Este trabalho propõe uma análise cirscuntanciada de uma prática de ensino de filosofia ao longo de dez anos e meio como docente de ensino de filosofia no Ensino Médio na Escola de Aplicação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (EAFEUSP). O que se pretende aqui é, a partir de alguns pressupostos teóricos, produzir a análise de uma experiência com filosofia no Ensino Médio, de modo a oferecer contribuições à sua prática. Procurou-se expor os obstáculos geralmente enfrentados pelo professor iniciante, recém saído do bacharelado, quando se depara com demandas programáticas nem sempre condizentes com o conteúdo específico da Filosofia, e com alunos que, muitas vezes, não apresentam os pré-requisitos mínimos para que um trabalho filosófico possa ser iniciado. Tentou-se buscar respostas quanto ao caráter da disciplina, seus limites e as possibilidades de ações pedagógicas que atendam objetivos mínimos de formação do aluno. Com esse objetivo, realizou-se levantamento do tema na literatura, para, então, confrontar as propostas e diagnósticos encontrados na prática docente. São apresentados alguns percursos de elaboração do programa de ensino de filosofia praticados na Escola de Aplicação (EA) entre os anos de 2001 e 2011. Nesse trajeto, procurou-se explicitar as estratégias didáticas adotadas, quais foram bem sucedidas e quais apresentaram falhas e acabaram por ser abandonadas. Além disso, analisamos produções textuais dos alunos, bem como depoimentos de ex-alunos sobre sua experiência com filosofia no ensino médio. / This work offers a circumstanced analysis of the practice of teaching of Philosophy in the High School at Escola de Aplicação of University of Sao Paulo Education College (EAFE-USP), along ten years and a half. Here, the goal is, considering some theoretical presuppositions, to produce an analysis of this teaching experience, and also to offer some contribution to the practice of teaching Philosophy in High School. We intended to expose the obstacles that are usually faced by beginner teachers (recent bachelors), when they have to deal with the demands of the syllabus, which not always befit the specific content of Philosophy or students, that often do not have minimal necessary prerequisites to start a philosophical work. We aimed to search answers concerning the nature of the discipline, its limits and the possible pedagogical actions that satisfy minimally the students formation. Focusing on this, we researched this theme in the literature in order to confront propositions and diagnosis in teaching practice. We also presented some of the philosophy teaching syllabus adopted at Escola da Aplicação between 2001 and 2011. In this trajectory, we sought to fully expose the adopted didactic strategies: the ones which had well succeeded and the others that showed failures, thus being abandoned. Furthermore, we analyzed the writing production as well as the testimony of previous students concerning philosophy in high school.

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Este trabalho propõe uma análise cirscuntanciada de uma prática de ensino de filosofia ao longo de dez anos e meio como docente de ensino de filosofia no Ensino Médio na Escola de Aplicação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (EAFEUSP). O que se pretende aqui é, a partir de alguns pressupostos teóricos, produzir a análise de uma experiência com filosofia no Ensino Médio, de modo a oferecer contribuições à sua prática. Procurou-se expor os obstáculos geralmente enfrentados pelo professor iniciante, recém saído do bacharelado, quando se depara com demandas programáticas nem sempre condizentes com o conteúdo específico da Filosofia, e com alunos que, muitas vezes, não apresentam os pré-requisitos mínimos para que um trabalho filosófico possa ser iniciado. Tentou-se buscar respostas quanto ao caráter da disciplina, seus limites e as possibilidades de ações pedagógicas que atendam objetivos mínimos de formação do aluno. Com esse objetivo, realizou-se levantamento do tema na literatura, para, então, confrontar as propostas e diagnósticos encontrados na prática docente. São apresentados alguns percursos de elaboração do programa de ensino de filosofia praticados na Escola de Aplicação (EA) entre os anos de 2001 e 2011. Nesse trajeto, procurou-se explicitar as estratégias didáticas adotadas, quais foram bem sucedidas e quais apresentaram falhas e acabaram por ser abandonadas. Além disso, analisamos produções textuais dos alunos, bem como depoimentos de ex-alunos sobre sua experiência com filosofia no ensino médio. / This work offers a circumstanced analysis of the practice of teaching of Philosophy in the High School at Escola de Aplicação of University of Sao Paulo Education College (EAFE-USP), along ten years and a half. Here, the goal is, considering some theoretical presuppositions, to produce an analysis of this teaching experience, and also to offer some contribution to the practice of teaching Philosophy in High School. We intended to expose the obstacles that are usually faced by beginner teachers (recent bachelors), when they have to deal with the demands of the syllabus, which not always befit the specific content of Philosophy or students, that often do not have minimal necessary prerequisites to start a philosophical work. We aimed to search answers concerning the nature of the discipline, its limits and the possible pedagogical actions that satisfy minimally the students formation. Focusing on this, we researched this theme in the literature in order to confront propositions and diagnosis in teaching practice. We also presented some of the philosophy teaching syllabus adopted at Escola da Aplicação between 2001 and 2011. In this trajectory, we sought to fully expose the adopted didactic strategies: the ones which had well succeeded and the others that showed failures, thus being abandoned. Furthermore, we analyzed the writing production as well as the testimony of previous students concerning philosophy in high school.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-04-27T21:03:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Cristiane da Costa Lobato.pdf: 1177773 bytes, checksum: 7cd062ad573d7773cdaaef29c533c1ca (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-27T21:03:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Cristiane da Costa Lobato.pdf: 1177773 bytes, checksum: 7cd062ad573d7773cdaaef29c533c1ca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-13 / This research was conducted in a qualitative way in a study case with sampling on the pedagogical action. Five teachers participated of this research involving technical courses in the field of safety, in the 3rd Module which was offered in the 2nd half of 2015 at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technologies of Amap?. The research aimed to map and analyze the methodological strategies adopted by teachers in blended teaching-learning process. And the specific objectives were to investigate such teaching and learning strategies adopted by teachers in classroom meetings and studies and activities in the Virtual Learning Environment - VLE Moodle. As the same manner their contributions in the teaching-learning process as well identify possible differences in educational-methodological practices involving teachers and professors with and without experience in teaching technical education in a distance learning using technological resources and see if the teachers seek to diagnose and take into account the profile of the students in order to integrate this information into their methodological strategies of teaching and learning. Data collection methods used was the questionnaire instruments with closed and open questions, and semi-structured interview. The result of the survey was subjected to content analysis by categorical analysis based on Bardin (2004). There was also consultation with the Pedagogical Project of the Course with finding purpose of the professional profile and methodological principles for the promotion of vocational training and was the observation of the studies and activities undertaken by teachers in the AVA. The results were presented in a descriptive-narrative form and through graphical and table summarizing the results of the research object. It was found that the methodological strategies adopted were the same commonly used in classroom teaching due to the long experience of research participants be in this classroom mode and the didactic-pedagogic practice among teachers with and without experience in technical education in distance learning through internet. Sometimes the data can differ because of the specificity of each curricular component take into account the experiences of each teacher including their professional area as well as the profile of the students was diagnosed and once more taking into account the needs of their teaching strategies in order to get better results. / A presente pesquisa foi desenvolvida numa perspectiva qualitativa tratando-se de um estudo de caso com o m?todo de amostragem sobre a a??o pedag?gica de cinco professores do curso t?cnico em Seguran?a do Trabalho, na forma subsequente, na modalidade a dist?ncia, na turma do 3? M?dulo que foi ofertado no 2? semestre de 2015, no campus Macap? do Instituto Federal do Amap?. A pesquisa teve como objetivo geral mapear e analisar as estrat?gias metodol?gicas adotadas pelos docentes no processo ensino-aprendizagem semipresencial. Os objetivos espec?ficos foram investigar tais estrat?gias de ensino e de aprendizagem adotadas pelos docentes nos encontros presenciais e nos estudos e atividades no Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem ? AVA Moodle e suas contribui??es no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, identificar poss?veis diferen?as nas pr?ticas did?tico-metodol?gicas dos professores formadores, com e sem experi?ncia na doc?ncia da educa??o t?cnica a dist?ncia e averiguar se os docentes buscam diagnosticar e/ou levar em considera??o o perfil dos estudantes para integrar essas informa??es em suas estrat?gias metodol?gicas de ensino-aprendizagem. Como m?todo de coleta de dados, foram utilizados os instrumentos do question?rio, com quest?es fechadas e abertas, e a entrevista semiestruturada. O resultado da pesquisa foi submetido a uma an?lise de conte?do por meio da t?cnica de An?lise Categorial com base em Bardin (2004). Tamb?m houve a consulta ao Projeto Pedag?gico do Curso com objetivo de constata??o do perfil profissional e dos preceitos metodol?gicos para promo??o de uma forma??o profissional, bem como ocorreu a observa??o dos estudos e atividades desenvolvidas pelos professores no AVA. Os resultados foram apresentados de forma descritivo-narrativa e por meio de gr?ficos e de tabela sintetizando o resultado do objeto da pesquisa. Constatou-se que as estrat?gias metodol?gicas adotadas foram as mesmas comumente utilizadas no ensino presencial, em virtude de o maior tempo de experi?ncia dos participantes da pesquisa ser nesta modalidade presencial, sendo que, a pr?tica did?tico-pedag?gica entre os professores, com e sem experi?ncia na educa??o t?cnica a dist?ncia, em dados momentos, diferenciavam-se em virtude da especificidade de cada componente curricular, das experi?ncias e vivencias dos docentes, inclusive em sua ?rea profissional, bem como o perfil dos discentes foi diagnosticado e levado em considera??o no replanejamento de tais estrat?gias de ensino-aprendizagem. Entretanto, as aulas pr?ticas, inerentes ? forma??o, foram poucas, deixando de ampliar a pr?tica profissional para a forma??o dos discentes. Mas, as estrat?gias metodol?gicas foram bastante pertinentes ? educa??o a dist?ncia, por causa dos objetivos e da dinamiza??o das propostas educativas, contribuindo significativamente para a forma??o profissional dos estudantes.

Orientador: Luciana Maria Lunardi Campos / Banca: Heloisa Chamers Sisla Cinquetti / Banca: Renato Eugenio da Silva Diniz / Banca: Ana Luiza Rocha Vieiram Perdigão / Banca: Maria Cristina Densenzi Zancul / Resumo: A pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar e analisar como ocorre a abordagem de estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem nas disciplinas de um curso de formação inicial de professores de Ciências e quais as possíveis influências dessa formação nas intenções manifestas sobre a futura prática pedagógica dessses educadores. Desenvolvemos um estudo de caso, trabalhando em uma abordagem qualitativa, e a análise incidiu sobre documentos, questionários e entrevista com docentes e discentes do curso. Os dados indicam indicam que há reduzida diversidade de estratégias nas disciplinas de área especifica, com predomínio de aulas expositivas e de laboratório. Além disso, os docentes parecem acreditar que, para lecionar, basta um bom preparo em termos de conteúdos específicos, focando na formação de um especialista e não de um educador. Apesar das disciplinas pedagógicas explorarem práticas diversificaas, muitos licenciados incorporam a visão acadêmica predominante no curso, repetindo o modelo dos professores que tiveram. Apontamos a necessidade de que a formação inicial trabalhe tanto o domínio dos conteúdos específicos como das melhores formas de mediá-lo, formando um intelectual capaz de discutir e re-elaborar suas ações educativas em uma perspectiva de transformação da realidade / Abstract: The research aimed to identify and analyze how does the approach of teaching and learning strategies in the disciplines of an initial formation course for science teachers and what the possible influences of this formation in manifest intentions on the future pedagogical practice of these educators. We developed a case stuy, working on a qualitative approach, and analysis focused in documents, questionnaires and interviews with teachers and studentes of the course. The data indicate reduced diversity of strategies in the disciplines of the specific area, with prevalence of expository classes and laboratory. In addition, teachers seem to believe that to teach it's needed only a good preparation in term of specific content, focusing on the formation of a specialist and not an educator. Despite the pedagogical discipline explore diverse practices, many students incorporate the academic view prevaliling in the course of formation, repeating the pattern of them teachers. We pointed out the need that the initial formation works both aspects, the domain of the specific contents and the best ways to mediate them, forming an intellectual able to discuss and redraw his educative actions in a perspecive of transformation or the reality / Doutor

Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW) / Global and national standards for social work training have for a very long time required that institutions of higher learning include a theoretical as well as a practical component into the social work programme. The integration of theory and practice is purposefully aimed at enhancing the student's competency and skills (SAQA, 2003:9). The introduction of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in South Africa (Government Gazette No. 19640, 1998) has confirmed the need for addressing challenges relating to integration of theory and practice. Assessments of social work fieldwork competence at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) indicate that the majority of the students in the third year of study struggle to integrate theory and practice resulting in low level competence in Intermediate Fieldwork Education (University of the Western Cape Quality assurance report: Intermediate Fieldwork, 2007). In addition to the aforementioned, student reports indicate that there is a perception that the classroom learning, the supervision and fieldwork practice often are not sufficient to facilitate the integration of theory and practice. The lack of integration of theory and practice results in students not achieving the expected learning outcomes. This is an urgent concern in social work education and it seems most appropriate to learn from the people who are closely affected by and involved in this issue. The focus of the study was thus on the challenges experienced by social work students, their lecturers and fieldwork supervisors at UWC regarding the integration of theory and practice at intermediate level in the context of OBE. Hence I used a qualitative approach as I wanted to study the challenges of theory and practice integration from an insiders' perspective. This is appropriate when the goal of research is to describe and understand a social issue. For this reason I selected an exploratory-descriptive research design and an instrumental research strategy to study the issue of theory and practice integration in the selected programme. The population of the study was third year social work students at UWC and also a selected group of third year social 'work students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), social work lecturers from UWC and field supervisors form agencies in the Western Cape where social work students are placed. Purposive sampling were utilized to select sixteen third year social work students from UWC, seven NMMU students, sixteen field supervisors and eight lecturers from UWC. Data were collected by means of individual interviews as well as focus group sessions from students and field supervisors and by means of written responses to an open -ended guide from lecturers. Data were analyzed by means of thematic, content analysis. Relevant literature findings on constructivism, cooperative learning and social work teaching and learning in particular were compared to the findings of the case study exploration. Literature pertaining to social work teaching and learning in the context of ELOs is limited and therefore further justifies the need for this research. The findings indicated that participants in this study experienced challenges with regard to theory and practice integration on various levels and to different extents. They attribute these challenges to a variety of factors relating to the construction of knowledge in the classroom and in the fieldwork setting as well as personal challenges experienced by students. Hence I made various recommendations with regard to collaborative teaching and learning strategies within the classroom and fieldwork setting as well recommendations based on the conclusions of findings relating to students' personal challenges.

A presente pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, propôs-se a investigar estratégias voltadas a alunos do Ensino Fundamental I para promover o início da alfabetização e letramento científico, a serem desenvolvidos ao longo da Educação Básica. Para isso, partiu das seguintes questões: Como trabalhar de forma a levar o aluno à aprendizagem de ciências naturais e desenvolvimento de habilidades fundamentais à formação do indivíduo alfabetizado e letrado cientificamente, como previsto nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN)? Que tipo de texto seria mais interessante para a prática pedagógica com vistas a essa aprendizagem? Trabalhando com alunos do 3º ano do Ensino Fundamental, ciclo I, de uma escola pública da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Guaratinguetá-SP, a pesquisa utilizou rodas de leitura como metodologia de ensino-aprendizagem de conteúdos de Ciências Naturais. Elegendo como suporte os textos de divulgação científica da revista Ciência Hoje das Crianças - CHC, a pesquisa desenvolveu as etapas de aplicação das atividades das rodas de leitura, avaliadas através da observação e análise das interações verbais e atividades complementares de representação verbal, icônica e cênica do conhecimento, além de sessão de jogos. Os resultados revelam o papel central do parceiro mais capaz atuando na ZDP durante as interações, contribuindo favoravelmente para a introdução do aluno no universo da ciência como um saber escolar, iniciando o seu processo de alfabetização e letramento científico e desenvolvendo melhor compreensão e interesse pelos conteúdos das Ciências Naturais. Diante disso, abriram-se perspectivas para a elaboração de uma heurística que o professor poderá levar em consideração se tiver como objetivo uma atuação eficiente na ZDP e a iniciação do aluno nos processos de alfabetização e letramento científico. / The present research, with qualitative approach, aimed to examine strategies focused on Elementary School students to promote the beginning of early and scientific literacies, both to be developed along Basic Education. To that end, it was based on the following questions: How to work in a way that takes the student to the learning of natural sciences and the development of abilities that are fundamental to the formation of the early and scientific literate individual, as fixed by the National Curriculum Parameters (NCP)? What kind of text would be more interesting to the pedagogical practice with focus on that learning? Working with students from the 3rd grade of the Elementary School, cycle I, of a public school of the Municipal Education System of Guaratinguetá-SP, the research used literature circles as a methodology for teaching and learning Natural Sciences contents. Electing scientific divulgation texts of the magazine Ciência Hoje das Crianças - CHC as support, the research developed the stages of application of the literature circles activities, evaluated through the observation and analysis of the oral interactions and complementary activities of oral, iconic and scenic representation of the knowledge, besides game sessions. The results reveal the main role of the more capable partner acting in the ZPD during the interactions, contributing favorably to the introduction of the student into the universe of science as a school knowledge, initiating his early and scientific literacies process and developing better comprehension and interest in the Natural Science contents. As a result, many perspectives were open up to the elaboration of a heuristic that the teacher will be able to take into account if he has an effective operation in the ZPD and the student initiation in the early and scientific literacies processes as goals.

A presente pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, propôs-se a investigar estratégias voltadas a alunos do Ensino Fundamental I para promover o início da alfabetização e letramento científico, a serem desenvolvidos ao longo da Educação Básica. Para isso, partiu das seguintes questões: Como trabalhar de forma a levar o aluno à aprendizagem de ciências naturais e desenvolvimento de habilidades fundamentais à formação do indivíduo alfabetizado e letrado cientificamente, como previsto nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN)? Que tipo de texto seria mais interessante para a prática pedagógica com vistas a essa aprendizagem? Trabalhando com alunos do 3º ano do Ensino Fundamental, ciclo I, de uma escola pública da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Guaratinguetá-SP, a pesquisa utilizou rodas de leitura como metodologia de ensino-aprendizagem de conteúdos de Ciências Naturais. Elegendo como suporte os textos de divulgação científica da revista Ciência Hoje das Crianças - CHC, a pesquisa desenvolveu as etapas de aplicação das atividades das rodas de leitura, avaliadas através da observação e análise das interações verbais e atividades complementares de representação verbal, icônica e cênica do conhecimento, além de sessão de jogos. Os resultados revelam o papel central do parceiro mais capaz atuando na ZDP durante as interações, contribuindo favoravelmente para a introdução do aluno no universo da ciência como um saber escolar, iniciando o seu processo de alfabetização e letramento científico e desenvolvendo melhor compreensão e interesse pelos conteúdos das Ciências Naturais. Diante disso, abriram-se perspectivas para a elaboração de uma heurística que o professor poderá levar em consideração se tiver como objetivo uma atuação eficiente na ZDP e a iniciação do aluno nos processos de alfabetização e letramento científico. / The present research, with qualitative approach, aimed to examine strategies focused on Elementary School students to promote the beginning of early and scientific literacies, both to be developed along Basic Education. To that end, it was based on the following questions: How to work in a way that takes the student to the learning of natural sciences and the development of abilities that are fundamental to the formation of the early and scientific literate individual, as fixed by the National Curriculum Parameters (NCP)? What kind of text would be more interesting to the pedagogical practice with focus on that learning? Working with students from the 3rd grade of the Elementary School, cycle I, of a public school of the Municipal Education System of Guaratinguetá-SP, the research used literature circles as a methodology for teaching and learning Natural Sciences contents. Electing scientific divulgation texts of the magazine Ciência Hoje das Crianças - CHC as support, the research developed the stages of application of the literature circles activities, evaluated through the observation and analysis of the oral interactions and complementary activities of oral, iconic and scenic representation of the knowledge, besides game sessions. The results reveal the main role of the more capable partner acting in the ZPD during the interactions, contributing favorably to the introduction of the student into the universe of science as a school knowledge, initiating his early and scientific literacies process and developing better comprehension and interest in the Natural Science contents. As a result, many perspectives were open up to the elaboration of a heuristic that the teacher will be able to take into account if he has an effective operation in the ZPD and the student initiation in the early and scientific literacies processes as goals.

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The focus of this research is to understand the relevance of the Human Resource Development Strategy for the functioning of South African Public Service and its implications for the Emerging Management Development Programme (EMDP). One of the main challenges of the Human Resource Development Strategy (HRDS) is its translation into well designed training programmes that are aligned with the goals and objectives of the strategy. The Emerging Management Development Programme (EMDP) is meant to be the translation and interpretation of the HRDS for public sector training and development on emerging management level. The intention of this study is to evaluate, analyse and understand the alignment of the EMDP with the Human Resource Development Strategy for the South African pubic service and subsequently suggest proposals for the possible improvement of emerging middle management development. The objectives of the research will be stated in the form of two critical questions:  What are the main directives in the Human Resource Development Strategy for the Public Service regarding management development in general, and the gaps in the design and development of the Emerging Management Development Programme (EMDP) in particular?  How does the design and development of the current EMDP meet the strategic vision for management development as envisioned in the Human Resource Development Strategy for the Public Service? The research methodology applied in this study, is a qualitative research approach. This approach focuses on phenomena that occur in natural settings, i.e. in the real world and involve studying those phenomena in all of their complexity which is used to gather data. This data is preserved in descriptive narratives. A qualitative research approach also uses mainly the constructivist-interpretive perspective. The key finding is that as much as the EMDP is comprehensive, it is however not yet aligned with the Human Resource Development Strategy of the South African Public Service. The recommendation is that the conversion of the objectives of HRDS-SA into the learning outcomes of the EMDP in order to provide a framework for a comprehensive base of competencies that inform the curriculation of the EMDP is important. This will ensure that the learners are able to benefit from a multitude of skills development activities in the programme and, in so doing, render them more purposeful to improve their impact on the skills challenges of the country. / Public Administration and Management / M. Tech. (Public management)