South African education is in the process of undergoing what has become known as a "paradigm shift", requiring a change from the familiar transmission method to outcomes-based education (OBE) founded on social constructivist theories oflearning and teaching. Teachers, (45% of whom are poorly qualified), "will play a pivotal role in the success or failure of this change. There is therefore an urgent need to re-educate in-service teachers in the philosophy, and related methodologies underpinning Curriculum 2005. To this end, in-service education courses need to be developed "which will encourage teachers to reconstruct their beliefs about teaching and learning. INSET programmes in the past were aimed at either "topping up" qualified teachers, or "adding on" for under qualified teachers - neither of which have proved successful. It is therefore unlikely that applying similar methodologies to support teachers in the shift to OBE will meet with success, nor will simply "training" teachers to use the new learning programmes. Government documents on Education Policy are calling for teachers to become reflexive practitioners, able to guide learners in their efforts to achieve the critical outcomes which are intended to develop a competent citizenry of lifelong learners. Therefore, teachers ought to be empowered as curriculum developers in their own right. This interpretative case study hoped to find out from teachers themselves what aspects of an activity-based environmental education course acted as change agents in assisting them to begin the shift to constructivist theories of teaching and learning. A variety of research tools were used, including questionnaires, interviews, journals, narratives and concept maps, all of which provided a rich source of data for interpretation. From what was gained from four participants in this research, tentative suggestions for incorporation into the next cycle of action research in future INSET programmes are made.

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Effective mentoring is essential for the development of student-teachers. A sequential explanatory mixed method study was conducted in order to analyse the perspectives of Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) students on the effectiveness of school based mentoring. Thirty-six (36) PGCE students from a higher education institution in the Eastern Cape participated in this study. Firstly, quantitative questionnaires were used to gather data from all the participants followed by qualitative semi–structured interviews from a purposive sample of five (5) participants in order to enrich the study. This study analysed PGCE students’ perspectives of mentor teacher practices. In doing so the study evoked Hudson and Peards’ Five Factor Mentoring Model. This model includes Personal Attributes, Systems Requirements, Pedagogical Knowledge, Modelling and Feedback. From the findings, PGCE students reported that Teaching Practice (TP) is a stressful period full of anxieties, excitement and fears, hence they need to be guided and supported by knowledgeable and specialist teachers (mentors). Mentors play a significant role in supporting and guiding student-teachers during TP. From the analysis of PGCE students’ perspectives, the research suggested that those who were supported and guided by their mentors experienced positive mentoring during TP. Those who experienced negative mentoring reported limited time for mentoring and unavailability of the mentors as the causes. They further expressed that they wished mentors were understanding, good models who treated them as teacher candidates not as students and gave them constructive feedback. Finally, they indicated that the partnership between host schools and the university needs to be improved.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 RODRIGUES_VivianiASilva_2015.pdf: 5684981 bytes, checksum: 7120a8cc00b014824a5b4856a4869d5f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-17 / Outra / The way sexuality manifests itself is the product of a social, historical and cultural process, which goes beyond the biological dimension and it is evident in society through behaviors, attitudes and norms. During adolescence, when the values of an individual are consolidated, sexuality is strongly influenced by the media through the several possibilities of accessing information and dynamisms of social networks. Teaching and learning about sexuality, a process herein called Sexuality Education / SE, is a duty of various segments of society and mainly of educational institutions as they have an intentional and systematic duty of fully forming an individual. Therefore, SE taught in schools should preferably promote the students' autonomy under an emancipatory perspective, so they can fully enjoy their sexuality. With the aim of knowing and analyzing SE pedagogical practices adopted by Science teachers and checking how continuing education interferes in their conceptions and attitudes in Science classes, a quantitative and qualitative research was conducted with a group of teachers from the Educational Board of Votorantim / SP. Acting as continuing education teacher, the researcher sat in the classes and suggested continuing education meetings (Technical Guidelines / TG). In order to answer the research questions, an exploratory study was carried out with a questionnaire for 23 Science teachers to answer. Later, interviews with 7 of these teachers were held in order to obtain data for the research. The data was analyzed based on categories defined by descriptors and having the analysis of the discourse as reference. On the other hand, the same syllabus that limits also legitimates the teachers' proposals regarding their difficulties. Teachers who participated in this research reported in their speeches and practices biological-hygienic and/or moral-traditionalist approaches that are not consistent with an emancipatory approach. Based on the results of this research, it is suggested that the SE can be extended to other grades and that teachers' continuing education must be stimulated in order to encourage their moral position to be able to face their pedagogical challenges. / O modo como a sexualidade se manifesta é produto de um processo social, histórico e cultural, que extrapola a dimensão biológica e se evidencia na sociedade por meio de comportamentos, atitudes e normas. Na adolescência, quando se consolidam valores do indivíduo, a sexualidade é fortemente influenciada pela mídia em suas múltiplas possibilidades de acesso às informações e dinamismo das redes sociais. Ensinar e aprender sobre sexualidade, processo que aqui denominamos Educação Sexual/ES, é uma tarefa dos vários segmentos da sociedade e, sobretudo, das instituições de ensino, em sua tarefa intencional e sistematizada de formar integralmente o indivíduo. Para tanto, é desejável que a ES abordada na escola promova a autonomia do educando, numa perspectiva emancipatória, de modo que este possa usufruir plenamente de sua sexualidade. Com o objetivo de conhecer e analisar as práticas pedagógicas em ES, realizadas por professores de Ciências e verificar em que medida a formação continuada interfere em suas concepções e ações nas aulas, foi realizada uma pesquisa quali-quantitativa junto a um grupo de professores da Diretoria de Ensino de Votorantim/SP, onde a pesquisadora atuou como formadora docente, acompanhando aulas e propondo encontros formativos (Orientações Técnicas/OT) para formação continuada. Para responder as perguntas da pesquisa, foi realizado um estudo exploratório com aplicação de um questionário para 23 professores de Ciências; posteriormente, para obtenção dos dados, foi realizada uma entrevista com 7 desses professores. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio de categorias definidas a partir de descritores, tendo como referência a análise do discurso. Observou-se que, quando se trata de ES, os docentes conhecem as demandas da comunidade escolar, têm interesse em atender as necessidades formativas dos alunos, reconhecendo que há precocidade na iniciação sexual; no entanto, apresentam dificuldades em enfrentar críticas, tabus, medos e preconceitos e em estender a temática para adolescentes mais novos, visto que não encontram respaldo no Currículo Oficial de Ciências. Por outro lado, o mesmo Currículo que limita, também legitima as propostas dos professores frente às suas dificuldades. Os participantes da pesquisa expressaram, em seus discursos e práticas, abordagens biológico-higienista e/ou moraltradicionalista, que não condizem com uma abordagem emancipatória. Com os resultados dessa pesquisa, propõe-se uma revisão curricular para que a ES se estenda aos outros anos do Ensino Fundamental e a formação continuada efetiva para subsidiar os professores, fortalecendo-os frente aos desafios pedagógicos que a temática impõe.

O presente estudo objetiva analisar a relação entre práticas discursivas e subjetivação de professores, a partir do Projeto Piloto + Alfabetização, da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Caxias do Sul. O estudo utiliza as categorias de práticas discursivas (FOUCAULT, 2012b) e subjetivação (FOUCAULT, 2010). Através dessas caracterizações, pensa-se de que forma as práticas discursivas articulam-se na ocorrência do Projeto + Alfabetização e operam sobre os indivíduos, nesse caso, os professores + alfabetizadores, produzindo modos de subjetivação. Desse modo, utiliza-se de abordagem de inspiração genealógica, centrando-se na análise de saberes e na maneira como estes se manifestam por meio de práticas discursivas alfabetizatórias, valoradas como verdadeiras. Do mesmo modo, compreendem-se os efeitos de poder e subjetivação que tais práticas discursivas colocam em funcionamento, produzindo sujeitos alfabetizadores, possuidores de determinados valores e não outros. As análises se dão a partir do Projeto Piloto + Alfabetização, da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Caxias do Sul, política pública de educação implantada no ano de 2011, cujo objetivo é a alfabetização de todos os alunos com até oito anos de idade (terceiro ano do Ensino Fundamental), e que tem na formação do professor alfabetizador um de seus eixos fundamentais. Assim, é importante considerar que, nesse contexto de alfabetização, alguns saberes e diretrizes são propagados como legítimos, constituindo uma rede de discursos situados na ordem do verdadeiro. Dessa forma, ao falar-se sobre ingresso obrigatório das crianças com seis anos de idade nas instituições escolares, concepções de alfabetização e letramento, bem como sobre o alcance de um nível total de alfabetização para os anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, moldam-se os protagonistas desse contexto, suas maneiras de constituir, compreender e falar sobre o mundo. Os professores protagonistas desse processo são tomados como objetos de conhecimento e vão sendo produzidos, cria-se a identidade do sujeito + alfabetizador, afinal, o sujeito não é a causa, mas o efeito desses discursos. A presente pesquisa estrutura-se em três capítulos, e seus resultados contribuem socialmente, pois investiga e reflete acerca do modo como os sujeitos professores constituem-se e subjetivam-se, na ocorrência do Projeto Piloto + Alfabetização, da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Caxias do Sul. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-02-05T12:46:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Caren Cristina Sasset.pdf: 1266679 bytes, checksum: 25e5957afd4cca4bee76f5707b2eec18 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-05T12:46:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Caren Cristina Sasset.pdf: 1266679 bytes, checksum: 25e5957afd4cca4bee76f5707b2eec18 (MD5) / The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between discursive practices and subjectivity of teachers, from the Pilot Project + Literacy of Municipal Schools of Caxias do Sul. The study uses the categories of discursive practices (Foucault, 2012b) and subjectivity (Foucault, 2010). Through such characterizations, it is believed how the discursive practices are articulated in the occurrence of Project + Literacy and operate on individuals, in this case, teachers + literacy, produce subjectivity's ways. Thus, we use the inspiration of genealogical approach, focusing on knowledge's analysis and in the way these manifest themselves through literacy's discursive practices, evaluated as true. Likewise, the effects of power and subjectivity that such discursive practices put into operation are understood, producing literacy subjects, owners of certain values and not others. The analyzis are given from the Pilot Project + Literacy of Municipal Schools of Caxias do Sul, public education policy implemented in 2011, whose goal is literacy for all students up to the age of eight (third year of Elementary) and has in the formation of the literacy teacher one of its fundamental pillars. Thereby, it is important to consider that, in this litearcy context, some wisdom and guidelines are propagated as legitimate, forming a discourses network placed in the order of the true. In this way, when talking about mandatory admission of children under six years of age in schools, conceptions of literacy, as well as on the scope of a total literacy for the early years of elementary school, molding the protagonists in this context, their ways of constituting, understand and talk about the world. The protagonists teachers of this process are taken as knowledge objects and it will be produced, it creates the identity of subject + literacy, after all, the subject is not the cause but the effect of these speeches. This present research is structured in three chapters and their results contribute socially because investigates and reflects about the way how subjects teachers are constituted and subjectivated in the happening of Pilot Project + Literacy of Municipal Schools of Caxias do Sul.

Este trabalho apresenta como ponto de partida o questionamento sobre o papel do professor e como ele se manifesta na sociedade brasileira. Para isso, selecionamos a década de 30, um período específico na literatura do Brasil, no qual diferentes autores apresentam o professor como personagem em suas obras. A obra principal para análise é o romance Capitães da Areia, de Jorge Amado, cujo personagem chamado Professor possui somente o nome, e não o ofício e a formação docente. A título de comparação, citaremos as obras de Graciliano Ramos (São Bernardo), Rachel de Queiroz (O quinze), Erico Verissimo (Caminhos cruzados) e Cyro dos Anjos (Abdias), nas quais as personagens, professores, possuem uma formação e exercem o magistério. A metodologia adotada é a pesquisa bibliográfica e a análise do romance em relação ao contexto histórico e social da década de 30, com a abordagem da história da educação brasileira e com as legislações relacionadas à carreira do professor. Com a finalidade de responder aos questionamentos desta pesquisa, a base teórica principal está representada por pensadores do imaginário social, tais como Michel Maffesoli, Bronislaw Backzo, Gaston Bachelard e Gilbert Durand. Outros autores, de diferentes áreas, complementam a pesquisa realizada, como apoio bibliográfico na construção de conhecimentos das expectativas sociais em relação ao papel do professor. / IFRS-campus Caxias do Sul, IFRS / This work presents as a starting point the questioning about the role of the teacher and how it manifests itself in Brazilian society. For this, we selected the 1930s, a specific period in Brazilian literature, in which different authors present the teacher as a character in their works. The main work for analysis is the novel Captains of the Sands, by Jorge Amado, whose character called Professor has only the name, not the office and the teacher training. As a comparison, we will cite the works of Graciliano Ramos (São Bernardo), Rachel de Queiroz (O quinze), Erico Verissimo (Caminhos cruzados) and Cyro dos Anjos (Abdias), in which the characters, teachers, have a formation and exercise the teaching. The methodology adopted is the bibliographical research and the analysis of the novel in relation to the historical and social context of the 1930s, with an approach to the history of Brazilian education and to the legislations related to the teacher career. In order to answer the questions of this research, the main theoretical basis is represented by thinkers of the social imaginary, such as Michel Maffesoli, Bronislaw Backzo, Gaston Bachelard and Gilbert Durand. Other authors from different areas complement the research carried out as bibliographic support in the construction of knowledge of social expectations in relation to the role of the teacher.

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M.Ed. / The advances in the education of the learners with hearing-impairment in our schools is inhibited by several factors, for example, lack of trained and dedicated teachers, the lack of full time parent commitment and participation. Communication creates another problem due to the lack of Sign language, books and training manuals, and related teaching aids in the classroom. The major problem experienced in schools for learners with hearing-impairment is that teachers are not trained or skilled in teaching learners suffering from hearingimpairment. Reflecting on the lack of trained teachers Storbeck (1997:3) states that teachers of learners with hearing-impairment in South Africa, are not required to have undergone specialised teacher training to thus qualify for teaching learners with hearing-impairment. In the first instance as a result of involvement and participation in the instruction of hearing-impaired learners, also as principal of a school dealing with hearingimpaired and partially hearing-impaired learners, the researcher has come to realise that these learners experience specific problems. Furthermore, the researcher has also gained further appreciation of the teaching practices and teaching cultures that are in existence at schools for the hearing-impaired learners. In the second instance, lack of qualified teachers seems to be an important aspect of the problem. This distinct lack of qualified teachers in this field of learning and instruction has again placed emphasis on the fact that research in this context is essential and absolutely vital. In the third instance, the Government has appealed for improvement of teaching standards and commitment in general, and in this context it is also applicable to the hearing-impaired learners and the schools serving these learners specifically. As educators, we have to create and initiate some form of action to address the problems of the hearing-impaired learner, thus creating a scenario and opportunity for them to develop and become citizens contributing to future progress and achievements. The problem is that the hearing-impaired learner does not succeed at school. The research questions are: (a) "What kind of problems do hearing-impaired learners encounter at school? and (b) what are the guidelines for teachers to adapt when teaching in the classroom of the hearing-impaired learners?" The aims of the study are: to identify the learning problems encountered by the grade 8 and 9 hearingimpaired learners in the classroom; to provide guidelines to teachers to adapt their teaching in the classroom of the hearing impaired learners.

The problem with which this study was concerned is an investigation of physics instruction in Texas public secondary schools. The purposes of this study were to investigate the status of physics instruction and to determine the in-service needs and preferences of the physics teachers in Texas public secondary schools. Data were collected by a questionnaire that was sent to a stratified random sample of 100 teachers. The questionnaire was evaluated by a panel of advisors and pilot tested. The bases for stratification were relative school size and geographic location. Usable returns were obtained from 69 respondents.

Ph.D. / Evolution of life as a scientific theory was introduced officially into the South African life sciences grade twelve curriculum in 2008. This presented an opportunity to investigate how teachers could incorporate teaching strategies, involving the use of narratives and concept cartoons, into their pedagogical content knowledge to encourage the use of higher-order thinking skills and deep learning about evolution, a new topic in the curriculum. Little research has been done on how narratives and concept cartoons contribute to the development of higher-order thinking skills in teachers and their ability to use these teaching strategies to effect a better conceptualization of evolution. A mixed methods research design was adopted to establish generalizations about the teachers’ higher-order thinking skills as well as to explore their individual worldviews about evolution as a scientific theory and their perceptions about the controversy between science and religion. The quantitative and main part of the study involved a (quasi)experimental format based on interventions focusing on workshop presentations using either narratives or concept cartoons. A pre-test and post-test format was used to measure the effect of the treatments. A rubric, based on the Piagetian levels of concept development, was designed to transform qualitative responses into quantitative data. The responses to five open-ended questions of a questionnaire were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test and the Mann-Whitney U test. The smaller and supportive phase of the study involved categorizing and then analyzing qualitative data, derived from different artifacts and responses to the questionnaire, in order to establish how the teachers’ worldviews influenced their perceptions of the evolution of life, the nature of science and religion. An embedded concurrent mixed methods design allowed for the simultaneous generation and collection of quantitative and qualitative data. The findings were integrated and mixed to give a clearer and more global picture not only of the teachers’ ability to use higher-order thinking skills but also to reflect their conceptual ecologies of evolution.