Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-106). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-106). Also available on the Internet.

The objective of this study was to evaluate learner ships as possible model for the in-service training of Technology teachers and teachers involved in technology - related subjects within the field of learning: Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology. This research was based on a literature study and an empirical investigation. The curriculum changes in South Africa concerning Outcomes-Based Education, the introduction of the new learning area, Technology, and the rapidly changing nature of technical knowledge require continuous in-service training and development of the teachers who are involved in technology related subjects. This training of teachers forms a part of the new resource development strategy for the economical, social and cultural development of every person in South Africa. The National Qualification Framework serves as reference for all new programmes in the existing training system and divides teaching and training into 8 levels. For the Intermediary Levels (Levels 4-6) of training which teachers must now undergo as in-service training, Learner ships were created as method of training. This research brought to light that existing in-service training programmes do not comply with the requirements which technology and Technology teaching enforce on the training of teachers. A continuous Professional Development process was investigated as alternative and the study revealed that learner ships are a possible alternative for the in-service training of Technology teachers. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2006.

The objective of this study was to evaluate learner ships as possible model for the in-service training of Technology teachers and teachers involved in technology - related subjects within the field of learning: Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology. This research was based on a literature study and an empirical investigation. The curriculum changes in South Africa concerning Outcomes-Based Education, the introduction of the new learning area, Technology, and the rapidly changing nature of technical knowledge require continuous in-service training and development of the teachers who are involved in technology related subjects. This training of teachers forms a part of the new resource development strategy for the economical, social and cultural development of every person in South Africa. The National Qualification Framework serves as reference for all new programmes in the existing training system and divides teaching and training into 8 levels. For the Intermediary Levels (Levels 4-6) of training which teachers must now undergo as in-service training, Learner ships were created as method of training. This research brought to light that existing in-service training programmes do not comply with the requirements which technology and Technology teaching enforce on the training of teachers. A continuous Professional Development process was investigated as alternative and the study revealed that learner ships are a possible alternative for the in-service training of Technology teachers. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2006.

Thesis (M.Comp.)--Unitec New Zealand, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-107).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-430) Also available in print.

A tecnologia está presente de forma crescente em vários campos da sociedade e na educação tem sido bastante abordada no movimento CTS. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal a análise dos livros didáticos de química do Ensino Médio e a elucidação das principais abordagens sobre tecnologia presentes nesses textos. Os dados analisados compreenderam trabalhos de pesquisa nos principais periódicos brasileiros da área de ensino de ciências, documentos oficiais que orientam esse ensino, editais de seleção e guias de livros didáticos assim como as quatro coleções de livros didáticos de química aprovadas no Plano Nacional do Livro Didático de 2015. A análise realizada foi baseada na análise de conteúdo utilizando categorias provenientes da literatura e categorias que emergiram dos textos. A análise dos documentos oficiais, do guia e dos editais de seleção dos livros didáticos revela que a tecnologia é considerada um conteúdo obrigatório no ensino de química. Um levantamento feito nos principais periódicos brasileiros da área de ensino de ciências revelou que a tecnologia é pouco pesquisada nesse contexto. Os trabalhos apontam que a principal concepção de tecnologia é a de ciência aplicada. Por outro lado, os documentos oficiais apontam para a importância de um ensino CTS, dos alunos compreenderem o processo histórico de desenvolvimento da tecnologia e compreenderem o funcionamento de artefatos tecnológicos. A análise dos livros didáticos revela que 79% dos exemplos encontrados apontam que tecnologia é ciência aplicada e em 8% aparecem como sinônimo de técnica. Em 12% dos trechos analisados a tecnologia influencia o desenvolvimento da ciência, entretanto na maioria dos casos é apresentada a ideia de modelo linear de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico. Os livros didáticos também apresentam alguns exemplos de cultura tecnológica intrínseca e extrínseca. Na cultura tecnológica extrínseca dividiram-se os exemplos em otimismo e pessimismo tecnológico, acessibilidade da tecnologia, neutralidade da tecnologia e tecnologia muda a forma de ver o mundo. O número de exemplos em que a tecnologia foi vista de forma otimista é superior aos exemplos pessimistas. A tecnologia foi apresentada mais como fonte de exemplificação do que como fonte de conteúdo e também foi utilizada no livro como uma forma de justificar a aprendizagem da ciência. Assim, aparecem contradições entre as concepções de tecnologia veiculadas nos livros e as estabelecidas nos documentos oficiais. Tais contradições dificultam o trabalho dos professores em sala de aula e podem estar na raiz das visões equivocadas encontradas do termo. Dessa forma, trabalhar efetivamente a tecnologia em sala de aula requer uma mudança na postura tradicional, que tende a reduzir a tecnologia à mera ciência aplicada. Tal mudança passa necessariamente pela atualização de algumas ideias veiculadas pelos livros didáticos. / Technology is present increasingly in various fields of society and in education has been greatly addressed in the CTS movement. The aim of this work is the analysis of high school chemistry textbooks and the elucidation of the main approaches on technology present in these texts. The data analyzed included research work in the main Brazilian journals in the area of science education, official documents that guide this teaching, selection process and textbook guides as well as the four collections of chemistry textbooks approved in the National Textbook Plan of 2015. The analysis was based on the content analysis using categories from the literature and categories that emerged from the texts. The analysis of the official documents, the guide and the textbook selection processes reveals that technology is considered an obligatory content in teaching chemistry. A survey carried out in the main Brazilian journals in the field of science education revealed that technology is little researched in this context. The works show that the main concept of technology is applied science. On the other hand, official documents point to the importance of CTS teaching, students understanding of the historical process of technology development and understanding of the operation of technological artifacts. The analysis of the textbooks reveals that 79% of the examples found point out that technology is applied science and in 8% they appear as synonymous with technique. In 12% of the extracts analyzed technology influences the development of science. However, in most cases the idea of a linear model of scientific and technological development is presented. The textbooks also present some examples of intrinsic and extrinsic technological culture. In the extrinsic technological culture the examples were divided into optimism and technological pessimism, technology accessibility, technology neutrality and technology modifies the way we see the world. The number of examples in which the technology was viewed optimistically is superior to pessimistic examples. Technology was presented more as a source of exemplification than as a source of subject matter and was also used in the book as a way of justifying the learning of science. Thus, contradictions appear between the conceptions of technology conveyed in the books and those established in the official documents. Such contradictions make the work of teachers difficult in the classroom and may be at the root of the mistaken views of the term. Thus, effectively working the technology in the classroom requires a change in the traditional posture, which tends to reduce technology to mere applied science. Such change necessarily involves the updating of some ideas conveyed by textbooks.

The educational system in Kuwait is intended to provide primary and secondary students with required skills in order to operate in the technical careers commonly undertaken. However, mathematics education lags significantly behind other countries in Kuwait. In the 1997 and 2008 TIMMS international studies of primary and secondary mathematics achievement, Kuwait ranked near the bottom on almost all scores. Thus, improving mathematics education in Kuwait is an issue of serious concern. This research focuses on the question of whether mathematics teaching and learning in Kuwaiti primary schools (grade 4) can be improved through the use of computer-based tools for practice drills and constructive mathematics play. An observational intervention was used in a classroom of 24 children, where students took a pre-test for mathematics achievement, then engaged in a series of exercises through the term and were retested at the end of the term. This was accompanied by a series of in-services and teacher interviews that were conducted within the school, in order to discover attitudes about mathematics teaching and learning and to train teachers in the suggested approaches and techniques. A combined qualitative and quantitative approach included analysis of test scores and interviews with teachers and students. The overall outcomes of the study did show a slight increase in mathematics achievement scores. However, more importantly it showed an improvement in children's and teacher's attitudes to mathematics learning related to the introduction of constructive play activities (derived from the Cambridge University N-RICH program and selected for students based on level of achievement) Overall, the importance of this study is that it provides pragmatic information for Kuwaiti teachers and curriculum designers on improving mathematics teaching and learning.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2003. / Vita. Bibliography: 84-85.

A tecnologia está presente de forma crescente em vários campos da sociedade e na educação tem sido bastante abordada no movimento CTS. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal a análise dos livros didáticos de química do Ensino Médio e a elucidação das principais abordagens sobre tecnologia presentes nesses textos. Os dados analisados compreenderam trabalhos de pesquisa nos principais periódicos brasileiros da área de ensino de ciências, documentos oficiais que orientam esse ensino, editais de seleção e guias de livros didáticos assim como as quatro coleções de livros didáticos de química aprovadas no Plano Nacional do Livro Didático de 2015. A análise realizada foi baseada na análise de conteúdo utilizando categorias provenientes da literatura e categorias que emergiram dos textos. A análise dos documentos oficiais, do guia e dos editais de seleção dos livros didáticos revela que a tecnologia é considerada um conteúdo obrigatório no ensino de química. Um levantamento feito nos principais periódicos brasileiros da área de ensino de ciências revelou que a tecnologia é pouco pesquisada nesse contexto. Os trabalhos apontam que a principal concepção de tecnologia é a de ciência aplicada. Por outro lado, os documentos oficiais apontam para a importância de um ensino CTS, dos alunos compreenderem o processo histórico de desenvolvimento da tecnologia e compreenderem o funcionamento de artefatos tecnológicos. A análise dos livros didáticos revela que 79% dos exemplos encontrados apontam que tecnologia é ciência aplicada e em 8% aparecem como sinônimo de técnica. Em 12% dos trechos analisados a tecnologia influencia o desenvolvimento da ciência, entretanto na maioria dos casos é apresentada a ideia de modelo linear de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico. Os livros didáticos também apresentam alguns exemplos de cultura tecnológica intrínseca e extrínseca. Na cultura tecnológica extrínseca dividiram-se os exemplos em otimismo e pessimismo tecnológico, acessibilidade da tecnologia, neutralidade da tecnologia e tecnologia muda a forma de ver o mundo. O número de exemplos em que a tecnologia foi vista de forma otimista é superior aos exemplos pessimistas. A tecnologia foi apresentada mais como fonte de exemplificação do que como fonte de conteúdo e também foi utilizada no livro como uma forma de justificar a aprendizagem da ciência. Assim, aparecem contradições entre as concepções de tecnologia veiculadas nos livros e as estabelecidas nos documentos oficiais. Tais contradições dificultam o trabalho dos professores em sala de aula e podem estar na raiz das visões equivocadas encontradas do termo. Dessa forma, trabalhar efetivamente a tecnologia em sala de aula requer uma mudança na postura tradicional, que tende a reduzir a tecnologia à mera ciência aplicada. Tal mudança passa necessariamente pela atualização de algumas ideias veiculadas pelos livros didáticos. / Technology is present increasingly in various fields of society and in education has been greatly addressed in the CTS movement. The aim of this work is the analysis of high school chemistry textbooks and the elucidation of the main approaches on technology present in these texts. The data analyzed included research work in the main Brazilian journals in the area of science education, official documents that guide this teaching, selection process and textbook guides as well as the four collections of chemistry textbooks approved in the National Textbook Plan of 2015. The analysis was based on the content analysis using categories from the literature and categories that emerged from the texts. The analysis of the official documents, the guide and the textbook selection processes reveals that technology is considered an obligatory content in teaching chemistry. A survey carried out in the main Brazilian journals in the field of science education revealed that technology is little researched in this context. The works show that the main concept of technology is applied science. On the other hand, official documents point to the importance of CTS teaching, students understanding of the historical process of technology development and understanding of the operation of technological artifacts. The analysis of the textbooks reveals that 79% of the examples found point out that technology is applied science and in 8% they appear as synonymous with technique. In 12% of the extracts analyzed technology influences the development of science. However, in most cases the idea of a linear model of scientific and technological development is presented. The textbooks also present some examples of intrinsic and extrinsic technological culture. In the extrinsic technological culture the examples were divided into optimism and technological pessimism, technology accessibility, technology neutrality and technology modifies the way we see the world. The number of examples in which the technology was viewed optimistically is superior to pessimistic examples. Technology was presented more as a source of exemplification than as a source of subject matter and was also used in the book as a way of justifying the learning of science. Thus, contradictions appear between the conceptions of technology conveyed in the books and those established in the official documents. Such contradictions make the work of teachers difficult in the classroom and may be at the root of the mistaken views of the term. Thus, effectively working the technology in the classroom requires a change in the traditional posture, which tends to reduce technology to mere applied science. Such change necessarily involves the updating of some ideas conveyed by textbooks.