This study investigated potential relationships between master's level counseling students' levels of ego development and their identified orientations to one of six guiding theories of counseling; students' theoretical orientation classifications when classified according to the theory's domain of emphasis: affective, behavioral, or cognitive; students' degrees of confidence in identifying their theoretical orientations; and students' degrees of comfort in applying their theories in clinical practice. Seventy participants enrolled in a master's level practicum course completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test, a measure of ego development, and the Counseling Theory Survey, a survey developed by the researcher, in order to identify students' identified theoretical orientations, students' degrees of confidence in identifying their theoretical orientations, and students' degrees of comfort in applying their theories in clinical practice. Ego development level was operationalized as a dichotomous variable consisting of level E5 and below and E6 and above, based on the developmental task attained at E6: a shift from emphasis on in-group identity to self-evaluated standards. To determine potential relationships between the students' ego development levels and their theoretical orientations and their orientations when classified by domain of emphasis, 2 x 4 and 2 x 3 Chi-square analyses were used. Independent t-tests were conducted to determine if the students' degrees of confidence in identifying their theoretical orientation and their degrees of comfort in applying their orientation varied across the two groups. No statistically significant results were found. Alternative explanations for the identification of theoretical orientation, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are discussed with emphasis on the need for greater integration of current theories related to the identification of theoretical orientation.

This paper examines empirical studies regarding teachers’ and teacher-trainees’ perceptions toward the use of first language (L1) when teaching a second or foreign language. The presence of the students’ first language when teaching a foreign or second language has been a disputed topic in relation to different theoretical approaches. The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about this issue by answering the research question ​“What are teachers’ and teacher-trainees’ experiences and attitudes regarding L1 when teaching in the second or foreign language classroom?” The method used has been to​ review empirical studies from several different countries from the databases ERIC (Education Resource Education Center) and ERC (Education Research Complete). The overall results reveal that the majority of the participants had positive attitudes toward the use of L1. Additionally, there was an agreement about the need for some level of exposure to the target language (TL). Furthermore, it was shown that teachers saw the first language as something unavoidable and that it should not be seen as a hindrance when it comes to learning another language. However, there are some differences with regard to when it is appropriate to use the students’ L1. Our results agree with the field of research in general and is a small contribution to the discussion of how teachers’ beliefs may have an impact on their pedagogical decisions.

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The counselor is an important contributor to client outcome. Research findings about therapist effects are mixed. In this study positive psychology variables, hope and optimism, were evaluated with client outcome. The sample for this study consisted of 43 graduate-level counselor trainees in the first or second practicum semester and their adult clients in a university’s community counseling clinic. Results revealed no statistically significant relationships between student counselors’ hope and optimism and client outcomes. Post hoc analysis of student hope and their post-graduation expectations, revealed statistically significant relationships. Implications for counselor educators are presented along with areas for future research.

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Aim: The existing evidence-base indicates that the experience of being a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) trainee clinical psychologist is under-researched. The aim of the current study was to capture the broader training experiences of BME trainee clinical psychologists. The impact of potential personal and professional experiences that may arise for BME trainee clinical psychologists may be important for course tutors and clinical supervisors to explore with them in relation to personal and professional development. Thus, it is hoped that the findings of the current study will raise an increased awareness within the clinical psychology training courses, of their needs, perspectives and experiences. Method: A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine BME trainee clinical psychologists. The accounts were analysed using IPA, which attempts to illuminate the lived experience of a phenomenon for small samples of individuals. Results: The analytic procedure highlighted five main themes which emerged from participants’ accounts: The hardship of not being White, The challenge of negotiating multiple identities, Challenges and dilemmas of highlighting race and culture issues, The versatility that comes with being a BME trainee and Finding connections and safe places. Implications: Current initiatives to attract more applicants from BME groups need to be considered in the context of wider structural experiences of power and difference in relation to race, ethnicity and culture that operate in the training arena. Courses need to explicitly state their commitment to supporting trainees from BME groups with regards to their experiences of difference. Emphasis should be placed on personal and professional development of all trainees and needs to include work on privilege, social disadvantage, and racism. Programmes should also undertake a commitment to training course staff and supervisors in relation to race issues in the context of training.

The thesis deals with recruitment and development of students and graduates in relation to the talent management concept. It focuses on interpretation of talent concept, development of talent management, its current approach and the importance of talent management to the organization. Attention is paid to methods of recruitment and development of students and graduates, emphasizing the specifics of this group of employees. A qualitative survey is part of this thesis. Two methods of measurement were applied in this research - studying documents (career portals of employers) and conducting interviews with representatives of HR departments of large businesses operating in Prague, focusing on whether and how employers work with students and graduates within their talent management systems, how they understand the concept of talent and which methods of recruitment and development of students and graduates they apply most frequently. Keywords talent management, , recruitment, employee training and development, , students, graduates, trainees

This work deals with the English language teacher training approaches administered at the Department of English Language and Literature of the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. The work seeks answers to which aspects of teacher competence are developed by each of the approaches. As almost half of the trainees involved in the research had a previous teaching experience, the role of teaching experience on the development of teaching skills is also examined. Teacher trainees' written reflections on their teaching practice are analyzed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The results are related to current trends in teacher education.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:57:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Veronica_Caldeira_Leite_Christino_dissertacao (1).pdf: 864481 bytes, checksum: 7aa377ff1104d04206b057810ababbad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-22 / This research deals with the discourses surrounding teaching and the teaching profession at the university and at school in order to analyze how the trainees and beginning teachers of chemistry deal with different concerns that "being a teacher" brings and what effects these different discourses would have on the practice of teaching as well as think about monitoring the practices of trainees of Chemistry at the school where I work. Research subjects were students graduating in the period 2011/2, beginner teachers of Chemistry and trainees in the Colégio Municipal Pelotense in the period 2011/2 to 2012/1, all students or graduates of the Degree Course in Chemistry UFPel. The survey was conducted with a methodology that meets assumptions of discourse analysis, based on the theory of Michel Foucault (2012), considering speech as a practice that produces the objects about which it speaks. Interviews, questionnaires and records of responses to a hypothetical situation created for the interviewees to manifest their opinion about the undergraduate program and being a teacher were taken as analysis corpus. Data analysis showed the recurrence of an utterance that permeates different discourses, in the university and in the school, in which being an elementary school teacher is something diminished, and it is possible to see, throughout the study, its effects on the formation of professional identity . From the results of the analysis, it is clear that there is an estrangement of the school by subjects who begin teaching, either as a trainee or as a beginner teacher. I see the proposition of thinking actions for monitoring beginner teachers and especially trainees as a way to draw attention to the role of the university and the school as teacher training agencies, from the initial formation, which may contribute to soften estrangements between university and school, pointed by the subjects of this research. / Este estudo refere-se à análise de discursos que circulam na universidade e na escola sobre a docência e a profissão docente e, a partir dessa análise, discute o papel da escola e da universidade no acompanhamento a estagiários e a professores ingressantes na Educação Básica. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa alunos concluintes no período 2011/2, professoras de Química ingressantes no Colégio Municipal Pelotense e estagiárias no período de 2011/2 a 2012/1, todos estudantes ou egressos do Curso de Licenciatura Química da UFPel. A pesquisa foi realizada com uma metodologia que atende pressupostos da análise de discurso, segundo a teorização de Michel Foucault (2012), que considera o discurso como prática que produz os objetos sobre os quais fala. Foram tomados como corpus de análise as entrevistas, os questionários e os registros de respostas a uma situação hipotética criada para que os entrevistados manifestassem sua opinião sobre o curso de licenciatura e sobre o ser professor. A análise dos dados mostrou a recorrência de um enunciado que perpassou diferentes discursos, na universidade e na escola, de que ser professor da Educação Básica é algo menor, sendo possível ver, ao longo do estudo, seus efeitos para a constituição da identidade profissional docente. A partir dos resultados da análise, percebe-se que há um estranhamento da escola pelos sujeitos que iniciam a docência, seja como estagiário, seja como professor ingressante. Propor ações para o acompanhamento aos professores ingressantes e aos estagiários pode ser uma iniciativa para que o ambiente da escola se torne mais acolhedor, diminuindo a distância que os sujeitos da pesquisa dizem haver entre universidade e escola, levando-nos a pensar que, embora importantes, apenas as ações de formação continuada parecem não estar sendo suficientes, sendo necessário a escola também se ver como agência formadora de professores, desde o período de sua formação inicial.

This research is linked to Line Arts Education and Research (LP4) from the Graduate Program in Education at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPGE / UFSM) and aimed to understand how educators in an existing school in Santa Maria ( RS) conceive of music education in early childhood education and how they interact with the activities developed by scholars of Music Degree in conducting practices in their space. Specifically looked to see how teachers understand the music in their teaching activities and implement music education in their work, understand their needs in relation to music education in early childhood education and research about the interactions between teachers and trainees to promote music education in context of early childhood education. The study was a qualitative approach to case study. Data collection occurred in kindergarten classes, participated with observations in the context of performance of teachers and educators of the course trainees music Full Degree. Besides the observations was also used semi-structured interviews with teachers educators. The study is organized into five chapters. Initially I do my presentation and my approaches to music education in the context of childhood. Then frame the research institution by drawing a picture from my inserts there. Then I present insights into childhood in order to contextualize my eye this phase of development, and issues peculiar to childhood in the context of school education. Following step to the discussion of music education in early childhood education and then present the musical education I found in the context under study. I could see that the educators working in the institution have a vision of music as an area of knowledge, which is partly the presence of the trainees in their teaching contexts. However, in general, I realize that there is still need encouragement to those teachers looking for ways to articulate their teaching music education. / Esta pesquisa está vinculada a Linha de Pesquisa Educação e Artes (LP4) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPGE/UFSM) e teve como objetivo compreender como pedagogas de uma escola existente no município de Santa Maria (RS) concebem a educação musical na educação infantil e como interagem com as atividades desenvolvidas por acadêmicos do Curso de Licenciatura em Música que realizam práticas em seu espaço. Especificamente procurei verificar como professoras compreendem a música em suas atividades de docência e implementam a educaçao musical em seu trabalho; compreender suas necessidades com relação a educação musical na educação infantil e investigar acerca das interações entre pedagogos e estagiários a fim de promover a educação musical no contexto da educação infantil. A pesquisa teve uma abordagem qualitativa do tipo estudo de caso. A coleta de dados ocorreu em classes de Educação Infantil, com observações participadas no contexto de atuação das professoras pedagogas e dos estagiários do curso de música Licenciatura Plena. Além das observações também foi utilizada a entrevista semi estruturada com as professoras pedagogas. O estudo está organizado em cinco capítulos. Inicialmente faço minha apresentação bem como minhas aproximações com a educação musical no contexto da infância. A seguir contextualizo a instituição de investigação traçando um panorama a partir de minhas inserções naquele local. Em seguida, apresento compreensões sobre a infância, a fim de contextualizar meu olhar dessa fase do desenvolvimento, bem como questões peculiares ao contexto da infância na escola de educação infantil. Na sequência, passo às considerações sobre a educação musical na educação infantil e a seguir apresento a educação musical que encontrei no contexto em estudo. Pude perceber que as pedagogas atuantes na instituição possuem uma visão da música enquanto área do conhecimento, o que se deve em parte a presença dos estagiários em seus contextos de docência. No entanto, de maneira geral, percebo que ainda há necessidade de estímulo para que essas professoras busquem formas de articular sua docência à educação musical.