This study measures the extent to which the Texas Education Agency's 1963 monograph on drafting, Drafting, Grades 7-12, A Tentative Bulletin, is used in the state's secondary schools and its effects upon classroom activities. Information for the study comes from a questionnaire completed by a random selection of seventy-eight drafting instructors.

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(情報学) / 甲第23319号 / 情博第755号 / 新制||情||129(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院情報学研究科社会情報学専攻 / (主査)教授 吉川 正俊, 教授 田島 敬史, 教授 緒方 広明 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Informatics / Kyoto University / DFAM

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of determining the relationship between curriculum offerings in industrial arts and the academic preparation of industrial arts and the academic preparation of industrial arts teachers in the public secondary schools of Oklahoma.

Effectiveness and usefullness among the important factors that affect success of online learning environments. During this study, a course-content management system developed regarding effectivity and usability related concerns. One major aim of this study is to develop effective and usable system. In this study, a course-content management system designed and developed under the light of previous researches. In the design phase, effective design strategies and characteristics of effective and usable learning systems were explored, and system was designed considering these strategies. Then, development phase applied. After system developed, usability techniques was explored, and heuristic evaluation method was choosed as a usability method to measure usability of the system. During the study, modified version of a checklist that was prepared considering usability heuristics. Applied checklist contains total 108 questions under 13 heuristics (major usability problem). Heuristic evaluation is an expert review method. Therefore, this study should have been evaluated by experts. 8 experts enrolled in this study. All experts are either Phd or graduate students at instructional technology departments and they have enrolled in web-based studies. They investigated the usability of the course-content management system according to the usability related criterias on the checklist. When test results were considered, a course-contentmanagement system developed during this study was found usable. Results of this study may enlighten the way of future studies.

Cette thèse inscrit sa réflexion sur la pédagogie et la didactique du chinois langue étrangère (LE) dans une perspective historico-épistémologique. S’appuyant sur le processus de disciplinarisation comme fil directeur, elle comprend deux axes principaux : l’histoire de l’enseignement et l’épistémologie des savoirs à enseigner. Notre questionnement porte sur les conditions qui ont rendu possible la construction disciplinaire du chinois comme LE dans le système éducatif français. Il s’agit non seulement des conditions externes (économiques, politiques, sociales) qui ont permis l’émergence et l’institutionnalisation de l’enseignement du chinois dans le contexte précis de la France ; mais aussi et surtout des conditions de possibilité internes que sont la construction des savoirs enseignables, la transposition didactique, les continuités et les ruptures épistémologiques, ainsi que le fonctionnement intrinsèque du système éducatif. Notre enquête s’étend du début du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Elle porte sur quatre institutions dans lesquelles les cours de langue chinoise se sont introduits de façon graduelle : le Collège de France, l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, l’université et enfin l’enseignement primaire et secondaire. L’objectif de cette recherche est de monter que le chinois enseigné comme LE n’est pas un objet « donné », préétabli, mais un objet construit et toujours à reconstruire en fonction de finalités pédagogiques et didactiques. Ainsi le chinois langue vivante étrangère (LVE) défini comme discipline scolaire se distingue fondamentalement d’une formation universitaire par une plus grande normalisation et homogénéisation de ses savoirs. C’est d’ailleurs du fait de sa tradition de centralisation et de planification éducative que la France a joué un rôle précurseur dans le processus de disciplinarisation du chinois LVE. / This thesis focuses on the pedagogy and didactics of the Chinese language from a historical and epistemological perspective. Using the concept of “disciplinarisation” as its main focus, it explores two main aspects: the history of the teaching of Chinese and the epistemology of the knowledge to be transmitted. It analyzes the conditions that have made it possible for the Chinese language to become a subject taught in the French educational system. It addresses both the external conditions - economical, political and social conditions - that have made the emergence and institutionalization of the teaching of Chinese in France possible, but also - and more importantly - the internal conditions: the construction of teachable content, didactic transposition, the epistemological continuum and epistemological ruptures as well as the inner workings of the French educational system. This investigation focuses on a period that ranges from the beginning of the nineteenth century to today. It focuses on four different institutions in which teaching Chinese gradually appeared: the Collège de France, the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, French universities and finally French primary and secondary schools. The goal objective of this research is to show that Chinese, as a foreign language, is not a fixed object but rather an object that was constructed and is still being constructed according to various pedagogical and didactic goals. Thus, Chinese as a subject taught in primary and secondary school is fundamentally different from Chinese as a university discipline in that the former is more normalized and more homogenous. Indeed, the pioneering role played by France’s national education system in establishing “Chinese as a foreign language” as a school subject can be attributed in large part to its long-held traditions of centralization and academic planning.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a mathematics teaching methods course on pre-service elementary mathematics teachers&rsquo / content knowledge for teaching mathematics (CKTM). In order to accomplish this purpose, pre-service mathematics teachers&rsquo / understanding of basic concepts and procedures in school mathematics, use of mathematical definitions, presentation of mathematical content to students, identification of common errors, misconceptions and solution strategies and evaluation of unusual solution methods were examined with the help of a multiple choice test. The data were collected from 43 senior pre-service mathematics teachers from a teacher education program at a large public university in Ankara. The participants were given an 83-item test to measure their content knowledge for mathematics teaching at the beginning and after the methods course. The purpose of the pre- and post-test assessment was to measure the amount of change in the participants&#039 / knowledge for mathematics teaching. The test was developed and piloted at the University of Michigan in the USA for Learning Mathematics for Teaching (LMT) Project. Quantitative data analysis techniques were used to answer the research questions. The results indicated that there was a significant effect of the mathematics teaching methods course on pre-service teachers&rsquo / content knowledge for teaching mathematics. Moreover, the findings showed that there is no significant mean difference between male and female pre-service teachers, and between the pre-service teachers who have taken at least one mathematics teaching elective course and the ones who have not taken any elective course related to mathematics teaching in terms of their CKTM. Also, the study showed that there is a significant positive relationship between pre-service teachers&rsquo / CKTM and their academic achievement on undergraduate mathematics content courses. The study is expected to make important contributions to the literature by providing information about whether the methods courses significantly contribute to pre-service teachers&rsquo / understanding of knowledge for mathematics teaching. Moreover, the findings of the study is hoped to inform teacher educators and policy makers about the needs and improvements in teacher preparation programs.

This study is based on survey responses of 224 general chemistry instructors at United States (U.S.) community colleges and universities representing 46 states. The mean values of General Chemistry Topic Coverage (GCTC) score, developed by this researcher specifically for this dissertation study as a measure of course content, were statistically analyzed. The aim of this study is to answer five research questions: (a) Is there a difference in mean GCTC scores between U.S. community colleges and four-year colleges and universities? (b) If there is a difference in mean GCTC score between the two study groups, what are the observed differences in subtopics covered between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities? (c) Considering both community colleges and universities, is there a difference in mean GCTC score between the different designated U.S. regions? (d) Considering both community college and university professors, is there a difference in GCTC score for professors with a master's degree compared to those with a doctorate?, and (e) Is there a correlation between GCTC score and the percentage of students that major in science? Results indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in course content between community colleges and universities, there is a statistically significant difference between different U.S. regions, there is no statistically significant difference between professors with an earned master's versus those with an earned doctorate degree, and there is no statistically significant correlation between general chemistry course content and the percentage of a professor's students majoring in science. Details of the observed differences between community college and university course content are discussed, and recommendations for future research are presented.

Samhällskunskapsämnet har sedan dess uppkomst präglats av stoffträngsel till följd av dess breda och tvärvetenskapliga karaktär. Transformeringen av ämnet från styrdokument till undervisning är komplex och påverkas av flera faktorer, inklusive styrdokumentens utformning. Lärarna arbetar inom ett friutrymme som möjliggörs av styrdokumentens generella formuleringar, vilket är nödvändigt för att anpassa undervisningen efter olika omständigheter och elevernas behov. För att säkerställa likvärdighet måste styrdokumenten vara tillräckligt detaljerade för att undvika alltför varierande tolkningar, men inte så detaljerade att de inskränker på lärarnas professionalitet. De senaste styrdokumenten, Gy 11, är mer detaljerade och innehållsrika än sina föregångare och har enligt tidigare forskning upplevts som mer krävande av lärare.  Syftet med denna studie är att kartlägga och analysera lärares planering av innehåll i samhällskunskapsundervisningen i relation till ämnets styrdokument. Studien, som är en kvantitativ innehållsanalys av grovplaneringar för kursen Samhällskunskap 1b, syftar till att bidra till en diskussion om likvärdighet i samhällskunskapsämnets innehåll. Resultaten visar att lärarna huvudsakligen prioriterar undervisning om statsvetenskap och ekonomi. Även om en innehållslig kärna kan identifieras, förekommer också variationer i hur mycket undervisningstid som ägnas åt olika innehållsområden samt i vilka områden som inkluderas i grovplaneringarna. Dessa resultat pekar på en diskrepans mellan styrdokument och lärares praxis, vilket kan bero på de nuvarande styrdokumentens detaljerade karaktär. Detta kan i sin tur innebära en risk för likvärdigheten i samhällskunskapsämnets innehåll i de fall variationerna mellan olika lärares val och prioriteringar av innehåll blir alltför stora. / Since its inception, the school subject of civics has been characterized by content congestion due to its broad and interdisciplinary nature. The transformation of the subject from steering documents to classroom teaching is complex and is affected by several factors, including the steering documents’ design. Teachers have an autonomy enabled by the general formulations of the curriculum, which is necessary for them to adapt their teaching to various circumstances and the needs of the students, thereby ensuring equity. The steering documents must be sufficiently detailed to avoid overly varying interpretations but not so detailed that they infringe on the teachers' professionalism. The latest curriculum documents, Gy 11, are more detailed and content-rich than their predecessors and have been perceived by teachers as more demanding according to previous research.  The purpose of this study is to map and analyze teachers' planning of content in civics education in relation to the subject's steering documents. The study, which is a quantitative content analysis of teachers’ outlines for the course Samhällskunskap 1b, aims to contribute to a discussion about equity in the subject of civics. The results show that teachers mainly prioritize teaching about political science and economics. Although a core content can be identified, variations occur in how much teaching time is devoted to different content areas and in which areas are included in the course outlines. These results point to a discrepancy between steering documents and teachers' practice, which may be due to the detailed nature of the current curriculum documents. This, in turn, may pose a risk to equity regarding the content of the subject of civics when teachers choose and prioritize content in vastly different ways.

The primary purpose of this study was to determine how the current hospitality management curriculum at The International Hotel School contributes to students’ preparedness from their own perspectives. Generic and curriculum specific skills that can be used for curriculum evaluation were identified, a framework of curriculum variables to rate the level of student preparedness was developed, the effectiveness of the hospitality management curriculum from the perspectives of students’ perceptions of preparedness was analysed, and the aspects that contribute most to student preparedness were identified through a literature study and an empirical investigation. The findings were summarised and it was recommended that The International Hotel School needs to review the hotel and restaurant accounting course and the experiential learning components. Furthermore, lecturers of The International Hotel School should receive training on the implementation of more interactive course content delivery methods. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Adult Education)