<p>Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att beskriva och analysera sex pedagogers syn på sitt ledarskap. För att göra detta har jag genomfört sex kvalitativa intervjuer med olika pedagoger. De intervjuade är: tre förskolelärare, två lärare för yngre barn och en fritidspedagog. Pedagogerna är från olika städer och olika arbetslag. Jag har utfört undersökningen utifrån fyra huvudfrågor:</p><p>– Vad innebär ledarskapet?</p><p>– Vad är det som påverkar ledarskapet?</p><p>– Hur kan man utveckla sig själv som ledare?</p><p>– Vilken sorts ledare behöver barn idag?</p><p>Resultatet visar att ledarskapet i läraryrket framförallt innebär att lära barnen det sociala samspelet. Pedagogerna anser att ledarskapet påverkas av en rad faktorer, bl.a. av barngruppen, kollegorna, den egna personligheten och egna erfarenheter. Utvecklingen till att bli en bättre ledare sker genom att man får erfarenhet. Man utvecklar sig själv bl.a. genom att pröva olika metoder och genom att lära av andra ledare. Intervjupersonerna anser att barn idag bl.a. behöver en tydlig ledare som kan sätta gränser och samtidigt vara en lyhörd ledare som lyssnar på barnen.</p> / <p>The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyse how six educators look upon their leadership. To achieve this purpose I have carried out six qualitative interviews. The interviewees are: three preschool teachers, two primary school teachers and one leisure pedagogue. The educators work in different cities and in different working teams. My main questions in the study have been:</p><p>- The meaning of the leadership?</p><p>- The factors which affect the leadership?</p><p>- How can one develope ones leadership?</p><p>- What kind of leader do children of today need?</p><p>The results show that the leadership in the teaching profession above all implys teaching children the social teamwork. The educators think that the leadership is influenced by many factors for example: the children in the group, the colleagues, the personality of the leader and his/her experiences. By getting more and more experienced you become a better leader. Trying different methods and learning from other leaders are ways of developing your leadership. The interviewees think that children of today among other things need a clear leader who can set bounds and at the same time be a person with a sensitive ear who listens to the children.</p>

Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att beskriva och analysera sex pedagogers syn på sitt ledarskap. För att göra detta har jag genomfört sex kvalitativa intervjuer med olika pedagoger. De intervjuade är: tre förskolelärare, två lärare för yngre barn och en fritidspedagog. Pedagogerna är från olika städer och olika arbetslag. Jag har utfört undersökningen utifrån fyra huvudfrågor: – Vad innebär ledarskapet? – Vad är det som påverkar ledarskapet? – Hur kan man utveckla sig själv som ledare? – Vilken sorts ledare behöver barn idag? Resultatet visar att ledarskapet i läraryrket framförallt innebär att lära barnen det sociala samspelet. Pedagogerna anser att ledarskapet påverkas av en rad faktorer, bl.a. av barngruppen, kollegorna, den egna personligheten och egna erfarenheter. Utvecklingen till att bli en bättre ledare sker genom att man får erfarenhet. Man utvecklar sig själv bl.a. genom att pröva olika metoder och genom att lära av andra ledare. Intervjupersonerna anser att barn idag bl.a. behöver en tydlig ledare som kan sätta gränser och samtidigt vara en lyhörd ledare som lyssnar på barnen. / The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyse how six educators look upon their leadership. To achieve this purpose I have carried out six qualitative interviews. The interviewees are: three preschool teachers, two primary school teachers and one leisure pedagogue. The educators work in different cities and in different working teams. My main questions in the study have been: - The meaning of the leadership? - The factors which affect the leadership? - How can one develope ones leadership? - What kind of leader do children of today need? The results show that the leadership in the teaching profession above all implys teaching children the social teamwork. The educators think that the leadership is influenced by many factors for example: the children in the group, the colleagues, the personality of the leader and his/her experiences. By getting more and more experienced you become a better leader. Trying different methods and learning from other leaders are ways of developing your leadership. The interviewees think that children of today among other things need a clear leader who can set bounds and at the same time be a person with a sensitive ear who listens to the children.

Dans la lignée de la création des IUFM (Instituts de formation des maîtres) en 1989, les récentes évolutions du système éducatif français (loi pour la refondation de l’école de juillet 2013) témoignent d’une volonté institutionnelle de rapprocher école et collège et de dépasser le clivage historique qui fait du premier degré l’héritier de l’école du peuple et du second celui des lycées destinés à l’élite. Il s’agit de lever ce qui peut faire obstacle à la continuité école-collège pour une meilleure prise en charge des élèves. Mais cette volonté a-t-elle véritablement permis de dépasser ces antagonismes et d’aller vers une culture pédagogique partagée, voire de fonder une identité professionnelle commune ? L’enjeu de cette thèse est d’identifier les points de rencontre mais aussi et surtout les points de rupture entre professeurs des écoles et professeurs des collèges, afin de mieux comprendre quelle est l’origine de ces différences, comment elles se construisent et quels effets elles produisent, dans le but de mieux savoir comment agir pour lever ces obstacles et améliorer le passage de l’école au collège. Pour cela, trois méthodes de recueil de données ont été utilisées : observations ethnographiques de situations d’échanges entre professeurs des deux degrés sur trois réseaux (milieu favorisé, milieu rural mixte, réseau d’éducation prioritaire), questionnaires (près de 200 enseignants exerçant pour moitié en élémentaire et pour moitié en collège) et entretiens biographiques (10 professeurs des écoles et 11 professeurs des collèges). L’analyse des données a été effectuée de façon qualitative et quantitative (notamment en utilisant les logiciels Statbox et IRaMuTeq). L’identité professionnelle des enseignants a été abordée par le biais des différentes variables la composant : variables personnelles (biographiques), contextuelles (socio-historiques et professionnelles) et pédagogiques (la culture pédagogique). Elles ont été mises en regard, notamment afin de percevoir le rôle des cultures pédagogiques dans les constructions identitaires. Ce travail a montré que malgré des cultures pédagogiques en grande partie commune, les identités professionnelles des professeurs des écoles et des collèges restent marquées par l’histoire des professions dans les représentations qu’ils entretiennent les uns sur les autres, et qu’elles se révèlent de « consistance » différente. Enfin, l’apparition d’une recomposition de l’identité professionnelle chez les professeurs de collège débutants a été mise au jour. / Directly linked to the creation of the IUFMs (Instituts de Formation des Maîtres) in 1989, the recent evolutions in the French educational system (Law of July 2013 for the refoundation of school) show evidence, at the level of the institutions, of the willingness to get a close similarity between primary school and secondary school (named college in France) and to cancel the historical approach which considered primary school as dedicated to the people and secondary school reserved for an elite. The challenge is to remove everything which may be an obstacle to the continuity from primary to secondary in order to take charge of the pupils in better conditions. But has this willingness permitted to really overcome the antagonisms and led to a shared pedagogical culture and even generated a common professional identity ?The aim of this thesis is to identify all the points of convergence but particularly also the disrupting points between teachers in primary and teachers in secondary schools and to understand more precisely what is the origin of the differences, the way they occur and the consequences they produce, in the purpose of knowing much better how to proceed to remove the obstacles and to improve the transition from primary to secondary. Three methods of collection of datas have been used : ethnographical survey of actual relationship between teachers (in both educational levels) in three local education grids (favourable background – mixed rural environment – areas declared as a priority), answers to questionnaires (sent to almost 200 teachers, half of them in primary, half in secondary schools) and biographical interviews (10 teachers in primary and 11 in secondary schools). The datas have been analysed considering both the quality and the quantity (with the use of softwares such as Statbox and IRaMuTeq). The professional identities of the teachers have been examined through consideration of the several variables they are made of : private (biography), background (social, historical and professional), pedagogical (pedagogical culture). They have been compared in order to point out the part played by the pedagogical cultures in the way identity is formed.This survey has demonstrated that, although pedagogical cultures are highly the same, the professional identities of the teachers in primary and of the teachers in secondary schools are still deeply impregnated by the history of the image of the professions with which they both consider each other and that the image has a different « thickness » both sides. The survey has also revealed that young teachers in secondary schools nowadays start developing a professional identity common to both levels.

The thesis reacts on the contemporary schooling when there is the need of differentiation and individualisation of teaching in heterogeneous classrooms. However, the teachers are not prepared enough to differentiate and there is only a minimum of relevant literature and methodological support. The main aim of the thesis is to summarise the latest findings in this field, to detect possible strategies of differentiation and individualisation at the lower primary school and to design feasible steps for the teachers to follow. In the theoretical part there are summarised already familiar findings from the external literature. In the empirical part I am focusing on the differentiation methods of two sample teachers, who are important models for the students - future teachers. The methods used predominantly in the research are the in-depth interviews with the teachers and an analysis of a recording of observed lessons.

The diploma thesis has a theoretically-empirical character with a focus on the empirical part. The starting point for the solution is the requirement of the primary teacher competence to work with the differentiated group of pupils, take into account different educational needs in the planning, implementation and reflection of teaching. The aim is to determine whether and how teachers fulfill the requirement of primary school in natural science lessons. Describe and evaluate the implementation of this requirement during the realization of specific thematic unit by several teachers. Methods of the content analysis, interviews and direct observation of teaching are used to fulfill the targets of the thesis. Keywords Individualization, differentiation, Social studies and Science, primary school teacher, instruction planning Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The Risk of Burnout in Primary School Teachers This diploma thesis deals with the risk of burnout syndrome in primary school teachers. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis provides an overview of the theoretical concept of burnout in teachers and the effects of burnout on their job performance and their personal life. The empirical part of the thesis introduces a qualitative research of the risk of burnout in primary school teachers who study the combined form of the 5- year Master's study programme at the Faculty of Education of Charles University, while working full-time. I interviewed several teachers who have been at the greatest risk of burnout, based on a questionnaire survey, about the factors that affect their mental health, about their perceived form of support and about their coping skills. Up to two-thirds of teachers experience exhaustion during their studies. Chronic stress, which is at the highest level during last years of the 5-year study programme, negatively affects their well-being, their family life and their physical and mental health. Key protective factors are problem-focused coping skills and work-life balance. The supportive attitude of the primary school management, as well as the attitude of the Faculty of Education towards studying teachers, can be also of...

As children with ADHD are typically diagnosed at school entry level, when problems with especially reading and writing occur, primary school teachers are directly affected by a pressing need to become more educated on the subject of ADHD. The responsibility to teach these young children effectively, and help them to successfully cope with their struggles in an academic environment also rests with the primary school teacher. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of primary school teachers who have children diagnosed with ADHD in their classrooms. The phenomenological approach was used as a lens for collecting and interpreting data. Four participants from a private school were interviewed and transcripts were analysed and interpreted using the Interpretive Phenomenological Approach. The research findings were that the teachers experiences of having children with ADHD in their classrooms were both positive and negative and were affected by several factors including the number of diagnosed children in the classroom, the degree of severity of ADHD, support received from others, medication for ADHD and knowledge of ADHD. Copyright / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Psychology / unrestricted

Sexual abuse is not being reported adequately. Teachers are in an ideal position to deal with and report sexual abuse. However, research, as well as practical experience, shows that teachers are not sufficiently trained to deal with sexual abuse. Various establishments offer training initiatives to teachers, but it is unclear what the teachers’ perceptions are of the training after completion thereof. The goal of this research was to explore the perceptions of teachers after they had been exposed to an available training programme called “Understanding the Scope of Child Abuse”. The programme forms part of the training material of Forensic Assessment Consultation Training (FACT). FACT is a training company which offers support and training to professional people on the topic of sexual abuse. The researcher followed a qualitative approach. Twenty teachers from Welkom, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Wesselsbron and Bothaville were involved in two separate training sessions. After completion of the training sessions, two focus group interviews were conducted in order to explore the participants’ perceptions regarding the training programme. The results show clearly that the perceptions of the teachers who participated in the Understanding the Scope of Child Abuse programme were significantly positive. It is also clear that there was a certain need among teachers for information such as provided by the programme. Besides the dispensation of relevant information, which was regarded as valuable and appropriate, participants valued the group consolidation and felt confident to share experiences regarding sexual abuse. Participants cherished the information not only as teachers, but also in their capacity as parents. They agreed there was a need for such training, even before participating in the study. It was recommended that colleagues, student teachers and parents should undertake the same training, conducted in a similar way. / MSW (Forensic Practice), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Sexual abuse is not being reported adequately. Teachers are in an ideal position to deal with and report sexual abuse. However, research, as well as practical experience, shows that teachers are not sufficiently trained to deal with sexual abuse. Various establishments offer training initiatives to teachers, but it is unclear what the teachers’ perceptions are of the training after completion thereof. The goal of this research was to explore the perceptions of teachers after they had been exposed to an available training programme called “Understanding the Scope of Child Abuse”. The programme forms part of the training material of Forensic Assessment Consultation Training (FACT). FACT is a training company which offers support and training to professional people on the topic of sexual abuse. The researcher followed a qualitative approach. Twenty teachers from Welkom, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Wesselsbron and Bothaville were involved in two separate training sessions. After completion of the training sessions, two focus group interviews were conducted in order to explore the participants’ perceptions regarding the training programme. The results show clearly that the perceptions of the teachers who participated in the Understanding the Scope of Child Abuse programme were significantly positive. It is also clear that there was a certain need among teachers for information such as provided by the programme. Besides the dispensation of relevant information, which was regarded as valuable and appropriate, participants valued the group consolidation and felt confident to share experiences regarding sexual abuse. Participants cherished the information not only as teachers, but also in their capacity as parents. They agreed there was a need for such training, even before participating in the study. It was recommended that colleagues, student teachers and parents should undertake the same training, conducted in a similar way. / MSW (Forensic Practice), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

This Thesis is focused on beginning teachers as absolvents of Charles University Faculty of Education with experience at most three years. There is explained what competences teachers have to individualize lessons at Primary school. This topic is very popular these days and doesn't cover only children with specific needs or children who are gifted, but it includes all pupils. This thesis tries to map this current situation with eight chosen teachers who respond to our requairments. The Teoretic part is divided into five chapters, which describe professional quality of teacher with deep focusing on personal characteristic, the term a beginning teacher and his most frequent problems. Next chapter is focused on pedagogical competences. Subchapters are conected with deep analyzation of teacher's competances to individualize his lessons and introduse some tendences in current preparatory education of teachers at primary schools. In penultimate chapter there is deeper describtion of preparatory education of teacher at primary school and personality. The last chapter of the teoretic part is focused on terms diferenciacion and individualisation. It introduces two alternative programmes know as Dalton plan and Winet system. The research, which belongs to an experimental part, is focused on quality. It was...