The thesis is focused on student teachers learning group activities. The aim of this thesis is to find out the role of group learning activities in the context of the training of future teachers. General framework for reaseach is prehension of group learning activities as an instructional strategies which can be used at university courses and especially in the training of future teachers. Great emphasis is placed on description and analysis of forms of teaching used in the training of future teachers and its potential for using group learning activities. The attention is paid to group work at university and description of different conceptions using work in groups. There is also a brief description of technology of group work which is basis for research. The practical part contains a case study of conception of training for the future teachers at Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague. This case study includes lesson observation of specific courses and interview with student teachers and teachers of these courses.

L’objectif de notre étude est de dresser un portrait, inspiré des données collectées auprès des étudiants, des stratégies d’enseignement utilisées par les professeurs de traduction. Les stratégies d’enseignement englobent toutes les méthodes et les ressources qui, de manière organisée et planifiée, sont mises en œuvre afin d’atteindre des objectifs d’apprentissage spécifiques. Ainsi, nous parlons de simples gestes comme la disposition des tables et des chaises, du temps consacré à la présentation de la matière, de la gestion du temps pendant les discussions, des activités en groupe ou individuelles, de l’utilisation du matériel informatique, enfin, de toutes les actions prévues par l’enseignant dans le but de faciliter la construction des nouvelles connaissances chez l’étudiant. Lors d’une séance de formation, la conception que chaque formateur a de l’enseignement est mise en évidence à travers des stratégies favorisées par l’enseignant. Cette conception, comme l’affirment Loiola et Tardif, est le résultat de théories personnelles fondées sur des connaissances générales plutôt que sur des connaissances pédagogiques. Ces connaissances générales découlent de la rétroaction entre pairs ainsi que de l’expérience en tant qu’étudiants et professionnels. En outre, l’enseignant peut concevoir l’enseignement comme un processus de transmission des connaissances ou bien une manière de guider l’étudiant vers l’apprentissage (Loiola et Tardif, 2001, p. 309). Cette conception deviendra un facteur déterminant dans sa façon d’agir comme formateur. Bien que la recherche en pédagogie de la traduction ait beaucoup avancé, elle n’a pas encore atteint un niveau de sophistication important en ce qui concerne la recherche à l’intérieur de la salle de classe. Les études empiriques sur les stratégies d’enseignement de la traduction ne sont pas très nombreuses et celles qui existent s’appuient exclusivement sur des données recueillies auprès des enseignants. Or, comme l’affirment Smart et Etherington (1995), il peut y avoir des différences entre ce que les enseignants déclarent à propos de leurs orientations pédagogiques et la perception qu’ont les étudiants à propos de ce qui se passe dans les salles de cours. Pour cette raison, nous avons donné voix aux étudiants en réalisant des entretiens semi-dirigés. Nous avons choisi cet instrument de recherche, car il est un dispositif qui permet explorer le phénomène en profondeur, ainsi qu’un des instruments privilégiés en ce qui a trait à la recherche qualitative en éducation. L’information obtenue des interviews offre une vaste information fort utile à notre étude. / The objective of this study is to provide an overview, based on the data collected from the students, of the teaching strategies used by translation teachers. Teaching strategies include all methods and resources that are organized and planned in order to achieve specific learning objectives. Therefore, we are talking about simple gestures such as the layout of tables and chairs, the time devoted to the presentation of the content subject, the management of time during discussions, group or individual activities, the use of computer equipment. Finally, all the actions planned by the teacher in order to facilitate the construction of new knowledge in the student. During a training session, the teaching design is highlighted through teaching strategies promoted by the teacher. This conception, according to Loiola and Tardif, is in many cases the result of personal theories based on general knowledge rather than pedagogical knowledge. This general knowledge results from peer feedback as well as from teachers’ experience as students and professionals. In addition, the teacher can conceive teaching either as a transmission process of knowledge or as a way of guiding the student to learn (Loiola and Tardif, 2001: 309), which will become a determining factor in its way of acting as a trainer. There are few empirical studies on teaching strategies in translation, but those that do exist are based exclusively on data collected from teachers. However, as stated by Smart and Etherington (1995), there may be differences between what teachers say about their pedagogical orientations and how students perceive what happens in the classroom. For this reason, we gave voice to the students by carrying out semi-directed interviews. The information obtained from the interviews offers a wealth of useful information for our study.

Examination of the relationship of musicianship and educatorship of teacher and students as interacting partners in a specific musical context proceeded with investigation of how formal, informal, impressionistic, and supervisory musical and educational knowledge were evidenced in rehearsal. Attention was also given to how the teaching strategies of modeling, coaching, scaffolding, fading, articulating, reflecting comparatively, and exploring were used to develop student musicianship. The research methodology may best be described as an inductive analytical case study approach. Multiple data sources included: videotaped observations of 19 bi-weekly rehearsals, audio taped interviews of the 12 participants, supplemental materials, (a published interview, journal articles, rehearsal schedules), and member checking with the teacher and David Elliott. Rehearsal data were initially organized into categories identified in David J. Elliott's (1995) model. The relationship of teacher and student musicianship, and teacher educatorship emerged during analysis. Musical details of problem finding, reducing and solving were also identified. Three themes emerged from the student interviews: their perceptions of the teacher's musicianship, general rehearsal strategies, and the teacher's use of specific teaching strategies. Interviews with the teacher illuminated his perception of musicianship and teaching strategies employed in the context. The findings confirmed that as music making transpired in the rehearsals, the kinds of knowing present in the musicianship of teacher and students and the teacher's educatorship were not only intertwined but were utilized at the same time. The level of student musicianship was allied to the relationship of the teacher's musicianship and educatorship. The intricate relationship between the kinds of procedural knowledge that Elliott identifies as integral to music making and music teaching are illustrated in a set of diagrams. Additionally, they show the wide range of technical and musical problems the teacher and students solved together in order for the multifarious nature of the vocal jazz repertoire to be performed effectively in a series of concerts.

All human beings are endowed with unique talents and potentialities, and are able to bring to life the hidden gifts or the talisman within them. Being in the prime of their lives, youth should be engaged in developing themselves, acquiring virtues, and striving for excellence. Reports from schools and other sources, however, indicate that many South African youth have become prey to various social ills, such as teenage pregnancy, violence, crime, and drugs and alcohol abuse, which inhibit them from achieving their talisman. In response to this situation, a life skills programme was designed to awaken the sense of talisman in youth. Believing that all human beings are gifted with special talents and potentialities, the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) aims to improve and transform the cognitive, social, and moral behaviour of youth, thus bringing them closer to the state of talisman. The programme intends to equip youth with values and skills that improve their social, moral and cognitive behaviour, so that they can become responsible citizens in a united and peaceful society. It pays special attention to the moral and spiritual aspects of the learners, aspects severely neglected by most education systems. The principles of YEP are founded on the spiritual nature of man, the oneness of mankind, unity in diversity, and equality. The programme adopts transformational and multi-domain teaching strategies to transform learners through interactive critical assessment of values in the context of real-life moral and social issues. The main purpose of this study was to analyse and evaluate YEP in terms of its influence on the cognitive, social, and moral behaviour of adolescent learners and to determine its strengths and weaknesses. Various aspects of the programme were investigated, including its underlying theoretical principles, methodological approaches and design characteristics. The researcher evaluated the influence of the programme on the behaviour of adolescent learners in five institutions in two provinces. The qualitative and quantitative data from the learners, teachers and facilitators in the five case studies showed that the programme had a positive influence on the learners in the cognitive, social and moral domains. It broadened their view of life and developed problem solving skills in the cognitive domain, enhanced their communication skills and co-operation in social domain, and improved their general moral behaviour especially in the areas of trust and respect in the moral domain. Overall, the effect of the programme was most prominent in transforming the moral behaviour of the learners, bringing some of them closer to their state of talisman. The study also discovered three unexpected phenomena - the beneficial role of peer learning facilitation, the positive effect of facilitation on the young facilitators, and the salutary effect of the programme on the general learning atmosphere in the schools. All human beings are endowed with unique talents and potentialities, and are able to bring to life the hidden gifts or the talisman within them. Being in the prime of their lives, youth should be engaged in developing themselves, acquiring virtues, and striving for excellence. Reports from schools and other sources, however, indicate that many South African youth have become prey to various social ills, such as teenage pregnancy, violence, crime, and drugs and alcohol abuse, which inhibit them from achieving their talisman. In response to this situation, a life skills programme was designed to awaken the sense of talisman in youth. Believing that all human beings are gifted with special talents and potentialities, the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) aims to improve and transform the cognitive, social, and moral behaviour of youth, thus bringing them closer to the state of talisman. The programme intends to equip youth with values and skills that improve their social, moral and cognitive behaviour, so that they can become responsible citizens in a united and peaceful society. It pays special attention to the moral and spiritual aspects of the learners, aspects severely neglected by most education systems. The principles of YEP are founded on the spiritual nature of man, the oneness of mankind, unity in diversity, and equality. The programme adopts transformational and multi-domain teaching strategies to transform learners through interactive critical assessment of values in the context of real-life moral and social issues. The main purpose of this study was to analyse and evaluate YEP in terms of its influence on the cognitive, social, and moral behaviour of adolescent learners and to determine its strengths and weaknesses. Various aspects of the programme were investigated, including its underlying theoretical principles, methodological approaches and design characteristics. The researcher evaluated the influence of the programme on the behaviour of adolescent learners in five institutions in two provinces. The qualitative and quantitative data from the learners, teachers and facilitators in the five case studies showed that the programme had a positive influence on the learners in the cognitive, social and moral domains. It broadened their view of life and developed problem solving skills in the cognitive domain, enhanced their communication skills and co-operation in social domain, and improved their general moral behaviour especially in the areas of trust and respect in the moral domain. Overall, the effect of the programme was most prominent in transforming the moral behaviour of the learners, bringing some of them closer to their state of talisman. The study also discovered three unexpected phenomena - the beneficial role of peer learning facilitation, the positive effect of facilitation on the young facilitators, and the salutary effect of the programme on the general learning atmosphere in the schools. / Dissertation (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted

Thesis (M. A. (English Studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2015 / The purpose of this study is to investigate the application of teaching strategies in Grade 12 English Second language in Mankweng Circuit, Limpopo Province. This study aims to achieve the following objectives: to identify teaching strategies used in Grade 12 English second language classrooms in Mankweng Circuit, Limpopo Province, to assess teachers experiences in applying a variety of teaching strategies in English second language classrooms, to establish if the way in which English second language teachers are trained affect the way they teach and to determine how teaching strategies affect the performance of learners in English second language classrooms. The study applied a mixed method-quantitative and qualitative approaches to elicit data. An exploratory research was applied to explain teaching strategies. The literature review was carried out focusing on the following themes: Communicative language teaching model, Language needs for English Second language teaching and teaching strategies in English Second language. In addition, the study found the following: there are no prescribed teaching strategies by the Department of Basic Education, teachers are innovative in coming up with teaching strategies that suit the lesson and the type of learners, learners learn English better when teachers apply various teaching strategies during lessons and teachers who apply teaching strategies in Grade 12 English Second language classrooms contribute to learners good performance in all schools at Mankweng Circuit. Lastly, the study recommend that teachers of English in Grade 12 classes in Mankweng Circuit should be made aware that teaching strategies are important and should be applied at all times during the lessons, all teachers who teach English Second language in all grades, Grade R- 12 should apply teaching strategies as they contribute to the learners understanding of the subject, etc.

No description available.

Gibbons (2015) writes that speaking is considered as the most important skill in language learning. However, Lundahl (2014) states that there are some pupils, in year 4-6, in Sweden who do not speak during the English lessons. Thus, the aim of this study is to find out what the reasons behind EFL pupils' unwillingness to speak English are. Furthermore, teaching strategies to overcome pupils' speaking anxiety are investigated. There are many studies that investigate the underlying reasons. The data collection, for this thesis, consists of interviews with some student-teachers at Malmö University. The results showed that traditional teaching methods along with fear of making linguistic errors are two of the main reasons. In addition, negative evaluation from peers and fear of producing grammatically incorrect sentences are also factors that contribute to some pupils’ anxiety over speaking English. According to our interviewees, the implementation of a safe, supportive and communicative environment in the classroom is crucial for encouraging and motivating pupils in language learning. Providing different authentic communicative tasks, songs, stories, and games that are related to pupils' lives and interests, as well as their needs and knowledge levels, are some of the strategies employed by some teachers.

Este estudio analiza las estrategias de enseñanza para desarrollar la destreza de comprensión auditiva en dos cursos en la formación de intérpretes de un programa de Traducción e Interpretación de una universidad peruana: el último curso de inglés para traductores e intérpretes (Inglés TI5) y el primer curso de interpretación (Taller de Interpretación 1). Empleando un enfoque cualitativo, la información se recogió mediante las guías de observación de clases y de entrevistas. El análisis de las estrategias de enseñanza en ambos cursos muestra que el desarrollo en las actividades de escucha comprende tres fases: materiales, procesos cognitivos y retroalimentación. Los resultados de esta investigación muestran que el desarrollo por fases tiene una orientación distinta en ambos cursos. Finalmente, las conclusiones muestran el impacto de las estrategias de enseñanza para desarrollar la destreza de comprensión auditiva en inglés de los estudiantes de este programa. / This study describes and analyses the teaching strategies in two courses that develop listening comprehension skills for future interpreters at a Translation and Interpreting Program in a Peruvian university. The highest level of English for translators (Inglés TI5) and the first level of the interpreting training (Taller de Interpretación 1) were surveyed under the principles of a qualitative approach. Data have been gathered by means of observation sheets and semi-structured interviews. The comparative analysis shows that the listening activities in both courses comprise three developmental stages: instructional material, cognitive processes, and feedback.  Findings reveal that the three developmental stages are quite different in the English and Interpreting courses. This difference may have an effect on students to develop listening comprehension skills as trainees in the Translation and Interpreting Program. / Tesis

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Osnovni cilj istraživanja je&nbsp; ispitivanje pojedinačnog&nbsp; i zajedničkog doprinosa&nbsp; motivacije za učenje,&nbsp; stilova učenja&nbsp; učenika&nbsp; i&nbsp; nastavnih strategija&nbsp; postignuću iz hemije.&nbsp; U istraživanju je učestvovao 501 učenik (265 učenika drugog i 236 učenika trećeg razreda) gimnazija iz Novog Sada, Sremske Mitrovice, Stare Pazove i Bečeja. &nbsp;Istraživanje je sprovedeno tokom&nbsp; prvog polugodi&scaron;ta &scaron;kolske 2013/2014. godine. U istraživanju je primenjeno pet&nbsp; instrumenata: Motivacija učenika za učenje hemije&nbsp; (SMTSL)&nbsp; i Kolbov inventar stilova učenja&nbsp; (LSI)&nbsp; koji su prevedeni na srpski jezik i adaptirani za potrebe istraživanja kao i instrumenti konstruisani za potrebe&nbsp; ovog&nbsp; istraživanja&nbsp; &ndash;&nbsp; upitnik&nbsp; za procenu&nbsp; nastavnih strategija&nbsp; koji&nbsp; se oslanja na Kolbov<br />model stilova učenja i testovi znanja iz op&scaron;te i neorganske hemije.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kada se govori o motivaciji učenika za učenje hemije rezultati su pokazali da su učenici u najvećoj meri orijentisani na učenje, zatim na primenu strategija aktivnog učenja, orijentaciju na&nbsp; postignuće, dok je u najmanjoj meri razvijeno osećanje&nbsp; samoefikasnosti i&nbsp; shvatanje&nbsp; značaja hemije kao nauke. Motivacija za učenje se pokazala značajnim&nbsp; prediktorom postignuća učenika pri čemu je samoefikasnost dimenzija motivacije koja ostvaruje najveći doprinos postignuću učenika.&nbsp; Identifikacija stilova učenja učenika je pokazala da&nbsp; najveći broj učenika preferira asimilirajući stil učenja, na drugom mestu divergentni, na trećem konvergetni i na poslednjem akomodirajući stil učenja.&nbsp; Ispitivanjem razlika u postignuću iz hemije između učenika koji preferiraju različite stilove učenja u prisustvu i uz statističko uklanjanje uticaja motivacije na postignuće pokazalo se da najvi&scaron;e postignuće iz op&scaron;te hemije ostvaruju učenici koji preferiraju konvergentni stil učenja.&nbsp; Kada je&nbsp; reč o nastavnim strategijama koje nastavnici hemije primenjuju u svom radu zapaža se da u najvećoj meri primenjuju nastavne strategije koje odgovaraju učenicima sa asimilirajućim&nbsp; i konvergentnim&nbsp; stilom učenja,&nbsp; zatim divergentnim stilom i na poslednjem akomodirajućim stilom učenja. Od svih nastavnih strategija najsnažnijim prediktorom su se pokazale nastavne strategije koje odgovaraju konvergentnom stilu učenja. Rezultati su pokazali da&nbsp; kada nastavnici&nbsp; uvažavaju stilove učenja učenika birajući&nbsp; nastavne strategije u skladu sa stilovima učenja učenika, učenici ostvaruju vi&scaron;a postignuća i iz op&scaron;te hemije i iz neorganske hemije. Dalje, rezultati su pokazali da su vi&scaron;e motivisani učenici čije stilove učenja nastavnici uvažavaju&nbsp; nego učenici kod kojih nema&nbsp; uvažavanja stilova učenja od strane nastavnika. Na učeničko postignuće iz hemije značajan efekat ostvaruju i motivacija i uvažavanje stilova učenja. Na osnovu&nbsp; navedenih rezultata može se zaključiti da bez&nbsp; obzira koji stil učenja učenici preferiraju potrebno je u nastavnom procesu primenjivati &scaron;to raznovrsnije strategije kako bi se zadovoljile potrebe &scaron;to većeg broja učenika. Ovakva nastava doprinosi vi&scaron;em postignuću učenika i većoj motivaciji za učenje.</p> / <p>The main objective of the study was to examine individual and collective contributions of&nbsp; learning motivation, students&rsquo; learning&nbsp; styles and teaching strategies to chemistry&nbsp;achievement.&nbsp; The study included 501 pupils (265 second grade pupils and 236 third grade pupils) attending grammar school in Novi&nbsp; Sad, Sremska Mitrovica, Stara&nbsp; azova and Bečej. The research&nbsp; was conducted during the first semester of the school year 2013/2014. The&nbsp; five research instruments&nbsp; were applied:&nbsp; Students &#39; motivation&nbsp; toward&nbsp; chemistry&nbsp; learning (SMTSL) and Kolb&#39;s learning styles inventory&nbsp; (LSI)&nbsp; that have been translated into Serbian and adapted for the purposes of the research, and&nbsp; some other were designed&nbsp; &ndash;&nbsp; questionnaire for assessing teaching strategies&nbsp; that relies on Kolb&#39;s learning styles model as well as achievement tests in&nbsp;general and inorganic chemistry.</p><p>When talking about students&#39; motivation to learn chemistry the results show that&nbsp;students are mostly oriented towards learning activity, using active learning&nbsp; strategies, their achievement, while the least developed element is their awareness of &nbsp;self-efficacy, and understanding the importance of chemistry as a science. Motivation to learn is a significant predictor of students&rsquo; achievement where self-efficacy dimension of motivation has the greatest contribution to their&nbsp; achievement. Identification of students&rsquo; learning style showed that the majority of students prefer assimilating learning style; divergent learning style is on the second&nbsp;place, while convergent on the third; the last one is accommodating learning style.&nbsp; Examination of the differences in achievement in chemistry between students who prefer different learning styles in presence and with the statistical removal of motivation influence towards achievement has been shown that students who prefer convergent learning style show the highest achievement in general chemistry. When talking about teaching strategies that teachers of chemistry apply in their teaching activity it can be seen that for the most part they apply teaching strategies that are appropriate for students with assimilating and converging learning style, then divergent style and the last accommodating learning style. Instructional strategies&nbsp;that match the convergent learning style have proved to be the most powerful predictor of all the teaching strategies. The results show that when teachers take into account the students&rsquo; learning styles when selecting the appropriate teaching strategy, the students achieve better results in general chemistry and inorganic chemistry as well. Furthermore, the results showed that the students are more motivated when teachers respect their learning style, in comparison with those whose learning styles has been neglected. The significant effect has been realized by motivation and appreciation of learning styles on students&#39; achievement in chemistry. Based on these results it can be concluded that varied teaching strategies that meet the needs of great number of students should be applied in the teaching process no matter which learning style students prefer. Such instruction contributes to higher student achievement and higher learning motivation.</p>

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using animal organ dissection in general, and its use specifically in problem-solving as a teaching strategy in Grade 11 Life Sciences education. A multiple methods research design was used for this study. The data collection methods for the quantitative approach were the pre-test, post-test and a questionnaire. The pre-test and post-test had predominantly problem-solving questions. The questionnaire and the tests were administered to 224 learners from four Pretoria East secondary schools from different environments. The data collection methods for the qualitative approach were the interviews with the Grade 11 Life Sciences teachers of the selected schools, lesson observations and relevant document analysis. The interviews were conducted with six Grade 11 Life Sciences teachers teaching at the four selected schools. Findings from both the quantitative and the qualitative approaches were integrated to give an in-depth understanding of the study. The findings show that there were significant differences between the means of the pre-test and the post-test for the total for the whole group of 224 learners. The variables in which the tests were categorised were the rote learning, problem-solving and three learning outcomes of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). The way in which the learners answered the questions in terms of terminology they used, the confidence they displayed, the level of answering and the explanations they gave when they wrote the post-test were significantly different from when they wrote the pre-test. The significant differences between the means of the pre-test and the post-test may possibly have been due to the intervention. This showed the effectiveness of the intervention which was animal organ dissection in problem-solving. The study also showed that most teachers are not well-acquainted with problem-solving strategies which made it challenging for them to use animal organ dissections to develop problem-solving skills in learners. The attitudes of the teachers and learners towards animal organ dissection and its use in problem-solving as a teaching strategy were predominantly positive with less than a quarter of the whole group being negative due to a variety of reasons which include: moral values, religion, culture, blood phobia, squeamishness and being vegetarian. The majority of learners acknowledged the importance of animal organ dissections in developing skills like investigative, dissecting and problem-solving skills. This acknowledgement resulted in them being positive towards the use of animal organ dissections in problem-solving. One can conclude that animal organ dissections can be used in problem-solving as a teaching strategy in Life Sciences education. The level of learner engagement with animal organ dissections can determine the level of development of problem-solving skills as was evidenced by the differences between the mean scores of the four schools. The study recommended that the teachers should be encouraged to use animal organ dissections more frequently where it is applicable to develop problem-solving skills in learners and not merely let the learners cut, draw and label the organ. Teachers should also focus on problem-solving in general and develop this as a prime strategy. All activities should be prepared by the teacher and implemented in class to encourage and develop problem-solving skills. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Science, Mathematics and Technology Education / restricted