Discursos presentes em um processo de reestruturação curricular de um curso de licenciatura em física: o legal, o real, e o possível

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O currículo de ciências via tema gerador: desafios docentes na Escola Cabana

Este trabalho de pesquisa busca compreender e analisar como os professores de ciências que trabalham em escolas municipais que adotam o projeto Escola Cabana lidam com o processo de elaboração de suas propostas curriculares a partir de temas geradores. Procurando identificar os fatores envolvidos no processo de proposição curricular, desafios e dilemas que consideram importantes dentro de uma proposta educacional diferenciada. Para efeito de orientação metodológica considerei a abordagem qualitativa como suporte da pesquisa. Como este trabalho está vinculado a uma determinada realidade educacional, as chamadas Escolas Cabanas, elegi como sujeitos de pesquisa 5 professores de ciências que atuam em escolas que oficialmente seguem as orientações desta proposta educativa e 1 técnica da coordenadoria de educação do município. As informações foram obtidas a partir de duas fontes principais: leitura de documentos oficiais sobre o projeto e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os professores de ciências de instituições de ensino vinculados ao projeto. A análise dos dados, feita a partir dos depoimentos dos professores sujeitos, possibilitou apreender as percepções e ações dos docentes sobre a proposta de se elaborar currículo por temas geradores. No confronto com a realidade de trabalhar dentro de uma proposta educacional diferenciada, os professores narram as limitações, os avanços e recuos em suas práticas curriculares. O isolamento profissional, a percepção e tradução de forma pessoal das orientações do projeto e as dificuldades em romper com as tradições curriculares foram pontos levantados pelos professores sujeitos de maneira direta ou indireta em seus depoimentos. Assim como, as dificuldades e dilemas de se trabalhar o novo, com conhecimentos advindo dos cotidianos dos alunos e alunas, portanto, com práticas que vão de encontro com aquelas presentes no período de formação e atuação profissional. A percepção de que os professores precisam redimensionar seu envolvimento com a questão curricular, recuperando essa competência inerente à docência de se elaborar propostas curriculares coerentes com sua realidade educacional foi tácita no decorrer da pesquisa. Assumir o processo de proposição curricular, entender o papel e a centralidade que o currículo apresenta no cotidiano da atuação docente, são caminhos que apontam para currículos e práticas educativas mais conscientes.

Currículos de formação de professores de língua portuguesa: instituições autônomas e o poder de sua história

Baseia-se em uma pesquisa interinstitucional que focaliza o âmbito mais amplo em que são formuladas e implementadas as políticas de formação de professores no Estado de São Paulo. Tem por objetivo contribuir para a elucidação das forças presentes em movimentos de reforma curricular nos cursos de licenciatura, cotejando dados e aspectos socioculturais e institucionais circundantes. A análise incide sobre projetos pedagógicos de dois cursos de Letras de duas universidades públicas paulistas. Essas instituições desenvolveram, nos últimos anos, projetos ou ações de formação de professores para a escola básica, e é nesse contexto que se inserem os projetos pedagógicos analisados, que são tomados como exemplos de caminhos diferenciados que as universidades traçam, influenciadas pela história de cada instituição. O procedimento de pesquisa adotado foi a análise documental e o conceito de currículo em processo orientou as reflexões desenvolvidas. Reafirma-se, como em outros estudos, que a necessária integração entre saberes pedagógicos e saberes provenientes da área de referência continua sendo tarefa difícil, que as circunstâncias na criação dos cursos e a formação superposta deixou suas marcas nas instituições e que as tentativas para superá-la constituem exemplos esparsos e não modelos generalizados, o que ressalta a relevância da continuidade das pesquisas sobre o currículo dos cursos de licenciatura.

Using Math Vocabulary Building to Increase Problem Solving Abilities in a 5th Grade Classroom

In this action research study of my 5th grade mathematics class, I investigated how students’ understanding of math vocabulary impacts their understanding of the curriculum. I discovered math vocabulary plays an important role in a student’s ability to understand daily lessons, complete homework, discuss ideas in groups, take tests and be successful on achievement tests. A student’s ability to understand the words around him (or her) in math class seem very related to his or her ability to solve word problems. Word problems are what our national assessments are all about. I also discovered that direct instruction and support of math vocabulary increased test scores and confidence in students as test takers. As a result of this research, I plan to continue to find ways to emphasize the vocabulary used in our current math curriculum. This process will start at the beginning of the year. I will continue to look for strategies that promote math vocabulary retention in my students. And finally, I will share my findings with my colleagues, so my research can be used as part of our School Improvement Goals.

Establecimiento de un modelo educativo institucional para la orientación del proceso de innovación curricular de las carreras de la Universidad de Playa Ancha

La innovación curricular impulsada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha constituye un proceso en el que ha sido posible reconocer las características y principales dificultades que son comunes a iniciativas de esta índole, desarrolladas por instituciones de educación superior en diversas partes del mundo, y que, por tanto, son asumidas como inherente a estos cambios. Se pretende compartir esta experiencia con los pares, para reflexionar acerca de las problemáticas que son ineludibles en un proceso de innovación curricular y, muy particularmente, socializar la modalidad de trabajo desarrollada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha, en la búsqueda del compromiso, la coherencia y la participación institucional en cada una de las etapas. El proceso de innovación curricular comenzó con undiagnóstico previo, el cual desembocó en el establecimiento de un modelo educativo que constituye la base para el trabajo iniciado por las carreras y que, de acuerdo con lo presupuestado por la institución, deberá estar concluido en 2015

Establecimiento de un modelo educativo institucional para la orientación del proceso de innovación curricular de las carreras de la Universidad de Playa Ancha

La innovación curricular impulsada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha constituye un proceso en el que ha sido posible reconocer las características y principales dificultades que son comunes a iniciativas de esta índole, desarrolladas por instituciones de educación superior en diversas partes del mundo, y que, por tanto, son asumidas como inherente a estos cambios. Se pretende compartir esta experiencia con los pares, para reflexionar acerca de las problemáticas que son ineludibles en un proceso de innovación curricular y, muy particularmente, socializar la modalidad de trabajo desarrollada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha, en la búsqueda del compromiso, la coherencia y la participación institucional en cada una de las etapas. El proceso de innovación curricular comenzó con undiagnóstico previo, el cual desembocó en el establecimiento de un modelo educativo que constituye la base para el trabajo iniciado por las carreras y que, de acuerdo con lo presupuestado por la institución, deberá estar concluido en 2015

Establecimiento de un modelo educativo institucional para la orientación del proceso de innovación curricular de las carreras de la Universidad de Playa Ancha

La innovación curricular impulsada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha constituye un proceso en el que ha sido posible reconocer las características y principales dificultades que son comunes a iniciativas de esta índole, desarrolladas por instituciones de educación superior en diversas partes del mundo, y que, por tanto, son asumidas como inherente a estos cambios. Se pretende compartir esta experiencia con los pares, para reflexionar acerca de las problemáticas que son ineludibles en un proceso de innovación curricular y, muy particularmente, socializar la modalidad de trabajo desarrollada por la Universidad de Playa Ancha, en la búsqueda del compromiso, la coherencia y la participación institucional en cada una de las etapas. El proceso de innovación curricular comenzó con undiagnóstico previo, el cual desembocó en el establecimiento de un modelo educativo que constituye la base para el trabajo iniciado por las carreras y que, de acuerdo con lo presupuestado por la institución, deberá estar concluido en 2015

Transforming the relationship between staff and students to effect change

This opinion piece argues for the necessity of student-staff partnerships that go beyond the common rhetoric of ‘student engagement’, achieving a richer student and staff dialogue which results in more meaningful change in policy and practice. In particular, attention is drawn to the need for such partnerships when determining technology applications that are often missed out from, or treated in isolation from, the curriculum design process. This piece cites, as an example, a student-led taught day on the Post Graduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching at Aston University in July 2015. There was clear evidence that the staff participants designed their assessments with student partners in mind. It is therefore proposed that a partnership relationship offers an effective means of moving forward from common practices where technology simply replicates, or supplements, traditional activities.

Trajetórias construídas em caminhos (não) planejados: os sentidos formativos da escrita no estágio supervisionado obrigatório do curso de Pedagogia da UFMA

This research is taking as study aim the mediatory teaching action, its involvement with educational guidance reports of Supervised Obligatory Student Teaching in curriculum managing by formal teachers is more related to the form as each one understands the mediatory action of the pedagogy teaching activities than to the adherence of a common project, that is: the Course Pedagogy Project (CPP). Thus, our aim is meant to understand the attribution from the formal teachers to curriculum managing process, having as forms its action in the supervised obligatory student teaching at UFMA Pedagogy Course. On one side, we look for traces about established relation by them between their professional experience and their report guidance in current course. On the other hand, a research concern comes up to us on the forming meaning of the report writing by UFMA Pedagogy Teachers Course. In order to do that, we used interviews interpreted by means of methodology understanding interview. Starting from oral speeches, we understand that the managing formation in this course is linked to postures not identical and adjustable to conditions the teachers have access. We identify a curriculum subject group and a group that by their conformation adapted is considered as object group of curriculum practices. As for the mediatory action in writing formation process, we noticed that they contribute to teacher information at UFMA in the reflexive critic perspective and or in the bureaucratic reproduction perspective. The report writing at the end of the Supervised Obligatory internship is characteristic of quality quantity assessment display, as bureaucratic process and as reflexive display and didactic pedagogy activity intervention. We defend that the teachers´ guidance under critical reflections, where the writing has a social role, must overcome individual dimension, they must be debated as collective and organized practices. We hope to contribute with such a research on teacher mediatory actions and their implementing with help of reporting writing guidance in the Supervised Obligatory Student Teaching in the Curriculum Teacher managing process.

Educated to Learn : How to enhance the education of computer science and informatics

The very nature of computer science with its constant changes forces those who wish to follow to adapt and react quickly. Large companies invest in being up to date in order to generate revenue and stay active on the market. Universities, on the other hand, need to imply same practices of staying up to date with industry needs in order to produce industry ready engineers. By interviewing former students, now engineers in the industry, and current university staff this thesis aims to learn if there is space for enhancing the education through different lecturing approaches and/or curriculum adaptation and development. In order to address these concerns a qualitative research has been conducted, focusing on data collection obtained through semi-structured live world interviews. The method used follows the seven stages of research interviewing introduced by Kvale and focuses on collecting and preparing relevant data for analysis. The collected data is transcribed, refined, and further on analyzed in the “Findings and analysis” chapter. The focus of analyzing was answering the three research questions; learning how higher education impacts a Computer Science and Informatics Engineers’ job, how to better undergo the transition from studies to working in the industry and how to develop a curriculum that helps support the previous two. Unaltered quoted extracts are presented and individually analyzed. To paint a better picture a theme-wise analysis is presented summing valuable themes that were repeated throughout the interviewing phase. The findings obtained imply that there are several factors directly influencing the quality of education. From the student side, it mostly concerns expectation and dedication involving studies, and from the university side it is commitment to the curriculum development process. Due to the time and resource limitations this research provides findings conducted on a narrowed scope, although it can serve as a great foundation for further development; possibly as a PhD research.

Application of a Generic Curriculum Change Management Process to Motivate and Excite Students

The School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast is committed to enhancing the quality of student learning. A plan to implement curriculum change around this goal has been formulated and is already several years underway. A specific part of the plan involved instigating a first year introductory module to engage the students in the practice of their engineering discipline. The complicated nature of devising this type of module with regard to objectives, resources, timeframe and the number of students involved meant that a very systematic approach had to be adopted. This paper presents the simple but definitive change management process that facilitated in the creation of a first year Introduction to Engineering module. The generic nature of this process is described and its application to other facets of curriculum change is discussed. Within this process the importance of collaboration to establish a forward momentum is emphasised. This enables academic staff to progress as a group and build curriculum development based on their own experiences, expertise and established practice

Reforms of the pre-graduate curriculum for medical students: the Bologna process and beyond.

For several years, all five medical faculties of Switzerland have embarked on a reform of their training curricula for two reasons: first, according to a new federal act issued in 2006 by the administration of the confederation, faculties needed to meet international standards in terms of content and pedagogic approaches; second, all Swiss universities and thus all medical faculties had to adapt the structure of their curriculum to the frame and principles which govern the Bologna process. This process is the result of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999 which proposes and requires a series of reforms to make European Higher Education more compatible and comparable, more competitive and more attractive for Europeans students. The present paper reviews some of the results achieved in the field, focusing on several issues such as the shortage of physicians and primary care practitioners, the importance of public health, community medicine and medical humanities, and the implementation of new training approaches including e-learning and simulation. In the future, faculties should work on several specific challenges such as: students' mobility, the improvement of students' autonomy and critical thinking as well as their generic and specific skills and finally a reflection on how to improve the attractiveness of the academic career, for physicians of both sexes.

Curriculum restructuring in higher educaction after the Bologna process : a new pedagogic regime?

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Using lecture recordings to support curriculum changes in the European convergence process

The aim of this paper is to present the experience of using lecture recordings to support curriculum changes within the framework of the European convergence process, mainly courses that need to be promoted or discontinued. We will explain an integrated solution for recording lectures consisting of a web portal, a videoconferencing tool and an economical and easily transportable kit. The validation process was performed recording three different courses at the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and using different diffusion channels, such as Moodle, an open source web portal called GlobalPlaza that supports streaming and recordings and the YouTube UPM channel. To assess the efficiency of our solution, a formal evaluation was conducted and will be also presented in this paper. The results show that lecture recordings allow teachers to support discontinued and new courses and enable students from remote areas to participate in international educational programmes, also the resulting recordings will be used as learning objects for future virtual courses.