The aim of this study was to carry out an investigation of history as a correspondence subject for practising teachers and to make an assessment of work at the Graaff- Reinet College for Continued Training. The problems experienced by lecturers and students involved with the study of history at this institution receive particular attention. At intervals throughout the study attention is given to the need for further training for teachers who are in- service. Teacher qualifications in the Cape Province are also examined to see potential needs for further training in the future. Having determined a need, it is proposed that correspondence courses are best suited to cater for it. A study is made of the models, background and approaches used by other institutions in various parts of the world. Distance education started in England at the end of the eighteenth century. This idea has spread to various countries and today teaching and learning by correspondence takes place in most countries of the world. It is different to conventional classroom education and thus has certain unique characteristics. The definition, characteristics, background and methodology are important if the problems involved are to be understood. These aspects indicate how effective and popular this form of study has become. Particular attention is given to the teaching of in-service teachers who are upgrading their qualifications. The existing and proposed College history syllabi are examined in as far as their appropriateness and relevance are concerned. Emphasis is given to history at Graaff- Reinet College because the author is a history lecturer at this institution. An extended questionnaire was designed and used to collect the required data on the subjects who were from two groups of students studying history at the College, one in 1986 and one in 1987. A pilot study was done in 1986 and a more extended questionnaire was completed by the 1987 students. In chapter six the results of the questionnaire are analysed and particular attention is given to the students' background, motivation for studying and difficulties they encounter. Finally, recommendations are made about how this form of teacher upgrading can be improved and extended in the future

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The Kingdom of Swaziland is a signatory to policies on universal education that seek to ensure the provision of high quality basic Education for All (EFA). EFA is a commitment to providing equal opportunities for all children and the youth as provided for in its highest piece of legislation. With the view to providing equal education opportunities to all children in the country, a draft inclusive education policy was drafted in 2006. The implementation of this policy meant the introduction of inclusive education into mainstream schools and all teachers in the country’ schools were called upon to have adequate capacity to teach learners with a wide range of educational needs. Inservice teachers received inadequate staff development ahead of implementation of IE and a majority of teachers never received pre-service inclusive education training at tertiary level. The primary purpose of this study is to explore teacher training at inclusive schools in Gege branch of schools in order to determine how not enough training and sometimes lack of professionally trained inclusive teachers shall have an implication on inclusive education programmes and the quality of education in the country going forward. The term branch in the context of this study refers to schools found under the Gege constituency, which are sometimes refered to as Gege cluster of schools in some education and teacher circles. This study chooses to use branch as it is used in official national government documents. This research is a qualitative interpretive case study based selected schools in the Gege branch of schools. Data was obtained through semi-structured research interviews and documents analysis, processed and analysed through data coding, unitizing, categorising; wherein the themes that emerged became the findings of the study. Themes that emerged highlighted that teachers have divergent understanding of Inclusive education. Some teachers are unaware of the governmental policy regarding teacher training for inclusivity at inclusive schools in Swaziland. Un-inclusive curriculum, big numbers of learners, lack of resources and teacher’s lack of competency were found to be barriers in the implementation of inclusive education. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)

Submitted by Milena Rubi ( ri.bso@ufscar.br) on 2017-11-21T17:38:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FERNANDES_Maria_2017.pdf: 1472231 bytes, checksum: 0f073fff02efc858f1d9647e6dfd6a02 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Milena Rubi ( ri.bso@ufscar.br) on 2017-11-21T17:38:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FERNANDES_Maria_2017.pdf: 1472231 bytes, checksum: 0f073fff02efc858f1d9647e6dfd6a02 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Milena Rubi ( ri.bso@ufscar.br) on 2017-11-21T17:39:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FERNANDES_Maria_2017.pdf: 1472231 bytes, checksum: 0f073fff02efc858f1d9647e6dfd6a02 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-21T17:39:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FERNANDES_Maria_2017.pdf: 1472231 bytes, checksum: 0f073fff02efc858f1d9647e6dfd6a02 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-30 / Não recebi financiamento / The present research leaned over at basics notions of Anthroposophy in the attempt to delve into the issues that brought to the surface the need to seek another look at education. The Waldorf Pedagogy emerged from a local need in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1919 and has been multiplying exponentially these days around the globe. Teacher’s training within this pedagogy takes the form of seminars over three to four and a half years. This study sought through the (auto)biographical narrative of three teachers at different moments of the training, pointed out and discussed the formative marks presented and what the impacts of this formation on the teacher who have chosen it. Four formative marks were defined - Responsibility in the formation of other human beings, critical thinking about the traditional pedagogical processes, admiration for the individual character of the Waldorf pedagogy and search for several forms of spirituality and, or, by the Anthroposophical Spiritual Science. This study showed the focus of the Waldorf formation on the individualities of each teacher that aims to enable them in the act of showing their students their unique characteristics. / A presente pesquisa debruçou-se sobre noções básicas da Antroposofia no intento de se aprofundar nas questões que trouxeram à tona a necessidade de buscar um outro olhar para a educação. A Pedagogia Waldorf surgiu de uma necessidade local de Stuttgart, Alemanha, em 1919 e vem se multiplicando exponencialmente nos dias de hoje ao redor de todo o globo. A formação docente dentro da referida pedagogia se dá na forma de seminários ao longo de três a quatro anos e meio. Este estudo buscou, através da narrativa (auto)biográfica de três professoras em momentos diferentes da formação, apontou e discutiu as marcas formativas presentes e quais os impactos dessa formação no professor que a escolhe. Foram delimitadas quatro marcas formativas – Responsabilidade na formação de outros seres humanos, pensamento crítico acerca dos processos pedagógicos tradicionais, admiração pelo caráter individual da pedagogia Waldorf e busca por formas varias de espiritualidade e, ou, pela Ciência Espiritual Antroposófica. Este estudo mostrou o foco da formação Waldorf nas individualidades de cada professora, que visa capacitá-las no ato de fazer transparecer em seus alunos suas características únicas.

Submitted by Adriana Pinto (dri.arteeduca@gmail.com) on 2017-12-05T16:18:29Z No. of bitstreams: 2 DEFESA VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 3769375 bytes, checksum: 666d1796501e90f5d90d1ea0c6bb38ad (MD5) Carta.pdf: 235217 bytes, checksum: 5b83aaa2b880c357538494f2f9f27806 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Milena Rubi ( ri.bso@ufscar.br) on 2017-12-06T11:50:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 DEFESA VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 3769375 bytes, checksum: 666d1796501e90f5d90d1ea0c6bb38ad (MD5) Carta.pdf: 235217 bytes, checksum: 5b83aaa2b880c357538494f2f9f27806 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Milena Rubi ( ri.bso@ufscar.br) on 2017-12-06T11:50:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 DEFESA VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 3769375 bytes, checksum: 666d1796501e90f5d90d1ea0c6bb38ad (MD5) Carta.pdf: 235217 bytes, checksum: 5b83aaa2b880c357538494f2f9f27806 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-06T11:50:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 DEFESA VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 3769375 bytes, checksum: 666d1796501e90f5d90d1ea0c6bb38ad (MD5) Carta.pdf: 235217 bytes, checksum: 5b83aaa2b880c357538494f2f9f27806 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-09 / Não recebi financiamento / We understand that it is important and necessary to learn about the profession and teacher training, seeking in the territory of the school the gaps and spaces to strengthen the continuous training, providing the professional basis for reflection and transformation of their practices. The present research investigated a Continuous Formation of the professionals of the nursery was held in the year 2016, and their challenges in providing professional education to raise awareness of the look for the nursery as a space of childhood and reflection on the pedagogical practice. The research presented is related to the qualitative with phenomenological approach, and its development was from the combination of strategies, investigative approaches, with semi-structured interviews mediated by photographs of the formation process searched for; technique that approaches photo-elicitation. About the choice of photographs as elicitadoras we understand that the images are producers of meanings, as well as the relevant data source, and memory. The results show that we can follow in the against-hand of the model of ongoing formation, the cartesian, where if separates the body and mind. The narratives that emerged from the interviews and the choices meaningful images of the training expressing the experiences and experiments with the elements of nature, the use of other spaces and the aesthetic sense of the organization of the environment, cause reverberations, and changes in the practice of the actors involved, revealing the possibility of another model of continuing education in the daily life of the nursery. / Entendemos que é importante e necessário aprender sobre a profissão e formação docente, buscando no território escolar brechas e espaços para fortalecer a formação continuada, proporcionando aos profissionais fundamentação para reflexão e transformação de suas práticas. A presente pesquisa investigou uma Formação Continuada de profissionais de creche realizada no ano de 2016, e seus desafios em proporcionar aos profissionais de educação a sensibilização do olhar para a creche como espaço da infância e reflexão sobre a prática pedagógica. A pesquisa apresentada é de cunho qualitativo com abordagem fenomenológica, e seu desenvolvimento se deu a partir da combinação de estratégias investigativas, com entrevista semi-estruturadas mediadas por fotografias do processo formativo pesquisado; técnica que se aproxima da foto-elicitação. Sobre a escolha das fotografias como elicitadoras entendemos que as imagens são produtoras de sentidos, assim como relevante fonte de dados e memória. Os resultados apontam que podemos seguir na contra mão do modelo de formação continuada cartesiana, onde se separa corpo e mente. As narrativas que emergiram das entrevistas e as escolhas de imagens significativas da formação expressam que as vivências e experiências com elementos da natureza, a utilização de outros espaços e o sentido estético da organização do ambiente, provocam reverberações e mudanças na prática dos atores envolvidos, revelando possibilidade de outro modelo de formação continuada no cotidiano da creche.

Submitted by Maria de Lourdes Mariano (lmariano@ufscar.br) on 2017-01-18T14:32:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MELO_Eliane Barra Nova_2015.pdf: 42166411 bytes, checksum: 945536b2de6a56ae2991d347a142a418 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria de Lourdes Mariano (lmariano@ufscar.br) on 2017-01-18T14:32:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MELO_Eliane Barra Nova_2015.pdf: 42166411 bytes, checksum: 945536b2de6a56ae2991d347a142a418 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria de Lourdes Mariano (lmariano@ufscar.br) on 2017-01-18T14:32:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MELO_Eliane Barra Nova_2015.pdf: 42166411 bytes, checksum: 945536b2de6a56ae2991d347a142a418 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-18T14:32:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MELO_Eliane Barra Nova_2015.pdf: 42166411 bytes, checksum: 945536b2de6a56ae2991d347a142a418 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-29 / Não recebi financiamento / This study aims to reveal the submerged ideologies in the discourse of teacher education notebooks of 1st year of Primary Education of the National Pact for Literacy at the Right Age (PNAIC) in order to understand what is their conception of literacy, its didactic-pedagogical proposal and its concept of formation of literacy teachers. It is characterized as a qualitative research, in which was used a PNAIC notebooks’ documental analysis intended for the formation of teachers of 1st year. Through a critical reading based on the socio-historical perspective, it can unveil that the PNAIC sought to spread the perspective of literacy, which made in an obscure and confused way, endorsing different theoretical perspectives such as constructivism and sociohistorical, indistinctly, the only clearness observed was the dismissal of the literacy process of its social, political and ideological aspects, limiting it to the simple technique of reading and writing, linked to the phonic method. The didactic-pedagogical proposals restricted itself to the use of social circulation texts dissected into its smallest parts, syllables and letters, in order to develop the phonological awareness. The intended teacher formation by the PNAIC aims the technical improvement, that is, its intention is to form a performer professor of governmental determinations, technically efficient and politically harmless who knows and uses according to superior prescriptions the materials available by MEC, as well as take the responsibility for achieving educational indexes imposed by external evaluations that were amplified, reaching the children of the literacy cycle. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo desvelar os ideários submersos no discurso dos cadernos de formação de professores do 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental do Pacto Nacional pela Alfabetização na Idade Certa (PNAIC), de modo a compreender qual sua concepção de alfabetização, sua proposta didático-pedagógica e seu conceito de formação de professores alfabetizadores. Caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa qualitativa, na qual se utilizou de uma análise documental dos cadernos do PNAIC destinados à formação dos professores de 1° ano. Através de uma leitura crítica fundamentada na perspectiva sócio-histórica pode-se desvelar que o PNAIC buscou difundir a perspectiva do letramento, o que fez de forma obscura e confusa, referendando diferentes perspectivas teóricas como o construtivismo e a sócio-histórica, indistintamente, a única clareza observada foi a destituição do processo de alfabetização de seus aspectos sociais, políticos e ideológicos, limitando-o a simples técnica do ler e escrever, vinculada ao método fônico. As propostas didático-pedagógicas restringiram-se a utilização de textos de circulação social dissecados em suas menores partes, sílabas e letras, de maneira a desenvolver-se a consciência fonológica. A formação docente pretendida pelo PNAIC visa o aperfeiçoamento técnico, ou seja, sua intenção é formar um professor executor de determinações governamentais, tecnicamente eficiente e politicamente inofensivo que conheça e utilize segundo prescrições superiores os materiais disponibilizados pelo MEC, bem como se responsabilize por atingir os índices educacionais impostos pelas avaliações externas que se amplificaram, incluindo as crianças do ciclo de alfabetização.

This study is aimed at providing the reader with a detailed description of the readiness of teachers to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for learning in a selected school in the GautengOnline (GoL) Project, through qualitative research design that used various data collecting methods: Questionnaire, observations and interview. A large number of teachers showed some interest in using ICT learning but had difficulties on how to get started due to the lack of suitable ICT skills. It has been observed that computers in this school are mainly used by a few teachers for administration purposes. Four teacher participants were interviewed individually to find how ready were they to integrate ICT for learning after the GoL training has been completed. The interviews revealed that there was no ICT integration that was taking place in this school due to training that left them with insufficient ICT integration skills and knowledge. The research results provided evidence that there was poor utilisation of ICT integration in this school, though teachers were interested in using computers. The research indicated that many teachers are reluctant to attempt to integrate computers into teaching and learning without ICT teaching assistance. Teaching assistance may only need to be for a limited period until teachers gain confidence and competence, although the need for technical assistance is likely to be permanent. In the literature review, ideas are given on how ICT can be integrated for learning and the aims of ICT integration are also provided for teachers to obtain knowledge of what is required of them in ICT integration. In the final chapter, recommendations for further research are highlighted to make ICT integration possible in this selected school. Lack of skills and knowledge of how to use ICT for learning has led the teachers in this school to take no notice of how learners can benefit in learning with computers.Clearly, there is still a long way to go before some schools and some teachers are able to use computers as effectively and efficiently for teaching and learning. The Gauteng Department of Education and the GautengOnline project will need to ensure that usage of ICT in individual schools and classes does not fall below acceptable ICT standards. / Prof. D. van der Westhuizen

The research was mainly confined to secondary schools in the Limpopo Province where a lack of self-empowerment amongst the educators is the order of the day. The research question of the study was generated as follows: Does the lack of self-empowerment amongst the teachers in the Limpopo Province (Region 3) have a negative impact on the development of a common self-empowerment for the teachers? The main objectives of the research were to give teachers some guidelines for efficient as well as successful self-empowerment practices for better functioning and service in secondary schools in the Limpopo Province. The hypothesis generated was formulated as follows: The development of self-empowerment by teachers which maintain good relationships with their community will result in the strong possibility that they will have fewer development problems. The research was conducted by means of a phenomenological approach. The following concepts were defined: self-empowerment, curriculum development, development for whole school curriculum development, involvement and participation. Historical perceptions of teachers and their participation and involvement were highlighted and the history of self-empowerment in the Limpopo Province was discussed. The composition of the teachers fell into two categories, namely, untrained and under- trained (as far as self-empowerment is concerned) teachers. The importance of the teachers’ involvement in self-empowerment was discussed under the following sub- headings: curriculum vision, decision making, design and development, policy-making, appointment of curriculum teaching staff and building and renovating curriculum. The principal may be involved in the self-empowerment activities through the self-empowerment committee. Principals and teachers must receive their knowledge in self-empowerment development during their training at seminars and conferences in order to play their roles in the community-self-empowerment relationships. As a result, principals will be enabled to fulfill their tasks as cooperative facilitators and as relationship establishers in the community-self-empowerment relations. For example, principals must see to it that teachers must be considered as collaborators in the self-empowerment process, since they have a strong role to play in their learners’ learning and behaviour. In the second place, principals should be friendly towards the teachers because complete frankness makes for good relationships. This, in due course, can bear fruit so that all go well that ends well to the benefit of the whole school. / Dr. M.C. van Loggerenberg

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M.Ed. (Media Studies) / Since the use of media could contribute greatly to the solving of many problems in the teaching situation in South Africa, knowledge of all aspects of media use in education has become essential. Schools have a responsibility to provide serving teachers with training in this respect. An attempt is made to - define· in-service t r a i n i nq r discuss critically two in-service training models currently in practice, i.e. course-based in-service training and school centred in-service trainingj and - create a strategy and make recommendations to be implemented by the media committee when planning in-service training for teachers in the meaningful use of media. A school centred in-service training model has the greater potential for the training of teachers in media use. With this as a point of departure, a strategy is created and recommendations are made for planning a programme for in-service training of teachers in media use. The media committee will need to adapt the general approach outlined in this study to the circumstances and/or requirements of a particular school. In-service training for teachers in the use of media should be a team effort, and the school management should be made thoroughly aware of the importance of such in-service training. Without a clear policy, it is unlikely that this strategy will be applied in any meaningful way. For it to be successful, the media committee (under leadership of the headmaster), the media teacher and the teachers should all be involved in the various phases of planning and implementation of such o. in-service training. Media teachers in particular should be fully trained in the field of Educational Media Science, the nature and extent of adult education and principles of planning, organisation, gu i dance and con tro I .. Empirical research may be necessary later to support this study; such research, however, lies presently beyond the scope of this dissertation. There is also a clear need for research into the implementation of a scientifically accountable core curriculum for the in-service training of teachers in media use. This need extends to the training of all teachers in media use in a multi-cultural milieu.