This thesis aims to investigate how the Certificate of General Education for Adults (CGEA) caters for non-language outcomes in ESL literacy classrooms. The research focuses specifically on ESL literacy learners with limited or no formal education who are characterised as having literacy needs. Non-language outcomes (NLO) such as improved self-esteem, cultural awareness and the development of learning-to-learn skills are seen by many teachers to be important gains from language and literacy courses. However, since the introduction of competency-based credentials like the CGEA, many practitioners are concerned that these do not acknowledge NLO. Using the theoretical framework of a previous study by Jackson (1994) into NLO categories, this thesis reported on the findings of a qualitative multi-case study of six teachers and their low-level ESL literacy learners. A range of data including teacher interviews, classroom observations and field notes was used to examine the informants’ conceptualisation of both ESL literacy learner characteristics and of NLO. The teachers were also asked to comment on whether NLO were documented in the CGEA. The data revealed that the informants’ characterisation of ESL literacy learners matches current definitions found in the literature. The teachers reported that these learners do make non-language gains, particularly in the affective and learning skills categories. This thesis also identified classroom metalanguage to be an additional NLO for the target learners which was not previously identified by Jackson (1994).

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Partindo do princípio de que a) os gêneros textuais constituem fonte de orientação basilar para o ensino-aprendizagem da língua portuguesa, b) que são parte integrante das diretrizes curriculares educacionais e c) que possibilitam compreender a língua em seus usos efetivos no cotidiano social, facilitando a aprendizagem da leitura e da produção textual dos estudantes, a presente pesquisa objetiva investigar as concepções de professores de língua portuguesa sobre os gêneros textuais e sua correlação na prática pedagógica. Busca-se compreender como as atividades de linguagem são desenvolvidas na sala de aula de língua materna, quais os fatores que diferenciam, na prática docente, o trabalho com os gêneros textuais e quais as relações do trabalho docente com as orientações curriculares educacionais que norteiam o ensino. É sabido que nos últimos anos, os estudos relacionados aos gêneros textuais foram intensificados, tornando evidentes as questões de natureza sociocultural no uso da língua. Em decorrência disso, as orientações curriculares educacionais introduziram modificações nas suas diretrizes, despertando nos professores de língua portuguesa a necessidade de atualização dos seus conceitos e reformulação de suas práticas. Entretanto, os baixos índices de desempenho escolar, apresentados pelas avaliações em larga escala, apontam falhas no sistema de ensino público e, embora haja uma explosão de pesquisas sobre gêneros na atualidade e novos materiais didáticos tenham sido elaborados para a renovação do ensino da língua portuguesa, o trabalho do professor continua sendo motivo de muitas reflexões, por apresentar pontos nebulosos no tocante à aplicação de conceitos e utilização de métodos. Por essa razão, acredita-se que o investimento em pesquisas que priorizem a reflexão sobre a prática pedagógica no trabalho com a língua e com os gêneros textuais seja de grande relevância na busca por respostas que contribuam para melhorar a qualidade do ensino no país. Para a fundamentação teórica da pesquisa, utilizaram-se aportes de estudos sobre a linguagem, de influência bakhtiniana (1992 [1929], 2003 [1979]), e que consideram os gêneros textuais como práticas sociais, como as contribuições do Interacionismo Sociodiscursivo, representado por Bronckart (1999, 2006, 2008), Schneuwly (2004) e Dolz (2004); os estudos da Sociorretórica, a partir dos postulados de Miller (2009), Bazerman (2006a, 2006b, 2007) e Swales (1990); e de outros pesquisadores como Marcuschi, L. A. (2005, 2006, 2008), Machado (2009), Devitt (2004) etc. Os sujeitos investigados foram quatro professores de língua portuguesa, do ensino fundamental, de quatro escolas da rede pública de ensino de Pernambuco, todas localizadas na região metropolitana do Recife. Como instrumentos, a pesquisa recorreu à observação de oito aulas em quatro turmas, totalizando 32 horas-aula, e a um questionário para caracterização dos participantes, com dados sobre sua formação acadêmica e experiência profissional, recursos didáticos disponíveis no trabalho com a língua, concepção sobre os gêneros textuais, língua, linguagem e leitura, entre outros aspectos que norteiam a sua prática docente. Com este estudo, foi possível verificar a) que a prática pedagógica com os gêneros textuais ainda se encontra apoiada em modelos e concepções formalistas de ensino, privilegiando a exploração das características estruturais da língua no trabalho com a leitura e a produção textual e excluindo-se a dimensão sociocomunicativa das ações de linguagem; e b) que se desconsidera a língua como fenômeno sócio-histórico e cultural, comprometendo o desenvolvimento das habilidades linguísticodiscursivas dos estudantes e, consequentemente, o seu sucesso escolar / Assuming that a) the genres are fundamental source of guidance for Portuguese teaching and learning language, b) which are an integral part of educational curriculum guidelines and c) that enable understanding the language in its effective uses in everyday society, facilitating reading learning and textual production of students, this research aims to investigate Portuguese language teachers conceptions on the textual genres and their correlation in the classroom practices. We seek to understand how language activities are developed in the mother tongue language classroom, which factors are different in the teaching practice, the work with genres and what the teachers work relationships with the educational curriculum guidelines that guide teaching are. It is known that in recent years, studies related to textual genres have been intensified, highlighted the socio cultural issues in language use. As a result, the educational curriculum guidelines introduced changes in its guidelines, making Portuguese language teachers aware of the necessity updating concepts and its practices reformulation. Although, educational performance low levels, presented by large-scale tests, point out failures in the public education system and, however there is an explosion of genre research nowadays and new teaching materials have been produced for the restoration of Portuguese teaching, the teacher's work remains a matter of lots of reflections by presenting shadowy areas in concepts application and methods use. For this reason, it is believed that the investment in research which focus on the reflection on teaching practice in working with the language and the textual genres is of great relevance to the search for answers to help improving the country education quality. For theoretical research, we used contributions from language studies influenced by Bakhtin ([1929] 1992 [1992] 2003), and which consider the textual genres as social practices, such as Sociodiscursivo Interaction contributions represented by Bronckart (1999, 2006, 2008), Schneuwly (2004) and Dolz (2004); Socio Rhetoric studies, from Millers postulates (2009), Bazerman (2006a, 2006b, 2007) and Swales (1990), and other researchers as Marcuschi, L. A. (2005, 2006, 2008), Machado (2009), Devitt (2004) etc. The investigated individuals were four Portuguese language teachers in primary schools, in four schools, in Pernambuco public schools, all located in Recife metropolitan area. As tools, the research appealed for eight classes in four classrooms observation, sumarizing 32 classroom hours, and a questionnaire to characterize the participants, with data on their academic and professional experience, available teaching resources in the work with the language, conceptions on textual genres, language and reading, among other aspects which guide teaching practice. With this study, we were able to observe a) that the teaching practice with textual genres is still supported on models and education formalistic conception, focusing on the structural features exploration of the language at working with reading and text production and excluding socio communicative aspects on language actions, and b) it ignores the language as a socio-historical and cultural phenomenon, compromising students linguistic-discursive development skills and, consequently, their academic success

SILVA, Sammia Castro. Campo de saberes da capoeira cearense: um estudo sobre o centro cultural capoeira água de beber (2002-2016). 2016. 170f. - Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-23T15:52:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_scsilva.pdf: 5538011 bytes, checksum: 8a3e8ff15c59edb75385637886be477c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-01-25T16:53:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_scsilva.pdf: 5538011 bytes, checksum: 8a3e8ff15c59edb75385637886be477c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-25T16:53:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_scsilva.pdf: 5538011 bytes, checksum: 8a3e8ff15c59edb75385637886be477c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / This work sought to know pedagogical practices of capoeira from the beginning of the XXI century, capoeira period gained greater political prestige in Brazil and the world due to patrimonialist policies. The methodology used was the Case Study, that is, an intensive qualitative research in documents and oral reports of a certain group of capoeira of the city of Fortaleza, the Cultural Center Capoeira Water of Drink- CECAB. The relevance of this study is to contribute with knowledge about the Field of Knowledge that constitutes this socioeducational space in constant expansion. The data collection process developed from the historical record of aspects of the main projects undertaken by the group which, in addition to the ritualistic practice of Capoeira, also promotes qualification courses, events and shows with a view to researching cultural diversity in a general way and Capoeira. Among the results obtained, we emphasize that the Capoeira Field of Knowledge assumes relations with traditional scientific fields of formal education and with traditional popular knowledge. However, it does not refer to an eminently disciplinary field with rigid and cast structures, but rather a free field of action of charismatic educators with a leadership profile. It is a field in which some knowledges are highlighted according to the collective interests of a given period and the motivation derived from corporal practices, offering subsidies for active and critical teaching proposals. Therefore, we conclude that the projects investigated are collective pedagogical actions that, through public and private resources, perpetuate knowledge about African and indigenous cultural values and elements, from a multicultural perspective. / Este trabalho pretendeu registrar práticas educativas da capoeira cearense a partir do início do século XXI, período em que a capoeira obteve maior prestígio político no Brasil e no mundo em virtude das políticas patrimonialistas vigentes. A imersão nos saberes e modos de ensinar a capoeira foi realizada através de uma análise sobre as práticas educativas do Centro Cultural Água de Beber - CECAB, ou seja, um Estudo de Caso. Portanto, trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa intensiva em documentos e relatos orais, cuja relevância consistiu em responder ao seguinte questionamento: Do que é constituído o Campo de Saberes da Capoeira na atualidade? O processo de coleta de dados se desenvolveu a partir do registro histórico de aspectos dos principais projetos empreendidos pelo grupo que, além da prática ritualística da Capoeira, também promove cursos de qualificação, eventos e espetáculos, em uma perspectiva de pesquisar a diversidade cultural de um modo geral e da Capoeira. Entre os resultados obtidos, destacamos que o Campo de Saberes da Capoeira assume relações com campos científicos tradicionais da educação formal e com os saberes populares tradicionais. Contudo, não se refere a um campo eminentemente disciplinar com estruturas rígidas e imutáveis, mas sim um campo livre de atuação de educadores carismáticos e com perfil de liderança. É um campo em que alguns saberes são postos em evidência de acordo com os interesses coletivos de determinado período e pela motivação oriunda das práticas corporais, oferecendo subsídios para propostas de ensino ativo e crítico. Portanto, concluímos que os projetos investigados são ações educativas coletivas que, através de recursos públicos e privados, perpetuam conhecimentos sobre valores e elementos culturais africanos e indígenas, numa perspectiva multicultural.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:24:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_gilvania.pdf: 2114792 bytes, checksum: 975ddf34ae4990cea1e1d221891a4720 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-07 / This work deals with the treatment of linguistic deconstruction of prejudice in Textbook of Portuguese. We present, among other things, consideration of the Textbook, the NCP that warn about the linguistic varieties and with PNLD on the prospects for treatment activities of prejudice in the teaching of Portuguese language. The contribution of sociolinguistics is an important point that we address in order to justify the course that we actually get to linguistic prejudice and discuss its deconstruction. The approach adopted for the presentation of this research is based in Bagno (1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009), Bortoni-Ricardo (2004), Marcuschi ( 2001, 2008), Smith (1996, 1998, 2000,2002, 2004) among others. Therefore, the selected corpus is the didactic collection "Portuguese Language: rumo ao letramento" (Soares, 2002) in order to observe the approach that this work gives the change in the perspective of linguistic deconstruction of language bias. We conclude that the didactic collection presents significant progress in relation to our focus of analysis. Are rare moment in which we perceive stereotypes and biased language, the work did not find the concept of right x wrong that only emphasizes the variety cultivated and underestimate others. But on the other hand, we detected the lack of activities scheduled for actions that allow prospects deconstruction of language prejudice / Este trabalho versa sobre o tratamento da desconstrução do preconceito linguístico no Livro Didático de Português. Nele apresentamos, entre outras questões, considerações sobre o Livro Didático; o que alertam os PCN sobre as variedades linguísticas e o que diz o PNLD no tocante às perspectivas de tratamento para as atividades sobre preconceito no ensino de Língua Portuguesa. A contribuição da Sociolinguística é um ponto marcante que abordamos no intuito de justificar o percurso que fazemos para chegar ao preconceito linguístico e discorrer sobre a sua desconstrução. A abordagem adotada para a apresentação desta pesquisa fundamenta-se em Bagno (1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009), Bortoni-Ricardo (2004), Marcuschi ( 2001, 2008), Soares (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) dentre outros. Para tanto, o corpus selecionado é a coleção didática Língua Portuguesa: rumo ao letramento , (SOARES, 2002) com o objetivo de observar a abordagem que tal obra confere à variação linguística na perspectiva da desconstrução do preconceito linguístico. Concluímos que a coleção didática apresenta avanço significativo em relação ao nosso foco de análise. São raros os momento em que percebemos visões estereotipadas e preconceituosas da língua, não encontramos na obra o conceito de certo x errado que enfatiza apenas a variedade culta e subestima as demais. Mas, por outro lado, detectamos a ausência de atividades marcadas por ações que possibilitem perspectivas de desconstrução do preconceito linguístico

論文內容摘要：本研究探討對台灣的高中生教導一本完整英文原著小說與其閱讀能力的關聯性以及學生們對於小說閱讀和小說課的態度。 一、 研究方法： 1. 受試者為台北地區某一所高中高一的124名學生，其指定讀物為C.S.Lewis所著之小說「獅子、女巫、魔衣櫥」，所進行的小說閱讀和教學從2005年九月至2006年元月為期四個月，以每週一節課的時間用於小組討論和發表，並由教師導引上課流程，受試者須完成課後作業單並繳交給教師評閲。 2. 在施教前和施教後分別對受試者實施閱讀能力前測及後測，復加之以成對母體t檢定，以檢驗全體受試者和高中低不同能力組別學生的前後測差異，此外亦實施ㄧ有關小說內容的開書測驗，以便檢驗受試者了解小說的程度，以及蒐集受試者的期末考英文成績（考的是英文課本）。研究者檢驗了以下三種測驗時間相當接近的測驗中任兩種之間的關聯：閱讀能力後測、小說測驗、期末考英文測驗。 3. 最後，小說閱讀和教學的問卷調查由受試者填完，並以頻率和百分比分析全體受試者，而以卡方檢定分析在受教前有無閱讀其他英文小說經驗和受教後是否讀完整本小說之差異。 二 、研究結果 1. 在小說教學結束後，受試者的英文閱讀能力不只顯著地提升，而且與小說測驗成績顯著相關。 2. 而對全體受試者和中低成就組學生而言，小說測驗成績則和期末考成績顯著相關。 3. 對中成就組學生而言，閱讀能力後測成績和期末考英文成績有顯著相關。 4. 受試者對於英文小說閱讀的反應正面多過於負面的有：對於讀小說的感覺、對於增進英文閱讀速度及字彙的幫助、提升學習英文興趣的幫助。而對於是否增進英文文法知識與幫助課本學習，只有少數學生持肯定態度。 5. 受試者對於小說課及其活動的態度呈高度肯定，對於再教一本英文小說的反應十分熱烈。 6. 讀完指定小說確實與未讀完者在「認為讀指定小說提升今後讀英文小說的意願」上有顯著不同，而受教前讀過其他小說與教學後讀完小說者，則皆比未讀過其他小說及未讀完指定小說者，更願意在時間許可下自行閱讀英文小說。 7. 受試者的閱讀技巧增進從多到少依次為：閱讀理解、字彙、文法句型。 三 、結論： 英文小說閱讀做為一種延伸閱讀其對高中學生學習英文的幫助，不只是認知上的也是情意上的，與其讓學生自行摸索閱讀英文小說之道，將之當作課堂學習教材並施以教學將更能有效幫助學生。本研究證明英文小說在台灣高中英文課程為一門值得教的課，而非僅是一種單單留給學生自行閱讀即可的讀物。 / The present study explored the correlations of teaching a complete English novel to high school students in Taiwan with their reading ability and investigated their attitudes to the novel reading and the novel class. The subjects were 124 freshmen students of a senior high school in Taipei, whose assigned material was the novel The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. The reading and teaching of the novel lasted a semester from Sept. 2005 to Jan. 2006, with one period of English class each week spent on small group discussion and presentation monitored and facilitated by the teacher. After-reading worksheets were done by the subjects and handed in for teacher review and assessment. A reading pretest and a post-test were administered to the subjects before and after the treatment, and their reading ability improvement was examined using Paired T tests for all subjects and different ability groups from high to middle and low proficiency groups. Besides, an open-book novel test concerning the content of the novel was given to find out how well the subjects understand the novel. The subjects’ scores of the final periodic test on the English textbook were also gathered so that the researcher could investigate the correlations, with Significant Correlation tests, between any two of the three tests which all took place near the end of the semester: the reading post-test, the novel test and the final periodic test. Finally the questionnaires on the novel reading and teaching were filled in by the subjects and analyzed based on the subjects as a whole with frequency and percentage. Furthermore, distinctions were made based on the differences between those subjects who had read other novels before the treatment and those who hadn’t, and on the differences between those who finished reading the novel and those who didn’t, with Chi-square tests. The major findings of the study are as follows: 1. After the treatment ended, the English reading proficiency of all subjects in general has increased significantly, and was found to be correlated with the novel test significantly. 2. The novel test was found to be significantly correlated to the final periodic test for all subjects and the Middle and Low Proficiency Groups. 3. For the Middle Proficiency Group., the post-test was correlated to the final periodic test significantly. 4. The subjects’ more positive responses than negative ones to the novel reading included: feelings about the novel, how the novel reading helped increase reading speed and vocabulary, how the novel helped raise their interest in learning English. As to whether reading the novel increased English grammar knowledge or helped them learn the English textbook, only a minority of them answered positively. 5. The subjects’ attitudes towards the novel class and its activity were highly positive and the responses to having another English novel taught were quite enthusiastic. 6. Having finished reading the novel made a difference for the subjects in believing reading the designated novel promoted their willingness to read more English novels, while being experienced novel readers and having finished reading the novel both made significant differences in the subjects’ willingness to read other English novels on their own when time is allowed for reading. 7. The reading benefits for our subjects in order of importance were: reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar and sentence patterns. In conclusion, novel reading, as a form of extensive reading, helps senior high school students learn English cognitively as well as affectively. Instead of letting the students grope their own ways to the English novel, it helps them more when the novel becomes the class material and is taught in class. This study explores the English novel as a worthwhile course to teach in high school curriculum in Taiwan, not just as something left for the students to read all by themselves.

The introduction of Outcomes-Based Curriculum 2005, has meant that the learning area of Life Orientation has undergone significant changes. These changes encompass both the scope of the learning area of Life Orientation, and the implementation of Life Orientation. The aim of this investigation has been to examine the implications of Outcomes-Based Curriculum 2005, for Life Orientation as well as to propose a method of assisting this implementation. The training of facilitators has met with mixed results and there is still confusion surrounding Curriculum 2005, and the learning area of Life Orientation. The development of an implementation model was therefore proposed and developed to assist Life Orientation facilitators to make the transition from a theoretical understanding to the practical implementation. The results of the study determined that the facilitators were overwhelmingly in support of the implementation model. They found it provided a logical and comprehensive framework, which would be helpful in assisting them with planning their learning programmes. In order to understand more fully the effectiveness of the implementation model in the classroom reality, it will however be necessary to undertake a study over a longer term with participating facilitators. A number of other issues also were investigated as part of this study. From this it was determined that facilitators feel they require more training to implement an Outcomes-Based appro'ach particularly with regard to assessment. Facilitators have also not yet fully understood what constitutes the learning area of Life Orientation, nor their tasks as a facilitator. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

The introduction of Outcomes-Based Curriculum 2005, has meant that the learning area of Life Orientation has undergone significant changes. These changes encompass both the scope of the learning area of Life Orientation, and the implementation of Life Orientation. The aim of this investigation has been to examine the implications of Outcomes-Based Curriculum 2005, for Life Orientation as well as to propose a method of assisting this implementation. The training of facilitators has met with mixed results and there is still confusion surrounding Curriculum 2005, and the learning area of Life Orientation. The development of an implementation model was therefore proposed and developed to assist Life Orientation facilitators to make the transition from a theoretical understanding to the practical implementation. The results of the study determined that the facilitators were overwhelmingly in support of the implementation model. They found it provided a logical and comprehensive framework, which would be helpful in assisting them with planning their learning programmes. In order to understand more fully the effectiveness of the implementation model in the classroom reality, it will however be necessary to undertake a study over a longer term with participating facilitators. A number of other issues also were investigated as part of this study. From this it was determined that facilitators feel they require more training to implement an Outcomes-Based appro'ach particularly with regard to assessment. Facilitators have also not yet fully understood what constitutes the learning area of Life Orientation, nor their tasks as a facilitator. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)