Teachers occupy a special and high role in our traditional culture. However, due to recent westernization, the role of teachers as mentors and fathers has tended to become more like professionals and laborers. Upon the enactment of Teachers¡¦ Act in 1995, teachers in Taiwan began to own the right of organizing associations, although there is still some significant gap from labor unions. This research studies how the teachers participate in the teacher¡¦s association and the recognition and intention of teachers in joining the teachers¡¦ unions. Teachers¡¦ unions, as yet illegal, is a process of social movement, in which mobilization of members, resources and ideology, and the solidarity of members, are all crucial for the possible success of Teachers¡¦ Unions. Adopting the methods of questionnaires and in-depth interviews, using teachers from two comprehensive high schools in Kaohsiung area as samples, this research applies for SPSS, and use statistic methods such as descriptive statistics, t-test, correlations, one-way ANOVA, chi-square test, reliability test, factor analysis and logistic regression, to examine how demographic attributes, teachers¡¦ cognition on their roles, teachers¡¦ cognition about the functions of Teachers¡¦ Association and Teachers¡¦ Union, as well as teachers¡¦ cognition on the Labor Act, on their intention of joining Teachers¡¦ Union. The results show that, being a member of the Teachers¡¦ Association is the most important and consistent predictor of teachers¡¦ intention in joining the Teachers¡¦ Union. As for the impact of teachers¡¦ cognition on their role, contrary to traditional knowledge, those who see teachers as more of ¡§sacred teachers¡¨ tend more likely to join Teachers¡¦ Union. Those who consider ¡¥rights protection¡¦ and ¡¥professional image¡¦ as important functions of Teachers¡¦ Association, tend more likely to join the Teachers¡¦ Union, whereas no impact was found on the function of ¡¥strike¡¦. On the other hand, teachers¡¦ perspective on the functions of Teachers¡¦ Association has no any impact on their intention of joining Teachers¡¦ Union. Finally, teachers who see ¡¥the right of negotiation¡¦ and ¡¥the right of strike¡¦ as more important for the Teachers¡¦ Union, tend more likely to join the Teachers¡¦ Union.

5 ABSTRACT This thesis deals with interaction in educational environment, i.e. mutual interaction between two subjects (teachers and students) and their influence on one another during the educational process, with each participant involved in different social roles, which often require different ways of communication. The theoretical part focuses on the general description of teacher's personality, his authority and his role in pedagogical interaction with students, and on pedagogical communication, which forms the most important part of interaction between the teacher and students. The empirical part is an ethnographic study of the Czech language classes at a secondary school in Rokycany. It is a qualitative research that consists of a subjective description of the studied environment. It focuses on monitoring individual interaction genres in the classroom, how the teacher negotiates her role, creates and maintains authority, when, why, and how students communicate, verbally or non-verbally. The analysis is made on the basis of video recordings of individual hours, interviews with teachers, its reflections on students she teaches and reflections of students on their Czech language teacher. KEYWORDS: Student, teacher, social role, school ethnography, pedagogical communication, teacher's authority

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:45:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvia Helena Zanutto.pdf: 1693117 bytes, checksum: a779d1cb43e83eca7ca651cd8c0bf82c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-15 / The computer s presence in the educational institution is an unquestionable and growing reality. This work suggests the pedagogical applicability of digital resources, proposing the usage of hypermedia together with information and communication technologies to support the teaching-learning process. It also shows the support change of writing through time: from ostracles to digital writing. It points out the educational professional molding to a new way, changing a crystallized educational model, in which only the teacher holds the knowledge. In this new route, the professional will execute a new posture: of a guide-teacher in the learning process. The study investigated the transpositional process of the book Vidas Secas from Graciliano Ramos to internet pages, executed by four groups of the 8th grade (mainly 13-year-old students), willing to report the experience of the usage of electronics networks as a possible didactics resource. The study mentions considerations related both to the teacher and student s work, and also the fierce of digital technologies in education. Beyond this study, it was noticed that a significant involvement of the group with the work performed occurred. It was also clear that there was a greater level of interaction between teachers and students, when they got the language resources of the internet virtual environments. / A presença do computador na instituição escolar é uma realidade incontestável e crescente. O presente trabalho sugere a aplicabilidade pedagógica dos recursos digitais, propondo a utilização da hipermídia e das tecnologias da informação e comunicação para apoiarem o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Mostra, também, a mudança de suporte de escrita no transcorrer do tempo: do óstraco à escritura digital. Aponta a adequação do profissional em educação a um novo caminho, alterando um modelo cristalizado de educação, onde só o professor é o detentor do conhecimento. Nesta nova rota, o profissional passará a exercer uma outra postura: de professor-orientador da aprendizagem. O estudo investigou o processo da transposição do livro Vidas Secas de Graciliano Ramos para as páginas da Internet, executado por quatro turmas de sétima série do Ensino Fundamental, objetivando relatar a experiência do uso das redes eletrônicas como recurso didático em potencial. O estudo aponta considerações a respeito do trabalho do professor, do aluno e a força das tecnologias digitais na educação. Por meio deste estudo, constatou-se que ocorreu significativo envolvimento do grupo com o trabalho desenvolvido. Percebeu-se também um grau maior de interação entre professores e alunos, quando se apropriaram dos recursos de linguagem dos ambientes virtuais na Internet.

Min essä handlar om en händelse som är självupplevd. Den beskriver att det finns brist på erfarenhet om interkulturellt förhållningssätt på vissa förskolor. Den beskriver även att jag och mina kollegor inte kunde hantera några situationer som man i förskolans värld kan hamna i. Dilemmat som framträder i händelsen handlar om brist på kunskap när det gäller interaktion mellan olika kulturer. Detta speciellt på de institutioner där den är som allra viktigast i samhället, nämligen i skolans- och förskolans värld. Uppsatsen visar det förhållningssätt som pedagoger har gentemot vuxna och barn, som i pedagogernas ögon anses vara annorlunda. Det här är en vetenskaplig essäform där mina egna erfarenheter möter olika teoretiska perspektiv. På det sättet försöker jag att nå svar på mina frågor men även lyfta fram dilemmat i min essä. Därför får den som läser möjlighet att se mina erfarenheter ur nya perspektiv. Jag inleder min uppsats med att diskutera bristande interkulturellt ledarskap i förskolans miljö. Därefter utvecklas den med hjälp av teoretiska perspektiv, genom att lyfta fram hur vi kan bli bättre på att utveckla ett interkulturellt förhållningssätt. I mitt slutord reflekterar jag kring viktiga ämnen som essän har lyft fram med fokus på möjliga förbättringar. Det viktigaste ämnet i essän är det förhållningssätt som vi pedagoger har när det gäller barnens olikheter.

Bakalauro darbe analizuojamas mokytojo padėjėjo vaidmuo, tenkinant mokinių specialiuosius ugdymosi poreikius. Tyrime dalyvavo 41 mokytojo padėjėjas ir 60 mokytojų, dirbančių su specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių turinčiais mokiniais. Remiantis moksline literatūra ir teisiniais dokumentais, atskleistas mokytojo padėjėjo vaidmuo pamokinės ir nepamokinės veiklos metu. Anketinės apklausos būdu nustatyta, kokį vaidmenį atlieka mokytojų padėjėjai ir kokios pagalbos mokytojams paprastai reikia iš jų padėjėjų. Atliktas empirinis tyrimas atskleidė mokytojų padėjėjų vaidmenis: ugdo, konsultuoja, pataria, tarpininkauja, organizuoja įvairias veiklas, informuoja, globoja, užtaria mokinius, padeda susitvarkyti daiktus ar aplinką, padeda susitvarkyti higieną, slaugo bei prižiūri. Be to, empirinio tyrimo metu, išryškėjo mokytojų lūkesčiai: mokytojo padėjėjas turi padėti atlikti SUP turintiems mokiniams užduotis, mokėti paruošti metodines priemones, gebėti ugdyti socialinius įgūdžius bei patarti, padėti, globoti, padėti apsitarnauti. Beveik visi respondentai teigia, jog pagrindinis mokytojo padėjėjo vaidmuo – pagalbininkas. Išanalizuota ir atskleista mokytojų ir mokytojų padėjėjų nuomonė dėl mokytojo padėjėjo rengimo ir galimo jo vaidmens. Tiek mokytojų padėjėjai, tiek mokytojai teigia, kad norint kokybiškai tenkinti SUP mokinių ugdymosi poreikius, mokytojų padėjėjams būtinos papildomos specialiosios pedagogikos ir psichologijos žinios. Mokytojų padėjėjai pasigenda komandinio darbo, jiems... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This bachelor work analysis teacher assistant role by meeting special educational requirements. 41 assistants and 60 teachers working with pupils having special educational needs has participated in this research. According to the scientific literature and legal documents revealed the role of the classroom teacher assistant, and extracurricular activities. The questionnaire has showed what kind of help teachers usually need from their assistants and what they get in the reality. Teachers and assistants opinion has been disclosed on the matter of education which is needed for their roles. The empirical study revealed the role of teacher assistants: most assistants educates students, consults, advises, mediates and organizes various activities, patronages, intercedes, helps managing things, environment, helps with hygiene, nursing and supervision. In addition to above mentioned, the empirical study revealed teachers expectations: teacher assistants at school helps pupils with tasks during lessons, needs to have skills to prepare methodological tools, ability to develop their social skills and help looking after themselves. Almost all respondents said that the main role of the assistant - is being a helper. Both assistants and teachers said that in order to satisfy the needs of the quality of such pupils, assistant needs special additional education and background in psychology. Teacher assistants experiences lack of teamwork skills and knowledge, they feel undervalued and... [to full text]

Lärarhandledningar för matematikundervisning kan designas på olika sätt och ger därigenom olika typer av stöd för läraren att genomföra undervisningen. En lärarhandlednings design kan alltså mediera idéer och direktiv som kan påverka lärarens genomförande av undervisning. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om och i så fall hur läromedels design kan bidra till att påverka undervisningens karaktär. Syftet uppfylls genom observationer av fyra matematiklektioner som utgick ifrån två läromedel med olika design, med uppföljande intervjuer. Resultatet, som är en karaktärisering av undervisningen som observerades utifrån de två olika läromedlen, indikerar att designen av en lärarhandledning på flera sätt medierar agerande i planering och genomförande av undervisning. / Teachers’ guides in mathematics can be designed in different ways and thereby provide various supports for the teacher to carry out teaching activities. A teachers´ guide in mathematics can mediate ideas and directives that affects the teaching strategies in the classroom. The aim of this study is to investigate whether, and in that case how, the design of the learning materials can contribute to affect the nature of the teaching. The aim is fulfilled by observing four mathematic lessons which was based on two learning materials with different designs, with follow-up interviews. The results, which is a characterization of the teaching that was observed based on the two different teaching materials indicates that the design of a teacher's guide in several ways mediates action in planning and implementation of teaching.

This paper aims to answer the following question "What does research say about positive versus negative consequences regarding the integration of drama in social studies class?". It is important to note that the paper is based on the Swedish word "SO", which includes four separate subjects: civic education, history education, geography education and education about religion. By performing systematic searches this paper is built on research from fifteen different scientific sources. It is presented that drama leads to many positive outcomes. For example the development of higher order skills, empathy, a positive and fun learning as well as group environment. The paper also illustrates negative aspects regarding teacher knowledge and support, as well as students`hesitant attitude to participate. The conclusion that is made is that drama can lead to a lot of positive outcomes, if the teacher is aware of its complexity. Otherwise, the implementation might not be as successful as desired.

RESUMÉ The topic of this thesis is the issue of two roles - a role of a teacher and a parent. The goal of the thesis is to research the main key features arising from the issue of the conflict of dual role of a parent and a teacher at the same time. The empirical part of the thesis tries to outline problems which the parents, or let me say, teachers experience in the home and school environment based on the fact that their child or children attend the same school where they themselves work as teachers. Furthermore, the thesis deals with their experience regarding the representation of these two roles in relation to their own family. The data analysis also tries to point out the advantages and disadvantages of the teacher job and also the advantages and disadvantages of the intermingled role of a teacher and a parent. The thesis presented here is written on the basis of the qualitative method of data obtaining and processing. The method of interview analysis is used as well. Statements of four women and four men, woman teachers and man teachers in the secondary school whose children also attended this particular school have been analyzed.

South Africa’s education system has undergone substantial changes in the last ten years. The shift to Inclusive Education attempts to provide all learners, regardless of their disability, learning difficulty, or disadvantage with access to education (Department of Education1, 2001). Curriculum 2005, in the context of an Outcomes Based Education (OBE) philosophy was an attempt by the Education Department to address the inadequate ‘Bantu’ education of the past. OBE was intended to replace teacher-centred approaches by encouraging children to become actively involved in the learning process, to gain knowledge as well as skills, and to think independently and creatively (DoE, 1998b). School ‘subjects’ of the past were changed to ‘Learning Areas’ some undergoing dramatic shifts in content and teaching strategies. These new Learning Areas also emerged with alternative assessment practices. Life Orientation (LO) is one such learning area. Many educators were suddenly required to teach these new Learning Areas, despite having little or no training in them. As a result many educators experienced frustration with the demands now placed upon them, and some felt unable to teach effectively. This study used a qualitative actionresearch design to obtain an in-depth understanding of the educators’ capacities to change their teaching practices in their Life Orientation classrooms. Six educators in a public primary school setting participated in a series of workshops aimed to introduce them to drama methods to be used in their Life Orientation teaching. The workshops were highly experiential in nature and were designed with the specific personalities and needs of each educator in mind. The results of the research indicate that educators are highly responsive to training, provided that they feel acknowledged as individuals and provided that the training builds upon their current expertise rather than attempting to change their practices altogether. Another key finding from the training was the opportunity for the educators to engage in the training as human beings with their own difficulties and frustrations being openly acknowledged. Many of the educators experienced the workshops as therapeutic and reported that this made the training both useful and personally fulfilling.

This study explores how HIV-positive teachers within a specific social context understand, interpret and act on HIV and Life Skills policy. My aim was to illuminate the experiences of teachers living with AIDS and how their experiences affect the ways in which they understand and act on government policy. As a constructivist, I worked on the premise that people’s experiences can best be understood by interacting with them and listening to them. I chose a narrative research design because it allowed me to explore and understand the perceptions and complexity of my research partners’ experiences, and to faithfully present and represent the stories told by teachers living with AIDS. I used the data collected from the teachers’ stories to write narratives that gave a first person account of the experiences of each teacher. To express my own voice in the text I created a column on the side of each page where I recorded my own experience of the process of the inquiry. I used inductive analysis in order to make sense of the field data. Rather than beginning with a theory, inductive analysis allowed me to expose the dominant and significant themes in the raw data without imposing preconceptions on the data. Three distinct themes emerged from the analysis, and formed my conceptualisation of the experiences of teachers living with AIDS: a) conflict between teacher as role model and ideal citizen, and teacher as an HIV-positive person; b) HIV illness and its impact on the body of the teacher; c) teachers as emotional actors. The main findings from the study suggest that in a context with AIDS there are limits to what education policy can achieve if it remains out of touch with a real world in which school is attended by children and teachers whose bodies are either infected or affected by the HIV virus. This is substantiated by the fact that while the HIV/AIDS policy is about bodies and about emotions, it is blind to the bodies and the emotions of those implementing it. I contend that it is this oversight that creates the wide gap between policy intentions and outcomes. Secondly the study highlights the uniqueness of HIV/AIDS education policy and its implementation which, unlike other education policies, powerfully brings to the fore the emotions of the implementers. I conclude the study by suggesting that the policy-making process be reconstructed to inscribe the real bodies and real emotions of the teachers into the policy, to shift from a purely prevention mode to one that looks at the whole prevention-to-care continuum and acknowledges that a significant majority of school pupils and teachers are infected and affected. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Education Management and Policy Studies / unrestricted