<p>The information and communication technology, ICT, is opening new possibilities for the educational arena. Previous research shows that achieving positive educational outcomes requires more than simply providing access to computer hardware and software. How does this new technology affect the teaching and learning of physics? This thesis focuses on the field of geometrical optics. It reports two studies, both in Swedish upper secondary school. Important for the use of the ICT in physics education is the teaching strategy for using the new technology. The first study investigates with a questionnaire, how 37 teachers in a region of Sweden use computers in physics education and what intentions they follow while doing so. The results of this study show that teachers’ intentions for using ICT in their physics teaching were to increase students' interest for physics, to increase their motivation, to achieve variation in teaching, and to improve visualization and explanation of the phenomena of physics. The second study investigates students’ conceptual change in geometrical optics during a teaching sequence with computer-assisted instruction. For this purpose we choose the computer software "Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU)", which was developed with a base in research on students conceptions in optics. The thesis presents the teaching sequence developed together with the teacher. The study is based on a constructivist view of learning. The concepts analysed in this study were vision, image, ray and image formation. A first result of this study is a category system for conceptions around these concepts, found among the students. With these categories we found that students even at this level, of upper secondary school, have constructed well-known alternative conceptions before teaching, e.g. about a holistic conception of image. The results show also some learning progress: some alternative conceptions vanish, in some cases the physics conceptions are more often constructed after teaching. The students and the teacher also report that the CPU program gave new and useful opportunities to model multiple rays and to model vision.</p>

Pastaruoju metu vis labiau akcentuojamas ne mokymo turinys ar programas, bet mokymo(si) būdai ir metodai, t.y. – kaip mokyti? (Walsh, 2001; Bartkevičienė, 2008; Hargreaves, 2008). Jaunesniame mokykliniame amžiuje vyrauja pažintinis vaiko santykis su aplinka, dėl ko pradinė mokykla yra palankus metas pradėti formuoti asmens mokslinį raštingumą, ugdyti mokslinę kultūrą, pradėti taikyti mokslinio tyrimo metodus, kas neabejotinai plėtoja mokinių pažinimo kompetencijas (Lamanauskas, 2004; Savickaitė, 2005; Vilkonienė, 2005). Atsižvelgiant į tai, tyrimo problema formuluojama klausimu: ar pradinėje mokykloje šiuo metu naudojamų pasaulio pažinimo vadovėlių turinys suteikia palankias galimybes tiriamųjų metodų taikymui ir tuo pačiu – mokinių gamtotyrinės / aplinkotyrinės veiklos aktyvinimui? Lietuvoje nėra atlikta tyrimų, kurių metu būtų aiškintasi ar pasaulio pažinimui skirti vadovėliai skatina tiriamąją mokinių veiklą. Tuo pasireiškia šio tyrimo naujumas. Tyrimo objektas: I-IV klasių pasaulio pažinimo vadovėlių turinys tiriamųjų mokymo(si) metodų taikymo aspektu. Darbo tikslas: įvertinti I-IV klasių pasaulio pažinimo vadovėlių teikiamas galimybes taikyti tiriamuosius mokymo(si) metodus. Darbo uždaviniai: 1) Remiantis moksline ir metodine literatūra, atskleisti tiriamųjų mokymo(si) metodų reikšmę ugdymo turinio struktūroje. 2) Mokslinės ir metodinės literatūros analizės pagrindu išskirti vadovėlių turinio vertinimo kriterijus galimybių taikyti tiriamuosius mokymo(si) metodus aspektu... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Recently, more and more emphasis is put on the teaching/learning methods and techniques, i.e. “How to teach?”, rather than on the teaching contents or programs (Walsh, 2001; Bartkevičienė, 2008; Hargreaves, 2008). In the young school age, a cognitive child’s relationship with the environment prevails, therefore a primary school is a favourable time to start developing a personal scientific literacy, fostering a scientific culture, and introducing scientific research methods, which undoubtedly develop pupils cognitive competencies (Lamanauskas, 2004; Savickaitė, 2005; Vilkonienė, 2005). With consideration of the above, the research problem is formulated as a question: whether the content of the world cognition textbooks currently used in the primary school provides a favourable context for application of exploratory methods and, at the same time, for activation of the pupils nature research / environmental research activities? No studies have been carried out in Lithuania to investigate, if the world cognition textbooks promote the pupils research activities. This is the novelty of this research. The object of the research: the content of the world cognition textbooks of the 1st-4th forms in the respect of application of exploratory teaching/learning methods. The aim of the thesis: to assess the possibilities provided by the world cognition textbooks of the 1st-4th forms for application of exploratory teaching/learning methods. The targets of the thesis: 1) Based on the... [to full text]

The purposes of the study were (1) to validate five selected supportive and five selected non-supportive nonverbal movements, and (2) to determine the effects of the nonverbal expressions upon subjects' learning of a gross motor skill. Subjects were twenty-eight college women who met the established criteria. The testing instrument was the Bachman Ladder. Fourteen subjects received the supportive-- non-supportive nonverbal treatment sequence; fourteen subjects received the reverse treatment sequence. Subjects numerically ranked the degree of treatment following each experimental session. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance method. Alpha was .05. Conclusions of this study were (1) that nonverbal supportive and non-supportive treatments do not significantly affect gross motor learning, and (2) the selected expressions are valid techniques for nonverbal communications.

Although formative assessment is fundamental to educational theory and practices, it is a widely misunderstood term for most educators. This qualitative study defines formative assessment as short-cycle assessments in which teachers adapt their instruction to meet the learners‟ immediate needs. This study focused on the transformation of teachers‟ practices and their perspectives of the critical pedagogical principles necessary to enact The Keeping Learning on Track Program® (KLT™) in their classrooms and in teacher learning communities. The participants in this study included 21 formally trained KLT teachers at the St. Johnsbury School. Over a one year period, I observed in classrooms, attended all KLT teacher learning community (TLC) sessions, collected field notes, attended KLT trainings and presentations, and conducted individual and focus group interviews. The primary area of transformation included: the regulation of learning, beliefs and attitudes, accountability, shared leadership, systemic supports, motivation, classroom culture, and teacher practices.

TITLE: Methodology of korfball in primary school AUTHOR: Andrea Lhotáková DEPARTMENT: Department of Physical Education SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Věra Kuhnová ABSTRACT: This thesis is focused on the preparation of basic methodology of korfbal for beginners - primary school children. The methodology is intended for PE teachers in basic schools, especially primary school teachers. They could use findings from this study in PE lessons or in afterschool activities groups focused on korfball. The theoretical part deals with basic information about korfball including its history and presents the modification of korfball called monokorfball. The thesis focuses on the basic methodology of korfball skills with basic exercises, such as work with the ball /passing, shot, catching etc./. The short analysis of the status of the coach/teacher and the organization of training are mentioned, too. The practical part compares the suitability of korfball and monokorfball on a group of primary school pupils by the method of experiment. The thesis includes a set of six basic training lessons for beginning players and coaches. The work also evaluates the views of pupils on korfball according to a simple questionnaire. KEYWORDS: Korfball, monokorfball, methodology, sport, game, primary school, teaching, learning, child

O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar as instruções fornecidas por professores de educação física no contexto de ensino-aprendizagem do futsal. Especificamente, buscou-se: (1) identificar quais instruções professores de educação física forneciam em (a) aulas de educação física, (b) aulas de Atividades Curriculares Desportivas (ACD) e (c) Jogos Esportivos do Estado de São Paulo; (2) sobre qual aspecto do futsal as instruções se referiam (categoria); (3) se o tempo de magistério influenciava nas instruções. Participaram voluntariamente dessa pesquisa cinco professores de educação física da rede estadual de ensino de São Paulo, do sexo masculino, com idade média de 38,8 anos (± 7,6 anos). Foram realizadas filmagens de quatro aulas de educação física curricular, quatro aulas de ACD e cinco jogos nos JEESP. Foram transcritas e categorizadas de acordo com o instrumento de análise da instrução SAPCI, 1543 instruções: 286 em aulas, 486 nos treinos e 771 nos jogos. O método de análise de conteúdo foi utilizado para a interpretação do significado da instrução. Além disso, os dados foram analisados descritivamente em termos da quantidade de ocorrências de cada instrução. Três análises foram realizadas: a primeira considerou as instruções intra dimensão de ensino, isto é, na aula, no treino e no jogo; na segunda, as instruções foram analisadas comparando-se as dimensões (aula vs. treino vs. jogo); e, na terceira as principais instruções foram analisadas em razão do tempo de magistério dos professores. Os resultados revelaram que (1) as instruções sobre técnica ofensiva passe foram as únicas observadas nas três dimensões, além de serem aquelas mais fornecidas nas aulas de educação física e em treinos; (2) nos jogos, a ênfase instrucional esteve sobre Tática Individual Defensiva Jogo Posicional; e (3) os professores com maior tempo de magistério forneceram instruções relacionadas a Tática Individual Defensiva Jogo Posicional enquanto que aqueles com menor tempo de magistério o fizeram em relação às regras e violações / The aim of this study was to investigate the instructions provided by physical education teachers in the school context of teaching-learning of futsal. Specifically, it was investigate: (1) which instructions physical education teachers provided in (a) physical education classes, (b) classes of Sports Curricular Activities (ACD), and (c) Sports Games of the State of São Paulo (JEESP); (2) which aspect of futsal the instructions referred to (category); (3) whether the instruction was influenced by the time working as a teacher. Five physical education teachers of the educational system in the state of São Paulo, all males with mean age of 38.8 years (± 7.6 years) participated voluntarily in this study. Four physical education classes, four ACD classes and five games at JEESP, in three dimensions of teaching were recorded. 1543 instructions were transcribed and categorized according to the SAPCI instruction analysis tool: 286 from physical education classes; 486 from futsal training and 771 from games. The content analysis method was used to interpret the meaning of the instruction. In addition, data were analyzed descriptively in terms of the number of occurrences of each instruction. Three analyzes were carried out: the first one considered the intradimension instructions, that is, in the classes, training and games; in the second, instructions were analyzed comparing the dimensions (classes vs. training vs. games); and, in the third the main instructions were analyzed based on teachers\' time working as a teacher. The results revealed that (1) instructions about offensive technique of passing were the only one observed in the three dimensions. Furthermore, they were those most provided in physical education classes and training; (2) in the games, the instructional emphasis was on defensive individual tactic - positional game; and (3) teachers with the longest time working as a teacher emphasized instructions related to defensive individual tactic - positional game, whereas teachers with shortest time working as a teacher focused on rules and violations

Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous nous proposons de réfléchir sur les matériels à mettre en place en vue d’un enseignement/apprentissage centré sur l’autonomie dans un contexte FOS. Les concepts en vigueur nous semblent peu adaptés à la situation des étudiants de première année universitaire (inscrits en science et technologie).L’objectif majeur de notre réflexion est d’apporter une contribution aux grands principes de l’auto-apprentissage. Nous avons voulu dépasser le stade de la théorie et nous avons réfléchi sur la faisabilité et la pratique de certaines notions qui ont permis le lien entre l’autonomie de l’apprentissage et le FOS : la centration sur l’apprentissage, l’apport des neurosciences et le cognitivisme.Nos conclusions de recherches nous ont permis de :- revoir/reconsidérer certains concepts clés de l’autonomie et de l’auto-apprentissage à la suite de l’expérimentation menée avec nos étudiants- des propositions concrètes pour une application des principes sur lesquels nous nous sommes penché. / For the sake of this research, we intend to reflect upon the materials that we can establish in order to enhance autonomy in language teaching /learning within the context of FOS (Français sur objectifs spécifiques : French specific pruposes). The existing concepts do not seem to coordinate with the first year technology and sciences students’ needs.The main objective of our research is to bring a contribution to the principle of self-directed learning. We aimed to go beyond theory and to reflect upon the feasibility and the practice of the concepts that create the bound between learners autonomy and FOS ; focus on learning, contribution of neurosciences and cognitivism.The research findings have enabled us to:- review/ reconsider some key concepts of autonomy and self-directed learning through the experiment conducted with our students.- present some practical applications of the principles that we have examined.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar as Representações Sociais de estudantes do Ensino Médio sobre o termo indutor \"orgânico.\" O trabalho foi desenvolvido em duas escolas da rede pública estadual de Jundiaí/SP, uma regular e, outra, técnica, à luz da Teoria das Representações Sociais. Para analisar a estrutura dessas representações utilizou-se como suporte teórico e metodológico a Teoria do Núcleo Central. A escolha da palavra deve-se à polissemia do termo e ao contexto em que ele é usado, podendo haver diferentes significados, como o biológico (vida e seres vivos, por exemplo), o da agricultura (agricultura orgânica) e o da alimentação (alimentos orgânicos). Para o conhecimento químico, o termo orgânico está relacionado ao estudo das propriedades e transformações de materiais que apresentam em suas estruturas o elemento químico carbono. As evocações recolhidas de 635 estudantes, através de um questionário de questões de livre evocação e hierarquização de palavras, foram, posteriormente, analisadas pelas técnicas de Análise de Conteúdo, segundo a proposta de Bardin, e da Análise Estrutural das Representações Sociais, de Abric, permitindo, assim, identificar e entender as relações e os sentidos que os alunos estabeleciam para o termo \"orgânico\". As principais perspectivas apresentadas pelos estudantes investigados remetem a sentidos ambientalistas - voltados à seletividade do lixo e à natureza (como lócus de origem e produção de compostos orgânicos) - e de alimentação - relacionados a alimentos, especialmente os orgânicos, que promovam a saúde e bem estar do corpo. Essas constatações sinalizam que esses alunos, mesmo apresentando características específicas relativas a seus \"micro\" grupos sociais, compartilham das mesmas Representações Sociais sobre \"orgânico\" e, assim, possivelmente constituam um mesmo \"macro\" grupo social - estudantes de Ensino Médio da cidade de Jundiaí. / This study aims to investigate the Social Representations of \"organic\" to the high school students of a technical school and a regular governmental school settled in the City of Jundiai (São Paulo State, Brazil) in the scope of the Theory of Social Representations. In order to analyze the structure of those representations it has been used as theoretical and methodological support the Central Nucleus Theory. The choice of the inductor word is due to its various meanings in different contexts, such as biological (life, living beings), agricultural (organic farming) and food (organic food). Concerning the chemical knowledge, the term organic is related to studies of the properties and transformations of materials that contains in their chemical structures the Carbon element The data collected from 635 students, through a questionnaire composed of free evocation of words and ranking questions, were subsequently analyzed by the techniques of content´s analysis, as proposed by Bardin, and structural analysis of social representations, by Abric, allowing to identify and understand the relationships and meanings that the students established about the term \"organic.\" In an overall way, the main perspectives of the surveyed students were focused on environmental aspects - as the wastage selectivity and the nature (comprehended as the locus of origin and production of organic compounds) - and nourishment - related to food, especially organic ones, which promote health and wellness of the body. These outcomes indicate that these students, even presenting specific characteristics related to their \"micro\" social groups, reveal the same social representations regarding \"organic\" what suggests that they might constitute a same \"macro\" social group - \"High School students of the City of Jundiai.

O conhecimento experimentado nas últimas décadas é tão expressivo que nem o professor e tampouco o aluno são capazes de adquiri-lo ou gerenciá-lo nos moldes tradicionais. No ensino superior, um dos problemas a ser resolvido reside na atitude passiva com que os alunos recebem o conhecimento de seus professores. Na sala de aula, a interface professor-aluno é mantida por um planejamento de ensino que privilegia a simples transmissão de conhecimentos. A utilização de algumas tecnologias, onde se destaca o computador, vem permitindo que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem sofra sensíveis transformações. O computador, deixando o estigma de calculadora sofisticada, começa a ser empregado na construção do conhecimento. Procurando discutir essa questão, este trabalho analisa, em termos de recursos, exigências e limitações, como o computador pode contribuir para melhorar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem na educação em engenharia. Conhecimentos resultantes dessa análise foram reunidos na criação de um ambiente de aprendizagem na Web, desenvolvido através do software WebCT e tendo como domínio de aplicação a disciplina SEM-387 "Planejamento e Controle da Produção I", do curso de Engenharia de Produção da EESC-USP. Melhorar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem não é um atributo inerente ao computador, mas uma conseqüência que está vinculada ao modo como ele é utilizado. / The knowledge experienced in the last decades is so expressive that neither the teacher nor the student is capable of acquiring it or managing it in the traditional way. Concerning college education, one of the problems to be solved is the passive attitude the students show when receiving the knowledge from their teachers. In the classroom, the interface teacher-student is maintained by a teaching planning that privileges the simple transmission of knowledge. The use of some technologies, among which the computer stands out, allows that the teaching-learning process suffers noticeable transformations. The computer, getting off the stigma of sophisticated calculator, begins to be used in the construction of the knowledge. Trying to discuss this subject, this work analyzes, in terms of resources, demands and limitations, how computers can contribute to improve the teaching-learning process in engineering education. The resulting knowledge of this analysis was gathered in the creation of a learning environment in the Web, developed through the software WebCT and having as application domain the discipline SEM-387 "Planning and Control of the Production I", which is a discipline of the course of Production Engineering of EESC-USP. Improving the teaching-learning process is not an inherent attribute of the computer, but a consequence that is linked to the way it is used.

A construção do Sistema Único de Saúde trouxe sem dúvida uma melhora do acesso com a ampliação da oferta dos serviços, contudo, ainda há grandes desafios para se alcançar um modelo de assistência eficaz, resolutivo e universal. Necessário se faz promover mudanças na formação profissional de modo a aproximá-la dos princípios do SUS, como a integralidade da assistência, e do conceito ampliado de saúde, entre outros, com o desenvolvimento de competências que dêem conta da complexidade do trabalho em saúde para atenção integral e humanizada à população brasileira. A formação para área da saúde deve ter como objetivos a transformação das práticas profissionais, estruturadas a partir da problematização do processo de trabalho e sua capacidade de construir o cuidado para as várias dimensões e necessidades em saúde. Assim, esta investigação tem como objetivo analisar uma experiência de aprendizagem do estágio da Observação da Relação Mãe-Bebê-Família (ORMBF) como ferramenta para a constituição de sujeitos competentes para a produção de cuidados, na perspectiva da integralidade da assistência à saúde. O estágio acontece em uma parceria da Faculdade de Ciências e Letras com o Centro de Saúde Escola da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, ambas da Universidade de São Paulo, para estudantes do 4º e 5º anos da Faculdade de Psicologia. O material empírico se constituiu dos registros de observações de 5 famílias efetuadas durante o ano de 2003, sendo utilizada a análise temática. Na análise do material foi possível a articulação dos núcleos de sentido: preparo para o encontro e postura do observador, a disponibilidade da família para o observador, se deparando com uma realidade diferente – o impacto com o cotidiano das famílias, a comunicação como elemento fundamental para a interação e a construção da interação e do vínculo. Estes núcleos de sentido apontaram para um grande tema: o aprendizado para a interação, na perspectiva da clínica ampliada para atenção integral à saúde. Todos estes elementos da ORMF que compõem a aprendizado para interação, na realidade, identificam o observador participante privilegiado para compreender a complexidade do processo saúde e doença, com responsabilização e vínculo com a família que se propôs conhecer, campo de competência para atenção integral à saúde. Revelam aprendizado pela experiência e, também, novos conteúdos a serem pensados por pensadores implicados com a mudança dos modelos de atenção à saúde e de ensino. / The construction of the Single Health System (SHS) has undoubtedly led to a better access, offering a wider range of services. However, great challenges remain ahead if we want to reach an efficient, problem-solving and universal care model. Professional formation needs to get closer to the principles of the SHS, such as care integrity, and to a broader health concept, among others, developing competencies that are able to handle the complexity of health work, with a view to delivering integral and humanized care to the Brazilian population. Hence, health formation has to aim for the transformation of professional practices, structured on the basis of the problematization of the work process and its capacity to construct care for different health dimensions and needs. Thus, this research aims to analyze a learning experience during a training period in Observation on the Mother-Infant-Family Relation (OMIFR) as a tool for developing competent subjects for care delivery, from the perspective of integral health care. This training period is part of a partnership between the University of São Paulo School of Sciences and Languages and the Ribeirão Preto Medical School Teaching Health Center and directed at 4th and 5th-year students from the School of Psychology. 5 families were observed in 2003. The records of these observations were used as empirical material and were subject to thematic analysis. This analysis revealed the following clusters of meanings: preparation for the meeting and observer’s attitude, family’s availability for the observer, facing a different reality – the confrontation with the family’s daily reality, communication as a basic element for interaction and the construction of interaction and bonding. These clusters pointed towards one large theme: learning for interaction, from the perspective of an expanded clinical practice to provide integral health care. All of these OMIFR elements that constitute learning for interaction actually identify the participant observer, who is in a privileged position to understand the complexity of the sickness and health process, being answerable to and bonding with the family (s)he aimed to get to know, which is a competence area for integral health care. They disclose learning through experience, as well as new contents that should be taken into consideration by thinkers who are committed to changing health care and teaching models.