Este estudo explora uma abordagem ativista, a fim de desenvolver um protótipo de modelo pedagógico do esporte, para trabalhar com meninos residentes em áreas de vulnerabilidade social, respondendo às seguintes questões de pesquisa: a) qual é o tema central, os elementos críticos e os resultados da aprendizagem de um protótipo de modelo pedagógico?; b) quais processos ocorrem na construção colaborativa do tema central, elementos críticos e resultados da aprendizagem?; c) quais são os desafios e facilitadores no processo de construção colaborativa do tema central, elementos críticos e resultados de aprendizagem? Durante seis meses em 2013, foi conduzida uma pesquisa ação participativa num programa de futebol, em uma área de vulnerabilidade social do Brasil. O estudo incluiu 17 meninos, quatro treinadores, um coordenador pedagógico e uma assistente social. Também uma especialista em pedagogia centrada no aluno e numa abordagem ativista baseada em questionamentos, participou do trabalho como facilitadora (debriefer), ajudando na análise progressiva dos dados e no planejamento das sessões de trabalho. Múltiplas fontes de dados foram coletadas, incluindo: 38 diários de campo/observações e gravações de áudio de 18 sessões de trabalho com os jovens, 16 sessões de trabalho com os treinadores e três sessões de trabalho com os jovens e com os treinadores. Além disso, aconteceram 37 encontros entre o pesquisador e a especialista. O tema central que emergiu foi à necessidade da co-construção de possibilidades de empoderamento, por meio do esporte, para meninos residentes em áreas de vulnerabilidade social. Cinco elementos críticos surgiram quando se trabalhou com meninos residentes nas referidas áreas: a importância de uma pedagogia centrada no aluno, uma abordagem ativista baseada em questionamentos, uma ética do cuidado, uma atenção para a comunidade e a formação de uma comunidade de esporte. Quando os cinco elementos críticos foram combinados, surgiram os resultados de aprendizagem: \"tornando-se responsáveis/comprometidos\", \"aprendendo com os erros\", \"valorizando o conhecimento um do outro\", e \"comunicando-se com os outros\". O processo de construção colaborativa foi dividido em duas fases. A primeira destinada a entender os meninos e como poderíamos fazer um esporte melhor para eles. Os cinco elementos críticos foram desenvolvidos nessa fase. Os quatro resultados de aprendizagem emergiram na segunda fase (fase ativista), quando os cinco elementos críticos foram combinados e usados em conjunto para desenvolver um programa de liderança. Foi necessário negociar desafios, tais como: \"encontrar maneiras de nomear nossas experiências\", \"falta de confiança no processo\", \"valorizar e privilegiar o conhecimento de adultos\" e \"premissas sobre os jovens\" na primeira fase. Negociamos esses desafios, permitindo que todos tivessem \"tempo para desenvolver relacionamentos\", apresentassem uma \"disposição de viver na desordem\" e serem \"pacientes de modo que os elementos críticos pudessem surgir\". Na segunda fase, os desafios negociados foram: \"premissas sobre os jovens\", \"valorizar e privilegiar o conhecimento de adultos\" e a \"cultura do esporte\". Esses desafios foram negociados apresentando-se uma \"predisposição para aceitar riscos\", assumindo \"possibilidades transformadoras realistas\" e sendo \"pacientes para o programa se desenvolver\". O esporte pode ser um bem cultural capaz de beneficiar jovens residentes em áreas de vulnerabilidade social, oferecendo-lhes um espaço onde possam se sentir protegidos e sonhar com outros futuros - movendo-se do que é para o que poderia ser / This study explores an activist approach for developing a prototype pedagogical model of sport for working with boys from socially vulnerable backgrounds, answering the following research questions: a) what is/are the key theme, critical elements and learning outcomes of a prototype pedagogical model?; b) what processes take place in the collaborative construction of the key theme, critical elements and learning outcomes?; c) what are the challenges and enablers in the process of collaborative construction of the key theme, critical elements and learning outcomes? This 2013 six month participatory action research was conducted in a soccer program in a socially vulnerable area of Brazil. The study included 17 boys, four coaches, a pedagogic coordinator and a social worker. An expert in student-centered pedagogy and inquirybased activism assisted as a debriefer helping in the progressive data analysis and the planning of the work sessions. Multiple sources of data were collected, including 38 field journal/observation and audio records of: 18 youth work sessions, 16 coaches\' work sessions, 3 combined coaches and youth work sessions, and 37 meetings between the researcher and the expert. The key theme that emerged was the need to co-construct empowering possibilities through sport for boys from socially vulnerable backgrounds. Five critical elements arose when working with boys from socially vulnerable backgrounds: the importance of a student-centered pedagogy, an inquiry-based activism approach, an ethic of care, an attentiveness to the community and a community of sport. When the five critical elements were combined, becoming responsible/committed, learning from mistakes, valuing each other\'s knowledge, and communicating with others were the learning outcomes that emerged. The process of collaborative construction was divided into two phases. The first phase was designed to understand the boys and how sports could be improved for them. The five critical elements developed in this phase. The four learning outcomes emerged in the second phase (activist phase) when the five critical elements were combined and used together to develop a Leadership Program. It was necessary to negotiate challenges such as: \"finding ways to name our experiences\", \"lack of trust of in the process\", \"valuing and privileging adult knowledge\" and \"assumptions about youth\" in the first phase. We negotiated these challenges by allowing all involved \"time to develop relationships\", having a \"willingness to live in messiness\", and being \"patient so that the critical elements could emerge\". In the second phase, the challenges negotiated were: \"assumptions about youth\", \"valuing and privileging adult knowledge\" and \"the culture of sport\". These challenges were negotiated by having a \"willingness to take risk\", taking \"realistic transformative possibilities\", and being \"patient while the program unfolds\". Sport can be a cultural asset to benefit youth from socially vulnerable backgrounds by offering them a place where they can feel protected and dream about other futures - moving from what is to what might be

Heeding current best practice, many teachers prioritize student-centered instruction as the most effective pedagogy to achieve student learning. However, preservice teachers at a small, southeastern U.S. university have expressed reservations in executing student-centered instructional methods when they become lesson facilitators. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine whether probational elementary teachers have the knowledge and skill set to execute student-centered instruction and identify the characteristics of this method based on their preservice experiences. The conceptual framework consisted of constructivist, humanism, and social learning, theories . The four research questions focused on participants' understanding of student-centered and teacher-centered pedagogical methods, whether or not their understandings changed in practice, and what factors influenced those changes. Purposeful sampling provided 5 probationary elementary teachers who had graduated from the same university. Data included 3 semistructured interviews, 2 classroom observations, and a review of instructional materials. Data were inductively coded and analyzed throughout the collection process. Findings revealed that each participant practiced and could theoretically identify the characteristics of both student-centered and teacher-centered methods; however, they could not identify these characteristics consistently in their own practices. Findings indicated that preservice teachers needed more exposure to student-centered pedagogy. Teachers who develop proficiency with student-centered pedagogy may be better able to empower students to solve problems, make decisions, advocate, and negotiate relationships with others. These characteristics are the foundation for active citizenship making positive social change possible.

CONTRIBUTION OF SOME FACTORS TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS&rsquo / SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT IN TURKEY: TIMSS 2007 KORKMAZ, Fettah M. S., Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education Supervisor: Prof. Dr. &Ouml / mer GEBAN September 2012, 120 pages The purpose of this study is to determine some of the factors that affect science achievement of eighth grade students in Turkey based on data results of Trends in International Science and Mathematics Study (TIMSS 2007). The present study investigated the relationship between the students&rsquo / achievement in science and certain factors such as student centered activities perceived by students, teacher centered activities perceived by students, students

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This study aimed at investigating classroom management approaches of primary school teachers and exploring if their management approaches are consistent with the constructivist curriculum. The sample consisted of 265 primary school teachers working in Kastamonu. Data were gathered from the participants via Classroom Management Inventory developed by the researcher. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the data. Mixed Design ANOVA (within subjects and between subjects) was employed to investigate the dominant classroom management approach that teachers use and to explore the effect of some variables on classroom management approaches of teachers. Results of the study indicated that primary school teachers prefer to use studentcentered management approach rather than teacher-centered approach. That is teachers&rsquo / management approaches are consistent with the constructivist instruction. Furthermore, some background variables were found to affect the classroom management approaches of teachers. A significant difference was found in classroom management approaches of teachers with respect to teaching experience, branch, type of certification and average number of students teachers have in their classes while no significant difference was found with respect to gender variable.

Using a combined quantitative, qualitative approach, this study explores the teaching practices of outstanding faculty at a private, liberal arts institutions by posing questions that revolve around learner-centered teaching practices, characteristics of outstanding teachers, effective teaching, and pressures on the professoriate related to the phenomena of academic capitalism. Outstanding professors from the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Business, Education, and Nursing were invited to participate in this research. Weimer's (2002) five learner-centered changes to teaching practice framed this investigative study. This conceptual framework consists of altering the role of the teacher, balancing power in the classroom between teacher and students, changing the function of course content, instilling student responsibilities for learning, and using different processes and purposes for evaluation that serve to guide teacher and students interactions throughout the course.The findings of the study suggest that faculty from the School of Education agree with and implement all five of Weimer's (2002) learner-centered changes to teaching practice. However, there is incongruence between the learner-centered teaching beliefs and learner-centered teaching practices of outstanding teachers from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Business and Nursing. This study seems to indicate that several pressures on the professoriate including the phenomena associated with academic capitalism affect teaching practices in the classroom. Existing learner-centered practice models can be informed by the salient findings of this study.

This research explored Chinese college English teachers’ beliefs and conceptual change in relation to the government-mandated shift from the traditional grammar-based approaches to language teaching to communicative language teaching (CLT). This study employed an ethnographic approach and was conducted at a university in China. Six Chinese college English teachers agreed to participate in a three-month study during which their classroom teaching was observed and they were interviewed about their teaching experiences, understanding of the new teaching methods, and interpretations of the curriculum change. Three patterns of conceptual change were found in their beliefs about language teaching and learning: (a) change in teaching methods but no significant change in conceptions and beliefs, (b) change in both teaching methods and conceptions accompanied by painful conceptual conflict, and (c) change in both teaching methods and beliefs and an acquisition of broader curriculum perspectives. The stories and experiences of the participants indicate the complex, non-linear nature of conceptual development in their beliefs about language teaching. They struggled to expand their conceptual space by dwelling in the Zone of Between—between Chinese and Western educational traditions, between social, cognitive, and psychological processes of conceptual growth, between teaching and educating, and between curriculum-as-plan and curriculum-in-use. This study is expected to have suggestions for ongoing college English teaching in China, provide insight for the research of teachers’ beliefs related to curriculum development in other cultural contexts, and inform language teacher education and development programs. / Thesis (Ph.D, Education) -- Queen's University, 2008-08-17 09:08:34.638

India’s pledge towards universalization of elementary education by 2015 is a desirable goal. Having achieved progress towards universal accessibility to schooling, the problem of providing quality schooling through a necessary paradigm shift, is still a major challenge. This qualitative research study seeks to portray the nature of pedagogy in four elementary classrooms in Srinagar, Kashmir and understand its shifting nature with reference to the National Curriculum Framework (2005). Specifically, this study examines teachers’ classroom pedagogical practices, their understandings of pedagogy, the ways they encourage and manage student participation in classroom and the level of support and training they receive from government agencies. The findings of this study will have implications for both teachers and students, their specific roles, their understanding of pedagogy, classroom practices and more importantly students. This study recommends ‘contextually suitable’ pedagogical methods, informing teachers about effective teaching strategies, and outlining specific classroom participation strategies for students.

India’s pledge towards universalization of elementary education by 2015 is a desirable goal. Having achieved progress towards universal accessibility to schooling, the problem of providing quality schooling through a necessary paradigm shift, is still a major challenge. This qualitative research study seeks to portray the nature of pedagogy in four elementary classrooms in Srinagar, Kashmir and understand its shifting nature with reference to the National Curriculum Framework (2005). Specifically, this study examines teachers’ classroom pedagogical practices, their understandings of pedagogy, the ways they encourage and manage student participation in classroom and the level of support and training they receive from government agencies. The findings of this study will have implications for both teachers and students, their specific roles, their understanding of pedagogy, classroom practices and more importantly students. This study recommends ‘contextually suitable’ pedagogical methods, informing teachers about effective teaching strategies, and outlining specific classroom participation strategies for students.

This literature review analyses what advantages and disadvantages can be gained by utilizing the flipped classroom method. The Swedish curriculum has been taken into consideration when conducting this review in order to see whether the method is compatible with the aim of the subject of English in the Swedish upper secondary school. Two key principles behind the flipped classroom are ‘active learning’ and ‘student-centered learning’. These key principles have been discussed and contrasted with the terms: ‘passive learning’ and ‘teacher-centered learning’. Acknowledging the fact that it is a challenge to engage students in their own learning as well as have them realize the benefits of doing so, this paper also highlights the advantages of implementing technology tools in the classroom where one can meet the needs of the students of today. The results of this literature review show that there are many advantages when utilizing the flipped classroom method. For example, the flipped classroom creates well-suited environments where discussions can take place, as the in-class activities aim at all students being engaged, applying concepts and sharing ideas. However, the results also show some disadvantages that may come when converting to a flipped classroom. Some of these are that the flipped model takes adjustment time, students need to adapt to the transition to a flipped classroom,and preparing online lessons is time consuming. Furthermore, both students and teachers need to learn how to use the new technology that comes with the flipped classroom model.