Reflective teaching of History 11-18.

Es una guía práctica para todos aquellos que son nuevos en la profesión de la enseñanza de la historia, pues abarca todos los aspectos de su trabajo, desde la planificación hasta la enseñanza y la evaluación. El texto muestra dos preocupaciones principales: la práctica docente y cómo utilizar la teoría y los resultados de la investigación para mejorar esa práctica.

Reflective teaching of Science 11-18.

Abarca todos los aspectos de la práctica docente, desde la planificación hasta la enseñanza y la evaluación. También, proporciona detallada información sobre las actividades que se realizan en la etapa 3 (key stage 3) de la estrategia nacional en ciencias (National Sciences Strategy), que se corresponde con el nivel de secundaria.

Reflective teaching of Geography 11-18.

Este texto se mueve en torno a dos preocupaciones, la práctica de la enseñanza y cómo utilizar la teoría y los resultados de las investigaciones para mejorar esa práctica, y al mismo tiempo cumplir con las normas sobre formación del profesorado, Teacher Training Agency (TTA). Así, uno de los principales propósitos de este libro es inculcar a los profesores principiantes la idea de que la educación es, en esencia, una profesión académica y de investigación. Por lo que, los profesores, de geografía en este caso, en cualquier etapa de su carrera profesional, necesitan periódicamente reconsiderar su forma de pensar sobre la enseñanza y el aprendizaje en su asignatura, y necesitan tener acceso a las investigaciones actuales sobre la docencia en su especialidad. Por tanto, es evidente que la investigación educativa afecta a la práctica dentro de los centros escolares, y también influye en la manera de formarse profesionalmente los maestros.

[the Teaching Of Social Sciences In Health: Between Practice And Theory].

The models of teaching social sciences and clinical practice are insufficient for the needs of practical-reflective teaching of social sciences applied to health. The scope of this article is to reflect on the challenges and perspectives of social science education for health professionals. In the 1950s the important movement bringing together social sciences and the field of health began, however weak credentials still prevail. This is due to the low professional status of social scientists in health and the ill-defined position of the social sciences professionals in the health field. It is also due to the scant importance attributed by students to the social sciences, the small number of professionals and the colonization of the social sciences by the biomedical culture in the health field. Thus, the professionals of social sciences applied to health are also faced with the need to build an identity, even after six decades of their presence in the field of health. This is because their ambivalent status has established them as a partial, incomplete and virtual presence, requiring a complex survival strategy in the nebulous area between social sciences and health.

Implementació d'estratègies de pràctica reflexiva en la formació inicial i permanent dels mestres

La recerca formativa que es presenta a continuació s'ha dut a terme durant els cursos acadèmics 2008-2009 i 2009-2010, en l'àmbit de la formació de mestres, amb grups d'estudiants de primer i en el marc de les assignatures de Didàctica i Organització Educativa del nou grau d'Educació Infantil. Per dur-la a terme s'ha disposat de la col·laboració de mestres en actiu de l'etapa d'educació infantil de diferents escoles de Barcelona. Aquesta recerca ha facilitat la incorporació d'estratègies de pràctica reflexiva a partir de la participació directa dels estudiants en entorns d'aprenentatge propis de l'exercici docent: les aules d'educació infantil. La intervenció dels estudiants ha estat possible gràcies a l'organització i la planificació curricular de les escoles en diferents espais i ambients d'aprenentatge, que han permès un treball col·laboratiu entre mestres, estudiants i professorat. Els resultats d'aquesta recerca han estat la implementació de metodologies de formació de pràctica reflexiva (millora personal i professional), la relació entre l'ensenyament universitari i el món laboral (teoria i pràctica) i l¿adquisició d'habilitats i competències dels estudiants i professionals (novells i experts), resultats que contribueixen a millorar l'acció docent a través de la participació conjunta de dos col·lectius: universitat i escola.

A prática docente na formação do pós-graduando em química

The present work describes how a group of chemistry graduate students have improved their teaching skills by teaching extension courses. It is suggested that future teachers have much to be gained by sharing the insights they have whilst teaching with their peers and students. This work explores the implications in teaching and learning and the relationship between teachers and students. This relationship requires mutual respect of ideas as well as continuous critical evaluation in both directions.

Exploring the personal and professional lives of teachers in the search for authenticity /

"We teach who we are" (Palmer, 1998, p. 2). This simple, yet profound, statement was the catalyst that began my thesis journey. Using a combination of self-study and participant narratives, Palmer's idea was explored as search for authenticity. The self-study component of this narrative was enhanced by the stories of two other teachers, both women. I chose to use narrative methodology to uncover and discover the relationship between the personal and professional lives of being a teacher. Do teachers express themselves daily in their classrooms? Do any lessons from the classroom translate into teachers' personal lives? The themes of reflection, authenticity, truth, and professional development thread themselves throughout this narrative study. In order to be true to myself as a teacher/researcher, arts-based interpretations accompany my own and each participant's profile. Our conversations about our pasts, our growth as teachers and journeys as individuals were captured in poetry and photographic mosaics. Through rich and detailed stories we explored who we are as teachers and how we became this way. The symbiotic relationship between our personal and professional lives was illustrated by tales of bravery, self-discovery, and reflection. The revelations uncovered illustrate the powerful role our past plays in shaping the present and potentially the friture. It may seem indulgent to spend time exploring who we are as teachers in a time that is increasingly focused on improving student test scores. Yet, the truth remains that, "Knowing myself is as crucial to good teaching as knowing my students and my subject" (Palmer, 1998, p. 2).

Pausing at the river's edge : a narrative inquiry into the practice of a reading teacher /

In this narrative self-study I retell and connect the stories ofmy personal journey with literacy from childhood to the present. I use narrative as both methodology and method as I story my life experiences and my personal encounters with literacy. The heart ofmy reflections comes from the pages of personal journals written and storied over many years of trying to make meaning of powerful literacy experiences in my life. Now, in going back through the stories and reconstructing meaning, I make connections between the memories along the journey and the place from which I now tell my story. The interpretations I construct give voice to beliefs 1 have lived by and illuminations to moments in time that I have come to see with new eyes as I have engaged in this inquiry. The journey and self-reflection within the pages of this inquiry provide understanding of the driving force behind my personal passion for literacy. I am better able to understand my motivations and share the stories that validate my personal and professional path through time.

Spreading my wings : how can I improve my practice and contribute to the professional knowledge base through narrative-autobiographical self-study?

"How can I improve my practice and contribute to the professional knowledge base through narrative-autobiographical self-study?" Through the use of Whitehead's (1989) living educational theory and examination of my stories, I identify the values and critical events that have helped me come to know my own learning and shape my professional self. Building on the premise that educational knowledge/theory is created, recreated, and lived through educational inquiry; I strive to make meaning of this data archive, collected over 7 years of teaching. I chart my journey to reexamine my beliefs and practices, to find a balance between traditional and progressive practices and to align my theory and practice. I retell, and, thus, in some way relive, my own "living contradictions." A reconceptualization of the KNOW, DO, BE model (Drake & Burns, 2004) is used to develop strategies to align my practice, including a six-step model of curriculum design that combines the backwards design process of Wiggins and McTighe (1998), the KNOW, DO, BE model (Drake & Burns) and Curry and Samara's (1995) differentiation planner.

Falar ou não falar?: eis a questão

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

O professor mediador e os interagentes (brasileiro e estrangeiro) no projeto teletandem Brasil: línguas estrangeiras para todos' : legitimação de crenças e/ou (re) construção de competências?

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

Collaborative language learning in Teletandem: a resource for pre-service teacher education

This article presents some of the results of a qualitative research project about the influences of the pedagogic strategies used by a mediator (graduate student in applied linguistics) in the supervision process of a Teletandem partner (undergraduate student in languages) on her pedagogical practice. It was done within the project Teletandem Brazil: foreign language for all. Based on the reflective teaching paradigm and collaborative language learning, with special emphasis on tandem learning, we analyzed the contributions of the collaborative relationship established between the graduate student and the student-teacher in her first teaching experience. The results bring about implications for the field of language teacher education in a perspective of education within practice, evidencing the experience of collaborative learning in teletandem as an opportunity for reflective teacher education of pre-service teachers.

Action Research and Learning Analytics in Higher Education

Teaching is a dynamic activity. It can be very effective, if its impact is constantly monitored and adjusted to the demands of changing social contexts and needs of learners. This implies that teachers need to be aware about teaching and learning processes. Moreover, they should constantly question their didactical methods and the learning resources, which they provide to their students. They should reflect if their actions are suitable, and they should regulate their teaching, e.g., by updating learning materials based on new knowledge about learners, or by motivating learners to engage in further learning activities. In the last years, a rising interest in ‘learning analytics’ is observable. This interest is motivated by the availability of massive amounts of educational data. Also, the continuously increasing processing power, and a strong motivation for discovering new information from these pools of educational data, is pushing further developments within the learning analytics research field. Learning analytics could be a method for reflective teaching practice that enables and guides teachers to investigate and evaluate their work in future learning scenarios. However, this potentially positive impact has not yet been sufficiently verified by learning analytics research. Another method that pursues these goals is ‘action research’. Learning analytics promises to initiate action research processes because it facilitates awareness, reflection and regulation of teaching activities analogous to action research. Therefore, this thesis joins both concepts, in order to improve the design of learning analytics tools. Central research question of this thesis are: What are the dimensions of learning analytics in relation to action research, which need to be considered when designing a learning analytics tool? How does a learning analytics dashboard impact the teachers of technology-enhanced university lectures regarding ‘awareness’, ‘reflection’ and ‘action’? Does it initiate action research? Which are central requirements for a learning analytics tool, which pursues such effects? This project followed design-based research principles, in order to answer these research questions. The main contributions are: a theoretical reference model that connects action research and learning analytics, the conceptualization and implementation of a learning analytics tool, a requirements catalogue for useful and usable learning analytics design based on evaluations, a tested procedure for impact analysis, and guidelines for the introduction of learning analytics into higher education.