Despite a growing body of research on trainee teachers’ learning during pre-service programs, intensive introductory TESL training courses are still designed to instruct a “standard” type of trainee teacher. This research study investigates the factors that mediate trainee teachers’ learning process as well as the interaction between these factors, which either facilitate and/or hinder trainee teachers’ success during an intensive introductory TESL training course. Using a qualitative holistic single-case study, informed by an interpretivist perspective, this study explores how three trainee teachers learned how to teach during a course in Southern Ontario, Canada. An integrated conceptual framework, formed by a sociocultural perspective of teacher learning, a holistic view of curriculum, and transformative pedagogy was employed and the findings include four major factors that mediated trainee teachers’ teacher learning process and three types of interaction that facilitated and/or hindered their success during the program.

Relata-se no texto uma situação de pesquisa-ação em Educação. Esta metodologia de pesquisa se caracteriza por uma sequência típica de ação-reflexão-ação, que envolve e implica a comunidade pesquisada. Trata-se da análise da intervenção pedagógica da autora em classes de 1ª série da Habilitação Magistério dentro do Projeto Centro Específico de Formação e Aperfeiçoamento do Magistério (CEFAM) do bairro Butantã, na cidade de São Paulo, lecionando a disciplina Física, de 1991 a 1997. Por fim, foi (re)contextualizada a situação investigada. Num primeiro momento, a ação da pesquisadora-professora dentro do processo ensino-aprendizagem, centrou-se na estruturação do conteúdo conceitual de Física, num esquema que começou a denominar o Laboratório do Cotidiano do estudante, caracterizado por promover a aprendizagem a partir de situações que lhe são familiares e é uma contribuição do presente estudo ao ensino de Física no Grau de Magistério. Os resultados das reflexões contínuas sobre as ações, engendrando novas ações em cadeia, mostraram, entretanto, que é impossível atingir uma receita para o Ensino de Física, provavelmente em qualquer grau de escolaridade, apenas estruturando o conteúdo, se se deseja que os estudantes criem uma visão epistemológica diferente para os conceitos físicos, se formem como sujeitos críticos, criativos, autônomos, porém cooperativos. Assim, é necessário atentar-se para a interação social dentro da sala de aula, envolvendo todos os seus componentes, promovendo as falas entre os alunos e entre o professor e os alunos, como também a escuta atenta das mesmas, sendo esta escuta a mais importante das posturas facilitadoras da aprendizagem. Num segundo momento, ficou, pois, claro que é necessário enfocar também o Laboratório do Cotidiano do professor, conceito cunhado nesta pesquisa, que é a própria sala de aula, nascendo da reflexão o planejamento dinâmico de aula, informado pela prática, continuamente modificado e dando origem a um planejamento anual, repensado e avaliado em um continuum, quanto aos objetivos a serem alcançados, quanto aos conteúdos conceituais e de postura. Por fim, também advoga-se a escuta atenta das instituições escolares, entre si e pelas estruturas hierarquicamente superiores, responsáveis pela Educação, em particular dentro do conjunto de Projetos CEFAM existentes, resgatando seu propósito inicial de formação rápida de docentes competentes para as primeiras séries do 1º Grau. / The present text refers to a action-research situation in Education. This research methodology is caracterized by a typical sequence of action-refletion-action, which involves and comprises the community being investigated. The object of analysis is the pedagogic intervention of the author within first grade physics classes of a Teacher Formation Project of intermediate level [Centro Específico de Formação e Aperfeiçoamento do Magistério (CEFAM)], in the district Butantã of the city of São Paulo, between 1991 and 1997. At a first moment, the action of de researcher-teacher, in the teaching-learning process, was centered on structuring the conceptual Physics content, within a scheme which the author started to call Everyday Laboratory. This Everyday Laboratory for the student is characterized by trying to promote student learning, taking as starting point situations which are familiar to them, and it is a contribution of the present study to Physics teaching at a intermediate level for future Elementary School Teachers. The results of reflecting continuously on the actions, generating new actions in a chain-like fashion, demonstrated, however, that it is impossible to attain a recipe for Physics teaching, probably at any schooling level, if the aim is for the students to create a different epistemological view of the Physics concepts, being then formed as critical, creative, autonomous, but cooperative subjects. Thus, it is necessary to pay attention to the social interaction within the class, involving all its components, promoting talks between students and between the teacher and the students, as well as an attentive hearing, of those, this being the most important facilitative attitude for learning. At a second moment, it became, therefore, clear that it is necessary to also focus on the Everyday Laboratory of the teacher, a concept born here, which is the proper class room, where a dynamic planning for classes emerges from reflection, informed by practice, it being continuously modified, giving origin to an annual planning, which also is continuously renewed and assessed, in view of the objectives to be attained, referring to conceptual and postural contents. Finally, an attentive hearing is also proposed for the schoolar institutions, among each other and by those which are hierarchically superior and responsible for Education, in particular within the set of existing CEFAM institutions, to rescue their primordial objective of rapid formation of competent teachers, for the very first grades of Elementary School.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work stems from a project developed under the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics and their Philosophical, Historical and Epistemological Foundations research scope of the Graduate Program in Mathematics Education and Physics Teaching at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Based on the assumptions of the Historic-Cultural Theory and the Theory of Activity, as well as authors who address the training of teachers who teach mathematics, we define as main objective to investigate the formation of teachers who teach Mathematics in the early years of Elementary school, from discussions about the Decimal Numbering System in the context of a working group of Guiding Studies of Pacto Nacional pela Alfabetização na Idade Certa (PNAIC) Program. How collected data procedure, we adopted a questionnaire applied to Guiding Studies of this Program belonging to Santa Maria (RS) polo; follow-up of continuing education presential meetings that boarded the Decimal Numbering System in one of the working groups and we realize reflective sessions with guiding studies teachers of this working group. While the questionnaire answers served to bring indicative of these teachers think about Decimal Numbering Decimal and your teaching, the data of continuing education meetings and reflective sessions were systematized in four analysis sections the teacher as subject in your formation; the math knowledge as promotor of subject development; pedagogical intentionality as element of teacher organization, e; the share as promotor of comprehension of complexity of pedagogical activity with the goal of build episodes (Moura,1992) to verify the extent to which the Guiding Studies presents quality change in your formation process. We conclude that formation space, such as offered by PNAIC, may constitute as Learning spaces of Teaching for evolved teachers, since that develop forming activities that provide access to math knowledge as a result of logic-historic process; provide discussions about Teaching organization focusing in Learning of student and favor the collective development of group, in order that knowledge appropriation occurs from the social to the individual. / Este trabalho decorre de um projeto desenvolvido no âmbito da linha de pesquisa Ensino e Aprendizagem da Matemática e seus Fundamentos Filosóficos, Históricos e Epistemológicos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática e Ensino de Física da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Com base nos pressupostos da Teoria Histórcio-Cultural e da teoria da Atividade, assim como em autores que abordam a formação de professores que ensinam Matemática, delimita-se como objetivo principal investigar a formação de professores que ensinam Matemática nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, a partir de discussões sobre o Sistema de Numeração Decimal, no contexto de um grupo de trabalho de Orientadoras de Estudos do programa Pacto Nacional pela Alfabetização na Idade Certa (PNAIC). Como procedimento de coletada de dados foram adotados um questionário aplicado a Orientadores de Estudos desse programa, pertencentes ao polo de Santa Maria (RS); o acompanhamento dos encontros de formação continuada presenciais que abordaram o Sistema de Numeração Decimal em um dos grupos de trabalho e a realização de sessões reflexivas com professores Orientadores de Estudos desse grupo de trabalho. As respostas dos questionários serviram para levantar indicativos do que estes professores pensam sobre o Sistema de Numeração Decimal e o seu ensino. Os dados dos encontros de formação e das sessões reflexivas foram sistematizados em quadro unidades de análise - o professor como sujeito de sua formação; o conhecimento matemático como promotor de desenvolvimento do sujeito; a intencionalidade pedagógica como elemento da organização do ensino; e o compartilhamento como promotor da compreensão da complexidade da atividade pedagógica com o intuito de constituir episódios (Moura, 1992) para verificar em que medida os Orientadores de Estudos apresentaram mudanças de qualidade nos seu processo de formação. Concluímos que espaços de formação, como os oportunizados pelo PNAIC, podem se constituir como espaços de aprendizagem da docência para os professores envolvidos, em especial, se desenvolverem atividades formadoras que proporcionem o acesso ao conhecimento matemático como decorrência de um processo lógico-histórico; promoverem discussões sobre a organização do ensino com enfoque no aprendizado do aluno e favorecerem o desenvolvimento coletivo do grupo, a partir da compreensão do papel fundamental das relações sociais no desenvolvimento do indivíduo.

Magister Educationis - MEd / Since the inception of the University in 1960 under the Apartheid regime and up until a few years ago Afrikaans had dominated both as educational and as communication medium. However, political change - at the University and in South Africa - has brought about a change in language patterns. According to the HSRC Work Committee on Languages and Language Instruction (1981), a high percentage (40%) of Afrikaans-speaking people classified as coloured and living in the Cape Peninsula choose English as the medium of instruction and also regard it as the most important language to be learnt at schools (also 40%). As a result of this, and the enrolment of a large percentage of Xhosa speaking students, who generally prefer English to Afrikaans as an educational medium, English has become the language most commonly used both inside and outside the classroom. The homogeneity of preference has, however, not been matched by mastery of the language. For approximately 70% of all first-year students English is a second or even a third language. Though University entry is based on at least ten years of the study of English, standards of proficiency differ quite considerably as a result of inequalities in education. Because students need to improve their level of English proficiency I investigated the effectiveness of using senior students as tutor assistants in an academic development programme, the English Special Project, at UWC. This study aims at revealing that the tutor assistantships in the English Special Project can alleviate problems that occur with annual increases in student numbers under certain conditions. These are that: 1 prospective tutor assistants undergo proper tutor assistant training; 2 tutor assistants are committed to the course of academic development; 3 tutor assistants have the time available that is necessary for the task. In Chapter 1 give an insight into what this study is about, the reasons for conducting it and what my personal involvement with the ESP has been. In Chapter 2 I review some of the overseas and local literature on TA systems. In Chapter 3 I describe a case-study to evaluate the success of the TA system in the ESP with reference to academic development. I emphasize the intensive, individual care of and attention to first-year students. In an attempt to address the problem, the effectiveness of senior students as tutor assistants to assist in tutorial sessions is described. In Chapter 4 I discuss the value of TA intervention in the ESP at personal and social levels. Chapter 5 contains the general conclusions and my recommendations to improve the ESP.

This investigation on teacher induction documents case studies of three beginning teachers in one target Woreda in Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia. It is organized into six chapters. In Ethiopia, the implementation of the teacher induction programme began in 2005 as part of a larger teacher education reform that is designed to promote the quality and effectiveness of teachers. Five years into the implementation process, it became essential to investigate how well the induction practices are organized and implemented, how beginning teachers were being integrated into the system, and whether the whole process has given beginning teachers better opportunities to learn in practice than by trial and error. The research design for the present investigation was the case study method. As teacher induction is a new venture in the Ethiopian education system, it was important to establish an in-depth understanding of this new phenomenon through case study than making generalizations. My literature readings convinced me about the use of the case study method to do an in-depth study of the situation. Interviews, observations and document analyses were the main tools used to collect the data needed in this research. The data suggests that the three case study teachers, with the support from their respective mentors, completed the formal aspects of the first year induction course as prescribed by the two first-year induction modules. The induction approach followed and applied the course module materials as is. However, in spite of following the prescriptions by the education authorities, variations were noticed in the quantity and quality of professional development activities, action research projects, classroom observations and reflections offered to and completed by the three beginning teachers. Furthermore, the changes observed as a result of the induction programme also varied largely due to personal and situational factors. On the whole, even though the induction guidelines set by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education contain most of the fundamental components of what the literature would consider to be effective for the induction programmes, its implementation in this context was constrained by the lack of some key elements and resources viz. the limited capacity of the mentors, absence of allocated time for induction and mentoring activities in the school programme, lack of subject-specific support in the schools and ineffective monitoring and evaluation of the entire programme, both in school and at the district levels. The present investigation offers policy makers a window into the practices and possible consequences of the induction programme in Ethiopia and presents possibilities for making informed decisions about how to assist practitioners to establish a successful induction programme for beginning teachers. Furthermore, the study offers an empirical test of the theoretical models suggested for setting up effective induction programmes for beginning teachers. The major conclusion that arises is that it is not so much whether the formal aspects of an induction programme are in place or not but more how the on-going support for and interpretations by all the role players that determines the success or otherwise of the programme. It is suggested that more research be done on the conditions that are necessary for the success of beginning teacher induction programme in different contexts in the country. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

La thèse a été développée avec le soutien du CAPES en schéma de cotutelle entre l'Université Fédérale Rurale de Pernambuco (Brésil) et l'Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (France). La recherche a été menée entre 2013 et 2017 ayant pour objectif analyser les caractéristiques psychiques, sociologiques et didactiques du rapport au savoir mathématique à partir d'une étude exploratoire réalisée avec 32 enseignants qui travaillent les mathématiques dans les premières années de l'école primaire publiques de la municipalité de Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Région Métropolitaine de l'État de Pernambuco-Brésil). A cet effet, nous nous sommes appuyés sur les apports théoriques de la psychanalyse, de la sociologie, de la didactique et des mathématiques tirés des contributions théoriques de Beillerot (1989), Nimier (1988), Charlot (2000) et Chevallard (1996). Cette recherche se caractérise par une étude phénoménologique, exploratoire sur la relation à la connaissance mathématique. Les outils méthodologiques utilisés dans la construction des données de recherche sont les suivants: un ensemble de questionnaires, les carnets de terrain et les interviews d'auto confrontation simples. Les informations obtenues grâce à l'utilisation de cesoutils ont été traitées, analysées et catégorisées selon les prémisses de l'analyse du discours (dans la perspective renforcée par Charaudeau, 2012, 2014) et de l'analyse statistique impliquée - ASI (dans la perspective suggérée par Regis Grás, 2015 et Régnier, 2010). L'identification, la description et l'analyse des caractéristiques psychanalytiques et des rapports aux mathématiques sont basées sur la catégorisation proposée par Nimier (1988). Alors que l'étude des caractéristiques sociologiques et didactiques est basée sur les résultats de recherches antérieures et les discours des participants sur la scolarité elle-même, la professionnalisation, la formation mathématique, les pratiques pédagogiques et les étudiants. Les résultats suggèrent que les modes de relation à la connaissance mathématique des participants sont constitués par les attributs psychiques de plus d'une catégorie proposée par Nimier (1988). Cependant, on peut dire que parmi les collaborateurs de l'étude, les profils caractérisés comme analytiques et contrôlants prédominent, au détriment des profils plus persécutifs ou schizoïdes. Pour ces enseignants, les mathématiques représentent un objet idéalisé (représentant la beauté, l'harmonie et l'organisation),qui comble les lacunes personnelles (enseignant idéal en mathématiques). En ce sens, nous avons vérifié que la relation à la connaissance mathématique, instituée par ces professeurs tout au long de la professionnalisation, est plus institutionnelle que personnelle. Puisque ce type de relation souffre des influences des interactions sociales et du processus de formation. Ces deux facteurs apparaissent comme des aspects prépondérants dans l'évolution de la relation à la connaissance des enseignants participants. Parmi les contributions de la recherche, nous soulignons la promotion de la réflexion sur le rapport au savoir des enseignants qui travaillent les mathématiques dans les premières années de l'éducation primaire brésilienne. Tout comme nous envisageons la possibilité de matérialiser la notion en question à travers les caractéristiques psychiques qui configurent le modèle proposé dans cette recherche (construit sur les interfaces entre les dimensions psychique, sociologique et didactique du rapport au savoir des enseignants) est une adéquation du modèle de référence, en fonction des désirs qu'ils partagent les uns avec les autres.... / The thesis was developed with the support of CAPES in a regime of cooperation between the Federal RuralUniversity of Pernambuco (Brazil) and the Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (France). The research was carried outfrom 2013 to 2017, aiming to analyse the psychic, sociological and didactic characteristics of the relationship withmathematical knowledge, starting from an exploratory study with 32 teachers who teach mathematics in the firstyears of elementary education, in the public municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Metropolitan Region ofthe State of Pernambuco-Brazil). To this end, we based the study on the theoretical subsidies of psychoanalysis,sociology, and didactics of mathematics, from the theoretical contributions of Beillerot (1989), Nimier (1988),Charlot (2000) and Chevallard (1996). This research is characterized as a phenomenological and exploratory studyon the relatioship with mathematical knowledge. The methodological tools used in the construction of the researchdata were a set of questionnaires, field diaries and simple self-confrontation interviews. The information obtainedby using those instruments was treated, analysed and categorised according to the premises of discourse analysis(in the perspective fostered by Charaudeau, 2012, 2014) and the implicative statistical analysis - A.S.I. (in theperspective suggested by Regis Grás, 2015 and Régnier, 2010). The identification, description and analysis ofpsychoanalytic characteristics and modes of relationship with mathematics is based on the categorisation proposedby Nimier (1988), whereas the study of sociological and didactic characteristics is based on the results of previousresearch and on the participants' discourses, on schooling itself, professionalisation, mathematical training,pedagogical practices and students. The results suggest that the modes of the participants' relationship withmathematical knowledge are constituted by the psychic attributes of more than one category proposed by Nimier(1988). However, we can affirm that among the study collaborators, profiles characterised as analytical andcontrolling predominate, to the detriment of more persecutory or schizoid profiles. For those teachers, mathematicsis an idealised object (representing beauty, harmony and organization), which fills personal gaps (idealmathematics teacher). In this sense, we verified that the relationship with mathematical knowledge established bythose teachers throughout professionalization is more institutional than personal, since this type of relationshipsuffers the influences of social interactions and the formative process. Both factors emerge as preponderant aspectsin the evolution of the relationship with the knowledge of the participating teachers. Among the contributions ofthe research, we highlight the promotion of discussion on the relationship with knowledge of teachers who teachmathematics in the initial years of Brazilian fundamental education. As well as we see that the possibility ofmaterialising the notion in question through the psychic characteristics that shape the model proposed in thisresearch (built on the interfaces between the psychic, sociological and didactic dimensions of teachers' relationshipwith mathematical knowledge) is an adjustment of the reference model, according to the desires they share witheach other. In summary, the desire to be a teacher, to fulfill the function (that the product of the teaching actionsmay ensure an environment that favours mathematics learning, establishing affective bonds with the children) andto obtain notoriety (to be recognised by the effectiveness of their competences, skills and practices in theclassroom) dynamise and model participating teachers' relationship with the mathematical knowledge due to thepreponderance of the social aspects present in personal and professional life. / A tese foi desenvolvida com o apoio da CAPES em regime de cotutela entre a Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Brasil) e a Université Lumière – Lyon 2 (França). A pesquisa foi realizada entre 2013 a 2017 com o objetivo de analisar as características psíquicas, sociológicas e didáticas da relação ao saber matemático, a partir de um estudo exploratóriocom 32 professores que ensinam matemática nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental, em escolas públicas do município do Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Região Metropolitana do Estado de Pernambuco-Brasil). Para tanto, nos apoiamos em subsídios teóricos da psicanálise, da sociologia e, da didática da matemática, a partir dos contributos teóricos de Beillerot (1989),Nimier (1988), Charlot (2000) e Chevallard (1996). Esta investigação se caracteriza como um estudo fenomenológico e exploratório acerca da relação ao saber matemático. Os instrumentos metodológicos utilizados na construção dos dados da pesquisa, foram um conjunto de questionários, os diários de campo e as entrevistas de autoconfrontação simples.As informações obtidas mediante a utilização dos referidos instrumentos foram tratadas, analisadas e categorizadas de acordo com as premissas da análise do discurso (na perspectiva fomentada por Charaudeau, 2012, 2014) e da análise estatística implicativa - A.S.I (na perspectiva sugerida por Regis Grás, 2015 e Régnier, 2010). A identificação, descrição e a análise das características psicanalíticas e dos modos de relação com a matemática, está pautada na categorização proposta por Nimier (1988). Enquanto o estudo das características sociológicas e didáticas, está pautado nos resultados de pesquisas precedentes e, nos discursos dos participantes, sobre a própria escolarização, a profissionalização, a formação matemática, as práticas pedagógicas e os alunos. Os resultados sugerem que os modos de relação ao saber matemático dos participantes são constituídos por atributos psíquicos de mais de uma categoria proposta por Nimier (1988). Entretanto, podemos afirmar que entre os colaboradores do estudo, predominam os perfis caracterizados como analíticos e controladores, em detrimento dos perfis mais persecutórios ou esquizoides. Para estes professores a matemática figura como objeto idealizado (que representa a beleza, a harmonia e a organização), que preenche as lacunas pessoais (professor de matemática ideal). Nesse sentido, constatamos que a relação ao saber matemático, instituída por estes professores ao longo da profissionalização, é mais institucional do que pessoal. Uma vez que, este tipo de relação sofre as influências das interações sociais e do processo formativo. Estes dois fatores emergem como aspectos preponderantes na evolução da relação ao saber dos professoresparticipantes. Entre as contribuições da pesquisa destacamos o fomento à reflexão acerca da relação ao saber dos professores que ensinam matemática nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental brasileiro. Assim como, vislumbramos a possibilidade de materializar da noção em questão, por meio das características psíquicas que configuram o modelo proposto nesta pesquisa (construído em função das interfaces entre as dimensões psíquicas, sociológicas e didáticas da relação ao saber matemático dos professores) é uma adequação do modelo de referência, em função dos desejos que compartilham entre si. Em síntese, o desejo de ser professor, de realizar a função (que o produto das ações docentes seja a garantia de um ambiente favorável às aprendizagens matemáticas, inclusive com o estabelecimento de laços afetivos com as crianças) e de obter notoriedade (serem reconhecidos pela eficácia das suas competências, habilidades e práticas em sala de aula), dinamizam e modelam a relação ao saber matemático dos professores participantes em virtude da preponderância dos aspectos sociais presentes na vida pessoal e profissional.

The content of this Diploma Thesis is dedicated to the listening activities in Music lessons at primary schools. The Diploma Thesis summarizes the history of listening activities in Music lessons. It deals with the position of Musical education in Framework Educational Programme. The Diploma Thesis comprises the overview of all the most frequently used music textbooks for primary schools. The textbooks are sorted according to the publisher. The Diploma Thesis examines whether the music textbooks for primary schools include listening activities, which music pieces appear in the music textbooks, how the textbooks dispose with the music pieces and whether the textbooks provide enough amount of topics for a creative work with listening to music. The following part of the Diploma Thesis describes the general structure of a music lesson focused on listening to music. It deals with an integrative approach to teaching Music and curricular relationships. The Diploma Thesis offers a well-arranged division of listening activities to several groups according to various criteria. The aim of the division is to ease preparations for music lessons focused on listening activities and to ease the choice of a music piece. The research exposes preparations for twelve lessons focused on listening activities and a...