A team of graduate students from Brigham Young University under the supervision of the main author, Dr. Henrichsen, collaborated on creating a book as well as a website, Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (BTR-TESOL). The entire project consists of ten main sections with nearly fifty units addressing topics that novice teachers should know before teaching English to non-native speakers. The BTR-TESOL project answers the need for material for untrained novice teachers that will help them to be better prepared in a very minimalistic way to face the challenges and responsibilities that teaching of English as a second language (ESL) brings. This master's project describes the creation of two units of section three, "Fundamental Teaching Skills", titled "Developing a Successful Teaching Personality" and "Managing Classes of English Language Learners." The first unit, "Developing a Successful Teaching Personality", educates novice teachers about the importance of nine major characteristics of a good teaching personality that were compiled by the author of this unit after extensive research of teachers' and students' attitudes. Moreover, the unit explains how each characteristic contributes to the overall challenge of being a successful teacher. In the second unit, "Managing Classes of English Language Learners", novice teachers are introduced to basic classroom management issues, possible reasons behind students' behavior, and tips on how to solve common classroom management issues. Both units include a short introduction to the content, an opening scenario, a video segment related to the theme of each unit as well as reflection questions, objectives, explanatory text, and a section that directs readers to places they can go to learn more about the subject.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka elevers användning av lösningsstrategier i subtraktion samt lärares och läromedlens framställning av dessa, för att kunna komma fram till hur en framgångsrik undervisning i subtraktion, med fokus på lösningsstrategier, kan se ut. Undersökningen genomfördes i tre klasser i åk 3. Metoder i studien var elevenkät, intervju med lärare och läromedelsgranskning. Data bearbetades med hjälp av en egenkonstruerad begreppsmodell utifrån olika lösningsstrategier. Resultatet visar på en större variation av lösningsstrategier i undervisningen än i elevernas uträkningar. Eleverna använder sig oftast av enbart en av lösningsstrategierna, så kallad ”talsortsvis beräkning”. Strategin leder till många fel i elevernas uträkningar. / The purpose of this study was to investigate how pupils use solution strategies for subtraction, and how those are presented by teachers and textbooks in order to find out how successful teaching in subtraction, with focus on solution strategies, might look. The study was carried out on three groups in the 3rd grade. The methods of this study consisted of a pupil survey, interviews with teachers and a review of textbooks. The data were processed using a self-constructed conceptual model based on different solution strategies. The results indicate a larger variation of solution strategies in the teaching than in the pupils´ calculations. The pupils typically use only one of the solution strategies, a so-called "number-splitting calculation". This strategy leads to many errors in the pupils' calculations.

This study has an action research approach and is conducted as a part of an improvement process at the local school unit. The focus of the study is how the principal and the teachers at a public elementary school take an interest in the school culture and investigate how they can improve the practice while learn-ing from the process. The aim of the study is to create an understanding of the teachers’ experience of the school’s culture, and by using that as a basis, plan and conduct improvement schemes in the operations of the school. The results indicate that the theory of practice architectures enables the re-searcher to identify the sayings, doings and relating of the teachers. Moreover, the study has contributed to an understanding of what is enabled or prevented by internal and external conditions in the current process of action research and school development. The study shows that time and a common interest are central for uniting the college, which in turn is key if school development should lead to long-lasting improvement.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vilka metoder samhällskunskapslärare på gymnasiet tillämpar för att främja framgångsrik undervisning i samhällskunskapsämnet. Ämnet samhällskunskap är tvärvetenskapligt till sin karaktär och utgår från flera samhällsvetenskapliga discipliner (Skolverket, 2022). Därför har samhällskunskapsundervisningen ett variationsrikt innehåll där lärares professionella friutrymme att tolka läro- och kursplaner kan ta fasta på olika metoder och innehåll som framgångsrikt främjar lärande. Det teoretiska ramverket Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) är därför applicerat på föreliggande studie för att analysera hur samhällskunskapslärare använder sin pedagogiska ämneskunskap för att undervisa framgångsrikt i samhällskunskap. Genom en kvalitativ metod i användandet av semistrukturerade intervjuer intervjuas tio legitimerade samhällskunskapslärare utifrån deras perspektiv på framgångsrik samhällskunskapsundervisning. Det erhållna datamaterialet analyseras därefter genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys där tematiska kategorier från lärarnas svar frambringas. Resultatet visar att framgångsrik samhällskunskapsundervisning präglas av flera faktorer som exempelvis engagemang, egna intressen i kombination med djupa ämneskunskaper, verklighetsanknytning, variation samt autentiska lärandesituationer. / This study aims to investigate what methods social studies teachers in upper secondary school implement to promote successful teaching in the social studies subject. The subject of social studies is interdisciplinary in its character and draws on several social science disciplines (Swedish National Agency for Education, 2022). Therefore, social studies teaching has a varied content where teachers' professional autonomy in interpreting curricula and syllabi can embrace different methods and content that successfully promote learning. The theoretical framework Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is therefore applied to the present study to analyze how social studies teachers use their pedagogical content knowledge to teach successfully in social studies. Through a qualitative method using semi-structured interviews, ten licensed social studies teachers are interviewed from their perspective on successful social studies teaching. The data obtained is then analyzed through a qualitative content analysis in which thematic categories from the teachers' responses are derived. The results show that successful social studies teaching is characterized by several factors such as commitment, own interests in combination with deep subject knowledge, connection to reality, variation, and authentic learning situations.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:16:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Matilde Antonelli.pdf: 3019163 bytes, checksum: b1fa56e5a12288562365f215644e6ba2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-19 / This work aims to investigate the knowledge present in the pedagogical practice of six teachers who during their professional career presented a successful practice in teaching how to read and write, always acting in the peripheral region of one city of Big São Paulo. In this study I used semi-structured interviews, participant observation and report of their life history with the intention to answer the following questions: What is there of significance in the well succeeded practice of these teachers? Which knowledge is mobilized with students in the process of reading and writing? How do the teachers deal with different knowledge of the students and with the situations that they face with a possible absence of knowledge? Initially I describe the historical context of the read and write process in 1983 with the implantation of the Basic Cycle (DURAN, 1995), period in which the target teachers of this research began their teaching career in the state web of schools and were challenged to face a new forms of thinking the read and write process within the psychogenesis of the written language (FERREIRO AND TEBEROSKY, 1979), which takes as basis the Piaget constructivism in a dialogic action with authors who prioritize the reflection on knowledge and pedagogical practice. (FREIRE, 1996, OLIVEIRA, 1997, ALARCÃO 2005 AND TARDIF, 2007). The results show that the construction of knowledge of the teachers in the conduct of the work in classrooms occur along with the trajectory of formation and pedagogical acting in different moments. In the dialogue with live experience with produced pedagogical material in the relation with the children they work with in the course of formation in which they take part in the partnership and exchanges with teachers. The creativity facing the challenges of read/write process make they reorganize the knowledge and look for knowledge in which the quality of their intervention and pedagogical actions attend the diversity which constitutes the classroom space. Because they believe in the capacity of children they present challenging activities which can make possible the reflection on the reading and writing processes. Always respecting the previous knowledge of the students who interact with them and constructing knowledge.(AU) / Objetivando investigar os saberes presentes na prática pedagógica de seis professoras que, ao longo de sua trajetória profissional, apresentaram uma prática bem-sucedida na alfabetização, sempre atuando em região periférica de uma cidade da Grande São Paulo, utilizei, neste estudo, entrevista semiestruturada, observação participante e relato de história de vida, no intuito de responder às questões: O que há de significativo nas práticas bem-sucedidas das professoras alfabetizadoras? Quais saberes são mobilizados com os educandos no processo de alfabetização? Como as professoras lidam com diferentes saberes dos alunos e com as situações em que se defrontam com um possível não saber? Inicialmente, descrevo o contexto histórico da alfabetização em 1983, com a implantação do Ciclo Básico de Alfabetização (DURAN, 1995), período em que as professoras-alvo da pesquisa iniciaram carreira no magistério na rede pública estadual e foram desafiadas a uma nova forma de pensar a alfabetização no âmbito da Psicogênese da Língua Escrita (FERREIRO e TEBEROSKY, 1979), embasadas no construtivismo piagetiano, numa ação dialógica com autores que priorizam a reflexão sobre saberes e prática pedagógica (FREIRE, 1996; OLIVEIRA, 1997; ALARCÃO, 2005 e TARDIF, 2007). Os resultados mostram que a constituição dos saberes das professoras na condução do trabalho em sala de aula ocorre ao longo da trajetória de formação e atuação pedagógica, em diferentes momentos: no diálogo com experiências vividas, com materiais pedagógicos produzidos; na relação com as crianças com quem convivem; nos cursos de formação de que participam; nas parcerias e trocas com professores. A criatividade diante dos desafios de alfabetizar faz com que reorganizem o saber e busquem conhecimentos para que a qualidade das intervenções e ações pedagógicas atenda a diversidade que compõe o espaço da sala de aula. Por acreditarem na capacidade das crianças, propiciam atividades desafiadoras que oportunizam a reflexão sobre a leitura e a escrita (FERREIRO, 1989, LERNER, 2002 & WEISZ, 2002), sempre respeitando os conhecimentos prévios do aprendiz que interage com elas e constrói conhecimentos.(AU)

The following study is an exercise in understanding how educators can improve their professional practice in terms of addressing the needs of Aboriginal high school students. The study was delimited to four different high schools in Northwestern Ontario in order to develop a broader understanding of best practices used by various school communities. Interviews were conducted with students and educational professionals such as teachers, administrators, guidance personnel and school board members. The study was completed over a period of one week, where one day was spent in each school completing interviews. This study is unique in two ways: it presents the voices of secondary school educators (which had scarcely been reported or heard in the academic community) outlining the direction in which Aboriginal education should go and secondly, as a researcher I attempted to use the medicine wheel as a model for completing and conducting research. There were a number of findings that appeared through the interviews. Teachers and administrators agreed that in order for Aboriginal students to succeed they needed to have involved parental support. It was important to teachers that parents take an active role in the educational life of their child. Additionally, it was acknowledged that First Nation communities were ideal settings for schooling of Aboriginal students as they were supported by family and community kinships. Yet in this study, it was also acknowledged that First Nation schools suffered financially in comparison to provincial schools. They were not able to provide programming comparable to provincial schools and iii were limited to a barebones program with compulsory courses being offered. In some cases, if students failed a course, they were not able to participate in the rest of the school program, until the course was re-taught in two years. Despite these shortcomings, students might do better in First Nation based schools if they were adequately funded with current resources and adequately compensated teachers. This study offers some suggestions on how to improve the practice of educating First Nation secondary students.

The following study is an exercise in understanding how educators can improve their professional practice in terms of addressing the needs of Aboriginal high school students. The study was delimited to four different high schools in Northwestern Ontario in order to develop a broader understanding of best practices used by various school communities. Interviews were conducted with students and educational professionals such as teachers, administrators, guidance personnel and school board members. The study was completed over a period of one week, where one day was spent in each school completing interviews. This study is unique in two ways: it presents the voices of secondary school educators (which had scarcely been reported or heard in the academic community) outlining the direction in which Aboriginal education should go and secondly, as a researcher I attempted to use the medicine wheel as a model for completing and conducting research. There were a number of findings that appeared through the interviews. Teachers and administrators agreed that in order for Aboriginal students to succeed they needed to have involved parental support. It was important to teachers that parents take an active role in the educational life of their child. Additionally, it was acknowledged that First Nation communities were ideal settings for schooling of Aboriginal students as they were supported by family and community kinships. Yet in this study, it was also acknowledged that First Nation schools suffered financially in comparison to provincial schools. They were not able to provide programming comparable to provincial schools and iii were limited to a barebones program with compulsory courses being offered. In some cases, if students failed a course, they were not able to participate in the rest of the school program, until the course was re-taught in two years. Despite these shortcomings, students might do better in First Nation based schools if they were adequately funded with current resources and adequately compensated teachers. This study offers some suggestions on how to improve the practice of educating First Nation secondary students.