In this survey- and interview study based on 15 teachers in Sweden and their thoughts about their own experience of their teaching to students with migration backgrounds has the following information emerged. Some of the teachers who have participated admit that they find it difficult to base their work to the laws and guidelines. Many of the teachers testify that some principals do not place trust in their teachers’ abilities and do not give them the right conditions they need to be able to do their job. The teachers who enjoyed the work the most and who felt that they could manage their job were the once who experienced that they had committed and supportive principals behind them. But also, when they felt that they experienced a team spirit with their coworkers and that they worked together as like the whole school were united. It affected both students and teachers in a positive way being able to give the students the best conditions to achieve goal fulfillment. According to the teachers the teaching will work best when they are able to give the students the attention that they deserve and need and even when they can listen to the student’s thoughts and opinions as well, because those are important. The teachers pointed out that it is important for the teachers and students to get to know each other to build up trust between them, because it will be easier to get the students to be more involved in the classroom when they feel that connection. The teachers described that the most of their lessons often stop with briefings and that the teachers often did not have time to let the students work alone to prove what they are able to manage because of the classes different skills among the students. The teachers also described that they had a lot of work beside the teaching, like having phone calls and meetings with for example the children’s psychologists, the social service, the police, and the Migrations office, and that it took a lot of their time from them to do planning for the teaching. They also pointed out that they did not feel that they had the education for that part of the job. It also appeared that the language difference between the teachers and the students was a problematic cause of their job. The teachers said that the language must come before the learning part. It also came up that the schools gave the students a lot of different prerequisites when it came to get help with the schoolwork from interpreters. A suggestion from the teachers was to make new ways to build up the classes through the student’s skills instead of the way they make it now, through the student´s ages. Even more ways to show the students’ knowledge in different ways of grades was asked for by the teachers.

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By the end of the kindergarten, students are expected to possess early academic skills as well as the social maturity to be successful in first grade. Students leaving kindergarten without these readiness skills are sometimes held back in first grade or referred for a special education evaluation in later grades if they fail to make adequate progress. However, before a special education referral can be made, the education system must demonstrate that the deficit is not due to a lack of instruction. Response-to-Intervention is a preventive intervention framework supported by federal legislation (No Child Left Behind (NCLB); 2002 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEIA); 2004) that ensures that only valid special education referrals (i.e., referrals based on quantitative data) are processed. Using a multi-tiered assessment and intervention approach, students are first identified as at-risk through the use of screening tools designed to indicate academic or behavioral deficits. At-risk students are then exposed to evidence-based interventions with increasing levels of intensity to determine the type and amount of support needed. However, response-to-intervention has yet to be extended down to kindergarten students, and the screening instruments available for this population have yet to be evaluated for their predictive validity with end of first grade academic and behavioral performance. This study examines the predictive validity of psychometrically sound academic and behavioral screening instruments with first grade academic and social-emotional success. Participants included kindergarten students (n=290) from five ethnically diverse elementary schools located in a small suburban city in a mid-Atlantic state. Early literacy, early numeracy, writing, and social-emotional screening assessments were administered three times a year to determine whether the screening tools were adequate measures of kindergarten readiness skills for first grade academic and social-emotional success. Participants were followed from the beginning of kindergarten until the end of first grade to determine which skills measured by the screening assessments were the most predictive of a conceptual model of first grade academic and social-emotional success. The results indicated that the social-emotional screening assessment was able to significantly predict social-emotional success at the end of first grade. Kindergarten academic screening assessments however, were not able to significantly predict first grade academic success. Results also indicated that there were significant differences in scores across gender, ethnicity and family composition. / School Psychology

The work is focused on influence of schools on pupil's self-concept formation at primary school. It captures the different influences of the school and the school surrounding at shaping of the self-concept of the pupil. The theoretical part maps the internal and external that influences at pupils at school. It deals with defining of self- concept as one of the special feature of personality self development, focusing on the pupils at primary schools, which influances at success at school and self-concept formation. This work presents the various effects of schools and school surrounding that are important for the development of pupils' self-concept. At the same time the work shows the possibility of the development of a healthy self-concept of pupils at elementary school. The practical part explores the self-concept of pupils at the end of the third and fifth year. The practical tries to determine the relationship between success at school and self-concept of the pupil in the primary school. There is information about pupils' maening of success at school, if success at school is important for them. It also researches which of the various influences of school is the most important and how it differ self-consept of the pupils of the third and fifth grade.

and key words The submitted dissertation thesis is dealing with the social climate of the classroom and the school success of a pupil. This dissertation thesis is divided into the theoretical and the empiraical part. The teoretical section is focusing on the elaboration of the given theme on the bases of czech and foreign vocational literature. I am focusing on the classroom from the scrutiny of the social psychology. I am analyzing the formation of the classroom's social structure, the methods of its cognition and the most common positions and roles which are most frequently occurring in the classroom. I am introducing the basic findings about the social climate, his formers, determiners and diagnostics. As a last point of this part of my thesis I am dealing with the theme of the school success. I am defining the conception of school ineffectualness, self-classification and academic self-efficacy. In the empirical part I am presenting quantitative research, there were 309 pupils and 17 class masters from the elementary schools in Prague involved. The purpose of my research should have confirm the connection between the social climate of the classroom and the school success of the pupil. Destined for this purpose was the use of 2 questionnaire methods - the questionnaire B-3 and the questionnaire...

The topic of this thesis is the self-concept of school success of a pupils with autism spectrum disorder. It focuses on academic self-concept and academic self-efficacy as two important and related concepts. These concepts are also compared. We know from available researches that pupils with autism spectrum disorder have lower self-concept in some areas than normal pupils. This research project aimed to compare the self- concept of school success with pupils with autism spectrum disorder with a normative sample of normal pupils and also with pupils with other difficulties in each category. Questionnaire method and interview were used. The results show that child with autism spectrum disorder have just a higher self-concept of orthography than normal child. Also they have higher self-concept at maths, reading, orthography, writing, self- confidence and global score of self-concept than dyslexic child. Next they have higher global self-concept and self-concept of maths than child with mild brain dysfunction. The others scales showed no statistically significant difference. The interview showed that about 40% of children with autism spectrum disorder don't like math and 40% of children with autism spectrum disorder have problem in maths. KEY WORDS Autism Spectrum Disorder, self-concept, academic...

Esta pesquisa de doutorado se propôs a investigar como a progressão continuada atua na produção do êxito e do fracasso escolar, tendo como pano de fundo outros dispositivos escolares. Para tanto, investigou-se, em uma cidade do interior de São Paulo, duas escolas, situadas na mesma região, que oferecem os anos iniciais do ensino fundamental, sendo uma estadual, que adota a progressão continuada, e outra, municipal, que mantém a reprovação por aproveitamento insuficiente entre as séries. Estas apresentam praticamente as mesmas taxas de aprovação, porém, a municipal teve um desempenho superior ao da estadual, em língua portuguesa e matemática na Prova Brasil 2009, em mais de 25 pontos. A teoria se baseia no diálogo entre as obras de Pierre Bourdieu, Norbert Elias e Bernard Lahire. A pesquisa caracterizou-se como um estudo de caso, de natureza qualitativa. Utilizou-se múltiplas fontes de dados, a saber: observações diretas em salas de aula; questionários referentes a diretores, coordenadores, professores, alunos e pais; entrevistas com diretores, coordenadores e professores; documentos relativos à vida escolar dos estudantes; e microdados da Prova Brasil e do Censo Escolar da Educação Básica. As questões orientadoras da investigação foram as seguintes: Quais são os principais dispositivos escolares que condicionam o êxito e o fracasso escolar? Qual o papel da progressão continuada quando inserida na trama formada por esses dispositivos? Buscou-se descrever tais dispositivos e analisá-los em função das suas repercussões nos processos de socialização e escolarização. As análises das configurações investigadas permitiram elaborar vários apontamentos interligados entre si, tais como enunciados a seguir: a produção do êxito e do fracasso escolar é um processo multicondicionado, o que inviabiliza responsabilizar, de maneira isolada ou preponderante, a progressão continuada pela baixa qualidade da educação. A composição das turmas tende a influenciar o desempenho dos alunos e, dependendo dos critérios adotados, a aumentar a desigualdade intraescolar. A autonomia, no âmbito pedagógico, pode facilitar a gestão da escola e favorecer o trabalho docente. As avaliações externas influenciam as práticas de gestores e docentes, com maior ou menor intensidade, dependendo do tipo de responsabilização que ensejam. Os simulados são utilizados para preparar os alunos para a realização de testes padronizados, no entanto, possibilitam também um uso diagnóstico e formativo das informações produzidas. A cultura da repetência ainda é expressiva, porém, no âmbito da escola, vem sendo influenciada pelos dispositivos da progressão continuada, tal como se vê na tensão entre a avaliação classificatória e a formativa. / This doctorate research had the purpose of investigating how continued progression acts on the production of school success and failure, the background being other school devices. For such, I have investigated in a city in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, two schools located in the same area, which provide the first grades of elementary school; one of them is in the state education system and the other in the local education system, the former adopts continued progression and the latter, maintains repetition due to insufficient achievement in the grades. Both schools present virtually the same rates of approval, however the local school performance is higher than the state school´s results in Portuguese and Mathematics in the Prova Brasil (Brazil test) 2009, of over 25 points. The theory is based on the dialogue between the works Pierre Bourdieu, Norbert Elias, and Bernard Lahire. The research is characterized as a case study, of qualitative nature. Multiple data sources were utilized, including: direct observation of classrooms; questionnaires to principals, curriculum coordinators, teachers, students and parents; interviews with principals, curriculum coordinators and teachers; documents related to school records of the students; and micro-data from Prova Brasil and from the School Census. The guidelines of the investigation were the following: What are the major school devices that affect the school success and failure? What is the role of continued progression when is part of the plot formed by these devices? The objective was to describe such devices and analyze them according to their repercussions in the processes of socialization and schooling. The analyses of the configurations investigated allowed to build a number of interconnected annotations, outlined as follows. The production of school success and failure is multi-conditioned process, which makes it unfeasible to hold continued progression responsible in an isolated or prevailing way for the low quality of education. The composition of classrooms tends to influence a student´s performance and, depending on the criteria adopted, it also tends to increase intra-school inequality. Autonomy in the pedagogical sphere may facilitate school management and encourage the teaching work. The external assessments influence the practices of managers and teachers, with more or less intensity, depending on the type of accountability they give rise to. Sample exams are utilized to prepare students who will then sit for standardized tests, however, they can also be used for diagnostics and formative use of the information produced. The culture of repetition is still striking, but at the school level it has been influenced by devices of continued progression, as can be seen in the tension between classificatory and formative assessment.

No Estado de São Paulo têm sido implementadas políticas públicas em educação cujo objetivo é melhorar a qualidade do ensino nas escolas de séries iniciais. Porém, os dados de avaliações institucionais evidenciam que os alunos não conseguem se alfabetizar de modo satisfatório. O impacto sobre a vida dessas crianças é um percurso de insucesso escolar e até mesmo a exclusão do exercício da cidadania. Planejamos esta pesquisa para analisar e compreender quais são os pressupostos teóricos, crenças e valores dos educadores de séries iniciais com o intuito de identificar elementos que promovam o sucesso escolar dos alunos. A metodologia escolhida foi o estudo de caso com o uso de entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com professoras e coordenadoras pedagógicas de três escolas de ensino fundamental da cidade de São Paulo. Realizamos inferências e observamos indicativos em seus discursos que apontassem as relações entre as teorias e as práticas. Definimos três eixos de análise dos conteúdos: visão de educação, família e aluno; visão de formação continuada na escola; e concepções dos educadores sobre a alfabetização. Ao final, evidenciaram-se alguns aspectos que, avaliamos, precisam ser continuamente revistos nas séries iniciais. Um deles é a importância de se rever certos mitos e equívocos que circulam nas escolas com relação à construção dos conhecimentos lingüísticos dos alunos e as abordagens pedagógicas progressistas, como é o caso do construtivismo. Nesse sentido, seria necessário haver uma aproximação maior entre o conhecimento produzido nos meios acadêmicos e as práticas educativas. Outro ponto levantado é a necessidade do diálogo no interior da escola sobre as responsabilidades com a educação das crianças, incluindo a parceria escola e família e o desenvolvimento de uma educação em valores, voltada para favorecer o convívio com a diversidade. Entre outros aspectos, destacamos também o investimento na formação continuada que efetive o exercício de reflexão dos professores sobre suas práticas com o apoio e mediação do coordenador pedagógico. Portanto, a despeito das deficiências conjunturais nas escolas públicas, observamos que há espaço para uma série de providências de caráter político, pedagógico e social que podem ser adotadas e contribuir para a melhora nas condições de ensino e aprendizagem e assim envolver os alunos em processos bem sucedidos de escolarização. / In the State of São Paulo, public policies have been implemented in the area of education with the purpose of improving the quality of education in early grade schools. However, institutional assessment data have showed that students cannot learn to read and write satisfactorily. The impact on the lives of these children is a path of school failure and even exclusion from the exercise of citizenship. We have planned this research to analyze and understand the indications, beliefs and values of early grade educators aiming at identifying elements that promote students success at school. The methodology chosen was the case study with the use of semi-structured interviews carried out with teachers and pedagogical coordinators from three elementary schools in the city of São Paulo. We have made inferences and observed indications in their speech that pointed out the relationships between theories and practices. We have defined three axes for the analysis of contents: vision of education, family, and student; vision of continued training at school; and conceptions of the educators on literacy. In the end, some aspects were observed which we believe need to be continuously reviewed in early grades. One of them is the importance of reviewing certain myths and mistakes that are present in schools with relation to the construction of linguistic knowledge of students and the progressive pedagogical approaches, which is the case of constructivism. In this sense, it would be necessary to have a grater approximation between the knowledge produced academically and educational practices. Another issue raised is the need to dialogue in the school about the responsibilities towards childrens education, including the school and family partnership and the development of an education with values, intended to favor the experience with diversity. Among other aspects, we also highlight the investment in continued training that carries out the exercise of teachers reflection on their practices with the support and mediation of the pedagogical coordinator. Therefore, despite the conjunctural deficiencies in public schools, we observe that there is room for a number of political, pedagogical and social actions that can be adopted and contribute for the improvement of teaching and learning conditions and, thus, involve students in successful schooling processes.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:57:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tania L T Munhoz.pdf: 600218 bytes, checksum: 43ee1c4603a9a7d68cb0685097e93fe1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-04-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research had as an objective identifying and understanding what the feelings and emotions towards some school activities made from some 8th grade good students of Ensino Fundamental, from a private school in Sao Paulo are. The study is justified because this theme refers to a not usually discussed question, being able to bring some contributions to understand the pedagogical relations of these successful activities, focusing on the student that gets good results. The data have been collected from open questions that got some relevant information to their necessities. Categories were created, so that the collected data would be analyzed. All the data were analyzed based on the development theory of Henri Wallon. The results of this research show that the good adolescent student establishes a satisfactory relationship with teachers, friends and school activities; feels the necessity of having the responsibility, and the school as a place for developing relationships. The choice made for a kind of school activity is linked to the emerging necessities of these adolescents, due to their (cultural - environmental) context. The students have a feeling of well-being towards the school / A presente pesquisa teve por objetivo identificar e compreender quais os sentimentos e emoções em relação às atividades escolares de bons alunos da 8ª série do Ensino Fundamental, de uma escola da rede privada da cidade de São Paulo. O estudo se justifica porque este tema aborda uma questão pouco discutida, podendo trazer algumas contribuições para compreender as relações pedagógicas desses sucessos, voltando o foco para o aluno que obtém bons resultados. Os dados foram coletados a partir de questionários abertos que possibilitaram a obtenção de informações relevantes relativas às suas necessidades. Categorias foram levantadas, de modo a permitir a análise dos dados coletados. Os dados foram analisados à luz da teoria de desenvolvimento de Henri Wallon. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que o bom aluno adolescente estabelece uma relação satisfatória com professores, colegas e atividades escolares; percebe a necessidade de ter responsabilidade e a escola como um espaço de inter-relações. A escolha por determinado tipo de atividade escolar está diretamente relacionada às necessidades emergentes da adolescência, em função de seu contexto sócio-cultural. Há por parte dos alunos, um sentimento de bem estar para com a escola em que estão inseridos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cilene Maria de Oliveira Costa.pdf: 828022 bytes, checksum: f6bf67db070a4a6f06bb267b4bad355e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Success in school is a grassroots theme that began to be studied more intensively in Brazil since the 1990s. Research studying school improbable success stories in Brazil seek to investigate ways to enter and remain characters to the popular classes in public higher education, mainly through family strategies and education personnel. Building on the contributions of these studies, the aim of this research is to know the characteristics of characters in the public school of Francisco Morato who entered public universities, as their school trajectories. Thus, we analyze the trajectory of five characters from a public school in this county. The problem guiding this research was to understand what the circumstances were historically constructed fundamental to the success of these school subjects. Therefore, we use as theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu, regarding the economic, cultural and social capital and Bernard Lahire, with respect to singularities. As search procedure employ semi-structured interviews conducted between May and December 2012. The results obtained through the reports confirmed our hypothesis, revealing that the academic success of these subjects is due to acquisition of capital acquired, mainly in durable network of relationships formed at school. Moreover, their trajectories are marked by stress, practice reading and the desire for a different destination common in the popular media / Sucesso escolar em camadas populares é um tema que começou a ser pesquisado mais intensamente no Brasil a partir da década de 1990. As pesquisas que estudam casos de sucesso escolar improvável no Brasil procuram investigar as formas de ingresso e permanência de sujeitos das classes populares no ensino superior público, sobretudo, por meio das estratégias familiares e pessoais de escolarização. Partindo das contribuições desses estudos, o objetivo desta pesquisa é conhecer as características de sujeitos do ensino médio público de Francisco Morato que adentraram as universidades públicas, quanto as suas trajetórias escolares. Dessa forma, analisamos a trajetória de cinco sujeitos oriundos de uma escola pública deste município. O problema norteador desta pesquisa foi compreender quais foram as circunstâncias historicamente construídas fundamentais para o sucesso escolar desses sujeitos. Para tanto, utilizamos como referencial teórico os conceitos de Pierre Bourdieu, no que concerne ao capital econômico, cultural e social e Bernard Lahire, no que tange às singularidades. Como procedimento de pesquisa empregamos entrevistas semiestruturadas, realizadas entre maio e dezembro de 2012. Os resultados obtidos por meio dos relatos confirmaram nossa hipótese, revelando que o sucesso escolar desses sujeitos deve-se a aquisição de capital social adquirido, principalmente na rede durável de relações constituídas na escola. Além disso, suas trajetórias são marcadas pelo esforço, pela prática de leitura e pelo desejo de um destino diferente do comum nos meios populares