Research into kanji (Chinese characters used in Japan) learning and recognition has given rise to various theories on how kanji are learnt and identified by non-native learners of Japanese. However, an overall understanding of the underlying process by which they learn kanji remains unclear. The aim of this thesis was thus to produce a synthesis of kanji learning from cognitive outcomes and socio-cognitive behaviour to perceived strategies among learners of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). This was examined through three separate but interrelated studies. The first study examined the use of kanji learning strategies and their perceived efficacy by JFL learners by means of a questionnaire. The second study examined the outcomes of identifying single kanji characters by means of a kanji identification task. Finally, the third study explored kanji learning behaviour in detail by examining affective factors, kanji attributes and the effect of instructional methods on six beginner JFL learners over a semester of kanji study. Analysis of Study 1 revealed three main categories of kanji learning strategies, namely, mnemonic, analytic and rote learning. On average, learners claimed that the strategies they used most were also most helpful. Despite their exposure to Chinese characters, the learners from Chinese backgrounds studying in Australia demonstrated similar preferences for kanji learning strategies to English first language (L1) learners, while learners from Sri Lanka showed preferences for different types of strategies to these two groups. Study 2 revealed that all learners performed better in matching kanji with their shapes than with their meanings or pronunciations (readings). Chinese L1 learners performed better than their alphabetic (English L1) or alphasyllabic (Sinhalese L1) counterparts in matching the meanings and shapes of kanji. Similarity, whether in shape, pronunciation or meaning, did impair the performances of all JFL learners. The findings of Study 3 underpin the need to develop individualised learning styles within the kanji classroom. Some learners collaborated with their study partner in finding solutions; some demonstrated abilities to recognise and assess their own learning behaviour, and others initiated and developed activities for learning kanji to varying degrees. In general, experiences of staying in Japan appeared to have produced negative impressions regarding kanji study. Moreover, asymmetries in reading and writing were prevalent among the learners. In spite of the varied instructional modes exercised on the learner groups, all learners were able to assess the strengths and weaknesses in each method and develop their own kanji-learning styles. Taken together, the three studies reported in this thesis all contributed to deepening our understanding of the kanji learning process of pre-intermediate and beginner JFL learners. These three studies constitute the starting point in the endeavour to propose a framework for kanji learning.

Research into kanji (Chinese characters used in Japan) learning and recognition has given rise to various theories on how kanji are learnt and identified by non-native learners of Japanese. However, an overall understanding of the underlying process by which they learn kanji remains unclear. The aim of this thesis was thus to produce a synthesis of kanji learning from cognitive outcomes and socio-cognitive behaviour to perceived strategies among learners of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). This was examined through three separate but interrelated studies. The first study examined the use of kanji learning strategies and their perceived efficacy by JFL learners by means of a questionnaire. The second study examined the outcomes of identifying single kanji characters by means of a kanji identification task. Finally, the third study explored kanji learning behaviour in detail by examining affective factors, kanji attributes and the effect of instructional methods on six beginner JFL learners over a semester of kanji study. Analysis of Study 1 revealed three main categories of kanji learning strategies, namely, mnemonic, analytic and rote learning. On average, learners claimed that the strategies they used most were also most helpful. Despite their exposure to Chinese characters, the learners from Chinese backgrounds studying in Australia demonstrated similar preferences for kanji learning strategies to English first language (L1) learners, while learners from Sri Lanka showed preferences for different types of strategies to these two groups. Study 2 revealed that all learners performed better in matching kanji with their shapes than with their meanings or pronunciations (readings). Chinese L1 learners performed better than their alphabetic (English L1) or alphasyllabic (Sinhalese L1) counterparts in matching the meanings and shapes of kanji. Similarity, whether in shape, pronunciation or meaning, did impair the performances of all JFL learners. The findings of Study 3 underpin the need to develop individualised learning styles within the kanji classroom. Some learners collaborated with their study partner in finding solutions; some demonstrated abilities to recognise and assess their own learning behaviour, and others initiated and developed activities for learning kanji to varying degrees. In general, experiences of staying in Japan appeared to have produced negative impressions regarding kanji study. Moreover, asymmetries in reading and writing were prevalent among the learners. In spite of the varied instructional modes exercised on the learner groups, all learners were able to assess the strengths and weaknesses in each method and develop their own kanji-learning styles. Taken together, the three studies reported in this thesis all contributed to deepening our understanding of the kanji learning process of pre-intermediate and beginner JFL learners. These three studies constitute the starting point in the endeavour to propose a framework for kanji learning.

The aim of this study is to see how preschool – teacher´s work with pedagogical documentation and aesthetic learning processes and how they would want to change in their working environments. I interviewed preschool – teachers that worked in Reggio Emilia – inspired preschools. The results show that they worked with a process – diary with the purpose to see the learning processes together with the children. They have time to discuss and reflect about activities with co-workers but also with the children. They worked with aesthetic but thought it was hard to discuss and reflect about it hence they thought it was because of the lack of inspiration and interests. / Syftet med denna studie är att synliggöra arbetet med pedagogisk dokumentation i förskolan i anslutning till estetiska lärprocesser. Jag har intervjuat fem förskollärare från tre förskolor i en kommun i Sverige som alla arbetade på ett Reggio Emilia – inspirerat sätt. Pedagogerna arbetade med pedagogisk dokumentation på liknande sätt då de använde sig av processdagbok och hade reflektionstid, dokumentationsvägg och Instagram – konto. Det som fyra av fem pedagoger tyckte var svårt med det estetiska arbetet var avsaknaden av inspiration och kunskap. De hade inga pedagoger som brann för ämnena vilket de trodde kunde få som följd att estetiken hamnade på sidan av.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka några förskollärares inställningar till barns bildaktiviteter och konstmöten i förskolan,och söka samband till hur ämnet enligt dem tar plats i verksamheten.Genom studien söks också inblick i deras egen syn på vald roll när bildaktiviteter utförs och konstmöten skapas i den pedagogiska verksamheten.Metoden för studien är kvalitativ och fem intervjuer har utförts.Resultatet visar att samtliga intervjuade förskollärare ser bildskapande och konstmöten som betydelsefullt och viktigt för barns utveckling.Resultatet visade att ämnet ofta fungerar som estetisk lärprocess för matematik,musik och biologi.Rollerna som förskollärarna väljer i samband med ämnet är varierande och en osäkerhet verkar finnas om vad som är pedagogiskt.Under studiens gång framkommer att konstmöten är svårare att berätta om och relatera till.Konstmöten utanför verksamheten uteblir även på fyra av de fem förskolorna. / <p><strong>Fastställt via akademichefsbeslut HIG-STYR 2019/7 den 2019-01-07</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Daniel Petterson, fil dr, univ. lekt Pedagogik och Erika Björklund, fil dr, univ. lekt Pedagogik går in som examinatorer på PEG700 under veckorna 1 till och med 3, 2019 då Peter Gill, prof. Pedagogik, gått i pension från och med 2019-01-01.</p>

À travers une entrée par l’activité, cette recherche se donne pour objet la compréhension des processus selon lesquels le sujet construit son expérience en réélaborant ses « habitudes d’activités ». L’analyse de l’activité de plusieurs médecins du travail lors de consultations avec les salariés des entreprises dont ils assurent le suivi, nous permet de réaliser l’hypothèse selon laquelle le dialogue qui s’y déroule constitue pour ces acteurs un moyen privilégié de conduire leur action de prévention, mais également d’apprendre au contact d’autrui. En mobilisant la théorie de « l’enquête » de J. Dewey, nous montrons comment ces médecins sont susceptibles de transformer les habitudes qui orientent leur action, lorsqu’ils sont confrontés à une situation insuffisamment déterminée. Nous pensons que ces transformations qui se réalisent dans et par l’action, constituent au fil du temps, une des voies privilégiées du « travail de l’expérience » du sujet en situation professionnelle. / By focusing on the activity, this research aims to understand the process through which the subject constructs his experience by re-developing his “activity habits”. By analyzing the activities of a number of occupational health physicians during their consultations with patients (who are business employees), we may hypothesize that the dialogue which unfolds between the physicians and the patients is a means for physicians to take preventative action and to connect with others. By mobilising J. Dewey’s theory of the “inquiry”, we show how these physicians may transform the habits that orient their action when they are confronted with a situation that is insufficiently determined. We think that these transformations take place in and through actions, constituting

CARDOSO, Lídia Amélia de Barros. Estilos de aprendizagem e estratégias cognitivas: em busca de maior autonomia na aprendizagem de língua estrangeira. 2007. 169f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Curso de Mestrado Acadêmico em Linguística Aplicada, Fortaleza, 2007. / Submitted by anizia almeida (aniziaalmeida80@gmail.com) on 2016-09-23T13:52:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_labcardoso.pdf: 522246 bytes, checksum: 8a25b3c8f82861244f594476eed49c7b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-09-27T22:17:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_labcardoso.pdf: 522246 bytes, checksum: 8a25b3c8f82861244f594476eed49c7b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-27T22:17:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_labcardoso.pdf: 522246 bytes, checksum: 8a25b3c8f82861244f594476eed49c7b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / This dissertation analyses the learning process of a group of seven American undergraduate students learning Portuguese as a foreign language. The research carried identified their learning styles through the Index of Learning Styles (ILS), proposed by Richard Felder (1998), and their cognitive strategies based on the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) by Rebecca Oxford (1990). The initial hypothesis was that from the design of material and methodological procedures which tried to accommodate both learning styles and the development of cognitive learning strategies their linguistic skills and communicative competence would be significantly optimized. The results indicated that 86% of the group attained best proficiency and more autonomy. The evidence is that the students who used a bigger number of strategies and those who created their own strategies improved their proficiency significantly. The main pedagogical implication is that the use of learning strategies should be considered a key factor in language learning. / Esta dissertação analisa a aprendizagem de português como língua estrangeira de um grupo de sete alunos de graduação americanos. A pesquisa identificou, nos alunos participantes, seus estilos de aprendizagem a partir da aplicação do Índice de Estilos de Aprendizagem (IEA), proposto por Richard Felder (1998), e suas estratégias cognitivas com base no Inventário de Estratégias de Aprendizagem de Línguas (IEAL) de Rebecca Oxford (1990). A hipótese levantada foi que a partir da elaboração de procedimentos metodológicos que acomodem os estilos de aprendizagem e oportunizem o desenvolvimento de estratégias cognitivas, o desenvolvimento das habilidades linguísticas e competências comunicativas necessárias ao aprendizado de língua estrangeira implicaria em melhor proficiência e uma aprendizagem mais autônoma. A análise dos resultados constatou que 86% do grupo obtiveram melhor proficiência e maior autonomia no aprendizado. A evidencia obtida é que os alunos que utilizaram um número maior de estratégias e aqueles que desenvolveram as próprias estratégias atingiram melhor proficiência. A principal implicação pedagógica é a de que o desenvolvimento das estratégias de aprendizagem deve ser considerado um fator fundamental no aprendizado de LE.

MENDES, Débora Lúcia Lima Leite. Estrutura e funcionamento de ensino e a gestão educacional: avaliação de disciplinas em cursos de pedagogia e licenciatura na Universidade Federal do Ceará. 2011. 206f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2011 / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-22T14:55:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_dlllmendes.pdf: 2327183 bytes, checksum: e6be4aeb3141f192922f6fc4e46e0f90 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-23T11:00:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_dlllmendes.pdf: 2327183 bytes, checksum: e6be4aeb3141f192922f6fc4e46e0f90 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-23T11:00:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_dlllmendes.pdf: 2327183 bytes, checksum: e6be4aeb3141f192922f6fc4e46e0f90 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / The main purpose of the current research was to accomplish an investigation about the conception of professors, students and graduates of Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) – who occupied administration positions in educational institutions in Fortaleza-CE at the time – referring the quality of teaching-learning process of the disciplines of the area of Elementary Education Structure and Operation, presented obligatorily for the courses of Pedagogy and other licentiates, because of their importance for the exercise of teaching as well as for the exercise of functions related do the education administration. Specifically, this study aimed: i) evaluating and pointing out possible modification needs in those disciplines to better discuss the articulation presented by theory and practice as well as contributing for the improvement of the teaching-learning process in Higher Education; ii) identifying pedagogic strategies that can contribute to the evolution and improvement of the referred disciplines; iii) identifying the necessary and indispensable competences to the graduates, specifically to those who will exercise functions related to School Administration; iv) achieving an historical evaluation about the importance of the disciplines of the area and justifying their relevance for courses of Formation of Teachers, exploring political and legal aspects; v) supplying subsidies to the courses of Pedagogy and other licentiates of UFC related to the curriculum/program of the disciplines, intending to provide another meaning to the contents and prioritizing the necessary competences and practical experiences that can contribute to successful pedagogic and professional practices. The importance of this study remains in its innovative character and pioneering nature in evaluating the disciplines that comprehend the area of studies in reference. The specialized literature refers to education public policy as well as the education legislation and it approaches themes as evaluation, history and education administration. Thus, a qualitative and quantitative research was accomplished, as a case study. The universe of this research is constituted by 05 (five) effective and temporary teachers who taught the disciplines of the area at the time; 167 (one hundred and sixty seven) students regularly registered in those disciplines and 10 (ten) graduates. The procedures were systematic and the collection of data accomplished through questionnaires applied in the beginning and at the end of the semester of the year 2010.1. Among other relevant aspects, this research verified that an initial formation with only a theoretical nature, can contribute, certainly, for the professional practice, but it is not capable of modifying pedagogical practices toward a quality administration. Therefore, a list of essential competences was made, to be used as parameter for the formation of futures education managers as well as suggestions about the need of modifications in pedagogic and methodological areas. / Esta pesquisa objetivou avaliar a perspectiva dos docentes, discentes e egressos da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), que à época da pesquisa ocupavam cargo de gestão em instituições educacionais da cidade de Fortaleza-Ceará, sobre a qualidade do ensino-aprendizagem das disciplinas da área de Estrutura e Funcionamento do Ensino, ofertadas obrigatoriamente para os cursos de Pedagogia e licenciaturas, uma vez que se constituem disciplinas basilares para aqueles que exercerão a docência e que provavelmente exercerão funções relacionadas à gestão educacional. Os objetivos específicos visam: i) avaliar e apontar as possíveis necessidades de modificação nas referidas disciplinas de forma a discutir as relações apresentadas pela articulação teoria e prática e contribuir para a melhoria do ensino-aprendizagem no Ensino Superior; ii) identificar estratégias pedagógicas que contribuam para a evolução e melhoria das referidas disciplinas; iii) identificar as competências necessárias e indispensáveis aos educadores, especificamente àqueles que exercerão funções relacionadas à Gestão Escolar; iv) avaliar historicamente a importância das disciplinas da área e justificar a relevância destas para os cursos de Formação de Professores, explorando aspectos políticos e legais; v) fornecer aos cursos de Pedagogia e demais licenciaturas da UFC, subsídios relacionados ao currículo/programa das disciplinas, visando ressignificar os conteúdos e priorizando as competências necessárias que, aliadas a experiências práticas, possam contribuir para práticas pedagógicas e profissionais exitosas. A importância deste estudo reside no caráter inovador e pioneirismo em avaliar as disciplinas que compreendem a área de estudos em referência. A fundamentação teórica parte das políticas públicas educacionais aliadas à legislação educacional e aborda temáticas como avaliação, história e gestão educacional. Adota-se a perspectiva de investigação qualiquantitativa, documental e avaliativa, elegendo-se o Estudo de Caso como forma de estudo. O universo da pesquisa constitui-se por: 05 (cinco) professores efetivos e substitutos que à época da pesquisa lecionavam as disciplinas da área; 167 (cento e sessenta e sete) alunos regularmente matriculados nessas disciplinas e 10 (dez) egressos. Os procedimentos foram sistemáticos e a coleta de dados realizada através de questionários aplicados no início e ao final do semestre do ano 2010.1. Dentre outros aspectos relevantes, esta pesquisa constatou que a formação inicial somente de natureza teórica, contribui, de fato, para a prática profissional, mas se mostra inapta a redimensionar práticas pedagógicas voltadas para uma gestão de qualidade. Diante disto, elaborou-se uma lista de competências consideradas fundamentais, a serem utilizadas como parâmetro para a formação de futuros gestores educacionais e sugeriu-se modificações no âmbito pedagógico e metodológico.

A presente pesquisa busca evidenciar a experimentação contextualizada e interdisciplinar proposta no livro Dialogando Ciência entre sabores, odores e aromas: contextualizando os alimentos química e biologicamente (DC), no contexto da escola. As questões investigadas são: como os alunos de Ensino Fundamental (9º ano) e Médio percebem e compreendem a proposta da experimentação contextualizada e interdisciplinar e quais as impressões e as implicações possibilitadas em sala de aula por meio da experimentação contextualizada e interdisciplinar por parte dos professores de Química e Biologia? Primeiramente foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico da temática abordada, ressaltando conceitos fundamentais para o entendimento do objeto de pesquisa, bem como esclarecimentos quanto à interdisciplinaridade e à contextualização. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram alunos do Ensino Fundamental (9º ano) e Médio, além dos professores de Química e Biologia. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados utilizados com os alunos foram os questionários estruturados, com perguntas fechadas e abertas, respondidas após a realização dos experimentos, para os contextos A, B e C. Também foi realizada uma oficina para professores das áreas de Biologia e Química, com a aplicação de um questionário contendo 10 proposições e uma pergunta aberta. Ainda foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com três professoras. Como resultados, evidenciou-se que o livro DC apresenta materiais de fácil manuseio e aquisição Os questionamentos propostos valorizam as ideias prévias e o uso da linguagem cotidiana e científico escolar. As leituras do “Aprofunde seus conhecimentos...” instigam a pesquisa e apropriação dos conceitos e a abordagem contextualizada e interdisciplinar que promoveram os entendimentos do fenômeno de forma integral. As impressões e implicações anunciadas pelos professores versavam sobre a simplicidade dos experimentos, o planejamento como aspecto central da experimentação para que se possa pensar no professor como mediador, a interdisciplinaridade como possibilidade de integração dos conhecimentos nos contextos escolares, proporcionada pelo diálogo, permitindo que tanto os professores de Química como de Biologia dialoguem com o mesmo objeto de estudo e a contextualização que permitiu a problematização de situações reais, providas de significados. / The present research aims at evincing the contextualized and interdisciplinary experimentation proposed in the book Dialogando Ciência entre sabores, odores e aromas: contextualizing the foods chemically and biologically (DC), in the context of the school. The questions investigated are: how primary and middle school students perceive and understand the proposal of contextualized and interdisciplinary experimentation and what impressions and implications are made possible in the classroom through contextualized and interdisciplinary experimentation by the chemistry and biology teachers? Firstly, a bibliographical survey of the subject matter was carried out, highlighting fundamental concepts for the understanding of the research object, as well as clarifications regarding interdisciplinary and contextualization. The subjects of the research were primary school (9th grade) and middle school students and chemistry and biology teachers. The data collection instruments from the students were: structured questionnaires, with closed and open questions, answered after the experiments, for contexts A, B and C A workshop for teachers in the areas of Biology and Chemistry was also held, in which a questionnaire containing 10 propositions and one open question was applied. Semistructured interviews with three teachers were also carried out. As results it was evidenced that the book DC presents materials of easy handling and acquisition; the proposed questions value previous ideas and the use of everyday school and scientific language; the readings of: Aprofunde seus conhecimentos ... instigate the research and appropriation of the concepts and the contextualized and interdisciplinary approach that promoted the understandings of the phenomenon in an integral way. The impressions and implications announced by the teachers were about: the simplicity of the experiments; planning as the central aspect of experimentation so that one can think of the teacher as mediator; interdisciplinary as a possibility of integration of knowledge in school contexts, provided by the dialogue, allowing both chemistry and biology teachers to dialogue with the same object of study and contextualization that allowed the problematization of real situations, loaded with meanings.

Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2015-03-19T20:57:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF Final.pdf: 2328553 bytes, checksum: 3ac9a36fcd27bf7c55772aeae2dc0f8c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2015-03-20T19:28:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF Final.pdf: 2328553 bytes, checksum: 3ac9a36fcd27bf7c55772aeae2dc0f8c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-20T19:28:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF Final.pdf: 2328553 bytes, checksum: 3ac9a36fcd27bf7c55772aeae2dc0f8c (MD5) / O presente trabalho discute accountability e o processo de aprendizagem proporcionando um estudo sobre o acompanhamento pedagógico da educação profissional integrada à educação básica à luz das dimensões de accountability. Com referencial teórico que discute políticas públicas em educação e educação profissional, gestão da educação, processo de aprendizagem e accountability. Nessa pesquisa accountability será tratada de forma bidimensional no âmbito da justificação e responsabilização. A pesquisa tem caráter qualitativo, utilizou-se a metodologia de pesquisa-ação que objetiva simultaneamente, pesquisa e intervenção, desenvolvida a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, documental, observação participante e expondo um planejamento de estratégias que partem do âmbito pedagógico para as outras áreas profissionais. Realiza uma reflexão sobre a importância da prestação de contas e justificação como possibilidade de correção de desvios ocorridos no processo de aprendizagem e não como um simples elemento de controle e fiscalização, mas de parceria com os stakeholders. Os resultados apontam para a necessidade de ressignificação das relações entre coletivo escolar e a esfera pedagógica, no Campus de Salvador, com a apresentação de um quadro demonstrando a aproximação dos mecanismos de accountability e o processo de aprendizagem, propondo mudanças e ajustes para a qualificação da gestão democrática e como consequência a redução das desigualdades sociais e respeito ao fortalecimento da cidadania e democracia, contribuindo para a formação de indivíduos críticos, conscientes de seus direitos e deveres e que possam interferir nos processos produtivos respeitando a si, ao próximo e a natureza. This paper discusses accountability and learning process by providing a study of the pedagogical monitoring of integrated professional education in the light of the basic dimensions of education accountability. With theoretical framework that discusses public policies in education and professional education, management education, the learning process and accountability. Accountability in this research will be treated two-dimensionally in the context of justification and accountability. The research is qualitative, we used the methodology of action research that aims to both research and intervention, developed from literature, documentary research, participant observation and exposing a planning strategies that depart from the pedagogical framework for other professional areas .Performs a reflection on the importance of accountability and justification and possible correction of deviations occurring in the learning process and not as a simple element of control and supervision, but the partnership with stakeholders. The results point to the need for redefinition of relations between school community and the educational sphere, on the campus of Salvador, with the presentation of a framework demonstrating the alignment of the accountability mechanisms and the process of learning, proposing adjustments and changes to the qualification of democratic and consequently the reduction of social inequalities and respect to strengthen citizenship and democracy by contributing to the formation of critical individuals, aware of their rights and duties and that may interfere with the processes respecting themselves, others and nature. managed

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / A prática da inclusão de pessoas com necessidades educacionais especiais em rede regular de ensino tem assumido uma importante posição nos debates educacionais nacionais e internacionais, embora as experiências no Brasil sejam ainda isoladas e pouco difundidas. A falta de formação sobre as especificidades do processo de ensino e aprendizagem das pessoas com necessidades especiais por parte dos professores tem sido apontado, frequentemente, como um dos principais obstáculos para a efetivação da inclusão escolar. Partindo desse pressuposto, a modalidade de ensino itinerante parece representar uma proposta educativa viável para a inclusão de pessoas com necessidades especiais em rede regular de ensino, principalmente em grandes centros urbanos, quando não há disponibilidade de professores especialistas em todas as necessidades especiais para todas as escolas. Esta dissertação discute o trabalho do professor itinerante em escolas que têm alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais incluídos em rede regular de ensino. Participaram da pesquisa duas professoras itinerantes que atuam em três escolas municipais localizadas na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro. Para realizar a investigação optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa com abordagem etnográfica, utilizando como instrumentos de coleta de dados a observação participante, a análise de documentos, a microanálise e as entrevistas aberta e semi-estruturada. Os resultados evidenciaram que o trabalho realizado pelas professoras itinerantes desempenha diversas funções no ambiente escolar, indo além do suporte aos professores regulares e do auxílio aos alunos especiais incluídos. Na prática, atuam como agentes de mediação, sensibilização e mobilização pró-inclusão nas escolas que trabalham. / The proposition of including special needs students in the regular school system, has reached an important position in the national and international educational debates, although the Brazilian inclusion experiences have been isolated and not very well publicized. The lack of appropriate understanding from the part of regular teachers about the teaching-learning process of people with special needs, has been considered, frequently, as one of the main obstacles for the implementation of inclusive education. From this perspective, the modality of itinerant teaching, seems to represent a valid educational alternative for the inclusion of special needs students in the regular school system, especially in the great urban centers, where there is no availability of teachers specialized in all the different areas of handicap in all the schools. This study discusses the work of the itinerant teacher in schools that have special needs students included in regular classroom. Two itinerant teachers who work in three public schools located in the West Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro were participants in this research. The research methodology chosen was qualitative with an ethnographic approach. For data collecting tools were used participant observation, documental analysis, microanalysis, and open and semi-open interviews. The results have shown that the work done by the itinerant teachers involves many functions in the school setting, going beyond the support to the regular teachers and help to the special needs students included. In reality they act as agents of mediation, sensibility and mobilization pro-inclusion in the schools where they work.