Ever since its promulgation, in the late 1960s, the curriculum document entitled The Melbourne Religious Education Guidelines for Primary Students in the Archdiocese of Melbourne has attracted strong criticism from various members of the Roman Catholic community. This adverse criticism has prompted me to undertake an evaluation of the 1984 edition of this document. To enable me to analyze the document, both theologically and educationally, I have constructed classifications of theologies and education models. These classifications have been used to identify the dominant theological basis of the suggested curriculum and the religious education model used in its implementation. My analysis established that the theological basis of the document was Propositional, tempered by some of the characteristics of Heilsgeschichte theology. The content of the program contained both secular and religious material but, since they were not integrated, they gave the impression of two separate syllabi, used independently of each other. The methodology commenced with the students' experience but proceeded to the transmission of doctrinal religious knowledge. The language used in the expression of aims and goals contained characteristics of Heilsgeschichte theology and the Kerygmatic model of religious education. It was, therefore, seen to be in tension with the teaching methodology which emphasized transmission of doctrine, thus causing internal tensions and inconsistencies.

Magister Curationis - MCur / The main benefit of simulation in nursing education is the ability to teach clinical skills in a non-threatening, safe environment where mistakes can be rectified without harm to any patient. Therefore, it is clinical facilitators who must display the knowledge and skills to impart to the student nurses during their 4-year programme of study. It is unclear how student nurses at a local nursing college view teaching and learning processes in the simulation laboratory. The purpose of this study is to explore student nurses‟ views of teaching and learning in a simulation laboratory with the purpose of describing guidelines for clinical facilitators to support student nurses in a simulation laboratory at a local College of Nursing in the Western Cape. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used in order to explore and describe the views of student nurses about teaching and learning in the simulation laboratory. The ECP (Extended Curriculum Programme), 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students (N = 880), who were registered in the R425 programme at the College of Nursing in the Western Cape, had been identified as the accessible student population of this study. A purposive opportunistic sampling population was applied. Two focus groups (20 participants) per year of study were conducted. The size of each focus group was at least 10 participants. The focus group interviews lasted around 60 minutes per group. Data gathering was conducted by the researcher who initiated, prompted, and facilitated these focus groups. For the purpose of data triangulation, voice recordings of the interviews were supported by the taking of field notes. Open coding had been used for data analysis. The credibility of the coding was checked and confirmed by an independent coder. Trustworthiness was maintained, since credibility was ensured by means of prolonged engagement in the field until data saturation occurred, referential adequacy, and member checks that followed. Dependability was ensured by establishing an audit trail. Ethical considerations were ensured by obtaining written, informed consent from participants of the study, as well as for the voice recording of the discussions. Participants could withdraw at any stage of the study. Confidentiality was explained and the researcher requested that participants do not share the information after the group discussions. In this study, student nurses experienced both opportunities and challenges with the teaching and learning in the simulation laboratory. Furthermore, the contextual demands between the first and subsequent years of study seemed to play an essential part in their experience.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:32:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Lucia Magano Henriques.pdf: 3712658 bytes, checksum: 881efbf8b68d9775831bbd1ef69257a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-09 / This research has the critics and revision that are being proposed to the Law school as its tool. Its objective is the teacher's conception, what they think about such critics and innovation. That way, this essay tries to understand the process of appropriation of academic knowledge in the jurisdiction of Law; inquiry if this knowledge is the result of a dialog of science and social reality, materialized in the economical politics and educational guidelines, and what are its interests and such dialog has supported and directed the Law school. Through this essay I also intend to detail which is the knowledge in law that the reality demands nowadays. While writing I researched what is the origin and development of the Law School and how it reflects in the history of our country and also what were the guidelines adopted in the academic life. Great names in Academics were interviewed and such interviews were supported by a written study that involved the areas of Law school and the teacher's development. Considering the data that resulted from such interviews and based on the theory adopted as a reference there are some propositions that can be used o face and overcome the issues presented. Among them we point out the proposal of adopting the pedagogical pratices that urges the sense of curiosity as this one inspires reflexation and shows itself loose as it allows and stimulates the student to be the leader of its own development. In this kind of method we don't waste the knowledge shared by the student and such knowledge is used as a starting point (or link) to the knowledge of Law. The teachers' attitude that becomes aware of the acquisition of such knowledge rejects the dogmatic knowledge so called arrogant by the interviewed teachers. From these reflections my intention is to contribute to the formation of more critic professionals of Law capable of acting in an effective and transforming way in this reality that we live in. / A presente pesquisa tem como problema as cr?ticas e as propostas de revis?o que est?o sendo feitas ao ensino do Direito. Tem como seu objeto as concep??es de professores da ?rea, ou seja, o que pensam eles sobre tais cr?ticas e inova??es. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho busca compreender o processo de apropria??o do conhecimento acad?mico na ?rea do Direito, inquirir se esse saber resulta do di?logo entre ci?ncia e realidade social e quais interesses, consubstanciados nas pol?ticas econ?micas e educacionais, t?m embasado e direcionado o ensino do Direito. Tem como objetivo, ainda, evidenciar qual seja o saber jur?dico que a realidade atual exige. No seu desenvolvimento, comportou revis?o bibliogr?fica sobre a origem e o desenvolvimento do ensino jur?dico e como este reflete a hist?ria do pa?s e as pol?ticas adotadas no ensino superior. Sustentadas por revis?o bibliogr?fica que abrangeu as ?reas do ensino jur?dico e da forma??o docente, entrevistas semi-estruturadas foram realizadas junto a professores de grande express?o na ?rea do Direito. A partir da an?lise dos dados obtidos e com suporte nos referenciais te?ricos adotados, apresentam-se algumas proposi??es para o enfrentamento e supera??o dos problemas apontados. Dentre elas, destacamos a proposta de ado??o de pr?tica pedag?gica que instigue a curiosidade epistemol?gica, pois esta provoca reflex?o e se revela emancipat?ria uma vez que permite e estimula o discente a ser sujeito da sua pr?pria forma??o. Nesse tipo de pr?tica n?o se desperdi?a o conhecimento trazido pelo estudante; o conhecimento que traz ? usado como ponto de partida (ou ponte de travessia) para o conhecimento jur?dico. A atitude docente que se conscientiza da import?ncia da aquisi??o de conhecimento contextualizado rejeita o conhecimento dogm?tico, chamado de arrogante pelos professores entrevistados. A partir dessas reflex?es, o que se almeja ? contribuir para a forma??o de profissionais do Direito mais cr?ticos e aptos a atuar de forma efetiva e transformadora sobre a realidade na qual se inserem.

Educational changes in Ontario, initiated by the Hall-Dennis Report, resulted in a public perception of declining educational standards in the 1970's. Ministry of Education Guidelines, which were implemented in an attempt to remedy this, created a major disruption in our grade nine and ten science programmes. The grade ten Life Science course had become fragmented and the classes polarized between bright and slow students. Traditional teaching methods were no longer functioning well and, as a result, students were poorly motivated. In this project, the Life Science curriculum is restructured to improve continuity of subject matter and student motivation. The major innovation is an individualized unit on invertebrate diversity. This modular unit is designed for self-paced mastery learning. The six modules of this unit are based on the Personalized System of Instruction (P.S.I.). Optional activities are incorporated into each module to challenge and motivate industrious students. The means of evaluation of the new curriculum unit are outlined and various criteria for the success of the project are specified. / None / Master's of Science in Teaching (MST)

Using a qualitative case study method, this study sought to understand parents’ perceptions of the implementation of inclusive education that their learning disabled children experienced at independent schools when compared to the guidelines for implementing inclusive education as provided for by the Department of Education’s Guidelines for Responding to Learner Diversity in the Classroom through Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements 2011. In line with universal human rights movements and South African law, the inclusion of learners with learning disabilities or learning barriers into mainstream classrooms is necessary to enable them to succeed. South Africa adopted a policy of Inclusive Education in 2001 with the policy document, ‘The Education White Paper 6 on Inclusive Education’. This document paved the way for new approaches to teaching, learning and assessment. To achieve the intentions of the Department of Education (DoE) the Department of Basic Education has published numerous guidelines for addressing inclusion in the classroom. This research focused on the most recent guideline entitled ‘Guidelines for Responding to Learner Diversity in the Classroom through Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements 2011’ by focusing on curriculum differentiation and accommodation for learners with learning difficulties Independent schools maintain that they are not obliged to follow the DoE’s policy documents and guidelines because they are independent. The question is, do they have their own protocols in place to replace those of the DoE? However, the argument is that independent schools should be held accountable for the effective learning support of learners in their schools that experience barriers to learning by having the same or similar policies and guidelines as those of the DoE. The researcher used the guidelines provided by the DoE as a benchmark for the implementation of support measures in inclusive education to study the practices and specific support offered to learners experiencing learning problems in independent schools. The research revealed that the absence of explicit guidelines at independent schools creates uncertainty among parents. The researcher concluded that when independent schools do not deliver the anticipated appropriate support, parents are powerless to demand more effective support for their children. The opinion of the parents was that the implementation of inclusive education at independent schools can be advanced by the adoption of guidelines that are similar to those in use at public schools. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)