Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:20:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ArquivoTotalTelma.pdf: 10981589 bytes, checksum: 0c74b7e81829e251234e9feaa9d71267 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio que analizó la gestión democrática como una herramienta para el desempeño de aprendizaje en las organizaciones que aprenden en dos instituciones públicas municipales de Educación / JP con resultados contrastantes de la evaluación en larga escala básica. Con los datos obtenidos, se realizó un análisis comparativo para verificar la relación entre las categorías y variables en cada campo de la investigación con el fin de probar o refutar la idea principal, que gestionan la institución educativa por la aplicación de estrategias a favor de una democracia para mejor desempeño de los estudiantes. Los datos mostraron que la gestión del rendimiento escolar mejor distingue por la participación de la comunidad, un mejor control de los procesos y una mayor integración entre los actores escolares sujetos. Em la escuela de bajo desempeño, los datos recogidos en la gestión presentam divergências, aunque el trabajo de la gestion sea visto por los actores escolares, en la perspectiva democrática. Se encontró que los factores internos de las escuelas cumpli or desempeñan un papel importante y han confirmado la relación entre la gestión y el rendimiento, lo que demuestra la importancia del estudio de la gestión desde la perspectiva del análisis de las evaluaciones en larga escala. / Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa que visou analisar a gestão democrática como ferramenta de desempenho da aprendizagem nas organizações aprendentes em duas instituições públicas municipais de Educação Básica/JP, com resultados contrastantes na avaliação em larga escala. Com os dados obtidos, realizamos uma análise comparativa para a verificação das relações entre as categorias e suas variáveis em cada campo de pesquisa, a fim de corroborar ou não a ideia principal, em que gerir a instituição escolar por meio da aplicação de estratégias democráticas favorece um melhor desempenho dos estudantes. Os dados mostraram que a gestão da escola de melhor desempenho se distingue pela participação da comunidade, melhor controle dos processos e maior integração entre os atores escolares. Na escola de baixo desempenho, os dados colhidos sobre a gestão se apresentam divergentes, embora o trabalho da gestão seja visto pelos atores escolares numa perspectiva democrática. Verificou-se que os fatores internos das escolas desempenham papel importante e confirmam a relação existente entre gestão e desempenho, demonstrando a relevância do estudo da gestão na perspectiva da análise de avaliações em larga escala.

Lately most investigations regarding Swedish students’ level in Spanish as a foreign language indicate that there is a notable gap in their linguistic knowledge. It is possible to give various explanations to this tendency, such as the capacity of the educators or the level of motivation the students have. These explications, however, does not explain the fact that this is a problem on a national level. In order to be part of the search to find a potential solution to this issue this investigation has been made with the intention of assessing whether the students truly learn what they are being taught, by means of a modified error analysis, in which there it has also been investigated what part of the Spanish language that seems to be the most problematic to learn for the students at a Swedish upper secondary school. Last but not least this study also attempts to look into the possible influences of the first language and the gender of the learners. The error analysis that has been used consists in a test that contains twelve sentences, of which six are incorrect. All the sentences were based on constituents of the Spanish language that had already been studied in class. The students who participated in this study, all of them at the first, third and fourth level in the curriculum established by Swedish National Agency for Education, where asked to identify erroneous sentences and correct them. In this paper it has been proved that the learners, in fact, have failed to learn a considerable part of what they have been taught. It has also been established that neither gender nor native language can be considered relevant factors in the students’ learning ability. As for the most difficult part in the Spanish language it has not been possible to identify a generalizable result, but a few errors that can be found in more than one of the investigated groups, and therefore point out vital problems in the acquisition-process, has been identified. In conclusion, this paper shows that the knowledge of the Swedish students need some improvement, especially when it comes to ensuring that the learners won’t keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

The objective of this study is to examine various aspects of the difference between the acquisition of English and Spanish by Swedish learners in compulsory education and its causes. The two subjects have the same syllabus, with the difference that English studies start 3 years earlier, but studies of the competences of the Swedish students in these two languages (see f.ex. First European Survey of Language Competences, 2012)suggest that the gap between the languages is bigger than what could be expected and that there is an existing difference in attitude towards the two languages. The conclusion is that the predominance of English in the immediate environment of the surveyed students is considerable. The study has shown large differences between the input in English and Spanish. Students receive input in Spanish, communicate in Spanish and acquire knowledge of Spanish / Latin American cultures almost exclusively at school. On the other hand, they acquire knowledge, receive input and interact in English both in school and in their spare time. We also found considerable differences in attitudes towards the two languages and the perceived ability of the students. The Spanish is perceived as more difficult, less necessary, less fun and less useful in their future lives. New technologies create new platforms for communication that allow students to participate in interaction in the target language. This study shows that these situations occur mostly in English but also in Spanish, which in our opinion could be more used in teaching.