It has been widely discussed that current practices of preservice teacher education are still far away from utilizing contemporary methods and strategies in its curriculum practices in Turkey. Preservice teachers are not provided enough classroom experiences connecting theory to teaching practice. As a result of this, many senior teachers need further guidance and supervision to transfer their knowledge into school environments. In order to address this failure in bridging what is learned and practiced in preservice teacher education to that of real class happenings, an experimental study was conducted with the application of an alternative method namely video-case based instruction. This research study aimed to examine the differences between traditional lecture based instruction and video-case based instruction in terms of their effectiveness of presenting the content at &ldquo / Introduction to Teaching Profession Course&rdquo / delivered to the preservice teachers. Additionally, the study also aimed to evaluate the attitudes of students toward video-case based instruction to which they were exposed. In this study, video-case based instruction and lecture based instruction were applied in three sessions of application and they were compared in terms of delivering the course content. Data were collected from two sections of EDS 119 Course during 2005-2006 fall semester by administrating pretests, posttests, questionnaires and interviews. Data analysis was carried out through both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. Results demonstrated that video-case based instruction demonstrated achievement of course content and support significant difference overall between video-case based instruction and lecture based instruction in content achievement. The participants of the study reported positive attitudes towards video-case based instruction both for its current application and future uses. The results revealed that using video-case based methods in preservice teacher education programs may be a viable alternative for allowing students connect real teaching practices with what they learn in their pedagogy courses.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-26Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:02:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 pimenta_ac_dr_rcla.pdf: 1098941 bytes, checksum: c5d82844f7b3f7221194f983822bcd8a (MD5) / Esta pesquisa se apresenta com o objetivo de apontar o processo de construção e de produção de um Vídeo-Caso em Hipertexto (VCH), com vistas à sua utilização como material didático-pedagógico na formação inicial e continuada de professores de Matemática para que estes profissionais possam experienciar a de outros. Os textos principais são acompanhados de case questions (questões sobre o caso), que têm o papel de estimular certo tipo de reflexão. Dos case studies em papel, passa-se para os em vídeo, bastante similares, em estrutura, aos em papel, com a diferença natural de se acrescentar mais aos casos 'contados' utilizando os recursos visuais e sonoros que o vídeo disponibiliza e a dinâmica que o hipertexto propicia. Nesta pesquisa apresentamos o Vídeo-Caso em Hipertexto (VCH) como ponto central de nossa proposta. Apontamos todo o processo de sua construção e produção finalizando com a edição do protótipo intitulado “Uma Aula sobre Sistemas Lineares no Ensino Médio”. / This study aims at presenting and discussing the process of designing and producing a Video Case in Hypertext, meant to be used both in pre- and in-service mathematics teacher education, so that those professionals can share others’ experiences. Clips are accompanied by case questions (questions about the case) that try and foster discussion. From textual case studies one moves to video ones, which add a ‘reality’ component to the told stories, using the visual and sound resources available and, from that, we move to the hypertext format, which adds a navigational dynamics. In this study we present a prototype video-case in hypertext as the final product of the process.

Orientador: Romulo Campos Lins / Banca: Amarildo Melchiades da Silva / Banca: Miriam Godoy Penteado / Banca: Rosana Giaretta Sguerra Miskulin / Banca: Siobhan Victioria Healy / Possui 1 DVD com anexos / Resumo: Esta pesquisa se apresenta com o objetivo de apontar o processo de construção e de produção de um Vídeo-Caso em Hipertexto (VCH), com vistas à sua utilização como material didático-pedagógico na formação inicial e continuada de professores de Matemática para que estes profissionais possam experienciar a de outros. Os textos principais são acompanhados de case questions (questões sobre o caso), que têm o papel de estimular certo tipo de reflexão. Dos case studies em papel, passa-se para os em vídeo, bastante similares, em estrutura, aos em papel, com a diferença natural de se acrescentar mais aos casos 'contados' utilizando os recursos visuais e sonoros que o vídeo disponibiliza e a dinâmica que o hipertexto propicia. Nesta pesquisa apresentamos o Vídeo-Caso em Hipertexto (VCH) como ponto central de nossa proposta. Apontamos todo o processo de sua construção e produção finalizando com a edição do protótipo intitulado "Uma Aula sobre Sistemas Lineares no Ensino Médio". / Abstract: This study aims at presenting and discussing the process of designing and producing a Video Case in Hypertext, meant to be used both in pre- and in-service mathematics teacher education, so that those professionals can share others' experiences. Clips are accompanied by case questions (questions about the case) that try and foster discussion. From textual case studies one moves to video ones, which add a 'reality' component to the told stories, using the visual and sound resources available and, from that, we move to the hypertext format, which adds a navigational dynamics. In this study we present a prototype video-case in hypertext as the final product of the process. / Doutor

Many researchers feel that teacher preparation programs are not doing enough to prepare teachers to effectively use technology. The result is a plethora of teachers who may know the basic functions of different programs, but who are unprepared to integrate these skills into their teaching. One method used by a few preservice programs, including BYU's, is the use of modeling sessions, otherwise referred to as live modeling. In these modeling sessions, the instructor models for the preservice teachers how a K-12 teacher could teach with technology, while the preservice teachers participate as if they were K-12 students. This thesis is a qualitative investigation of how this method of live modeling has impacted students, according to the perceptions of a sample of former students of the course. This project also has a practical focus of identifying strategies for improving modeling, and pitfalls that may indicate when modeling is not as effective. Overall, this study found that modeling was perceived by most students to be effective at teaching technology skills and ideas for integrating technology as teachers. However, there were some students who struggled to abstract principles from the modeling that could help them as teachers. In other words, they struggled to cognitively transfer the learning from the context of the modeling session to their own teaching contexts. In this research I identify five main contextual breakdowns that often occurred among students in the course. These were breakdowns, or differences, between the modeled context and the students' actual contexts that were sufficiently large enough to disrupt the students' abilities to cognitively transfer the learning. By adapting the live modeling method to more specifically address unique students' needs and contexts, then the cognitive transfer of learning should be easier and the method could be a strong tool for training preservice teachers to use technology in their own teaching.