Der interuniversitäre Bachelor-Studiengang Energy Efficiency and Englishes hat die Zielsetzung, dass Studierende zum einen ingenieurs- und technikwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen und zum anderen kultur- und sprachwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen erwerben und somit für den Arbeitsmarkt bessere Voraussetzungen mitbringen. Ziel des Ko- Pi-Projektes war es, die Module „Einführung Energietechnik“ und „Applied Linguistics“ besser an die Bedürfnisse der Studierenden anzupassen und gleichzeitig die Verknüpfung von technikwissenschaftlichen mit sprachwissenschaftlichen Kompetenzen zu schaffen, um diese praktisch im Unterricht anzuwenden und weiterzuentwickeln.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Agnaldo Da Conceicao Esquincalha.pdf: 2760765 bytes, checksum: 4b98025a110f8c095d5e0d5b8d626829 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work aims at investigating the knowledge revealed by tutors of a distance continuing education course for mathematics teachers. The context of the research was the tutoring system of the Improvement Course in Mathematics, offered by the State Government of Rio de Janeiro from 2011 onwards. Initially we follow the work of 32 tutors over a year between 2011 and 2012 in order to list and classify the types of interventions in discussion forums among the course participants. After considering the results, we offer initial training to freshman tutors in 2012, to promote an improvement in the actions that we consider to be below expectations. Between August 2012 and July 2013 six tutors, the subjects of this research, were followed and participated in a training program in service. For the training of tutors, beyond the specifics of the Improvement Course in Mathematics, we grounded our work on the TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) theoretical framework, assuming that technological, pedagogical and mathematical knowledge skills are fundamental for the exercise of their functions. The research, qualitative in nature, made use of questionnaires and conducting focus groups to collect data, which were interpreted under the light of thematic content analysis. For the triangulation of data, we used the discursive types found in interventions by tutors in the course s discussion forums. Our analysis indicated that affective and attitudinal components play a key role in the exercise of mentoring in this context and, therefore, we concluded the research by proposing the expansion of TPACK theoretical framework, including these components in a fourth type of knowledge, featuring TPACK-OTE (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Online Teacher Education) / Neste trabalho, teve-se o intuito de investigar os conhecimentos revelados por tutores de um curso de formação continuada para professores de Matemática, oferecido na modalidade a distância. O contexto da investigação foi o sistema de tutoria do Curso de Aperfeiçoamento em Matemática, oferecido pela Rede Estadual do Rio de Janeiro a partir de 2011. Inicialmente, acompanhou-se o trabalho de 32 tutores ao longo de um ano, entre 2011 e 2012, a fim de elencar e tipificar suas intervenções realizadas em fóruns de discussão junto aos cursistas. A partir dos resultados, foi oferecida uma formação inicial aos tutores ingressantes em 2012, a fim de promover melhoria nas ações consideradas aquém do esperado. Entre agosto de 2012 e julho de 2013, foram acompanhados, e participaram de um programa de formação em serviço, seis tutores, que constituem os sujeitos desta pesquisa. Para a formação desses tutores, além das especificidades do Curso de Aperfeiçoamento, houve inspiração no quadro teórico TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge), assumindo que os conhecimentos tecnológicos, pedagógicos e de conhecimento matemático são fundamentais para o exercício de suas funções. A pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, utilizou-se de questionários e de grupos focais para coleta de dados, que foram interpretados à luz da análise temática de conteúdo. As tipologias discursivas encontradas nas intervenções realizadas pelos tutores nos fóruns de discussão permitiram a triangulação dos dados. As análises indicaram que componentes afetivo-atitudinais têm papel fundamental no exercício da tutoria no contexto da formação continuada de professores a distância e, por isso, a pesquisa é concluída com uma proposta de expansão do quadro teórico TPACK, incluindo esses componentes em um quarto tipo de conhecimento, caracterizando o TPACK-OTE (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Online Teacher Education)

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This study explores the training of Psychology tutors at the University of South Africa's (UNISA) learning centres with a view to providing a paradigm shift in tutor training and contributing towards new ways of thinking about education and training in South Africa. It furthermore opens up alternative ways of thinking about the process of facilitation in general. Although the study focuses on tutor training within the discipline of Psychology, the outcomes of the study are applicable to tutor training and tutoring in general, and make a valuable contribution in identifying the basic principles underlying tutor training in other disciplines as well. An ecosystemic approach encourages the trainer-trainee system to become aware of how they affect each other's thinking and behaviour. The basic principles underlying the process of facilitation that emerge in the study, therefore apply equally to the training of tutors and the tutoring of learners by others. These principles provide guidelines in terms of the processes involved in tutor development, as well as inform the issues and themes around which the sharing of ideas can be choreographed in the field of tutor training and tutoring. In conclusion, the information generated in the study focuses specifically on student support in the form of face-to-face tutorials in the distance education setting, the form of tertiary education which is most accessible to many historically disadvantaged learners in South Africa today. More generally, it will make a valuable contribution in the current educational context in South Africa, where student support is of the utmost importance in striving for equality in education, and where the focus is on outcomes-based education. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

This study explores the training of Psychology tutors at the University of South Africa's (UNISA) learning centres with a view to providing a paradigm shift in tutor training and contributing towards new ways of thinking about education and training in South Africa. It furthermore opens up alternative ways of thinking about the process of facilitation in general. Although the study focuses on tutor training within the discipline of Psychology, the outcomes of the study are applicable to tutor training and tutoring in general, and make a valuable contribution in identifying the basic principles underlying tutor training in other disciplines as well. An ecosystemic approach encourages the trainer-trainee system to become aware of how they affect each other's thinking and behaviour. The basic principles underlying the process of facilitation that emerge in the study, therefore apply equally to the training of tutors and the tutoring of learners by others. These principles provide guidelines in terms of the processes involved in tutor development, as well as inform the issues and themes around which the sharing of ideas can be choreographed in the field of tutor training and tutoring. In conclusion, the information generated in the study focuses specifically on student support in the form of face-to-face tutorials in the distance education setting, the form of tertiary education which is most accessible to many historically disadvantaged learners in South Africa today. More generally, it will make a valuable contribution in the current educational context in South Africa, where student support is of the utmost importance in striving for equality in education, and where the focus is on outcomes-based education. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)