Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:43:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 11157903 bytes, checksum: afa37aa42a41fea6a0011104d290ec5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work has as its object of study the multiple intelligences (MIs) in the classroom of the French Language. We propose to investigate how the theory of MIs is worked in the classroom of the French Language. We aim to check the students' position concerning their learning on the foreign language (FL), starting from the research question "adopting MIs in classes students would have a better performance at school, would then be more motivated to the learning of the French Language?" Thus, this interpretive research is qualitative and descriptive in nature. We rely on classroom observation, interview, questionnaire and inventory. We have as our corpus a class of graduate students in French-language, attending the course of French Intermediate II, at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), the class has seven students and a teacher. This work is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter, we discuss the concept of intelligence, we expose the theory of multiple intelligences, according to its author (Thomas Armstrong,1994 and Antunes 1998, 2011, 2012), and main exhibitor, the teacher and psychologist Howard Gardner (1983, 1995, 1998, 2000). In the second chapter, we discuss about some relevant aspects concerning the teachers training in foreign language and we discuss some considerations about the area of French as a Foreign Language French as a Foreign Language (FFL), then we discuss the importance of the theory of MIs in the educational scenario, considering it as one more way to apropriate the motivation in the classroom of FFL. For this, these authors Abreu-e-Lima (2006), Kleiman (2001, 2007) Germain (1993), Alves (2010) Machado (2007), (Coracini, 2003), Puren (1988, 2009), Chianca (1999, 2001, 2007, 2013), (Bortoni-Ricardo, 2008), and others, were also essential to the development of our research.We also highlight the role of the teacher in this perspective. In the third chapter, we describe the methodological steps taken in our research, we verify the position of the students and the teacher related to the theory. Thus, this chapter comprises the methodological construction, nature and context of the research, and the participants involved. Furthermore, we treat the techniques of registry to collect and analyze data, and discuss the results. In the fourth chapter, we bring the strategies proposed by the theory of MIs, we also discuss the concept of the teaching-learning process, we expose the conception of textbook, and explore the book Écho 3, describing or engendering didactic and pedagogical suggestions from its activities. At the end, we weave the final considerations. We found that according to this work, the theory of MIs was not explicitly addressed in the classroom of the French language and evidenced that students would enjoy lessons in which the teacher privileged the individuality of learners by observing the MIs of each student. / Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo as inteligências múltiplas (IMs) em sala de aula de língua francesa. Nós nos propomos a investigar como a teoria das IMs é contemplada na sala de aula de língua francesa. Temos como objetivo analisar a posição de alunos quanto à sua aprendizagem relativa à língua estrangeira (LE), partindo da pergunta de pesquisa adotando as IMs em aulas os alunos teriam um melhor rendimento escolar, seriam mais motivados à aprendizagem da língua francesa? Dito isso, partimos da hipótese de que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem das LEs centrado nas individualidades ou potencialidades dos aprendentes, priorizando as IMs, favorece maior participação dos aprendentes em sala de aula e propicia assim a efetiva aprendizagem da LE. Dessa forma, no intuito de verificar nossa hipótese e objetivos, essa pesquisa de caráter interpretativista e de natureza qualitativa e descritiva, apoia-se nos seguintes instrumentos de coleta de dados: observação de sala de aula, entrevista, questionário e inventário. Temos como corpus uma turma de alunos da graduação de Letras-Língua Francesa, cursando a disciplina Francês Intermediário II, da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), a turma apresenta sete alunos e uma professora. Nossa pesquisa se organiza de modo a mostrar, em suas seções, a origem de nosso posicionamento, as definições ou concepções de termos, como a teoria das IMs; implicações da teoria sobre a área educacional; formação de professores de LE; âmbito do FLE; perspectivas de ensino; processo de ensino-aprendizagem; livro didático e estratégias de ensino de acordo com as IMs. Desse modo, esse trabalho se desdobra precisamente em quatro capítulos. Em nossa fundamentação teórica, partimos dos pressupostos teóricos de Gardner (1983, 1995, 1998, 2000), Thomas Armstrong (1994) e Antunes (1998, 2011, 2012), estes aportes serviram-nos de base para o encaminhamento de nossa pesquisa. Estes e outros autores como Abreu-e-Lima (2006), Kleiman (2001, 2007) Germain (1993), Alves (2010) Machado (2007), (Coracini, 2003), Puren (1988, 2009), Chianca (1999, 2001, 2007, 2013), (Bortoni-Ricardo, 2008), entre outros, também nos foram essenciais para os desdobramentos teóricos dessa pesquisa. Assim verificamos de acordo com os dados obtidos por esse trabalho, que a teoria das IMs não era explícitamente contemplada na sala de aula de língua francesa e evidenciamos que os alunos apreciariam aulas em que o professor privilegiasse a individualidade dos aprendentes, observando as IMs de cada aluno.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-08-29Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:15:49Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ferrao_maf_me_sjrp.pdf: 3763351 bytes, checksum: d1fb3cb28d750c82768ddd592b6b987e (MD5) / This research study aimed at investigating how the Multiple Intelligences theory (MI), proposed by Howard Gardner, can help de design and implementation of teaching practices in English language teaching in public schools. An important aspect of this proposal is to consider the students' different skills and capacities, and their many manifestations as valuable products in the students' context. An action-research project was conducted with a first-year class of a state high school in Brazil, for two semesters. Didactic activities were adapted, on the basis of the MI theory, and used in that context. Data were collected by means of an inventory of intelligences, questionnaires, diaries and observations made by the teacher-researcher, and lessons were recorded. The theoretical bases of the MI theory and of the Communicative Approach, followed during the lessons, are presented here, as well as the research methodology, examples of the class activities, the results of the study and a reflection about the data. In the context investigated, this study focuses on possible solutions for the problems faced in the teacher's work and, by promoting reflection and discussion about pedagogical practices, expects to create conditions for better teaching conditions and the development of new and better strategies for the teaching of foreign languages.

A partir da grande complexidade e dos vários fatores inerentes ao processo de projeto em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, a presente tese busca analisar se na formação do Arquiteto, as escolas e professores estão preparados para enfrentar essa realidade pelo ponto de vista do conhecimento estrutural. Para tanto a presente tese analisou o resultado de trabalhos de TFG, das disciplinas de introdução aos Sistemas Estruturais e os procedimentos adotados por seus professores, de duas escolas de Arquitetura e Urbanismo no Paraná. A primeira é uma Universidade pública e a outra um Centro Universitário particular. A busca pela resposta a essa questão, demonstra que todo o processo de ensino de Arquitetura, requer mudanças significativas. Passando por atualizações nos currículos e nos procedimentos adotados por professores, em face a defasagem percebida durante a pesquisa. A pesquisa propõe inicialmente uma nova sistemática aliada ao cálculo, propiciando que o aluno tenha primeiramente uma visualização real dos diversos Sistemas Estruturais, apoiado em modelos digitais de edifícios reais. Esse novo procedimento foi aplicado aos alunos dessas disciplinas iniciais com resultados positivos quanto ao conhecimento adquirido. Nos períodos seguintes, em acompanhamento a um grupo desses alunos, verificou-se que os trabalhos elaborados nas disciplinas seguintes de Projeto Arquitetônico, não se utilizavam desse conhecimento adquirido em seus trabalhos. Uma pesquisa feita com os professores de Projeto mostrou a dificuldade que os próprios professores enfrentavam com orientações nas questões estruturais. Para tanto, além desse procedimento inicial de uso de modelos digitais, novas mudanças se fazem necessárias também no currículo e na proposta de trabalho de cada uma das instituições pesquisadas, objetivando que os conhecimentos adquiridos com o uso de modelos digitais pudessem ser permanentes. Como embasamento as mudanças de posicionamento pedagógico e curricular com o uso de modelos digitais, a tese foi construída sob dois pontos fundamentais. Primeiramente a Teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas do psicólogo americano Howard Gardner, focando na Inteligência Espacial e a Taxonomia de Bloom, elaborada por Benjamim Samuel Bloom, sobre o Domínio Cognitivo, que são aplicadas para verificação da aprendizagem através da analisa de seis categorias hierarquicamente separadas, da mais simples ao de maior complexidade, que envolve conhecimento, compreensão, aplicação, análise, síntese e avaliação. Como resultado a essa pesquisa, chegou-se à conclusão de que os cursos pesquisados devem prover o conhecimento de Sistemas Estruturais, através de projetos pedagógicos atualizados e mais eficientes, aliados a professores comprometidos com as modernas metodologias pedagógicas, visando uma ampla compreensão dos conteúdos de suas disciplinas por parte dos alunos e buscando que o conhecimento estrutural adquirido num primeiro momento, seja efetivamente praticado nas demais disciplinas. / From the great complexity and the various factors inherent in the design process in Architecture and Urbanism, this thesis seeks to analyze whether the architectural education, schools and teachers are prepared to face this reality from the point of view of structural knowledge. For this purpose, this thesis analyzed the result of TFG work, introduction of disciplines to structural systems and procedures adopted by their teachers, two schools of Architecture and Urbanism of Londrina in Parana. The first is a public university and the other a private university center. The search for the answer to this question show that the whole architecture of teaching process requires significant changes. Undergoing upgrades in the curricula and procedures adopted by teachers, given the lag perceived while searching. The search initially proposes a new system combined with calculation, enabling the student to first have a real view of various systems supported by digital models of real buildings. This new procedure was applied to the students of these disciplines with initial positive results regarding the acquired knowledge. In subsequent periods, in monitoring a group of these students, it was found that the works carried out in the following disciplines of Architectural Design, not used this knowledge acquired in their work. A survey of the project teachers showed the difficulty that teachers themselves faced with guidelines on structural issues. For that, beyond this initial procedure using digital models, new changes should also happen in curriculum and work proposal of each of the institutions surveyed, aiming that the knowledge acquired with the use of digital models could be permanent. As basis the changes in teaching and curriculum positioning with the use of digital models, the thesis was built on two fundamental points. First, the Theory of Multiple Intelligences of the American Howard Gardner psychologist, focusing on the Space Intelligence and Bloom\'s Taxonomy, developed by Benjamin Samuel Bloom, on the Cognitive Domain, which are applied for verification of learning through analyzes six hierarchically separate categories of the simplest to the most complex, involving knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. As a result to this research, we came to the conclusion that the surveyed courses should provide the structural systems knowledge through upgraded and more efficient educational projects, together with teachers committed to the modern teaching methods, aimed at a broad understanding of the contents of their disciplines by students and seeking the structural knowledge gained at first, is actually practiced in other disciplines.

This research was mainly based on my experiences along with the students of Pedagogy and Special Education course. Such knowledge has become the focal point for me to return to the essential questioner role in the risky world of research. Therefore, I propose to investigate the adolescents construction of self-image with Characteristics of High Ability / Gifted, which was constituted in this doctoral thesis, linked to the Graduate Program in Education, in the search line LP3: Special Education, UFSM - Santa Maria Federal University -RS Brazil. To help in this clash and list some possible solutions it was outlined as general aim to investigate, through the Narcissus Myth, as one builds his/her self-image on educational relationships as a reflection on the other. To advise, it was pointed out some specific objectives, such as: understanding the conception that one has of oneself; identify as the other, from educational space he sees and reveals oneself; and finally describes how he from the (intra / inter) relationship with the reflection of the other, builds one s self-image. The participants who contributed were three teenagers, one of them a 15-year-old teenager with characteristics described previously and two others not having such attributes, besides other testimonials / memorable from this mother, other mothers from the group and other teenagers disposal here, too, as objects of study. The criteria used for selecting this target corresponded to some inclusion and exclusion insights. Related to the teenage X, 15 and his characteristics were considered the identification made by the TIP - Talent Incentive Program, developed by UFSM (Santa Maria Federal University); being within the age group of 12 to 18 years old, according to the Child and Adolescent Statute and being male, as the central character of the Narcissus Myth belongs to this genre. Moreover, the other participants should be appointed by the Teenage X and legitimized by the members who make up their (inter) personal relationships. One of them, the Teenager Y, aged 17, is part of the acquaintanceship cycle that expresses a positive attitude toward to order and proximity, and another, codenamed Z, aged 16, reflecting a negative image reflex, because he is considered an opponent for attending the same educational spaces, which will outline the adolescent self-image construction, central focus for this investigation. Therefore, to present possible solutions to the aim and the Thesis problematization it was used descriptive research with case study interpretation, because the variety and searching of nexus with the object in question. For a better data explanation, It was used the qualitative method because it gave information of reality that could not be quantified. To study the declarations and contents, it was aimed to support the narrative analysis, since the stories and reports are commonplace in the investigated participants everyday life. For the subsidies collection and recording were used instruments such: semi-structured interview, notes in the logbook or observations and recordings field. Considering the statements and records of these observations, It was chosen to make the data analysis in the course of the chapters juxtapose prominent theorists. Narcissus still roams the societies today, equivalent to the ego in its difficult struggle to be born, to firm up and strengthen. The adolescence stage is marked by conceptual confusion and loss of certain references in the meeting of equals in the world of unequals. At no time is so urgent and so hard to become one. It is at school that this teenager experiences the moment of confrontation of various conceptions of what being an adolescent is, in his parents view, himself, his peers and the professionals working in education. The study of the adolescent self-image construction compared to others in the educational space gave origin to the defense of this thesis considering it as ontologically human, central to his eternal development. Finally, educational theoricals, High Ability / Gifted, multiple intelligences, psychological theories and the Narcissus Myth will be key references for the central corpus of this Doctoral Thesis. / Esta pesquisa teve como embasamento principal as experiências vividas do meu fazer pedagógico junto aos alunos dos cursos de Pedagogia e Educação Especial. Tais conhecimentos se tornaram ponto fulcral para eu me voltar ao papel essencial de inquiridor no mundo arriscado da investigação. Logo, propus-me pesquisar a construção da autoimagem do adolescente com Características de Altas Habilidades/Superdotação, a qual se constituiu nesta tese de doutorado, vinculada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, na linha de pesquisa LP3: Educação Especial, da UFSM Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-RS - Brasil. Para ajudar nesse embate e elencar algumas possíveis soluções, delineei como objetivo geral investigar, pelo viés do Mito de Narciso, como esse constrói sua autoimagem, nas relações educacionais como reflexo no outro. Para assessorar, assinalei alguns objetivos específicos como: compreender a concepção que esse tem de si mesmo; identificar como o outro, do espaço educacional, o vê e o revela; e, por último, descrever como ele, a partir da (intra/inter)relação com o reflexo do outro, edifica sua autoimagem. Os participantes que contribuíram foram três adolescentes, dos quais um, com 15 anos de idade, apresenta tais característica e os outros dois não têm tal atributo; além de outros depoimentos/memoriáveis da mãe deste, outras mães do grupo e outros adolescentes que aqui disponho, também, como objetos de estudo. O critério usado para a seleção desse público alvo correspondeu a alguns discernimentos de inclusão e exclusão. Quanto ao adolescente X, de 15 anos e com as características, foram consideradas a identificação realizada pelo PIT Programa de Incentivo ao Talento, desenvolvido pela UFSM; estar dentro da faixa etária de 12 a 18 anos, conforme o ECA Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente e ser do gênero masculino, visto que o personagem central do Mito de Narciso pertence a esse gênero. Quanto aos demais participantes, deverão ser indicados pelo próprio Adolescente X e legitimados pelos membros que compõem as suas relações (inter)pessoais. Um deles, o Adolescente Y, com 17 anos, é do ciclo de convivência que exprime um espelhamento de ordem positiva e proximidade; e o outro, de codinome Z, com 16, traduz uma imagem reflexa negativa, por se tratar de um oponente seu a frequentar os mesmos espaços educacionais, os quais configurarão a construção da autoimagem do adolescente, foco central desta investigação. Assim, para apresentar possíveis soluções aos objetivos e à problematização da Tese, foi utilizada a pesquisa descritiva, com interpretação de estudo de caso, visto a variedade e a busca de nexo com o objeto em questão. Para melhor explicação dos dados, utilizei o método qualitativo, pois conferiu informações da realidade que não puderam ser quantificadas. Para fazer o estudo das declarações, dos conteúdos, buscou-se suporte na Análise da Narrativa, visto que as histórias e os relatos são lugares comuns na vida diária dos participantes investigados. Para a coleta e registro dos subsídios foram usados instrumentos como: entrevista semi-estruturada, anotações em diário de bordo ou de campo, observações e gravações. Considerando as falas destes e os registros das observações, optei por fazer a análise dos dados no decorrer dos capítulos ao justapor os teóricos proeminentes. Narciso ainda perambula pelas sociedades hodiernas, equivalendo-se ao ego na sua árdua luta para nascer, firmar-se e se fortalecer. O adolescer é marcado por confusão de conceitos e perda de certas referências no encontro dos iguais no mundo dos desiguais. Em nenhum outro momento é tão urgente e tão difícil tornar-se pessoa. É no espaço escolar que o esse adolescente vivencia o momento do confronto de várias concepções do que é adolescer, na visão dos pais, dele próprio, dos seus pares e dos profissionais que atuam na educação. O estudo da construção da autoimagem desse adolescente a partir da relação espelhar com o outro no espaço educacional deu procedência à defesa dessa Tese que a entende como ontologicamente humana, fulcral para o seu eterno desenvolver-se. Enfim, teóricos sobre educação, Altas Habilidades/Superdotação, inteligências múltiplas, teorias psicológicas e do Mito de Narciso serão referenciais fulcrais para o corpus central desta Tese de Doutorado.

The present study had as main objective to analyze the potentialities of the Multiple Intelligences recognized by Gardner to help mobilize the learning of the notions of Trigonometry through a Didactic Sequence. Data collection focused on 14 (9th grade) students from a school in the city of Gararu / SE / Brazil. The theoretical arguments draw on Gardner's findings (1983, 1995, 1998, 2010), focusing his contributions to learning through the development of Multiple Intelligences Theory and Fonseca (2002, 2010, 2012, 2015) in his arguments that contribute to the Mathematics Education, in focus, the learning of Trigonometry. With the intention of answering the restlessness, that guides this study of - how to mobilize the learning of the notions of Trigonometry (trigonometric reasons in the triangle rectangle - sine, cosine and tangent) in the 9th year of Basic Education according to the Theory of Multiple Intelligences? - Artigue's Didactic Engineering (1988) was chosen as a research methodology based on a sequence of reflexive activities, based on the development stages of this methodology. At the end of this experiment, students' learning about the trigonometric ratios in the right triangle culminated significantly in the interrelationship with the Multiple Intelligences theory, and the results detected presuppose the permanence of expanding the search for understanding And approach of the contents directed to the learning of the notions of Trigonometry. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo principal analisar as potencialidades das Inteligências Múltiplas reconhecidas por Gardner, para auxiliar a mobilização da aprendizagem das noções de Trigonometria através de uma Sequência Didática. O levantamento de dados focalizou 14 alunos do (9º ano) de uma escola no município de Gararu/SE/ Brasil. Os argumentos teóricos discorreram dos achados de Gardner (1983, 1995, 1998, 2010), focando suas contribuições para a aprendizagem através do desenvolvimento da Teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas e Fonseca (2002, 2010, 2012, 2015) em seus argumentos que contribuem para a Educação Matemática, em foco, a aprendizagem da Trigonometria. Com o intento de responder a inquietação que norteia este estudo de - como mobilizar a aprendizagem das noções de Trigonometria (razões trigonométricas no triângulo retângulo – seno, cosseno e tangente) no 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental segundo a Teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas? – optou-se como metodologia de pesquisa a Engenharia Didática de Artigue (1988) fundamentada em uma sequência de atividades reflexivas, baseadas nas etapas de desenvolvimento desta metodologia. Ao final desta experiência, percebeu-se que a aprendizagem dos alunos no tocante, as razões trigonométricas no triângulo retângulo, culminou de maneira significativa ao interrelacionar com a Teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas, outrossim, os resultados detectados pressupõem a permanência de ampliar a busca pela compreensão e abordagem dos conteúdos direcionados a aprendizagem das noções de Trigonometria.

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This study examines the significance of understanding learners’ learning styles in relation to an educator’s learning style. The study explores the extent to which an educator and learners make provision for learning style flexibility by knowing and understanding their learning styles. There were reasons for being actively involved in the study. I wanted to know my learning style and to know and understand the learning styles of my learners. Action research was used to focus on the significance of learning style flexibility in my teaching practice, with the aim to developing myself as a professional and improving my teaching practice. Action research develops through a selfreflective spiral, consisting of cycle, each with its own steps of planning, acting, observing, reflecting and planning again for further implementation. Action research was critical in helping me to enhance my competencies and the competencies of learners who participated in my study and enabled me to improve in an ongoing, cyclical fashion. The use of qualitative and quantitative research methods helped me to learn and understand my learning style and learners’ learning styles. Herrmann’s Whole Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) was used to identify my learning style. To identify learners’ learning styles I used a simplified questionnaire that helped me to understand learners’ thinking preferences according to the four quadrants of Herrmann’s model. Learners’ profiles were identified and indicated that they have didderent profiles. Feedback questionnaires for learners and lecturers were used to dtermine feedback on how I facilitate learning and accommodate learners according to their learning styles, and improve myself professionally. Learning style flexibility is an approach that enhances teaching and learning, including the achievement of complex learning outcomes that includes attitudes and personality traits. Educators should move away from a content-driven learning approach to learner-driven approaches that allow learners to discover and construct knowledge on their own. Learning style flexibility and educational change complement each other. Learning style flexibility is significant in teaching and learning and the professional development of educators. Copyright / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Humanities Education / unrestricted

Across North America concerns have been raised about the social, emotional, and mental health of our youth. Many primary prevention programs have been proposed to address these issues, however, few have met the criteria for effective interventions, including being longitudinal, cross-curricular, emphasizing specific concepts and skills, and being within the skills and understandings of teachers and the school system at large (McCombs, 2004). The Respecting Diversity (RD) program is a social and emotional learning (SEL) intervention designed by teachers that uses a Multiple Intelligences (MI) framework to develop self-awareness, self-respect and respect for diverse others. It teaches skills such as goal setting, meta-cognition, and perspective taking that underlie SEL. The program is designed to develop, a safe, positive classroom climate to begin the school year, and facilitate social and academic learning. The study herein was intended to explore emotional and behavioral outcomes of the RD program. The study involved 218 intermediate (grades 4-7) students and their teachers, divided into intervention and control groups. Students were assessed pre and post intervention for the development of self-awareness, self-respect, awareness of others, and respect for others. Measures of classroom climate were also included. Students completed several measures of SEL, and a selected sample were interviewed to obtain detailed information about their experiences in inclusive diverse classrooms, and with the RD program itself. Data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including thematic content analysis procedures and repeated measures MANCOVA’s. Both students and teachers indicated that the RD program significantly increased students’ self-respect, awareness of others, and respect for others, while students in control classrooms decreased in these factors. Classroom climate also significantly improved for treatment classrooms, and, similarly, decreased in control classrooms. Results are discussed in terms of their educational implications, limitations, and suggestions for further research. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

Previous research has demonstrated that specific instructional contexts, techniques, and service delivery models that provide opportunities for peer interaction and active engagement in instructional activities promote positive social and academic outcomes for students with and without disabilities (Bulgren & Carta, 1993; Fisher et al., 1995; Grenot- Scheyer, 1994; Kamps, Leonard, Dugan, Boland, & Greenwood, 1991; Lee & Odom, 1996; Logan et al., 1998). It has been suggested that Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory provides a framework that includes many of these inclusive pedagogies and techniques (Armstrong, 1994; Hoerr, 1996). The present study was intended to explore the extent to which MI theory and instruction facilitates the inclusion of participants with developmental disabilities. Ten elementary school students (ages 6-12) with developmental disabilities participated in this study. The students were included in two types of general education classrooms: those in which MI pedagogy, instruction, and assessment were implemented, or those in which no specific educational theory or pedagogy was applied. Data were collected using ecobehavioral assessment, which is designed to reveal interrelationships between environmental variables (e.g., instructional activities and groupings) and child behavior (Greenwood, Schulte, Kohler, Dinwiddie, & Carta, 1986). An online version of MS-CISSAR (Greenwood, Carta, Kamps, Terry, & Delquadri, 1994) was used to gather and analyze data regarding students' instructional experiences, engaged behavior, and peer interactions. A matched-subjects design was used to compare the experiences of participants in the two types of classrooms; specifically, the relationships between types of task and instructional groupings and students' social interaction and engaged behaviors were examined. Results suggested that the experiences of the participants in both typical and Mt classrooms were more alike than different. Participants in both types of inclusive classrooms were frequently involved in whole-class or independent seatwork and paper-and-pencil activities. Thus, rates of overall engaged behavior and social interactions were essentially equivalent. However, participants in MI classrooms were more frequently observed to be involved in activities that allowed for multiple methods of responding and in small group structures. In contrast, participants in typical classrooms had high rates of one-to-one, separate activities from those of their typical classmates, as well as relatively high rates of non-instructional time (i.e. "down time" or transition time). Perhaps as a result, participants in MI classes were observed to interact with their typical peers more frequently and to be actively engaged in learning more often, while participants in typical classrooms were observed to interact more with adults and to be more passively engaged. The results are discussed in terms of their educational and research implications, limitations, and suggestions for further research. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med en djupare förståelse för hur rekryterare använder Artificiell Intelligens (AI) i en rekryteringsprocess för att medvetandegöra bias. Tidigare forskning visar att arbetssökandens chanser till arbete påverkas av rekryterarens bias, detta gör att arbetssökanden inte bedöms utefter kompetens. Tidigare studier visar att arbetssökanden missgynnas baserat på olika egenskaper, kopplat till etnicitet, ålder och kön. Rekryteringsprocessen är i ett behov av verktyg som minskar denna bias, där forskning visar att AI-system kan vara ett sådant verktyg. I denna studie har vi inkluderat respondenter som besitter erfarenhet av AI-system i en urvalsprocess. Studien genomförs med en kvalitativ forskningsansats där åtta respondenter har inkluderats. Empirin har analyserats genom en tematisk analys där sex teman identifierats. Resultatet presenterar olika faktorer som jämförs mot tidigare forskning där diskussionen behandlar de mest centrala från studien. Resultatet visar att alla respondenter är överens om att alla människor innehar bias som påverkar urvalsprocessen. AI-system tar bort fokus från etnicitet, ålder och kön, därmed upplever respondenterna att AI-systemet kan medvetandegöra bias eftersom systemet baserar rangordning av arbetssökande utifrån kompetens. Studien lyfter vad som anses behövas av rekryterare för att möjliggöra för AI att kunna medvetandegöra bias. Avslutningsvis visar resultatet att AI-system kräver kontinuerlig utveckling. Med rätt förutsättningar kan AI medvetandegöra bias, bortse från synliga attribut och bedöma arbetssökande efter kompetens. / The purpose of this study is to contribute with a deeper understanding of how recruiters use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a recruitment process to raise awareness of bias. Previous research shows that applicant chances of getting a job are affected by the recruiter's bias, this means that applicants are not assessed on competence. Previous studies show that applicants are disadvantaged based on different characteristics, linked to ethnicity, age and gender. The recruitment process has a need of tools that reduce this bias, where research shows that AI systems can be such a tool. In this study, we have included participants who have experience of AI systems in a selection process. The study is carried out with a qualitative research approach where eight participants have been included. The empirics have been analysed through a thematic analysis where six themes have been identified. The results present various factors that are compared to previous research where the discussion deals with the most central from the study. The results show that all participants agree that all people have biases that affect the selection process. AI systems remove focus from ethnicity, age and gender, participants believe that the AI system can raise awareness of bias because the ranking is based on applicant’s competence. The study highlights what is considered needed by recruiters to enable AI to be able to raise awareness of bias. In conclusion, the results show that AI systems require continuous development. With the right conditions, AI can raise awareness of bias, ignore visible attributes and assess jobseekers according to competence.