by Tai Wai-sum. / Questionnaire in Chinese. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-150). / acknowledgements --- p.ii / table of contents --- p.iii / list of major tables --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / abstract --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter A. --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter B. --- Research Questions --- p.1 / Chapter C. --- Significance of The Study --- p.9 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.12 / Chapter A. --- Categories of Teachers' Work --- p.12 / Chapter B. --- The Job Characteristics Theory --- p.15 / Chapter C. --- Challenges from Other Approaches --- p.46 / Chapter D. --- The Integrated Approach - A Compromise --- p.48 / Chapter E. --- Implications for this Study --- p.50 / Chapter F. --- Conception of the study --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.60 / Chapter A. --- Definitions of Important Terms Used in the Study --- p.60 / Chapter B. --- Nature of the Study --- p.64 / Chapter C. --- Variables and Measurements --- p.64 / Chapter D. --- Pilot Study --- p.71 / Chapter E. --- Sampling Design and Procedures --- p.74 / Chapter F. --- Design of Analysis --- p.75 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION --- p.77 / Chapter A. --- The Sample --- p.77 / Chapter B. --- Findings Related to Research Question 1 --- p.80 / Chapter C. --- Findings Related to Research Question 2 --- p.95 / Chapter D. --- Findings Related to Research Question 3 --- p.108 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- "CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION AND LIMITATION" --- p.131 / Chapter A. --- Work Categories of Teachers' Work --- p.131 / Chapter B. --- Job Dimensions and Motivating Potential of Teachers' Job --- p.134 / Chapter C. --- Antecedents of Job Characteristics of Teachers --- p.136 / Chapter D. --- Consequences of Job Characteristics of Teachers --- p.137 / Chapter E. --- Implication and Contribution to the job Characteristics Theory --- p.139 / Chapter F. --- Limitations and Suggestions --- p.141 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.143 / Chapter APPENDIX A: --- Tables of Results of The Pilot Test --- p.151 / Chapter APPENDIX B: --- Instruments Used in The Major Study --- p.155

鄭佩群. / "2011年12月". / "2011 nian 12 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-157). / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Zheng Peiqun. / Abstract / 論文摘要 / 致謝 / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論´ؤ´ؤ香港的性教育 --- p.p.1 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻回顧 --- p.p.9 / Chapter 第三章 --- 硏究問題及方法論 --- p.p.22 / Chapter 第四章 --- 教師的性/別與性態論述 --- p.p.35 / Chapter 第五章 --- 性教育：教師的處境 --- p.p.63 / Chapter 第六章 --- 教師的性/別身份 --- p.p.104 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結語 --- p.p.138 / 參考文獻 --- p.p.148

Based on the findings above, it is recommended that the future study should explore further how teachers' problem schemas influence their teachings by means of classroom observation. The second recommendation is to study problem schema and other subject matter knowledge in one research to see a comprehensive view. It is also recommended that the development of teachers' problem schemas and subject matter knowledge should be strengthened in teacher education. / Teacher knowledge was an active research area in the last twenty years. It focuses on all kinds of knowledge that teacher knows related to teaching, The study explored subject matter knowledge in teacher knowledge. From the past researches on subject matter knowledge, we find that researchers often focus on teachers' understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures. This is the knowledge of "knowing that". The past researches on subject matter knowledge didn't touch on the knowledge of "knowing how". Based on the theory of problem schema in psychology, we studied teacher's problem schemas, which are related to problem solving. / The study shows that there are various types of problem schemas among secondary school mathematics teachers. They include: "schema organized by mathematics concept ", "schema organized by conclusion or unknown", "schema organized by basic figure ", "schema organized by mathematical structure", "schema organized by general mathematical problem solving strategies". Compared to non-expert teachers, expert teachers have a wider set of problem schemas. Expert teachers not only have the schemas non-expert teachers have, but also have the schemas non-expert teachers don't have. "Schema organized by mathematical structure", "schema organized by general mathematical problem solving strategies" are two of them. Generally speaking, expert teachers possess more profound problem schemas. Hence we see a relationship between problem schemas and teaching expertise. / To explore possible relationship between problem schema and teaching, we first identified the figure of schemas secondary school mathematics teachers have. Then we examined the differences between expert teachers and non-expert teachers to explore the relationship between teachers' problem schemas and their teaching context. In this study, secondary school mathematics teachers were chosen for case studies. Qualitative research methods, including questionnaire and interview were adopted to find out teacher's problem schemas. / 韓繼偉. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2005. / 參考文獻(p. 154-169). / Adviser: Ngai-ying Wong. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0122. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (Zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2005. / Can kao wen xian (p. 154-169). / Han Jiwei.

The search for instructional methodologies which maximize student achievement has been of central concern to educators for many years. Intensified by the recent focus on staff development and school reform initiatives, this search has begun to produce models for school improvement. The majority of the research studies on these models have centered on the academic achievement of inner-city elementary school students in reading and math. One effort to operationalize the research findings has been the instructional model developed by Dr. Madeline Hunter. The few research studies which have been done on her model focus on the effects of teacher training on teacher performance at the elementary level and on student achievement in reading and mathematics. Claims about the effectiveness of teacher training at the secondary level across a wide variety of subject areas and on selected student variables have not been thoroughly substantiated. It was the purpose of this study to determine if the Instructional Effectiveness Model of Madeline Hunter could be applied at the secondary level and to determine what effects the training would have on teacher performance and on selected student variables. This study was conducted employing 14 secondary school teachers, seven in the experimental group and seven in the control group. one class from each teacher's schedule was videotaped prior to and after training. Using the Instructional Skills Observation Instrument each videotape was scored by outside observers. Teachers in the experimental group were also presented with four questionnaires which were used to determine the teacher's perceptions of the content and process of the training sessions. Students in each class (N= 245) were measured in regard to class attendance, number of class discipline referrals, class grade point average, class attitude, and class achievement. In addition, four students from each teacher's class (56 students in total) were interviewed to determine their opinion of how the training affected them. The information obtained from the classroom observations, teacher questionnaires and student interviews was supplemented by ethnographic data. The findings indicated that the teachers in the experimental group did not teach differently than teachers in the control group. The findings also indicated that the selected secondary students of teachers in the experimental group did not differ from selected secondary students of teachers in the control group in overall class attendance, class grade point average, class attitude, and class achievement. There was a significant difference in overall number of class discipline referrals by sex. The correlation between the teacher's performance score as measured on the ISOI and their mean class score on each of the student variables was not significant. The findings from the ethnographic data corroborated the quantitative findings. / Ed. D.

The purpose of this study was to describe factors affecting the use of instructional ideas by secondary teachers in the academic year following a series of staff development sessions designed to present information on effective teaching practices. The research questions addressed the characteristics of information selected for use in classroom practice and the characteristics and relative degree of influence of salient factors affecting the use of ideas. Ten teachers from a large suburban school district in North Texas were selected for this study. Qualitative techniques were used to collect data. Each teacher was interviewed three times and observed in the classroom setting. Documents such as lesson plans were analyzed as a third source of data. Several factors evolved from the data. In varying degrees, these factors predicted teacher use of new instructional practices. Some factors dealt with the teacher's level of understanding and internalization of the information. These factors were labeled as instrumentality, congruence, and analytical thinking. Two other factors which were fairly strong predictors were labeled cost and intrinsic motivation. Cost concerned the amount of time or effort required to implement new ideas versus the perceived benefit to either teacher or student. Intrinsic motivation concerned the personal desire a teacher felt to try new ideas which might improve student learning. Another factor, professionalism, or teacher commitment to the teaching profession, was found to be a less powerful predictor. Two factors were found to be inconclusive predictors of implementation. They were the support felt by the teacher and external pressures, such as legislative mandates and district evaluations and career ladder. The cluster of factors developed in this study offer some possible guidelines for persons concerned with patterns of knowledge utilization among teachers. It is recommended that further studies be conducted to determine if the categories used in this study are consistent predictors of implementation and to verify the research implications in this study.

[pt] O presente estudo objetivou relacionar o programa de avaliação e responsabilização escolar - Nova Escola à evolução atual do ensino médio da rede estadual do Rio de Janeiro. Nosso objetivo principal era verificar em que medida o Nova Escola pode ser relacionado à evolução dos resultados escolares do Estado do Rio entre 2000 e 2005. Numa perspectiva qualitativa, o Nova Escola foi analisado a luz de pesquisa documental que teve como principal objeto a documentação referente ao próprio programa. Procuramos compreender a natureza do processo de responsabilização, os instrumentos de avaliação utilizados ao longo dos anos bem como as oscilações destes últimos entre as categorias de avaliação - baseadas em resultado, processo, norma, critério e progresso escolar. Em outra, de cunho quantitativo, foram observados os dados referentes à proficiência (Saeb) e fluxo (Censo Escolar) no entorno do mesmo período. Estes dados foram observados através da comparação com os resultados escolares de outros estados do país. Junto aos dados de fluxo foi possível verificar uma pequena melhora no primeiro biênio do programa, mas que não se sustentou nos anos seguintes. Na proficiência em Língua Portuguesa o estado obteve um desempenho melhor em relação a outros estados. De maneira geral constatou-se um impacto do programa sobre os resultados escolares como um todo que, embora menos expressivo em alguns indicadores, tornou mais estáveis os resultados escolares do estado do RJ. / [en] The following study aimed at relating the program of school evaluation and accountability - Nova Escola- to the current evaluation of public high school in Rio de Janeiro state. Our principal objective was to verify to which extent the program can be related to the evolution of the school results from 2000 to 2005. From a qualitative perpective, the Nova Escola was analysed under the light of a documented research, which has as principal objective the documentation on the program itself. It was attempted to understand the nature of the process of accountability, the evaluation tools used along the years, as well as the oscillations they have between the categories of evaluation - based in result, process, norm, criterion, and school progress. In another perspective, quantitative-oriented, it was observed the data concerning proficiency (Saeb) and flow (Censo Escolar) correspond ing the same period. This data was observed by means of a comparison with school results from other states Brazil. Close to the flow data were possible to verify a small improvement in the first biennium of the program, but that was not sustained the following years. In the proficiency and, Portuguese Language the state obtained a better acting in relation to other states. In a general way an impact of the program was verified on the school results as a whole that, although less significant in some indicators, it turned stabled the results scholars of the state of RJ.

楊鑫. / "2013年9月". / "2013 nian 9 yue". / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 334-362). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and Englisha. / Yang Xin.

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[pt] A presente dissertação tem por objetivo defender que a redação do aluno do Ensino Médio (EM) da escola pública merece uma outra leitura que não a costumeiramente feita, escorada na gramática normativa. Inclui entendimento da parte do professor de que esta redação é expressão de um indivíduo que está em processo evidente, através da linguagem (Bakhtin, 1979), de formação da consciência de que pode ser sujeito cidadão de seu destino. Essa leitura pode ser feita por viés múltiplo então, e este trabalho mostra alguns deles, como a questão da argumentabilidade de uma palavra (Koch, 2002; Suarez Abreu, 2000) ou na instanciação em que ela ocorre junto a outras. Destaco a escolha de verbos, através dos quais se criam processos, propiciando crescimento da linha de argumentação (Halliday E Matthiessen, 2004). Princípios de coerência e coesão (Koch, 2005; Fávero, 2006) são também foco desta pesquisa. Trago para cá redações nas quais minhas alunas normalistas, de escola pública da Baixada Fluminense, iminentes professoras, respondem à pergunta/tema dada por mim: Favela é lugar de bandido?. Com base na linguística sitêmico-funcional, faço uma leitura que foge à gramática no sentido tradicional, em que o texto vale por seu funcionalismo, é entidade que valida sua semântica e o contexto, e decorre da fraseologia de argumentos. A análise do corpus de redações indica que algumas conseguem algo positivo; outras têm, levando-se em conta o fato de serem quase professoras, preocupantes deficiências de coesão, dentre outras. Contextualizo este quadro geral insólito do EM da escola pública na visão de articulistas de mídia escrita e também em dados estatísticos de aferição de avanços ou recuos de seu desenvolvimento. Concluo, reafirmando o papel do professor de Português: como o agente de transformação no tratamento da escrita do aluno do EM: mais do que uma atividade curricular, é uma voz a ser firmada de vez. / [en] The aim of this study is to argue that the essays of students from secondary education can deserve a reading different from the one customarily made, supported by normative grammar. It includes teachers’ understanding that, to start with, the student’s text is a timely and possible expression of an individual who, through language (Bakhtin, 1979), is in an evident process of formation of his conscience as a citizen, whose greatest prerrogative is to be the owner of his destination. This reading can be done by multiple paths: the argument latent in words (Koch, 2002; Abreu Suarez, 2000) or in the instantiation by which they occur along with others. I highlight here the choice of verbs, by which processes are created, allowing growth of line of argument (Halliday AND Matthiessen, 2004), within principles of coherence and cohesion, and also promoters of argumentativity in plots that the text is working out (Koch, 2005; Favero, 2006). My corpus consists of my students’ essays, from a public school in Baixada Fluminense, who answered the question / theme posed by me: Is the favela a place of bandits? Based on functional-systemic linguistics, I analyze the texts in a non-grammaticalized way ( grammar in the traditional sense), in which the text stands on its functionalism, as an entity that validates its exterior, its semantics, context and resulting argumentative phraseology. This analysis indicates that some texts are more elaborate than others: some achieve greater cohesion than others, which present disconnected sentences. This itself deserves a discussion because they were produced by students who are about to graduate as elementary school teachers. I problematize the context of secondary education of public school, presented by some commentators and also by statistical data for measuring progress or setbacks in its development. I conclude by reaffirming the role of the Portuguese language teacher. If he/she deals with students’ essays as more than just a curricular activity, he/she can be the main agent of students’ identity awareness-raising process. He/she can help them see that they are a voice to be unquestionably firmed.

[pt] O presente estudo aborda o tema da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) no ensino médio supletivo noturno. Focaliza uma escola que desenvolve essa modalidade de ensino, procurando compreendê-la na perspectiva do multiculturalismo crítico, sob a ótica da interculturalidade. Com essa abordagem, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, mais precisamente um estudo de caso, em um Colégio Estadual do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, denominado Colégio Arpoador. Foram selecionadas como estratégias metodológicas, além da revisão de bibliografia, três técnicas para a coleta de dados: a observação, a análise documental e a entrevista semiestruturada. Os objetivos principais da pesquisa foram: analisar se os(as) professores(as) do Colégio Arpoador reconhecem e trabalham com a realidade heterogênea dos(as) alunos(as), levando em consideração as práticas pedagógicas, o currículo e a construção da(s) identidades dos(as) alunos(as), além de buscar identificar as possíveis contribuições de uma educação intercultural para essa modalidade. Os resultados obtidos através dos depoimentos dos(as) professores(as) indicam que eles reconhecem a grande diversidade cultural dos(as) alunos(as). No entanto, essa realidade não parece ser referência para pensar suas práticas pedagógicas e a seleção do currículo. A educação intercultural não parece ser uma prática conhecida pelos(as) professores(as), mas foi possível perceber um esforço dos(as) mesmos(as) em compreender do que ela trata e como poderia ser promovida no cotidiano escolar. A partir dos resultados, a pesquisa procurou apontar dificuldades encontradas na EJA de ensino médio e sugerir caminhos de renovação, partindo do princípio que a educação intercultural é capaz de trazer múltiplos benefícios para esta realidade. / [en] This work is a study about the Adults and Youth Education (Educação de Jovens e Adultos –EJA) in an evening high school equivalency program. We have chosen one school that is part of this kind of program and we have tried to understand its functioning under a critic multiculturalism perspective in an interculturallity vision. Starting with this premise, a qualitative research was carried out, in fact a case study, in a public school of the state of Rio de Janeiro, named Colégio Arpoador. The methodological strategies included, besides the bibliography review, three data collection techniques: observation, documental analyses and semi-structured interview. The main objectives were to analyze if Colégio Arpoador’s teachers recognize and work with the heterogeneous reality of its students, considering their pedagogical practices, the curriculum and the identity construction, besides identifying the contributions of an intercultural education for this kind of equivalency program. The results obtained from the teacher testimonies indicate that they recognize the existence of a great cultural diversity among students, although this reality seems not to constitute a reference to their pedagogical practices and the curriculum subject selection. It seems that teachers don’t experience the intercultural education as a practice, but there is an effort to understand how it works and how it can be stimulated in daily school. From the results, the research tried to show the difficulties found in high school EJA, and also tried to suggest ways to renovate the pedagogical practices, starting from the principle that intercultural education is a very productive way of giving multiples benefits for that reality.