Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-128). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.W.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-146). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

The use of mobile and social learning media for K-12 students continues to rapidly increase in both formal and informal learning environments. While many educational apps have been developed for adult visitors to museums and science and technology centres (STCs), very few programs exist that are specifically designed to meet the unique learning and interpretive needs of elementary students in these learning environments. This dissertation explores the inclusion and development of children’s ideas and digitally mediated interpretive activities for peers within the exhibits of the natural history gallery at the Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) in Victoria, British Columbia. In this triangulated case study, thirteen Grade 4 and 5 students, five museum interpreters, and six elementary teachers worked in teams to design educational apps for their peers using experimental software specifically designed for this project. Five design teams composed of 2-3 students, one teacher, and a museum educator designed a wide variety of science activities for the natural history gallery at the RBCM. The results of analytic triangulation indicate that mobile interpretive apps acted as imperfect but important educational mediating tools for the participants in this study. The analysis revealed that, despite initial preconceptions and frustrations students and educators had about mobile design and technologies, Grade 4 and 5 elementary students were capable and highly interested creating mobile science apps for the natural history galleries at RBCM. Students and educators designed content and activities that extended participant-based learning opportunities beyond the existing science programs and curriculum currently available at the RBCM. The dissertation concludes with an examination of how informal science institutions can move beyond educational interactivity to more participatory frameworks that include the ideas and voices of young people within mobile learning and educational app development at natural history museums and STCs in the future. / Graduate

The following essay presents a case study based on participant observation of a group of Swedish secondary school students’ interaction in English. The study focused on what is commonly referred to as communicative competence, or more specifically strategic competence, which represents how language speakers overcome linguistic breakdowns or gaps in their communicative skill. The aim of the study was to better understand how students use linguistic fillers in different situations. By observing students in two different situations, one stressful and one regular conversational situation, it was found that when in a stressful situation, students are more likely to use linguistic fillers in general and also that some students rely on their first language, Swedish, when using linguistic fillers. In this case study, it was found that some students experience difficulties in using English linguistic fillers. Based on these findings, there is a need for teachers to address this problem if students are to develop confidence and skill in using them. For this reason, there is a need for further research on developing and testing different teaching methods on the use of linguistic fillers.   Keywords: communicative competence, EFL, language didactics, linguistic fillers, participant observation, secondary school students, strategic competence.

Submitted by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2015-02-03T20:33:35Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Heitor Silva Sabota - 2014.pdf: 2642676 bytes, checksum: e347492c71430720faf44ef85708b2d4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2015-02-03T20:34:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Heitor Silva Sabota - 2014.pdf: 2642676 bytes, checksum: e347492c71430720faf44ef85708b2d4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-03T20:34:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Heitor Silva Sabota - 2014.pdf: 2642676 bytes, checksum: e347492c71430720faf44ef85708b2d4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This paper refers to the contributions and colaborations of non-formal education to the formal knowlodge of Geography and Cartography. For that, it was realized a Participant research in Scouting and in the State Public Education. This investigation ocurred between 2012 and 2013, in Goiânia-GO, at Escoteiro Goias group and at Carlos Alberto de Deus State College. The research discuss how the adoption of methodologies, which involves the apprentice's routine, affects directly the process of construction of the cartography and geography knowledge. The gold of the paper was investigate the contributions of the scouting to the Geography knowledge using teaching strategies used by the movement, turned to the understanding of the physical space and the Cartographic language. To accomplish that gold, it was analyzed: the history of scouting, the theoretic grounding of the project and of the educated method of this institution and the education practices that were done. After those steps,it was also made a didactic intervention in the formal teaching, starting from the observation and systematization of three scouting activities that presented significant efficiency in the mediation of topics and Geographic and Cartographic's definitions. After the pedagogical practice, we could see the well results of the students, where the ones who participated on the research could build and relate the knowledge learned with the routine practice. / Este estudo refere-se às contribuições e colaborações da educação não formal para o ensino formal de Geografia e Cartografia. Para isso, foi realizada uma Pesquisa Participante no Movimento Escoteiro e na Rede Pública Estadual de Ensino do Estado de Goiás. Esta investigação ocorreu entre os anos de 2012 e 2013, em Goiânia-GO, no Grupo Escoteiro Goyaz e no Colégio Estadual Carlos Alberto de Deus, e discute como a adoção de metodologias que envolvem o cotidiano do aprendiz influencia diretamente o processo de construção do conhecimento de temas cartográficos e geográficos. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar as contribuições do escotismo para o ensino de Geografia, através das estratégias de aprendizagem utilizadas pelo movimento voltadas para a compreensão do espaço físico e da linguagem cartográfica. Para cumprir tal objetivo analisamos a história do escotismo; a fundamentação teórica do projeto e do método educativo da instituição educacional; e as práticas educativas realizadas. Uma intervenção didática no ensino formal foi realizada, a partir da observação e sistematização de três atividades escoteiras que apresentaram significativa eficiência para a mediação de conteúdos e conceitos geográficos e cartográficos. Após a prática pedagó gica realizada, notamos um bom desempenho dos alunos, em que os sujeitos participantes conseguiram construir e relacionar o conhecimento aprendido com a prática cotidiana.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Janaina Karla Pereira da Silva Rodrigues Firmino - 2017.pdf: 7454496 bytes, checksum: 5938c02e52358750a32c102b0a8f7ffe (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-09 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / Having as object of analysis the Pedagogical Practices of the nursery professionals who work at CEMEI Ana Ramos dos Santos, in the municipality of Ouvidor - Go, the research is based on the following problems: How do day care professionals conceive their pedagogical practices? Therefore, the objective was to understand the conception of day care professionals in the process of constitution of their pedagogical practices. The unfolding of the general objective generated three other specific objectives: define what characterizes pedagogical practice, identify the pedagogical practices of daycare professionals and investigate sociohistorical-economic aspects inserted in the pedagogical practice of these professionals. This work also discussed part of the historical process of Early Childhood Education as well as the development of existing practices during this course. The research was developed as a Participating Research, in which for the production of the data used as a Reflexive Meetings procedure, counting on the participation of twenty professionals from CEMEI Ana Ramos dos Santos, Ouvidor-Go, among teachers and monitors of children from zero to three years. The research allowed to undertake a bibliographical survey of Brazilian post-LDB academic research that addressed as central theme the pedagogical practice in day care, as well as an analysis of seven of these researches that carried out participatory / participatory actions, as a methodological investigation procedure. The data enabled us to approach and know how the professionals characterize pedagogical practice in the day care center and the observance of some factors that influence in the conceptions of the practice by those exercised. They contributed to the elucidation of these conceptions as Barbosa (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014), Campos (2006, 2008, 2010), Kramer (2005), Kuhlmann Jr (2000, 2011, 2015), Rosemberg (1989, 2010), Silva (2008), Silveira (2015), among others. As well as Saviani and his historicalcritical pedagogy. We perceive that the municipal and federal public educational policies exert an influence on the development of the pedagogical practices of these professionals as well as factors of the social-historical construction of the individual, constituting the challenge of transposing these influences in the search for a practice that contributes to a free and of quality. / Tendo como objeto de análise as Práticas Pedagógicas das Profissionais da creche que atuam no Centro Municipal de Educação Infantil Ana Ramos dos Santos, município de Ouvidor – GO, a pesquisa parte da seguinte problemática: Como as profissionais de creche concebem suas práticas pedagógicas? Logo, o objetivo foi compreender a concepção das profissionais de creche no processo de constituição de suas práticas pedagógicas. Os desdobramentos do objetivo geral geraram outros três objetivos específicos: definir o que caracteriza prática pedagógica, identificar as práticas pedagógicas das profissionais da creche e investigar aspectos sócio-históricos-econômicos inseridos na prática pedagógica dessas profissionais. Este trabalho ainda discutiu parte do processo histórico da Educação Infantil bem como o desenvolvimento das práticas existentes durante esse percurso. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se enquanto Pesquisa Participante, e, para a construção dos dados utilizou-se como procedimento Encontros Reflexivos, contando com a participação de vinte profissionais do CEMEI Ana Ramos dos Santos, Ouvidor – GO, entre professoras e monitoras de crianças de zero a três anos. A pesquisa permitiu empreender um levantamento bibliográfico de pesquisas acadêmicas brasileiras pósLDB que abordaram como temática central a prática pedagógica na creche, bem como tecer uma análise de sete destas pesquisas que realizaram ações interventivas/participativas, enquanto procedimento metodológico de investigação. Os dados nos possibilitaram a aproximação e o conhecimento de como as profissionais caracterizam prática pedagógica na creche e a observância de alguns fatores que influenciam nas concepções da prática por essas exercida. Contribuíram com a elucidação destas concepções autores como Barbosa (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014), Campos (2006, 2008, 2010), Kramer (2005), Kuhlmann Jr (2000, 2011, 2015), Rosemberg (1989, 2010), Silva (2008), Silveira (2015), entre outros. Bem como Saviani e sua pedagogia histórico-crítica. Percebemos que as políticas públicas educacionais municipais e federais exercem influência no desenvolvimento das práticas pedagógicas das profissionais de creche bem como fatores da construção histórico-social do indivíduo, constituindo em desafio o transpor dessas influências na busca por uma prática que contribua para uma Educação Infantil gratuita e de qualidade.

As most of the project management models were developed for larger projects, there is a lack of understanding of what project managers in short duration projects do. Short-duration projects are projects in multi-project environments lasting for a number of weeks rather than a number of months. Even if they are common today, short-duration projects have not yet attracted the interest of project researchers. The present study aims to analyze what the project managers in short duration projects do and to develop a method for studying the project managers at work. A theoretical framework is built on earlier studies of managers’ work, suggesting three areas having impact on the project manager’s work. The impacting areas are the project, the project manager’s experience, and the organizational context of the project. The project manager and the assisting project manager were studied while managing a sub-project in a greater telecom system project. The project managers were studied one week each using participant observation and interviews. The findings indicate that much of the time at work was spent in meetings of different kinds, to deal with change, and to guard the production teams from being disturbed by changes in the environment. It was also found that studying a multi-project environment from the sub-project’s perspective gives a different view on multi-project environments that have earlier been presented as the project managers in the short-duration project constantly have to adjust to changes, inputs and demands from the surrounding projects and functional organizations. In the end some proposals on directions for further studies of managers of short-duration projects are made.

Masters of Art / There has been a great deal of research exploring Halliday’s (1978, 1994, 2004)Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach. However, there has been little work that specifically targets SFL to explore African discourse. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) views language as “social semiotic”, that is, language is functional in terms of what it can do or what can be done with it; and semantic in that it is used to make meanings (Halliday’s, 1978). This study explores SFL to analyse narratives of identity as told by Yoruba students at three Western Cape Universities: University of the Western Cape (UWC), University of Cape Town (UCT) and University of Stellenbosch (SUN). This research is both quantitative and qualitative in outlook and results of the study are presented. I used the qualitative method to collect and analyse the data; but a certain amount of quantitative analysis was presented as well in order to determine the predominant identity options favoured by the students. A total of 14 Yoruba students were interviewed for data collection which was analysed with SFL interpersonal metafunction theoretical approach. Specifically, the study examines linguistic choices that the students utilize to maintain and reconstruct their identities in Cape Town. This concentrates on the aspects of Mood component combining Subject and Finite element, Residual component comprising Predicator, Complement and Adjunct as well as Modality in participants’ narratives. Besides, an important aspect of the study was the consideration given to ethical issues. Analyses are presented on tables showing the frequencies of the interpersonal elements as configuration for preference use of different Subjects, Finites, Predicators, Complement and Adjuncts to either strengthen or weaken positions. Equally, the metaphorically expressions of objectivity to highlight the continuities and contradictions in the students’ narratives of identity in the diaspora was considered. These serve as interpersonal elements used by participants for stylizing and personalizing different identities options. Also, the study presents how the students organize their message for cohesion/coherence in their narratives. Thus, SFL establishes how the linguistic choices of the students reflect identity options in their new environment. The study shows the strengths of systemic-functional approach in its integration of what the students said, with what they might mean within the situation in which they said them. Finally, I conclude that these elements of interpersonal metafunction framework make participants’ narratives coherent while revealing the different identities they appropriated in the diaspora.

Mobile phone technologies are transforming how young people think, work, play and relate to each other. However, a central concern for the thesis is that education policy and practice far too often resembles an industrial model that is standardised, mechanistic and linear and that rarely reflects the informational, dynamic and creative lives of young people. In particular, the educational project fails to connect with the way young people use their mobile phone technologies to multi-task, connect, and create content at a precipitous rate. This thesis focuses on the ways in which mobile phone technology is now a significant influence in the way young people develop a sense of self, and a sense of identity and agency that permeates the way they engage with education. The specific research questions that follow from this are: how are young peoples’ identities shaping the meaning and use of mobile phones within (im)material culture? How is the relationship between identity and the creation and use of social space being defined through mobile phone technology? And, taken together how might these processes of identity development influence the way the educational project develops in the future? This thesis addressed these aims by conducting a visual ethnographic study over three years, using participation observation in a sixth-form college in the UK that included video interviews with seven college students. The research has produced a conceptual framework that documents a number of key findings that include: (a) the mobile phone has an immediate symbolic value to young people providing signals about the user’s identity, or presentation of the self; (b) the mobile phone also helps facilitate the performance of lived experiences and is actively part of assisting in various forms of agency. (c) The mobile phone enables a constant flow of (re)presentations of young people that reflects a fluidity of identity that characterises key aspects of contemporary social life. Finally, (d) the mobile phone also supports and enhances the maintenance of social space through the maintenance of social groups and also crucially, the feeling of being oneself. The main conclusion drawn from this research is that too often education systems overlook that fact that learning for young people is typically, and inevitably, personal and yet at the same time located in connected, information-driven environments that are predisposed to digital technologies. Therefore, this research argues for educational policy makers and practitioners to think creatively about how to develop education in ways that fundamentally support young people in their (re)construction of a personalised landscape for learning through their mobile phone technologies.

The aim of this research project was to determine and describe the challenges and advantages presented to artists taking part in student theatre festivals as well as the challenges and advantages presented to the organisers of such festivals. A further aim of the study was to determine, address and describe the functions of a student theatre festival within the community in which it takes place and then to describe how such a festival could be most effectively organised and planned. The study is original, since very little research has been done on this topic in the past. When collecting data for the project, no documents were found describing such study projects. The findings of this study are also important, since guidelines are given aiding festival organisers and future festival organisers in the effective planning and organising of such an event. The research was conducted using three research methodologies. These were a survey of scholarship, structured and semi-structured interviews and action research. The information gathered by the first two methodologies is described in chapter 2. Information gathered by the action research methodology is described in chapter 3, which is a case study of the 2001 and 2002 Krêkvars arts festivals. After the first festival had ended, it was evaluated in terms of which methods of planning were successful and which were not. The second festival was then planned, adapting the unsuccessful methods and emphasising the successful ones. Thereafter the festival was evaluated again, formulating suggestions for the effective planning and organisation of a student theatre festival. From this research project, it can be concluded that student theatre festivals present many advantages and challenges for those involved. It is therefore necessary for the organisers to be well prepared for the task at hand and to do sufficient planning in order to most effectively organise such an event. / Dissertation (MA (Drama))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Drama / unrestricted