Submitted by TICIANA COUTO ROQUEJANI null (ticicouto@hotmail.com) on 2018-03-19T20:16:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ROQUEJANI, T. C..pdf: 7927257 bytes, checksum: 561f311b35c42e47f921cc969c9a8425 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Marlene Zaniboni null (zaniboni@bauru.unesp.br) on 2018-03-20T12:23:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 roquejani_tc_me_bauru.pdf: 7927257 bytes, checksum: 561f311b35c42e47f921cc969c9a8425 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-20T12:23:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 roquejani_tc_me_bauru.pdf: 7927257 bytes, checksum: 561f311b35c42e47f921cc969c9a8425 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-29 / O direito ao acesso, permanência e aprendizagem na escola dos estudantes com deficiência vêm sendo um campo de muitos debates. No entanto, o fato é que diversas barreiras ainda precisam ser quebradas quando se fala de uma inclusão escolar com acessibilidade e qualidade. A maneira como o professor de Geografia do Ensino Fundamental - Anos finais vem desenvolver o currículo da disciplina, frente à perspectiva da Educação Inclusiva, foi o foco desse trabalho. A existência de poucos estudos voltados ao ensino da Geografia e o Público-Alvo da Educação Especial, sobretudo, que trouxessem os princípios do Desenho Universal para Aprendizagem, impulsionou esta pesquisa a contribuir com a elaboração de práticas e métodos de ensino dos conteúdos da Geografia, que contemplassem a singularidade de cada estudante, tendo por base o Currículo do estado de São Paulo. Para isso, a partir das dificuldades elencadas pelos professores da rede pública estadual paulista de diferentes municípios, a pesquisa trouxe o apontamento por eles, de que, a Cartografia seria o conteúdo mais difícil para ser trabalhado em sala de aula inclusiva. O que veio delimitar os objetivos de: a) elaborar, descrever e analisar adequações curriculares para algumas Situações de Aprendizagem contidas nos Cadernos do Professor e do Aluno da rede estadual, referentes ao sexto e ao sétimo ano do Ensino Fundamental, envolvendo a temática da Cartografia, apontada pelos próprios professores da área, durante esta pesquisa; b) verificar a opinião do professor sobre a aplicação das adequações em sala de aula; c) construir, como produto final, um material de apoio ao professor de Geografia com as propostas de adequações para os anos indicados, como forma de auxiliar e proporcionar mais alternativas para a construção de aulas mais inclusivas. O resultado apontou que a inclusão ainda é considerada, pelo professor de Geografia, uma dificuldade, tendo em vista que não se sente preparado para receber os estudantes do Público-Alvo da Educação Especial e, muito menos, acredita estar apto para adequar o conteúdo curricular. Sobretudo, ao pensar na diversidade de uma sala inclusa, este estudo demonstrou, após aplicações das adequações, que, mudanças metodológicas são necessárias e possíveis de serem realizadas quando se considera os princípios do Desenho Universal para Aprendizagem. Considerou-se fundamental, mais pesquisas na área, pois, embora as adequações aplicadas nesta pesquisa tenham sido benéficas para a inclusão dos estudantes durante as aulas, o contexto escolar em relação ao ensino da Geografia ainda demonstra a necessidade de mudanças, no que se refere às carências na formação inicial do professor, nas orientações específicas, na estrutura física e nos materiais/recursos, além da ineficiência ou inexistência de planejamento entre profissionais do ensino comum e da Educação Especial. Por esta razão, mesmo que não garanta a melhoria da qualidade de ensino da Geografia, espera-se, ao menos, que este estudo tenha problematizado a temática, ao passo de afirmar que todos têm a capacidade para aprender quando o ensino ofertado considera as potencialidades e as características de cada um. / The right to access, retention and learning in schools for students with disabilities has been a field of many debates. However, the fact is that large barriers still need to be overcome in terms of educational inclusion with accessibility and quality. The focus of the present work is the approach used by Geography teachers in elementary schools (final years) while developing course syllabuses, facing the prospect of inclusive education. The lack of studies on Geography teaching applied to Special Education, and above all, the ones that should address the principles of Universal Design for Learning, have stimulated this research to contribute to the elaboration of practices and methods of teaching Geography contents that contemplate the singularity of each student, based on the Curriculum of the State of São Paulo. Under that purpose, based on the difficulties listed by the teachers of the São Paulo State public education network, from different municipalities, the research brought the point that Cartography would be the most difficult content to be explored in an inclusive classroom. What has come to define the objectives of: a) to elaborate, describe and analyze curricular adaptations for some Learning Situations that are part of the Teacher's and Student's Notebooks of São Paulo State educational network, involving subject of Cartography, pointed out by the teachers of that very field during the development of this research; b) verify teachers’ opinions about the application of the adjustments made in the classroom; c) build as final product a support material for the Geography teacher with proposals for curricular adaptations for the indicated grades, as a way to help and provide more alternatives to build more inclusive classes. The results pointed out that inclusion is still considered a difficulty by Geography teachers, considering that they do not feel prepared to receive the students from Special Education, much less believe that they are able to adapt the curricular content. Above all, when considering the diversity of an inclusive classroom, this study has demonstrated that, after adjustments, the methodological changes are necessary and possible to be realized when considering the principles of the Universal Design for Learning. The study has also revealed the need for more research on this topic, because although the adaptations created and applied in this research were beneficial to the inclusion of students during the classes, the educational context of Geography teaching still needs improvements in observed deficiencies in the initial training for teachers, in specific orientations, in infrastructure and in materials / resources, besides the inefficiency or lack of planning between professionals of regular teaching and the Special Education. Therefore, even if this study will not result in any improvement in the quality of Geography teaching, it is at least expected that it will have problematized the subject, while affirming that everyone has the capacity of learning when education considers the potential and characteristics of each one.

Studien syftar till att ge ett kunskapsbidrag kring specialpedagogers erfarenheter av tydliggörande pedagogik i grundskola och gymnasium. Vi använde kvalitativ intervjumetod med tematisk analys som metodansats. I vår studie genomförde vi semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta specialpedagoger som utifrån sina roller beskrev hur de arbetar med tydliggörande pedagogik på individ-, grupp- och organisationsnivå samt vilka utmaningar, hinder och möjligheter de erfarit i det arbetet. I resultatet framkom att specialpedagogernas beskrivningar av innebörden av tydliggörande pedagogik varierar, från exempelvis hjälpmedel och arbetssätt till lektionsdesign, enhetlig struktur och förhållningssätt. Informanterna såg tydliggörande pedagogik som en självklar del av undervisningen för att möta elevernas behov, att det är bra för alla, men särskilt viktigt för elever med exempelvis neuropsykiatrisk funktionsnedsättning. Informanterna poängterade att arbetet med tydliggörande pedagogik handlar om ett förändringsarbete, ett arbete som ofta drivs av specialpedagoger. Detta förändringsarbete kan utgöra en utmaning då det kräver att all personal arbetar tillsammans och stöttar varandra, men även att skolledningen är positivt inställd och delaktig i arbetet. Resultaten diskuteras utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv där begrepp som kommunikation, medierande resurser och proximal utvecklingszon är centrala. Vi drar slutsatsen att tydliggörande pedagogik kan ses som en medierande resurs som bidrar till att lärare lättare kan utmana elevernas proxiamala utvecklingszon.

Lernende sind zunehmend herausgefordert ihren Lernprozess selbstständig zu steuern, zu organisieren und zu gestalten. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht von diesen Erwartungen aus und fragt nach den kreativen Prozessen in der Lerntätigkeit. Dazu wird eine kritische Prüfung von Lerntheorien hinsichtlich ihrer Berücksichtigung von Kreativität und Materialität unternommen. Durch Entwicklung eines Designbegriffs, der die scheinbar selbstverständlichen Techniken und Strategien im Lernalltag als Alltagsdesign erfasst, wird ein wenig berücksichtigtes Forschungsgebiet eröffnet, das in qualitativen Untersuchungen medienübergreifend analysiert wird. Die verschiedenen Aspekte des Alltags­designs in der Lerntätigkeit – die Einrichtung des Arbeitsplatzes, das Aufgabenmanagement, die Aufbewahrung und die Verarbeitung von Lernmaterial werden detailliert beschrieben und analysiert. Resultat ist eine gegenstandsbezogene Theorie des Alltags­designs in der Lerntätigkeit, die einen Beitrag zum Verständnis von Wissensarbeit als materiale Praxis liefert. / This thesis is a contribution to current debates about technology enhanced learning – namely “web 2.0” and “e-learning 2.0” where learners are expected to be active creators of knowledge. The figure of the learner as creative designer is addressed in this work, which concentrates on learners’ individual activity. The focus on the individual contrasts with many current studies about learning which center on collaborative aspects in knowledge building. First a review of learning theories is undertaken to examine their contributions to questions of materiality and creativity in learning activities. Turning to design research, a notion of design as practice is developed, which here complements and enhances current learning theories. Adopting notions of “use” and “user” the everydayness of design is reconstructed, leading to a conceptualization which is suitable to everyday activities of learners. From this everyday design perspective, the research question is formulated: How is learning activity accomplished as design activity? This question is tackled through several ethnographically oriented studies that focus on the individual everyday practices of students in their natural working environments. The analysis of the ethnographic data is developed using a Grounded Theory approach. A descriptive story is developed that analyzes arrangements of workplaces and objects, storage and task management, and the production of personal learning material as design. From these concepts four core aspects of everyday design in learning activities are developed: The design of the environment, “becoming designed”, designing oneself, and designing the design process. A model of the everyday design process is proposed which reveals both its creative and persistent side. The notion of everyday design in learning activities is an important concept to understand learners’ difficulties in knowledge building and to advance the development of learning strategies.

Dieser Aufsatz ist auf der Grundlage des Vortrags entstanden, der auf der Auftaktveranstalung des Projektes "Arbeitslebensbegleitendes Lernen im Betrieb und mitarbeiterorientierte Förderung der Arbeitsfähigkeit" (ALBAf) am 01.04.2015 vom Autor gehalten wurde.

Dieser Aufsatz ist auf der Grundlage des Vortrags auf der GeNeMe Tagung des Medienzentrums an der Fakultät für Informatik der TUD am 01.10.2014 entstanden, welcher unter anderem als Wissenstransfer im Rahmen des Projektes „Arbeitslebensbegleitendes Lernen im Betrieb und mitarbeiterorientierte Förderung der Arbeitsfähigkeit“ (ALBAf) stattfand.

Within the field of education, computers and micro-controllers like Arduino are increasingly being used to teach students relevant skills, attitude and knowledge around technology. Education around these tools are often set in group contexts and collaboration is often considered an important part of the learning, however much of the currently available software is still designed around a laptop programming paradigm that which in itself tends to restrict collaboration and cementing rather than encouraging shifting of roles and activities among group members. This thesis explores how we could design tools that better invite collaborative interactions in these settings, in particular how mobile software tools could allow for sketching and iterating more fluidly. Based on interviews with experts, observations in the classroom setting, reflection with teachers and a workshop with Arduino Education this thesis sketches a future vision that re-designs the tools to be more collaborative and fluid, so that reflection, action and reaction cycles could be smaller and allow for more exploration and learning.

Students’ and teachers’ own choices and actions – their agency – are an integral part of language education, yet we know little about agency in specific classroom contexts. One such context is when students search for information online as part of their foreign language education. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the agency enacted through the choices and actions of six upper secondary Spanish students and their teacher. Their choices and actions take place while they are working with a task that asks the students to read authentic web sites with text originally written in Spanish for a native Spanish speaking audience. Using a sociocultural perspective on the process of language learning in this task, the research question is: Through what choices, actions and reports do the students and the teacher exercise and express their agency? The study was carried out in two student groups in their second year at upper secondary school. Primary data were collected during the first lesson of a theme and consist of multiple sources, including computer screen recordings, sound and video uptake along with prompted interviews performed with both students and teacher. The main findings suggest that student and teacher choices and actions did not cohere, due to different objects of their respective activity system. The data shows that when students search for information online as a part of their language studies, they: Act as producers at the same time as consumers Multitask Translanguage Focus on end product more than the learning process Divide their work between them rather than work collaboratively Finding “third spaces” – where students’ home practices are not easily applied to student or teacher objects of the activity systems, leads to a discussion concerning language view and language learning through the use of the Internet.

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To examine to what extent current general education pre-service teachers within a teacher preparation program at a private institution of higher education know and understand the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), expert focus groups were conducted. General education program syllabi were examined for UDL content and found to be lacking in such content. General education pre-service teachers videotaped lessons were reviewed for UDL content and were also found to be inadequate in demonstrating knowledge and understanding of Universal Design for Learning principles. Focus groups comprised of university fieldwork instructors and teacher education experts were asked to review and give feedback on a current clinical observation tool being utilized. Feedback indicated that the current tool was insufficient for measuring pre-service teachers’ knowledge and understanding of UDL. Further, the current tool was not anchored to the UDL framework or any other teaching framework. In service to contributing to the field of teacher preparation, a new clinical practice tool grounded in Universal Design for Learning was created.

When discussing games and the experience of gamers those with disabilities are often overlooked. This has left a gap in our understanding of the experience of players with disabilities in virtual game worlds. However there are examples of players with disabilities being very successful in the virtual world video game World of Warcraft, suggesting that there is an opportunity to study the game for usability insight in creating other virtual world environments. This study surveyed World of Warcraft players with disabilities online for insight into how they used interface addons to manage their experience and identity performance in the game. A rubric was also created to study a selection of addons for evidence of the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The study found that World of Warcraft players with disabilities do not use addons more than able-bodied players, but some of the most popular addons do exhibit many or most of the principles of UDL. UDL principles appear to have emerged organically from addon iterations over time. The study concludes by suggesting that the same approach to user-generated content for the game interface taken by the creators of World of Warcraft, as well as high user investment in the environment, can lead to more accessible virtual world learning environments in the future.