National Scholars Program 2009-2010 Annual Report

The National Scholars Program at the Clemson University provides a select number of freshmen with an extraordinary educational experience that includes the following: a competitive four-year scholarship, summer study abroad, academic seminars that explore critical thinking and leadership, and ongoing enrichment opportunities throughout the year. The National Scholars Program publishes an annual report with information about the program and profiles of the senior scholars.

National Scholars Program 2010-2011 Annual Report

The National Scholars Program at the Clemson University provides a select number of freshmen with an extraordinary educational experience that includes the following: a competitive four-year scholarship, summer study abroad, academic seminars that explore critical thinking and leadership, and ongoing enrichment opportunities throughout the year. The National Scholars Program publishes an annual report with information about the program and profiles of the senior scholars.

National Scholars Program 2011-2012 Annual Report

The National Scholars Program at the Clemson University provides a select number of freshmen with an extraordinary educational experience that includes the following: a competitive four-year scholarship, summer study abroad, academic seminars that explore critical thinking and leadership, and ongoing enrichment opportunities throughout the year. The National Scholars Program publishes an annual report with information about the program and profiles of the senior scholars.

National Scholars Program 2012-2013 Annual Report

The National Scholars Program at the Clemson University provides a select number of freshmen with an extraordinary educational experience that includes the following: a competitive four-year scholarship, summer study abroad, academic seminars that explore critical thinking and leadership, and ongoing enrichment opportunities throughout the year. The National Scholars Program publishes an annual report with information about the program and profiles of the senior scholars.

La educación inicial en el cantón Sigsig de la provincia del Azuay: utilización de la metodología ambientes de aprendizaje

La investigación “Educación Inicial en el cantón Sígsig de la Provincia del Azuay: Utilización de la metodología Ambientes de Aprendizaje”, parte del reconocimiento de la Educación Inicial como una oportunidad para el ejercicio de Derechos de los niños y busca comprobar si la metodología implementada por el Ministerio de Educación se aplica con efectividad y permite el ejercicio de Derechos de los niños, tomando como referencia de análisis la visión de los Derechos Humanos desde el contexto. Inicia con una retrospectiva de la visión del niño, se acerca a las concepciones sobre el Pensamiento Crítico en relación con educación y acoge la visión de los Derechos Humanos desde el contexto definido como el conjunto de procesos que abren y consolidan espacios de lucha por la dignidad humana, para en base de ella, realizar el análisis de la realidad investigada y a partir de ello finaliza emitiendo conclusiones y recomendaciones.

O património industrial na cidade de Lisboa

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arquitetura, apresentada na Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitetura.

O cinema como recurso pedagógico na aula de história

Este estudo pretendeu pesquisar acerca da influência do cinema histórico de ficção na construção do conhecimento histórico de alunos de História A do Ensino Secundário. Foi realizado com uma turma do 10º ano de escolaridade de 20 alunos e foi antecedido de um estudo prévio. O trabalho baseou-se no visionamento do filme "O Gladiador" e na realização de fichas de trabalho: a "Ficha de Enquadramento Histórico do Filme", para contextualizar a época histórica em que decorria o filme; a "Ficha de Análise do Filme”, para recolha de dados e finalmente a "Ficha de Trabalho de Comparação entre Fontes Históricas e o Filme". As respostas fornecidas pelos alunos foram organizadas em categorias. Para as perguntas que pediam uma resposta mais directa e simples foram criadas três categorias: básica primária, básica secundária e definição elaborada. Para as perguntas que exigiam uma resposta mais complexa criaram-se cinco categorias: incoerente, básica primária, básica secundária, definição emergente e definição elaborada. As principais conclusões foram: a) o cinema de ficção desempenha um importante contributo na construção do conhecimento histórico dos alunos do ensino secundário; b) o visionamento de filmes de ficção na aula de História deve ser acompanhado com o confronto de fontes históricas para os alunos distinguirem ficção de conhecimento histórico; c) o cinema desempenha um papel muito importante no desenvolvimento das competências específicas de História do Ensino Secundário e do espírito crítico dos alunos; entre outras. / ABSTRACT: This study aimed to understand the influence of historical fiction movies in historical knowledge of students in History of Secondary Education. The study was conducted with a group of 20 students of the 1O th grade and was preceded by a preliminary study. The work was based on viewing the film Gladiator and on worksheets: A "Historical Background" to contextualize the historical era of the movie, the "The analysis of the Movie" to collect data and finally the “Comparison of Historical Sources and movie” worksheet to analyze distinguish fiction from historical knowledge. The responses given by students were categorized: for questions that asked for a more direct and simple answer were created three categories: Basic; Primary; Definition elaborated. For questions requiring a more complex answer were created five categories Incoherent; Basic; Primary; Emergent and Elaborated. The main conclusions were: a) the film fiction has an important contribution to historical knowledge of secondary school students, b) using films in history lessons should be accompanied with a comparison of historical sources for students to distinguish fiction from historical knowledge, c) the film plays an important role in the development of specific skills for the History of Secondary Education and the students' critical thinking, among others.

A educação alimentar no ensino de ciências : o caso das dietas alimentares

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Física, Instituto de Química, Faculdade UnB Planaltina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências, Mestrado Profissional em Ensino de Ciências, 2016.

El juego de las políticas públicas: Reglas y decisiones sociales

El Juego de las políticas públicas -- Reglas y decisiones sociales es un libro que se deja leer con facilidad y sus propuestas conceptuales son un buen punto de partida para generar discusiones y cerrar otras, para articular discursos, para proponer metodologías de análisis, de ahí su valía teórica -- Constituye un paso en la dirección correcta para enriquecer el análisis de políticas públicas, en un país como Colombia donde se habla del tema con extrema flexibilidad, y donde los conceptos construidos en otras latitudes no se adaptan a nuestras realidades institucionales y culturales -- Ese esfuerzo de adaptación es un valor agregado de la obra

INCORPORATING STIMULATING QUICK-WRITE PROMPTS WITHIN A SECONDARY SCIENCE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY IN LESOTHO

The use of intriguing open-ended quick-write prompts within the Basotho science classroom could potentially provide a way for secondary teachers in Lesotho to have a time-efficient alternative to stimulate student thinking and increase critical thinking or application of scientific principles. Writing can be used as a powerful means to improve the achievement of students across many subject areas, including the sciences (Moore, 1993; Rivard, 1994; Rillero, Zambo, Cleland, and Ryan, 1996; Greenstein, 2013). This study focuses on the use of a non-traditional nor extensively studied writing method that could potentially support learning in science. A quasi-experimental research design, with a control and experimental group, was applied. The study was conducted at two schools, with one experimental classroom in one school and a second control group classroom in the second school for a period of 4 weeks. 51 Form B (US Grade 9 equivalent) students participated as the experimental group and 43 Form B students as the control group. In an effort to assess learning achievement, a 1 hour (35 mark) pre-test evaluation was made by and given to students by Basotho teachers at the beginning of this study to have an idea of student’s previous knowledge. Topics covered were Static Electricity, Current Electricity, Electromagnetic Waves, and Chemistry of Water. After the experimental trial period, an almost completely identical post-test evaluation was given to students in the same fashion to observe and compare gains in achievement. Test data was analyzed using an inferential statistics procedure that compared means and gains in knowledge made by the experimental and control groups. Difference between the gains of mean pre-test and post-test scores were statistically significant within each group, but were not statistically significant when the control and experimental groups were compared. Therefore, there was no clear practical effect. Qualitative data from teachers’ journals and students’ written feedback provides insight on the assessments, incorporation of the teaching method, and the development of participating students. Both mid and post-study student feedback shows that students had an overall positive and beneficial experience participating in this activity. Assessments and teacher journals showed areas of strength and weaknesses in student learning and on differences in teaching styles. They also helped support some feedback claims made by students. Areas of further research and improvement of the incorporation of this teaching method in the Basotho secondary science classroom are explored.

Cognitive Competence and Life Course Change in Multi-Problem Adolescents

The dissertation reports on two studies. The purpose of Study I was to develop and evaluate a measure of cognitive competence (the Critical Problem Solving Skills Scale – Qualitative Extension) using Relational Data Analysis (RDA) with a multi-ethnic, adolescent sample. My study builds on previous work that has been conducted to provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the RDA framework in evaluating youth development programs (Kurtines et al., 2008). Inter-coder percent agreement among the TOC and TCC coders for each of the category levels was moderate to high, with a range of .76 to .94. The Fleiss’ kappa across all category levels was from substantial agreement to almost perfect agreement, with a range of .72 to .91. The correlation between the TOC and the TCC demonstrated medium to high correlation, with a range of r(40)=.68, p Study II reports an investigation of a positive youth development program using an Outcome Mediation Cascade (OMC) evaluation model, an integrated model for evaluating the empirical intersection between intervention and developmental processes. The Changing Lives Program (CLP) is a community supported positive youth development intervention implemented in a practice setting as a selective/indicated program for multi-ethnic, multi-problem at risk youth in urban alternative high schools in the Miami Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). The 259 participants for this study were drawn from the CLP’s archival data file. The study used a structural equation modeling approach to construct and evaluate the hypothesized model. Findings indicated that the hypothesized model fit the data (χ2 (7) = 5.651, p = .83; RMSEA = .00; CFI = 1.00; WRMR = .319). My study built on previous research using the OMC evaluation model (Eichas, 2010), and the findings are consistent with the hypothesis that in addition to having effects on targeted positive outcomes, PYD interventions are likely to have progressive cascading effects on untargeted problem outcomes that operate through effects on positive outcomes.

Representera och bli representerad : Elever med religiös positionering talar om skolans religionskunskapsundervisning

Hur kan lärare på bästa sätt möta elever med religiös positionering i religionskunskapsklassrummet?  Hur kan undervisningen utformas för att ge religiösa traditioner en framställning som elever med religiös positionering kan acceptera, relatera till och kanske också lära nytt av? Den här religionsdidaktiska studien handlar om hur elever som positionerar sig inom muslimsk, kristen, buddhistisk och judisk tradition talar om skolans religionskunskapsundervisning. Studien berör tre teman. För det första undersöks mötet mellan undervisningsinnehåll och elevernas erfarenheter av sin egen religiösa tradition och tro. För det andra riktas uppmärksamheten mot hur eleverna talar om sina erfarenheter av att vara eller att förväntas vara representant för sin egen tradition i undervisningen. Ett tredje tema handlar om hur eleverna beskriver ramar och förutsättningar för religionskunskapsundervisningen. Intervjumaterialet har analyserats med hjälp av kritisk diskursanalys. Resultaten visar bland annat att eleverna har svårt att känna igen och relatera till sin egen tradition i undervisningen. De befarar att undervisningen snarare förstärker än dekonstruerar stereotypa föreställningar om religion och religiöst liv. 

Élaboration de stratégies pour l’enseignement de la pensée critique dans les cours de philosophie au collégial

Les enseignantes et les enseignants du collégial accordent beaucoup de valeur au développement intellectuel de leurs élèves. La pensée critique représente l'idéal d'une pensée accomplie et son développement est un des buts de la formation générale au cégepl. Les professeurs de philosophie savent d'expérience que leur discipline se déploie souvent selon un mode conceptuel abstrait, étrange pour plusieurs élèves, novices dans la vie intellectuelle. En philosophie, la pensée critique est reconnue pour sa capacité à développer une réflexion rationnelle en profondeur et à structurer les concepts nécessaires à l'élaboration d'une pensée autonome. Les enseignantes et les enseignants de philosophie du collégial savent bien que les élèves qui pratiquent ou qui développent la pensée critique peuvent acquérir une formation philosophique de base, intéressante et pertinente. Mais, qu'arrive-t-il à ceux et celles qui ne la possèdent pas ? Notre position est qu'avec une perspective pédagogique, l'ensemble des élèves peut parvenir à développer des habiletés de pensée critique qui leur permettent d'accéder à une réflexion de haut niveau. Afin de poser le problème de recherche, nous avons débuté par l'examen de plusieurs difficultés liées à l'enseignement de la pensée critique. Ce qui frappe d'abord, c'est l'ampleur d'un problème conceptuel; la pensée critique est un terme générique attrayant, mais inconsistant et qui se révèle ambigu à l'usage. Ensuite, il faut reconnaître la présence d'un problème pédagogique : pour enseigner la pensée critique, les professeurs de philosophie ont besoin de ressources et d'une pratique pédagogique propre à la discipline. Après l'examen de quelques manuels utilisés dans les cours de philosophie au collégial, nous avons noté que leur orientation n'est pas dirigée vers le développement de la pensée critique. On peut alors se demander ce que peuvent faire les professeurs pour développer la pensée critique des élèves lorsque celle-ci s'avère insuffisante. Un relevé sommaire de la documentation nous a permis de découvrir que l'enseignement de la pensée critique pouvait être fondé sur plusieurs modèles théoriques. Nous en avons examiné quatre qui vont soutenir le choix du cadre de référence de notre recherche : 1) une sensibilité à la métacognition, 2) un enseignement par infusion, 3) une enculturation à la pensée critique, et 4) une épistémologie développementale. Nous mentionnons ensuite les problèmes concernant l'évaluation de la pensée critique : pour certains auteurs, les instruments d'évaluation ne sont pas assez sensibles pour rendre compte de changements graduels et subtils à l'intérieur d'une session. Malgré cette difficulté, on trouve tout de même dans les écrits plusieurs stratégies d'enseignement qui pourraient avoir des effets sur le développement de la pensée critique des élèves. Un bref inventaire de ces stratégies nous conduit à choisir l'approche de Bean (2001) comme cadre de référence et comme modèle pour l'enseignement de la pensée critique. Dans son ouvrage, Engaging ideas: The professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom, Bean (2001) intègre l'enseignement de la pensée critique à l'appropriation d'un contenu disciplinaire. L'auteur distingue quatre phases de développement de la pensée critique, inspirées de Kolb : l'expérience concrète, l'observation réflexive, l'abstraction conceptuelle et l'expérimentation active. Il présente pour chacune des phases des activités d'écriture qui pourraient être transférables ou applicables au niveau collégial. Ce choix nous amène à formuler notre objectif de recherche : produire un répertoire de stratégies pédagogiques pour l'enseignement de la pensée critique dans les cours de philosophie au collégial sur le modèle proposé par Bean (2001). Ainsi, l'approche de la recherche développement nous sert bien à atteindre cet objectif. Selon cette approche, nous avons conçu un répertoire de stratégies pédagogiques à l'intention des professeurs de philosophie, en nous inspirant des activités d'écriture proposées par Bean (2001). Ce répertoire a ensuite été soumis à quatre professeurs de philosophie pour validation. Ces experts avaient la tâche d'évaluer le matériel pédagogique et de soumettre des avis pour l'améliorer. La version validée du répertoire constitue le document que nous soumettons pour supporter les professeurs qui ont à coeur de développer la pensée critique dans les cours de philosophie au collégial. Cette recherche devrait contribuer à mieux comprendre la problématique du développement de la pensée critique, à envisager des perspectives pour l'enseigner et à saisir les enjeux pour son enseignement dans les cours de philosophie. Ces avenues devraient intéresser particulièrement la communauté collégiale.

Une comparaison des journaux non structurés et des journaux structurés rédigés par les étudiants en hygiène dentaire

The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) has indicated that there is a need for research in education in the field of dental hygiene. It seems that when compared to the nursing profession, the profession of dental hygiene is only in the earliest stages of investigating ways of teaching critical thinking. The faculty of the dental hygiene program at John Abbott College has always valued the skill of self-assessment in the students, yet there are few specific learning activities provided whereby the students can learn how to perfect and work on this invaluable skill of self-reflection in order to better self-assess. Although self-assessment is required of the students upon the completion of each clinical experience in Clinic 1, 2 and 3, a modest amount of clinical time is allotted to reflect upon this most important skill. It appears that more could be done to prepare our students to assess their learning and clinical practice. Self-reflection as an essential element of practice has a valid place in professional education. The purpose of conducting this study was to find out whether unstructured or structured self-reflective journal writing is a sound pedagogical technique to encourage dental hygiene students’ self-assessment through self-reflection. The research design for the project was a single case study. The paradigm for the study was chosen with a purposeful selection of participants, involving twenty-seven, third-year dental hygiene students at John Abbott College. The students were arbitrarily enrolled in two sections, which for the purpose of this study were referred to as Group A and Group B. Three duplicated coded anonymous journal entries from each student were collected over a ten-week period during the Fall 2009 semester. To examine the students’ level of self-reflection, two methods were used. First a content analysis of reflective journals was used to ascertain the level and substance of the reflections from their clinical experiences with the intent of looking more specifically at the students’ self-assessment. The journal entries were coded and analyzed after the grades were submitted at the end of the school term. This was followed by the distribution of an anonymous questionnaire to the students in both sections. The responses of the questionnaire were tabulated and analyzed. An analysis was done on the data collected in order to determine whether age, education and or mother tongue of the students in both Groups A and B had an influence on their perceptions of journal writing, as well as the student’s opinions about the value of journal writing. This questionnaire included two open-ended questions to assist in gathering additional data on the student’s thoughts on writing journals. A content analysis of the qualitative data collected from the open-ended questions in the questionnaire was also analyzed. Results indicated there were very few differences in the level of self-reflection leading to self-assessment. However, students in Group B who were assigned structured journals showed more evidence of deeper learning. Taken as a whole, the journal entries clearly showed the students were involved in ‘reflection-on-action’ of their clinical experiences (Schon 1987, as cited in Asadoorian & Batty, 2005). The quality of the responses for the most part indicated the students took the time and effort to record their perceptions of their clinical experiences. It is important to note that the results do indicate that students did show a need to self-reflect and assess. The students did in fact validate the importance of reflection through journal writing, even though they did not particularly like it as an added assignment. The journals were found to be very helpful to the research in getting to know what the issues were that held the students’ attention. They explained how and to what extent the students developed relationships with their clients. It was obvious that clinicians have an impact and influence on student learning. The students value the help, role modeling, patience, encouraging words and or gestures, positive reinforcement, and understanding provided by their clinicians. This research provides some evidence that students do believe that self-reflection through structured journal writing helped them better prepare for future clinical sessions with their clients. Our goal as educators should be to encourage dental hygiene students to self-assess through written self-reflection as an established practice for deeper learning.