L'ensenyament-aprenentatge de competències transversals a les titulacions d'enginyeria en informàtica concretament de la competència de comunicació escrita en currículums TIC

Per una banda, contextualitza el concepte de competència professional dins del marc de l'EEES, i reconeix i classifica a partir de la revisió de la documentació existent les competències específiques i transversals o genèriques, que han de tenir els nous titulats del Grau d'EI. Per altra banda, s'escomet l'anàlisi dels plans d'estudi i dels plans docents del Grau per identificar la seva adaptació al EEES,, concretament en el que fa referència a la competència de comunicació escrita.

El contexto escolar como escenario de educación superior en la formación de docentes. El prácticum en Quebec como modelo para reflexionar ante las nuevas titulaciones de grado

El diseño de los planes de estudio para las nuevas titulaciones de grado de Magisterio constituye, por su carácter profesionalizador basado en competencias y la ampliación de los estudios a cuatro cursos, una oportunidad para las facultades de educación de mejora de la calidad de la formación inicial de maestros. Gran parte del incremento de los créditos se destina a la ampliación de los periodos de prácticas en los centros escolares colaboradores. Se trata de un escenario de cambio profundo que deberá replantear la organización y revisar los modelos. La experiencia en Quebec nos proporciona elementos de análisis y de reflexión con la finalidad de llegar a orientaciones y a conclusiones transferibles a la organización de estos planes de estudio y para integrar el prácticum en una visión global e interdisciplinaria de la titulación.

The eTwinning Experience: Beyond the Classroom

The purpose of this paper is to give a presentation of the programme eTwinning, the use of CLIL methodology in eTwinning projects, give a glimpse of a successful project carried out by secondary students and present the future ahead regarding Higher Education. eTwinning offers the suitable environment to use the English language in a “real” context; it can be integrated in any subject due to its cross-curricular nature. In short, it prepares the student for the real world: international research, to get to know other cultures, to communicate and to learn content. I will start by giving a general view of what eTwinning is about. The second part will deal will eTwinning and CLIL. How CLIL methodology fits perfectly in the carrying out of eTwinning projects. In the third part, and drawn from personal experience, a project will be shown: “Addressing the Energy Crunch; Every Little Action Helps” as a good example of how to integrate content-learning in a collaborative project between different schools in Europe. The last part will deal with the future of eTwinning and Higher Education, within the new programme just approved by the European Parliament: Erasmus+ (2014-20).

Yrittäjyyskasvatuksen arvoja etsimässä. Design-tutkimus opettajankoulutuksen opetussuunnitelmien kehittämisessä

This research is a survey on values related to entrepreneurship education and a participatory action research on entrepreneurship education curricula in teacher education. Research problems, rising from the practical development work, were solved by several methods, following the principles of design-based research. Values related to entrepreneurship education were studied among teachers, headmasters, teacher educators, researchers and officers in the field of entrepreneurship education in 16 European Union countries. Fifteen most important values related to entrepreneurship education were listed based on two qualitative surveys (N 124 and N 66). Values were also surveyed among Finnish teacher trainees (N 71). Results of the surveys show that the values given by the teacher trainees did not differ much from the ones given by the professionals already working in the field. Subsequently, emergence of these values was studied in documents that steer education. The values gathered in the surveys did not occur in the documents to a substantial degree. Development of entrepreneurship education curricula in teacher education was conducted by means of participatory action research. The development project gathered 55 teacher trainers from 15 teacher education organisations in Finland. The starting point of the phenomenon based project (see Annala and Mäkinen 2011) was the activity plan created for developing entrepreneurship education curricula. During the project, the learning of the teacher educators proceeded in a balanced way as brightening visions, stronger motivation, increasing understanding and new practices, following Shulman and Shulman’s model (2004). Goals of the development project were set to each teacher educator acquiring basic knowledge on entrepreneurship education, organization of obligatory courses on entrepreneurship education, and making entrepreneurship education a cross-curricular theme in teacher education. The process increased the understanding and motivation of teacher educators to develop and teach entrepreneurship education. It also facilitated collaboration as well as creating visions on entrepreneurship education. Based on the results, the concept of enterprisingness was defined, and recommendations were given for developing curricula in entrepreneurship education.

Företagsamhet i skola och utbildning : lärares tankar om förutsättningarna att nå målen i temaområdet Deltagande, demokrati och entreprenörskap

Developing students’ enterprise and proactive approaches to life have been goals of Finnish public education since its introduction. Still, education in Finland today is criticized for not reaching these goals and for overlooking the development of students’ enterprise. The role of enterprise education is ambivalent. On the one hand, enterprise education is advocated as the solution to many of the alleged problems in public education; on the other hand, the pedagogical ideas that enterprise education builds on appear to coincide with the contemporary understanding of “good education.” The thesis discusses what sets enterprise education apart from other types of education and teaching. Notably, the pedagogical foundations for enterprise education are not necessarily solid or sufficiently explored. Thus, the overall aim of the thesis is to explore the conditions for developing enterprise in education. Sloyd, as a school subject that promotes handicraft-based education, has long been attributed as having the potential to develop students’ character and person; similarly, it is also identified as being well suited for developing student enterprise. Enterprise education is not specific to sloyd, however. In fact, developing enterprise is a cross-curricular goal for basic education. In a subject-focused educational structure and culture, the development of an enterprising mindset in students is a common concern for all teachers. Thus, an understanding of the conditions for enterprise education must not be limited to one school subject; rather, the nature of the phenomenon requires a cross-curricular approach. Altogether, the conditions for enterprise education appear to be in need of further research. In addition to a subject-focused structure, other influencing factors that are mentioned in discussions on enterprise education include the need for a more enterprising working culture in school. Importantly, another key factor is the individual teacher’s pedagogical philosophy, which constitutes the frame of reference that informs how he or she understands and interprets his or her profession. Notably, the conditions for enterprise education are poor unless a teacher’s pedagogical philosophy emphasizes a focus on enterprise. The empirical research uses a hermeneutical approach and focuses on exploring teachers’ views on the conditions for reaching the national goals related to students’ enterprise. The interview study was conducted among class and subject teachers around Swedish-speaking Finland. The study shows that teachers view themselves as the most important factor for a focus on enterprise. Teachers have also identified a vast number of contextual factors that influence, support, or counteract a focus on enterprise. Structure, culture, resources, and curriculum, as well as numerous societal factors, all interact to affect the conditions for enterprise education. The prevailing culture of subject focus poses a challenge to enterprise education. At the same time, however, a focus on enterprise can be seen as a natural tendency in grades one to six. Indeed, teachers of all grade levels interpret the development of a proactive approach to life as one of education’s core values. Altogether, the thesis offers a deepened and nuanced understanding of the conditions for enterprise education. While the public education system in Finland seems to have some favourable basic conditions for enterprise education, multifaceted challenges must be faced if the national goals related to enterprise are to be reached.

A Handbook for Ontario J/I Pre-Service Teachers Developing Inclusive Pedagogy: Understanding Pre-Service Teachers' Thoughts and Feelings About Diversity

This project presents a handbook for Ontario Junior/Intermediate (J/I) pre-service teachers, Ontario J/I teacher education instructors, and J/I associate teachers that facilitates the identification, analysis, and reorganization of J/I pre-service teachers’ thoughts and feelings about diversity characteristics to develop inclusive teaching pedagogy. The handbook outlines collaborative and independent learning activities designed for integration into compulsory J/I Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program courses, practicum placements, and independent reflective situations. The handbook is composed of 5 sections: (a) Rationale for Importance; (b) Cross-Curricular Activities for J/I B.Ed. Courses; (c) Course-Specific Activities; (d) Practicum Placement Activities; and (e) Resources for Inclusive Educators. A critical content analysis of a 2011-2012 J/I B.Ed. program in Ontario enabled the creation of the handbook to address specific teacher education programming focused on helping pre-service teachers understand their thoughts and feelings about diversity for the development of inclusive teaching pedagogy. This research contributes to the advancement of theory and practice regarding development of teacher education programming that promotes J/I pre-service teachers’ inclusive pedagogy.

Construction d'une échelle décrivant les niveaux de compétence de collaboration, à partir d'indicateurs validés par des enseignants cliniciens en médecine

La collaboration est une compétence essentielle que les futurs médecins doivent développer. La détermination des niveaux de compétence est cruciale dans la planification de cet apprentissage. Les échelles descriptives suscitent un intérêt croissant, car elles décrivent en termes qualitatifs les performances attendues. Nous inspirant de la méthodologie mixte de Blais, Laurier, & Rousseau (2009), nous avons construit en cinq étapes une échelle de niveau de compétence de collaboration: 1) formulation d’une liste d’indicateurs situés à quatre niveaux de la formation médicale (préclinique, externat, résidence junior et sénior) par les chercheurs (n= 3) et un groupe d’éducateurs (n=7), leaders pédagogiques possédant une expertise pour la compétence de collaboration; 2) sondage en ligne comprenant quatre questionnaires portant sur les niveaux de 118 indicateurs, auprès d’enseignants cliniciens représentant les différentes spécialités (n=277); 3) analyse, avec le modèle partial credit de Rasch, des réponses aux questionnaires appariés par calibration concurrente; 4) détermination des niveaux des indicateurs par les éducateurs et les chercheurs; et 5) rédaction de l’échelle à partir des indicateurs de chaque niveau. L’analyse itérative des réponses montre une adéquation au modèle de Rasch et répartit les indicateurs sur l’échelle linéaire aux quatre niveaux. Les éducateurs déterminent le niveau des 111 indicateurs retenus en tenant compte des résultats du sondage et de la cohérence avec le curriculum. L’échelle comporte un paragraphe descriptif par niveau, selon trois capacités : 1) participer au fonctionnement d’une équipe; 2) prévenir et gérer les conflits; et 3) planifier, coordonner et dispenser les soins en équipe. Cette échelle rend explicites les comportements collaboratifs attendus à la fin de chaque niveau et est utile à la planification de l’apprentissage et de l’évaluation de cette compétence. La discordance entre les niveaux choisis par les éducateurs et ceux issus de l’analyse des réponses des enseignants cliniciens est principalement due au faible choix de réponse du niveau préclinique par les enseignants et aux problèmes d’adéquation pour les indicateurs décrivant la gestion des conflits. Cette recherche marque une avan- cée dans la compréhension de la compétence de collaboration et démontre l’efficacité de la méthodologie de Blais (2009) dans un contexte de compétence transversale, en sciences de la santé. Cette méthodologie pourrait aider à approfondir les trajectoires de développement d’autres compétences.

Task-based learning activities.

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Natural science.

Estas hojas de trabajo pueden utilizarse tanto en clase de inglés como de ciencias naturales. El material fue tomado directamente de la mayoría de los libros de texto del primer ciclo de la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y permite a los estudiantes a participar activamente a pesar de que no sean especialmente buenos en la asignatura del inglés. Los textos proporcionan un contexto para la introducción de un vocabulario clave relativo a las demás áreas y refuerzan o revisan los conocimientos que han estudiado en otros temas. También incluye un glosario de los principales términos traducidos al español, catalán, euskera y gallego.

Social science.

Estas hojas de trabajo pueden utilizarse tanto en clase de inglés como en ciencias sociales. El material fue tomado directamente de la mayoría de los libros de texto del primer ciclo de la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y permite a los estudiantes a participar activamente a pesar de que no sean especialmente buenos en la asignatura del inglés. Los textos proporcionan un contexto para la introducción de un vocabulario clave relativo a las demás áreas y refuerzan o revisan los conocimientos que han estudiado en otros temas. También incluye un glosario de los principales términos traducidos al español, catalán, euskera y gallego.

Dyslexia in the primary classroom.

Este manual expone la teoría de base para quien no está familiarizado con las causas, definiciones, etc. de la dislexia y cómo afecta a un niño en su aprendizaje. Proporciona actividades prácticas sobre cómo enseñar lectura, ortografía y matemáticas, desarrollar la escritura y ayudar en la organización del aula. También incluye una sección de información sobre el uso de las TIC. Las actividades van dirigidas a diferentes estilos de aprendizaje.

Talk, thinking and philosophy in the primary classroom.

Lenguaje, pensamiento y filosofía son componentes fundamentales del aprendizaje de los niños. El manual comienza preguntando cómo puede el maestro proporcionar a los niños la oportunidad de desarrollar sus habilidades en estas áreas, por qué se deben enseñar y se examinan los enfoques actuales en este ámbito. Profundiza cómo los profesores pueden desarrollarlos en las seis áreas del aprendizaje para ayudar a los niños a adquirir y profundizar el entendimiento. Ofrece una introducción práctica a una serie de orientaciones para el aula.

Lectura cooperativa, coavaluació i autoavaluació a l’educació científica

Saber llegir de forma comprensiva és una competència bàsica i fonamental per als estudiants, que requereix d’aprenentatge, pràctica i acompanyament per part del professorat. Aquesta capacitat és transversal, hauria de ser treballada no només a les àrees lingüístiques, atès que és important també per a garantir la possibilitat d’aprendre al llarg de tota la vida a tots els àmbits. Aquest article planteja la importància d’ensenyar els alumnes a llegir de forma comprensiva a les classes de ciències, proposa el model de treball cooperatiu i els models d’autoavaluació i coavaluació per a facilitar als estudiants una major comprensió en la lectura de textos. S’analitzen els resultats d’un treball de lectura cooperativa realitzat amb tres grups de 1r de batxillerat i l’ús de la coavaluació i autoavaluació en el procés avaluador, com a eina per valorar la utilitat de la lectura cooperativa en el procés d’ensenyament-aprenentatge. Finalment es descriuen els resultats d’un qüestionari sobre l’opinió dels alumnes, respecte de la seva experiència en el treball de lectura cooperativa.

Bringing poetry alive: a guide to classroom practice

This edited collection provides ideas and support for ways of 'bringing poetry alive' in the classroom at Key Stages 1,2 and 3, drawing on what is known to work and also exploring fresh thinking. It is designed to help both new and experienced teachers approach poetry teaching with greater imagination and confidence. The book is edited and introduced by Michael Lockwood and features chapters by experts who have taught poetry in different settings for many years, including contributions from poets Michael Rosen and James Carter. Professor Morag Styles of Cambridge University has provided a Preface. All the contributors have a connection with the University of Reading as lecturers, external examiners, current or former graduate students. The book includes the following sections: Introduction: Developments in Poetry Teaching 1: Reflections on Being Children’s Laureate – Michael Rosen 2: Teaching Poetry in the Early Years - Margaret Perkins 3: Actual Poems, Possible Responses - Prue Goodwin 4: Making Poetry - Catriona Nicholson 5: The role of the poet in primary schools -James Carter 6: Cross-Curricular Poetry Writing - Eileen Hyder 7: Teaching Poetry to Teenagers - Lionel Warner 8: Watching the Words: Drama and Poems - Andy Kempe 9: Literary Reading - Andy Goodwyn The book is intended for teacher educators,teachers and trainee teachers working with children aged 5 to 14 years.