This study investigated beliefs of members of an online Community of Practice (WIA) on the role of the community on professional development, teaching, and on Web 2.0 use. Through the analyses of the questionnaire, it was aimed at finding out the members&rsquo / ideas about the group as an online CoP and benefits of belonging to an online CoP. The data were collected from seventy nine members of the Webheads in Action from various countries by using an online questionnaire. Then, the responses to the multiple choice items were analyzed using PASSW. The data collected from the last section of the questionnairre were analyzed through content analysis and pattern coding. The findings revealed that the members believe that WIA plays an important role in the process of developing multiltiteracies skills and the Web 2.0 tools used in classroom teaching and for professional development. The findings also revealed that the participants believe that being a WIA member leads to motivation, collaboration and discovery. These beliefs are thought to provide insights about the advantages and disadvantages of learning in online CoPs and their effects on the members&rsquo / Web 2.0 use. The findings can also be beneficial for researchers, teacher trainers, and teachers wishing to join CoPs for professional development. They can understand the advantages and disadvantages, and the participation process in more detail. Moreover, these findings can indicate that online CoPs can provide a medium for coping with the increasing amount of information thanks to the recent technological developments, and acquiring new skills.

This study investigated beliefs of members of an online Community of Practice (WIA) on the role of the community on professional development, teaching, and on Web 2.0 use. Through the analyses of the questionnaire, it was aimed at finding out the members&rsquo / ideas about the group as an online CoP and benefits of belonging to an online CoP. The data were collected from seventy nine members of the Webheads in Action from various countries by using an online questionnaire. Then, the responses to the multiple choice items were analyzed using PASSW. The data collected from the last section of the questionnairre were analyzed through content analysis and pattern coding. The findings revealed that the members believe that WIA plays an important role in the process of developing multiltiteracies skills and the Web 2.0 tools used in classroom teaching and for professional development. The findings further revealed that the participants believe that being a WIA member leads to motivation, collaboration and discovery. These beliefs are thought to provide insights about the advantages and disadvantages of learning in online CoPs and their effects on the members&rsquo / Web 2.0 use. The findings can also be beneficial for researchers, teacher trainers, and teachers wishing to join CoPs for professional development. They can understand the advantages and disadvantages, and the participation process in more detail. Moreover, these findings can indicate that online CoPs can provide a medium for coping with the increasing amount of information thanks to the recent technological developments, and acquiring new skills.

The aim of this study was three-fold: first, to describe pre-service teachers&rsquo / (i) critical thinking levels, (ii) attitudes towards teaching for critical thinking, and (iii) self-efficacy beliefs in teaching for critical thinking in terms of performance and outcome efficacy beliefs / secondly, to investigate whether there was a correlation between these three variables / and finally, to examine the relationship between participants&rsquo / certain background variables and their critical thinking levels, attitudes and self efficacy beliefs in teaching for critical thinking. A cross-sectional survey design was employed. The participants of the study were senior pre-service teachers from fourteen state universities across the seven geographical regions in Turkey. Quantitative data were collected by means of (i) a critical thinking test, (ii) an attitude scale, (iii) a self-efficacy scale with two subscales: performance efficacy and outcome efficacy, and (iv) a participant profile form, all of which were designed by the researcher. Both descriptive and inferential statistics (MANOVA) were used. Results indicated that pre-service teachers&rsquo / critical thinking levels were &lsquo / below average&rsquo / however, they had a moderately positive attitude towards and a moderate level of self efficacy in teaching for critical thinking. The correlation analyses indicated that there was a moderate degree of positive correlation between teachers&rsquo / attitude and self efficacy beliefs towards critical thinking. Finally, the results of MANOVA analyses indicated that pre-service teachers&rsquo / gender and level of motivation towards teaching had no impact on their critical thinking levels, attitudes or self efficacy beliefs in teaching for critical thinking. On the other hand, major, academic achievement, high school background, father&rsquo / s level of education, reading behaviour, and prior training in critical thinking had impacts of varying degrees on one or more of the dependent variables.

This evaluation research study is concerned with the quality of support and in-service development for Malawian primary teachers through the medium of radio. The study aims to evaluate the influence that the current United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded interactive radio instruction (IRI) programme has on teachers’ behaviours, with the aim of proposing some guidelines for the development of a model of continuing professional development (CPD), appropriate to the Malawian context, using IRI. It identifies the teacher as a critical entity in raising levels of learners’ achievement within the primary school and posits that through improved teacher support and development, higher levels of learner achievement can be attained. The study identifies the potential that communication technology in the form of interactive radio instruction (IRI) offers in improving CPD of teachers at a cost that could be affordable to disadvantaged school communities in the country. The study takes place in a context where the Malawi government has been challenged to provide quality universal primary education after introducing free primary education (FPE) in 1994, which resulted in a massive expansion of primary schools, resulting in acute shortages of teachers. The study has drawn on aspects of practice theory and in particular the work of Giddens (1984), Bourdieu (1977, 1978), Shatzki et al (2001) and Reckwitz (2002a) in an attempt to emphasise the role of artefacts, such as interactive radio, as part of social practice. A practice theoretic perspective has been used to highlight the contentious role played by learning-objects in teacher practice and the need for flexibility and innovation in employing learning-objects like interactive radio as part of teaching practice. To carry out a critical exploration of the issues of teacher learning and practice, a longitudinal qualitative research approach was proposed for the evaluation of the existing IRI programme in Malawi. As the researcher was also actively involved in the planning of the Malawi IRI programme from onset, he therefore maintained a dual role of researcher and co-founder throughout the research process. The empirical evidence employed within this research was elicited through three main processes: interview survey, participant observation and focus groups in order to achieve validity through methodical triangulation. The analysis of this evidence shows the considerable difficulties faced by classroom teachers in attempting to adopt interactive radio and therefore be able to use interactive/active learner-centred instruction as part of their ongoing teaching practice. The analysis, however, also highlights the possibility of exploiting interactive radio for provision of an integrated, sustainable CPD of teachers in educationally deprived school communities. Overall, the research study puts emphasis on the need for paying attention to the social practices (contextually specific) within which the use of educational technologies (such as interactive radio), are enmeshed. There is need to explicate the details of such practices (instead of adopting a narrow, technical, focus on attributes of interactive radio itself) in order to improve the efficacy of using interactive radio.

This study intended to explore preservice elementary teachers&rsquo / science knowledge level, attitude toward science teaching and their efficacy beliefs regarding science teaching. In addition, the contribution of science knowledge level and attitudes toward science teaching on Turkish preservice elementary teachers&rsquo / efficacy beliefs was investigated. The present study was conducted at the end of the spring semester of 2003- 2004 academic year with a total number of 750 (n=531 females / n=216 males / and n=3 gender not provided) fourth-year preservice elementary teachers who enrolled at elementary teacher education programs of nine different universities in Turkey. Data were collected utilizing three questionnaires: the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI-B) developed by Riggs and Enochs (1990), Science Achievement Test, and Science Teaching Attitude Scale developed by Thompson and Shrigley (1986). Data of the present study were analyzed utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. Analysis of the self-efficacy survey indicated that preservice elementary teachers had moderate sense of self-efficacy beliefs regarding science teaching on both Personal Science Teaching Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy dimensions of the STEBI-B. Also, preservice elementary teachers indicated low level of science knowledge and generally positive attitude toward science teaching. Furthermore, science knowledge level and attitude towards science teaching made a statistically significant contribution to the variation in preservice elementary teachers&rsquo / personal science teaching efficacy beliefs and outcome expectancy.

No description available.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4928.pdf: 2354903 bytes, checksum: 1a5f3bae8a8e795190ec38fca4d17417 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-24 / Distance Education - DE is a type of education that eliminates communication barriers created by distance and time. Since the experiences encountered reflect the importance of a constant rethinking the type of training provided by DL courses, from professionals involved, especially when it comes to the preparation of study materials, assistance in learning to be used in Distance Education . What is proposed in this research project is to characterize students entering the first class travel distance of Pedagogy of the UAB / UFSCar, identify and analyze concepts related to different aspects of the phenomenon and its educational training processes presented by future educators before the course starts, map the initial learning, as well as difficulties and ways of coping with future educators in their first experiences with a virtual learning environment of teaching. For the analysis of the research used data from the discipline activities "Distance Learning: Tools and Technologies" of the Faculty of Education of the distance UFSCar classes the second semester of 2007 and first of 2008, the first to be offered by the course. The activities used were the initial questionnaire applied to students at the beginning of the course and reflective diary filled in virtual learning environment during the course of the discipline. To analyze the data from the questionnaire were used to question some issues and objectives of this research and the reflective diary was used to record the learning difficulties and ways of coping of 26 students selected. For the selection of students we used the following criteria: 1. Graduates of the 1st class of each regular polo 2. Daily well configured elements are present in the research question, learning difficulties and ways of coping; 3. 20% of daily chosen in item 2 of each pole of students who have authorized their publication. From an overview of concepts / information / ideas / expectations of future teachers this work explores the start of construction - a process contextualized in training for certification for teaching - the knowledge base for teaching focusing on key aspects related to education and the mode of teaching. / A Educação a Distância - EaD é uma modalidade de educação que elimina as barreiras de comunicação criadas pela distância e pelo tempo. Sendo que as experiências encontradas refletem a importância de um constante repensar na formação proporcionada pelos cursos de EaD, por parte dos profissionais envolvidos, principalmente quando se trata da elaboração de materiais de estudo, de auxilio a aprendizagem a serem utilizados na Educação a Distância. O que se propôs neste projeto de pesquisa foi caracterizar os estudantes ingressantes das duas primeiras turmas do curso a distância na Licenciatura em Pedagogia da UAB/UFSCar, identificar e analisar concepções relacionadas a diferentes aspectos do fenômeno educacional e seus processos formativos apresentados por futuros pedagogos antes do início do curso, mapear as aprendizagens iniciais, bem como dificuldades e formas de enfrentamento de futuros pedagogos em suas primeiras experiências com um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem da docência. Para a análise da pesquisa utilizou-se dados de atividades da disciplina Educação a Distância: Instrumentos e Tecnologias do curso de Pedagogia a distância da UFSCar das turmas do segundo semestre de 2007 e primeiro de 2008, as duas primeiras a serem oferecidas pelo curso. As atividades utilizadas foram o questionário inicial aplicado aos estudantes no início do curso e o diário reflexivo preenchido no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem durante o transcorrer da disciplina. No questionário utilizou-se algumas questões relacionadas à questão e objetivos da presente pesquisa e no diário reflexivo o registro das aprendizagens, dificuldades e formas de enfrentamento de 26 estudantes selecionados. Para a seleção dos estudantes utilizou-se do seguinte critério: 1. Concluintes das duas primeiras turmas de cada polo; 2. Diários bem configurados em que estejam presentes elementos da questão de pesquisa, aprendizagens, dificuldades e formas de enfrentamento; 3. 20% dos diários escolhidos no item 2 de cada polo de estudantes que autorizaram a sua utilização. A partir de um panorama sobre concepções/informações/ideias/expectativas dos futuros professores esse trabalho explora o início da construção - contextualizada em um processo de formação para certificação para a docência - da base de conhecimento para a docência focalizando principais aspectos relacionados à educação e à modalidade de ensino.

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.

Esta tese tratou da formação inicial de professores em cursos de licenciatura com baixas taxas de diplomação, buscando investigar as tendências das trajetórias estudantis nessas licenciaturas, a partir da perspectiva da resistência. Foram estudados os cursos de licenciaturas de Física e de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e investigadas as trajetórias de 845 estudantes, através do método do diagnóstico do fluxo de estudantes, no período de 2000 a 2015, compondo 15 coortes de análise em cada curso. A Licenciatura de Filosofia apresentou percentual médio de evasão de 60,64% por abandono, de 18,29% por mobilidade e de 20,5% de diplomação. Os alunos permaneceram no curso três anos e oito meses em média e integralizam 37,22% do currículo. A Licenciatura de Física apresentou percentual médio de evasão por abandono de 72,57%, de mobilidade de 11,70% e de diplomação de 15,72%. Os estudantes permaneceram no curso quatro anos em média e integralizam 31% do currículo. Vários estudos já identificaram que os principais motivos do abandono nesses cursos estão ligados a impossibilidade de conciliar estudos e trabalho; insatisfações relacionadas à ausência de trajetórias formativas flexíveis e altos percentuais de repetência em disciplinas distantes da prática pedagógica, além do desprestigio da profissão docente. Tais variáveis também se mostraram válidas para a realidade dos cursos investigados, uma vez que os mesmos possuem percentual significativo de estudantes trabalhadores, de um lado, e opções curriculares que explicitam estratégias de poder utilizadas em prol de percursos formativos conservadores, longos e rígidos, bem como elementos históricos nacionais envolvendo esses cursos, de outro. Assim, considerando os campos acadêmicos de disputas de poder, parece que os estudantes estão resistindo a essas mesmas forças que insistem no conservadorismo e que impedem a construção de uma identidade docente. No entanto, essa resistência não se dá como um enfrentamento frontal, mas como forma de re-existência e como possibilidade alternativa de escolha. Assim, a tese que defendo é a de que as trajetórias analisadas são de resistência e não de fracasso. / This dissertation is focused on initial training of teachers attending bachelor’s degrees with low rates of graduation, investigating tendencies of the student pathways in these bachelor’s degrees from the perspective of resistance. The courses that have been studied were Physics and Philosophy of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. It has been investigated pathways of 845 students through the diagnostic of students flow method from 2000 to 2015 with 15 coortes of analysis in each course. The Licentiate in Philosophy presented an average percentage of evasion of 60,64% due to abandonment, 18,29% due to mobility and 20,5% due to graduation. The students remained in the course on the average time of three years and eight months and integrated 37,22% of the academic curriculum. The Licentiate in Physics presented an average percentage of evasion of 72,57% due to abandonment, of 11,70% due to mobility and 15,72% due to graduation. The students remained in the course for an average of four years and integrated 31% of the academic curriculum. Several studies had already identified that the main reasons of evasion due abandonment in these courses are related to the impossibility of reconciling study and work purposes; dissatisfactions related to the absence of flexible training paths and high percentage of grade repetition in subjects that are far from a pedagogical practice, apart from the discredit of teaching profession. On one side these variables turned up applicable to the reality of the investigated courses as they have a meaningful percentage of working students and curriculum options that define empowerment strategies driven by a conservative prolonged and strict formation journey, as well as national historical elements involving these courses, on the other side. Therefore, considering the academic fields of power related disputes, it seems that the students are resisting to those same forces which insist in conservatism and hinder the construction of a teaching identity. Nevertheless, this resistance does not happen as a direct confrontation but as a re-existence and an alternative choice. Therefore, the thesis that I defend is that the analyzed pathways are of resistance and not of failure.

BRITO, Antoinette Francês. Formação e condições de trabalho dos Professores da Educação de Jovens e Adultos - PROEJA: um estudo de caso realizado no IFPA, Campus Belém. 2012. 115f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2012. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-20T14:49:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-AFBRITO.pdf: 693421 bytes, checksum: 7908753a7c69a397f54ae84baccc6e73 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-20T15:05:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-AFBRITO.pdf: 693421 bytes, checksum: 7908753a7c69a397f54ae84baccc6e73 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-20T15:05:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-AFBRITO.pdf: 693421 bytes, checksum: 7908753a7c69a397f54ae84baccc6e73 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / The present study describes the development and working conditions of teachers who work in youth and adults on the campus of the IFPA, the city of Bethlehem objective is to analyze the formation articulated to the teaching work in the context of the IFPA PROEJA considering the route training and changes in teaching. The theme was developed through a qualitative approach because of the possibility of describing the subjective aspects that fall within the subject matter, which can not be explained in its objective form. The methodological approach consisted of literature review, followed by a case study, adopting as a technique for data collection structured interview using a structured interview which formed the basis for establishing a dialogue with ten subjects in the research. It was found that the PROEJA by providing a mid-level professional training for young people and adults, is operationalized within the IFPA with significant limitations in training teachers to work in a different reality, since it is a public differences with route of education, life history, aspirations and life plans, which need to be taken into consideration. We conclude that there are still many ways to go under the IFPA and institutional capacity building of teachers to work in PROEJA, since it is subject to natural process of schooling, which should be considered in the development of the political teaching of courses, and to establish benchmarks didactic and pedagogical able to subsidize the teaching in the face of this reality. In this case, the training and working conditions of teachers who work in PROEJA-IFPA, needs to implement improvements to ensure the quality of vocational training to these subjects, but also to rescue the social value of the teacher as well as ensuring teachers operating in the PROEJA pedagogical reasons enough that they can intervene with sufficient conditions to realize the teaching effectively. / O presente estudo trata da formação e condições de trabalho dos docentes que atuam na Educação de Jovens e Adultos no Campus de Belém do Instituto Federal de Ciência, Tecnologia e Educação do Pará – IFPA. Objetiva-se analisar a formação articulada ao trabalho docente no contexto do Programa Nacional de Integração da Educação Profissional com a Educação Básica na Modalidade de Educação de Jovens e Adultos – PROEJA – no IFPA, Campus de Belém, considerando o percurso da formação e as mudanças ocorridas no trabalho docente. O tema foi desenvolvido por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa em vista da possibilidade de descrever os aspectos subjetivos que se inserem no objeto de estudo, os quais não conseguem ser explicados em sua forma objetiva. Os principais referenciais teóricos que ancoraram esse estudo, entre tantos, encontram-se Minayo (2009). Frigotto (2005; 2007), Kuenzer (1999), Oliveira (2010) Gadotti (2007; 2008) e Pimenta (2002). O percurso metodológico constou de pesquisa bibliográfica, seguida de um estudo de caso, adotando-se como técnica de coleta de dados a entrevista estruturada, por meio de um roteiro de perguntas que serviu de base para estabelecer o diálogo com dez sujeitos participantes da pesquisa. Verificou-se que o PROEJA, ao disponibilizar a formação em nível médio profissional para a população de jovens e adultos, operacionalizou-se no âmbito do IFPA Campus de Belém com limitações significativas na formação do professor para atuar numa realidade diferenciada da qual estavam habituados, uma vez que se trata de um público com percurso de escolarização, em geral, descontínuo, história, anseios e projetos de vida diferentes dos alunos com faixa etária/escolarização ―regular‖, além da própria maturidade psicológica e atuação social que necessitam ser levados em consideração na elaboração do Projeto Político-Pedagógico dos cursos, além de estabelecer referenciais didáticos e pedagógicos capazes de subsidiar a ação docente diante de tal realidade. Isso é apontado pelas dificuldades expressas pelos docentes na atuação junto às turmas do PROEJA e pelo fato que do universo dos 10 entrevistados apenas dois apresentaram qualificação específica para este público. Essa pesquisa aponta que os professores os quais realmente ministram aula para o PROEJA precisam ter sua qualificação assegurada ou que os que se qualificaram ou estão se qualificando nessa especificidade passem a assumir tais turmas. Portanto, o IFPA Campus Belém necessita implementar melhorias, visando assegurar a qualidade da formação profissional a esses sujeitos, resgatar o valor social do professor, bem como assegurar aos professores que atuam no PROEJA a fundamentação pedagógica suficiente para que eles possam intervir com condições suficientes para realizar o trabalho docente com eficácia.