South African education is in the process of undergoing what has become known as a "paradigm shift", requiring a change from the familiar transmission method to outcomes-based education (OBE) founded on social constructivist theories oflearning and teaching. Teachers, (45% of whom are poorly qualified), "will play a pivotal role in the success or failure of this change. There is therefore an urgent need to re-educate in-service teachers in the philosophy, and related methodologies underpinning Curriculum 2005. To this end, in-service education courses need to be developed "which will encourage teachers to reconstruct their beliefs about teaching and learning. INSET programmes in the past were aimed at either "topping up" qualified teachers, or "adding on" for under qualified teachers - neither of which have proved successful. It is therefore unlikely that applying similar methodologies to support teachers in the shift to OBE will meet with success, nor will simply "training" teachers to use the new learning programmes. Government documents on Education Policy are calling for teachers to become reflexive practitioners, able to guide learners in their efforts to achieve the critical outcomes which are intended to develop a competent citizenry of lifelong learners. Therefore, teachers ought to be empowered as curriculum developers in their own right. This interpretative case study hoped to find out from teachers themselves what aspects of an activity-based environmental education course acted as change agents in assisting them to begin the shift to constructivist theories of teaching and learning. A variety of research tools were used, including questionnaires, interviews, journals, narratives and concept maps, all of which provided a rich source of data for interpretation. From what was gained from four participants in this research, tentative suggestions for incorporation into the next cycle of action research in future INSET programmes are made.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T13:54:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nataniel Vera-Cruz.pdf: 611040 bytes, checksum: c2b4c0e81b1efd755ef591791b9d6fda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-18 / The study addresses the theme of the policy of training teachers using the distance education (EAD), reflected in the Agreement between the UNITINS / EDUCON (current EADCON), developed initially in the state of Tocantins from 2000. Its aim explain some of the multiple determinations that formed the policy of initial training of teachers, initially rendered possible by Superior Normal Course. The methodology is based on the literature search, analysis and research virtual documentary. Thus, addresses itself the context of origin of the state of Tocantins and its educational reality. Then, the changes in the neoliberal capitalism and its aspects, as well as the developments (a reengineering), the reform of state and national educational policies, the role of the World Bank, the CEPAL and UNESCO. Thus analyses are the guidelines of these international agencies with emphasis on the adoption of the Distance Education (EAD), combined with a new policy of training teachers. The establishment of the policy of training teachers offered initially in the Tocantins by UNITINS / EDUCON agree with the educational reform implemented in 1990 decade and articulated with neoliberal, interests and the prospect of offering a fast training, focused, funded by students and controlled by the market. In this background there is a release of the state towards the financing and maintenance of the social spheres, among them the education, but his stay as inducer of liberal policies directed to the redevelopment and new demands of the capital. / O estudo aborda a temática da política de formação de professores via educação a distância (EAD), materializada no Convênio entre a UNITINS/EDUCON (atual EADCON), desenvolvida inicialmente no estado do Tocantins a partir de 2000. Tem por objetivo explicitar algumas das múltiplas determinações que constituíram a política de formação inicial de professores, viabilizada inicialmente, pelo Curso Normal Superior. A metodologia baseia-se na pesquisa bibliográfica, análise documental e pesquisa virtual. Assim, aborda-se o contexto de origem do estado do Tocantins e de sua realidade educacional. Em seguida, as modificações ocorridas no capitalismo e sua vertente neoliberal, bem como os desdobramentos (uma reengenharia), na reforma dos estados nacionais e das políticas educacionais, com o protagonismo do Banco Mundial, da Cepal e da Unesco. Nesse sentido analisa-se as orientações destas agências internacionais com destaque para a adoção da Educação a Distância (EAD), aliada a uma nova política de formação professores. A operacionalização da política de formação de professores oferecida inicialmente no Tocantins pela UNITINS/EDUCON coaduna-se ao ideário da Reforma Educacional implementada mais fortemente nos anos de 1990, articulada aos interesses neoliberais, na perspectiva do oferecimento de uma formação aligeirada, flexibilizada, focalizada, financiada pelos estudantes e controlada pelo mercado. Nesse cenário ocorre uma desobrigação do Estado para com o financiamento e manutenção das esferas sociais, dentre elas a da educação, contudo sua permanência como indutor de políticas liberais voltadas para o reordenamento e novas exigências do capital.

A goal of my dissertation is to find out current educational conditions of gifted children in Czech Republic. What legislative, financial and methodological proceedings of state policy influence education of talented children and their possible impact on schools. Another aim is to verify how important this educational field is attributed by headmasters at primary schools and what helps or complicates introducing methodical education of gifted pupils. The dissertation contains of three parts. The first one is theoretical which acquaints readers with educational field of talented children in the Czech Republic in sphere of legislative, including the glance abroad. Second part is an empirical questionnaire survey, based on interview detecting conditions for education of exceptionally gifted children at primary schools. It focuses on headmasters, their motivating, educating and evaluating of teachers and what advantages for school it brings. Another goal is to find out possibilities and differences in financing the work with talented children in particular regions. On the basis of established data is created a manual, which could help headmasters to introduce methodical education of gifted pupils. The manual is drawn up as a gradual successive approach.

Este estudo investigativo analisa um Curso de formação continuada para professores de Ensino Médio, tendo como temática principal o protagonismo juvenil e a escola. Visou possibilitar a reflexão sobre relações estabelecidas entre escola, professores e jovens, oportunizando um outro olhar e uma outra compreensão das formas de produção das culturas juvenis contemporâneas, das representações sociais sobre os jovens e suas implicações na cultura escolar. O trabalho partiu de uma perspectiva afirmativa que pretendeu dar visibilidade à diversidade/pluralidade das expressões juvenis, em diferentes contextos e experiências, e possibilitar novas relações intergeracionais no espaço da escola. A estratégia metodológica da pesquisa foi a proposição de um espaço de formação continuada para um grupo de cerca de 20 professores que atuam em diferentes escolas da rede pública e privada de Porto Alegre e Grande Porto Alegre/RS, sendo dois terços de professores da rede pública e o restante de professores da rede privada, além de 6 educadores que coordenam projetos sociais junto a jovens. O grupo de pesquisa não foi constituído por uma escolha aleatória, uma vez que procurei contemplar a pluralidade das juventudes e das experiências docentes nas escolas, singulares em cada contexto social. Para o estudo e investigação com os professores, durante a formação continuada, as temáticas propostas foram relativas às Culturas Juvenis Contemporâneas e Escola, didaticamente divididas em dois eixos: Cultura Escolar e conceito de Juventudes, assuntos nos quais autores como José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif, Mariano Fernández Enguita, Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais e Jorge Atílio Iulianelli constituem as principais referências teóricas, sendo contemplado estudo. A temática culturas juvenis contemporâneas, proposta como pauta no estudo investigativo, oportunizou compreender, pelos professores, como as representações da cultura escolar e das culturas juvenis, construídas ao longo dos tempos, influenciam as práticas escolares e, dessa forma, a necessidade de repensar a participação dos jovens no espaço escolar. / This investigative study analyses a Course of continuous training for Senior High School teachers, which tackled the youth empowerment and the school. It aimed to permit the reflection about relations established among school, teachers and young people, making possible another look and another comprehension about the ways of production of the contemporary young cultures, the social representations about the young people and their implication in the school culture. It started from an affirmative prospect which intended to give visibility to the diversity/plurality of the youth expressions, in different contexts and experiences, and to permit new relations between generations in the school space. The research methodological strategy was the proposal of a space of continuous training for a group of about 20 teachers that work in different public and private schools in Porto Alegre and suburbs in RS. Two thirds of the teachers work in public schools and the rest works in private schools, beyond 6 educators who coordinate social projects among young people. The universe of the research was not constituted by a random choice, because it tried to include the plurality of youth and the teaching experiences of the schools, which are peculiar in each social context. For the study and investigation with teacher during the continuous training, the proposed themes were about Contemporary Cultures of young people and School, divides in two topics: School Culture and Youth Concept. Related to these topics, authors like, José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif and Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais and Jorge Atílio Iulianelli, constitute, respectively, the main theoretical references of this study. The theme Contemporary Cultures of Young People, proposed as a guideline in the investigative study, made possible to the teachers comprehend how the representations of the school culture and youth cultures, formed along the years, influence school activity and, in this way, the necessity of reconsidering the young people participation in the school space.

Este estudo investigativo analisa um Curso de formação continuada para professores de Ensino Médio, tendo como temática principal o protagonismo juvenil e a escola. Visou possibilitar a reflexão sobre relações estabelecidas entre escola, professores e jovens, oportunizando um outro olhar e uma outra compreensão das formas de produção das culturas juvenis contemporâneas, das representações sociais sobre os jovens e suas implicações na cultura escolar. O trabalho partiu de uma perspectiva afirmativa que pretendeu dar visibilidade à diversidade/pluralidade das expressões juvenis, em diferentes contextos e experiências, e possibilitar novas relações intergeracionais no espaço da escola. A estratégia metodológica da pesquisa foi a proposição de um espaço de formação continuada para um grupo de cerca de 20 professores que atuam em diferentes escolas da rede pública e privada de Porto Alegre e Grande Porto Alegre/RS, sendo dois terços de professores da rede pública e o restante de professores da rede privada, além de 6 educadores que coordenam projetos sociais junto a jovens. O grupo de pesquisa não foi constituído por uma escolha aleatória, uma vez que procurei contemplar a pluralidade das juventudes e das experiências docentes nas escolas, singulares em cada contexto social. Para o estudo e investigação com os professores, durante a formação continuada, as temáticas propostas foram relativas às Culturas Juvenis Contemporâneas e Escola, didaticamente divididas em dois eixos: Cultura Escolar e conceito de Juventudes, assuntos nos quais autores como José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif, Mariano Fernández Enguita, Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais e Jorge Atílio Iulianelli constituem as principais referências teóricas, sendo contemplado estudo. A temática culturas juvenis contemporâneas, proposta como pauta no estudo investigativo, oportunizou compreender, pelos professores, como as representações da cultura escolar e das culturas juvenis, construídas ao longo dos tempos, influenciam as práticas escolares e, dessa forma, a necessidade de repensar a participação dos jovens no espaço escolar. / This investigative study analyses a Course of continuous training for Senior High School teachers, which tackled the youth empowerment and the school. It aimed to permit the reflection about relations established among school, teachers and young people, making possible another look and another comprehension about the ways of production of the contemporary young cultures, the social representations about the young people and their implication in the school culture. It started from an affirmative prospect which intended to give visibility to the diversity/plurality of the youth expressions, in different contexts and experiences, and to permit new relations between generations in the school space. The research methodological strategy was the proposal of a space of continuous training for a group of about 20 teachers that work in different public and private schools in Porto Alegre and suburbs in RS. Two thirds of the teachers work in public schools and the rest works in private schools, beyond 6 educators who coordinate social projects among young people. The universe of the research was not constituted by a random choice, because it tried to include the plurality of youth and the teaching experiences of the schools, which are peculiar in each social context. For the study and investigation with teacher during the continuous training, the proposed themes were about Contemporary Cultures of young people and School, divides in two topics: School Culture and Youth Concept. Related to these topics, authors like, José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif and Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais and Jorge Atílio Iulianelli, constitute, respectively, the main theoretical references of this study. The theme Contemporary Cultures of Young People, proposed as a guideline in the investigative study, made possible to the teachers comprehend how the representations of the school culture and youth cultures, formed along the years, influence school activity and, in this way, the necessity of reconsidering the young people participation in the school space.

Este estudo investigativo analisa um Curso de formação continuada para professores de Ensino Médio, tendo como temática principal o protagonismo juvenil e a escola. Visou possibilitar a reflexão sobre relações estabelecidas entre escola, professores e jovens, oportunizando um outro olhar e uma outra compreensão das formas de produção das culturas juvenis contemporâneas, das representações sociais sobre os jovens e suas implicações na cultura escolar. O trabalho partiu de uma perspectiva afirmativa que pretendeu dar visibilidade à diversidade/pluralidade das expressões juvenis, em diferentes contextos e experiências, e possibilitar novas relações intergeracionais no espaço da escola. A estratégia metodológica da pesquisa foi a proposição de um espaço de formação continuada para um grupo de cerca de 20 professores que atuam em diferentes escolas da rede pública e privada de Porto Alegre e Grande Porto Alegre/RS, sendo dois terços de professores da rede pública e o restante de professores da rede privada, além de 6 educadores que coordenam projetos sociais junto a jovens. O grupo de pesquisa não foi constituído por uma escolha aleatória, uma vez que procurei contemplar a pluralidade das juventudes e das experiências docentes nas escolas, singulares em cada contexto social. Para o estudo e investigação com os professores, durante a formação continuada, as temáticas propostas foram relativas às Culturas Juvenis Contemporâneas e Escola, didaticamente divididas em dois eixos: Cultura Escolar e conceito de Juventudes, assuntos nos quais autores como José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif, Mariano Fernández Enguita, Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais e Jorge Atílio Iulianelli constituem as principais referências teóricas, sendo contemplado estudo. A temática culturas juvenis contemporâneas, proposta como pauta no estudo investigativo, oportunizou compreender, pelos professores, como as representações da cultura escolar e das culturas juvenis, construídas ao longo dos tempos, influenciam as práticas escolares e, dessa forma, a necessidade de repensar a participação dos jovens no espaço escolar. / This investigative study analyses a Course of continuous training for Senior High School teachers, which tackled the youth empowerment and the school. It aimed to permit the reflection about relations established among school, teachers and young people, making possible another look and another comprehension about the ways of production of the contemporary young cultures, the social representations about the young people and their implication in the school culture. It started from an affirmative prospect which intended to give visibility to the diversity/plurality of the youth expressions, in different contexts and experiences, and to permit new relations between generations in the school space. The research methodological strategy was the proposal of a space of continuous training for a group of about 20 teachers that work in different public and private schools in Porto Alegre and suburbs in RS. Two thirds of the teachers work in public schools and the rest works in private schools, beyond 6 educators who coordinate social projects among young people. The universe of the research was not constituted by a random choice, because it tried to include the plurality of youth and the teaching experiences of the schools, which are peculiar in each social context. For the study and investigation with teacher during the continuous training, the proposed themes were about Contemporary Cultures of young people and School, divides in two topics: School Culture and Youth Concept. Related to these topics, authors like, José Gimeno Sacristán, António Nóvoa, Miguel Arroyo, Maurice Tardif and Alberto Melucci, Paulo César Carrano, Marília Spósito, Jorge Baeza Correa, José Machado Pais and Jorge Atílio Iulianelli, constitute, respectively, the main theoretical references of this study. The theme Contemporary Cultures of Young People, proposed as a guideline in the investigative study, made possible to the teachers comprehend how the representations of the school culture and youth cultures, formed along the years, influence school activity and, in this way, the necessity of reconsidering the young people participation in the school space.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5068.pdf: 5385850 bytes, checksum: 1ffb52e70c7105109032abba43f61689 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-01 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The present study lies in discussions about teacher education and investigated the learning and teachers professional development by making use of teaching cases and case methods, while training tool and investigative processes driving reflective about the knowledge of teaching. The teaching cases are narratives of episodes usually extracted from real data and daily school experiences that give visibility to the teachers experiences, that when analyze them and build them, articulate and relive experiences, establishing relationships between theory and practice. The research and intervention process took place through the Teachers Portal - UFSCar in progress: "Casos de Ensino e Teorização de Práticas Pedagógicas - professores alfabetizadores [Cases of Teaching and Theorizing Pedagogical Practices - literacy teachers], the prospect of continued training of sixteen teachers in the same stage of elementary school (Early Years - 1st, 2nd and 3rd year), which act as literacy. To accomplishment this study, of qualitative approach, the research aimed to analyze episodes of the professional development process experienced by literacy teachers to make use of teaching cases in the virtual environment, while the possibility formative and investigative. Thus, were worked in cases depict events related to the daily lives of literacy. The achieved results in the research indicate the potential of teaching cases in / for learning and for professional development of teaching. In general, the strategies of analysis and preparation of teaching cases enabled knowledge related to the teaching and learning of language were explained and (re) assessed by literacy. The use of teaching cases and case methods allowed reflections if they were present and provided evidence of the doubts, certainties and contradictions that characterize and guide the professional practice of literacy. These results indicated that it is possible to highlight points deserve highlights and others who deserve to be reconsidered for future training and investigative processes with teaching cases. / O presente estudo se situa nas discussões sobre a formação de professores e investigou a aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento profissional de docentes ao fazerem uso de casos de ensino e de métodos de casos, enquanto ferramenta formativa e investigativa propulsora de processos reflexivos sobre os conhecimentos da docência. Os casos de ensino são narrativas de episódios extraídos geralmente de dados reais do cotidiano escolar e que dão visibilidade às vivências dos professores que, ao analisá los ou construí-los, articulam e revivem experiências, estabelecendo relações entre a teoria e a prática. O processo de pesquisa e intervenção realizou-se por meio do Portal do Professores UFSCar, no curso: Casos de Ensino e Teorização de Práticas Pedagógicas professores alfabetizadores , na perspectiva de formação continuada de dezesseis docentes da mesma etapa do Ensino Fundamental I (Anos Iniciais 1º, 2º e 3º ano), que atuam como alfabetizadoras. Para realização deste estudo, de abordagem qualitativa, a pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar episódios do processo de desenvolvimento profissional vivido por professoras alfabetizadoras ao fazerem uso dos casos de ensino, em ambiente virtual, enquanto possibilidade formativa e investigativa. Para tanto, foram trabalhados casos que retratavam eventos relacionados ao cotidiano das alfabetizadoras. Os resultados alcançados na pesquisa sinalizam a potencialidade dos casos de ensino na/para a aprendizagem e para o desenvolvimento profissional da docência. De modo geral, as estratégias de análise e elaboração de casos de ensino permitiram que conhecimentos referentes ao ensino e aprendizagem da linguagem fossem explicitados e (re)avaliados pelas alfabetizadoras. A utilização de casos de ensino e de métodos de casos permitiu que as reflexões se fizessem presentes e que evidenciassem as dúvidas, as certezas e as contradições que orientam e caracterizam a prática profissional das alfabetizadoras. Com esses resultados apontados é possível evidenciar pontos que merecem destaques e outros que merecem ser repensados para futuros processos formativos e investigativos com casos de ensino.

This study analyzes the training for teachers of deaf people in Sergipe in the years 1959 to 1961, seeking to know the pedagogical practices that guided the Specialization Course for Teachers of Deaf, sponsored by the National Institute for Deaf Education. For the production of this work, we followed the precepts of Cultural History, articulated to the concepts of memory, collective memory, writing, history and culture, in order to relate them to the researched sources: laws, class record books, minutes, curricula, textbooks, annals. Among the various bibliographic references used, we can highlight the following authors regarding the explored theoretical framework: Mazzota (2005), Jannuzi (2006), Rocha (2009), Souza (2009), Soares (1996, 2005) and Souza (2007). The aim of this study is to insert, in Sergipe educational historiography, aspects of the educational history of deaf, and specifically the history of the training for teachers of deaf people. / O presente estudo analisa a formação dos professores de surdos em Sergipe nos anos de 1959 a 1961, buscando conhecer as práticas pedagógicas que nortearam o Curso de Especialização de Professores para Surdos, promovido pelo Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos. Para a produção desta dissertação, seguimos os preceitos da História Cultural, articulados aos conceitos de memória, memória coletiva, escrito, história e cultura, a fim de dialogarmos com as fontes pesquisadas: leis, diários de classe, atas, planos curriculares, manuais, anais. Dentre os diversos referenciais bibliográficos utilizados, pode-se evidenciar os seguintes autores quanto ao referencial teórico explorado: Mazzota (2005), Jannuzi (2006), Rocha (2009), Souza (2009), Soares (1996, 2005) e Souza (2007). Pretende-se, com esse estudo, inserir, na historiografia educacional sergipana, aspectos da história educacional do surdo, e especificamente da história da formação de professores de surdos.

В последние годы, с постоянным усилением влияния Китая, изучение китайского языка становится все более популярным. Актуальной задачей является разработка программ по развитию навыков речевой деятельности, включая письмо. Изучение трудностей письма на китайском языке и их решение имеет большое значение для улучшения навыков письма у иностранных студентов, может способствовать повышению их квалификации при работе в межкультурной среде, связанной со знанием китайского языка. Цель исследования – предложить методику развития навыков письма на китайском языке на начальном этапе обучения. Объект исследования – процесс развития навыков письма на китайском языке на начальном этапе обучения. Предмет исследования – методика развития навыком письма на китайском языке на начальном этапе обучения. Научная новизна исследования состоит в определении потенциала использования игровых и компьютерных технологий при обучении написанию китайских иероглифов на начальном этапе обучения. Полученные данные обоснованы теоретико-методологической базой исследования. Практическая значимость исследования: полученные результаты могут быть использованы в качестве методических рекомендаций и практических материалов на занятиях по написанию иероглифов на начальном этапе обучения. В первой главе диссертации описана теоретико-методологическая база исследования, обучение письму в трудах российских и китайских исследователей, история, происхождение китайских иероглифов, их взаимосвязь с культурными реалиями. Во второй главе диссертации предлагается методика обучения написанию китайских иероглифов на начальном этапе обучения, включающая игровые методы, компьютерные технологии, способствующие развитию навыков написания китайских иероглифов, уделяется внимание повышению квалификации преподавателей. / In recent years, with the increasing influence of China, learning Chinese has become increasingly popular. It is an urgent task to offer programs to develop speech skills, including writing. Studying the difficulties of writing in Chinese and solving them is important to improve the writing skills of international students and can help improve their skills when working in an intercultural environment related to the knowledge of the Chinese language. Purpose of the study: to propose a methodology for the development of writing skills in Chinese at the initial stage of learning. Object of the study – the process of developing writing skills in Chinese at the initial stage of learning. Subject of the study – methodology for the development of writing skills in Chinese at the initial stage of learning. Scientific novelty of the study consists in determining the potential of using gamification and computer technologies in teaching the writing of Chinese hieroglyphs at the initial stage of learning. The findings are based on the theoretical and methodological basis of the research. Practical significance of the study – the results can be used as guidelines and practical materials in classes for writing hieroglyphs at the initial stage of learning. The first chapter of the thesis describes the theoretical and methodological basis of the research, the teaching of writing in the works of Russian and Chinese researchers, the history, the origin of Chinese hieroglyphs, their relationship with cultural realities. The second chapter of the thesis proposes a methodology for teaching Chinese hieroglyphs writing at the initial stage, including gamification methods, computer technology to help develop Chinese hieroglyphs writing skills, attention is also paid to teachers’ professional development.

This essay deals with teachers’ guides on teaching about sexuality and personal relationships, in particular guides focusing on introductory programmes in languages in upper secondary school and teaching adult immigrants Swedish. The aim is to investigate how the teachers’ guides function as further training for teachers. In Sweden 2016, the number of pupils enrolled in language introductory programmes was rapidly increasing. The number of participants in Swedish language for immigrants was also growing quickly. Teachers are in need of further training in sex and sexuality education and instruction in general, and particularly in this teaching context. It is hard to find teachers with sufficient competence in the field, due to the current general lack of skilled teachers in Sweden. Research on teachers’ guides in Sweden is underdeveloped and previous research on the topic of this essay is virtually non-existent, which makes this a pilot study of sorts. The study focuses on text-analysis, function and normativity. The results show that teachers’ guides respond to teachers’ needs and demands. These specific teachers’ guides affect each other through intertextuality. The norms imbedded in the language used in the teachers’ guides have an influence on teachers reading them.