Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:03:19Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 kanekomarques_sm_dr_sjrp.pdf: 2430187 bytes, checksum: 6acdd42eddf26471908c6678f6cb2c43 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / É desejável que a formação inicial de professores promova a construção de conhecimentos acerca do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma a aprimorar a prática pedagógica de tais profissionais, para que possam se tornar autônomos e aptos a construir teorias acerca de sua prática. Para tanto, é necessário favorecer a constante reflexão sobre a prática de ensino, propiciando o início do processo de (re)construção de conhecimentos docentes. Inserida nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar um curso de formação inicial de professores de língua inglesa de uma universidade pública localizada no interior paulista, buscando discutir como se deu o processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica desses futuros professores em disciplinas referentes à Prática de Ensino e Estágio Supervisionado. Em face dessa perspectiva, objetivou-se verificar como os conhecimentos teórico-práticos se articulavam no processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica, observando se e como os saberes construídos na formação inicial estavam presentes na prática de ensino de alunos-professores. Buscou-se compreender como eles avaliavam suas ações pedagógicas, que significados poderiam ser atribuídos a essas ações e como eles justificavam as tomadas de decisão e resolução de problemas na prática de ensino realizada nos estágios. Para tanto, foram discutidos dados provenientes de planos de ensino das disciplinas, questionários semiestruturados aplicados aos alunos-estagiários, entrevista com o professor-formador (gravada em áudio), observações de aulas de Prática de Ensino e aquelas ministradas pelos alunos-professores (ambas gravadas em vídeo e/ou áudio) e sessões de visionamento das aulas regidas pelos futuros professores. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, foi possível considerar que a autoavaliação e a reflexão os auxiliaram a compreender... / Pre-service teacher education courses should promote the construction of knowledge concerning language teaching and learning processes in order to optimize teachers’ pedagogical practice, to enable them to become autonomous and to construct theories based on their practice. To attain this goal, it is important to favor continuous reflection about teaching practice, which may initiate a process of pedagogical knowledge (re)construction. Considering these aspects, this research aimed at investigating a pre-service teacher education program in a public university in Sao Paulo state, to discuss how this pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process occurred in a Teaching Practice course. The main goal in this study was to verify how the theoretical/practical knowledge was articulated in the pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process, observing if and how this knowledge constructed in the pre-service teacher education course was present in student-teachers’ teaching practice. In addition to this goal, this research also aimed at understanding how they evaluated their pedagogical actions, the meanings of these actions, and how they justified their decisions and solved problems in their teaching practice. For this reason, data collected included their Teaching Practice course content, student-teachers’ questionnaires, interview with the teacher educator, class observations and reflective sessions. Results indicated that through self-assessment and reflection, future teachers were able to understand their pedagogical actions and to present some propositions to improve English language learning and teaching in different educational contexts, favoring not only their students’ language learning process but also contributing to their own continuous professional development

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-08-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:43:25Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bonvino_mab_dr_sjrp.pdf: 4712358 bytes, checksum: b406d9a6e463b8b8b594adeeeac67c84 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Este estudo teve por objetivo analisar a competência lexical na produção oral em inglês como língua estrangeira (ILE) de um grupo de formandos em Letras, tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Pretende-se oferecer um panorama da proficiência oral desses futuros professores, com foco no vocabulário, por meio de instrumentos de avaliação da proficiência oral utilizados tanto em situação de sala de aula como em situação de avaliação, para, com base nos resultados da análise do componente lexical, contribuir para o processo de validação dos descritores de vocabulário de um teste de proficiência destinado a professores de ILE, ainda em sua fase de elaboração. Considerando-se que a avaliação de línguas, no domínio da proficiência oral, tem sido amplamente discutida na literatura internacional de Linguística Aplicada, esta pesquisa envolve questões acerca da proficiência necessária para professores de ILE, ingressantes no mercado de trabalho no contexto de ensino e aprendizagem de LE no Brasil. É sabido que o vocabulário se constitui em um dos componentes mais importantes da proficiência em língua estrangeira (STÆR, 2008), no entanto, no que concerne à competência lexical, a maioria dos estudos tem enfocado o conhecimento de vocabulário em vez de seu uso produtivo (HILTON, 2008). Além disso, pouco se sabe sobre a verdadeira relação entre a produção oral de vocabulário e os níveis de proficiência adotados na avaliação de proficiência oral. Diante desta questão, esta pesquisa, realizada em uma universidade estadual paulista, almeja investigar a competência lexical com base na linguagem produzida oralmente tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Uma vez que os testes orais dos consagrados exames FCE e IELTS consideram as várias... / The purpose of this study is to discuss the process of assessing vocabulary oral production in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) of students graduating from English Language and Literature BA courses (henceforth Letters courses). It aimed to analyze students‟ oral proficiency based on vocabulary use, in class and in oral test situations, in order to contribute for the validation of the vocabulary descriptors, based on the results from vocabulary analysis of an oral proficiency test which is still being designed and implemented as a test for teachers. Assuming that the assessment of specific language areas within the domain of oral language proficiency has been discussed in a number of studies from the international literature in the field of Applied Linguistics, this research study addresses the issues regarding the proficiency required for pre-service teachers who are preparing to enter the field of ELT in Brazil. In view of vocabulary, assumed as one of the most important components of foreign language proficiency (STÆR, 2008), most studies have focused on vocabulary knowledge rather than on the productive use of vocabulary when it comes to lexical proficiency (HILTON, 2008) and little is known about the actual relationship between vocabulary oral production and speaking proficiency levels. Based on this rationale, this study was carried out in a pre-service teacher education course at a public university in Sao Paulo state and aims at investigating the process of oral production and assessment of the lexical component in class and in oral test situations. Once the oral tests of the high stakes exams FCE and IELTS reflect a view of speaking ability which involves multiple competencies, lexical proficiency was assessed by means of two mock speaking FCE tests, two IELTS mock tests of the speaking... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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Orientador: Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão / Banca: José Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho / Banca: Nelson Viana / Banca: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Marta Lúcia Cabrera Kfouri Kaneoya / Resumo: É desejável que a formação inicial de professores promova a construção de conhecimentos acerca do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma a aprimorar a prática pedagógica de tais profissionais, para que possam se tornar autônomos e aptos a construir teorias acerca de sua prática. Para tanto, é necessário favorecer a constante reflexão sobre a prática de ensino, propiciando o início do processo de (re)construção de conhecimentos docentes. Inserida nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar um curso de formação inicial de professores de língua inglesa de uma universidade pública localizada no interior paulista, buscando discutir como se deu o processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica desses futuros professores em disciplinas referentes à Prática de Ensino e Estágio Supervisionado. Em face dessa perspectiva, objetivou-se verificar como os conhecimentos teórico-práticos se articulavam no processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica, observando se e como os saberes construídos na formação inicial estavam presentes na prática de ensino de alunos-professores. Buscou-se compreender como eles avaliavam suas ações pedagógicas, que significados poderiam ser atribuídos a essas ações e como eles justificavam as tomadas de decisão e resolução de problemas na prática de ensino realizada nos estágios. Para tanto, foram discutidos dados provenientes de planos de ensino das disciplinas, questionários semiestruturados aplicados aos alunos-estagiários, entrevista com o professor-formador (gravada em áudio), observações de aulas de Prática de Ensino e aquelas ministradas pelos alunos-professores (ambas gravadas em vídeo e/ou áudio) e sessões de visionamento das aulas regidas pelos futuros professores. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, foi possível considerar que a autoavaliação e a reflexão os auxiliaram a compreender... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Pre-service teacher education courses should promote the construction of knowledge concerning language teaching and learning processes in order to optimize teachers' pedagogical practice, to enable them to become autonomous and to construct theories based on their practice. To attain this goal, it is important to favor continuous reflection about teaching practice, which may initiate a process of pedagogical knowledge (re)construction. Considering these aspects, this research aimed at investigating a pre-service teacher education program in a public university in Sao Paulo state, to discuss how this pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process occurred in a Teaching Practice course. The main goal in this study was to verify how the theoretical/practical knowledge was articulated in the pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process, observing if and how this knowledge constructed in the pre-service teacher education course was present in student-teachers' teaching practice. In addition to this goal, this research also aimed at understanding how they evaluated their pedagogical actions, the meanings of these actions, and how they justified their decisions and solved problems in their teaching practice. For this reason, data collected included their Teaching Practice course content, student-teachers' questionnaires, interview with the teacher educator, class observations and reflective sessions. Results indicated that through self-assessment and reflection, future teachers were able to understand their pedagogical actions and to present some propositions to improve English language learning and teaching in different educational contexts, favoring not only their students' language learning process but also contributing to their own continuous professional development / Doutor

The aim of this study was to investigate how well pre-service teachers are being prepared by the Computers in Education course to integrate computers into their teaching methods by the Faculty of Education at the Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação (ISCED) in Lubango, Angola. The study used a constructivist learning event devised by the researcher to assess how well the selected sample of pre-service teachers were able to use computers and the Internet to fulfil a series of tasks contained in the constructivist learning event under carefully controlled research conditions. After they had completed these tasks under experimental conditions, the researcher and her two assistants used various means to assess the performance of the participating groups in these activities. A qualitative case study approach was used for this study. The case study took place at ISCED in Lubango because ISCED is the only institution of higher education in Angola that uses computers to prepare pre-service teachers to integrate computer technology with their teaching. The course in which this takes place is known as the Computers for Education course. Twenty-one pre-service teachers and the two Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers of the Computers for Education from ISCED participated voluntarily in the study. The data collection instruments used included questionnaires for the pre-service teachers and ICT teachers; observation checklists for the pre-service teachers; interviews of pre-service teachers and ICT teachers, and scoring rubrics for the pre-service teachers’ task assessment documents. The data analysis method used in this study was that of interpretive analysis. The theoretical framework used to scaffold this study was the theory of constructivism devised by Bruner (1966). Bruner states that constructivism is the “theory of learning, where learning is seen as an active process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge”. In constructivist learning events of this kind, students select and transform information, construct hypotheses and make their own decisions in reliance upon their own cognition and previous knowledge and experience. Cronjé’s Model of Four Quadrants (2000), which enables a researcher to plot objectivism as complementary to constructivism, was used by the researcher as the basis for an analysis of data. The Model of Four Quadrants describes how learning theories such as behaviourism and constructivism exist as opposites in the quadrant upon which the model is based. An objectivist or behaviourist approach to teaching and learning assumes that knowledge exists essentially and independently outside the minds of both learners and teachers, and behaviourist methods of teaching effect a transfer of objective knowledge from the mind of the teacher to the mind of the student. In contrast to this, the constructivist approach is based on the assumption that all meanings are subjectively constructed in the human mind, and that learners acquire knowledge (and therefore education) by creating their own meanings while engaging in the solution of authentic learning tasks devised by the teacher. Constructivism does not recognise the existence of any kind of objectively independent shared reality that can be transferred materially from one mind to another. Although these two approaches are radically different from one another, and although they exist conceptually as polar opposites in Cronjé’s Model, elements from both models can be utilised to achieve a desired learning outcome. What the researcher has suggested in her analysis, conclusions and recommendations is that elements from both learning theories described in the model can be successfully used to teach ISCED students how to integrate computer technology into their teaching. Current teaching and learning practices at ISCED are predominantly behaviourist in method and outcomes since the ICT teachers at ISCED use mainly the lecture method for teaching. For formative assessment, the present teachers use question and answer methods. For summative assessment, they use multiple-choice questions, schedules that require students to insert information into blank spaces, projects, and essay-type questions. In contrast to this, they use learner-centred constructivist forms of teaching such as projects, group work and verbal expression of appreciation to encourage learner performance. The teaching of the Computers in Education course at ISCED may therefore be said to combine both behaviourist and constructivist methods of teaching. / Dissertation (MEd (Computer Integrated Education))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Curriculum Studies / MEd / unrestricted

Preparing student teachers for constructivist teaching about society in primary grades Michaela Dvořáková Abstract The content of primary social studies could be described as cultural universals - domains of human existence that form part of everybody's experience. Despite that, children do need a skilled instruction helping them to elaborate these topics. We suppose that for the constructivist teachers, deep content knowledge and pedagogic content knowledge is necessary to elaborate and conceptualize children's experiences. In this thesis, we wanted to learn more about the knowledge base of pre-service teachers. To explore the education students' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of social studies topics, we elicited students' concepts related to the topic of family using concept mapping. Then we performed the content analysis of the obtained concepts. We tried to determine whether pre-service teachers rely on their prior knowledge (including misconceptions) of family or whether they use the knowledge gained in social science classes at the high school or at our university. Students do not use their academic knowledge gained in social studies classes spontaneously, but they are able to do when prompted. An important part of pedagogical content knowledge of a social studies teacher are the...

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Micro-teaching provides a framework for teachers’ professional development with emphasis on the teach and re-teach cycle as a practical procedure for the development of micro-teaching skills. One fundamental element in this teach and re-teach cycle is the use of digital technology tools as a recording device which may help aid the understanding and application of micro-teaching skills. This study explores micro-teaching skills with the use of digital technology (cell phone) in B.Ed. programmes at a Western Cape university. The study aims to merge the past and present strategies to initiate the development of a simple model to improve micro-teaching methodology using a simple and mostly available digital technology tool which can allow for self-evaluation and personal reflection. The study seeks to investigate how a digital technology, through a cell phone, can guide practical learning to support pre-service teachers in the micro-teaching presentation. The underpinning theories that frame this study were Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural Theory, Bandura’s Social Learning Theory and Mishra & Koehler’s Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Theory. These theories emphasize social interactions, modelling and the use of technological tools as a significant aspect of skills development. The combination of these theories informs the conceptually developed knowledge acquisition, knowledge construction and the implementation with technology (KACIT) model with the aim to encourage the construction and implementation of micro-teaching knowledge with available digital technology tools. The study employs a sequential explanatory design, using a case study approach, which draws on both quantitative and qualitative methods as sources of data collection. The quantitative procedure adopted video recording as a form of data collection, using a conceptually developed teaching skills rubric, with a three level Likert-scale rating. SPSS version 25 was used to get the aggregated descriptive statistical values of each teaching skill. The qualitative procedure employed unstructured interviews, lesson plan observation, and thematic and content analysis was used to interpret and analyse the interviews and lesson plans respectively. The sample size of this study is drawn from the B.Ed. students in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Two hundred and sixteen (216) participants were involved in the quantitative data collection phase, while the qualitative data collection phase consisted of twelve (12) participants for the focus group discussion, five (5) school-based supervisors, five (5) pre-service teachers and (5) five lesson plans from the students-portfolio documents. The findings attest to the general context of micro-teaching as a strategy for developing pre-service teachers‟ teaching skills. It further highlights the high theoretical knowledge levels of micro-teaching of the B.Ed. students, and the relative lack of practical knowledge of micro-teaching of the students. In addition, the findings reveal the high technological knowledge levels of the participants and the need to deepen the professional knowledge of the B.Ed. students along the lines of authentic teaching experiences within the university environment. As part of the recommendations, the study emphasises the use of a digital video platform as a complementary strategy and as a form of reflective practice in micro-teaching presentations. Importantly, the study further recommends that the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ) policy document, on the knowledge mixes for teaching competences in terms of the observation outcome, should be re-considered with a clear guideline for South African universities to have a uniform framework and a clear picture of its implementation.

The purpose of this study is to compare how pre-service teacher students describe historical consciousness, concerning if they are studying their first or last history course. The concept historical consciousness was chosen because of its central role in the Swedish curriculum for the history subject. To achieve the study’s purpose eight pre-service teacherswere qualitatively interviewed. Five of the eight students studied their first history course, while the remaining three studied their last history course. The two theories that made up the theoretical framework of the study was Rüsen’s three principles for narrative competence as well as Jensen’s five processes of historical consciousness. The result of the studyshows that a clear majority of the students described historical consciousness as a method of learning from historical mistakes. This trend was clear with both groups of students. This study also shows that a majority of students had difficulties with the future’s role in historical consciousness. One out of the eight students made clear and continuous references between the three tenses past, present and future. The result reveal that the teacher education should focus more on the three tenses past, present, and future in relation to practical teaching situations. This to make historical consciousness more practical for the student teachers.

This study aims to investigate and compare in-service and pre-service teachers confidence and knowledge regarding dyslexia. In order to investigate this, two research questions are formulated: 1) We seek to identify differences in the way that in-service and pre-service teachers perceive their own competency in dealing with and accommodating the needs of students with dyslexia in the English classroom. 2) We seek to identify differences in the knowledge that in-service and pre-service teachers have in the areas touched upon in the first research question. In addition to these two research questions two hypotheses are made regarding the expected results. (a) That in-service teachers will have greatly larger knowledge regarding dyslexia while, (b) teacher educations does not provide pre-service teachers with enough information and tools to aid dyslexic students. To find an answer to these research questions, a questionnaire is created and sent to in-service teachers working in southern Skåne and pre-service teachers currently enrolled in Malmö University’s teachers’ education. The results show that pre-service teachers do not feel confident in their ability to detect students with dyslexia. In comparison, in-service teachers feel more confident in this area. However, several of the participants from the in-service teacher demographic present that they, in alignment with the pre-service teacher demographic did not feel confident in their ability to detect dyslexic students in their class. From both demographics the results show that participants feel highly unconfident regarding teaching EFL to dyslexic students.