Construction education is dynamic and practice oriented. As such, effective construction programs require significant collaboration with the construction industry. This collaboration, in the form of internship or cooperative programs, increase the student readiness for the job market by providing valuable field experience. Construction programs in the United States (US) established several internship requirements that range from being optional to multiple required internships. This study focuses on scanning the current internship requirements set by construction and engineering technology programs in the US by gathering information including; 1) Number and length of required internships, 2) Internship prerequisites, 3) Internship deliverables, 4) assessment method. The outcome of this study is expected to help construction programs improve their internship or cooperative requirements by considering the prevailing practices developed by other schools. Additionally, the study provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of internship for positive experiential learning.

With the increasing contact between Vietnam and English speaking countries and the growing demand for foreign language professionals in the last decades, the teaching of foreign languages, especially English, has gained considerable prominence in Vietnamese education. However, English has been taught in Vietnam for a relatively short time, there are significant deficiencies in this area. If these deficiencies are to be addressed then methodology is a crucial variable worthy of examination. Many of the EFL teaching (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) methods developed in the last twenty years are unfamiliar to a great number of the Vietnamese teachers, although they may be introduced to Vietnam in the near future. In this study a historical overview of language teaching development is provided. Since language teaching methods are products of Western experience, a scrutiny of their relevance to the Vietnamese teaching situation is necessary. In particular it is important to focus on the psychological and cultural appropriateness of different methods to the Vietnamese settings. A number of most crucial psychological issues such as the learner's motivation, aptitude, personality and learning style are discussed together with some social and cultural influences which may affect the learner's psychological attributes, The study also provides a specific investigation of the psychological attributes of Vietnamese students and a number of cultural problems faced by this type of learners in their English learning process. Finally some practical, though tentative, suggestions are made in the hops that more and more Vietnamese teachers of English will respond to the problem of teaching methodology and search for ways to bring about effective learning.

This study explored the students' perceptions of active learning strategies in the Child and Youth Care Programme at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The key focus of the study was how the participants experienced independent study and in-class active learning strategies. Of interest, too were the participants' ideas of how the roles of their peers and educators could be improved to enhance the active learning process. Data was obtained from questionnaires and focus groups conducted with the third year students. The qualitative research design involved the collection and analysis of the data and a review of the findings in relation to current local and international literature. This research highlights the roles that peers and educators play in independent study and in-class active learning strategies. The findings indicated that students and educators play a number of roles. The roles of peers included enhancing understanding through explanation, providing alternative ways of understanding, increasing quantity of knowledge and providing support. The roles of the educator included providing guidance, feedback, structure, clarification and skills. Recommendations are made for future research as well as improvements of this active learning process within the Child and Youth Care programme. The recommendations for improvement within the programme include assessment of group learning, curriculum development, evaluation of pedagogy and infrastructural support for student learning. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.

Teaching and learning foreign languages has always been a source of debate. This research begins by tracing the evolution of teaching methods and approaches. It proceeds to describe how the teaching and learning of Standard Italian at the post-secondary level and in adult education in Montreal is affected by the multicultural nature of the community. The analysis of individual textbooks used in post-secondary and adult instruction in Montreal and the surrounding area follows. This study should provide an impetus for further investigation regarding the relationship between foreign language acquisition and the choice of textbooks for classroom use and it could provide solutions for some of the pedagogical problems arising from Montreal's linguistic plurality.

The role of the subject advisors as instructional leaders in South Africa has not been a field which has been given much focus. Few studies have been conducted on the role of the subject advisors even though the international literature shows that in developed countries much research has been done on the role of subject advisors. This study aimed at understanding the role of subject advisors in the South African context using one Education District in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2011 the Department of Basic Education introduced the Guidelines on The Roles and Responsibilities of Education Districts with the aim of addressing the functioning of the education districts. So it is also important to know how the subject advisors understand their roles. This research utilised a qualitative, case study approach. Data was generated through semi-structured interviews. Three subject advisors were the participants of this study. Data was analysed utilising Hallinger and Murphy‘s model of an instructional leader. The findings suggest that the subject advisors understand their roles of enhancing instructional leadership in schools. Through the findings it emerged that subject advisors understand their roles to be supporting educators through the implementation of the curriculum which includes conducting workshops, providing educators with the educator support materials and class visits. Class visits enable the subject advisor to understand what is actually happening in class so that he/she would be able to understand the nature of support that might be needed. There were challenges that the subject advisors experienced as they performed their duties. It emerged through the findings that the subject advisors involved other people in supporting teaching and learning in schools because of different reasons, which included the shortage of subject advisors in certain discipline and also the subjects which were introduced in schools when these subject advisors were already employed. Other challenges which emerged from the findings included the shortage of computers for the subject advisors which forced them to use one computer and also educator support materials like duplicating papers which were used for workshops and the materials that were to be used in the classroom. Recommendations to address these challenges include organising more workshops for subject advisors so that they would have the necessary skills, employing more subject advisors, partnerships with local private sector to address the shortage of educator support materials. / M.Ed. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2014.

[pt] Desde a última década, uma nova forma de ensino na área administrativa tem chamado a atenção por seu espírito inovador, pela forma dinâmica de seu aprendizado e pela criatividade estimulada nos alunos no sentido não somente de ajudá-los a absorver os conhecimentos teóricos aprendidos em sala de aula, mas, sobretudo de desenvolver reflexões próprias e pertinentes às suas aplicações práticas. Essa técnica de ensino é denominada de Jogos de Empresas (Business Game) ou Simuladores Empresariais. A aplicação dessa ferramenta propõe-se a auxiliar o ensino de várias atividades empresariais, como: aspectos econômicos, aspectos contábeis, liderança - tomada de decisão e planejamento estratégico. Nesse contexto, esse trabalho dividiu-se em duas unidades de pesquisa. O objetivo da primeira unidade de pesquisa é investigar como são utilizados os simuladores empresariais nas instituições de ensino no Brasil. Os dados para essa pesquisa foram coletados por meio de questionário predominantemente estruturado. O objetivo da segunda unidade de pesquisa é investigar se os simuladores empresariais são uma boa ferramenta de ensino de planejamento estratégico, segundo as dez escolas definidas por Mintzberg. Essa unidade de pesquisa foi desenvolvida utilizando-se a metodologia de estudos de casos, tendo como foco de pesquisa a aplicação de simuladores empresariais na Universidade São Paulo (USP), Fundação Getúlio Vargas - SP e a Fundação Dom Cabral (Belo Horizonte). Os dados para essa pesquisa foram coletados por meio de investigação documental e telematizada, questionário predominantemente estruturado, entrevistas e observação de cada aplicação. A interpretação e análise dos dados foram realizadas com base no referencial teórico. Os resultados evidenciam que a maioria das instituições de ensino utilizam simuladores empresariais como instrumento de ensino de planejamento estratégico, porém as ferramentas analisadas, por si só, não cumprem esse papel sem a interferência direta dos docentes dessa disciplina. / [en] Since the 1990s, a new way of teaching business administration has called attention to itself because of its innovative spirit, the dynamic nature of its learning process, and for the creativity it stimulates in its students; not only in terms of helping them absorb the theoretical knowledge presented in the classroom, but, more significantly, in developing their own ideas regarding its practical application. This teaching technique is called Business Game or Business Simulator. The application of this technique can aid in the instruction of various business activities, including economic operations, accounting procedures, and the application of leadership skills´ making decisions and carrying out strategic planning. In this context, this work is divided into two research units. The objective of the first research unit is to investigate how the business simulators are employed in Brazilian education. The data for this research was collected by means of a highly-structured questionnaire. The objective of the second research unit is to investigate whether or not the business simulators are a useful tool in the teaching of strategic planning, according to the ten schools defined by Mintzberg. This research unit was developed using a case study methodology, having as its research focus the application of business simulators at the University of São Paulo (USP), Getúlio Vargas Foundation - SP, and the Dom Cabral Foundation (in the Brazilian state of Belo Horizonte). The data for this research was collected by means of a record and internet sources, a highlystructured questionnaire, interviews and an analysis of each application. The interpretation and analysis of data was carried out based upon a theoretical reference. The results indicate that most of the educational institutions use business simulators as a teaching instrument for strategic planning; however, the analyzed tools do not, on their own, fulfill their role without the direct involvement of instructors.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo a inclusão de tecnologias e suas ferramentas no ensino de ciências, através da capacitação de professores para a utilização de recursos do universo tecnológico, disponíveis em escolas da rede pública de um munícipio da região nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, com a finalidade de inserir tais tecnologias, em uso na sociedade, como possibilidade didática. A relevância do presente trabalho se justifica pela carência de profissionais da educação que se sintam qualificados para utilização dessas tecnologias na sua ação pedagógica. A partir de um curso de formação, observou-se que, apesar das dificuldades apresentadas pelos professores em relação ao conhecimento básico de informática, a prática com o uso de ferramentas digitais pode incentivá-los quanto à aplicação em sua prática docente, levando-os a terem uma maior aproximação com os estudantes. A aplicação de processos metodológicos no ensino de Ciências e os relatos de diferentes experiências levaram a concluir que o professor pode criar possibilidades atrativas e motivadoras para os estudantes, através dos recursos tecnológicos inseridos em uma didática diferenciada e contextualizada. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-05-12T13:25:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Luis Cesar Minozzo.pdf: 2511688 bytes, checksum: f2de7127b1d2212db5768852adb77e2e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-12T13:25:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Luis Cesar Minozzo.pdf: 2511688 bytes, checksum: f2de7127b1d2212db5768852adb77e2e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-12 / This paper aims at the inclusion of technologies and tools in Science education by training teachers to use resources from the technological universe available in the public schools in a city at northeast of Rio Grande do Sul state, in order to put such technologies in use in society, as a teaching opportunity. The relevance of this study is justified by the lack of professionals in education who feel qualified to use these technologies in their pedagogical action. From a training course, it was observed that, despite the difficulties faced by teachers in relation to the basic computer knowledge, the practice using digital tools encourage them as to the application in their teaching practice, leading to a perception of a closer relationship with students. The application of methodologies proceed in Science teaching and reports of different experiments lead to the conclusion that the teacher can create attractive and motivating opportunities for students through technological resources embedded in a differentiated and contextualized teaching.

Submitted by PAULO ROBERTO PRADO CONSTANTINO null (pconst@bol.com.br) on 2017-04-06T12:37:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Apreciacao de generos musicais.pdf: 2131729 bytes, checksum: f1c1f2b14f5f18a71b821ebf9a90bdb9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-04-10T15:02:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 constantino_prp_dr_mar.pdf: 2131729 bytes, checksum: f1c1f2b14f5f18a71b821ebf9a90bdb9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-10T15:02:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 constantino_prp_dr_mar.pdf: 2131729 bytes, checksum: f1c1f2b14f5f18a71b821ebf9a90bdb9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-09 / A tese sustenta que a atividade de apreciação dos gêneros musicais, como estruturadora das propostas educacionais para a escola básica, é um princípio pedagógico válido e aplicável aos diferentes níveis de ensino, com ênfase no segundo ciclo do Ensino Fundamental e Médio, promovendo a aproximação das instituições escolares à diversidade dos gêneros musicais e das possibilidades de escuta baseadas nas mídias e suportes disponíveis. A pesquisa-ação foi o instrumental escolhido para uma intervenção entre 169 alunos do ensino fundamental e médio em duas escolas estaduais públicas paulistas. Os resultados obtidos foram analisados à luz das categorias de avaliação da apreciação musical propostas por Keith Swanwick (2014), delineando percursos para atividades entre os alunos da educação básica. / The thesis argues that the activity of listening of music genres as a structuring element of the educational proposals, is a valid approach and applicable to the different levels of education, with emphasis in the Elementary [Middle School] and High School, promoting the approximation of institutions to the diversity of music genres and listening possibilities, based on available media. Action-research was the instrument chosen for studies among 169 middle and high school students, in two public schools in State of São Paulo, Brazil. The results obtained were analyzed in the categories of listening evaluation proposed by Keith Swanwick (2014), outlining paths for the development of the proposal among students of basic education.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlessandroVPRA_DISSERT.pdf: 1388338 bytes, checksum: 708c2ca66cf237536a1eecade53cc87d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-31 / This paper presents methodology based on Lev Vigotsky`s social interactionist theory through investigative activities, which integrates the teaching of physics to robotics, directed to students of the Physics degree course, seeking to provide further training for future teachers. The method is organized through educational robotics workshops that addresses concepts of physics through the use of low-cost educational robots along with several activities. The methodology has been presented and discussed and put into practice afterwards in workshops so that these future teachers may be able to take robotics to their classroom. Students from the last and penultimate semester of the Physics degree course of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte, Caic? campus participated in this project / Este trabalho tem como prop?sito apresentar uma metodologia baseada na teoria s?cio interacionista de Lev Vygotsky, atrav?s de atividades investigativas, que integra o ensino de F?sica com a rob?tica, direcionadas para alunos do curso de licenciatura em F?sica, na busca de fornecer mais uma capacita??o para os futuros professores. Organizada por meio de oficinas de rob?tica pedag?gicas que abordam conceitos de f?sica atrav?s da utiliza??o do kit did?tico de rob?tica livre proposto juntamente com atividades produzidas, a metodologia foi apresenta e discutida, e posteriormente, colocada em pr?tica nas oficinas para que esses futuros professores possam levar a rob?tica para sua sala de aula. Participaram alunos do ?ltimo e do pen?ltimo per?odo da Licenciatura em F?sica do Instituo Federal de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte, c?mpus Caic?

Este trabalho tem por objetivo a inclusão de tecnologias e suas ferramentas no ensino de ciências, através da capacitação de professores para a utilização de recursos do universo tecnológico, disponíveis em escolas da rede pública de um munícipio da região nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, com a finalidade de inserir tais tecnologias, em uso na sociedade, como possibilidade didática. A relevância do presente trabalho se justifica pela carência de profissionais da educação que se sintam qualificados para utilização dessas tecnologias na sua ação pedagógica. A partir de um curso de formação, observou-se que, apesar das dificuldades apresentadas pelos professores em relação ao conhecimento básico de informática, a prática com o uso de ferramentas digitais pode incentivá-los quanto à aplicação em sua prática docente, levando-os a terem uma maior aproximação com os estudantes. A aplicação de processos metodológicos no ensino de Ciências e os relatos de diferentes experiências levaram a concluir que o professor pode criar possibilidades atrativas e motivadoras para os estudantes, através dos recursos tecnológicos inseridos em uma didática diferenciada e contextualizada. / This paper aims at the inclusion of technologies and tools in Science education by training teachers to use resources from the technological universe available in the public schools in a city at northeast of Rio Grande do Sul state, in order to put such technologies in use in society, as a teaching opportunity. The relevance of this study is justified by the lack of professionals in education who feel qualified to use these technologies in their pedagogical action. From a training course, it was observed that, despite the difficulties faced by teachers in relation to the basic computer knowledge, the practice using digital tools encourage them as to the application in their teaching practice, leading to a perception of a closer relationship with students. The application of methodologies proceed in Science teaching and reports of different experiments lead to the conclusion that the teacher can create attractive and motivating opportunities for students through technological resources embedded in a differentiated and contextualized teaching.