published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Cette recherche propose de se questionner sur la présence — ou l'absence — du cinéma dans les écoles secondaires québécoises en 2011. Ce mémoire s'amorce par un bref historique de l'éducation cinématographique au Québec, qui permet de démontrer la récurrence des recommandations émises en faveur de l'éducation cinématographique depuis les années 60 au Québec, et qui met en contexte la situation actuelle de l'éducation cinématographique. Il s'attarde ensuite à la notion de culture, telle qu'entendue dans la réforme du programme de formation de l'école québécoise, survenue au début des années 2000 au Québec, et ce afin de souligner l'incongruité de l'absence du cinéma dans le parcours scolaire des étudiants. Il tente également de démontrer l'urgence d'inclure le cinéma au corpus étudiant afin de former les élèves à l’analyse critique et informée des images, urgence qui découle en partie de l'omniprésence des images en société. Ce mémoire analyse également les différents outils pédagogiques liés au cinéma qui sont offerts aux enseignants des écoles secondaires québécoises par l'Office national du film du Canada et par l'Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec, pour ensuite les mettre en parallèle avec le projet cinématographique développé par Alain Bergala en France. / This thesis proposes to question the presence — or absence — of cinema in secondary schools of the province of Quebec in 2011. It begins with a brief history of film education in Quebec, which demonstrates the recurrence of recommendations for film education since the 60s in the province, and puts into context the current situation of education film. It then focuses on the concept of culture, as described in the recent reform of the Quebec's educational program, which occurred in the early 2000s, in order to emphasize the incongruity of the absence of cinema in the program. It also demonstrates the urgency of including the cinema to the educational program to train students in critical analysis of images, urgency stems in part from the pervasiveness of images in society. This thesis then analyzes the various educational tools related to cinema that are available to high school teachers in Quebec, mostly offered by the National Film Board of Canada and the Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec, and compares them with the educational project linked to cinema developed by Alain Bergala in France. / Pour respecter les droits d'auteur, la version électronique de ce mémoire a été dépouillée de ses documents visuels. La version intégrale du mémoire a été déposée au Service de la gestion des documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal.

<p>År 2003 utnämnde UNESCO årtiondet 2005-2014 till decenniet för utbildning i hållbar utveckling och även andra internationella och nationella beslut togs för att föra in utbildning för hållbar utveckling (Education for Sustainable Development) i skolans alla ämnen. ESD syftar till att eleven ska utveckla sin förmåga att kritiskt granska olika såväl ekologiska, sociala och ekonomiska perspektiv samt kunna ta ställning till dessa genom ett aktivt deltagande i olika demokratiska processer för att stödja hållbar utveckling. Forskning på området har dock visat att integreringen i skolans alla ämnen inte har fungerat på det sätt det har varit avsett. Denna uppsats syftar till att ta reda på om ESD förekommer inom engelskaundervisningen på gymnasienivå (inom Skaraborgs län). Den försöker också att identifiera vilka hinder och möjligheter det kan finnas för att arbeta med ESD i engelska A/B. Detta har gjorts utifrån en teoretisk litteraturstudie och en semistrukturerad enkätundersökning. Frågeformulär skickades ut till alla engelskalärare på tre gymnasieskolor i länet. De viktigaste resultaten som framkom var att ett av de största hindren för att arbeta med ESD i engelska var bristande kännedom om både skolans uppdrag gällande ESD, men också om vad begreppet innebär innehållsmässigt och didaktiskt. Även litteraturen speglar fortfarande uppfattningen att ESD till största del handlar om miljöfrågor och det finns mycket få praktiska råd vad gäller ESD i språkundervisningen. Det framkom dock framförallt att det verkar finnas stora möjligheter för att föra in ESD i engelskaämnet, eftersom det finns både intresse och motivation för detta bland majoriteten av de tillfrågade lärarna.</p> / <p>In 2003 UNESCO proclaimed the years 2005-2014 as a global decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Likewise other resolutions stated that ESD should be integrated in all school subjects. ESD focuses on developing the students’ ability to critically examine different ecological, social and economical perspectives and to participate actively in democratic processes in order to support sustainable development. Nevertheless, research has shown that the integration of ESD into all subjects has not been accomplished successfully. This degree project aims at examining if ESD occurs in English language lessons at three Swedish upper secondary schools. It also attempts to identify which impediments and possibilities there might exist for working with ESD in English lessons. This has been done by a literary review and a semi-structured questionnaire. An inquiry form was sent to all English teachers at the schools mentioned above. The most important results derived from this study were: Firstly, one of the biggest obstacles for working with ESD in English lessons was insufficient knowledge about UNESCO’s and the Swedish Education System’s commission as well as insufficient knowledge about what the concept ESD implies, both on a content level and on a didactical level. Secondly, literature reflected the common misconception that ESD is primarily concerned with environmental issues and modern research did not provide much information about how to teach ESD within language lessons. Above all, though, the results showed that one very important condition for integrating ESD into English lessons is fulfilled, since the majority of the teachers involved in this study seemed to be motivated to do so.</p>

The purpose of this study is to examine how some teachers reason regarding the IDP in upper secondary school for pupils with intellectual disability. The chosen theory of the study is curriculum theory and the chosen method of the study is qualitative content analysis.   Ten teachers from five upper secondary schools for pupils with intellectual disability in Central Sweden, which both used and did not use IDP as tools in teaching for pupils with intellectual disability have been interviewed. To analyze the interviews, both the inductive approach and the deductive approach have been used.   The results of the study shows that the IDP has many functions in teaching pupils with intellectual disability at upper secondary school. There were mostly advantages that emerged in the teachers' reasoning regarding the use of the IDP in the education of pupils with intellectual disability, although there were also some disadvantages. In those categories where it was possible to study the existence of curriculum ideologies, it was primarily the learner centered ideology as well as social efficiency ideology that were most prominent.   Current research on IDP has been discussed as well as curriculum and syllabus and how they relate to IDP and pupils with intellectual disability.

Successful management of Environmental Education (EE) projects in schools is essential as it enhances teaching and learning in different subjects. The fact that EE is not a subject on its own, but is integrated into other subjects, has many detrimental effects with regard to the management of EE projects in schools. There are several barriers attached to the poor management of EE globally, in Africa and in South Africa. This study explored barriers to managing EE projects in Alexandra Township primary and secondary schools. This study was underpinned by total quality management theory. The research method used in the study followed a qualitative interpretative approach and data collection methods included a literature study, Participatory observation and open-ended questionnaires in order to examine the barriers to managing EE projects. Participants in the study were school principals, educators, subject facilitators and Institutional Development Support Officers (IDSOs). Findings indicated that, although school have EE projects, but there is a lack of competency and expertise in managing EE projects in schools. Non-governmental organisations are key role plays with expertise and competency in managing EE projects in schools. The study further indicated limited support offered by subject facilitators and IDSOs on how to manage EE projects in schools. However, there are number of factors that hinder successful management of EE projects in schools: these include lack of integration of EE into other subjects, lack of funds and other required resources, lack of time, and inadequate training. It was concluded that there were no systems in place that acted as a guideline for school principals and educators to overcome the barriers in EE project management in schools. It was concluded that school principals, educators and stakeholders, including subject facilitators and IDSO’s should work together in managing EE projects in schools. Hence, this study calls attention to the provision of in-service training for EE project management for school principals, educators, subject facilitators and IDSOs. Further, more relevant resources should be provided to schools in order to manage EE projects. / Science and Technology Education / D. Ed. (Didactics)

This Thesis draws on mixed methods survey research conducted to examine how public secondary school principals can be empowered to perform instructional leadership roles in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. This approach allows for the concurrent analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The study relies on related literature review along with primary data collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The units of analysis were 358 teachers and 76 principals for quantitative data as well as 6 head principals and 12 owners of core processes for teachers, principal, and supervisors development (OCPTPSD) for qualitative data. These subjects were selected on the basis of inclusion criteria to make them eligible subjects. Therefore, 378 eligible teachers 92 principals who matched the selection criteria were identified by the researcher. Teachers and principals were selected using random and convenience sampling methods respectively for quantitative data as well as 6 head principals and 12 OCPTPD were selected through available sampling techniques for the qualitative informants. Detailed reviewing of related literature to give profound insights about the research problems and objectives, a structured questionnaire made up of categorical and scaled questions and the semi-structured interviews widely used supplement and extend our knowledge about individual thoughts, feelings and behaviours, meanings, and interpretations obtained from quantitative data were included as tools of data collection. While quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), Version 20, qualitative data were analysed using verbatim transcripts. The results gained from quantitative and qualitative data were integrated and interpreted using nested or concurrent transformative procedures. This study identified that principals credited much of their empowerment to access for resources and support from supervisors, they also attributed much of their perceptions to themselves. Empowerment is a very significant tool in promoting principals’ performance thereby improving overall school performance. Measures of structural empowerment; psychological empowerment; and leadership behaviour have significant relationships with effective instructional leadership role performance of principals. Inadequate top management support, lack of awareness, absence of clear regulations on ways and tools of empowerment and insufficient funds, undue interference of top leaders, intimidation of principals and promoting unnecessary reshuffle of school principals were identified as major challenges of empowering PSSP in the ARSE. From the dimensions of structural empowerment (access to support and opportunity for resources); psychological empowerment (meaning); and leadership behaviour (delegation of authority, skill development, and coaching for innovative performance) were found to be significant predictors of empowerment. It was also identified that principals experience more empowered when they have more sociopolitical support from top management, subordinates, peers, superiors and even customers. The researcher recommended that principals required professional freedom to effectively perform instructional leadership roles. If this is not to be happened, the principal feels unhappy and returns to his or her old ways of working. Therefore, policy makers are required to formulate and implement empowerment process model for principals of public secondary schools so that this study challenges all leaders to rethink on how they can empower school principals to effectively perform instructional leadership roles in the region. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

Academic achievement in the context of the school necessarily involves a whole range of factors. The education system and schools in particular, have assumed the primacy of cognitive attributions in the learner over that of any other factors in the shaping and honing of individual academic achievement. However, the literature revealed that the learning process within the school environment feeds on a plethora of explanations for academic success or otherwise. Much work by researchers has focused on factors other than the cognitive, in an attempt to explain good or weak academic achievement. Certainly the separation of the cognitive from the affective in terms of achievement is impractical, as revealed by the literature. However the literature also contradicts received wisdom which suggests the omniscience of the cognitive as an explanatory tool for academic performance. This investigation focused on factors other than the cognitive in order to seek reasons for academic success. Three important affective factors were selected from the literature in order to ascertain whether these factors played a role in academic achievement or indeed if there was a relationship between these factors and scholastic success or otherwise. An empirical investigation was conducted which consisted primarily of a questionnaire for form four students in English classes. The questionnaire consisted of four sections with a total of 81 items. It was completed by 271 students attending five schools in Mutare Zimbabwe. Statistical analyses revealed that the affective factors attitudes towards English, self-concepts of academic ability and student perceptions of their teachers of English correlated significantly. The analyses also revealed that the selected factors took up 33% of the variance and that within that 33% the area in which students lived was the most important factor contributing to academic achievement whilst I.Q. and student self-concept of academic ability followed closely. The results of the literature study and the empirical investigation demonstrated that there are factors other than the cognitive which are important in terms of academic success in school As a result recommendations were made regarding school based programmes where the aim is to enhance affective factors and therefore achievement. / Educational Studies / D.Ed. (Psychology of Education)

From the wave of policy reforms of the new Minister of Education and Human Resources for a "World Class Quality Education", stakeholders have been ascribing the poor quality of learner performance to a lack of motivated teachers. This study focuses on the factors that impact on teacher motivation in the Flacq district of Mauritius and on the role of the principal in enhancing teacher motivation. An empirical investigation based on qualitative research was conducted following the literature study on these two themes. Motivational factors pertain to the school-based personal and professional needs of the teacher. Due to centralised school governance and instructional leadership tasks being delegated to the School Management Team, principals are not effective teacher motivators. Recommendations relate to transformational, distributive and participatory leadership strategies for optimal instructional principalship. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Educational management)