The purpose of this study is to explore teaching approaches used by a middle school dance teacher who promotes children’s engagement in dance and enhances their enjoyment of dancing. The study uses both ethnography and autoethnography research approaches. The goals of the research were; (a) to explore the connection between the dance teacher’s and my own joy of doing and learning dance from our personal narratives that chart our life trajectories into becoming dance teachers, and (b) to explore how a middle school dance teacher in a Canadian Middle School teaches dance as she tries to enable all the children in her classes to enjoy and want to engage in dance. The focus research question in this study was “How do dance teachers engage children and enable all children in school to enjoy dance?” This research drew on flow, process and happiness theories. As the researcher I observed two dance classes (grade 6 and 8), over a twelve week period, noting the teacher’s and her students' behaviors. In addition, I interviewed (1) the dance teacher prior and after the dance classes, and (2) two students from each class in relation to observed classes. The findings from the ethnography offered emerging themes on how to engage students in dance, that included, (1) purposeful pedagogy, (2) creating trust, (3) within and between groups for each other, (4) encouraging quality movements, and (5) addressing shy, nervous and resistant students. The autoethnography insights allowed themes to emerged from the teacher’s personal background, in particular in relation to her joy in performing dance at festivals and in her desire to encourage her own children (three young boys) to engage in dance. The key findings from interviewing the students was that they felt involved by creating their own dance, enjoyed working in groups which were mixed gender but where they could choose which group to be in, and where able to create a dance festival performance. Selecting a dance style, music and costume, all motivated the students for the final performance. / Graduate / 0273 / 0533 / 0727 / elenakunliu@gmail.com

La matriz FODA es la herramienta de análisis por excelencia para fines de negocios, y se enseña en cursos de pregrado y postgrado. Sin embargo, se entiende que la elección de los factores críticos de éxito (FCEs) que se incluyen en la matriz para el análisis es un proceso muy subjetivo y no estructurado, que da cabida a sesgos y arbitrariedad. Una forma de dar una mejor base y respaldo a los resultados del análisis es mediante la utilización del Proceso Jerárquico Analítico (AHP) con el fin de ponderar la importancia de los FCEs en la matriz FODA y aumentar la fiabilidad de los resultados. Este documento contiene el diseño de una estrategia para enseñar este tema en un curso de planificación de marketing, con la adición de una técnica útil para superar las limitaciones de la herramienta. / The SWOT matrix is the quintessential analysis tool for business purposes, and is taught both in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. However, it is widely understood that the selection of the critical success factors (CSFs) that are included for analysis in the matrix is a very subjective and unstructured process, leaving room for bias and arbitrariness. One way to give a better foundation and support to the analysis results is by utilizing Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) in order to weigh the importance of CSFs in the SWOT matrix and increase reliability of the output. This paper contains the design of a strategy to teach this topic in a marketing planning course, with the addition of a useful technique to overcome the limitations of the tool.

Orientador: João Augusto Gentilini / Banca: Ana Maria Lombardi Daibem / Banca: Cilene Ribeiro de Sá Leite Chakur / Banca: Jose Jorge Gebara / Banca: Perla Calil Pongeluppe Wahdy Rebehy / Resumo: Analisam-se as Diretrizes Nacionais para os Cursos de Graduação em Administração que estabeleceram os conhecimentos, as competências e as habilidades, que devem ser reveladas pelos bacharéis em Administração formados pelo Sistema Oficial de ensino. Entende-se que os Conteúdos de Formação Complementar, que podem representar até 20% da carga horária total do curso, é o espaço projetado pelas autoridades de ensino para o desenvolvimento das competências e habilidades estabelecidas pelo novo marco legal. Com este entendimento, definiu-se como objetivo da pesquisa verificar como ocorre a adequação entre a transmissão de conhecimentos e o desenvolvimento das competências e habilidades nos cursos de Graduação em Administração. Utiliza-se como metodologia o estudo de casos realizado em quatro cursos de Administração, na cidade de São Paulo, que obtiveram conceitos diferentes nas avaliações oficiais para esse nível de ensino. Na fundamentação teórica, recupera-se a história do surgimento desse curso e a sua entrada no sistema de ensino brasileiro. Na sequência, explicita-se e busca-se definir habilidade, argumentando-se que a construção desse conceito se dá a partir de diferentes referenciais teóricos: analisam-se as condições que permitiram a construção do conceito de habilidade na esfera do trabalho e o modo como este migrou para o campo da educação. Os dados sobre os alunos, cursos e professores coletados nas quatro escolas que participaram da pesquisa foram analisados tendo como referência o conceito de competência, o que permitiu constatar que se trata de um conceito, ainda, desconhecido no âmbito desse curso. Além disso, apesar de os projetos pedagógicos das escolas pesquisadas explicitarem claramente as competências ou as habilidades a serem desenvolvidas nos seus alunos, não constam desses documentos os procedimentos que... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This thesis examines the National Guidelines for Schools of Business Administration that established the knowledge, competences and skills that must be held by Administration bachelors trained by the Official Educational system. It is understood that the content of Complementary Courses, which may represent up to 20% of the total workload of the graduation course, was designed by authorities for the development of competences and skills established by the new legal framework. With this understanding in mind, the purpose of the research was to check the adequacy of the transmission of knowledge and development of competences and skills in Schools of Business Administration. The methodology was based upon a study of cases carried out in four Schools of Business Administration, in São Paulo, which had obtained different grades in the official rating for this level of education. On the theoretical basis, the history of how this course has risen and its entry into the Brazilian educational system was reviewed. Also, the concept of skill was discussed, in view of its construction based upon different theoretical references: the conditions that allowed the construction of the concept of skill and how the latter migrated to the field of education. The information related to students, courses and teachers gathered at the four schools were analyzed in view of the concept of competence, and the conclusion reached was that this concept is still unknown within the schools. Furthermore, although the pedagogical projects of the schools surveyed clearly pointed out the competences and skills to be developed by their students, these projects did not establish the procedures that would lead to the achievement of such competences and skills by students, and therefore, the education was revealed as a simply transmission of knowledge. In some schools surveyed, the educational actions undertaken enabled... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-06-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:02:07Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 louzada_r_dr_arafcl.pdf: 607577 bytes, checksum: 73b3ddc20066d4650517bef40adab26f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Analisam-se as Diretrizes Nacionais para os Cursos de Graduação em Administração que estabeleceram os conhecimentos, as competências e as habilidades, que devem ser reveladas pelos bacharéis em Administração formados pelo Sistema Oficial de ensino. Entende-se que os Conteúdos de Formação Complementar, que podem representar até 20% da carga horária total do curso, é o espaço projetado pelas autoridades de ensino para o desenvolvimento das competências e habilidades estabelecidas pelo novo marco legal. Com este entendimento, definiu-se como objetivo da pesquisa verificar como ocorre a adequação entre a transmissão de conhecimentos e o desenvolvimento das competências e habilidades nos cursos de Graduação em Administração. Utiliza-se como metodologia o estudo de casos realizado em quatro cursos de Administração, na cidade de São Paulo, que obtiveram conceitos diferentes nas avaliações oficiais para esse nível de ensino. Na fundamentação teórica, recupera-se a história do surgimento desse curso e a sua entrada no sistema de ensino brasileiro. Na sequência, explicita-se e busca-se definir habilidade, argumentando-se que a construção desse conceito se dá a partir de diferentes referenciais teóricos: analisam-se as condições que permitiram a construção do conceito de habilidade na esfera do trabalho e o modo como este migrou para o campo da educação. Os dados sobre os alunos, cursos e professores coletados nas quatro escolas que participaram da pesquisa foram analisados tendo como referência o conceito de competência, o que permitiu constatar que se trata de um conceito, ainda, desconhecido no âmbito desse curso. Além disso, apesar de os projetos pedagógicos das escolas pesquisadas explicitarem claramente as competências ou as habilidades a serem desenvolvidas nos seus alunos, não constam desses documentos os procedimentos que... / This thesis examines the National Guidelines for Schools of Business Administration that established the knowledge, competences and skills that must be held by Administration bachelors trained by the Official Educational system. It is understood that the content of Complementary Courses, which may represent up to 20% of the total workload of the graduation course, was designed by authorities for the development of competences and skills established by the new legal framework. With this understanding in mind, the purpose of the research was to check the adequacy of the transmission of knowledge and development of competences and skills in Schools of Business Administration. The methodology was based upon a study of cases carried out in four Schools of Business Administration, in São Paulo, which had obtained different grades in the official rating for this level of education. On the theoretical basis, the history of how this course has risen and its entry into the Brazilian educational system was reviewed. Also, the concept of skill was discussed, in view of its construction based upon different theoretical references: the conditions that allowed the construction of the concept of skill and how the latter migrated to the field of education. The information related to students, courses and teachers gathered at the four schools were analyzed in view of the concept of competence, and the conclusion reached was that this concept is still unknown within the schools. Furthermore, although the pedagogical projects of the schools surveyed clearly pointed out the competences and skills to be developed by their students, these projects did not establish the procedures that would lead to the achievement of such competences and skills by students, and therefore, the education was revealed as a simply transmission of knowledge. In some schools surveyed, the educational actions undertaken enabled... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Nursing) / Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in Malawi with more than 11,000 registered Nurses (RNs) and Nurse Technicians and Midwives (NTM) practicing in hospitals and other settings like nursing colleges nationwide. Nursing tutors in all the nursing colleges use numerous types of teaching aids in student preparation. There are numerous teaching strategies that suit pedagogical learning, however not all can yield the desired outcome and are properly applied in both classroom and clinical areas. Therefore, identifying the new teaching strategies for nurse tutors is very critical in nursing education hence this study concentrates on teaching competence, interaction and performance on the use of the strategies. Nurse tutors must encourage teaching and learning discovery through deliberate interactive teaching actions. However, some outcome actions, competences and performance or interactive behaviour of the nurse tutor are much to be desired in most nursing colleges in Malawi. Nurses need to possess classroom and clinical teaching competences to perform the role of a tutor properly.

Les études récentes dans le processus d’apprentissage ont constatées que les élèves ont tendance à apprendre de différentes façons et à travers divers moyens et qu’ils préfèrent utiliser des ressources d’apprentissage multiples. Les chercheurs dans le champ de l’éducation sont d’accord sur le fait que les supports d’enseignement ne doivent pas uniquement refléter le style d’enseignement des professeurs, mais doivent aussi être conçus et adaptés à chaque personnalité et à chaque profil psychologique. L'évolution des technologies d’information (TI) et les formes multiples de medias électroniques ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives pour adapter et personnaliser le processus d’apprentissage. Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous nous sommes intéressées à la pédagogie adaptive et aux méthodes personnalisées d’apprentissage. Notre objectif est de combiner les medias électroniques et les stratégies d’enseignement selon les profils de chaque étudiant. Les problématiques sous-jacentes sont : Comment prendre en compte la personnalité de l’étudiant et son profil psychologique pour développer une pédagogie adaptée ? Comment utiliser et tirer profit des nouveaux e-media et des outils disponibles basés sur les TI? Comment combiner dans un cours ou dans système d’apprentissage une pédagogie adaptée avec les e-media adéquats ? Notre recherche prend s'appuie sur l’instrument de mesure des styles d'apprentissage de Felder et Soloman (1993). Dans un premier temps, nous explorons des idées fondamentales sur la correspondance entre e-medias et les styles d’apprentissage dans le contexte d’un système de e-learning expérimental. Dans un second temps, nous présentons un cadre général pour combiner et adapter les stratégies d’enseignement avec les styles d’apprentissage et les medias électroniques. Ce cadre a été construit avec l’aide d’un panel d'experts en utilisant l’approche Delphi. Finalement, deux études de cas qui incluent des questionnaires et des analyses statistiques ont été conduites pour valider ce cadre et généraliser son applicabilité. Ce travail contribue à une meilleure compréhension de l’utilisation des e-media dans l’éducation et augmente notre connaissance de l’interaction entre les profils psychologiques des étudiants et les pratiques et systèmes d’enseignement. / Recent research on the learning process has shown that students tend to learn in different ways and manners, and that they prefer to use different teaching resources. Researchers in the education field agree on the fact that learning materials shouldn’t just reflect the teacher’s teaching style, but should be designed and adapted to all kind of personalities and psychological profiles. The availability of information technology and multiple forms of electronic media open new perspectives for adapting and personalizing the learning process. In this research, we are interested in adaptive pedagogy and personalized teaching methods. Our goal is combining electronic media and teaching strategies according to student profiles. The underlying problems are: How to take into account the student personality and psychological profile to develop an adapted pedagogy? How to use and take advantage of new available emedia and IT based tools? How to combine in a course or in a learning system adapted pedagogy with adequate e-media? We have based our work on the Felder and Soloman's learning styles instrument. First, we explore some basic ideas concerning the matching of e-media and learning styles in the context of an experimental e-learning system. Second, we present a general framework for combining and adapting teaching strategies, learning styles and electronic media. This framework has been constructed with the help of an expert panel and using the Delphi approach. Finally, two case studies including surveys and statistical analysis have been conducted to validate the framework and generalize its applicability. This works contributes to a better understanding of e-media usage in education, and increases our knowledge concerning the interaction between students psychological profile and learning systems.

This thesis is written to detail the process and results of the theatre history class that I assisted in teaching during the fall semester of 2005. It details the process of formulating the class structure, how the class proceeded, my lecture process, and finally the responses that the students had to the class. The first chapter of this paper goes into the process of getting the class formulated. When Shaun McCracken and I were asked to take over instruction of THEA 307 for the fall during Dr. Barnes' sabbatical, rather than exactly following the process that the class had previously taken, we decided to alter some of the elements of the class. We added in a response system for the reading that the students would be doing through the semester. In addition to this, we put together a course packet of readings from plays and other books and essays to supplement the main book we would be using, rather than have the students buy another expensive book for the course that they would not entirely use throughout the semester, indeed the rest of the year. For the second chapter, I go into the class itself, its environment, the physical shape of the class as it went on and the grading for the semester. Third in this thesis is a look at the lectures that I performed for my section of the class time, the rationale behind the section layout, and where some of the readings had their basis in my assignment. Finally, the paper looks at the responses that the students had to the class itself and any possible improvements that I could be made in future classes of this type.

The purpose of this research is to investigate teaching strategies and teaching reflections of an experienced elementary teacher in the mathematical classroom. This study explored the changing process of students¡¦ learning attitudes toward mathematics. This research adopted qualitative research methods as a main means of inquiry and used quantitative questionnaires as a supplement means of inquiry. Researcher had inquired by observations, in-depth interviews, video recordings, document data collections and the pre-post questionnaire survey during one semester. This research used triangulation methods, including methodological triangulation, data triangulation, and investigator triangulation. The research concludes as follows: 1.The experienced teacher delivered the class mainly by lectures and questions, and added other multi-teaching strategies in accordance to the contents of the courses. 2.The experienced teacher has specific steps in mathematical classes: help students calm down

This study investigates the relationship between the beliefs of early childhood education teachers and their use of the teaching strategies instruction and negotiation in relation to the scaffold process. Consideration of thinking skills and the ability to problem solve through the vehicle of play provided the background to the research focus. The research was undertaken in two differently structured early childhood education centres in New Zealand with a case study design framing the gathering of data through observations and interviews. It is a small qualitative study driven by socio-cultural theory and therefore considered from a social constructivist position. The main findings from observations and interviews revealed that not all teachers had congruency between their beliefs and practice, that instruction could be the only mediation within a scaffolding process and by considering the power relations in the learning and teaching situation, a model of how different teaching strategies could be related to different states of thinking. A key finding was that of a definition of negotiation as a teaching strategy.

Magister Educationis - MEd / This research investigated how grade 7 learners dealt with introductory aspects of integers when they are introduced through a temperature model. In particular, the study analysed the effect of an intentional teaching strategy on learners' engagement with integers. The idea of combining an intentional teaching strategy with the introduction of integers in grade 7 learners using a temperature model is what makes this study unique. A qualitative study was adopted. Data was collected by means of audio and video and also by means of learners' completed worksheets. The results of the study indicate that the majority of learners could recognise, compare and order integers. It is recommended that the application of intentional teaching with a temperature model is a viable strategy to introduce grade 7 learners to integers.