This study focuses on the concept of Active Learning (AL) and the related concept Active Leamer Participation (ALP) as it features in the Literacy Learning Programme of the Foundation Phase of Curriculum 2005. The aim of the action research project, conducted at four schools in the Durban district of K waZulu- Natal, was to find a model of AL in order to provide guidance on teaching for ALP. The study involved the researcher working collaboratively with five Foundation Phase educators over a period of four months. Results of the study indicated that teaching in the sequential stages of classbuilding and teambuilding, whole class discussion, group work and individual work increases learners' active participation and ownership in terms of the learning experience. These stages form the model of active learning. Due to the spirit of camaraderie and partnership that developed in each stage, the research team is inclined to call it "The Tirisano Model of Active Learning". / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Didactics)

O objetivo do estudo foianalisar os processos de ensino-aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento de competências para o trabalho em serviços especializados odontológicos do Estágio Curricular Supervisionado II da Faculdade de Odontologia da UFRGS. Trata-se de um estudo de caso do tipo único e holístico que integrou análises quantitativas e qualitativas. Participaram da pesquisa 246 estagiários de um total de 329que realizaram o estágio entre os anos de 2013 a 2016. Os dados do estudo foram produzidos através de um questionário respondido de forma online e anônima. Foram disponibilizadas 26 perguntas fechadas (respostas numa escala do tipo likert em 6 escores) articuladas a possibilidades de respostas abertas. Compõem o questionário cinco blocos temáticos e organizados em duas grandes categorias de análise: Avaliação estrutural e pedagógica da experiência do estágio(identificação sóciodemográfica, campos de estágio, atividade de educação a distância e dinâmicas pedagógicas) e do Desenvolvimento de competências profissionais (desenvolvimento de ingredientes do agir em competência - protocolos, inserção na realidade, motivação para o trabalho, valores técnicos e trabalho em equipe). As respostas quantitativas foram exportadas para o Programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences – SPSS para Windows, versão 16.0 e submetidos à análise descritiva. Para a análise das variáveis quantitativas na comparação entre as categorias nos diferentes semestres foi utilizado o teste qui-quadrado e quando necessário o test Z para comparação de proporções com ajuste de Bonferroni. Para a análise de comparação entre as médias foi utilizado o teste de análise de variância (ANOVA).Os dados qualitativos foram analisados buscando encontrar não apenas o conteúdo textual, mas seu sentido histórico e social. Os resultados demonstram que a experiência de estágio analisada está proporcionando aprendizagens significativas sobre o funcionamento da rede de atenção especializada em saúde bucal e o agir em competência de futuros cirurgiões-dentistas. Oportuniza o debate de valores e normas e o exercício de readaptações dos protocolos. Nas dinâmicas do estágio ocorrem oportunidades de estabelecimento de relações entre teoria e prática no cotidiano profissional dos serviços. A motivação para o trabalho foi um dos itens bem avaliado do agir em competência, enquanto que o trabalho em equipe apresentou respostas nos escores mais baixos da escala likert. Os estágios no campo de gestão e as atividades de educação à distância tiveram maior número de opiniões insatisfatórias devido ao seu caráter pedagógico inovador. / The objective of this study was to analyze the teaching-learning processes and the development of competencies for specialized dental services work of the Supervised Curricular Stage II of the School of Dentistry of UFRGS. It is an unique and holistic case study that integrated quantitative and qualitative analyzes. Two-hundred and forty six interns participated in the survey from a total of 329 who completed the internship between 2013 and 2016. The data used in the analyzes was captured through an anonymous online questionnaire. Twenty-six closed-ended questions (responses on a 6-point likert-type scale) were made available with the possibility of also being filled as open-ended answers. The questionnaire consists of five thematic blocks and organized into two broad categories of analysis: Structural and pedagogical evaluation of the internship experience (sociodemographic identification, area of study, distance learning activity and pedagogical dynamics) and the development of professional skills of acting in competence(protocols, hands-on experience, work-related motivation, technical values and teamwork). The quantitative responses were exported to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - SPSS for Windows, version 16.0 and subjected to descriptive analysis. For the analysis of the quantitative variables in the comparison between the categories in the different semesters the chi-square test was used and, when needed, the Z test to compare proportions with Bonferroni adjustment was used. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare means. The qualitative data were analyzed to evaluate not only the textual content, but its historical and social sense. The results demonstrate that internship experience is providing significant learning about the functioning of the network of specialized attention in oral health and of acting in competence of future surgeons-dentists. It encourages the debate of values, norms and readaptations of the protocols. In the amplitude of the questions about the dynamics of the stage can be affirmed that it occurs mainly by the opportunities of establishing relationships between theory and practice in the work routine. Work-related motivation was one of the most well rated items of acting in competence, while teamworkpresented responses at the lowest scores on the likert scale. Internships in the field of management and distance education activities had the highest number of unsatisfactory opinionsdue to their innovative pedagogical character.

The purpose of this study was to determine superintendents' and special education directors' perceptions regarding a special education minimum competency testing framework in Texas. Additionally, this study attempted to determine a relationship between school districts' demographic characteristics and superintendents'and special education directors' perceptions. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of seventy five superintendents, seventy-five special education directors of single districts and seventy-five special education directors of cooperatives in the State of Texas.

Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 2007 / With the advent of implementing transformational outcomes-based education in South African schools, educators have had to adopt a standards-based assessment approach. Rubrics as an assessment scoring tool have been acclaimed as one of the most effective assessment tools with which standards-based assessment can be implemented and managed. This study explores the ways in which educators manage assessment in their classrooms whilst promoting the basic tenets of transformational outcomes-based education. The demand is on competencies that illustrate the ability to think and perform critically. Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain is put forward as an instrument to use in designing and using rubrics in order to achieve the desired learning outcomes. Effecting change is not an easy process and this study investigates the challenges educators are facing in implementing this aspect of educational reform.

Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2004 / The textile industry in South Africa is regarded as a labour intensive industry with high capital investment. Presently, the textile industry is facing the impact that globalisation will have on the local industry, which emphasises the importance of training and development in the face of decreasing levels of human resources. These decreasing levels of employment will result in the loss of highly technical expertise with no replacement source in the labour market, unless textile technologists are educated to compensate for the loss. The White Paper on the Transformation of Higher Education (1997) indicates that one of the purposes of higher education is to proVide the labour market, in a knowledgedriven and knowledge-dependent society, with the high-level competencies and expertise necessary for the growth and prosperity of a modern global economy. The establishment of the National Qualifications Framework in South Africa has diluted the rigid boundaries between education and training, requiring of Higher Education to establish programmes that are responsive to the needs of industry. The focus of this research project is to develop and evaluate an outcomes-based textile technologist curriculum based on the education and training needs of the Western Cape textile industry in particular, as a result of environmental changes impacting on the South African textile industry in general. The development and evaluation of an outcomes-based qualification in textile technology take place Within a world of constant change, where work and education are becoming increasingly interwoven, stressing the importance for higher education in South Africa to transform by developing learning programmes in harmony with industry and by specialising in making knowledge useful and applicable.

Thesis (M. Ed. (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005 / With the introduction of Outcomes Based Education (OBE), Technology became a new learning area which is compulsory in the General Education and Training band. Technology Education was not offered as a teaching subject in teacher education institutions and as a consequence most teachers received little or no training in technology education. The approach to the teaching of Technology, with its demands, could pose challenges or problems to teachers who did not receive adequate training in Technology Education. The purpose of this research is to investigate the manner in which technology teachers plan, teach and assess the technological process and the way the learners experience the teaching and assessment of the technological process. The main objective of the study is to enhance classroom practice by highlighting the challenges that face teachers and learners and by offering guidelines for teaching and assessing the technological process

O objetivo do estudo foianalisar os processos de ensino-aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento de competências para o trabalho em serviços especializados odontológicos do Estágio Curricular Supervisionado II da Faculdade de Odontologia da UFRGS. Trata-se de um estudo de caso do tipo único e holístico que integrou análises quantitativas e qualitativas. Participaram da pesquisa 246 estagiários de um total de 329que realizaram o estágio entre os anos de 2013 a 2016. Os dados do estudo foram produzidos através de um questionário respondido de forma online e anônima. Foram disponibilizadas 26 perguntas fechadas (respostas numa escala do tipo likert em 6 escores) articuladas a possibilidades de respostas abertas. Compõem o questionário cinco blocos temáticos e organizados em duas grandes categorias de análise: Avaliação estrutural e pedagógica da experiência do estágio(identificação sóciodemográfica, campos de estágio, atividade de educação a distância e dinâmicas pedagógicas) e do Desenvolvimento de competências profissionais (desenvolvimento de ingredientes do agir em competência - protocolos, inserção na realidade, motivação para o trabalho, valores técnicos e trabalho em equipe). As respostas quantitativas foram exportadas para o Programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences – SPSS para Windows, versão 16.0 e submetidos à análise descritiva. Para a análise das variáveis quantitativas na comparação entre as categorias nos diferentes semestres foi utilizado o teste qui-quadrado e quando necessário o test Z para comparação de proporções com ajuste de Bonferroni. Para a análise de comparação entre as médias foi utilizado o teste de análise de variância (ANOVA).Os dados qualitativos foram analisados buscando encontrar não apenas o conteúdo textual, mas seu sentido histórico e social. Os resultados demonstram que a experiência de estágio analisada está proporcionando aprendizagens significativas sobre o funcionamento da rede de atenção especializada em saúde bucal e o agir em competência de futuros cirurgiões-dentistas. Oportuniza o debate de valores e normas e o exercício de readaptações dos protocolos. Nas dinâmicas do estágio ocorrem oportunidades de estabelecimento de relações entre teoria e prática no cotidiano profissional dos serviços. A motivação para o trabalho foi um dos itens bem avaliado do agir em competência, enquanto que o trabalho em equipe apresentou respostas nos escores mais baixos da escala likert. Os estágios no campo de gestão e as atividades de educação à distância tiveram maior número de opiniões insatisfatórias devido ao seu caráter pedagógico inovador. / The objective of this study was to analyze the teaching-learning processes and the development of competencies for specialized dental services work of the Supervised Curricular Stage II of the School of Dentistry of UFRGS. It is an unique and holistic case study that integrated quantitative and qualitative analyzes. Two-hundred and forty six interns participated in the survey from a total of 329 who completed the internship between 2013 and 2016. The data used in the analyzes was captured through an anonymous online questionnaire. Twenty-six closed-ended questions (responses on a 6-point likert-type scale) were made available with the possibility of also being filled as open-ended answers. The questionnaire consists of five thematic blocks and organized into two broad categories of analysis: Structural and pedagogical evaluation of the internship experience (sociodemographic identification, area of study, distance learning activity and pedagogical dynamics) and the development of professional skills of acting in competence(protocols, hands-on experience, work-related motivation, technical values and teamwork). The quantitative responses were exported to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - SPSS for Windows, version 16.0 and subjected to descriptive analysis. For the analysis of the quantitative variables in the comparison between the categories in the different semesters the chi-square test was used and, when needed, the Z test to compare proportions with Bonferroni adjustment was used. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare means. The qualitative data were analyzed to evaluate not only the textual content, but its historical and social sense. The results demonstrate that internship experience is providing significant learning about the functioning of the network of specialized attention in oral health and of acting in competence of future surgeons-dentists. It encourages the debate of values, norms and readaptations of the protocols. In the amplitude of the questions about the dynamics of the stage can be affirmed that it occurs mainly by the opportunities of establishing relationships between theory and practice in the work routine. Work-related motivation was one of the most well rated items of acting in competence, while teamworkpresented responses at the lowest scores on the likert scale. Internships in the field of management and distance education activities had the highest number of unsatisfactory opinionsdue to their innovative pedagogical character.

O desenvolvimento motor é organizado a partir do inicio da concepção, seguindo os princípios do domínio motor, afetivo-social e cognitivo, que vão se diferenciando gradativamente. O resultado da interação de todos esses fatores após o nascimento é expresso pelo comportamento motor, indicando sua importância no desenvolvimento do ser humano. O objetivo deste estudo foi obter evidências da validade de constructo e da consistência interna da Bateria Psicomotora para crianças em fase do ensino escolar fundamental numa amostra brasileira. A amostra foi composta por 100 participantes, de ambos os gêneros, idade entre 8 a 12 anos, sendo GI como grupo referência, com 50 sujeitos, ambos os sexos, matriculados no ensino regular, e GII, como grupo comparativo, composto por 50 participantes com diagnóstico de fissura labiopalatina, sem síndrome e alteração neurológica. No processo de validação do instrumento, houve ajustes quanto aos vernáculos do português brasileiro, referentes às traduções idiomáticas e semânticas, assim como nos enunciados instrucionais das provas do instrumento. Na comparação entre GI e GII, encontrou-se diferença estatisticamente significante na praxia global, com escores abaixo da média esperada. No entanto, ambos os grupos tiveram performances satisfatórias quanto à tonicidade, equilíbrio, lateralidade, noção e estruturação. Este estudo descreveu aspectos do processo de realização da validade de constructo e consistência interna, procedimentos considerados por pesquisadores e profissionais da área de saúde, preocupados em utilizarem medidas e instrumentos confiáveis e apropriados para determinada população. / The motor development is organized from the beginning of the conception, having followed the principles of motor, affective-social and cognitive the domain, that gradual go if differentiating. The result of the interaction of all these factors after the birth is express for the motor behavior, indicating its importance in the development of the human being. The objective of this study was to get evidences of the validity of construct and the internal consistency of the Psychomotor Battery for children in phase of basic pertaining to school education in a Brazilian sample. The sample was composed for 100 participants, of both the sorts, age enters 8 12 years, being GI as group reference, with 50 citizens, both the sex, registered regular education, and GII, as comparative, composed group for 50 participants with diagnosis of cleft palate fiction, without syndrome and neurological alteration. In the process of validation of the instrument, it had adjustments how much to the vernaculars of the Brazilian Portuguese, referring to the idiomatic and semantic translations, as well as in the instructional statements of the tests of the instrument. In the comparison between GI and GII, significant difference in the gross praxis met statistical, with props up below of the waited average. However, both the groups had had satisfactory performances how much to the equilibrium, lateralization, body perception, gross and fine praxis, tonus and time-space orientation. This study it described aspects of the process of accomplishment of the validity of construct and internal consistency, procedures considered for researchers and professionals of the health area, worried in using measured and trustworthy and appropriate instruments for determined population.

M.Ed. / The general aim of this research project was to investigate the components of teacher competence and how these aspects can enhance teacher effectiveness. The group aim of this research project was to investigate the teacher's leadership and how this can enhance the management of teaching competence. It was the specific aim of this research paper to: determine the contribution of a professionally inviting classroom culture towards a teacher's leadership style; obtain teacher opinion as to the extent that teachers use a professionally inviting culture as an aspect of their leadership style; and devise a possible strategy whereby a professionally inviting classroom culture can support the teacher's leadership style and enhance teacher competence. South Africa is undergoing huge changes particularly in the educational sphere. One of the most urgent problems that needs to be addressed is that of teacher competency.

M. Ed. (Education Management) / The main purpose of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of training educators on implementing the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in the Intersen (Grades 4-7) phases in Wattville primary schools. The problem is that there is lack of effective implementation of RNCS due to the lack of proper and adequate training received by educators in this area. The general research question is “What is the importance of implementing the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in schools?” The aims of the current study are to provide educators with strategies and techniques on implementing RNCS, equip educators with skills and knowledge for the effective implementation of RNCS, to outline a theoretical description of the support needed subsequent the GDE training and to provide educators with staff development programmes for the effective implementation of RNCS. The objectives were to determine the strategies and techniques employed in schools in implementing RNCS and to determine the degree of knowledge and support the participants have received subsequent the GDE training. The study is based on qualitative research, since it sets out to develop an understanding of individuals and events in their natural state. The researcher employed observations, interviews and document analysis as methods of collecting data by personally interacting with the participants in their natural settings. Purposive sampling was employed, where only information-rich participants were chosen for the purpose of the study. The researcher selected participants who were knowledgeable and informative about RNCS so that the best information could be provided for the purpose of the research information. The findings indicated that there is lack of knowledge, skills and understanding on implementing RNCS; the training provided by the GDE was insufficient and inadequate; lack of parental involvement in their children’s learning; lack of Learner v and Teacher Support Materials; lack of educator support subsequent GDE training and finally, lack of staff development programmes in schools. To the findings arrived at, recommendations to the GDE were made as follows: • Intensive educator training by curriculum specialists on RNCS should be conducted. • More educators should be employed to address the issue of learner-educator ratio and overcrowded-ness, which impact negatively on RNCS implementation. • Hands-on training in the form of in-service training and workshops should be provided on continuous basis. • Staff development programmes should be drawn by all educators and conducted by the SMTs, to enhance effective RNCS implementation. / Mr. S.T. Hlongwane