Características de liderança na definição do perfil do coordenador de departamento : um caso em estudo

No percurso para o crescente aumento da autonomia da Escola e da consequente evolução organizacional, preconizados pelos mais recentes normativos, a temática da liderança reveste-se de uma importância acrescida, nomeadamente no que diz respeito aos cargos de gestão intermédia, pois coloca os actores destes cargos numa posição privilegiada para agirem como líderes facilitadores da mudança. Este trabalho de investigação pretende saber qual é a importância atribuída pelos docentes às diversas funções que o coordenador de um departamento curricular, um gestor intermédio, é hoje chamado a assumir no âmbito da organização escolar, e conhecer as características de liderança mais valorizadas pelos docentes na definição do seu perfil. Ancoramos a dissertação numa fundamentação teórica organizada em torno de três grandes dimensões - a organização escolar, a liderança e a supervisão. Nesta investigação seguimos um paradigma predominantemente quantitativo, usando como instrumento o inquérito por questionário de administração directa. A população alvo é constituída pelos professores de um agrupamento de escolas do concelho de Matosinhos. Os resultados do estudo indicam que, na opinião dos docentes, o coordenador de departamento curricular deverá ser capaz de gerir conflitos, promover um trabalho colaborativo e liderar num ambiente democrático. Para os docentes, os principais obstáculos que se colocam ao desempenho do cargo de coordenador de departamento prendem-se com as numerosas funções atribuídas e com a falta de tempo para as executar com eficácia.

Museum Studies Borderlands: negotiating curriculum and competencies

Given ICTOP‘s work on revising the curriculum guide using the competencies approach (2000-2008), the author asks whether it is possible to reflect some of the issues and conceptual underpinnings that are at play in the discourse of museology/museum studies as a field of study and pedagogy when designing curriculum when taking the competencies approach. Until we address this question, ICTOP‘s work will have little relevance for the design of syllabi/curriculum by post-secondary institutions. This presentation lays out some of the professional issues underlying and the role for critical reflexive professionalism which can bridge theory and practice, competencies and epistemological knowledge and s how a way forward. Then it moves to address some of the territories where critical discussion is at work that would extend the curriculum discussions of ICTOP, while pointing to some developments that offer a museology of possibilities.

Development of curriculum in noise awareness

This paper presents a curriculum in noise awareness developed for use in the second and fourth grades, to teach children about the harmful effects of elevated noise levels.

Facilitating educational integration of the hearing-impaired child: a proposed integration program for Central Institute for the Deaf

This paper discusses mainstreaming for the hearing impaired.

Twelve sequence stories for use as part of reading curriculum for deaf children

This paper discusses the use of sight vocabulary drills, experience and sequence stories, pre-primers, basal readers and text books as part of a reading curriculum for hearing-impaired children.

Recommendations for a mathematical curriculum to be used in conjunction with an oral deaf education program

Students who are deaf or hard of hearing have typically had difficulty in mathematics; however, this problem often is overlooked because of difficulties in language and reading abilities. This study aims to identify the most appropriate mathematics curriculum for deaf or hard of hearing students in an oral deaf education program.

A proposed plan for using Dr. Marie Carbo's tape-recorded books to improve word recognition skills in children with cochlear implants

This paper studies the effectiveness of the recorded books and teaching method developed by Dr. Marie Carbo in the aural habilitation of pre-lingual deaf children with cochlear implants.

More appropriate: additional stories for students who are hearing impaired using the "Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence" (S.P.I.R.E.) curriculum

S.P.I.R.E., at use at Central Institute for the Deaf, is a comprehensive, multi-sensory systematic reading and language program that targets at risk and struggling students. The purpose of this project was to write additional stories and sentences for students who are hearing impaired through reader 2 that may be used in conjunction with the exiting stories and supplements.

Evaluation of the SPICE auditory training curriculum

This study evaluates the progress of children with cochlear implants on the Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and Evaluation (SPICE) auditory training protocol.

Curriculum guide for teaching sex education to 11 to 12 year old hearing impaired adolescents

This paper reviews a curriculum for sex education that is geared towards hearing impaired adolescents.

An educational curriculum outline for teaching sound and hearing in elementary schools

This paper provides curriculum on noise, ears, hearing and deafness for elementary school children.