This study examines a five‐month process in which students from an International Baccalaureate (IB) school were introduced to Knowledge Building. The study occurred throughout three of the six Units of Inquiry that students cover over one year in the IB program. The transition from independent inquiry in the IB system to collective inquiry using knowledge building was aided by the Knowledge Forum software. The participants were 26 students from an international school in Hong Kong. Findings indicate that students responded positively to the knowledge building process, and showed significant of gains in knowledge in two units. Contributions to the knowledge building wall and Knowledge Forum showed evidence of some of the principles of knowledge building. Results also indicate more could have been done on the part of the teacher to promote the program. A number of recommendations for future implementations have been made. / published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

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Les éducateurs se demandent souvent ce qui était l’impact des programmes qu’ils offrent aux élèves. Cette recherche explore les perceptions des finissants du Programme du diplôme de l’International Baccalaureate une fois qu’ils ont terminé la première année d’études universitaires. Dans ce contexte, cette étude vise la participation de cinq diplômés du Programme au Manitoba et emploie une méthodologie qualitative de l’étude de cas (Yin, 2002) basée dans le socioconstructivisme (Vygotsky, 1978) afin d’explorer les perceptions de ces diplômés. Les principes et les méthodes de la Théorisation ancrée (Charmaz, 2006) ont guidé la collecte des données, l’analyse, et l’interprétation. Les résultats de cette étude offrent un aperçu du vécu des participants dans le Programme afin de comprendre leur motivation à choisir le Programme, l’atmosphère du Programme, le rôle des éducateurs dans le Programme ainsi que l’impact du Programme au-delà des études secondaires. Il serait recommandé de continuer l’exploration des perspectives de divers anciens élèves du Programme – finissants ou pas - provenant d’autres pays et d’une variété d’écoles.   Educators often wonder about the impact of the programs they offer their students. This study explores the perceptions of the graduates of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme once they have finished the first year of university studies. The study centres on the participation of five Manitoba graduates. A qualitative case study methodology (Yin, 2002) based on socio-constructivism (Vygotsky, 1978) was used to explore the perceptions of these graduates while the principles and methods of Grounded Theory (Chamaz, 2006) guided the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. The results of the study offer an insight into the motivation for selecting the Diploma Programme, the atmosphere within the Programme, the role of educators in the Programme as well as the impact of the Programme beyond the high school level. Recommendations include further exploration of the perceptions of former students of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, be they graduates or not, from diverse countries and a wide variety of schools.

Thesis--University of Michigan.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1974.

Thesis (Ed. D.)-- Boise State University, 2009. / Title from t.p. of PDF file (viewed June 22, 2010). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-84).

Thesis--University of Michigan.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, 1991. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-194).

?rea de concentra??o: Educa??o e Gest?o de Institui??es Educacionais. / Linha de pesquisa: Avalia??o e tecnologia. / Submitted by Jos? Henrique Henrique (jose.neves@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2018-02-05T19:26:44Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) cacia_aparecida_campos.pdf: 1849862 bytes, checksum: 2343d8201706347310e74a481957bde5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2018-03-09T18:40:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) cacia_aparecida_campos.pdf: 1849862 bytes, checksum: 2343d8201706347310e74a481957bde5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-09T18:40:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) cacia_aparecida_campos.pdf: 1849862 bytes, checksum: 2343d8201706347310e74a481957bde5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Em 2007, foi criado pelo governo Lula, atrav?s do Decreto N? 6.096, o Programa de Apoio a Planos de Reestrutura??o e Expans?o das Universidades Federais (REUNI). Entre os objetivos do REUNI est?o a melhoria da qualidade de ensino interligando diferentes n?veis, diminuindo a evas?o e ampliando o acesso e a perman?ncia do aluno na educa??o superior. Em 2009 a Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM) adere ao REUNI e s?o criados tr?s institutos adotando o modelo interdisciplinar de ensino composto por tr?s ciclos, sendo o primeiro chamado de Bacharelados Interdisciplinares (BIs), o segundo composto por cursos profissionais em ?reas espec?ficas e o terceiro correspondendo a p?s-gradua??o. Ap?s concluir o primeiro ciclo, o estudante pode seguir para o segundo ciclo, prosseguir para o terceiro ciclo ou ir direto para o mercado de trabalho. Este novo modelo de ensino busca amenizar problemas como a evas?o, precocidade na escolha da carreira, e proporcionar ao aluno uma forma??o com uma vis?o mais ampla do mundo. O prop?sito da pesquisa foi analisar a evas?o nos BIs, Campus Diamantina, na forma??o do primeiro ciclo deste novo modelo de ensino, compreender os motivos que contribu?ram para a evas?o e apontar qual a percep??o discente sobre o funcionamento desta modalidade de ensino. Para a realiza??o do estudo foi aplicado um question?rio com cinquenta quest?es estruturadas e semiestruturadas com o objetivo de conhecer o perfil do aluno evadido e os motivos que o levaram a evadir. Outro question?rio com quinze quest?es foi aplicado aos docentes com o mesmo objetivo. Constatou-se diferen?as entre o perfil do aluno do Bacharelado em Ci?ncia e Tecnologia (BCT) que estuda per?odo integral e do Bacharelado em Humanidades (BHu) aluno do per?odo noturno. Durante a pesquisa observou-se que raz?es internas e externas podem estar relacionadas com os motivos que levaram os alunos a evadirem como a falta de infraestrutura, de assist?ncia estudantil da Universidade, falta de afinidade com o curso, dificuldades financeiras, incompatibilidade de hor?rio de trabalho com o estudo, entre outras quest?es. Observou-se tamb?m que ainda n?o houve uma varia??o nos ?ndices de evas?o esperado com esta nova modalidade de ensino, sendo as mesmas similares aos dos cursos tradicionais. Apesar da amplia??o das Universidades e da democratiza??o do ensino, a perman?ncia do aluno ainda n?o ? garantida. H? necessidade de implementa??o de pol?ticas p?blicas para diminuir o problema. / Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Educa??o, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2017. / In 2007, through the Decree N? 6,096, the Program to Support Restructuring and Expansion Plans of Federal Universities (REUNI) was created by the Lula government. REUNI's objectives include improving the quality of teaching by linking different levels, reducing dropout, and increasing student access and permanence in higher education. In 2009, the Federal University of Vouchers of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (UFVJM) joins the REUNI and three institutes are created adopting the interdisciplinary model of education composed of three cycles, the first one being called Interdisciplinary Bachelor's (IBs), the second composed by professional courses in specific areas and the third corresponding to graduate studies. After completing the first cycle, the student can move on to the second cycle, move on to the third cycle or go straight to the job market. This new teaching model seeks to alleviate problems such as avoidance, precocity in career choice, and provide the student with training with a broader view of the world. The purpose of the research was to analyze the evasion in the BIs, Campus Diamantina, in the formation of the first cycle of this new model of education, to understand the reasons that contributed to the evasion and to point out the student perception about the functioning of this modality of education. To carry out the study, a questionnaire was applied with fifty questions structured and semi structured with the objective of knowing the profile of the student evaded and the reasons that led him to evade. Another questionnaire with fifteen questions was applied to teachers with the same objective. Differences were found between the profile of the student of the Bachelor of Science and Technology (BCT) who studies full-time and the Bachelor of Humanities (BHu) student of the night period. During the research it was observed that internal and external reasons may be related to the reasons that led the students to evade with the lack of infrastructure, university student assistance, lack of affinity with the course, financial difficulties, incompatibility of working hours with the study, among other issues. It was also observed that there was not yet a variation in the avoidance rates expected with this new modality of teaching, being the same similar to the traditional courses. Despite the expansion of universities and the democratization of education, the permanence of the student is not yet guaranteed. There is a need to implement public policies to reduce the problem.

This thesis has focussed on the International Baccalaureate’s Diploma Programme (IBDP). This focus arose from the author having worked in three centres which had subsequently gone on to adopt the IBDP, and which had thus given the author access to an initial purposive sample. This sample was later extended to include another five schools/colleges, as the author found that the initial interviewing sample had yielded inconclusive findings. The extended sample, however, provided a significantly rich source of qualitative data. This thesis examines leadership, and how leaders choose to implement non-mandatory curricula choices in schools and colleges. It also addresses whether leaders believe that these choices make differences to their students’ life chances through social mobility. This thesis investigates what happens when leaders can no longer afford to offer such choices to their students: how this makes them ‘feel’, and what they have ‘experienced’, through the removal of a curriculum option for educationalists and learners alike. It also addresses how leaders ‘feel’ when their students maintain access to curricula choices that other post-16 students are unable to access. The thesis also considers the development and extension of ‘a globally mobile transnational elite’ group (Savage et al, 2015: 244), and the leaders in education who deliver and extend this position. There have been eight phases to this research process, including four strands of data collection, with post-16 students, middle tier staff, HEI students, and Senior Leadership Teams in providing institutions, but the determining focus is with the SLTs interviews (N=28), conducted in 2014 and 2015. These were the individuals who had taken the decisions on the implementation of this non-mandatory curriculum area. The thesis analyzes some of the current areas of ‘distinction’ (Bourdieu, 1986) on independent schooling, and the research process demonstrates the significant gaps that are opening up between more traditional upper middle class groups in contrast with more adept transnational students and their parents. The thesis confirms that a global transnational elite exists inside the English education system, and that it uses the IBDP extensively to establish its separate cultural identity. It identifies ways of access to HEIs that are now a critical part of that cultural entity, as discussed by Savage et al (2015). This thesis is therefore an indicator of new and emerging forms of social differentiation, and examines how this is created using the IBDP. At a time of decreasing social mobility for the mainstream population, the thesis explores whether education environments are able to influence either their students or the wider education policy agenda, in order to actively achieve social justice.