The after-school centresdevelopment has shifted from being a workplace to today's after-school centre as part of elementary school curriculum with a central content and purpose. Research in the field is in terms of conversational styles and roles but is not so much linked to the after-school centre'ssnack time. The present study has been intended to distinguish and exemplify the social interaction that is taking place in the after-school centre's snack time. Focus off interest has been how pupils talk and listen to each other and whether it is possible to discover in the conversation whether the conversation can be linked to school skills. Based on Sociocultural perspective on learning as well as Goffman's dramaturgical perspective as a frame, four recorded and observed conversations at two different after-school centres have been analysedwith an abductive approach. The purpose of this work is to identify the learning situations that occur during the after-school centre's snack, as well as describe how the students talk to each other. The roles that emerged in the result were categorized into five qualitatively distinct roles called; the conversation leader, listener, co-driver, clown and expert. The conversation leader is dependent on both the listener and the co-driver while the other roles are more independent of each other. The learning situations that can be linked to school skills are described in a separate section and are highly dependent on the role of the expert. All results are exemplified by direct quotes from the transcribed material.

Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-12-04T12:29:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JuarezMoreiradaSilvaJuniorTese2018.pdf: 3146246 bytes, checksum: c41051f9cb46fae388f3b273416604f1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-12-04T12:29:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 JuarezMoreiradaSilvaJuniorTese2018.pdf: 3146246 bytes, checksum: c41051f9cb46fae388f3b273416604f1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-04T12:29:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JuarezMoreiradaSilvaJuniorTese2018.pdf: 3146246 bytes, checksum: c41051f9cb46fae388f3b273416604f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-07 / The purpose of this research is to investigate learning situations and the fostering of autonomy in university classroom. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze which relationships exist between learning situations and the fostering of student autonomy. According to its objectives, it is a descriptive/analytical research. According to the data collection procedures, this study is a field research. Considering the nature of the data, it is qualitative. It was observed, based on participatory pedagogy, the learning situations proposed by the teacher, which are responsible by the interactions created and established in the classroom. This favored the analysis of evidence of fostering student autonomy taking into account four interrelated spheres: situated practice, overt instruction, critical schema and transformed practice. It should be emphasized that learning situations cannot be reduced and/or limited to problem situations and/or problematization of theme/content. From this result, it is concluded that the fostering of student autonomy must occur through the proposal, execution and efficient monitoring of the spheres that make up the learning situations; that is, it does not occur with the simple proposition of problem situations on scientific knowledge. It is understood that autonomy is a two-way process, it relates to the professor’s attitude as much as to the student’s, which are inserted in an educational context. Desiring the development of student autonomy requires the correct use of learning situations, as well as providing opportunities for the student to be responsible for his own individual and sociocultural learning, which will allow him, through interaction, to become an autonomous and conscious agent in social practices, through the domain of existing knowledge in society and the way to produce this knowledge. / A presente tese versa sobre situações de aprendizagem e promoção da autonomia na sala de aula universitária. Apresenta como objetivo geral analisar que relações existem entre situações de aprendizagem e promoção da autonomia do estudante. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo qualitativa, de natureza descritiva-analítica. Procurou-se observar, com base na pedagogia participativa, as situações de aprendizagem propostas pelo professor, as quais contribuem para as interações que se criam e se estabelecem no espaço sala de aula, o que favoreceu a análise de indícios de promoção da autonomia do estudante, levando-se em consideração quatro esferas inter-relacionadas: prática situada, instrução aberta, esquema crítico e prática transformada. Destaca-se que as situações de aprendizagem não podem ser reduzidas e/ou limitadas a situações-problema e ou problematização de tema/conteúdo. A partir desse resultado, conclui-se que a promoção da autonomia do estudante pode ocorrer mediante a proposta/execução/acompanhamento eficiente das esferas que compõem as situações de aprendizagem; isto é, não ocorre com a simples proposição de situações-problema sobre o conhecimento científico. Compreende-se que a autonomia é uma via de mão dupla, pois se relaciona com a atitude do professor quanto do estudante, os quais estão inseridos em um contexto educacional. Desejar o desenvolvimento da autonomia requer, além da correta utilização das situações de aprendizagem, ofertar ao estudante a oportunidade para que ele possa assumir a responsabilidade pelo seu aprendizado individual e sociocultural, o que lhe permitirá, por meio da interação, constituir-se em agente autônomo e consciente da sua prática social, por meio do domínio do conhecimento elaborado existente na sociedade, bem como do próprio modo de produzir esse conhecimento.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how power is distributed in the mathematics classroom and how students achieve agency when ICT (Information and communication technology) is used as a teaching tool. Three learning situations, structured by mathematics, are analysed: in the first situation mathematics is taught in a traditional way, in the second mathematics is taught in interdisciplinary projects, and in the third mathematics is taught using ICT as a pedagogical tool. The theoretical concepts of power and agency are used as analytical tools within a socio-political framework. The concept of power is used to assess the students’ ability to influence their learning and degree of inclusion in the three learning situations. The power aspect is assumed to influence the students’ ability to achieve agency. Based on an ecological understanding of the concept, agency is examined by assessing the quality of students’ engagement in the learning situations. Also, the degree to which the students are in control of their actions is assessed. Data was collected through participant observation, questionnaires and in-depth interviews. Linguistic text analysis was used as a tool to analyse the transcripts from the interviews. The results suggest that students can achieve agency in situations where ICT is used as a pedagogical tool to enable collaboration between students. However, ICT can also distract students, which in turn can limit their achievement of agency. Furthermore, it is suggested that the results may have implications for our understanding of the concepts of power and agency in relation to ICT in a wider social context beyond the classroom. Finally, it is proposed that the question of how the distribution of power and agency influence learning when ICT is used in the mathematics classroom should be subject to further research.

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Structuring education so that students can discover connections between schoolwork and their everyday lives is a crucial task for a teacher. This is especially true in today’s school system that seeks to foster a spirit of lifelong learning, since educational motivation depends on being able to connect to the tasks at hand. In a system where these connections are not present, students will be motivated only by institutional mechanisms such as test results and grades. This leads to them using a number of techniques for “optimizing the system” by getting maximal results for minimal effort.This essay looks at two pedagogical movements that aim to decrease the gap between schoolwork and students’ reality. Freinet pedagogy, named after Célestin Freinet (1896-1966) is a “pedagogy of labour” that concentrates on equating the “labour of the hand” and the “labour of the mind”. Entrepreneurial pedagogy, which has been gaining ground during the last few years, is centred on project-based learning that stimulates the skills commonly found among successful entrepreneurs.These movements have several important differences, most notably the idealistic political visions of the Freinet movement that are absent in the more modern, pragmatic entrepreneurial pedagogy. In spite of this, they are united by the principle of school being as close to the students’ reality as possible – a fact that gives hope for the school of tomorrow.

Orientador: Maria Raquel Miotto Morelatti / Banca: Leny Rodrigues Teixeira / Banca: Saddo Ag Almouloud / Resumo: Este trabalho, de natureza qualitativa, vinculado à linha de pesquisa "Práticas Educativas na Formação de Professores", do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação, da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - FCT/Unesp, Campus de Presidente Prudente, tem por objetivo investigar as vantagens e limites de uma proposta didática baseada em uma seqüência múltipla de situações de aprendizagem e como ela pode favorecer a aprendizagem significativa de conceitos geométricos envolvidos na relação espaçoplano. Para tanto, elaboramos, aplicamos e analisamos uma seqüência didática de situações de aprendizagem, que utilizou metodologia e recursos diferenciados, junto a trinta e dois alunos de uma 5a série do ensino fundamental da escola pública "EMEF Marechal do Ar Márcio de Souza e Mello", da cidade de Álvares Machado - SP. Os pressupostos teóricos de Ausubel, Parsysz, Van Hiele e Duval alicerçam a fundamentação e a análise do trabalho. Antes de iniciarmos a intervenção pedagógica, aplicamos uma avaliação diagnóstica para identificarmos os conhecimentos prévios e as dificuldades dos alunos. A partir desse diagnóstico, planejamos e desenvolvemos nove situações de aprendizagem, vivenciadas ao longo de seis meses do ano de 2007, as quais empregaram recursos didáticos diversificados, dentre eles, o computador. Ao final, aplicamos novamente a avaliação, com o intuito de identificarmos os avanços em relação à compreensão de conceitos. Para melhor analisarmos o material coletado, dividimos os alunos em três grupos. A análise dos dados revelou que um grupo não apresentou avanços expressivos em relação ao domínio dos conceitos envolvidos por não conseguir se desvincular das situações concretas para abstrair delas regularidades quanto aos elementos e conceitos em jogo... / Abstract: This is a qualitative study linked to the research line "Educative Practice on Teachers' Formation", from the Post Graduation Program in Education, of Science and Technology College (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - FCT/Unesp), Campus of Presidente Prudente. The present study has the objective of investigating the advantages and the limits of a didactic proposal based on a multiple sequence of learning situations and how it can support the significative learning of geometric concepts involved in the plane-space relationship. To do so, we elaborated, applied and analyzed a didactic sequence of learning situations that used different resources and methodology, with thirty two students from the 5th grade from a public school "EMEF Marechal do Ar Márcio de Souza e Mello", from Álvares Machado - SP. We used the theoretical presupposes from Ausubel, Parsysz, Van Hiele and Duval that contributed to the base and the analysis of this study. Before we initiate the pedagogic intervention, we applied a diagnostic evaluation to identify the students' previous knowledge as well as their possible difficulties. From this diagnostic we planed and developed nine learning situations, experimented during six months in 2007 and for what we used different didactic resources, as the computer, for example. Finally we applied the evaluation again to verify the students' improvement about the concepts comprehension. To best analyze the collected data, we divided the students in three groups... / Mestre

Les recherches menées en Guyane sur l’Ecole, mettent en avant l’inadaptation du système scolaire au regard de la situation géographique et sociolinguistique du territoire. Les résultats scolaires rapportés au niveau national, placent l’Académie de la Guyane en queue de peloton. Dans une société si diversifiée; composée de groupes dont l’installation est très ancienne ; doivent cohabiter des populations très récemment installées. Les difficultés linguistiques sont propulsées comme vecteurs de l’échec scolaire. La réussite scolaire s’impose sur tous les sites et auprès de l’ensemble de la population scolarisée. Avant les années 70, les populations bushinengué, considérées comme «indigènes» ou «tribales», selon la terminologie de l’époque étaient écartées du système politique, économique, social et éducatif. Elles étaient essentiellement régies par des règles coutumières. Après 40 ans de changement administratif et statutaire : comment les jeunes bushinengué habitant Apatou, appréhendent le système scolaire ? Que signifie aller à l'école, y travailler, y apprendre les savoirs proposés ? Comment vivent-ils leur scolarité ? Quels sont leurs ambitions, leurs projets ? Quels regards portent-ils sur l’Ecole ? sur leur commune ? Cette recherche vise à comprendre, dans une société en pleine mutation, comment les collégiens d’Apatou à travers le rapport au savoir, se construisent, se projettent et cultivent la réussite dans l'espace scolaire. Les données sur la singularité des histoires scolaires des élèves de la 6ème à la 3ème, seront recueillies à partir d’observations, d’entretiens et de questionnaires / Researches carried out in French Guiana, reveal that the school system isn’t adapted in regards to the territory’s geographical and sociolinguistic situation. Reported at the national level, the school outcomes rank French Guiana on the tail of the peloton. It is a diversified society where anciently settled people and recently settled ones must live together. Language difficulties are shown as conveyors of school failure. Academic success applies to all sites and to the entire school population. Before the 70s, bushinengue considered as “indigenous” or “tribal”, according to the terminology in use at that time, were excluded from the political, economic, social and educational systems. They were essentially governed by customary laws. After 40 years of administrative and statutory changes : This research aims at understanding, how high school students, learning subjects develop and how do they evolve in school, through the notion of relationship to knowledge. Data on the specificity of their educational background will be collected from observations, interviews and questionnaires. It will contribute to understanding how individuals from a society undergoing massive changes and can manage to cultivate their success.

Abstract This study investigates young children’s views of successful learning situations in their classroom activities and factors that contribute to their achievement in those situations. It is investigated how self-regulated learning is supported in these situations and how children appraise support as part of their success. The study consists of three different data sets that are reported in three empirical articles. The first empirical study investigated resilience displayed by young children in dyadic task performance. The second empirical study investigated views and appraisals that primary school children give to their success in classroom learning activities and how self-regulated learning is supported in the classrooms. The third empirical study investigated how primary school children appraise the reasons for their peers’ successes in learning situations. The data collection methods include video observations, stimulated recall interviews and photo elicitation interviews. The results of this dissertation indicated that success in learning activities results from individual and external factors. Among the individual assets that children bring to learning situations, the support that children receive from their teachers and peers were crucial for successful achievement. This study showed that, in general, the children’s self-regulated learning was supported in the classroom, especially through the support from a teacher and non-threatening evaluation. Children described their success through concrete actions that they took in the situations, such as the ability to accomplish the particular tasks or doing academic activities in order to achieve the task. The methodological findings indicate that it is possible to develop child-centred participatory methods in learning research. Results of this study contribute to the discussion of how successful learning experiences and self-regulated learning can be supported in the first years of primary school. / Tiivistelmä Tässä väitöstutkimuksessa tarkastellaan pienten lasten onnistumisen kokemuksia ja niiden syitä aidoissa oppimistilanteissa. Tavoitteena on selvittää, kuinka itsesäätöistä oppimista tuetaan ja kuinka lapset näkevät saamansa tuen auttavan heitä onnistumaan. Tutkimus koostuu kolmen aineiston analyyseista jotka on raportoitu kolmessa empiirisessä artikkelissa. Ensimmäinen tutkimus tarkasteli pienten lasten osoittamaa sinnikkyyttä yksilö- ja paritehtävässä. Toinen tutkimus selvitti, kuinka alakouluikäiset lapset selittivät onnistumistaan koululuokan oppimistilanteissa ja kuinka itsesäätöistä oppimista tuettiin kyseisissä tilanteissa. Kolmas tutkimus tarkasteli, kuinka alakouluikäiset oppilaat selittivät koulukavereidensa onnistumista oppimisessa. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu videohavainnoinneista sekä videoin ja valokuvin tuetuista haastatteluista. Tämän tutkimuksen tulokset osoittavat, että koululuokassa tapahtuvaan onnistumiseen vaikuttavat sekä ulkoiset että sisäiset tekijät. Sisäisiä tekijöitä ovat lasten yksilölliset taidot, kuten sinnikäs työskentely ja kyky suorittaa tehtävä onnistuneesti. Selittäessään omia ja kavereidensa onnistumisia lapset kuvailivat onnistumista konkreettisten toimien kautta. Lapset näkivät onnistumisen johtuneen toimista joita he tekivät tehtävien aikana, kuten tehtävien aktiivinen suorittaminen ja kyvykkyys suoriutua tehtävistä onnistuneesti. Ulkoisiin tekijöihin kuuluu tuki, jota lapset saavat oppimisen aikana. Tutkimuksessa havaittiin, että seuratuissa luokkahuoneissa lasten itsesäätöistä oppimista tukivat erityisesti opettajien tarjoama apu ja kannustava arviointi, jotka loivat luokkaan ymmärtävän ja rohkaisevan ilmapiirin. Metodologisesti tämä tutkimus näyttää, että oppimisen tutkimuksessa on mahdollista kehittää lapsilähtöisiä, osallistavia tutkimusmenetelmiä. Tutkimuksen tulokset lisäävät tietoa siitä, miten lasten onnistumisen kokemuksia ja itsesäätöistä oppimista voidaan tukea jokapäiväisissä luokkahuonetilanteissa.

Notre travail de thèse porte sur les usages du tableau numérique interactif (TNI) en milieu scolaire. Nous étudions plus particulièrement les effets cognitifs des trois potentiels pédagogiques du TNI sur l’enseignement-apprentissage d’une discipline scolaire au cycle III de l’école primaire en France. L’étude est conduite en classes de CM1 et de CM2 et porte sur l’enseignement-apprentissage de la notion de fraction. La relation entre l’utilisation du TNI et les effets de ces usages sur l’apprentissage des élèves apparait complexe et soulève beaucoup de questions. Cette complexité provient avant tout de la pluralité des facteurs participant plus ou moins au processus d’enseignement et d’apprentissage. Pour mieux appréhender cette problématique, notre recherche s’est centrée sur l’influence des trois thématiques du TNI : 1. L’interactivité technico-pédagogique supportée par l’usage du TNI ; 2. Les modalités et l’ergonomie de travail impliqué par l’usage du TNI ; 3. Les supports multimodaux visuels et manipulables utilisé sur cet instrument numérique.Cette étude s’appuie sur des éléments théoriques mis en oeuvre dans les recherches dans les domaines de la pédagogie et des didactiques disciplinaires permettant de traiter cette problématique. Nous avons porté notre réflexion, dans un premier temps, sur la notion de médiation en nous appuyant sur l’approche instrumentale selon Rabardel (1995). Les tâches réalisées en classe se font dans un cadre collectif. Nous les analysons, dans un deuxième temps, selon la théorie de l’activité d’Engeström (1987). Nous nous inspirons, enfin, des travaux de Piaget (1948) afin de comprendre le développement et la construction de la notion de fraction chez l’enfant. En outre, dans cette recherche, le TNI n’est pas un instrument isolé des autres éléments existant en classe mais il est un dispositif techno-sémio-pragmatique (Peraya, 1999). De ce point de vue, le TNI réunit trois entités : la technique, la sémiotique et le social. Le TNI est donc vu comme l’ensemble des interactions entre ces trois domaines : technologique, technosocial et système de représentations de l’ordre du sémiocognitif. Les trois champs d’investigation du TNI ont été menés auprès d’un échantillon composé d’élèves et d’enseignants du département du Rhône et Lyon intra-muros à travers des questionnaires, des observations directes sur le terrain, des entretiens et des pré et post tests. L’objectif de pluralité des outils de construction des données était de confronter les avis obtenus afin de s’interroger sur les effets des trois potentiels pédagogiques du TNI sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de la notion de fraction.Cette recherche montre que le TNI est un instrument très utile pour l’enseignement-apprentissage des fractions. En particulier, nous avons constaté que le TNI favorise les interactions entre les différents acteurs dans la classe et la construction collective des connaissances. Les enseignants ont insisté particulièrement sur l’aide que le TNI apportait au développement relationnel des élèves et facilitait singulièrement la conceptualisation de la notion de fraction. Les supports multimodaux visuels et manipulables du TNI constituent également une aide cognitive pour les élèves dans leur apprentissage. / Our work deals with the use of interactive whiteboard (IWB) in schools. We are particularly interested in the cognitive effects of three pedagogical potentials of the IWB on the teaching and learning in Cycle III of primary school in France. The study is conducted in primary classes 4 (CM1) and primary 5 (CM2) and focuses on the teaching and learning of the concept of fractions.The relationship between the use of IWB and the effects of these practices on student learning appears complex and raises many questions. This complexity comes primarily from the plurality of factors more or less involved in the teaching and learning process. To better understand this issue, our research focuses on the influence of the three themes of the IWB: 1. the technical educational interactivity supported by the use of IWB; 2. the terms and working ergonomics involved by the use of IWB; 3. Visual and manipulated multimodal media used on this digital instrument.This study focuses on theoretical elements used in research in the fields of education and disciplinary teaching to address this problem. We based our thinking, initially, on the notion of mediation by drawing on the instrumental approach according to Rabardel (1995). The tasks done in the classroom are in a collective framework. Secondly, we analyze, according to the theory of activity of Engeström (1987). Finally, we are inspired by the works of Piaget (1948) in order to understand the development and construction of the notion of fractions in children. Besides, in this research, the IWB is not isolated from other existing elements in the class but it is a techno-semiotic-pragmatic device (Peraya, 1999). From this point of view, the IWB meets three entities: the technic, the semiotics and the social. The IWB is seen as the set of interactions between these three areas: technological, technosocial and system of representations of the order of semiocognitif.The three fields of investigation of the IWB were conducted with a sample composed of students and teachers from the department of Rhone through questionnaires, direct field observations, interviews and pre and post testing. The objective of plurality of data construction tools was to confront the opinions obtained in order to consider the effects of three pedagogical potentials of the IWB on the teaching and learning of the concept of fractions.This research shows that IWB is a very useful tool for the teaching and learning of fractions. In particular, we found that the IWB promotes interactions between different actors in the classroom and the collective construction of knowledge. Teachers have particularlyemphasized the assistance the IWB has brought to the relational development of students and the singular facilitation the conceptualization of the concept of fractions. Visual and multimodal media manipulation of the IWB is also a cognitive aid for students in their learning.

This thesis offers dialogue about the relations between learning and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The dialogue is guided by the question of how to design education to increase perceived values of learning. It pays attention to how learners approach learning availabilities in various learning settings based on learners’ perceived values of learning. The aim is to understand the perceived values of learning in order to reflect its relation to ICTs. The field of learning is understood from the perspectives of formal, non-formal and informal learning. The field of ICTs is understood from the perspectives of information, communication and technology. The perspectives of learning and ICTs are chosen as a way to understand them by ‘going back to basics’ to find an origin or a point of departure for reinterpreting and understanding them. This approach has influenced the presentation of the thesis and how it is structured so that dialogic and interpretive research opens up dialogic spaces for reflections regarding the relations between learning and ICTs. Two studies in two different education systems, formal and non-formal, are included in the thesis work. The data are collected via qualitative methods such as photo interviews and individual and group interviews in which learners’ expressions of learning are in focus. The approach of the included articles that present the two studies was to first understand learning and then relate it to the understanding, potential and use of ICTs. The results and contributions from the articles are summarised via the three perspectives of the perceived values of learning, the relations between learning and ICTs and the influences of perceived values of learning. The theoretical tools, pedagogical attitude and positioning of ICTs guide the discussions and analysis of these perspectives towards the conclusions of the thesis work. The reader of the thesis can expect a journey along a winding road, which both addresses and involves policies’ and researchers’ implications and conceptions of learning and education. A framework for the perceived values of education when perspectives of learning and ICTs are related is considered to represent the understanding of the coherent whole of the thesis work. Three main contributions of the thesis work are put forth. The first contribution is the framework for perceived values of education, or the perceived value framework (PVF). The second contribution is the understanding of perceived values of learning. The third contribution is the specific photo interviews about learning situations that is considered to be a contribution to already existing methods such as photo-eliciting (Cappello, 2005) and stimulated recall (Haglund, 2003).