This qualitative study examines, by analyzing 30 transcribed interviews, participation in Elementary school from a student perspective, and in teaching characterized by Cooperative Learning. Student participation is a goal in the Swedish curriculum and is seen as essential for fulfilling learning outcomes, and research shows that students’ participation is limited and strictly controlled by the teachers. The study concerns itself with three dimensions of participation: the social dimension, the political and the epistemological dimension. The analysis highlights different aspects of participation which are all important to the students. The aspects of social participation concern safety, respect, and responsibility within the social community. Continuity within the cooperating groups seems to be a prerequisite for these aspects, as they are all built up over time. The political aspects of participation that emerge from analyzing the interviews revolve around questions of influence in the form of co-determination, self-determination, and leadership. Although these aspects all seem to be of importance to the students, they are not specifically prioritized in Cooperative Learning within the studied schools. Epistemological participation is made visible in the analysis of the data through the descriptions of students’ willingness to learn, and curiosity about the new and previously unknown. The students’ statements are characterized by a desire to experience meaning in their schoolwork, by among other things understanding the benefits and future use of the knowledge they are supposed to develop. When the groups are exposed to stressful situations, like when their work is to be assessed, it appears to hinder epistemological aspects of participation. The results show that there are opportunities for all three dimensions of participation to occur within cooperative learning, but there are also challenges. The students’ pursuit of efficiency in work, constitutes an obstacle to their ability to participate, which should have otherwise been made possible by Cooperative Learning. Students also need to have the opportunity to express their opinions about the teaching in their classroom, as well as to be able to have an impact on their future lesson plans. This includes allowing students to take part in conversations about the purpose of school, both in the long term, and in relation to current projects. Since education is multidimensional, it is important to work for a greater representativity for all societal groups, and especially for those who the education concerns, the students, as a way to make the discussion more multidimensional. This, in turn, can contribute to making students’ social, political, and epistemological participation possible at a larger extent than what is seen in today’s schools.

The study describes the formation and the establishment of the first urban congregation of the Berlin Mission in the Cape at the turn of the century. The establishment of the Cape Town Congregation was not a result of urban mission work but rather a result of the townward movement of rural coloured people who already belonged to the Berlin Mission Church. At first the mission headquarters in Berlin resisted an involvement in Cape Town, but the members there and the missionaries of the Cape Synod urged the Berl in Mission to accept the responsibility. Fol lowing the advice of the Moravian Mission the Berliners finally sent a missionary, and declared the congregation as a proper mission station on May 7, 1907. The study closes with the consecration of the church building in Searle Street in 1923 as a visible sign for the establishment of the Berlin Mission Church in Cape Town. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

I den här avhandlingen är intresset riktat mot svensk utbildningspolitik och medborgarskap. I tider av globalisering, och med ett etablerat svenskt medlemskap i Europeiska unionen, har det nationella policyskapandet kring utbildningens medborgardanande funktion hamnat under ökat tryck. I studien undersöks hur detta hanteras i svensk utbildningspolitik under 1990-talet, en tid som utmärker sig genom betydande förändringar på utbildningsområdet i Sverige. Frågan är, mera precist, vilken riktning för skolans, enligt lag befästa, uppdrag att fostra demokratiska medborgare som utstakas i svensk utbildningspolitik vid denna tid. Genom att fästa vikt vid mål, visioner och motiv som formuleras i utbildningspolitiska 1990-talstexter klarläggs förståelser av medborgarskap som karaktäriserar svensk utbildningspolitik under denna tid. Även en bredare historisk analys görs, ur vilken historiska målsättningar med skolans medborgarfostran som föregår 1990-talets framträder. Studiens syfte är kritiskt. Förståelserna granskas utifrån vad de innesluter och vad de utesluter, vilka möjliga konsekvenser de kan tänkas få för olika individer och grupper i samhället, och om det finns öppningar för tänkbara alternativ. Studien visar på två historiska skiften vad gäller medborgarskapets innehåll och mening i det inhemska policyskapandet. Det första skiftet äger rum under 1990-talets tidiga del. Då bryts en etablerad samhällsbyggande medborgarroll upp, till förmån för andra mera marknadsorienterade medborgarroller. Under 1990-talets senare del, då marknadsorienteringen förstärks i neoliberal riktning, sker ett andra skifte; en historiskt vedertagen gemenskapstanke – nationen – bryts upp som grund för medborgerlig gemenskap. Denna tanke ersätts av en annan som är globaliseringsinriktad, vilken visar sig ha andra inne- och uteslutande mekanismer för olika individer och samhällsgrupper. Utifrån dessa forskningsrön tecknas avslutningsvis några konturer till ett alternativt sätt att tänka kring medborgarskap och gemenskap. Detta alternativ tar form i ambitionen att, i högre grad än vad som blir synligt i svensk utbildningspolitik, resonera kring möjligheter för ett medborgarskap bortom förhandstecknade indelningsgrunder för ett “vi”. Språk som politisk och samhällelig förändringskraft ges en central betydelse i avhandlingen. I analysen av texternas tal om skolans medborgarfostrande roll undersöks pågående politiska motsättningar när det gäller att vinna tal- och tolkningsföreträde till skolans fostransmål. Utgångarna av dessa motsättningar belyses genom tre områden för medborgarfostran som urskilts som centrala; ett politiskt, ett kulturellt samt ett ekonomi- och arbetslivsriktat. Genom dessa har rådande medborgarskapsdiskurser tagit form, ur vilka de utbildningspolitiska förståelserna av medborgarskap gestaltas och diskuteras. / In this thesis attention is drawn to Swedish education policy and citizenship. In times of globalization, and with Swedish membership of the European Union, national policymaking concerning the commissioned role of citizen upbringing has come under increased pressure. In this study, light is shed on how this issue is given shape in Swedish education policy in the 1990s, a period marked by significant changes in the field of education in Sweden. The core question is, more precisely, what direction is being marked out for the Swedish schools´ commission, laid down by law, to foster democratic citizens during this period. By taking an interest in how objectives, visions and motives are formulated in education policy texts from the 1990s, understandings of citizenship are mapped that characterize Swedish education policy during this period. In addition, a more extensive analysis is carried out, by means of which historical goals of the schools’ fostering of citizens prior to those of the 1990s are presented. The aim of the study is critical. The understandings are reviewed in order to revise what they include and exclude, as well as what possible consequences they may have for different individuals and groups, and whether there are conceivable alternatives. It is emphasised that two historical changes take place during the 1990s concerning the subject of the content and meaning of citizenship in Swedish education policymaking. Firstly, during the first part of the 1990s, a historically established citizen role is changed and replaced by other, more market-oriented roles. During the latter part of the 1990s, when the market orientation is reinforced in neo liberal courses, a second change emerges, the historically accepted basic idea of inclusion – the nation – as the “we”-creating reference for civic spirit is shattered. It is replaced by another – globalization – with other qualities that include and exclude different individuals and groups. Finally, on the basis of these findings, some conditions for a possible alternative are sketched. This alternative is given shape with the ambition of, to a greater extent than is made visible in Swedish Education policy, reasoning about possibilities beyond presupposed dividing properties for a “we”. The power of language for political and societal change has an important role in this dissertation. Political clashes concerning achieving preferential access to talk and interpretation about upbringing objectives are examined by analyzing the texts’ talk about the schools’ commission to foster citizens. Light is shed on the outcomes of these clashes by examining three vital areas for citizen upbringing, found to be crucial in this context: a political one, a cultural one and an economical and working-life oriented one. These citizenship discourses are elucidated and understandings of citizenship in Swedish education policy are given form and alternatives are discussed.

Mixing ages in school classes became more and more common during the last dec-ades of the 20th century. From being a way to organise classes out of necessity they have now come to be something which is implemented on the basis of pedagogical arguments. The aim of this research has been to improve our knowledge of classes where pupils are not of the same age. A study of the pupils’ perspectives has been my main interest. (Age) homogeneous class can been looked upon as a result of the authorities’ deci-sion to have a fixed age for children to start school and their decision that certain courses should be completed within a defined period of time. Terms and the data concerning heterogeneous age groupings are ambiguous and cannot be fully understood without knowledge of national and sometimes even local contexts. Practices within age heterogeneous classes may differ greatly. A great deal of individual work takes place in age heterogeneous classes. Whether the class is non-mixed or mixed-aged does not seem to have a major im-pact on cognitive or non-cognitive abilities among the pupils, but there are suggestions that age heterogeneous classes might be disadvantageous to pupils in problematic situations. I am able to show that more than 30% of pupils in grades 1-3, close to 25% in grades 4-5, about 15% in grade 6 and a couple of percent of Swedish pupils in the later school years are taught in mixed-age groups. My own empirical research focuses on pupils’ experiences. My investigation has a ‘life-world’ oriented approach inspired by phenomenology. Pupils in grades 5 and 6 from three schools in three different socio-economic settings were interviewed. These pupils had experienced both mixed-age and single-age classes. The life-world of pupils seems to be something different from that encompassed by the philosophy about the advantages of mixing the ages in classes. Pupils find it diffi-cult to maintain or create relationships when only a few pupils of the same sex, who have started school at the same time, can be together in a class for a long time. Be-cause of the importance of social relationships almost every pupil in this investigation wished to be in a single-age class during the following year. It is the importance of common experiences rather than age that is central. Pupils stated that having things in common to study in their everyday schoolwork makes it easier to communicate and contributes to stable friendships. In my conclusion I focus on what it means to have relationships and how these are important for human identity. I also try to show how relationships are important in learning situations at school and for pupils’ opportunities to expand their knowledge. / digitalisering@umu

This thesis aims to help uncover the context of church socio-educational work with youth in Czech Republic. It emphasizes the lecturer, who puts the education into practice, and it deals with mentoring as a tool for development of this lecturer. The thesis considers mentoring as a beneficial approach with regards to progress of lecturers, who work with christian youth. The thesis has a theoretical-empirical character. The theoretical part focuses on definition of church socio-educational work with youth and follows with some insight into the requirements for a lecturer, who puts it into practice. It makes use of four various theoretical perspectives, which are Social pedagogy, Christian youth education, volunteering and Pedagogy of leisure time. Finally the theoretical part examines mentoring of this lecturer with regards to previous findings. The research part investigates the phenomenon of mentoring in a specific environment of church socio-educational work with youth. It does so in order to find out the impacts that mentoring has on a development of a lecturer from the viewpoint of mentors and lecturers of the programme. The case study analyzes in-depth interviews based on grounded theory principles. The main findings include the fact, that in the eyes of the participants, mentoring is...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:57:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Makeliny Oliveira Gomes Nogueira.pdf: 1175492 bytes, checksum: d8de28cdc4600b5520931e58c8033ee5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The present study had as objective researches the presence of the sociopolitical dimension in the work of formation of the educational-former, bringing for the debate the reflection about the purpose of the education work. In this research, based on the socio-historical perspective and according to authors that follow this theoretical line, we started from the idea that every teacher's work has a sociopolitical dimension, because in any education work there is implicit or explicit a relationship among education and society, that is expressed in the purpose of the developed work. The subject raised in this paper work is to identify, through the voice of the educational-former, how clear for them is the presence of that dimension in their formation work in pedagogy degree courses, and which aspects he demonstrates to characterize that presence. To accomplish that study, fifteen questionnaires were applied to educationalist of public and private universities of the states of Paraná and São Paulo, and deeply interviews with four educational-formers of three universities of the Paraná state. The results pointed out that the teacher doesn't ignore the presence of the sociopolitical dimension in his work, but when characterizing that dimension, he makes it in a generic and ingenuous way / O presente estudo teve como objetivo pesquisar a presença da dimensão sociopolítica no trabalho de formação do docente-formador, trazendo para o debate a reflexão sobre a finalidade do trabalho educacional. Nessa pesquisa, baseados na perspectiva sócio-histórica e apoiados em autores que seguem essa linha teórica, partimos do princípio que o trabalho de todo professor apresenta uma dimensão sociopolítica, pois, em qualquer trabalho de educação há implícita ou explicitamente uma relação entre educação e sociedade, que se expressa na finalidade do trabalho desenvolvido. A questão que se coloca é identificar, por meio da voz do docente-formador, a clareza que ele tem da presença dessa dimensão no trabalho de formação que realiza em cursos de graduação em Pedagogia, e quais aspectos ele apresenta para caracterizar essa presença. Para realizar esse estudo, foram aplicados quinze questionários a docentes de Universidades públicas e privadas dos estados do Paraná e São Paulo, e feitas entrevistas de aprofundamento com quatro docentes-formadores de três Universidades do estado do Paraná. Os resultados apontam que o professor não desconhece a presença da dimensão sociopolítica em seu trabalho, mas ao caracterizar essa dimensão, na maioria das vezes, o faz de forma genérica e ingênua

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:57:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jessica Kobayashi Correa.pdf: 279462 bytes, checksum: dd7401ad7e8d10869f496d20cf08ff8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study aimed at investigating the movement for the constitution of the professional identity of the psychologist who works in social-educational institutions which cater for the homeless population. The theoretical reference adopted was Ciampa s Identity Theory, which conceives it as a metamorphosis. It is a qualitative research with social and historical background. The procedure utilized a reflexive interview to capture the history of the professional psychologist who had worked the longest at a socialeducational institution called hostel, for homeless people in São Paulo City. We observed that the constitution of the identity of the psychologist occurs in the construction of a psychological praxis in which factors such as professional history, educational background, needs and demands from both the institution and the people it serves, social status, as well as personal meanings attributed to those experiences, are determining. The research points out that the identity of the psychologist is constituted in the overcoming of the contradictions between what was prescribed for the work at the institution and the needs imposed by the reality of the individuals served. It is in his activity that the psychologist creates various characters who coexist, take turns or excel, presenting a continuous movement of transformation and metamorphosis which, as a consequence, ends up transforming his working environment and the people which belong in there, whether professionals or users, as well as triggering transformations in the psychology scope, whether as science or profession / Este estudo objetivou investigar o movimento de constituição da identidade profissional do psicólogo que atua em instituição socioeducativa que atende população em situação de rua. O referencial teórico adotado é a Teoria da Identidade de Ciampa, que a concebe como metamorfose. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de base sóciohistórica. Como procedimento utilizou-se de entrevista reflexiva para apreensão da história de vida do profissional psicólogo que atuou por mais tempo em uma instituição socioeducativa, denominada albergue, para pessoa em situação de rua da cidade de São Paulo. Verificou-se que a constituição da identidade do psicólogo se dá na construção de uma prática psicológica em que fatores como histórico da profissão, formação acadêmica, necessidades e demandas da instituição e da população ali atendida, realidade social vivenciada, bem como os sentidos pessoais atribuídos à essas vivências, são determinantes. A pesquisa indica que a identidade do psicólogo é constituída na superação das contradições entre o que estava prescrito como papel do psicólogo, o papel prescrito para a atuação na instituição e as necessidades que a realidade dos sujeitos atendidos impõem. É na atividade que o psicólogo cria vários personagens que coexistem, se alternam ou se superam, apresentando um movimento contínuo de transformação e metamorfose que, consequentemente, acaba transformando seu ambiente de trabalho e as pessoas que dele participam, sejam profissionais ou usuários, assim como provoca transformações também no âmbito da psicologia, seja como ciência ou profissão

Denna uppsats tar sin utgångspunkt i frågeställningar som berör handledarens yrkeskunnande. Benämningen handledare syftar i detta fall på lärare som är VFU-handledare för lärarstudenter eller mentorer för nyutexaminerade lärare. VFU och introduktionsår för nya lärare befinner sig i gränsområdet mellan utbildning och yrkespraktik. Vilka är de kritiska punkterna i handledarrollen? Är det möjligt att följa en modell och vad fungerar i verkligheten? Vilka områden och frågeställningar är relevanta för blivande handledare? Hur kan man utbilda för att kunna hantera dessa områden? Det empiriska material som ingår i denna uppsats har bland annat arbetats fram med hjälp av dialogseminariemetoden. I linje med grundsynen inom forskningsämnet Yrkeskunnande och teknologi har exempel från praktisk yrkesverksamhet, både utifrån författarens egna och blivande handledares upplevelser, fått utgöra stommen i arbetet. Utöver konkreta exempel på dilemman i koppling till handledning beskrivs forskning inom handledningsområdet. Olika perspektiv på kunskap och yrkeskunnande är ytterligare en beståndsdel i arbetet. Avslutningsvis förs ett resonemang kring de kritiska punkterna i handledarrollen och hur man kan betrakta dem i koppling till olika perspektiv på kunskap samt hur denna relation påverkar möjligheten att utbilda yrkeskunniga handledare enligt ”en modell för verkligheten”. / This essay has its basis in issues concerning supervisors’ skills. The term supervisor, in this case, refers to teachers functioning as supervisors during teacher students’ placements or as mentors during the probationary year. What is the crucial point in the role of the supervisor? Is it possible to follow a model and what works in reality? What fields of interest and which questions are relevant for future supervisors? How can you educate these individuals so the will be able to handle such issues? The empirical material that is a part of this essay is a result of the dialogue seminar. According to the basic outlook of the research subject Skill and technology examples from practice is the foundation of this work. Beyond these practical examples of dilemmas in connection to supervision research in the field of supervision is described. Different perspectives of knowledge and skill are other components in this essay. Finally, a discussion about the crucial points in the role of the supervisor is conducted. It is illustrated how different perspectives of knowledge affects the possibility to educate skilled supervisors by using “a model for reality”.

This case study is conducted on teachers working in Non-Formal Education centers (NFE's), for the Non-Governmental Organization Seva Mandir, in the Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India. The setting for the study is remote rural villages around the small city Udaipur, with one million inhabitants. The purpose of this case study is to investigate what impact the capacity building course that Seva Mandir offers the teachers, the NFE certification course, have had on the teacher’s lives. The aim is to get a picture of the overall impact of the course on a professional level and on the individual NFE teachers’ personal life. The case study was conducted on a sample of eleven out of 50 NFE teachers working for Seva Mandir in the Jhadol block. The empirical data was collected through qualitative interviews conducted in the NFE schools. The NFE centers that are run by Seva Mandir are a complement to malfunctioning government schools in areas where most of the children are first generation learners. The schools aim to keep children from working or starting to work, through giving them an educational base. The teachers have no previous teachers training and are having an average prior education of 8th to 10th class. The general findings of the study are that a majority of the teachers felt an increase in self-confidence after participating in the course. They generally had more concrete and ambitious future plans after the course than before it, and they were highly dominated of plans for further education for themselves and their children. It was also found that the teachers felt major changes in their teaching approach after the course. They had learnt new teaching strategies and seemed to have changed their attitude against the children. The teachers used activities like games, songs and stories in their teaching as well as taking help of the local surroundings when teaching.

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