This study aimed to intervene in the challenges emanating from the launch of a new primary schools Arts syllabus which is geared towards reflecting Batswana cultural values in Botswana primary schools. The launch was hurried, before all necessary provisions were made (Phuthego, 2007). Consequently, there is dire need of relevant resource materials, teaching/learning activities and qualified teachers, who can effectively translate the syllabus objectives and aims. The aim of this study was hence to devise learning activities based on Tswana children’s songs as the selected materials to realize the objectives of the existing primary school music syllabus for Botswana primary schools lower standards. This has been done through analysis of Tswana children’s songs, studying their nature and inherent values, on the basis of which culturally relevant teaching and learning activities have been designed for use in Botswana primary school music curriculum. In order to validate the need for a consideration of culturally relevant teaching and learning activities in Botswana primary schools, the study explored the music of the Batswana prior to and during colonialism and how it manifests itself in the current curriculum delivery. The study has also considered the current education policy’s aspirations of instilling cultural values in learners, as well as grooming a rounded citizen who can adjust to the challenges of the 21st century corporate world. The study employed content analysis through which twenty-four children’s songs were studied for their inherent values and musical concepts. Eclectic learning activities which take cognizance of the holistic approach prevalent in Tswana music making milieu, combined with the Rhythm Interval Approach (Akuno, 2005) which advocates the use of temporal and tonal elements of sound as the basic ingredients from which other musical elements such as form, texture, timbre harmony and dynamics are derived were employed. The activities were then tested in standards 1 to 4 to address the music syllabus. The results showed that the songs completely address the objectives stipulated in the syllabus and moreover, provide some extra-musical concepts which are embedded within them. The results also revealed that the Rhythm Interval Approach is applicable in Botswana lower primary schools, hence implicitly suggesting its further possible applicability to upper primary classes because the syllabus has been designed in a spiral fashion, where the same musical concept like ‘sound’ appears at different levels of intensity across all classes. The study recommended that The Revised National Policy on Education’s aim of grooming a locally and internationally compatible learner can be enhanced through learners’ awareness and appreciation of their culture on the basis of which they can later on spread their wings, to other world cultures. Tswana children’s songs have been observed to have a potential to act as a bridge to ease the transition of cultural pedagogy of rote learning to current paradigm of symbolic representation and abstraction of concepts. The study devised twenty learning activities to facilitate the use of these songs for curriculum delivery in standard 1-4. / Thesis (M.Mus.)-University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 2009.

"It is the purpose of this study to examine current trends in the production of outdoor music performances in the public schools of the South Florida area with a view toward determining not only the extent of such practices, but the techniques involved. Apparently no study has been published concerning the unique opportunity for outdoor music performances this climate affords, although outdoor programs have long been a part of South Florida's school activities"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1955." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Education." / Advisor: Robert L. Briggs, Professor Directing Paper.

Orientador: Irineu Aliprando Tuim Viotto Filho / Resumo: O presente trabalho sintetiza o percurso de uma pesquisa intervenção formativa que teve como objeto de estudo o desenvolvimento da consciência crítica do professor a partir da atividade de estudo. Partimos para tanto da compreensão de que a psicologia históricocultural possui pressupostos importantes que podem auxiliar na compreensão do desenvolvimento humano e assim contribuir para o direcionamento de atividades educativas, visto a compreensão nessa perspectiva de que é por meio da educação que o ser humano se apropria do arcabouço cultural, humanizando-se. Foram realizadas observações sistemáticas em sala de aula do 2º ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola municipal de Birigui/SP, em que depreendemos como um dos problemas mais gerais a questão da organização das atividades escolares que se davam de modo fragmentado: professora e alunos realizando atividades distintas e desconexas, evidenciando influências das concepções pedagógicas que norteiam a prática, ora de cunho tradicional, ora construtivista, ou como um amalgama dessas com experiências práticas que se interpõe dependendo das demandas apresentadas em sala. O problema de nossa pesquisa se configurou em saber: a compreensão pelo professor das atividades de ensino e estudo como unidade pode favorecer a mudança de sua atividade e a consequente reorganização dessa? O objetivo mais amplo desse trabalho se configurou em compreender a relação entre a atividade de estudo e o desenvolvimento da consciência crítica do profess... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This paper synthesizes the course of a formative intervention research that had as its object of study the development of the teacher's critical conscience from the study activity. We start from the understanding that historical-cultural psychology has important assumptions that can help in understanding human development and thus contribute to the direction of educational activities, considering the understanding in this perspective that it is through education that the human being appropriates the cultural framework, humanizing itself. Systematic observations were made in the classroom of the 2nd year of elementary school of a municipal school in Birigui / SP, where we understood as one of the most general problems the question of the organization of school activities that took place in a fragmented way: teacher and students performing distinct and disconnected activities, showing influences of the pedagogical conceptions that guide the practice, sometimes of a traditional nature, sometimes constructivist, or as an amalgamation of these with practical experiences that interpose depending on the demands presented in the classroom. The problem of our research was to know: can the teacher's understanding of teaching and study activities as a unit favor the change of its activity and the consequent reorganization of this? The broad objective of this work was to understand the relationship between the study activity and the development of the teacher's critical conscience, which... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Essa dissertação de mestrado consiste em analisar o desenvolvimento da atividade de estudo no contexto escolar de uma criança trabalhadora e compreender em que medida a organização do ensino possibilita a apropriação de saberes e conhecimentos escolares na vida da criança que estuda e trabalha. Nosso objetivo geral foi entender como a criança trabalhadora (representada no estudo por José) se relaciona com o conhecimento, ou seja, como se realizam os processos de mediação cultural de José em atividade de estudo. Dentre nossos objetivos específicos buscamos refletir sobre os conceitos de infância, trabalho e conhecimento, na perspectiva histórico-cultural, sendo eles os pilares de organização para nossa discussão e análise. Partimos do princípio de que a escola possui a função social de oferecer atividades organizadas que reproduzam o movimento histórico do conhecimento humano, de tal modo que o significado social se torne pessoalmente significativo para o sujeito. Para alcançar tal objetivo, valemo-nos de um experimento pedagógico, a partir dos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Atividade Orientadora de Ensino (AOE), na área de matemática. Realizamos também observações em sala, análise de materiais didáticos e duas entrevistas semiestruturadas com a criança trabalhadora como propósito de analisar suas diferentes vivências no espaço escola. A coleta dos dados foi realizada pela gravação das entrevistas, pelo experimento e pelo uso docaderno de campo. Para análise dos dados, foram construídos quadros com recortes dos experimentos, entrevistas e observações em sala, situações que possibilitaram observar como José se relacionou com a atividade de estudo. Os resultados do experimento pedagógico mostraram a presença de situações de significação da atividade, que permitiram sua formação, favorecendo o desenvolvimento da criança de maneira concreta, em consonância com uma educação emancipatória e crítica. / This master\'s dissertation consists in analyzing the development of the study activity in the school context of a working child and to understand to what extent the organization of teaching makes possible the appropriation of understanging and school knowledge in the life of the child who studies and works. Our general objective was to understand how the working child (represented in the study by José) relates to knowledge, that is, how the processes of cultural mediation of José in study activity are carried out. Among our specific objectives, we seek to reflect on the concepts of childhood, work and knowledge, in the historical-cultural perspective, being the pillars of organization for our discussion and analysis. We presume that the school has the social function of offering organized activities that reproduce the historical movement of human knowledge, in such a way that the social meaning becomes personally meaningful for the individual. To achieve this objective, we use a pedagogical experiment, based on the theoretical-methodological postulates of the Learning Orientation Activity (LOA) in the area of mathematics. We also carried out observations in the classroom, analysis of didactic materials and two semistructured interviews with the working child as a purpose to analyze their different experiences in school space. The collected data were taken from the interviews, by the experiment and by the use of field data. For the analysis of the data, tables were prepared with cutouts of the experiments, interviews and observations in the room, situations that made it possible to observe how José related to the study activity. The results of the pedagogical experiment showed the presence of situations of signification of the activity, which allowed its formation, favoring the development of the child concretely, in line with an emancipatory and critical education.

Essa dissertação de mestrado consiste em analisar o desenvolvimento da atividade de estudo no contexto escolar de uma criança trabalhadora e compreender em que medida a organização do ensino possibilita a apropriação de saberes e conhecimentos escolares na vida da criança que estuda e trabalha. Nosso objetivo geral foi entender como a criança trabalhadora (representada no estudo por José) se relaciona com o conhecimento, ou seja, como se realizam os processos de mediação cultural de José em atividade de estudo. Dentre nossos objetivos específicos buscamos refletir sobre os conceitos de infância, trabalho e conhecimento, na perspectiva histórico-cultural, sendo eles os pilares de organização para nossa discussão e análise. Partimos do princípio de que a escola possui a função social de oferecer atividades organizadas que reproduzam o movimento histórico do conhecimento humano, de tal modo que o significado social se torne pessoalmente significativo para o sujeito. Para alcançar tal objetivo, valemo-nos de um experimento pedagógico, a partir dos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Atividade Orientadora de Ensino (AOE), na área de matemática. Realizamos também observações em sala, análise de materiais didáticos e duas entrevistas semiestruturadas com a criança trabalhadora como propósito de analisar suas diferentes vivências no espaço escola. A coleta dos dados foi realizada pela gravação das entrevistas, pelo experimento e pelo uso docaderno de campo. Para análise dos dados, foram construídos quadros com recortes dos experimentos, entrevistas e observações em sala, situações que possibilitaram observar como José se relacionou com a atividade de estudo. Os resultados do experimento pedagógico mostraram a presença de situações de significação da atividade, que permitiram sua formação, favorecendo o desenvolvimento da criança de maneira concreta, em consonância com uma educação emancipatória e crítica. / This master\'s dissertation consists in analyzing the development of the study activity in the school context of a working child and to understand to what extent the organization of teaching makes possible the appropriation of understanging and school knowledge in the life of the child who studies and works. Our general objective was to understand how the working child (represented in the study by José) relates to knowledge, that is, how the processes of cultural mediation of José in study activity are carried out. Among our specific objectives, we seek to reflect on the concepts of childhood, work and knowledge, in the historical-cultural perspective, being the pillars of organization for our discussion and analysis. We presume that the school has the social function of offering organized activities that reproduce the historical movement of human knowledge, in such a way that the social meaning becomes personally meaningful for the individual. To achieve this objective, we use a pedagogical experiment, based on the theoretical-methodological postulates of the Learning Orientation Activity (LOA) in the area of mathematics. We also carried out observations in the classroom, analysis of didactic materials and two semistructured interviews with the working child as a purpose to analyze their different experiences in school space. The collected data were taken from the interviews, by the experiment and by the use of field data. For the analysis of the data, tables were prepared with cutouts of the experiments, interviews and observations in the room, situations that made it possible to observe how José related to the study activity. The results of the pedagogical experiment showed the presence of situations of signification of the activity, which allowed its formation, favoring the development of the child concretely, in line with an emancipatory and critical education.

The majority of research in environmental education (EE) has focused on measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behavior using quantitative tools and methods. Few studies have attempted to elicit and characterize children's conceptions of the environment or nature, particularly those resulting from a residential EE experience, which contextualize knowledge, attitudes, and may be used to predict behaviors. Therefore little is known about how physical, socio-cultural, and personal dimensions are reflected in conceptual learning in the context of a guided outdoor program. This study begins to address this relative knowledge void by employing qualitative and phenomenological methods in a grounded theory approach. Interviews, writings and drawings on the topic of nature were collected from 5th grade students before and after a three-day residential outdoor school program conducted on the Oregon coast. Students' responses were analyzed in terms of breadth and depth of their nature conceptions. Individual students' additions to the emergent categories of breadth, including new organisms, habitats, processes, and non-living things, were used to measure change in the breadth of students' nature concepts. Change in depth of students' nature concepts was measured by means of emergent hierarchical typologies representing ideas included in students' understanding of nature. Factors affecting students' learning, including the themes students use to frame their interpretations of nature, emergent misconceptions, references to TV and books, students' interest, and weather, are discussed in terms of their impact on the breadth and depth of students' nature conceptions. Findings indicate almost universal gains in breadth and modest gains in depth of students' nature concepts. Children's preconceived ideas about nature, particularly an idealized view in which nature is seen as the opposite of human environments, appear to play an important role in learning. / Graduation date: 2006

From the theoretical basis of the socio-historical psychology, the present research investigated how the study activities mediated by the use of digital technologies of information and communication contributed to the development in students. Therefore, the survey aimed to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate interdisciplinary study activities on the issues related to "History and Afro-Brazilian Culture" in the context of Federal Law 10,639 of January 9, 2003, extended and ratified by Law 11,645 of March 10 2008. The subject of choice was linked to this obligation in the aforementioned legislation and the need for updated teaching materials to develop the content for the racism and the black resistance movements in interdisciplinary perspective, given the lack of these in textbooks sent to public schools through the National Textbook Plan. The research was developed in the class last year of elementary school, at Castro Alves Municipal Elementary School. The methodology used was the Action Research, because it seeks the intervention planned with specific objectives and actions in the search for solution of the problem raised and, being based on participation and cooperation of those involved. Thus, we structured study activities, in order to assist and guide the pedagogical actions of the teacher in the teaching-learning organization mediated technologies. The collected data was verified the presence of analysis, reflection and mental planning the activities carried out by students as well as greater participation, interest and debate on the issues proposed which allowed to state that the study activities, mediated by technology, enabled new learning and evidence psycho-intellectual development, and the organization and implementation of these generated the achievement of the necessary theoretical knowledge as well, and also a transformation of the acting subject itself in terms of values and attitudes. This research resulted in a script of study activities and checklist of actions and operations on the subjects of history and African-Brazilian culture. / A partir do embasamento teórico da Psicologia sócio-histórica, esta pesquisa investigou como as atividades de estudo, mediadas pelo uso das tecnologias digitais da informação e comunicação contribuíram para o desenvolvimento nos estudantes. A pesquisa realizada objetivou planejar, implementar, acompanhar e avaliar atividades de estudo interdisciplinares nas temáticas relacionadas à História e Cultura Afro-brasileira no contexto da Lei Federal 10.639 de 09 de janeiro de 2003, ampliada e ratificada pela Lei 11.645 de 10 de março de 2008. A escolha da temática estava vinculada a obrigatoriedade presente na legislação citada e, pela necessidade de materiais didáticos atualizados para desenvolver o conteúdo referente ao racismo e aos movimentos de resistência negra, na perspectiva interdisciplinar, haja vista a carência destes nos livros didáticos enviados às Escolas Públicas via Plano Nacional do Livro Didático. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida na turma do último ano do Ensino Fundamental, na Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Castro Alves. A metodologia adotada foi a Pesquisa-Ação, pois a mesma visa a intervenção planejada com objetivos e ações especificas na busca da solução do problema levantado, bem como, por estar baseada na participação e cooperação dos envolvidos. Assim, estruturamos Atividades de Estudo, com o objetivo de colaborar e orientar as ações pedagógicas do professor na organização do ensino-aprendizagem mediado por Tecnologias. Nos dados coletados verificou-se a presença da análise, reflexão e planejamento mental nas atividades realizadas pelos estudantes, assim como maior participação, interesse e debate nas temáticas propostas permitindo afirmar que as Atividades de Estudo, mediadas pelas tecnologias, possibilitaram novas aprendizagens e indícios de desenvolvimento psíquico-intelectual, sendo que, a organização e implementação das mesmas geraram aquisição dos conhecimentos teóricos, bem como, uma transformação do próprio sujeito atuante em termos de valores e atitudes. Desta pesquisa resultou roteiro das Atividades de Estudo e checklist das ações e operações sobre a temática da História e Cultura afro-brasileira.

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Orientador: Dagoberto Buim Arena / Resumo: Fundamentado nos estudos de Bakhtin, Volóchinov, Medviédev, Vigotski, Leontiev, Elkonin, Davidov, Davidov e Márkova, Jolibert e Miller o estudo teve como objetivo compreender o processo de formação de autoria em crianças quando criam contos. A pesquisa de natureza dialógica (Bakhtin; Volóchinov) foi realizada em uma escola pública de Uberaba, Minas Gerais, com nove crianças de nove e dez anos, do Tempo Integral, durante sete meses, no ano de 2017. A metodologia utilizada na geração de dados foi o experimento educativo dialógico e concretizou-se em três etapas: observação in loco das crianças, o desenvolvimento do Plano de unidade didática (Libâneo e Freitas) e a entrega do livro produzido por elas. O projeto de aprendizagem foi denominado pelas crianças de Contos imaginários e histórias reais, o mesmo nome do livro no qual registraram suas criações literárias. Os instrumentos de coleta dos dados foram as filmagens, as gravações de áudios, as fotos, os jogos e os discursos orais e escritos. Os dados foram organizados em pastas, no caderno de registro da pesquisadora, e depois transcritos. A apresentação e a análise foram organizadas em cinco núcleos temáticos: Jogos limítrofes: atividade da imaginação criadora; criação literária: desenvolvimento da imaginação criadora; autoria: tessitura do signo ideológico; autoria: responsividade e responsabilidade; e autoria: traços de singularidade. A análise baseada em Geraldi, Jakubinskij, Brait, Faraco, Duarte, Zilberman, além dos autor... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Based on the studies of Bakhtin, Volochinov, Medvedev, Vigotski, Leontiev, Elkonin, Davidov, Davidov and Márkova, Jolibert and Miller, the study aimed to understand the process of author formation in children when they create tales. The dialogical research (Bakhtin; Volóchinov) was carried out in a public school in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, with nine nine- and ten-year-old full-time children for seven months in 2017. The methodology used to generate the data was the educational-dialogical experiment and was implemented in three stages: on-site observation of the children, the development of the didactic unit plan (Libiliar and Freitas) and the delivery of the book produced by them. The learning project was called by the children Imaginary Tales and Real Stories, the same name as the book in which they recorded their literary creations. The data collection instruments were filming, audio recordings, photos, games and oral and written speeches. Data were organized in folders, in the researcher's notebook, and then transcribed. The presentation and analysis were organized in five thematic nuclei: Border games: activity of the creative imagination; literary creation: activity of the creative imagination; authorship: tessitura of the ideological sign; authorship: responsiveness and responsibility; and authorship: singularity traits. The analysis based on Geraldi, Jakubinskij, Brait, Faraco, Duarte, Zilberman, besides the authors already mentioned, made possible the following conclusi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor