In response to a growing teacher shortage, increasing numbers of secondary teachers are prepared through streamlined certification programs. For this reason, assessing candidates' content area knowledge gained from institutions of higher education across the United States is an important program admission factor as candidates must demonstrate content area knowledge by passing a Texas content area certification test (TExES). This study examines content knowledge for candidates enrolled in an online post­-baccalaureate program from September 1, 2002 through April 30, 2005. Academic transcript analysis and grades 8-­12 subject tests of the TExES were used as a proxy for subject matter knowledge for a sample of individuals seeking initial teacher certification in a post­-baccalaureate teacher certification at the University of North Texas. Descriptive data,linear regression, and logistic regression analyses were used to draw conclusions about the content area knowledge of the individuals in the sample. Scores on the TExES were used to determine the relationships between the content area knowledge of initial certification students and the number of content area courses completed, the grade point averages, and time elapsed between the completion of the last content area course and the student's initial attempt on the TExES. Results differed by the content area of the candidates. Analysis of variance results indicate significant differences between the five test groups with regard to number of courses taken F(4,139) = 9.334, p < .001 grade point average F(4,139) = 5.733, p < .001 and time between the last course taken F(4,139) = 6.135, p < .001. The three­-predictor model was statistically significant F(3,32) = 3.753, p = .02 for the History test group. The variable, upper-­level grade point average accounted for approximately 12% variance among scores within the History test group, and the variable months of time elapsed between last content area course work and the initial state content examination accounted for approximately 13% of variance among scores.

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This study used a multiple case study design to explore the occurrence of pivotal teaching moments, teachers’ responses to these moments, and teachers’ own perceptions of the impact of these moments on their own knowledge development. The participants were six practicing secondary mathematics teachers. The researcher collected data from teacher created lesson plan outlines, observations of the same lesson delivered to two different classes, participant interviews, and teacher reflection journals. The researcher reviewed the lesson plan outlines prior to observations to understand teachers’ anticipations. During observations, the researcher recorded observed pivotal teaching moments, corresponding teacher responses to these moments, and instructional changes between the two observed lessons. Interviews allowed the researcher to identify in-the-moment teacher thinking and teachers’ motivations for their responses. Teacher reflection journals provided insights related to teachers’ classroom actions and learning. The results confirmed and built upon existing classifications of pivotal teaching moments and teachers’ responses, while also identifying seven themes related to teacher motivations for their responses. Teachers’ perceptions of changes in their own knowledge base occurred for their content knowledge as well as their pedagogical content knowledge. Future research should explore how pivotal teaching moments are created, how teacher-student interactions shape teacher knowledge development, and examine the role of teachers’ reflections about their practice in their knowledge development

Orientador: Jackson Gois / Resumo: Formar professores para lidar com as exigências da sociedade é um desafio que buscamos superar constantemente. Parte relevante da preparação dos alunos de licenciatura, e um possível foco da formação docente, é a articulação entre a teoria e a prática, através da inserção desses alunos na prática docente. Outro ponto importante para entender o conjunto de saberes que forma um professor são os saberes docentes, caracterizados por Maurice Tardif. Nos últimos anos, além do aperfeiçoamento dos estágios supervisionados, surgiram programas como o Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID), que procura proporcionar um ambiente de pesquisa e aproximação dos licenciandos com as escolas básicas, desenvolvendo seus saberes docentes frente a esse processo. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo entender como um conjunto específico dos saberes docentes, os chamados saberes experienciais, influenciam a internalização de conteúdos relevantes para alunos de licenciatura em Química, participantes de um subprojeto PIBID/Química. Para compreender essa internalização, trazemos elementos da teoria da ação mediada, baseados em James Wertsch, principalmente porque ela possibilita entender a aprendizagem como domínio e a apropriação de ferramentas culturais, e utilizamos a Análise Textual Discursiva na análise dos dados. Procuramos elucidar, dentro de nossos resultados, que os alunos de licenciatura se mostram tensionados entre identidade docente e discente, à medida que apresen... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Training teachers to deal with the demands of society is a challenge that we constantly seek to overcome. A relevant part of the preparation of undergraduate students, and a possible focus of teacher education, is the articulation between theory and practice, through the insertion of these students in teaching practice. Another important point to understand the set of knowledge that forms a teacher is the teaching knowledge, characterized by Maurice Tardif. In recent years, in addition to the improvement of supervised internships, programs such as the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBID) have emerged, which seeks to provide an environment for research and approximation of undergraduates with elementary schools, developing their teaching knowledge in face of this. process. This paper aims to understand how a specific set of teaching knowledge, the socalled experiential knowledge, influences the internalization of relevant content for undergraduate chemistry students, participants of a PIBID / Chemistry subproject. To understand this internalization, we bring elements of James Wertsch's theory of mediated action, mainly because it makes it possible to understand learning as mastery and the appropriation of cultural tools. We use Textual Discursive Analysis to analyze our data. We seek to elucidate, within our results, that undergraduate students are tense between teacher and student identity, as they present ideas for valuing the specific contents of th... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

[pt] Ler com vista a alcançar a compreensão ainda é uma dificuldade a ser superada por muitos alunos. A compreensão leitora e, mais especificamente, as inferências precisam se tornar objeto de ensino, cujo propósito seja formar leitores capazes de produzir sentido para o que leem. Assim, se as inferências demandam um ensino sistematizado, nosso objetivo com esta pesquisa foi analisar e descrever o conhecimento dos professores de quarto e quinto ano do ensino fundamental sobre o ensino de inferências. Participaram do presente estudo 67 professores que atuam ou já atuaram no quarto e/ou quinto ano em escolas do Rio de Janeiro. Esses professores responderam um formulário eletrônico contendo os instrumentos: 1) questionário sobre tipos de perguntas inferenciais e não inferenciais; 2) Escala de Estratégias para Ensino de Inferências (EEEI); 3) questionário de perfil dos docentes. Os achados receberam um tratamento quantitativo, e se estruturou a análise dos dados em duas etapas: análise fatorial exploratória e análise das frequências de respostas. Os resultados foram discutidos à luz da teoria cognitiva da leitura. De uma maneira geral, os resultados referentes às perguntas inferenciais e não inferenciais, bem como às estratégias de compreensão leitora apontaram que os professores conhecem tanto perguntas adequáveis ao ensino de inferências quanto estratégias de compreensão que possuem relevância em tal ensino. À vista desse conhecimento dos professores, uma perspectiva de ensino de compreensão que entende a leitura como uma atividade de produção de sentido se sobressaiu. Sobre a realização de perguntas, os professores declararam conhecer perguntas de processo e de produto, não se restringindo às perguntas literais. A importância dos conhecimentos prévios do leitor para o ensino de inferências parece integrar o conhecimento dos professores. Por meio desta pesquisa, foi possível ressaltar e discutir a importância da produção de inferências para a formação de leitores proficientes e autônomos, bem como dispor estratégias de compreensão leitora e refletir sobre elas como caminhos favoráveis para ensinar os alunos a estabelecerem inferências autorizadas pelo texto. Por fim, através do que os professores declararam conhecer a respeito de ensino de inferências, conseguimos analisar como questões relacionadas à compreensão leitora e, mais especificamente, à inferência são concebidas pelos docentes. / [en] Reading with a view to achieving comprehension is still a difficulty to be overcome by many students. Reading comprehension and, more specifically, inferences need to become an object of teaching, whose purpose is to form readers capable of producing meaning for what they read. Thus, if inferences demand a systematized teaching, our objective with this research was to analyze and describe 4th and 5th grade teachers knowledge about the teaching of inferences. In this study, 67 teachers who work or have worked in the 4th and/or 5th grade in schools of Rio de Janeiro participated. These teachers answered an electronic form containing the following instruments: 1) a questionnaire about the types of inferential and non-inference questions; 2) the Inferential Teaching Strategies Scale (EEEI); 3) a questionnaire about the teachers profile. The findings received a quantitative treatment, and the data analysis was structured in two stages: exploratory factor analysis and analysis of the frequency of responses. The results were discussed in the light of the cognitive theory of reading. In general, the results concerning inferential and non-inference questions, as well as reading comprehension strategies, indicated that teachers know both questions suitable for teaching inferences and comprehension strategies that have relevance in such teaching. In view of this teachers knowledge, a comprehension teaching perspective that understands reading as a meaning-making activity stood out. Regarding questioning, the teachers stated that they were familiar with process and product questions, not restricted to literal questions. The importance of the reader s prior knowledge to teach inferences seems to be part of the teachers knowledge. Through this research, it was possible to highlight and discuss the importance of the production of inferences for the formation of proficient and autonomous readers, as well as to have reading comprehension strategies and reflect on them as favorable ways to teach students to establish inferences authorized by the text. Finally, through what the teachers declared they knew about the teaching of inferences, we were able to analyze how issues related to reading comprehension and, more specifically, to inference are conceived by the teachers.

This research study was conducted to determine if there were significant differences or relationships between teachers' perceptions of knowledge of Internet dangers to students and factors such as demographics, self-reported comfort levels with Internet use, and with knowledge of policies and laws regarding Internet safety. Three hundred seventy-two teachers from three central Florida school districts were surveyed using an adapted survey developed by authors Patchin and Hinduja (2006) and Willard (2006, 2009). The world of the Internet is constantly changing, and students will encounter harassment and dangers while pursuing their interests on line. Recent research on the types of Internet dangers involving youth (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Juvonen & Gross, 2008, Leichtling, 2008; Lenhart, Madden & Hitlin, 2005; Li, 2007; Willard, 2009), and evidence supporting limited adult knowledge of Internet dangers to youth (Finkelhor, Mitchell & Wolak, 2000; Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Patchin & Hinduja, 2006; Willard, 2006,2009) provided the conceptual framework for this study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to investigate each research question. These statistics included one-way ANOVA, Scheffe post-hoc analysis, chi-square tests of independence, independent T-tests, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. These findings demonstrated that the null hypotheses were rejected for each research question. Significant differences were found between teachers' knowledge of Internet dangers and age, years of experience, level of school taught, and personal comfort with the Internet. Other significant relationships were found between personal Internet comfort and knowledge of laws and policies, specifically the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act, and between male teachers and knowledge of victim behaviors. Gender was the only demographic variable found to be not significantly related to a teachers' knowledge of Internet dangers to students. The implications of these results validate the importance of more teacher training to increase knowledge of Internet dangers, policies and programs, as well as increase teachers' ability to identify victims and provide them with assistance. As technology expands, Internet dangers for children online expand and are a growing concern for parents, teachers, and administrators. Since technology will continue to grow, adults play a major role in educating children concerning the dangers of being online. However, adults struggle to play catch-up to the young digital natives, and are not really present to intervene when needed. We cannot cross the digital divide and help our students if we are not seeking out the information ourselves (Willard, 2009).

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