Studien är en jämförelsestudie av hur kursplanen för Engelska A tolkas i prestationsprov som fokuserar på skriftlig förmåga. Proven var hämtade från yrkesförberedande- och teoretiska program på gymnasiet. Jämförelsen mättes med en innehållsvaliditetsskala producerad med material från Brown (1983), Brown och Hudson (2002) och EN1201 - English A (2000) och analysen utfördes av två bedömare. Analysen visade ett flertal indexmedelvärden som skiljde sig åt mellan de två grupperna: yrkesförberedande och teoretiska. Proven tillhörande teoretiska program fick generellt ett högre indexmedelvärde än proven tillhörande yrkesförberedande program. Dock förekom det en skillnad mellan de två bedömarnas rankningar på de flesta frågorna i validitetsskalan, och några frågors medelvärden opponerade emot indexmedelvärdena, d.v.s. en av bedömarna rankade de yrkesförberedande programmens prov högre vid mer än ett tillfälle. Genom analysen upptäcktes två olika tillvägagångssätt av testning, där ett var av en mer preskriptiv natur och hade en anknytning till de yrkesförberedande programmen medan det andra tillvägagångssättet som var knytet till de teoretiska programmen var av en mer deskriptiv natur. Graden av innehållsvaliditet för respektive grupp (yrkesförberedande och teoretisk) uppvisar, enligt validitetsskalan i studiens analys, att proven tillhörande teoretiska program demonstrerar en högre grad av innehållsvaliditet (högre medelvärden) än de yrkesförberedande. Detta resultat tyder på en tolkningsskillnad av kursplanen mellan de två programmen vid konstruerandet av prestationsprov. Skillnaden mellan testen som upptäcktes kan bero på den vaga kursplanen. / This thesis sets out to do a comparative study of how the English A syllabus is interpreted in achievement tests focusing on writing ability. The tests were collected from vocational and theoretical programs at upper secondary schools. The measurement instrument employed in this study was a content validity scale produced with material originating from Brown (1983), Brown and Hudson (2002) and EN1201 - English A (2000) and was utilized by two judges in order to analyse the collected tests. The analysis displayed numerous noteworthy index mean differences between the two groups: vocational and theoretical. The theoretical programs’ tests received overall a higher index mean compared to the vocational programs’ tests. However, a variance existed between the two judges’ scorings on most of the questions in the validity scale, and some questions’ means contradicted the index means, i.e. one of the judges ranked the vocational programs’ tests higher on more than one occasion. The analysis also revealed two diverse testing approaches, where one had a more prescriptive nature and was closely connected to the vocational programs while the other one, having a close connection to the theoretical programs, was more descriptive in nature. The degree of content validity in each test group (vocational and theoretical), showed that according to the scale used in the analysis of this study, the theoretical programs’ tests display a higher degree of content validity (higher means) compared to the vocational programs’. This result implies a difference in interpretation of the syllabus depending on program (theoretical and vocational) when constructing achievement tests. The difference found could be due to the vagueness of the syllabus.

This study aims to explore the English 5 syllabus in relation to what aspects of English are covered and what changes were introduced in the new 2022 version of the upper-secondary-school English 5 course in Sweden. Another aim is to compare and contrast the new English syllabus with the attitudes, practical implementation and priorities and non-priorities of Swedish upper secondary school teachers of English towards the new English 5 syllabus. The method used in this study was a semi-structured interview and the data analysis method was qualitative content analysis. The study found that only very few meaningful changes were made to the English syllabus and it further found that none of the interviewed teachers felt that the changes to the syllabus had affected their teaching. Teachers perceived the reformed English 5 syllabus to be much about the same things that are stated therein and stated different priorities depending on their teaching situation and the student groups they taught. Three out of the four participants stated having both particular priorities and non-priorities in their teaching. The findings of this study were in accordance with the theoretical background and previous research in the field. The findings of this study are relevant as they provide a clear description of the reformed syllabus and its educational consequences for teachers to utilise in order to better understand how to implement the changes to their teaching. Additionally, it may encourage state agencies to take teachers' perceptions and experiences into account when making policy decisions.

The Namibian curriculum is premised on the view that there is a need for a holistic development and preparation of learners for a knowledge-based society. The draft National Environmental Education policy, the basic education policy and curriculum development processes in Namibia devolved the power and responsibility to implement environmental learning practice to schools. This research focus on the extent to which schools coordinate environmental education (EE) activities, educators’ perception of their environment, knowledge of EE processes, assessment approaches, the out-door activities, learning support materials, community involvement and EE school policy issues. Wickenburg (2000:56) affirms that “for substantial learning to take place, stakeholders should work actively and establish local supportive structures for EE in Schools”. Educators are expected to deal with practical issues which create opportunities for learners to develop environmentally responsive knowledge, skills and attitudes. The research design is a mixed methods research approach, which includes aspects of the quantitative and qualitative approach. The methodology involved data collection methods such as interviews with educators and a local EE officer, focus group discussions with learners and a self-assessment questionnaire for educators. The data was then analysed and interpreted in relation to a set of theoretical perspectives. The research concluded that educators have knowledge of factual information about environmental learning topics such as population, biodiversity and environmental degradation. Educators have the comprehension of indigenous knowledge and continuously assess learners. Educators however, seldom communicated the way people’s cultural activities affect the environment and did not value cultural practice and indigenous knowledge. Many educators did not use the local environments to do practical activities with learners. Schools did not have EE school policy, rarely practised outdoor activities and local communities are not involved school EE activities. Learners are knowledgeable of their local environmental issues. Based on the finding of the research I came up with a list of recommendations to guide the process of implementation of environmental learning at schools. / (M. Ed. (Environmental Education))

Hierdie studie handel oor die Klasmusiekopleiding van die Junior Primereonderwysstudent. Studente wat vir Junior Primere opleiding aan onderwyskolleges registreer, is verplig om opleiding in Klasmusiek vir een van die vier studiejare te deurloop. Navorsingsbevindinge toon egter dat die opleiding nie die gewenste resultate in die praktyk fewer nie. Om probleme en tekortkominge voortspruitend uit die opleiding te identifiseer is 'n literatuurstudie aan die hand van die volgende aspekte gedoen: (1) 'n Besinning oor die struktuur van die kurrikulum en formulering van kurrikulumkriteria vir die samestelling van 'n sillabus. (2) ldentifisering van die struktuur van musiek en van Klasmusiek. (3) Eksemplariese analise van sillabusse vir die Klasmusiekopleiding van die student ten einde bevindings en aanbevelings wat as riglyne vir herkurrikuleringsaksies in die toekoms mag dien, te formuleer. / This study deals with the education of student teachers for Class Music in the Junior Primary phase. Students who enroll for a Junior Primary Course at Colleges of Education have to follow a compulsory course of at least one year in Class Music during their four year training. Research has indicated however that the training of these students does not bring about the desired results in practice. To identify problems and shortcomings stemming from the training in Class Music, a literature study was undertaken in which the following aspects were dealt with: (1) Consideration of the structure of the curriculum and the formulation of curriculum criteria for the compilation of a syllabus. (2) Identification of the structure of music and Class Music. (3) Analysis of examples of syllabuses for the training of students in Class Music to formulate findings and recommendations to serve as guidelines for curriculum review and restructing in future. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Didactics)

Studenter vid högskolor och universitet ska utveckla informationskompetens. Syftet med den här studien är utifrån såväl campus- som distansstudenters upplevelser undersöka vilka kunskaper som anses viktiga för att kunna söka, finna och kritiskt använda sig av information. Studiens teoretiska ramverk utgörs av fenomenografisk variationsteori, sociokulturell teori och filosofisk hermeneutik. Det empiriska materialet inleds med fem semi-strukturerade intervjuer med studenter. Därefter har en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av fyra kursers kursplaner och studiehandledningar i ämnena kriminologi och pedagogik, relaterat till informationskompetens genomförts. Studiens resultat visar att studenterna har varierande erfarenheter av informationskompetens, samt att de utvalda kursplanerna och studiehandledningarnas innehåll relaterat till informationskompetens utgår från olika perspektiv. I den kunskap som studenterna utvecklar i samband med författandet av inlämningsuppgifter och uppsatser fokuserar de på att bli godkända på respektive kurs. I studiens resultat problematiseras därmed hur den kunskap studenterna har förvärvat kan användas i deras framtida yrkesliv. Studien är en del av ett utbildningsprojekt som sker i samverkan mellan Universitetsbiblioteket och Lärande- och resurscentrum vid Mittuniversitetet gällande studenters informationskompetens. / Students at colleges and universities are to develop information literacy. The purpose of this study is to examine, based on experiences from both campus- as well as distance students, what kind of knowledge is important in order to search for, find and critically use information. The theoretical framework of the study constitutes of sociocultural theory, phenomenographic variation theory and philosophical hermeneutics. The empirical material starts with five semi-structured interviews with students. Following that, a qualitative analysis of content of four selected courses’ syllabus and study guidelines in relation to information literacy was carried out. The result of the study show that students have various degrees of experience of information literacy and also the contents of the chosen syllabus and study guides in relation to information literacy emanates from different perspectives. The knowledge which students develop in connection with the writing of essays and reports is the focus for students to pass their respective course. Therefore, the result of the study problemizes how the knowledge that the students have acquired can be used in their future professional life. This study is a part of an educational project in co-operation with the University Library and the Learning and Resource Centre at the Mid Sweden University regarding the students’ information literacy. / <p>Godkännandedatum: 2016-05-17</p>

This thesis, Space, Curriculum Space and Morality, focuses on the two roles of the school, i.e. developing identities and transmitting knowledge. The latest curriculum reform commissions the teachers to transform the fundamental values of the curriculum to the separate subjects. The principal object of the school subjects is to contribute to the implementation of the curriculum goals, namely to educate and promote democratic citizens. Since the new course syllabi lack guidelines about subject content and method, the intention of this work it is to analyse in what way the teachers’ fill this curriculum space, which subject content the teachers choose in order to connect the curriculum goals to the course syllabi goals and, to the practical teaching of geography as a school subject. The understanding of the teachers’ choice of subject content is the overall aim of this thesis. The thesis can be placed within a curriculum theory tradition that regards education and its content as situated in a field of tension ultimately determined by social and political forces engaged in struggle. Within this tradition, an approach has been developed which examines the educational content of the school subjects as contingent. A curriculum historical analysis – supplemented by a text analysis of textbooks, a number of observations (81) of geography lessons in upper secondary school and the following qualitative interviews with geography teachers – shows that the teachers’ choice of content can be understood and explained by the strong selective traditions which have formed within the subject during 150 years. These selective traditions together form a school subject discourse which implies that the moral dimension is lost as the subject content is characterized by an essentialistic approach. The consequences of the findings can be discussed in relation to what content is excluded in the school geography education. Some examples are a gender perspective, issues regarding equality, ethnicity, solidarity, social justice and sustainable development. The issues that the school geography excludes contain ethical and moral considerations. If these issues were presented, they would relate to the fundamental values and the promotion of democracy, issues given strong prominence in the curriculum.

Resent research has demonstrated that age does not play as big a part in second language (L2) acquisition as was previously thought. However, L2 acquisition is markedly affected by: (i) the amount of L2 in a pupil’s daily life, (ii) how well teachers are trained in teaching a new language to young learners and (iii) how many hours are given to the subject each week. In Swedish schools there is great variation around when and how English is taught. In order to ensure future equality in L2 teaching we need to find out why this variation exists. One important step towards doing this is to obtain primary school teachers’ views on teaching English. Using a questionnaire, I gathered views from Swedish primary school teachers regarding their own English teaching skills and when they believe English should be taught. The findings show that views on when to start teaching English differ markedly among teachers, varying from year 1 to year 3, as does any relevant guidance from schools/municipalities. It is also apparent that many teachers, 65% of the respondents in this study to be exact, have not had English as an obligatory part of their teacher training. The findings offer a valuable insight into potential underlying reasons for the variability that exists in L2 teaching. / Forskningen under senare år har visat att ålder inte har en lika stor roll i andraspråksinlärning som man tidigare trott. Dock påverkas andraspråksinlärning märkbart av: (i) hur mycket av ett andraspråk som finns med i elevernas dagliga liv, (ii) hur utbildade lärare är inom området för att lära ut ett nytt språk till yngre elever och (iii) hur många timmar som ges till ämnet varje vecka. En stor variation finns inom den svenska skolan när det gäller när och hur engelska lärs ut. För att försäkra oss om en likvärdig utbildning i framtiden så måste vi undersöka varför det är en sådan variation. En viktig del i detta är att få reda på lågstadielärarnas egna åsikter om att lära ut engelska. Genom ett frågeformulär samlade jag in åsikter från svenska lågstadielärare när det gäller deras lärarkunskaper inom engelska och när de anser att engelska bör läras ut. Resultaten visar att det finns delade åsikter inom lärarprofessionen angående när undervisning i engelska bör påbörjas, allt från åk 1 till åk 3, detta gäller även vägledning från skolor/kommuner. Det är också tydligt att många lärare, 65% av respondenterna i denna studie för att vara mer precis, inte har haft engelska som en obligatorisk del av sin lärarutbildning. Resultaten ger en viktig inblick i eventuella bakomliggande orsaker till variabiliteten som existerar när det gäller andraspråksundervisning.

Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka läromedels upplägg och utformning. Undersökningen har även som syfte att öka förståelsen för vilka förmågor, centrala innehåll och kunskapskrav som läromedel förmedlar och inkluderar skrivövningar. Undersökningen består av en läromedelsanalys av fem läromedel i svenska avsedda för årskurs ett. Innehållet i läromedlen analyseras såväl kvalitativt som kvantitativt utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv.  Det har utförts en kvalitativ och kvantitativ innehållsanalys av fem läromedel, där studien undersöker utifrån delar av kursplanens förmågor, centrala innehåll och kunskapskrav tillhörande skrivning. Det studeras vilka likheter och skillnader av läromedlens uppfyllelse av de valda analysvariablerna och faserna, men också likheter. I studien har det även försökt synliggöras vad läromedlen innehåller och hur de presenteras. Kvalitativt och kvantitativt har olika analysvariabler rörande skrivande av olika texttyper samt alfabet, alfabetisk ordning och bokstävers form utförts. Analysen visade ett resultat där läromedlen är uppbyggda på ett varierat sätt och fokuserar i varierande utsträckning på olika delar av analysvariablerna. Det är inte en självklarhet att läromedlen innehåller varje analysvariabel, utan det var endast tre av de fem utvalda läromedlen. Läromedlen har stora skillnader i variation av övningar och mängd övningar rörande uppfyllelse av kursplanens förmågor, centrala innehåll och kunskapskrav. / The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the study material and their structure. The study also increases the understanding of abilities, central content and knowledge requirements that the study material mediates, also including writing exercises. The study composes of a study material analysis of five materials used in Swedish education for children in grade one. The study materials content is analyzed both qualitative and quantitative from a sociocultural perspective.   A qualitative and quantitative subject analysis has been performed on five study materials, where the analysis investigates the study material from the aspects of syllabus's abilities, central content and knowledge requirements associated with writing. It investigates what the similarities are between the study materials' fulfillment of the chosen analysis variables and the phases, but also their similarities. In the study, it was also tried to make visible what the study materials contain and how they are presented. Qualitatively and quantitatively analyze got different analysis variables concerning the writing of different text types as well as the alphabet, alphabetical order and lettering form. The analyze showed a result where the teaching aids are structured in a varied way and focus on varying degrees in different parts of the analysis variables. It is not obvious that the study materials contain every variable, but there were only three of the five selected study material that clearly contained them. The study material has a big difference in the variety of exercises and the number of exercises concerning the fulfillment of the syllabus's abilities, central content and knowledge requirements.

This thesis deals with the development of reading comprehension in English language which is considered essential in the study and professional life. Its aim is to design practical activities based on reading articles from the Bridge magazine, to develop reading skills in learners on level B1 of CEFR. Theoretical parts of discussion reflect the need of the teacher to perceive different texts and the importance of the press for developing reading abilities in his/her everyday life to be able to develop pupils' abilities. It gives information about reading comprehension of pupils in their mother tongue, including international context. In developing reading skills in English as a second language, skills are specified and difficulties named. The method for my practical part is the lexical approach that was developed by Michael Lewis and Jane & Dave Willis, based on teaching chunks. In order to develop reading competence, work with dictionary material is developed that should be understood as an integral part for developing autonomic skills, continued by reading with prosody and finally making operations with meaningful chunks. Activities such as reading aloud and making operations with meanings proved effective. Making notes turned ineffective. KEYWORDS reading in english, competence, magazine...

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-08T20:47:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 02b.pdf: 1783975 bytes, checksum: 138732eb642e2e9073784833be492755 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-08T20:47:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 02b.pdf: 1783975 bytes, checksum: 138732eb642e2e9073784833be492755 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-05 / Nenhuma / As possibilidades e tensões que permeiam o Ensino Integrado no Curso Técnico em Agropecuária do IFRS, Câmpus Sertão se constituem no objeto desse estudo, com vistas a melhor compreender sua implantação e desenvolvimento. Num contexto escolar marcado historicamente pelas formas alternadas de desenvolver o ensino profissional de nível médio, ora concomitante, ora integrado, investigamos se o Ensino Integrado contribui para a melhor formação dos estudantes da educação profissional. Para tal, recolhemos a opinião de docentes, técnicos administrativos e alunos, cotejando as duas modalidades de Curso que acontecem no Câmpus: na Unidade Sede, na forma presencial, com foco na Agropecuária tradicional e na Unidade do Polo de Pontão, sob a Pedagogia da Alternância, com acento na Agroecologia. Através de um cotejamento entre as duas modalidades de realização curricular foi possível perceber que foram oportunizados raros momentos de discussão e planejamento na elaboração e implementação do Currículo Integrado nos dois contextos, motivado, principalmente, porque essa proposta não nasceu da vontade coletiva da comunidade escolar, mas por orientação administrativa para a Rede Federal. Muitos autores enriqueceram a fundamentação do estudo e a análise sobre o Currículo Integrado, como Basil Bernstein, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, James Beane, Edgar Morin, Maria Isabel da Cunha, Maria Ciavatta, Antonio Nóvoa e MauriceTardif e alertaram sobre a importância da reflexão permanente sobre a organização dos currículos, da ação docente, da disponibilidade necessária de todos para o planejamento coletivo, incluindo a rediscussão de metodologias de ensinar e de integrar e a valorização dos saberes discentes. Para melhor interpretar os dados, estabelecemos três dimensões organizativas: as condições pessoais e subjetivas dos envolvidos; as condições de profissionalização e conhecimento e as condições de estruturação e organização do trabalho. Assumimos que o processo de formação discente passa pela formação docente e que, nesse contexto, há necessidade de valorização dos saberes científicos e dos saberes do senso comum, incluindo um constante diálogo entre docentes, alunos e a realidade sócio-cultural. Consideramos que a educação pressupõe aprendizagens autônomas incluindo os aspectos do âmbito intelectual, afetivo e moral. Assumimos que o Currículo não é só uma listagem de conteúdos, mas um processo de fazeres e de constantes tensões. Portanto, alterar a proposta curricular implica considerar a concepção de conhecimento dos envolvidos. Pelo estudo, foi possível perceber que, muito embora haja práticas inter e transdisciplinares bem sucedidas em ambas as realidades investigadas, a Pedagogia da Alternância favorece a obtenção de melhores resultados nas atividades curriculares integradas, especialmente pelo vínculo mais intenso dos discentes com as práticas profissionais no Tempo Comunidade. Há consciência, de parte de grande maioria dos informantes, de que o Currículo Integrado efetivamente articula e produz novos conhecimentos, oportuniza associar saberes anteriores e a valorização de experiências dos alunos, evita a sobreposição de conteúdos, e estimula o aluno a pensar, pois aproxima mais a teoria da prática e conduz para a melhor formação dos alunos. Entretanto reconhecem que há dificuldades epistemológicas e estruturais para sua efetivação e seria necessário um investimento institucional de fôlego para sua implementação. / The possibilities and tensions that permeate the Integrated Education in Technical Course in Agropecuária IFRS, Campus Sertão, constitute the object of this study, in order to better understand its implementation and development. In a school context historically marked by alternate ways to develop the professional middle-level education, sometimes concurrent, sometimes integrated, we investigated whether the Integrated Education contributes to better vocational training students of education. For this we collect the opinion of teachers, administrative staff and students, comparing the two types of course happening on campus: the Headquarters Unit, writh presence, focusing on Traditional Agropecuária and the Polo Pontão Unit, writh Pedagogy of Alternation with emphasis on Agroecology. Through an examination between two modes of curricular achievement was possible to notice that rare moments of discussion and planning had the chance in the development and implementation of Integrated syllabus in both contexts, motivated mainly because the proposal wasn’t Born of the collective will of the school community, but by administrative guidance to the Federal Network. Many authors have enriched the study and analysis about Integrated Syllabus, as Basil Bernstein, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, James Beane, Edgar Morin, Maria Isabel da Cunha, Maria Ciavatta, Antonio Nóvoa and MauriceTardif and warned about the importance of continuous reflection on the organization of syllabuses, teaching activities, everybody availability necessary for collective planning, including the renewed discussion of methodologies to teach and to integrate value and appreciation of the students . To better know the data, we established three organizational dimensions : personal and subjective conditions of those involved; conditions of professionalism and knowledge and the conditions of structuring and organization of work. We admited that the process student’s formation pass by teacher training and there is, in this context, need for appreciation of scientific knowledge and knowledge of common sense, including an ongoing dialogue among teachers, students and the sociocultural reality. We believe that education presupposes autonomous learning including aspects of intellectual, emotional and moral. We admited that the syllabus isn’t only a contents list, but a process of constant tensions and doings. Therefore, changing the syllabus proposal involves considering the conception of knowledge involved. In the study, it was motived that although there is successful interdisciplinary practices in both situations investigated, the Pedagogy of Alternation favors the achievement of better results in integrated curricular activities, especially the most intense relationship of students with professional practices in time Community. There's conscience, part of the most of informers, that the Integrated Syllabus effectively articulates and produces new knowledge, gives opportunity to associate previous knowledge and appreciation of students' experiences, avoids overlapping contents, and encourages the student to think, because closer theory and practice leads to better training of students. However recognize that there are epistemological and structural difficulties in its implementation and would be required an institutional investment for its implementation.