This thesis aims to examine students&rsquo / attitudes towards brain-based applications in the English Composition II course. For this purpose, a case study was carried out with a group of 23 first year students at the Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University in the second half of the 2002-2003 academic year. After receiving writing training with a brain-based methodology for ten weeks, the students were given an attitude questionnaire which aimed at identifying their attitudes towards brain-based applications in the course. One week later, the iv researcher also conducted interviews with 10 of the 23 students separately to investigate students&rsquo / attitudes towards brain-based applications in the course further. The analysis of the data collected through the attitude questionnaire indicated that 93 % of the students showed significant positive attitudes towards the brain-based applications, while only 1 % of the students had negative attitudes towards the brain-based applications. The analysis of the results of the interviews also revealed that all students had positive feelings about the brain-based applications. Accordingly, the results indicated taking this composition course resulted in highly positive feelings such as confidence, relaxation, or being valued in the students. All students found writing meaningful and relevant to themselves. They stated to have acquired various skills during the course such as writing skills, computer skills, teaching skills, emotional intelligence, and an awareness of needs. They found these useful and meaningful for their lives in general, as students, and as teachers as part of their future profession.

This design research study explored the potential of Curriculum Support Materials for promoting teaching as design. Conducted over a four-month period, the study traced the design, development, and pilot testing of a web site intended to serve as a professional development resource for teachers. The purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the web site's potential for promoting elementary mathematics teachers' understanding of teaching as a design activity and for supporting teachers in engaging in teaching as design. A team of four second grade teachers tested the web site during a two-week pilot unit on introducing the concepts of multiplication and division. Qualitative data were collected from these teachers through a planning and teaching log, a post-unit questionnaire, and a post-unit focus group interview. The findings indicated that the web site had the potential to promote teachers' understanding of teaching as design, but that the web site's potential as a stand-alone resource for supporting teachers in engaging in teaching as design was limited. Two specific features of the web site, the Unit Checklist and the videos addressing the related mathematics content, were identified as potentially valuable resources that could be incorporated into an ongoing professional development experience. Suggestions for revisions to the web site are discussed along with recommendations for further study. / Ed. D.

O ensino institucional da arquitetura no Brasil é considerado insatisfatório de forma quase consensual. Tem sido objeto de inúmeras e continuadas reformulações em sua curta história de pouco mais de seis décadas, sem contudo se obter maiores avanços. Este trabalho reconstitui o processo dessas reformas centrado nas experiências da FAUUSP, muitas das quais tiveram papel decisivo na organização dos cursos da maioria das escolas do país. O autor vivenciou em parte esse processo e analisa algumas questões e propostas que considera importantes para a reflexão sobre a questão. A partir da hipótese de que o problema do ensino da arquitetura é, na realidade, problema do ensino do projeto, analisa o conflito conceitual e organizacional entre o ateliê, considerado locus privilegiado para o ensino de projeto, e a estrutura disciplinar em que está inserido. Este conflito estaria, aparentemente, na raiz da persistência do problema do ensino do projeto, apesar das sucessivas reformulações. O trabalho procura aprofundar estas e outras questões consideradas importantes para um encaminhamento mais conseqüente do problema. / The institutional training of architecture in Brazil is deemed unsatisfactory on an almost consensual level. It has been the target of many and continuous reformulations along his short existence a little more than six decades but nevertheless it has not achieved much advancement. This thesis aims to reestablish the process of these reforms, centered in the experiences of the FAUUSP, many of which have played a crucial part in the organization of the courses offered in the majority of architecture faculties in the country. Its author has partly experienced this process and analyses some issues and proposals which, in his opinion, are important for a meditation on that matter. Adopting the assumption that the problem of the teaching of architecture is, in fact, a problem of the teaching of design, this author analyses the organizational and conceptual conflict between the atelier, seen as the privileged locus for the teaching of design, and the disciplinary structure in which it is embedded. Apparently this conflict would be in the root of the problem of the persistency of the teaching of design, notwithstanding its successive reformulations.The thesis looks up to deepen this and other issues, seen as important for a more consequent forwarding of the problem.

My thesis investigates contemporary illustrative art and tendencies occurring in the work of the youngest generation of the Czech illustrators. My objective is to bring an overview of the current forms, shapes, applications and overall state of the contemporary Czech illustration scene. The paper divides the illustration art into four categories, that are then more closely examined in individual chapters. My major focus is on the book illustration in all its current forms. This thesis contains regulatory principles that govern the standard of published illustrated materials through various recognised competitions and awards. I mention different associations and clubs that are currently active in the field of developing contemporary illustration. This occurs not only through grouping of illustrators but also through organising different events and festivals. In the didactic part this paper deals with the role of illustration in child development, specifically its natural artistic expression. This part also includes proposals of teaching materials and curriculum focused on illustration where I introduce my own designs. This appendix follows the above structure and constitutes my own project delivering authorship of visualised illustrations.

Submitted by SILVIA MARIA DE OLIVEIRA (silvia-mariaoliveira@bol.com.br) on 2018-07-28T21:57:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Silvia Oliveira.pdf: 1868984 bytes, checksum: d243d0fa68c164fb00363be6698191c1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Satie Tagara (satie@marilia.unesp.br) on 2018-07-30T13:58:52Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_sm_me_mar.pdf: 1868984 bytes, checksum: d243d0fa68c164fb00363be6698191c1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-30T13:58:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_sm_me_mar.pdf: 1868984 bytes, checksum: d243d0fa68c164fb00363be6698191c1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-30 / Não recebi financiamento / Esta dissertação, de cunho histórico e documental, tem como objetivo analisar o Ensino de Desenho na Escola Normal da Capital no período de 1887 a 1927. Para tanto, analisa documentação diversa para tentar apreender as maneiras como eram desenvolvidos o Ensino de Desenho na formação de professores, as propostas para tal matéria defendidas agentes do campo educacional, o perfil da matéria ao longo do período e de seus professores. O recorte temporal justifica-se uma vez que, em 1887, foi instituída a cadeira de Desenho na Escola Normal da Capital e, em 1927 a Reforma de Amadeu Mendes que conduzia medidas para expandir a Escola Normal às demais cidades, equiparando as Escolas Normais Livres às Escolas Normais Oficiais. As fontes da investigação foram os Anuários do Ensino do Estado de São Paulo, as revistas pedagógicas paulistas acerca do tema Ensino de Desenho; estudos anteriores sobre o mesmo tema, documentos de e sobre a Escola Normal da Capital e o jornal Correio Paulistano. Como referenciais teóricos foram utilizados Monarcha (1999) e Dias (2013), bem como as contribuições de Tanuri (1979); Almeida (1995; 2016) corrobora com questões a respeito das práticas de ensino das Escolas Normais e da organização curricular da mesma; e Carvalho (2011) com o conceito de modelo escolar paulista. Como resultados observou-se que o Ensino de Desenho tinha modos de desenvolvimento distintos para meninos e para meninas; Thomas de Lima e Felicidade Perpétua de Macedo são os professores que permaneceram por mais tempo a frente da matéria; o método intuitivo permanece como referência a maior parte do tempo e a partir dos anos de 1920 o método analítico torna-se a abordagem principal. / This dissertation, of a historical and documentary nature, aims to analyse the Teaching of Design at the Normal School of the Capital from 1887 to 1927. To do so, various documents are analysed in an attempt to understand the ways in which the Teaching of Design was implemented in teacher training, the proposals for the subject advocated by agents in the field of education, the background of the subject during the period concerned and its teachers. The choice of time period is justified since the Design Chair was instituted at the Normal School of the Capital in 1887, and in 1927 the Amadeu Mendes Reforms were enacted, which put in place measures to expand the Normal School to other cities, giving Normal Free Schools and Official Normal Schools equal status. The sources of the research were the São Paulo State Teaching Yearbooks, pedagogical journals of São Paulo on the Teaching of Design; previous studies on the same subject, documents from and about the Normal School of the Capital and the newspaper Correio Paulistano. The following theoretical references were used: Monarcha (1999) and Dias (2013), as well as the contributions of Tanuri (1979); Almeida (1995; 2016) contributes with questions regarding teaching practices at the Normal Schools and the curricular organisation thereof; and Carvalho (2011) with the concept of the São Paulo school model. In terms of results, it was observed that the Teaching of Design had different developmental formats for boys and for girls; Thomas de Lima and Felicidade Perpétua de Macedo are the teachers who remained at the forefront of the subject for longest; the intuitive method remains a benchmark most of the time and from the 1920s the analytical method became the main approach.

O ensino institucional da arquitetura no Brasil é considerado insatisfatório de forma quase consensual. Tem sido objeto de inúmeras e continuadas reformulações em sua curta história de pouco mais de seis décadas, sem contudo se obter maiores avanços. Este trabalho reconstitui o processo dessas reformas centrado nas experiências da FAUUSP, muitas das quais tiveram papel decisivo na organização dos cursos da maioria das escolas do país. O autor vivenciou em parte esse processo e analisa algumas questões e propostas que considera importantes para a reflexão sobre a questão. A partir da hipótese de que o problema do ensino da arquitetura é, na realidade, problema do ensino do projeto, analisa o conflito conceitual e organizacional entre o ateliê, considerado locus privilegiado para o ensino de projeto, e a estrutura disciplinar em que está inserido. Este conflito estaria, aparentemente, na raiz da persistência do problema do ensino do projeto, apesar das sucessivas reformulações. O trabalho procura aprofundar estas e outras questões consideradas importantes para um encaminhamento mais conseqüente do problema. / The institutional training of architecture in Brazil is deemed unsatisfactory on an almost consensual level. It has been the target of many and continuous reformulations along his short existence a little more than six decades but nevertheless it has not achieved much advancement. This thesis aims to reestablish the process of these reforms, centered in the experiences of the FAUUSP, many of which have played a crucial part in the organization of the courses offered in the majority of architecture faculties in the country. Its author has partly experienced this process and analyses some issues and proposals which, in his opinion, are important for a meditation on that matter. Adopting the assumption that the problem of the teaching of architecture is, in fact, a problem of the teaching of design, this author analyses the organizational and conceptual conflict between the atelier, seen as the privileged locus for the teaching of design, and the disciplinary structure in which it is embedded. Apparently this conflict would be in the root of the problem of the persistency of the teaching of design, notwithstanding its successive reformulations.The thesis looks up to deepen this and other issues, seen as important for a more consequent forwarding of the problem.

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Can you teach someone to be a video game designer? This was the principal question behind the experimental class "Game Design & Testing" taught summer 2009 and again in 2010 at East Tennessee State University. The class did not attempt to encompass the technical aspects of video game modeling or scripting. It was focused on the possibilities of teaching students how to recognize, create and critique distinct game elements, then design interesting games around the concepts they learned. What makes a game fun, what makes some games memorable, what does it take to create balance in a game, what goes into making a game that is easy to learn and difficult to master, these were some of the questions set to the students throughout the semester?

在過去幾十年的時間，西方國家逐漸興起華文熱。拉丁美洲則到2000年代才漸漸開始看到越來越多的華語課程，因此如今華語教學在此地區仍處於一個不斷變化的階段。在阿根廷，由於華語教師以及華語教材的需求日益增長，當地的華語教師經常必須自備教材或是遷就於不適合的教材。筆者在阿根廷實際從事過華語職業教師數年，於此時期內發現當地使用的對外華語教學教材之理念與教學的實際做法之間存在明顯的差異性。筆者在教學中發現阿根廷學習者具有獨特的語言學習需求與習慣，因此教學法應該迎合學習者的特色與需求。如今阿根廷的華語教學界裡所面臨的問題涉及以下三方面：一是要如何滿足學員的需求、再者是要如何迎合當地學員的語言學習習慣與當地華語教師所使用的教學法、三是要如何突破教目前所使用的教材之無相關性和無效性。目前阿根廷的華語學習者所使用的教材中，有一半是以英語編寫，主要對象是以英語為母語者。另一半是來自中華人民共和國，並以西班牙文編寫的教材。在2009年間，當地的教師出版了一本號稱針對拉丁美洲華語學習者所寫得教材，但是本教材在教學品質及內容相關性皆有缺失。雖然這些教材在阿根廷被廣泛使用，然而對於當地學習者而言卻稱不上是最理想的教材。阿根廷目前所使用的教材主要的缺失，首先在於議題和語言內容與學習者的生活毫無相關。再者，此類教材的設計與教學法不符合當地學習者的需求。最後，教材所採用的練習題無法激勵學習者的思考和溝通能力。本研究的目的為初步分析阿根廷目前所使用的華語教材，並探討其實用性(或有效性)及相關性。藉由了解學習者的需求和當地教師們對於教材的意見，筆者將提出較有效的教學法和相稱的教材。本論文結合了筆者本人在阿根廷教學的實務經驗和當地學習者之意見。在經過教材分析後，筆者以最適合當地華語學習者的溝通教學法(特別採用溝通性教學法)設計出一個課程單元教案，希冀能提升往後西班牙語為母語者的華語學習效果，並對推動區域化華語文教材的編制能有些許貢獻。 / In the past decade, most countries of the Western hemisphere witnessed the surge of the “Chinese Language Fever”. Such a wave arrived in Latin America in mid 2000, with the emergence of Chinese language courses. At present, the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language in this part of the world is still at an early stage of development. In Argentina, the need for qualified Chinese teachers as well as adequate teaching materials is nowadays most urgent, as local teachers find themselves having to adjust to available teaching materials, or in need of preparing additional teaching material to compensate for the shortcomings of currently used course books. During my years as a teacher of Chinese in Argentina, I realized that the underpinnings of the Chinese pedagogical materials are in stark contrast with the practices in the actual classroom. Through my teaching it became apparent that Argentine learners possess distinctive language learning habits and needs, which had to be catered for by means of a suitable teaching methodology. In order to improve the current situation, teachers of Chinese in Argentina must seriously address the following three questions: How should learners’ needs be addressed? How should we reconcile the discrepancy between teaching methodologies and students’ language learning habits? And lastly, how should we reconcile the lack of relevance and effectiveness of Chinese teaching materials? At the moment, half of the materials used by local learners are written in English, i.e. with an English speaking learner in mind. The other half is published in the People’s Republic of China with explanations and instructions written in Spanish. Although circa 2009 a book published by local teachers emerged claiming to be designed specifically for the Latin American learner, the pedagogical quality and relevance of the content are highly questionable. Although these materials are widely used in Argentina, they are far from being ideal for the local learner. The main flaws of Chinese teaching materials currently used in Argentina are namely, the lack of relevance of the themes and linguistic content with respect to the learner’s world experience, and last, but not least, the failure of the practice activities to encourage significant intellectual processes and the development of communicational skills. The aim of this research is, therefore, to analyze the pedagogical materials currently in use in Argentina, in order to evaluate their effectiveness and relevance. In view of the needs revealed by local learners and the opinions of Chinese teachers in said country, I intend to propose a more adequate methodology, as well as a set of sample materials. Thus the present paper is the result of my personal experience as a teacher of Chinese in Argentina and the integration of the opinions of local Chinese language learners. After having analyzed the materials currently available, I will present a set of sample materials, in the hope that it will contribute to the improvement of the quality of the Chinese learning process for Spanish speakers, as well as to promote the future development of localized Chinese teaching materials.