This research reports on the factors that a sample of teachers in a rural Primary and Secondary School perceive as being influential on the initiation and implementation of a curricular innovation. The innovation herein is the creation of a Gifted and Talented Programme to cater for identified students in this school, an area of current interest amongst educators and researchers in New South Wales and Australia. A methodology is outlined for the collection and interpretation of data on the factors involved, that may be employed by coordinators and researchers interested in curricular provision for Gifted and Talented children. In this case study school, it was found that the factors were many and varied, that they differed in their supportive or inhibitive nature in the Primary and Secondary Schools. These findings provided a foundation for subsequent planning in the initiation stages of the implementation of this innovation. This research had important implications for this School that may be of interest for future research in other schools.

Orientador: Mara Regina Lemes de Sordi / Tese (doutorado) - Univeresidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T03:36:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferreira_BeatrizJansen_D.pdf: 30713251 bytes, checksum: 0105d32a1e4fb5f9df01f0c4e417a0a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: Este trabalho examina de forma crítica a proposta de formação médica da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas FCM/UNICAMP a partir da concepção, implantação e gestão da reforma curricular iniciada no ano de 2001. Analisam-se as concepções de educação e saúde que embasaram a reformulação curricular e o seu potencial inovador no paradigma da formação médica. Para alcançar os objetivos do trabalho optou-se pela análise documental, observação intensiva das práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas nos diferentes cenários de aprendizagem, entrevistas com gestores e instrumento de percepção do tipo Likert aplicado aos alunos e professores do curso. A partir da análise qualitativa dos dados observou-se as dificuldades de uma mudança de currículo e sua interferência nos objetivos de formação, práticas avaliativas, construção de conteúdos e métodos e da própria organização curricular. O trabalho chama a atenção para a importância do envolvimento dos atores no processo para a construção de marcos conceituais consistentes e detecta o conflito de interesses que cerca a questão tornando a tarefa complexa / Abstract: This work examines, in a critical view, the proposal of medical formation of the College of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas - FCM/UNICAMP, from the conception, implementation and management of the curricular reform initiated in the year of 2001. The conceptions of education and health, which are based on the curricular re-formularization and its innovative potential in the paradigm of the medical formation, are analyzed here. To reach the objectives of the work methods such as the documentary analysis, intensive observation of pedagogical practices developed in the different sceneries of learning, interviews with managers, and a Likert instrument of perception applied to the pupils and professors of the course were used. From the qualitative analysis of the data, it was observed the difficulties of a curriculum change and its interference in the formation objectives, evaluation practices, construction of contents and methods, and the curricular organization of its own. The work calls attention for the importance of the involvement of the agents in the process for a consistent conceptual landmark construction and it detects the conflict of interests that surrounds the question, turning it into a complex task / Doutorado / Ensino, Avaliação e Formação de Professores / Doutor em Educação

A inserção de tópicos de Física Moderna e Contemporânea (FMC) no currículo de Física do Ensino Médio já vem sendo discutida há aproximadamente duas décadas e já é possível observar a inclusão de alguns deles nos conteúdos programáticos adotados por algumas escolas. Em consonância com as orientações contidas nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais para o Ensino Médio e no complemento a esse documento, o currículo oficial do estado de São Paulo inclui o estudo das partículas elementares e outros tópicos da FMC entre os assuntos a serem trabalhados na disciplina de Física. No entanto, as pesquisas mostram que esses temas ainda não são abordados pela maioria dos professores. Os professores apontam, entre outros empecilhos, que não tiveram formação para isso e, mesmo alguns daqueles que possuem algum conhecimento, afirmam não se julgarem capazes de ensinar esses tópicos. Neste estudo consideramos que uma das variáveis que podem influenciar a decisão dos professores sobre aceitar ou não o desafio de promover inovações no ensino são as suas crenças de autoeficácia, ou seja, as crenças dos sujeitos sobre as suas capacidades de realizar uma determinada tarefa de forma satisfatória, independentemente dos resultados dessa ação. Essas crenças tornam-se importantes à medida que os sujeitos tentam evitar situações que lhes causem frustrações e, por isso, a não ser que acreditem que possam realizar uma tarefa de forma satisfatória, têm pouco ou nenhum incentivo para investir tempo e energia na sua realização. Nesse sentido, este estudo buscou analisar a influência da participação de professores de Física em um evento de divulgação científica - o International Masterclasses Hands on Particle Physics e seu evento correlato, a Oficina sobre Física de Partículas - sobre as suas crenças de autoeficácia, tendo em vista o ensino da Física de partículas elementares no Ensino Médio. Para cumprir esse objetivo, realizamos entrevistas semiestruturadas com dois professores que já haviam participado do Masterclass e da Oficina organizados pelo São Paulo Research and Analysis Center. A partir dessas entrevistas construímos narrativas sobre as histórias desses professores e conduzimos a análise em busca da caracterização das crenças de autoeficácia e dos sentidos atribuídos pelos mesmos à participação em ambos os eventos. A análise revelou que ambos possuíam elevadas crenças de autoeficácia e atribuíam à participação nesses eventos sentidos motivacional, formativo (relacionado à aprendizagem de conteúdos) e de instrumentalização (por tomarem conhecimento de atividades didáticas, experimentos e exemplos contextualizantes). Esses fatores foram capazes de mobilizar as crenças de autoeficácia dos professores, exercendo influência sobre suas decisões no sentido de investir no ensino de Física de partículas. / The insertion of Modern and Contemporary Physics (MCP) topics in the high school physics curriculum has been discussed for approximately two decades and it is already possible to observe the inclusion of some of these topics in the curricula adopted by some schools. In accordance with the guidelines contained in the National Curricular Parameters for High School (PCNEM) and the complement to this document (PCN +), the official curriculum of the state of São Paulo includes the study of elementary particles and other MCP topics among the subjects to be taught in Physics classes. However, researches shows that most physics teachers are still not addressing these topics in their classes. Teachers argue that, among other obstacles, they lack the knowledge to do so and, even those with some knowledge about these topics say they do not feel confident to teach them. In this study, we consider that one of the variables that may influence teachers\' decision to accept or not the challenge of promoting innovations in teaching is their self-efficacy beliefs, that is, the subjects\' beliefs about their ability to perform a given action in a satisfactory way, regardless of the outcome of that action. These beliefs gain importance as subjects try to avoid situations that cause them frustrations, and therefore, unless they believe they can perform a task satisfactorily, they have little or no incentive to invest time and energy in their achievement. In this sense, this study aimed to analyze the influence of the participation of Physics teachers in a scientific outreach event - the International Masterclasses Hands on Particle Physics, or simply Masterclass - and in a workshop on particle physics - a related event - on their self-efficacy beliefs, aiming at the teaching of elementary particle physics in high school. To accomplish this objective, we conducted semi-structured interviews with two teachers who had already participated in the Masterclass and the workshop, both organized by SPRACE. Based on these interviews, we elaborated narratives about these teachers\' histories and conducted an analysis to characterize their self-efficacy beliefs and the meanings attributed by them to the participation in both events. The analysis revealed that both teachers had high self-efficacy beliefs and attributed to participation in these events motivational, formative (related to content learning) and instrumentalization (for learning about didactic activities, experiments and contextualising examples) meanings. These factors were able to mobilize teachers\' self-efficacy beliefs, influencing their decisions about investing in teaching particle physics.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:32:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria do Carmo Abib de Moraes Polimeno.pdf: 6476496 bytes, checksum: 26581971e6a9ea3304784a2cdb200e77 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-14 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The objective of this research was to monitor and evaluate the process of formulating and implementing a new curriculum for Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba. In deciding to scrutinize the daily formulation and implementation of curriculum innovation I have relied on research that suggests to know the school it is necessary to dive into the daily life considering the relevance of all the elements that constitute it. You should break, so with prior knowledge, with certainty, with prejudices about reality to understand that the actual curriculum that is built in the daily course of Medicine of Sorocaba object of this research. Investigate and evaluate the curriculum required the choice of an evaluation approach here understood primarily in its formative role aimed to open space for dialogue and exchange. Our methodological choice was qualitative research, because this orientation allowed us to analyze the meanings that individuals, subject of this research have given their actions. This research can be characterized as a case study of ethnographic and focusing techniques for data collection, participant observation, interviews and use of documentary sources. The analysis of the Collective Subject Discourse was the methodological approach chosen to analyze the collected interviews. Were taken into account in addition to DSCs other data sources such as daily field and documentary sources in a process of triangulation. Access to the collective subject discourse allowed me to associate the data collected in a theoretical model, in this case a theory of implementation , aimed at confronting them / O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi acompanhar e avaliar o processo de formulação e implementação de um novo currículo para o Curso de Medicina da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba. Ao decidir perscrutar o cotidiano da formulação e implementação dessa inovação curricular apoiei-me em pesquisas que sugerem que para conhecermos a escola faz-se necessário mergulhar na vida cotidiana considerando a relevância de todos os elementos que a constituem. Deve-se romper, portanto, com saberes prévios, com certezas, com preconceitos a respeito da realidade para compreendermos o currículo real aquele que se construiu no cotidiano do Curso de Medicina de Sorocaba objeto dessa pesquisa. Investigar e avaliar o currículo demandou a escolha de uma abordagem de avaliação aqui entendida, essencialmente, em sua função formativa cujo objetivo é abrir espaço de diálogo e trocas. Nossa opção metodológica foi pela pesquisa qualitativa, pois essa orientação nos permitiu analisar os significados que os indivíduos, sujeitos dessa pesquisa, deram às suas ações. Essa pesquisa pode ser caracterizada como um estudo de caso do tipo etnográfico privilegiando como técnicas para a coleta de dados a observação participante, a entrevista e a utilização de fontes documentais. A análise do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC) foi o recurso metodológico escolhido para analisar os depoimentos coletados nas entrevistas. Foram levados em conta além dos DSCs outras fontes de dados como o diário de campo e fontes documentais num processo de triangulação. O acesso ao Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo permitiu-me associar os dados recolhidos a um modelo teórico, no caso, a uma teoria da implementação, visando confrontá-los

Language assessments are increasingly being leveraged for the purposes of educational reform and accountability, yet relatively little is known about how teachers respond to their implementation or what impact they have on the learning outcomes of students. Drawing on theories of educational innovation, this mixed methods study explores the interplay between testing, teaching, and learning in an urban Midwestern K-12 world languages program. Specifically, it investigates the washback effect of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL), and the potential for its influence on teachers’ practices to complement strategic efforts to introduce and manage curricular innovation at the local level. The study was divided into three distinct but complementary phases. In Phase 1, teachers (n=47) responded to an online survey addressing their background, instructional practices, and the potential influence of the AAPPL therein. In Phase 2, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a subset of teachers (n=12) in order to more richly describe their instructional and assessment-related practices. Finally, in Phase 3, AAPPL scores were obtained for all students (n=846) who took the assessment. Quantitative analyses predominantly involved the use of descriptive statistics to depict teachers’ practices and students’ performance on the AAPPL, as well as bivariate correlations to measure the relationship between the two. Qualitative analyses of interview data were aimed at identifying categories and themes leading to a rich description of teachers’ behaviors and activities in response to the AAPPL. In the final stages of analysis, both qualitative and quantitative data sources and analyses were synthesized in an attempt to develop a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between assessment, instruction, and learning. Findings suggested a moderately positive washback effect of the AAPPL, which was manifested through individual and collective efforts to refine curricula and instruction with the goal of further enhancing students’ language performance and proficiency development. Key findings included teachers’ increased use of ACTFL’s core documents to guide their planning, and an adjustment to the amount of instructional time devoted to the four modalities (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). This evidence for positive washback of the AAPPL was observed among teachers across languages and levels, and extended beyond those immediately implicated in its administration. Furthermore, the strength and direction of the influence was mediated by the close link between testing and teaching, individual differences among teachers, and the collaborative approach to managing the innovation. Evidence connecting teachers’ practices with student outcomes on the AAPPL was diffuse, with bivariate correlations indicating a potential relationship between the use of target language and explicit grammar instruction and students’ composite scores. This investigation has contributed to a greater understanding of how external language performance assessments may serve as a catalyst for refining and improving language teaching in K-12 contexts. Those seeking to promote the adoption of similar innovative practices should ensure that the assessment is aligned with the pedagogical goals of the curriculum and that their approach to introducing and managing change is responsive to the local context. While more research is needed in order to determine the potential influence of innovation on the learning outcomes of students (Green, 2013), world language programs should be encouraged to implement standards-based external assessments as a means by which to promote teachers’ adoption of proficiency-oriented instructional practices.

Background: Studies have described the aggregate results of federal funding for health professions education at the national level, but analysis of the long‐term impact of institutional participation in these programs has been limited. Purpose: To describe and assess federally supported curricular innovations at East Tennessee State University designed to promote family medicine and nurse practitioner graduate interest in rural and underserved populations. Methods: Descriptive analysis of a survey to determine practice locations of nurse practitioner graduates (1992‐2002) and graduates of 3 family medicine residencies (1978‐2002). Graduates’ (N = 656) practice locations were documented using specific federal designations relating to health professions shortages and rurality. Results: Overall, 83% of family medicine residency and 80% of nurse practitioner graduates selected practice locations in areas with medically underserved or health professions shortage designations; 48% of family physicians and 38% of nurse practitioners were in rural areas. Conclusions: Graduates who study in an educational setting with a mission‐driven commitment to rural and community health and who participate in curricular activities designed to increase their experience with rural and underserved populations choose, in high numbers, to care for these populations in their professional practice.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Estela A B Jacomette.pdf: 3322493 bytes, checksum: 34236e3ed596da07362393bc7f764286 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-12 / With the advent of globalization, the development of different technologies, the increase of competitiveness and the quest for leadership by the organizations, came to sight significant changes too in the type, quality, quantity, and nature of the job of people who are inserted in them. This phenomenon demands a performance more globalized from the organizations, new competences from their professionals and the management of labor in a way more flexible. This scenery has generated significant impact on institutions of higher education, especially in the lato sensu programs considered vocational This research aims to develop an innovative curriculum in a shared way with teachers, board of directors of teaching institution, coordinator, technical adviser, students and market executives in a lato sensu post-graduation course in business management, having the sustainability in its cross-sectional, aiming at to execute the demands of this new society. From the principles of action research used a qualitative approach, the study makes a theoretical-reflective survey of the different actors of the innovative curriculum: macroeconomic context, professional skills demanded to professional management, lato sensu post-graduation courses, integrated curriculum and teacher´s training. After research undertaken about the subjects inquired, the research shows elements to respond to the problems proposed. We conclude that s possible to develop an innovative curriculum, in a shared way, since it´s founded on a solid pedagogical approach and the training of teachers staff is adequate to the proposed model / Com o advento da globalização, a evolução das diferentes tecnologias, o aumento da competitividade e a busca da liderança pelas organizações, surgem também mudanças significativas no tipo, qualidade, quantidade, e natureza do trabalho das pessoas que nelas estão inseridas. Tal fenômeno demanda uma atuação mais globalizada das organizações, novas competências de seus profissionais e o gerenciamento da mão de obra de forma mais flexível. Esse cenário tem gerado impacto significativo nas instituições de ensino superior, principalmente nos programas de lato sensu considerados profissionalizantes. Esta pesquisa tem o objetivo de desenvolver um currículo inovador de forma compartilhada com professores, diretoria da instituição de ensino, coordenadora, orientadora técnica, alunos e executivos de mercado em um programa de pós-graduação lato sensu em gestão de negócios, tendo a sustentabilidade em sua transversal, visando atender as demandas dessa nova sociedade. A partir dos princípios da pesquisa-ação aplicados a uma abordagem qualitativa, o estudo faz um levantamento teórico-reflexivo dos diferentes participantes do currículo inovador: contexto macroeconômico, competências profissionais demandadas aos profissionais da gestão, pós-graduação lato sensu, currículo integrado e formação de professores. Após a investigação desenvolvida acerca dos objetos inquiridos, a pesquisa apresenta elementos para responder aos problemas propostos. Concluímos que é possível desenvolver um currículo inovador, de forma compartilhada, desde que ele esteja fundamentado numa proposta pedagógica sólida e que a formação do corpo docente esteja adequada ao modelo proposto

Nos últimos anos, vem se tornando evidente a necessidade de reforma curricular, principalmente devido às pressões que a escola tem sofrido. Pressões essas que decorrem, entre os diversos motivos, da insatisfação com o ensino, especialmente relacionado à Ciência, que pouco tem contribuído para a formação do indivíduo, condizente com sua época. Surge, assim, a necessidade de mudança do currículo, principalmente o de Ciências. No entanto, nesse processo, depara-se com algumas dificuldades, principalmente relacionadas à formação de professores, pois, muitas vezes, as crenças e concepções desses profissionais não são consideradas importantes por aqueles que desenvolvem uma inovação, o que pode levar ao fracasso da nova proposta. Nesse sentido, este estudo investigou a temática da inovação curricular na perspectiva da inserção da Física Moderna e Contemporânea na Educação Básica, a partir da prática de seis professores de física da rede pública do Estado de São Paulo que, desde 2007, participam de um grupo de pesquisa, desenvolvendo, implementando, avaliando e reestruturando propostas de sequências didáticas com esses tópicos. O objetivo principal foi levantar os obstáculos que estes professores tiveram durante as implementações em sala de aula e, como são considerados casos de sucesso, relacionar os saberes desenvolvidos por eles na superação desses obstáculos. Para isso, utilizou-se de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, vídeos das aulas ministradas em um curso de formação continuada e relatos pós-aula de cada professor. Assim, partindo das ideias de Bachelard e Astolfi sobre obstáculos epistemológicos e didáticos e de saberes docentes de Tardif para orientar a análise foi possível separar os obstáculos em cinco categorias, que são: conteúdo, metodologia, avaliação, organização das atividades e currículo. Esses obstáculos fazem parte de uma estrutura ainda maior, denominada tradição do ensino de física, que é fruto de uma concepção de ensino-aprendizagem de física simplista. Assim, percebeu-se que esses professores são casos de sucesso, porque i) tiveram uma vontade deliberada em inovar, aceitando correr riscos em sala de aula; ii) tiveram apoio de um grupo de especialistas e também de seus pares, o que contribuiu para que permanecessem mais tempo no processo de inovação, aumentando a possibilidade de sucesso; iii) foram considerados elementos essenciais no processo de inovação, participando ativamente de todo o processo. Além disso, o percurso dos professores dentro do grupo se mostrou promissor, à medida que contribuiu de forma significativa para o desenvolvimento profissional. / Recently, it has been evident the need for curriculum reform, mainly because of the pressures that the school has faced. These pressures that arise among various reasons, the dissatisfaction with the teaching, specially related to science, which has contributed little to individuals, suitable to his time. Thus, arises the need to change the curriculum, mainly the curriculum of Science. However, in this process, we face some difficulties, especially related to the teacher education, because, many times, these professionals beliefs and conceptions are not considered important by those who develop an innovation, which can lead to the failure of the new proposal. In this sense this study investigated the topic of curricular innovation in the perspective of the Modern and Contemporary Physics insertion in the Basic Education, by the practice of six teachers of Physics from Public Schools in São Paulo state, who, since 2007, have been participating in a research group, developing, implementing, evaluating and restructuring proposals of didactic sequences with these topics. The main objective was not only to identify the obstacles that these teachers had during the implementation in classrooms, but also how the successful cases are considered, relate the knowledge developed by them in overcoming these obstacles. In order to do that, it was used semi-structured interviews, lectures taught in a continued teacher education course and post-lesson report from each teacher. So, according to Bachelard and Astolfis assumption about epistemological and didactic obstacles and teachers knowledge by Tardif to guide the analysis, it was possible to separate the constraints in five categories, which are: Content, Methodology, Assessment, Organization of activities and Curriculum. These obstacles are part of a bigger structure, called tradition of physics teaching, which is called Physics Teaching Tradition, that comes from a teaching-learning simple physics conception of Teaching-Learning of physics. Then, it was noticed that theses teachers are success cases, because; i) They felt a deliberate desire to innovate, accepting the risks in the classrooms; ii) They had the support of a group of specialists and also of their peers, which contributed to keep them in the process of innovation longer, increasing the possibilities of success. iii) It has been considered essentials elements in the process of innovation, participating during the whole process. In addition, the route of teachers inside the group proved promising, as it has contributed significantly to professional development.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseMLS.pdf: 1653692 bytes, checksum: eb2ea0ad8059be8ba8b9179d97ecc922 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-28 / This research describes and discusses about the conjuncture and the movements of the program so-called as Curricular Integration Activity between Teaching, Research and Outreach (ACIEPE) since its implantation in Sao Carlos Federal University from year 2002 up to 2006, analyzing in a focused way one of its proposals. During the investigation the information have been acquired by interviews with the Program s idealizers and executers, also by the Program s (ACIEPE) documents, questionnaires applied to the coordinators of the program proposals, the registries of one of the program s proposal meetings and by interviews realized with the participants of this experience. The ACIEPE Program had been created during a period in which UFSCar was trying to consolidate itself as a University based on the concepts of democratic participation, academic competence and Social commitment, a perspective that contested the neoliberal politics, which, has occupied a large area into University space. The implantation of the program occurred within a period in which UFSCar s graduation courses were passing through a curriculum reformulation process that began since the establishment of Brazilian Universities Institutional Valuation Program (PAIUB). Initially, the ACIEPE was incorporated to the courses s curriculum as an elective discipline, lately, within the curricular flexibilization, it happened to be a complementary curricular activity. Within the period comprehended between the years 2002-2006, 49 different proposals were done, some of them were re-offered, and now 107 classes can be counted in. New projects of ACIEPEs have been offered each semester (at least five), at the same time, new professors have adhered to different proposals of ACIEPEs demonstrating that the program have been recognized as an opportunity for curricular innovation. Because of the thematics that were chosen, the outreach guidelines, the external public and the methodological approaches, the ACIEPEs presented different faces, which made it different from traditional academic spaces. The proposals of ACIEPEs were consolidated as educative spaces; constituted especially by multidisciplinary teams, which involved learning and professors from distinct majors. In those spaces the formation offered to the graduation students could embrace things beyond the society of the knowledge, involving aspects like citizenship, social equality, environment sustainability, social cooperation, Human values and etc., increasing the student s knowledge experiences, which includes the interaction with different social groups. The practice of the inseparability between teaching, research and outreach at ACIEPEs occurred in a diffuse and incipient manner, overall, when it comes to the interlocution between university and External community. Focusing on one of the experiences of the ACIEPE program entitled as The comprehension about biological knowledge essence and its relationship with Science and biology on Basic Education it could have been evidenced that the ACIEPEs program s intentions were approximately reached, especially the ones related to the construction of a space that could give to the graduation students also professional education and citizenship, even, establishing a strong link between University and several social segments. At the same time, this ACIEPE, basing on its specific objectives and on the perspective of complexity, can be denominated, besides its own limitations, as a curricular innovation, based on the construction of dialogue spaces among the disciplines, whereas it made possible to the participants, especially, the biology teachers and the undergraduate level students of biological sciences course, to find a new significance for the nature of biological knowledge trough the articulation with Philosophy and sociology. / Esta pesquisa descreve e discute a conjuntura, os desenhos e os movimentos do Programa Atividade Curricular de Integração entre Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão (ACIEPE) desde sua implantação, na Universidade Federal de São Carlos, no ano de 2002 até 2006, e analisa, de forma mais focalizada, uma de suas propostas. No percurso da investigação buscaram-se informações por meio de entrevistas com as pessoas idealizadoras e executoras do Programa; em documentos sobre o Programa ACIEPE; em questionários aplicados às(aos) coordenadoras(es) das propostas de ACIEPEs; em registros dos encontros de uma das propostas/experiências do Programa e em entrevistas realizadas com as pessoas participantes desta experiência. O Programa ACIEPE é engendrado num contexto em que a UFSCar procura se consolidar como uma universidade pautada na participação democrática, na competência acadêmica e no compromisso social; perspectiva essa que procura contestar as políticas neoliberais que vêm adentrando no espaço universitário. A implantação do Programa ocorre num momento em que os cursos de graduação da UFSCar estão em processo de reformulação curricular iniciado desde o Programa de Avaliação Institucional das Universidades Brasileiras (PAIUB). Inicialmente, a ACIEPE é incorporada aos currículos dos diferentes cursos enquanto disciplina eletiva, posteriormente, com a flexibilização curricular e, em virtude do próprio formato que ela vai tomando, passa a ser uma atividade curricular complementar. No período de 2002-2006 realizou-se 49 propostas diferentes de ACIEPEs e com a reoferta de algumas delas, se chega a 107 turmas. Novos projetos de ACIEPEs têm sido oferecidos a cada semestre (em média, cinco), ao mesmo tempo, novos(as) professores(as) vêm aderindo às diferentes propostas de ACIEPEs, demonstrando que a comunidade universitária tem reconhecido o Programa como espaço de inovação curricular. As ACIEPEs realizadas apresentaram uma diversidade de desenhos no que diz respeito às temáticas escolhidas; às linhas de extensão; ao público externo e às abordagens metodológicas, se diferenciando dos espaços acadêmicos tradicionais. As propostas de ACIEPEs se consolidaram como espaços educativos constituídos, em especial, por equipes multidisciplinares (envolvendo discentes e docentes de diversas áreas) visando a formação dos(as) graduandos(as) para além da sociedade do conhecimento, ao trabalhar com cidadania, eqüidade social, sustentabilidade ambiental, cooperação social, valores humanos etc. Ao mesmo tempo, ampliaram as vivências de aprendizagem dos(as) alunos(as), sobretudo no que se refere à interação com diferentes grupos sociais. A prática do princípio da indissociabilidade entre ensino, pesquisa e extensão nas ACIEPEs ocorreu de maneira difusa e ainda incipiente, sobretudo, no que se refere à interlocução entre a universidade e a comunidade externa. Focalizando uma das experiências do Programa ACIEPE intitulada A compreensão sobre a natureza do conhecimento biológico e sua relação com as aulas de Ciências e Biologia na Educação Básica , constatou-se que a mesma se aproximou das intenções projetadas pelo Programa ACIEPE, em especial, em relação à construção de um espaço de formação profissional e cidadã para os(as) graduandos(as) e o estabelecimento de um elo permanente entre a universidade e os diversos segmentos sociais. Ao mesmo tempo, pautando-se nos seus objetivos específicos e na perspectiva da Complexidade, esta ACIEPE se constituiu, apesar de algumas limitações, como uma inovação curricular pautada na construção de um espaço de diálogo disciplinar, na medida em que possibilitou aos(às) participantes, especialmente, às professoras de Biologia e aos licenciandos(as) do curso de Ciências Biológicas resignificarem a natureza do conhecimento biológico por intermédio da articulação com a Filosofia e a Sociologia.

Nos últimos anos, vem se tornando evidente a necessidade de reforma curricular, principalmente devido às pressões que a escola tem sofrido. Pressões essas que decorrem, entre os diversos motivos, da insatisfação com o ensino, especialmente relacionado à Ciência, que pouco tem contribuído para a formação do indivíduo, condizente com sua época. Surge, assim, a necessidade de mudança do currículo, principalmente o de Ciências. No entanto, nesse processo, depara-se com algumas dificuldades, principalmente relacionadas à formação de professores, pois, muitas vezes, as crenças e concepções desses profissionais não são consideradas importantes por aqueles que desenvolvem uma inovação, o que pode levar ao fracasso da nova proposta. Nesse sentido, este estudo investigou a temática da inovação curricular na perspectiva da inserção da Física Moderna e Contemporânea na Educação Básica, a partir da prática de seis professores de física da rede pública do Estado de São Paulo que, desde 2007, participam de um grupo de pesquisa, desenvolvendo, implementando, avaliando e reestruturando propostas de sequências didáticas com esses tópicos. O objetivo principal foi levantar os obstáculos que estes professores tiveram durante as implementações em sala de aula e, como são considerados casos de sucesso, relacionar os saberes desenvolvidos por eles na superação desses obstáculos. Para isso, utilizou-se de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, vídeos das aulas ministradas em um curso de formação continuada e relatos pós-aula de cada professor. Assim, partindo das ideias de Bachelard e Astolfi sobre obstáculos epistemológicos e didáticos e de saberes docentes de Tardif para orientar a análise foi possível separar os obstáculos em cinco categorias, que são: conteúdo, metodologia, avaliação, organização das atividades e currículo. Esses obstáculos fazem parte de uma estrutura ainda maior, denominada tradição do ensino de física, que é fruto de uma concepção de ensino-aprendizagem de física simplista. Assim, percebeu-se que esses professores são casos de sucesso, porque i) tiveram uma vontade deliberada em inovar, aceitando correr riscos em sala de aula; ii) tiveram apoio de um grupo de especialistas e também de seus pares, o que contribuiu para que permanecessem mais tempo no processo de inovação, aumentando a possibilidade de sucesso; iii) foram considerados elementos essenciais no processo de inovação, participando ativamente de todo o processo. Além disso, o percurso dos professores dentro do grupo se mostrou promissor, à medida que contribuiu de forma significativa para o desenvolvimento profissional. / Recently, it has been evident the need for curriculum reform, mainly because of the pressures that the school has faced. These pressures that arise among various reasons, the dissatisfaction with the teaching, specially related to science, which has contributed little to individuals, suitable to his time. Thus, arises the need to change the curriculum, mainly the curriculum of Science. However, in this process, we face some difficulties, especially related to the teacher education, because, many times, these professionals beliefs and conceptions are not considered important by those who develop an innovation, which can lead to the failure of the new proposal. In this sense this study investigated the topic of curricular innovation in the perspective of the Modern and Contemporary Physics insertion in the Basic Education, by the practice of six teachers of Physics from Public Schools in São Paulo state, who, since 2007, have been participating in a research group, developing, implementing, evaluating and restructuring proposals of didactic sequences with these topics. The main objective was not only to identify the obstacles that these teachers had during the implementation in classrooms, but also how the successful cases are considered, relate the knowledge developed by them in overcoming these obstacles. In order to do that, it was used semi-structured interviews, lectures taught in a continued teacher education course and post-lesson report from each teacher. So, according to Bachelard and Astolfis assumption about epistemological and didactic obstacles and teachers knowledge by Tardif to guide the analysis, it was possible to separate the constraints in five categories, which are: Content, Methodology, Assessment, Organization of activities and Curriculum. These obstacles are part of a bigger structure, called tradition of physics teaching, which is called Physics Teaching Tradition, that comes from a teaching-learning simple physics conception of Teaching-Learning of physics. Then, it was noticed that theses teachers are success cases, because; i) They felt a deliberate desire to innovate, accepting the risks in the classrooms; ii) They had the support of a group of specialists and also of their peers, which contributed to keep them in the process of innovation longer, increasing the possibilities of success. iii) It has been considered essentials elements in the process of innovation, participating during the whole process. In addition, the route of teachers inside the group proved promising, as it has contributed significantly to professional development.