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Analysing trainee beliefs about thesis writing and professional development in a constructivist thesis writing experienceTapia Carlin, Rebeca Elena January 2009 (has links)
"December 2008". / Thesis (DAppLing)--Macquarie University, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Dept. of Linguistics, 2009. / Bibliography: p. 299-327. / Introduction -- Literature review -- Study 1 -- Study 2 -- Conclusions. / The aim of this case study was to identify the beliefs of eight pre-service teachers about thesis writing and professional development while and after writing their BA thesis through diary and survey inquiry. This research was conducted in the teaching area of the major in Modern Languages (LEMO) from the Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP). The methodology used to identify trainee beliefs was applied in two periods: during the process to include reflection in action, and after the process obtaining reflection on action as suggested by Schön (1983, p. 26). Thus, the participants wrote their electronic dialogue diaries while taking the two Research Seminars and writing their thesis. In this diaries they expressed their thoughts and feelings, sent them to the teacher and the teacher answered them also via e-mail. Then, when the Research Seminars had finished, they answered the questionnaire called Thesis and Professional Development Questionnaire (TAPDQ), which was especially designed for this research taking insights from Eraut (1995), Fullan(1995), Burns et al (1999), Schmekes (2004) and Viaggio (1992). This questionnaire contains Likert scales and some open questions. The findings of these studies reveal that participants were aware of their lack of expertise in thesis writing and they looked for strategies to overcome this problem. Also, the findings suggest that the participants were benefited from the constructivist methodology employed in the Research Seminars. Most of the participants reported having acquired skills, knowledge, having improved their attitude and having become better students after writing their thesis. This doctoral thesis begins exploring an area that has not been explored on ELT teacher cognition at least as reported in the research reviews done by Borg (2003, 2006) and Reyes & Rodríguez (2007). It aims to contribute to get a better understanding the thesis writing processes in teacher education programmes in public universities in Mexico. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / xvii, 359 p
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The implementation and evaluation of a constructivist intervention in secondary school Science teaching in SeychellesAnyanwu, Raymond Ndubisi 31 August 2008 (has links)
Recent studies on human cognition have presented credible
evidence that learners are not tabula rasa as previously
conceived by traditional theorists, rather they enter new
lessons with some preconceptions, most of which are resistant
to change in spite of teachers' efforts to assuage them. As
such the challenges confronting science educators and
educational psychologists are to understand the nature of
learners' preconceptions, designing and implement appropriate
instructional interventions that would enable the learners
become aware of and reconcile their conceptions that are
inconsistent with accepted views of science.
Several perspectives have been advocated on how learners'
preconceptions can be modified through instructions. While
traditional theorists subscribe to substitution of inaccurate
conceptions with accurate ones, the constructivists identify
with giving the learners autonomy to inquire and re-evaluate
their own ideas. The former has been confronted with
widespread criticism and is becoming less and less tenable.
This research identifies with the latter.
Conceptual change entails restructuring of ideas. It is a
cognitive process that involves change in attitude toward
learning. Based on the theoretical assumption that learning is
facilitated through teaching that give the learners autonomy
search to new ideas, verify them, and restructure existing
ideas, I developed a model of conceptual change from where I deduced the four sub variables of the conceptual change that
this study explored. The sub variables include formulation of
ideas, search for new ideas, review of meaning, and transfer
of knowledge. My assumption was that conceptual change can be
facilitated through instructions that engage learners in
experiences relevant to the four sub variables that I have
mentioned. This conceptual framework served as my reference
point for the designing of the Constructivist Teaching Model
that consists of four instructional phases.
Judging that I was resident and working in Seychelles as a
teacher trainer at a time I developed the Constructivist
Teaching Model, I chose to implement and evaluate it first in
Seychelles. Hence this study is titled `The implementation and
evaluation of a constructivist intervention in secondary
school science teaching in Seychelles'.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the
constructivist teaching model as an intervention to facilitate
conceptual change. Basically, there are two main aims of this
study. First, to investigate to what extent the constructivist
teaching model facilitates conceptual change. Secondly, to
investigate if the paradigms shift from the traditional method
to the constructivist method of science teaching is welcomed
in Seychelles.
This study was carried out in two phases Pretest and
Evaluation. Pretest was aimed at identifying the weaknesses of
the initial version of my model of constructivist teaching with a view to eliminate those weaknesses to further
strengthen the model. In a nutshell pretest was a step taken
to enhance the validity of the model. Evaluation on the other
hand was aimed at making a judgment whether a difference
actually exists between the learners that received
constructivist instruction and those that received traditional
lecture instruction in terms of the four sub variables of
conceptual change. To enable for this judgment necessitated an
experiment.
The experiment was conducted with a total of six secondary
schools selected from the ten secondary schools on the island.
The participants included 178 learners, 6 science teachers and
8 independent persons. The learners were constituted into
three Bands; 1, 2 and 3. Each Band consisted of a Control
group and an Experimental group. Altogether six groups were
formed, with 3 Control groups and 3 Experimental groups. There
were 59 learners in Band 1, comprising of 29 learners in the
Control group and 30 learners in the Experimental group; Band
2 comprised a Control group of 25 learners and an Experimental
group of 28 learners; and Band 3 consisted of 33 learners in
each group. The learners in Band 1 were used for pretest that
lasted for five week. The learners in Bands 2 and 3 were used
in the evaluation that lasted for thirteen weeks.
The groups were non-equivalent, suggesting that randomisation
was not possible as the learners were in intact classes.
Learners in the experimental groups received constructivist
instruction while their counterparts in the control groups received traditional lecture instruction. Both groups were
exposed to the same experimental conditions except in the
methods of teaching. Data was collected through teacher
interviews, independent observation, measurement of learners'
achievement, and analysis of documents. Quantitative data was
analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Qualitative data was analysed on the basis of content or
meaning of the information given by the respondents. Following
the design of this study the performance and achievements of
learners that received constructivist instruction were
compared with their counterparts who received traditional
instruction.
Guiding this study are two main assumptions. The first is the
assumption of equality of the variance, and the second is the
assumption of normality of the distribution. The results of
Levene's test of equality of variances indicated a violation
of the assumption of homogeneity of the variances of TI and CI
groups while the results of test of skewness and kurtosis give
the indication of normality of distribution of scores in both
groups.
The results of descriptive statistics analysis showed that the
learners who received constructivist instruction performed
better than the learners that received traditional instruction
in terms of formulation of ideas, search for new ideas, review
of meaning, and transfer of knowledge. The results of
inferential statistics showed that the difference in the means
of the two groups on each of the sub variables of conceptual change is significant. This evidence indicates that my model
of constructivist teaching produced an effect measuring 0.86
and a power of 0.85 based on Cohen's Blueprint, and a
reliability of 0.72 based on Cronbach's test of internal
consistency. Besides statistical evidence, analysis of the
opinions of science teachers who implemented the
Constructivist Teaching Model in their respective classes and
the independent persons who observed teaching and learning in
both the experimental and control groups showed a preference
for the constructivist approach over the traditional approach.
On the grounds of the evidence gathered through observation
and measurement this study concludes that the constructivist
approach to science teaching is more effective than
traditional lecture approach in facilitating the ability of
secondary school learners in Seychelles to reconstruct ideas.
This study also found that science educationists in Seychelles
welcome the paradigm shift from the traditional approach to
the constructivist approach. / Educational Studies / D. Educ. (Psychology of Education)
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Active learning approaches in mathematics education at universities in Oromia, EthiopiaAlemu, Birhanu Moges 11 1900 (has links)
Meaningful learning requires active teaching and learning approaches. Thus, with a specific focus on Mathematics teaching at university in Oramia, the study aimed to:
• examine the extent to which active learning/student-centered approaches were implemented;
• assess the attitudes of university lecturers towards active-learning;
• investigate whether appropriate training and support have been provided for the implementation of an active learning approaches
• assess the major challenges that hinder the implementation of active learning approaches and
• recommend ways that could advance the use of active learning approaches in Mathematics teaching at university.
A mixed-methods design was used. Among the six universities in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia, two of the newly established universities (younger than 5 years) and two of the old universities (15 years and older) were involved in the study. A total of 84 lecturers participated in the study and completed questionnaires. This was complemented by a qualitative approach that used observation checklists and interviews for data gathering: 16 lessons were observed while the lecturers taught their mathematics classes (two lecturers from each of the four sample universities were twice observed). In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four mathematics department heads and eight of the observed lecturers. The study adhered to ethical principles and to applied several techniques to enhance the validity/trustworthiness of the findings. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)
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An investigation into the factors impacting on the selection and adoption of constructivist teaching methods by mathematics teachers in selected Gauteng urban schoolsMoyo, Innocent 05 1900 (has links)
Constructivist teaching strategies are undeniably accepted as effective in achieving the desired
educational goals of constructing knowledge through active and creative inquiry. Inasmuch as
teachers would love to adopt these strategies in their teaching, mathematics teachers find themselves
in a situation where they are forced not to use them. This study investigated the factors that impacted
on the selection and adoption of constructivist teaching strategies in selected Gauteng’s urban schools.
Four (4) public schools and sixteen (16) mathematics teachers participated in the study. The parallel
mixed methods design was employed in the study to produce both quantitative and qualitative data.
The data were therefore analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. It was found that the
participating mathematics teachers had an understanding of constructivist theories of teaching and that
they perceived their classroom environments to be constructivist in character. The study also found
that the adoption of constructivist teaching strategies was hindered by teachers’ lack of skills and
competencies to handle a curriculum that they felt was handed down to them without their full
involvement at all the stages of its development. Learners’ family backgrounds were also identified as
a major social factor that impacted negatively against selection of constructivist strategies. Based on
these findings, recommendations were made on how constructivist views can be realised in the
teaching of mathematics in South African schools. / Mathematics Education / M. Ed. (Mathematics Education)
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A robótica educacional como ferramenta metodológica no processo ensino-aprendizagem: uma experiência com a segunda lei de Newton na série final do ensino fundamentalZanatta, Ronnie Petter Pereira 10 December 2013 (has links)
Acompanha: Proposta didática: a robótica educacional como ferramenta metodológica no processo ensino-aprendizagem: uma experiência com a segunda lei de Newton no ano final do ensino fundamental, p. 92. / As tecnologias, no decorrer da história, têm apoiado e ressignificado os diferentes processos de ensino-aprendizagem, ao mesmo tempo em que são influenciadas por esses processos. A robótica educacional, assim como os mais recentes recursos didático-tecnológicos, abre novas possibilidades educacionais, e estas possibilidades são exploradas neste trabalho. A partir de uma pedagogia empírica, uma análise da interferência do uso da robótica educacional na aprendizagem do conhecimento científico foi realizada em alunos da série final do ensino fundamental em uma escola municipal de Curitiba. Baseando-se na teoria Construcionista de Seymour Papert derivada, principalmente, da noção de Piaget de que conceitos abstratos podem ser aprendidos a partir da investigação exploratória com as mãos, a busca de indícios dessa aprendizagem ocorreu através de aulas práticas de montagem e programação de robôs (LEGO® Mindstorms NXT) e simulações de situações reais, interpretações da natureza e transposição conceitual. O escopo deste trabalho foi investigar as contribuições da robótica educacional na formação de subsídios para a cognição da segunda lei de Newton e suas aplicações. Como deve ser a metodologia de uma aula de Física no ensino fundamental com a introdução da robótica educativa? Essa ferramenta pode ser usada nesse contexto do cotidiano escolar? Os resultados apontam esse recurso como uma ferramenta bastante útil no processo de ensino-aprendizagem do conteúdo proposto, uma metodologia dinâmica e o fator motivacional dos estudantes bastante elevado. / Technologies, throughout history, have supported and reframed the different processes of teaching and learning at the same time they are influenced by these processes. The educational robotics, as well as the latest educational and technological resources, opens up new educational possibilities, and these possibilities are explored in this work. From an empirical pedagogy, an analysis of the interference of the use of educational robotics in the learning of scientific knowledge students was held in the final series of elementary education in a public school in Curitiba. Based on the theory of Constructivist Seymour Papert derived mainly from Piaget's notion that abstract concepts can be learned from the exploratory research with hands, to look for evidence that learning occurred through practical lessons assembly and programming of robots ( LEGO ® Mindstorms NXT ) and simulations of real situations, interpretations of nature and conceptual transposition. The scope of this work was to investigate the contributions of educational robotics in training grants for cognition of Newton's second law and its applications. How should the methodology of a physics class in elementary school with the introduction of educational robotics? This tool can be used in the context of everyday school life? The results show this feature as a useful tool in the teaching - learning content proposed a methodology and dynamic motivational factor for students quite high.
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A robótica educacional como ferramenta metodológica no processo ensino-aprendizagem: uma experiência com a segunda lei de Newton na série final do ensino fundamentalZanatta, Ronnie Petter Pereira 10 December 2013 (has links)
Acompanha: Proposta didática: a robótica educacional como ferramenta metodológica no processo ensino-aprendizagem: uma experiência com a segunda lei de Newton no ano final do ensino fundamental, p. 92. / As tecnologias, no decorrer da história, têm apoiado e ressignificado os diferentes processos de ensino-aprendizagem, ao mesmo tempo em que são influenciadas por esses processos. A robótica educacional, assim como os mais recentes recursos didático-tecnológicos, abre novas possibilidades educacionais, e estas possibilidades são exploradas neste trabalho. A partir de uma pedagogia empírica, uma análise da interferência do uso da robótica educacional na aprendizagem do conhecimento científico foi realizada em alunos da série final do ensino fundamental em uma escola municipal de Curitiba. Baseando-se na teoria Construcionista de Seymour Papert derivada, principalmente, da noção de Piaget de que conceitos abstratos podem ser aprendidos a partir da investigação exploratória com as mãos, a busca de indícios dessa aprendizagem ocorreu através de aulas práticas de montagem e programação de robôs (LEGO® Mindstorms NXT) e simulações de situações reais, interpretações da natureza e transposição conceitual. O escopo deste trabalho foi investigar as contribuições da robótica educacional na formação de subsídios para a cognição da segunda lei de Newton e suas aplicações. Como deve ser a metodologia de uma aula de Física no ensino fundamental com a introdução da robótica educativa? Essa ferramenta pode ser usada nesse contexto do cotidiano escolar? Os resultados apontam esse recurso como uma ferramenta bastante útil no processo de ensino-aprendizagem do conteúdo proposto, uma metodologia dinâmica e o fator motivacional dos estudantes bastante elevado. / Technologies, throughout history, have supported and reframed the different processes of teaching and learning at the same time they are influenced by these processes. The educational robotics, as well as the latest educational and technological resources, opens up new educational possibilities, and these possibilities are explored in this work. From an empirical pedagogy, an analysis of the interference of the use of educational robotics in the learning of scientific knowledge students was held in the final series of elementary education in a public school in Curitiba. Based on the theory of Constructivist Seymour Papert derived mainly from Piaget's notion that abstract concepts can be learned from the exploratory research with hands, to look for evidence that learning occurred through practical lessons assembly and programming of robots ( LEGO ® Mindstorms NXT ) and simulations of real situations, interpretations of nature and conceptual transposition. The scope of this work was to investigate the contributions of educational robotics in training grants for cognition of Newton's second law and its applications. How should the methodology of a physics class in elementary school with the introduction of educational robotics? This tool can be used in the context of everyday school life? The results show this feature as a useful tool in the teaching - learning content proposed a methodology and dynamic motivational factor for students quite high.
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The Joshua Tree (Yucca Brevifolia) Hotel a third and fourth grade elementary curriculumMaresh, Michelle 01 January 2000 (has links)
Focusing primarily on the ecological relationships of the Joshua tree in Joshua Tree National Park, this teaching unit includes ten pre-visit, in-class lessions; Ranger-led lessons at Joshua Tree National Park Education Center; and ten post-visit, in-class lessons. Lessons are for students in grades three and four and formatted using the breakthrough lesson strategies, based on the constructivist educational theory. The teacher background section addresses classification, structure, range, xerophytic adaptations, ecological relationships, and natural history of the Joshua tree.
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Constructivist assistive technology in a mathematics classroom for the deaf: an experiment in a rural Namibian primary schoolAbiatal, Loide Kemanguluko Shafondyodi 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English, Zulu and Afrikaans / The study investigated assistive technology for the deaf, specifically applied to the teaching
and learning of mathematics at a rural Namibian special primary school. The problem was the
lack of prior research about the effects of Constructivist assistive technology for guiding
Namibian special schools and educators. The objective was to conduct an experiment with
deaf learners and interviews with the teachers involved. The study was a mixed methods
study, involving quantitative academic achievement data and qualitative interview data. The
findings suggest that there was a statistically significant effect on the multiplication and
division achievement of the learners, but not their addition and subtraction achievement. The
emergent Constructivist-related categories were collaborating, cooperating, exploring, selfassessing, learning from errors, seeking knowledge independently, self-regulating, selfreflecting, metacognitive thinking and being self-aware. These scientific insights contribute
to the field and stem from a useful method for reviewing and selecting an appropriate
learning theory and assistive technology. / Isifundo socwaningo siphenya ngobuchwepheshe obuluncedo kulabo abayizimpumputhe,
ikakhulukazi lolu cwaningo lumayelana nokufundisa kanye nokufundwa kwesifundo sezibalo
esikoleni sabakhubazekile endaweni yasemakhaya ngaseNamibia. Inkinga lapha ukusweleka
kocwaningo lwangaphambili olumayelana nemithintela yohlelo lobuchwepheshe oluncedayo
losolwazi abangama-contructivists ngokuhola izikole zabakhubazekile zaseNamibia kanye
nabafundisi. Inhloso kwaye kuwukwenza ucwaningo oluphathekayo kanye nabafundi
abakhubazeke amehlo kanye nenhlolovo nothisha ababandakanyekayo, ngokusebenzisa
ucwaningo oluxubile, oluxuba idatha mayelana nempumelelo kwezemfundo kanye nedatha
yezamanani yenhlolovo. . Okutholwe wucwaningo kuchaza ukuthi kunomthelela
obonakalayo wezamanani mayelana nempumelelo yekhono lokuphindaphinda kanye
nokwehlukanisa, kodwa hayi impumelelo yabo ngokwekhono lokuhlanganisa kanye
nokunciphisa. Izigaba ezihambisana nosolwazi abakhasayo zisebenza ngokuncedana,
ngokusebenzisana, ngokuvumbulula, ngokuzihlola wena siqu sakho, ngokufunda ngokwenza
amaphutha, ngokucinga ulwazi ngokuzimela, ngokuzenzela imigomo, ngokubheka
impumelelo yakho, ngokucabangisisa ngokusebenzisa ulwazi kanye nokuzibhekisisa. Lolu
lwazi lwezesayensi lunomthelela emkhakheni kanti lususelwa endleleni esebenzayo ngokubuyekeza kanye nokukhetha ithiyori yokufunda efanele kanye nohlelo oluncedayo
lobuchwepheshe. / Die studie het ’n ondersoek na bystandstegnologie vir dowes, spesifiek ten opsigte van hoe
dit in die onderrig en leer van wiskunde by ’n landelike spesiale laerskool in Namibië
toegepas word, behels. Die navorsingsprobleem was die gebrek aan navorsing oor die effek
van konstruktivistiese bystandstegnologie wat leiding aan Namibiese spesiale skole en
opvoeders kan bied. Die navorsingsdoelwit was om ’n eksperiment met dowe leerders uit te
voer en onderhoude met die betrokke onderwysers te voer as deel van ’n
gemengdemetodestudie, wat die insameling van kwantitatiewe data oor akademiese prestasie
en kwalitatiewe onderhouddata behels het. Die bevindings van die studie dui op ’n statisties
beduidende effek op die leerders se prestasie met betrekking tot vermenigvuldiging en deling,
maar nie hulle prestasie met betrekking tot optel en aftrek nie. Die voortkomende
konstruktivisties-verwante kategorieë is meewerking, samewerking, verkenning,
selfassessering, die vermoë om uit foute te leer, ’n onafhanklike soeke na kennis,
selfregulering, selfbesinning, metakognitiewe denke en selfbewussyn. Hierdie wetenskaplike
insigte lewer ’n bydrae tot die studieveld en spruit uit ’n nuttige metode vir die beoordeling
en seleksie van geskikte leerteorieë en bystandstegnologie. / School of Computing / M. Sc. (Computing)
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Exploring media blends for constructivist learning in open and distance and e-learning (ODeL) environmentsMbati, Lydia Sophia 11 1900 (has links)
There is a paramount need for online university education to effectively contribute in the development of students' ability to construct and create new knowledge. Online learning should thus go beyond the production of knowledge for knowledge's sake, but should result in relevant and meaningful learning on the part of the online learner. In addition, online learning ought to result in the application of knowledge to practice. While gains made by constructivism and observational learning are well documented, research addressing online media blends that best encourage constructivist and observational learning in open and distance and e-learning (ODeL) contexts is limited. In addition, guidelines that can be used by online learning facilitators and policy makers regarding media for constructivist and observational learning were lacking when this research was conducted. The research was deemed significant in contributing to the development of an online learning framework that could be used to guide policy formulation and practice in the area of online course implementation in ODeL institutions.
Using an explorative qualitative approach, this study explored online media blends for constructivist and observational learning. The study comprised three phases. The first phase was a meta-ethnography study whose objective was to synthesise previous research theses in order to gain an understanding of lecturers' and students' experiences of online media, constructivism and observational learning. The second phase consisted of a phenomenological study conducted at the University of South Africa, to explore lecturers' experiences of online media in the facilitation of constructivism and observational learning. The final phase of the research was the development of a framework based on constructivism and observational learning to guide online teaching and learning.
The findings of this research study revealed that lecturers did not use media blends to a large extent in their interaction with students. The study indicated that some cognitive processes need
to be exercised on the part of the facilitators when online learning is offered. It is concluded that during the curriculum planning phase, lecturers should decide on methods and media to arouse the students' attention during online courses. This also implies a more reasonable lecturer student ratio because large numbers of students per lecturer is not feasible in online learning. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)
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STEM Professional Volunteers in K-12 Competition Programs: Educator Practices and Impact on PedagogyZintgraff, Alfred Clifton 12 1900 (has links)
This mixed methods dissertation study explored how secondary school educators in specific K-12 competition programs recruited and deployed STEM professional volunteers. The study explored which practices were viewed as most important, and how practices related to constructivist pedagogy, all from the viewpoint of educators. The non-positivist approach sought new knowledge without pursuing generalized results. Review of the literature uncovered extensive anecdotal information about current practices, and suggested that large investments are made in engaging volunteers. One National Science Foundation-sponsored study was identified, and its recommendations for a sustained research agenda were advanced. Three study phases were performed, one to explore practices and operationalize definitions, a second to rate practice's importance and their relation to pedagogy, and a third to seek explanations. Educators preferred recruiting local, meaning recruiting parents and former students, versus from industry or other employers. Most educators preferred volunteers with mentoring skills, and placing them in direct contact with students, versus deploying volunteers to help with behind-the-scenes tasks supporting the educator. Relationships were identified between the highest-rated practices and constructivism in programs. In STEM professional volunteers, educators see affordances, in the same way a classroom tool opens affordances. A model is proposed which shows educators considering practicality, pedagogy, knowledge and skills, and rapport when accessing the affordances opened by STEM professional volunteers. Benefits are maximized when programs align with strong industry clusters in the community.
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