Computadores impactam em quase todos os aspectos de nossas vidas, porém as escolas não conseguem acompanhar esse caminho sem volta. A simples utilização massiva de aparatos tecnológicos na sala de aula não garante a melhoria do ensino, porém pode ser o meio pelo qual os estudantes encontram alternativas para a solução de problemas complexos. O Pensamento Computacional é uma abordagem de ensino que usa diversas técnicas oriundas da Ciência da Computação e vem gerando um novo foco educacional no quesito inovação nas escolas mundiais como um conjunto de competências de solução de problemas que devem ser compreendidos por uma nova geração de estudantes em conjunto com as novas competências do século 21 (i.e., pensamento crítico, colaboração, etc.). Até o momento, não há um consenso de metodologia de ensino e disponibilidade de material para atender as expectativas dos professores. Para auxiliar sanar essa incerteza, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo a verificação da possibilidade de desenvolver o Pensamento Computacional na Educação Básica utilizando exclusivamente atividades desplugadas (sem o uso de computadores) em estudantes da educação primária para que crianças em regiões/escolas onde não há computadores/dispositivos eletrônicos, Internet e até mesmo energia elétrica também possam se beneficiar desse método. Os resultados obtidos através de uma abordagem Quase-Experimental em escolas Espanholas e Brasileiras, apresentam dados estatísticos que apontam uma melhoria significativa no desempenho dos estudantes que tiveram atividades de Pensamento Computacional Desplugado em ambos os países. / Computational thinking is nowadays being widely adopted and investigated. Educators and researchers are using two main approaches to teach these skills in schools: with computer programming exercises, and with unplugged activities that do not require the use of digital devices or any kind of specific hardware. While the former is the mainstream approach, the latter is especially important for schools that do not count with proper technology resources, Internet connections or even electrical power. However, there is a lack of investigations that prove the effectiveness of the unplugged activities in the development of computational thinking skills, particularly in primary schools. This paper, which summarizes a quasi-experiment carried out in two primary schools in Spain and Brazil, tries to shed some light on this regard. The results show that students in the experimental groups, who took part in the unplugged activities, enhanced their computational thinking skills significantly more than their peers in the control groups who did not participate during the classes, proving that the unplugged approach is effective for the development of this ability.

The thesis entitled ?Trhovosvinensko - Utilisation of multimedia instruments in regional lessons in the 4th Grade in primary school? consists of two sections, the theoretical part and the practical part. In the theoretical, scientific part, information is processed about the Trhovosvinensko microregion in the light of its physical geography and socioeconomics. The practical part, which is derived from the theoretical part, is a tutorial for teaching regional lessons in the 4th Grade in primary school. This is an interactive tool. It is created in the Smart Notebook program, which facilitates the curriculum being practised in an entertaining way on the interactive Smart board. The practical part is accompanied by a Teacher?s Handbook which guides teachers through this tutorial, simplifying its use.

The work deals with programming education on primary schools in Scratch programme. Investigation was carried out by questionnaire on primary school in theoretic part. The investigation shows the facts relating to teaching programming. Scratch is compared with Baltík and Imagine Logo, which are the most commonly used on primary schools. The work also includes an analysis of teaching materials that are available for teaching Scratch. Results of the analysis of teaching materials are shown in a graph. Procedure of teaching was made on the basis of this analysis. The procedure of teaching is divided into twelve subjects. Pupil sheet and guideline for teacher is created for each subject.

Det globaliserade samhället vi lever i idag ställer höga krav på vår läskompetens. Läraren och dennes undervisning utgör en av de viktigaste faktorerna för att utveckla god läsförståelse. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur lärare i årskurs 1 använder och synliggör lässtrategier för elever i undervisningen. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer undersöks hur lärare säger att de arbetar med läsförståelse och vad de menar utvecklar god läsförståelse. Genom observationer med hög grad av struktur undersöks vilka lässtrategier som kommer till uttryck i undervisningen och hur strategianvändningen skiljer sig i olika undervisningsmoment. Studien fann att bland annat högläsning värderas högt för betydelsen av läsförståelse. Studien fann också att det flest lässtrategier kom till uttryck under textsamtalen. Slutsatsen är att läsförståelse är komplex och att lärarens kompetens är avgörande för undervisningens kvalité. / The globalized society we live in today poses high demands on our literacy skills. The teacher and the way he or she teaches are one of the most important factors for developing good reading comprehension. The purpose of the study is to investigate how teachers in year 1 is using and visualize reading strategies for students in the classroom.  Semi-structured interviews investigate how teachers say they work with reading comprehension and what they think develop good reading comprehension. Through high-level observations the study aims to investigate which strategies that are expressed in teaching and how the use of strategies differs in different teaching situation. The study found that the teachers think that reading aloud is one important part of the development of reading comprehension. The study also found that most reading strategies were expressed during the textual conversation. The conclusion is that reading comprehension is complex and that the teacher's competence is crucial to the quality of teaching.

This study examined gender differences in young learners of English in terms of skills, attitude and interest, and teachers’ perceptions of potential gender differences. To examine potential gender differences in skills, a three-part test was conducted with two third grade classes in a school in Sweden. A survey was conducted in the same third grade classes to map the students’ interest and attitude, and structured interviews were conducted with six different teachers to investigate their perception of potential gender differences in skills and interest and attitude. The results revealed that boys’ and girls’ skills were almost equal, although boys at an average acquired a slightly higher level of points in listening and reading comprehension, while more girls wrote at a higher level than boys in the writing assignment. Boys and girls were not equal in their attitude towards and interest in the English language, as girls were more positive towards the language while boys were more confident in their English skills. Teachers perceived no gender difference in interest and attitude, and most perceived none or slight difference in skills.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the technology teacher attitude toward the subject of technology and link this to the use of NTA (Science and technology for all) in the primary school (graders 4-6) technical education. As Teknikforetagen (2006) stress in their report, the subject seems to be an undisclosed topic that often is combined with the science subjects. There, the science-orientating subjects get a higher priority than the technology. According to several reports, NTA has had a positive result in the teaching it is aimed at. The method of study is a qualitative survey consisting of interviews with middle school technical teachers. The interviews consisted of both technical teachers who use NTA in education and technology teachers without NTA. The result shows that NTA contributes to more practical work in technology, that teachers save time collecting materials, but also that collegial learning in technology increases. Overall, none of the interviewed teachers uses a textbook as support in the teaching. It differs from many other subjects in elementary school. The interviewed teachers generally have a positive attitude towards the subject of technology. / Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka tekniklärares inställning till ämnet teknik och koppla detta till användandet av NTA (Naturvetenskap och teknik för alla) i den teknikundervisning som bedrivs på mellanstadiet. Granskar man det Teknikföretagen (2006) påpekar i sin rapport verkar teknikämnet vara ett undanskymt ämne som ofta står under NO-blocket. Där får de naturorienterande ämnena en högre prioritet än tekniken. NTA har enligt flera rapporter haft ett positivt resultat i undervisningen den är syftad till. Metoden för studien är en kvalitativ undersökning som består av intervjuer med nio stycken tekniklärare på mellanstadiet. Intervjuerna har genomförts med tekniklärare som använder NTA i undervisningen samt tekniklärare som inte använder NTA. Resultatet visar att NTA bidrar till mer praktiskt arbete i teknik, att lärarna sparar tid i att samla material men också att det kollegiala lärandet i teknik ökar. Överlag i teknikämnet använder ingen av de intervjuade lärarna en lärobok som stöd i undervisningen. Det skiljer sig mot många andra ämnen i grundskolan. De intervjuade lärarna har överlag en positiv inställning till ämnet teknik.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-12-20Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:59:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 afonso_rc_me_assis.pdf: 397273 bytes, checksum: 22d95678ddb710bf28431e82c7c5a4e6 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal investigar as concepções que professoras de Educação Infantil têm sobre o lúdico, e verificar quais são os aspectos da história de vida dessas professoras que influenciaram suas concepções sobre o brincar. Para realizar esse estudo partimos do pressuposto que o desenvolvimento pessoal, social e intelectual do indivíduo, ocorre a partir da apropriação de conhecimentos e dos processos de ensino-aprendizagem, inseridos num contexto sócio-cultural. Por isso, para nosso estudo, privilegiamos o referencial teórico constituído pelas contribuições de Gilles Brougère, Lev Vygotsky e Antonio Nóvoa. Investimos em uma pesquisa de caráter qualitativo e qual a metodologia utilizada para a coleta de dados foi orientada pela busca da história de vida das participantes. O trabalho de campo incluiu entrevistas, semi-estruturadas com sete professoras da Educação Infantil, de duas cidades do interior do Estado do Paraná. Os dados foram organizados a partir das categorias infância vivida, opção pela profissão, percursos da carreira e atividades lúdicas com as crianças. Seguindo essas mesmas categorias, analisamos os dados e evidenciamos as concepções das professoras sobre o brincar em distintos aspectos. Acreditamos que as marcas deixadas pela infância influenciaram na concepção lúdica e na decisão profissional da maioria das professoras entrevistadas; bem como nas atividades lúdicas que aplicam com as crianças no contexto educacional. Para algumas professoras o brincar aparece como recurso pedagógico e significa mais do que uma simples diversão, sob o argumento de que, na brincadeira, a criança pode expressar-se, desenvolver-se, interagir e aprender. / The most important objectives of this research were investigating the teacher conceptions about the play in Primary Education and verify the features of the teachers` life history that had influenced their conceptions about the play. In order to fulfill this paper, we believe that the human being personal, social and intellectual development happens from the person`s knowledge and from the learning-teaching process inserted in a social and cultural context. Because of that, in our paper, we had privileged the theorical reference given by Gilles Brougère, Lev Vygotsky and Antonio Nóvoa. We had made a research in a quantitative feature, in which the utilized methodology to collect the datos was orientated by searching the participants` history of life. The campus work included an interview with seven teachers from Primary School from two cities in Paraná`s countryside. The datos were organized from childhood history, jobþs choise and course, and fanny activities with the children. Following these cathegories, we analysed the datos and the teachers` conceptions about the play in different aspects. We believe that the childhood marks had influenced the funny conception, and the job`s choise from the majority of the teachers who were interviewed, and it had influenced as well the funny activities that these teachers use with the children. For some teachers the play is a pedagogical research and means more than a simple entertainment moment because they believe that the child can express, develop, interact and learn when he/she is playing. Other teachers think that the play can be considered as a secondary function in the educational context, they consider that the play is only for pleasure and rest.

Thesis (MTech (Education)-- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007 / The school principal as educational leader is the key person in the implementation of curriculum change in schools and plays a vital role in motivating staff members in this regard. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the school principal in regard to motivating educators during the implementation of new curricula. The principal's role as motivator is investigated in Chapter 2 on the basis of a number of motivation theories and techniques. Chapter 3 investigates the management function of the principal in regard to curriculum change. A questionnaire was devised on the grounds of the literature study and an empirical study (Chapter 4) was done with a group of primary school teachers and school principals employed by the Western Cape Education Department. From the literature review and empirical studies the following roles of the principal to motivate staff members, emerged: • Improvement of group morale • Empowerment of staff members • Delegating of tasks • Creating a positive school climate. The following tasks of the school principal are important during the implementation of curriculum change: • Creating a climate for change • Effective communication • The development of human potential. Curriculum change has a negative impact on the motivation and perception of teaching for many teachers. The findings of this study show that educators argue that the school principal should be the motivator of staff in this regard.

Orientador: Mário Sérgio Vasconcelos / Banca: Elizabeth Piemonte Constantino / Banca: Raimunda Abou Gebran / Resumo: Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal investigar as concepções que professoras de Educação Infantil têm sobre o lúdico, e verificar quais são os aspectos da história de vida dessas professoras que influenciaram suas concepções sobre o brincar. Para realizar esse estudo partimos do pressuposto que o desenvolvimento pessoal, social e intelectual do indivíduo, ocorre a partir da apropriação de conhecimentos e dos processos de ensino-aprendizagem, inseridos num contexto sócio-cultural. Por isso, para nosso estudo, privilegiamos o referencial teórico constituído pelas contribuições de Gilles Brougère, Lev Vygotsky e Antonio Nóvoa. Investimos em uma pesquisa de caráter qualitativo e qual a metodologia utilizada para a coleta de dados foi orientada pela busca da história de vida das participantes. O trabalho de campo incluiu entrevistas, semi-estruturadas com sete professoras da Educação Infantil, de duas cidades do interior do Estado do Paraná. Os dados foram organizados a partir das categorias infância vivida, opção pela profissão, percursos da carreira e atividades lúdicas com as crianças. Seguindo essas mesmas categorias, analisamos os dados e evidenciamos as concepções das professoras sobre o brincar em distintos aspectos. Acreditamos que as marcas deixadas pela infância influenciaram na concepção lúdica e na decisão profissional da maioria das professoras entrevistadas; bem como nas atividades lúdicas que aplicam com as crianças no contexto educacional. Para algumas professoras o brincar aparece como recurso pedagógico e significa mais do que uma simples diversão, sob o argumento de que, na brincadeira, a criança pode expressar-se, desenvolver-se, interagir e aprender. / Abstract: The most important objectives of this research were investigating the teacher conceptions about the play in Primary Education and verify the features of the teachers' life history that had influenced their conceptions about the play. In order to fulfill this paper, we believe that the human being personal, social and intellectual development happens from the person's knowledge and from the learning-teaching process inserted in a social and cultural context. Because of that, in our paper, we had privileged the theorical reference given by Gilles Brougère, Lev Vygotsky and Antonio Nóvoa. We had made a research in a quantitative feature, in which the utilized methodology to collect the datos was orientated by searching the participants' history of life. The campus work included an interview with seven teachers from Primary School from two cities in Paraná's countryside. The datos were organized from childhood history, jobþs choise and course, and fanny activities with the children. Following these cathegories, we analysed the datos and the teachers' conceptions about the play in different aspects. We believe that the childhood marks had influenced the funny conception, and the job's choise from the majority of the teachers who were interviewed, and it had influenced as well the funny activities that these teachers use with the children. For some teachers the play is a pedagogical research and means more than a simple entertainment moment because they believe that the child can express, develop, interact and learn when he/she is playing. Other teachers think that the play can be considered as a secondary function in the educational context, they consider that the play is only for pleasure and rest. / Mestre

Esta dissertação teve como objetivo compreender de que modo os/as professores/as especialistas de Educação Física constituem seu trabalho docente no I ciclo em duas Escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Nessa investigação, de corte qualitativo com desenho teórico-metodológico etnográfico, constituíram-se como fontes de pesquisa documentos oficiais das escolas, anotações no diário de campo das recordações da observação participante e transcrição das entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com os/as docentes de Educação Física. As discussões estão ancoradas na perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais, sob uma abordagem pós-estruturalista, em especial naquelas que se inspiram nas ideias de Michel Foucault. A partir disso, no primeiro capítulo analítico, abordou-se a cultura docente, tratando das rotinas, das crenças, das práticas, e das relações entre os/as docentes que compõem o I ciclo. As discussões desse capítulo partiram de retóricas enunciadas nos contextos estudados, em especial, foi problematizado o termo “os pequenos”, que circula em ambas as escolas para referir-se às/aos estudantes do I ciclo. A incidência dessa expressão parece estar atrelada às idealizações sobre a infância, as quais, por sua vez, constituem também crenças e práticas em relação à docência com “os pequenos”, tais como: educar com amor, ser firme, elaborar diferentes atividades festivas. Nesse contexto, trabalhar com “os pequenos” implica “se virar nos 30’’” No segundo capítulo analítico, foram discutidas questões relacionadas às finalidades propostas no I ciclo. Problematizei a forte cobrança externa às escolas para desenvolvimento da alfabetização no I ciclo e o quanto isso se atravessa na legitimidade dos demais componentes curriculares, postos em menor relevância perante a necessidade de promover a alfabetização em um espaço-tempo determinado. Nesse ciclo alfabetizador, o entendimento da Educação Física que parece ser mais legitimado, nas escolas pesquisadas, pauta-se nas vertentes psicomotoras e desenvolvimentistas. Com esse percurso de discussões, essas questões podem dar pistas para compreensão de como se constitui a docência do/a professor/a especialista de Educação Física, que parece estar atravessada por um entrecruzamento de discursos que circulam na cultura escolar, sobretudo nas discursividades relacionadas à infância. Ao sinalizar certas verdades que foram sendo produzidas em relação à docência no I ciclo e seus efeitos de verdade, é possível pensar em linhas de fuga; novos modos de ver, pensar e se posicionar como docente no I ciclo com os/as “pequenos”. / This study aims to understand how the specialized Physical Education (PE) teachers form their teaching work in the 1st cycle in two schools of the municipal education system of Porto Alegre. In this investigation, a qualitative research with an ethnographic theoretical and methodological approach, the research sources were the official documents of the schools; notes taken in the field diary about the remembrances of the participant observation; transcription of the semi-structured interviews held with the PE teachers. The discussions are rooted in the cultural studies perspective, under a post-structuralist approach, mainly under the approaches inspired by the ideas of Michel Foucault. Based on that, in the first analytic chapter, the teaching culture about the routines, the beliefs, the practices, and the relations between the teachers that form the 1st cycle. The discussions on this chapter were based on stated rhetorical, especially questioning the term “the kids”, used on both schools to refer to the students of the 1st cycle. The occurrence of this expression seems to be linked to the idealization of the childhood, what also constitutes beliefs and practices related to the “kids” education, such as: educate with love, be strict, elaborate different festive activities. In this context, working with the “kid” implicate to “find a way to make it” In the second analytic chapter, questions related to the purposes of the 1st cycle were discussed. I questioned the strong external demand on schools to the development of the literacy in the 1st cycle and how this crosses the legitimacy on the other curricular components, that are set in lower relevance over the necessity to promote literacy in a determined area-period. In this literacy cycle, the understand of the PE that seems most legitimate, in the researched schools, is based on the psychomotor and developmental slopes. With this path of discussions, this question may give hints to understand how the teaching work of the PE teacher, that seems to be crossed by an intersection of speeches that are stated in the scholar culture, especially on the discourses related to the childhood. When indicated that certain truths were being produced about the teaching work on the 1st cycle and their truly effects, it is possible to think in escape routes; innovative ways to look at, to think and to place oneself as a teacher in the 1st cycle with the “kids”.