogy, action teacher research, reflection and self-reflection. It also maps the background for experiential and reflective methods with support on the Framework Educational Program for Basic Education. The practical part describes the whole action teacher research. It captures in two ways the self- reflective characteristics of a teacher at the beginning of action teacher research, previous experience with the researcher's experiential and reflective methods, and a scheme of action teacher action research....