The goal of this study was to explore technology experiences from a preservice teacher preparation program that requires every preservice teachers and instructors to own a laptop. The participants were a) preservice teachers who were in the program and b) novice teachers who are the program graduates. The setting of this study was a preservice teacher preparation program that involves one-to-one computing throughout in a college of education in a large southwestern university. The research conducted a cross sectional case study. Two preservice teachers across the first, second, and third semesters of the program and two novice teachers in the first year of teaching participated in this research. Various data sources were collected with: a) technological skills and attitude survey, b) related documents such as lesson plans, assignments and school documents, c) observation, and d) interviews. Results of this study showed each participant’s learning environment, technology experiences and technology skills, attitudes and knowledge. All preservice teachers mutually had media cart, instructors’ laptops, students’ laptops, and wireless internet in university classes, and had innovation station, teachers’ computers, printer, telephone, students’ computers, headsets and wireless internet in PK-6 school classes. Throughout the program, university instructors mutually required Email, word processing and electronic submission of assignments to the preservice teachers. The instructors mutually modeled using PowerPoint and Learning Management System (LMS). Preservice teachers in the first semester mutually used video creation, preservice teachers in the second semester used Email and LMS, and preservice teachers in the third semester mutually used search engine, PowerPoint and innovation station. All participants’ technology attitudes were overall positive. Most of the preservice teachers’ technology knowledge was rated accepting level, except Neal, one of the preservice teachers in the third semester, who was rated adapting level. Novice teachers mutually had innovation station, web conferencing devices and students’ laptops in their school. Both of the novice teachers experienced barrier of technology integration due to the necessary devices were already checked out. The novice teachers mutually used innovation station, had overall positive technology attitudes and had technology knowledge at the accepting level. The results led six discussion issues, including a) alignment of technological infrastructure, b) accessibility of technologies, c) limited exposure to technological activities, d) preservice teachers’ technology skills, e) technology experiences from the program and preservice teachers’ technology attitudes, and f) programmatic impact on novice teachers. / text

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The subjects are five teachers who act as holder of the elementary school class and have 0-3 years of teaching practice, characterizing the second Huberman (2007) as novice teachers. Data analysis, based on principles of content analysis, three themes emerged: Beginner Teaching Professor in Early Childhood Education / Preschool; Reasons explaining the difficulties Faculty / Formative Needs Teaching and Training in Early Childhood Education / Elementary school, from the Training Needs Analysis, with their respective categories, subcategories, contributing to our understanding of the subject matter. The entry into the profession is marked by mixed feelings of euphoria and fear, where there seems to be a "clash" with reality. The difficulties are related to the planning / execution of activities, meet the individual needs of learning and assessment of children. As a strategy to overcome the difficulties the teachers exercise the action-reflection-action in their practices and seek continuous updates in the theoretical and methodological framework of early childhood education. The reasons that define these difficulties may be related to the teacher, school, family, and students of these institutions. In experiencing these difficulties has outlined the need for teacher training, among which stand out studies on ethics in teaching with children, the concept of children and their childhoods, peculiarities of teaching / learning in preschool, toys and legal determinations on early childhood education, multi-language and expressions in early childhood education, specific content areas of knowledge, among others. Furthermore, studies on the theoretical as Piaget, Vigotsky, Maria Carmen Barbosa and Emily Smith. For these professionals to be a professional early childhood education is: like children, be patient and careful, have specific theoretical and practical training for teachers in kindergarten, being able to improvise with seriousness and competence and get updates on continuing education. The surveys, together with the authors and teachers, to confirm our understanding that the training needs of beginners may be related to shortcomings in the initial and continuing education / Este trabalho se originou das nossas preocupa??es com as quest?es relativas ? forma??o do professor de educa??o infantil. A partir das dificuldades experimentadas como professora principiante na pr?-escola, julgamos importante pesquisarnecessidades de forma??o desses profissionais. Assim sendo, definimos como objetivo dessa pesquisa, investigar necessidades de forma??o docente de professores principiantes da Educa??o Infantil/Pr?-escola. Nosso trabalho se inscreve na Abordagem Qualitativa da Pesquisa Educacional, e tem como procedimentos de constru??o dos dados a entrevista semiestruturada e a an?lise documental. Nosso campo emp?rico foi constitu?do por escolas da regi?o metropolitana de Natal/RN, que oferecem educa??o infantil/pr?-escolar. Os sujeitos da pesquisa s?o cinco professoras que atuam como titular de turma de pr?-escola e que possuem de 0 a 3 anos de pr?tica docente, se caracterizando segundo Huberman (2007) como professoras principiantes. Da an?lise dos dados, fundamentada em princ?pios da analise de conte?do, emergiram tr?s temas: Doc?ncia de Professor Principiante na Educa??o Infantil/Pr?-escola; Raz?es explicativas das Dificuldades Docentes/Necessidades Formativas e Forma??o para Doc?ncia na Educa??o Infantil/Pr?-escola, a partir da An?lise de Necessidades de Forma??o, com suas respectivas categorias, subcategorias, contribuindo para a nossa compreens?o acerca do objeto de estudo. O ingresso na profiss?o ? marcado por sentimentos amb?guos de euforia e medo, em que parece haver um choque com a realidade. As dificuldades est?o relacionadas ao planejamento/execu??o das atividades, ao atendimento ?s necessidades individuais de aprendizagem e ? avalia??o das crian?as.Como estrat?gia de supera??o das dificuldades as professoras exercitam a a??o-reflex?o-a??oem suas pr?ticas e buscam atualiza??es cont?nuas no plano te?rico-metodol?gico da Educa??o Infantil As raz?es que definem essas dificuldades podem estar relacionadas ao professor, a escola, a fam?lia e ainda aos alunos dessas institui??es. Na viv?ncia dessas dificuldades tem se delineado as necessidades de forma??o docente, dentre as quais se destacam os estudos sobre ?tica na doc?ncia com crian?as, conceito de crian?a e suas inf?ncias,especificidades do ensinar/aprender na pr?-escola, brinquedos e brincadeiras, determina??es legais sobre a educa??o infantil, m?ltiplas linguagens e express?es na educa??o da inf?ncia, conte?dos espec?ficos das ?reas do conhecimento, dentre outros. Al?m disso, estudos acerca de te?ricos como Piaget, Vigotsky, Maria Carmem Barbosa e Em?lia Ferreiro. Para essas profissionais ser um bom profissional de educa??o infantil consiste em: gostar de crian?a, ser afetuosa, paciente e cuidadosa, ter forma??o te?rico-pr?tica espec?fica para a doc?ncia na Educa??o Infantil, ser capaz de improvisar com seriedade e compet?ncia buscando atualiza??es na forma??o continuada. As pesquisasrealizadas, junto aos autores e ?s professoras, ratificam a nossa compreens?o de que as necessidades de forma??o das principiantes podem estarrelacionadas a lacunas da forma??o inicial e continuada

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The diploma thesis describes the novice teachers' problems they have to face and are associated with their entrance into the practice. Its aim is to identify these problems via analysis, describe possible solution and suggest a support how to prevent these problems. The theoretical part focuses on a teacher as an individual, his or her quality and professional standards nowadays. Additionally, the thesis summarises any concerns the novice teachers might have, any problems and the support system available to them. This system stems from the educational preparation and a lifelong professional progress. The practical part of the thesis contains a qualitative research based on three resources - a questionnaire, an interview and an observation method. This part aims to analyse problems of novice teachers in the first month of their practice, their approaches to solution and available support provided to them. The purpose of the observation is to further elaborate the current problems of novice teachers and to form a view on how they are facing with them nowadays. The thesis concludes describing numerous problems novice teachers' are currently facing with, summarises any suggestion of possible solution and a potential support how to prevent these problems in future. KEYWORDS Novice teacher, professional...

This study focuses on the induction of novice teachers in Community Junior Secondary Schools (CJSS) in Gaborone, Botswana. The point of departure is that induction is an important factor that is essential to the success of every beginner teacher. It is the responsibility of the school management to provide comprehensive induction programmes that will support beginner teachers and retain them in the teaching profession. This problem was investigated by means of a literature study and an empirical investigation using a qualitative approach. A small sample of beginner teachers in six selected schools in Gaborone formed the sample for this study. Findings indicated that the extent to which novice teachers are given professional guidance and support in schools is not enough. It is recommended that induction programmes receive more priority in schools since the first year of teaching is the most important determiner in the teaching career of an individual. / Education management / M.Ed. (Education Management)

Entre 15% et 20% des enseignants du Québec abandonnent la profession avant d’atteindre cinq années d’expérience (Martel et Ouellette, 2003). Les difficultés rencontrées peuvent perturber leur insertion et freiner le développement de leur identité professionnelle (Baillauquès et Breuse, 1993). Pour les soutenir, des commissions scolaires offrent des mesures parmi lesquelles le mentorat est privilégié. La recherche visait à mieux comprendre le mentorat en enseignement pour en identifier des caractéristiques favorables au développement de l’identité professionnelle des enseignants débutants. Les deux concepts sont mis en relation, s’appuyant sur les travaux de Houde (1995) et de Gohier, Anadón, Bouchard, Charbonneau et Chevrier (2001). Les aspects retenus pour l’analyse sont : les caractéristiques de la relation mentorale, les fonctions du mentor et le développement des sentiments de compétence, de reconnaissance et d’appartenance à la profession. Cinq entrevues semi-dirigées ont été menées auprès d’enseignantes débutantes du primaire de la région de Montréal ayant vécu une relation mentorale d’un an. Les données ont été traitées qualitativement. Les résultats montrent que, selon les participantes, le mentorat peut favoriser le développement du sentiment de compétence. Toutefois, les sentiments de reconnaissance et d’appartenance sont attribuables à l’expérience et la sociabilité. Un portrait du mentor et des conditions de réussite de la relation mentorale sont aussi présentés. Le fait que seules des mentorées du primaire aient été interrogées constitue une limite. La généralisation est impossible, mais les résultats peuvent servir à d’autres études sur l’identité professionnelle ainsi qu’au développement de programmes d’insertion professionnelle et à la formation de mentors. / Between 15% and 20% of Québec teachers abandon the profession before reaching five years of practice (Martel & Ouellette, 2003). The difficulties encountered can disturb their integration and slow down the development of their professional identity (Baillauquès & Breuse, 1993). Some school boards offer supportive measures, in which mentoring is one of the most popular forms. The goal of our research was to gain a better understanding of the teacher mentoring relationship and identify which of its characteristics are favourable to the development of beginning teachers’ professional identity. The two concepts are related based on the works of Houde (1995) and of Gohier, Anadón, Bouchard, Charbonneau, & Chevrier (2001). Our analysis focused on the characteristics of the mentoring relationship, the mentor’s functions, and the development of the beginning teacher’s senses of self-efficiency, recognition, and belonging to the profession. Five interviews were conducted with novice elementary teachers from the Montréal area having experienced a mentor relationship lasting one year. The data was analysed qualitatively. The results show that the participants perceive mentoring to be favourable to the development of the feeling of self-efficiency. However, feelings of recognition and belonging to the profession are attributed to experience and sociability. A portrait of the mentor and some conditions for the success of the relation are also exposed. The fact that only elementary-level mentees have been interviewed presents a limitation. Any generalization is impossible but the results can serve for other studies about professional identity or for the development of teacher induction and mentor training programs.

The Diploma thesis focuses on the drop-out of beginning teachers. Theoretical part elaborates on the phenomenon of drop-out, it describes the reasons why the beginning teachers leave and why they are the group of teachers which is the most threatened by drop-out. Furthermore, this part describes problems that beginning teachers have to deal with and the most frequent reasons for leaving the profession, their rate and consequences of drop-out. The end of the theoretical part presents options and suggestions that would help solve this problem. The empirical part of the thesis is realized by an on-line questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The research focuses on four main aspects: 1 - the motivation to study the teaching and to practise it, 2 - the main reasons for new teachers to leave, 3 - the possibilities to prevent drop-out and 4 - whether the respondents continue to work with children or not. Last but not least, the research focuses on the possibilities that would help respondents to stay in the profession. The results of the research confirm the reasons for quiting as described by literature. The qualitative description of the reasons for drop-outs provides a deeper understanding of how they interact in an institutional, interactive and cultural level. KEYWORDS Induction period, teacher...

This thesis deals with the problematics of the work of a novice teacher, who has a pupil with a different mother tongue in his class. Its aim is to identify the specifics that usually accompany the work of novice teachers when integrating these pupils. The text is structured into two parts, each of which is further divided into several chapters. The first, theoretical, part compiles and then presents expert knowledge on migration, inclusion and then education of pupils with a different mother tongue and, last but not least, the role of the school as well as teachers in the process of integration of these children. It also sets out the criteria that affect and influence pupil integration with a different mother tongue. The second part of the thesis is practical. It contains an analysis of the work of two teachers who currently have pupils with a different mother tongue in their class and are trying to integrate them. It is focused on the specifics of working with them. The analysis of their work is carried out on the criteria set out at the end of the theoretical part of this thesis. These criteria are based on the study of professional literature. The result of the thesis is the description of teaching strategies and procedures of these pedagogues, the analysis of their approaches to teaching in a...

Alors que le principe d’une alternance entre les différentes temporalités de la formation professionnelle initiale des enseignants est relevé comme une nécessité, de nombreux travaux soulignent une « cassure » entre les expériences vécues par les enseignants novices (EN) en centre universitaire et les expériences professionnelles vécues dans l’établissement scolaire (Chaliès, Cartaut, Escalié et Durand, 2009). Pour y répondre, deux orientations en matière d’aménagements des dispositifs de formation par alternance sont proposées. La première consiste à « déplacer le centre de gravité » (Zeichner, 2006) de la formation vers l’établissement scolaire. La seconde consiste, à l’inverse, à déplacer le centre de gravité de la formation vers le centre universitaire et proposer aux EN des dispositifs qui placent la professionnalisation au centre des apports. Paradoxalement, la pratique des activités physiques, sportives et artistiques (APSA) dans la formation professionnelle initiale des enseignants d’éducation physique et sportive (EPS) n’est jamais interrogée dans le cadre de cette deuxième orientation. Rares sont en effet les travaux ayant étudié comment aménager les enseignements théorico-pratiques relatifs aux APSA afin qu’ils contribuent effectivement à la professionnalisation des EN. Cette étude a été réalisée à partir d’un dispositif usuel de formation des EN d’EPS. En prenant appui sur un programme de recherche mené en anthropologie culturaliste (Chaliès et Bertone, 2017), un premier dispositif transformatif a été mis en œuvre afin de permettre aux EN d’EPS d’exploiter leurs expériences de pratique d’APSA lors de leur enseignement de cette APSA à des étudiants-élèves. A partir des résultats obtenus, une seconde transformation a été menée. Elle était pensée pour permettre aux EN d’EPS d’exploiter des expériences liées à l’enseignement dans lesquelles étaient intégrées leurs expériences de pratique d’APSA pour être en capacité d’enseigner cette APSA à des élèves. Cette double transformation devait permettre d’ (in)valider deux hypothèses auxiliaires relatives à la formation à l’enseignement des EN d’EPS à partir d’expériences de pratiquant dans les APSA. Les résultats obtenus montrent que les transformations engagées ont permis aux EN de s’engager dans une activité d’enseignement chargée d’expériences normatives situées (ENS) suivies en tant que pratiquant. Plus précisément, ils montrent la nécessité pour les EN d’apprendre des ENS constitutives de l’enseignement et d’être accompagnés par un formateur dans le processus de « susbtrafication » d’ENS suivies en tant que pratiquant au sein d’ENS suivies en tant qu’enseignant. Finalement, une proposition de conception d’un dispositif de formation professionnelle des EN d’EPS est réalisée. / While the principle of an alternation between the different temporalities of initial teacher training is noted as a necessity, many studies point to a "break" between the experiences experienced by novice teachers (NT) in the university center and the experiments the school (Chaliès, Cartaut, Escalié and Durand, 2009). In order to answer this question, two guidelines for the development of alternance training schemes are proposed. The first is to "shift the center of gravity" (Zeichner, 2006) from the training to the school. The second is to move the center of gravity of the training towards the university center and propose to the NT devices that place professionalization at the center of the contributions. Paradoxically, the practice of physical, sports and artistic activities (PSAA) in the initial professional training of physical education and sports (PES) teachers is never questioned in this second orientation. Few studies have studied how to organize the theoretical-practical lessons of PSAA so that they effectively contribute to the professionalization of NT.This study was carried out on the basis of a usual training system for PES NT. Based on a research program carried out in cultural anthropology (Chaliès and Bertone, 2017), a first transformative device was implemented in order to enable the PES NT to exploit their experiences of PSAA practice during their teaching of this PSAA to students of university. From the results obtained, a second transformation was carried out. It was designed to enable PES NT to use teaching-related experiences in which their PSAA practice experiences were integrated to be able to teach PSAA to students. This twofold transformation was intended to (in)validate two auxiliary hypotheses related to the teaching of PES NT from practitioner experiences in PSAA.The results obtained show that the transformations initiated enabled the NT to engage in a teaching activity in charge of normative experiments located (NEL) followed as a practitioner. More specifically, they demonstrate the need for NT to learn NEL about teaching and to be accompanied by a trainer in the NEL "susbtrafication" process followed as practitioners in NEL followed by as a teacher. Finally, a proposal for the design of a vocational training system for PES NT is carried out.

Entre 15% et 20% des enseignants du Québec abandonnent la profession avant d’atteindre cinq années d’expérience (Martel et Ouellette, 2003). Les difficultés rencontrées peuvent perturber leur insertion et freiner le développement de leur identité professionnelle (Baillauquès et Breuse, 1993). Pour les soutenir, des commissions scolaires offrent des mesures parmi lesquelles le mentorat est privilégié. La recherche visait à mieux comprendre le mentorat en enseignement pour en identifier des caractéristiques favorables au développement de l’identité professionnelle des enseignants débutants. Les deux concepts sont mis en relation, s’appuyant sur les travaux de Houde (1995) et de Gohier, Anadón, Bouchard, Charbonneau et Chevrier (2001). Les aspects retenus pour l’analyse sont : les caractéristiques de la relation mentorale, les fonctions du mentor et le développement des sentiments de compétence, de reconnaissance et d’appartenance à la profession. Cinq entrevues semi-dirigées ont été menées auprès d’enseignantes débutantes du primaire de la région de Montréal ayant vécu une relation mentorale d’un an. Les données ont été traitées qualitativement. Les résultats montrent que, selon les participantes, le mentorat peut favoriser le développement du sentiment de compétence. Toutefois, les sentiments de reconnaissance et d’appartenance sont attribuables à l’expérience et la sociabilité. Un portrait du mentor et des conditions de réussite de la relation mentorale sont aussi présentés. Le fait que seules des mentorées du primaire aient été interrogées constitue une limite. La généralisation est impossible, mais les résultats peuvent servir à d’autres études sur l’identité professionnelle ainsi qu’au développement de programmes d’insertion professionnelle et à la formation de mentors. / Between 15% and 20% of Québec teachers abandon the profession before reaching five years of practice (Martel & Ouellette, 2003). The difficulties encountered can disturb their integration and slow down the development of their professional identity (Baillauquès & Breuse, 1993). Some school boards offer supportive measures, in which mentoring is one of the most popular forms. The goal of our research was to gain a better understanding of the teacher mentoring relationship and identify which of its characteristics are favourable to the development of beginning teachers’ professional identity. The two concepts are related based on the works of Houde (1995) and of Gohier, Anadón, Bouchard, Charbonneau, & Chevrier (2001). Our analysis focused on the characteristics of the mentoring relationship, the mentor’s functions, and the development of the beginning teacher’s senses of self-efficiency, recognition, and belonging to the profession. Five interviews were conducted with novice elementary teachers from the Montréal area having experienced a mentor relationship lasting one year. The data was analysed qualitatively. The results show that the participants perceive mentoring to be favourable to the development of the feeling of self-efficiency. However, feelings of recognition and belonging to the profession are attributed to experience and sociability. A portrait of the mentor and some conditions for the success of the relation are also exposed. The fact that only elementary-level mentees have been interviewed presents a limitation. Any generalization is impossible but the results can serve for other studies about professional identity or for the development of teacher induction and mentor training programs.