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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Becoming a Teacher in Mathematics and Science : A Study of the Transition from Initial Teacher Education to School Practice

Wolf-Watz, Margareta January 2004 (has links)
<p>This study follows student teachers from initial teacher education into their first teaching jobs, with the aim of gaining insights how student teachers become teachers of mathematics and science. The study has in two stages. In the first part focus, the focus is on the beliefs and conceptions – termed here as ’personal didactics’- that student teachers have about teaching and learning mathematics and science. These are captured by open-ended interviews on completion of initial teacher education. Stage 1 is thus subject specific. Findings indicate that student teachers have an applied approach to mathematics and science. Findings of the study challenge teacher education to develop mathematics and science as a more democratic, moral and cultural enterprise. It is suggested that closer connections are needed between different parts of initial teacher with a continued discussion about how and in what areas subject teaching can develop in teacher education. The second stage of research - two years later – involved data collection through observation, field notes and post-observation interviews. This stage is a follow-up study building on the stage 1 and has a more sociological emphasis inspired by Bernstein’s concept of educational codes. The research shows how the structure of schools influences teachers and their possibilities to enact teaching that is consistent with their understanding of mathematics and science as school subjects. Schools have different codes and teachers’ practices were constrained by the opportunities that each school offered as well as each teacher’s personal didactics. Most of the teachers in the study worked in schools organised in such a way that new teachers have considerable autonomy over their own teaching. After two years of practise teachers generally felt freer to organise science teaching and put more planning and preparation of science lessons as compared to mathematics. The overall study illuminates the relationship between initial teacher education and school practice, and suggests an enhancement of initial teacher education and professional development as a unity.</p>
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Becoming a Teacher in Mathematics and Science : A Study of the Transition from Initial Teacher Education to School Practice

Wolf-Watz, Margareta January 2004 (has links)
This study follows student teachers from initial teacher education into their first teaching jobs, with the aim of gaining insights how student teachers become teachers of mathematics and science. The study has in two stages. In the first part focus, the focus is on the beliefs and conceptions – termed here as ’personal didactics’- that student teachers have about teaching and learning mathematics and science. These are captured by open-ended interviews on completion of initial teacher education. Stage 1 is thus subject specific. Findings indicate that student teachers have an applied approach to mathematics and science. Findings of the study challenge teacher education to develop mathematics and science as a more democratic, moral and cultural enterprise. It is suggested that closer connections are needed between different parts of initial teacher with a continued discussion about how and in what areas subject teaching can develop in teacher education. The second stage of research - two years later – involved data collection through observation, field notes and post-observation interviews. This stage is a follow-up study building on the stage 1 and has a more sociological emphasis inspired by Bernstein’s concept of educational codes. The research shows how the structure of schools influences teachers and their possibilities to enact teaching that is consistent with their understanding of mathematics and science as school subjects. Schools have different codes and teachers’ practices were constrained by the opportunities that each school offered as well as each teacher’s personal didactics. Most of the teachers in the study worked in schools organised in such a way that new teachers have considerable autonomy over their own teaching. After two years of practise teachers generally felt freer to organise science teaching and put more planning and preparation of science lessons as compared to mathematics. The overall study illuminates the relationship between initial teacher education and school practice, and suggests an enhancement of initial teacher education and professional development as a unity.
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Student teachers learning to use 'Assessment for Learning' in schools

Chun, Desmond Tan Chia January 2016 (has links)
Assessment for Learning (AfL) has been seen as a key aspect of teaching and learning for almost two decades, since the seminal review by Black and Wiliam (1998a). However, the research has largely been conducted with practising teachers rather than student teachers. This thesis attempts to fill this gap in relation to AfL, and illustrate that understanding how student teachers learn to use conceptual resources, such as AfL, can inform the work of all those who support the learning of teachers in training. The present study investigated how four secondary geography student teachers on a one year post-graduate training programme in England worked with ideas associated with AfL in their teaching during two school placements. The study asked how and why they used AfL or, as became evident, Assessment of Learning (AoL) in their teaching and what their use of AfL might tell us about their learning to teach in schools. The thesis adopted a cultural-historical approach to investigate the actions in activities of the student teachers as they learnt to teach. The four students were followed over two terms in their two placement schools to gather data on their trajectories as learners and beginning teachers. Data collection methods were: (i) semi-structured interviews with the four students; interviews with their teacher mentors and other school staff; and (ii) regular post-lesson interviews with the student teachers, following observations of their teaching. The cultural-historical approach led to examining AfL as a potential tool to be used by the student teachers in their teaching. Engestr&ouml;m's (1990, 1999, 2007) work on tool use and mediating artefacts was deployed to analyse the student teachers' use of AfL and what they saw as its purposes. The attention to purposes of tool use in the study was also informed by Hedegaard's (2012, 2014) work on motives in institutional practices, the activities in the practices and the actions taken by student teachers. This approach pointed to how the institutional motives and demands embedded in school practices influenced their learning. The study also paid attention to the identity work being done by the student teachers. This work was most apparent when the student teachers moved from their first to second placement school and worked with a different set of demands in institutional practices. One early finding was that although school colleagues and student teachers were using the label AfL, closer examination revealed that they were actually using AoL. Key findings from the final analyses were as follows: there was considerable variation in how the geography specialist teacher mentors interpreted and used AfL; some mentors were strongly mediating the AfL/AoL expectations evident in the school inspection system in England; there was evidence of some strong and challenging mentoring, but it was not consistent across the experiences of the students; the students' own sense of the kind of teacher they wanted to become could be tracked in ways which revealed how they coped with the different school demands and what they saw as university expectations; the transition between placement schools was significant for the student teachers in ways that had not been anticipated by the design of the programme. Following the student teachers as learners offered insights into their experiences in the black box of school placements during teacher education. Consequently, the implications for the design of teacher education programmes are a key part of the discussion stimulated by the findings.
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Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência – PIBID – e a formação inicial de professores / Institutional Scholarship Program for Starting Teachers – PIBID – and initial teacher education

Vicente, Marcelina Ferreira [UNESP] 10 April 2016 (has links)
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No. of bitstreams: 1 vicente_mf_me_prud.pdf: 1395528 bytes, checksum: 62b3104008210aa4edcc417b94498034 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-10 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Partindo de uma concepção de professor crítico – reflexivo, a presente pesquisa encontra-se vinculada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da FCT/UNESP na linha de pesquisa “Políticas Públicas, Organização Escolar e Formação de Professores” e teve como objetivo geral investigar as contribuições do PIBID para o processo de formação inicial e para a aprendizagem da docência de alunos que cursam Licenciatura em Matemática na Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia – FCT/UNESP, campus de Presidente Prudente/SP. Com enfoque qualitativo, do tipo estudo de caso, teve como objeto de estudo o Grupo PIBID do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Dessa forma, tivemos como sujeitos os integrantes que participam diretamente do processo de elaboração e desenvolvimento de atividades pedagógicas em escolas públicas da Rede Estadual em Presidente Prudente (SP). Realizamos entrevistas semiestruturadas com 17(dezessete) sujeitos, sendo 1(uma) professora coordenadora do grupo PIBID e 16(dezesseis) alunos bolsistas. Também adotamos o procedimento da observação, divididas em dois momentos: observações das aulas em que as atividades elaboradas pelos bolsistas eram desenvolvidas e os momentos de reuniões na universidade com todo o grupo PIBID. Foram analisados alguns documentos que respaldam legalmente a implantação deste Programa na universidade, bem como os documentos oficiais que norteiam a criação e o desenvolvimento do PIBID. Os dados obtidos, por meio da análise documental, da observação e da entrevista revelaram contribuições do projeto para que o aluno da licenciatura possa ter mais segurança e um olhar crítico para as situações de ensino aprendizagem. Os resultados evidenciaram a importância de propor ainda no processo de formação inicial de professores, situações em que possibilitem a aproximação dos acadêmicos com o contexto escolar, uma vez que contribuiu para a constituição da identidade profissional. Também apontou possíveis medidas que podem contribuir efetivamente para uma melhor articulação entre conhecimento especifico e conhecimento pedagógico, tendo a escola como sendo o lócus da formação e aprendizagem docente. / Starting from a concept of teachers as critical and reflexive, this study is associated with the Education Graduate Program at FCT/UNESP in the line of research “Public Policies, School Organization and Teacher Education” and its general objective was to investigate how PIBID contributed to the process of initial training and the learning how to teach among students from the Mathematics teaching degree at the School of Science and Technology – FCT/UNESP, campus of Presidente Prudente/SP. With a qualitative approach and being a case study, the object of the research was the PIBID Group in the Mathematics teaching degree at the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Thus, the subjects were members of the group who participated in the process of preparing and developing pedagogical activities in public schools belonging the the State Education Network in the city of Presidente Prudente (SP). Semi-structured interviews were done with seventeen (17) persons, and one (1) of them was the PIBID group coordinator and sixteen (16) students who were scholarship holders in the program. I also adopted the procedure of observation, divided in two moments: class observation in which the activities prepared by the scholarship holders were conducted and the moments when the entire PIBID group got together in the meetings at the university. Documents that legally support the implementation of this Program at the university were reviewed, as well as the official documents that serve as the guidelines for the setup and development of PIBID. Data collected by means of documental review, by observation and by the interviews revealed contributions of the project so that a teachingdegree student may feel more secure and hold a critical view of the teaching and learning situations. Results highlighted how important it is to work, in the early teacher training, on situations that get the students closer to the school ambience, which helps in acquiring a professional identity. Measure that may effectively contribute to better articulate specific knowledge and pedagogical knowledge, as the school is the place where someone is trained and learns how to be a teacher. / FAPESP: 2012/24188-6
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Formação para uso das Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação nas licenciaturas das Universidades Estaduais Paulistas

Lopes, Rosemara Perpetua [UNESP] 16 June 2010 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-06-16Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:53:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 lopes_rp_me_prud.pdf: 1188837 bytes, checksum: 51d087c48cb7fc2b36610e7e479a5257 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nesta pesquisa, inscrita na Linha “Práticas e Processos Formativos em Educação”, busca-se responder se os cursos de licenciatura estão formando professores para utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) nas escolas da Educação Básica. Sua relevância está em contribuir para ampliar a compreensão sobre a temática e também no fato de que os professores são fundamentais a toda inovação ou mudança qualitativa que se pretenda na Educação. Delimitou-se como objetivo geral investigar se a formação do professor que atuará na Educação Básica contempla conhecimentos sobre TDIC e sob qual paradigma pedagógico os mesmos se articulam. A este se seguem os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar conteúdos curriculares voltados ao ensino-aprendizagem de TDIC nos cursos de licenciatura das universidades públicas estaduais paulistas que formam para a Educação Básica e identificar a presença das TDIC nos objetivos e no perfil do egresso dos projetos pedagógicos analisados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com análise de dados quantitativos. Analisaram-se, inicialmente, as grades curriculares, ementas e programas de ensino de 123 cursos de formação de professores das três universidades estaduais paulistas, constatando ocorrência das referidas tecnologias nas disciplinas obrigatórias e optativas dos cursos, estando essas ocorrências em maior número nas optativas. Em seguida, analisando os projetos pedagógicos de seis cursos da Área de Exatas de uma das universidades inicialmente focalizadas, constatou-se indícios de propostas de formação do professor para o uso das TDIC em dois dos seis cursos focalizados, ambos de Matemática. O meio utilizado... / In this research included in the research line “Training Practices and Processes in Education” one aims to investigate whether the undergraduate programs are actually training teachers to use the Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (TDIC) in the schools of basic education. Its relevance is to help broadening the understanding of the subject and also to the fact that teachers are essential to any innovation or qualitative change that is sought in Education. One delimited as general objective to investigate whether teacher training to focus on Basic Education includes knowledge on TDIC and under what pedagogical paradigm they are articulated. The following specific objectives then arises: identifying curricula aimed at teaching and learning of TDIC in undergraduate programs of the Sao Paulo State public universities that will form for Basic Education and identify the presence of TDIC in the pedagogical proposals analyzed. This is a qualitative analysis with quantitative data. Initially, we analyzed the curriculum, menus and education programs of 123 major courses in the three universities of Sao Paulo State and noted the occurrence of these technologies in both mandatory and optional teaching subjects, with a greater number of events in the later. Then, by analyzing the pedagogical projects of six courses in the exact sciences from one of these universities initially targeted, it was found evidence of proposals for teacher training for the use of TDIC in two of six courses we focused, both... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Ambientalização universitária: o olhar dos estudantes da UFSCar para as questões ambientais

Vieira, Marisa Sartori 05 February 2015 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6740.pdf: 1869979 bytes, checksum: b80faf43c5e6f0d9e31bab9cd0845aef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-05 / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / The process known as greening universities refers to the introduction of environmental issues in the teaching-research-extension and management fronts. Considering the various initiatives of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) insert the environmental education in the curricula and management, this study aimed to assess what form and how is this process in view of undergraduate students in chemistry and Pedagogy in three campuses UFSCar (São Carlos, Araras and Sorocaba). To this end, a virtual tool known as "Sustainability Test" was used (www.projetosustentabilidade.sc.usp.br) to assess sustainability practices in academic spaces. The themes analyzed in this study were divided in four categories: a) Environmental Management (waste management, water, energy, mobility / accessibility, green areas and green technologies); b) curriculum greening (environmental education in teaching / curriculum); c) Involvement and Participation d) The role of universities face to environmental issues. In addition to the questionnaire, interviews were conducted focus group type and consulted institutional legislation concerning the issue investigated. While acknowledging the Environmental Education (EE) in the institution, it was observed that most students of both courses were unaware of the actions related to environmental management, especially in the campus of San Carlos. The theme of "green technologies" still seemed far from the Education field, as well as the Science-Technology-Society-Environment Approach (CTSA). The main difficulty pointed out by students for their involvement in environmental issues is the lack of time and information, which may be a priority target given to the theme in these spaces. According to the data collected, the role of universities would be to invest in educational processes and disseminate scientific knowledge, approach the community, addressing EA critically. It was found that the promotion of reflection and dialogue between institutional subjects that carry different views on the greening of HEIs should be seen as necessary strategies to face the challenges inherent in such a process. / O movimento denominado ambientalização universitária se refere à inserção da temática ambiental nas Instituições de Educação Superior (IES), nas frentes de ensino-pesquisaextensão e gestão. Considerando as várias iniciativas da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) em ambientalizar os seus currículos e gestão, este trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar qual a forma e como se dá este processo na visão dos estudantes de licenciatura em Química e Pedagogia em três campi da UFSCar (São Carlos, Araras e Sorocaba). Para tal, uma ferramenta virtual conhecida como Teste de Sustentabilidade foi utilizada (www.projetosustentabilidade.sc.usp.br), para se avaliar práticas de sustentabilidade nos espaços acadêmicos. As temáticas analisadas neste trabalho foram divididas em quatro categorias: a) Gestão Ambiental (gestão de resíduos, água, energia, mobilidade / acessibilidade, áreas verdes e tecnologias verdes); b) Ambientalização curricular (educação ambiental no ensino/currículo); c) Envolvimento e Participação e d) O papel das universidades frente às questões ambientais. Além do questionário, foram realizadas entrevistas do tipo grupo focal e consultados os documentos institucionais voltados à questão investigada. Embora reconheçam a existência da Educação Ambiental (EA) na instituição, foi possível observar que grande parte dos estudantes de ambos os cursos desconhecia as ações de ligadas à gestão ambiental, principalmente no campus de São Carlos. O tema tecnologias verdes ainda pareceu distante do campo da Pedagogia, assim como a abordagem Ciência- Tecnologia-Sociedade-Ambiente (CTSA). A principal dificuldade apontada pelos estudantes para seu envolvimento com as questões ambientais é a falta de tempo e de informação, o que pode ser um indicativo da prioridade dada à temática nestes espaços. De acordo com os dados levantados, o papel das universidades seria o de investir em processos educativos e divulgar o conhecimento científico, estreitando os laços com a comunidade, abordando a EA de forma crítica. Verificou-se que a promoção de reflexões e diálogos entre os sujeitos institucionais que carregam diferentes visões sobre a ambientalização de IES devem ser vistas como estratégias necessárias de enfrentamento dos desafios inerentes a tal processo.
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Formação para uso das Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação nas licenciaturas das Universidades Estaduais Paulistas /

Lopes, Rosemara Perpetua. January 2010 (has links)
Orientador: Mônica Fürkotter / Banca: Maria Raquel Miotto Morelatti / Banca: Rosana Giaretta Sguerra Miskulin / Resumo: Nesta pesquisa, inscrita na Linha "Práticas e Processos Formativos em Educação", busca-se responder se os cursos de licenciatura estão formando professores para utilizar as Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) nas escolas da Educação Básica. Sua relevância está em contribuir para ampliar a compreensão sobre a temática e também no fato de que os professores são fundamentais a toda inovação ou mudança qualitativa que se pretenda na Educação. Delimitou-se como objetivo geral investigar se a formação do professor que atuará na Educação Básica contempla conhecimentos sobre TDIC e sob qual paradigma pedagógico os mesmos se articulam. A este se seguem os seguintes objetivos específicos: identificar conteúdos curriculares voltados ao ensino-aprendizagem de TDIC nos cursos de licenciatura das universidades públicas estaduais paulistas que formam para a Educação Básica e identificar a presença das TDIC nos objetivos e no perfil do egresso dos projetos pedagógicos analisados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com análise de dados quantitativos. Analisaram-se, inicialmente, as grades curriculares, ementas e programas de ensino de 123 cursos de formação de professores das três universidades estaduais paulistas, constatando ocorrência das referidas tecnologias nas disciplinas obrigatórias e optativas dos cursos, estando essas ocorrências em maior número nas optativas. Em seguida, analisando os projetos pedagógicos de seis cursos da Área de Exatas de uma das universidades inicialmente focalizadas, constatou-se indícios de propostas de formação do professor para o uso das TDIC em dois dos seis cursos focalizados, ambos de Matemática. O meio utilizado... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In this research included in the research line "Training Practices and Processes in Education" one aims to investigate whether the undergraduate programs are actually training teachers to use the Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (TDIC) in the schools of basic education. Its relevance is to help broadening the understanding of the subject and also to the fact that teachers are essential to any innovation or qualitative change that is sought in Education. One delimited as general objective to investigate whether teacher training to focus on Basic Education includes knowledge on TDIC and under what pedagogical paradigm they are articulated. The following specific objectives then arises: identifying curricula aimed at teaching and learning of TDIC in undergraduate programs of the Sao Paulo State public universities that will form for Basic Education and identify the presence of TDIC in the pedagogical proposals analyzed. This is a qualitative analysis with quantitative data. Initially, we analyzed the curriculum, menus and education programs of 123 major courses in the three universities of Sao Paulo State and noted the occurrence of these technologies in both mandatory and optional teaching subjects, with a greater number of events in the later. Then, by analyzing the pedagogical projects of six courses in the exact sciences from one of these universities initially targeted, it was found evidence of proposals for teacher training for the use of TDIC in two of six courses we focused, both... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre
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An investigation into the role of university-based initial teacher education in teacher-student relationships: A comparative analysis of Germany and Tanzania

Mgonda, Nkanileka Loti 08 March 2017 (has links)
The need to empower student teachers with positive teacher-student relationships (TSRs) competencies resonates with the fact that students are not merely cognitive but also emotional and social beings. Indeed, the interactions of the cognitive, emotional and social dimensions work to impact on their learning and performance. The benefits for positive teacher-student relationships within and outside class contexts cannot be overemphasised. Students are hard-wired with the need to connect in relationships with their teachers. Teacher-student relationships determine students’ school engagement, their adaptation to developmental changes and their motivation to learn. Also, TSRs influence students’ discipline, stability to social adjustments, value orientation and their identity formation and development. Undeniably, the building of positive TSRs and teaching and learning processes are essentially mutually inclusive. To be able to form and sustain positive TSRs, student teachers need well-developed knowledge, beliefs, and self efficacy attributes. This comparative study of Tanzania and Germany argues that positive teacher student relationships form a critical requirement for effective teaching, learning, and holistic development of students in schools. To this end, the initial teacher education has a duty to nurture the TSRs attributes alongside other teacher competencies. Despite the acknowledgement of the necessity for positive TSRs by researchers, educators, and administrative authorities, literature provides no evidence of the contribution of the initial teacher education to the positive TSRs abilities. The existing studies on TSRs have focused mainly on TSRs in schools and on the problems related to unhealthy TSRs (Giles, 2008; Jones, 2009; Knoell, 2012; Raufelder et al., 2013; Sands, 2011; Wubbel et al., 1993) and others. This disjuncture between the reported problems faced by teachers in forming and sustaining positive TSRs and the opportunity for initial teacher education to empower student teachers for positive relational exchange frames this study. The study employed a combination of the conceptual change, self-efficacy, and goal contents theories. The utilisation of the theories was justified by the study assumptions that in order to produce teachers who are capable of handling positive TSRs in schools, the initial teacher education has to transform, orient, and reorient student teachers on the relational exchange knowledge. Secondly, apart from the pro-relational knowledge, student teachers ought to demonstrate improved self-efficacy as a yardstick of their preparedness and commitment to positive TSRs. Lastly, the study examined the implication of student teachers’ motivational reasons for joining teaching on their TSRs self efficacy. Motivational dynamics have been proven to influence teachers’ occupational satisfaction and their behaviours (Weiss & Kiel, 2013; Vansteenkiste & Ryan, 2013). Hence, the motivational reasons held by student teachers to join the teaching profession were viewed as an important construct which also may influence the student teachers’ self-efficacy for positive TSRs. This study sought to answer the following question: Does the university¬¬ based initial teacher education contribute to positive TSRs (competencies) among student teachers? To ascertain for this role, the study investigated and compared student teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, perceived self efficacy, as well as the approaches employed in this regard. The study was anchored on the Pragmatism epistemology and ontology. The study used qualitative and quantitative techniques to study two typical cases, namely; the Universities of Leipzig and Dar es Salaam, in Germany and Tanzania respectively. The study deployed both probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampling techniques to arrive at the sample size N=721 for student teachers; both final-year (n=548) and beginners (n=173) and eight (8) university teacher educators. Findings of the study show the presence of significant changes in the student teachers\'' knowledge, beliefs, and perceived self-efficacy for positive TSRs. Comparatively, student teachers in Germany revealed higher levels of the TSRs knowledge and perceived self-efficacy than their Tanzanian counterparts. However, the qualitative findings revealed inadequacies in TSRs knowledge among the final-year student teachers in both countries. The beginner student teachers in Germany demonstrated higher command in positive TSRs knowledge and self efficacy than their Tanzanian counterparts. It was further unveiled that the student teachers’ knowledge had a significant association with their self-efficacy for positive TSRs. The approaches employed in promoting positive TSRs competencies include the teaching practice, educational courses and role modelling. However, these approaches were constrained by the strict focus given on academic performance, lack of clear orientation on the nature of positive TSRs, and overlook of important and potential aspects of initial teacher education. Despite having approaches to promoting positive TSRs abilities, teacher educators demonstrated varied and contradicting perspectives of what constitutes the nature and character of positive TSRs. The study considered contradicting perspectives among the hurdles to the effective orientation of the positive TSRs. Moreover, findings indicated that student teachers in Germany and Tanzania joined the teaching profession as a result of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational reasons. It was found out that the intrinsic motivation reasons were more important among German student teachers. Conversely, extrinsic motivational reasons were relatively more important among student teachers in Tanzania. The analysis of motivational reasons indicated a strong positive association (Cramer’s V .175) between intrinsic motivational reasons and perceived self-efficacy for positive TSRs. The study concludes that although positive TSRs feature in the initial teacher education, its implementation has suffered inconsistency, underrepresentation, and misinterpretation by teacher educators and student teachers. The study recommends for an integration of a compulsory positive TSRs content or module to address for depth, breadth and evaluative treatment of the competencies (the proposed framework of integration has been suggested). Moreover, the study recommends for the redefinition and reaffirmation of the positive TSRs phenomenon in the theoretical and practical aspects of the university based initial teacher education.
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A formação inicial do professor de língua inglesa : teoria e prática em questão /

Daniel, Fátima de Gênova. January 2009 (has links)
Orientador: Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão / Banca: Walkyria Monte Mor / Banca: Francisco José Quaresma de Figueiredo / Banca: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Ana Mariza Benedetti / Resumo: Estudos em Formação de Professores de Línguas (GIMENEZ, 2005; VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 2002) apontam para a necessidade de uma proposta de formação na qual o professor não mais fique atrelado a modelos e pacotes previamente definidos que nem sempre são adequados ao seu contexto e o paradigma reflexivo (DEWEY, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983; ZEICHNER, 1993; KUMARAVADIVELU, 2003) pode atender tais necessidades. Trata-se de um processo gradativo que demanda reflexão e aprofundamento teórico (VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 1999) e seu principal objetivo é a promoção da autonomia do professor, o que lhe confere poder e responsabilidade. Diante dessa questão, este estudo envolveu uma formadora e sete alunosprofessores (APs) da disciplina Prática de Ensino em contexto de universidade privada. Buscamos investigar as ações práticas e o discurso da formadora na busca pela interação entre os componentes teóricos e práticos, e como tal interação é percebida nas ações e nos discursos dos APs durante as aulas e na realização de seus projetos de estágio supervisionado. Os instrumentos e procedimentos incluíram questionários, entrevistas, gravações em áudio e vídeo, observações de aula, sessões de história de vida e de visionamento. Os resultados apontam para as complexidades e as incertezas da formadora quanto à real promoção da autonomia de seus alunos, quanto à coerência entre o programa proposto e a prática efetiva e quanto ao papel da teoria acadêmica dentro do processo de formação inicial. Os resultados sugeriram também divergências entre as culturas de ensinar e aprender dos alunos-professores e da professora-formadora, sendo que alguns APs apresentaram expectativas de uma postura diretiva da formadora, contrapondo-se às suas propostas que visavam à descoberta e à autonomia dos mesmos. Quanto aos APs, os resultados sugeriram que há uma visão dicotômica sobre teoria e prática... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Studies on Language Teacher Education (GIMENEZ, 2005; VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 2002) point towards the need for an education program in which teachers are no longer dependant on closed teaching "packages" which may be inappropriate for their specific contexts and the reflective paradigm (DEWEY, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983; ZEICHNER, 1993; KUMARAVADIVELU, 2003) may suit those needs. It is a gradual process which demands reflection and theoretical deepening (VIEIRA-ABRAHÃO, 1999) and its main purpose is the promotion of teacher's autonomy, which in turn confers power and responsibility on the teacher. This study was carried out with a teacher educator and seven student teachers taking the subject Teaching Practices in a private university. It aimed at investigating the teacher educator's practices and discourse towards the relation theory-practice and how such relation may be expressed in the student teachers' practices and discourse during their supervised teaching practices. The instruments and procedures included questionnaires, interviews, audio and video recordings, field notes, narratives and visioning sessions. Results include the teacher educator's uncertainties concerning the real promotion of the student teachers' autonomy, the coherency between the syllabus and her practices and the role of academic theory in initial teacher education. Results also suggest there are divergences between the cultures of teaching and learning among the participants, as students expected directive practices whilst the teacher educator's proposals were more linked to discovery, exploration and autonomy. As for the student teachers, results suggested there is a dichotomic view on theory and practice, the former seen as directing the latter; beliefs are predominant in decision making when implementing practices and the lack of linguistic-communicative competence hindered... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor
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Relatos dos egressos do curso de pedagogia da UEMA/Campus Santa Inês: uma contribuição para a formação dos profissionais da educação / Reports of students who graduated in pedagogy from UEMA/ Santa Inês Campus: a contribution to the development of professionals in the area of education

Nunes, Francinete Alves 06 March 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francinete Alves Nunes.pdf: 11166924 bytes, checksum: c977e76cfcc3c3f9eb1a026a909b9227 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / This Master's thesis investigated the professional performance of students who graduated in Pedagogy in 2011 and 2012 from the State University of Maranhão - Santa Inês campus/MA, based on their reports. Its objective arises from the need to analyze the influence of the course in the professional lives of its graduates. Two aspects considered important in the context of this work were selected as categories of analysis: the initial teacher education and the professional development of the graduates from the point of view of the authors Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Carlos Garcia, Antonio Nóvoa and Maurice Tardif. This study also used documentary and bibliographical research as a subsidy for reflection, as well as the application of questionnaires which was the basis for data analysis. Thus, the situation of these Pedagogy Course professionals in the labor market was analyzed in order to identify the principles of their education from an adequate preparation to start teaching immediately, as proposed by the Political Pedagogical Project. Furthermore, an investigation was carried out to determine how the course contributed to the professional performance of the graduates, and whether the relationship between theory and practice was present so that students would feel confident in their teaching activity due to the gap between daily pedagogical actions in the classroom and the University. Therefore, based on the theoretical frameworks and reports from the graduates, a critical and contextualized analysis of this process was conducted. It identified that, during the course of his education, the graduate expressed many doubts and worries, living with the feeling of insufficient training. However, at the end of the course, he attests the compatibility between the proposed education and his professional performance / Esta dissertação de Mestrado investigou a atuação profissional dos egressos do curso de Pedagogia ano 2011 e 2012 da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão-campus Santa Inês/MA, a partir dos seus relatos. Seu objetivo surge da necessidade de analisar a influência do Curso na vida profissional de seus egressos. Selecionou-se como categorias de análises, dois aspectos considerados relevantes no contexto deste trabalho: a formação inicial de professores e o desenvolvimento profissional dos egressos sob o ponto de vista dos autores Tomaz Tadeu da Silva, Carlos Garcia, Antônio Nóvoa e Maurice Tardif. Essa pesquisa utilizou também, como subsídio para reflexões, a pesquisa documental, bibliográfica e aplicação de questionário que foi a base para análise dos dados. Desta forma, analisou-se a situação desses profissionais do Curso de Pedagogia no mercado de trabalho, a fim de identificar os princípios da sua formação a partir de uma preparação adequada para atuar de imediato como docente proposto pelo Projeto Político Pedagógico. Além disso, investigou-se de que forma o curso colaborou para a atuação profissional dos egressos, e se a relação entre a teoria e a prática esteve presente para que os discentes se sentissem seguros na atividade docente em razão do distanciamento entre as ações pedagógicas no cotidiano de sala de aula e a Universidade. Sendo assim, com base nos referenciais teóricos e nos relatos dos egressos, fez-se uma análise crítica e contextualizada de todo esse processo, identificando nessa pesquisa, que durante o percurso da formação, o egresso manifestou muitas dúvidas e inquietações, convivendo com a sensação de uma formação não suficiente. Entretanto, ao final do curso, ele atesta a compatibilidade entre a proposta de formação e a sua atuação profissional

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