Investigación en Didáctica de las Matemáticas en el bachillerato y primeros cursos de la universidad

En este trabajo presentamos una revisión de las investigaciones que se han venido realizando en los últimos 20 años, tanto a nivel internacional como en nuestro país, en el campo de la Didáctica de la Matemática en la enseñanza post-obligatoria. En primer lugar, analizamos los estudios internacionales realizados en el seno del International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) y especialmente en el National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), al objeto de mostrar un panorama general de la investigación en este ámbito. Posteriormente abordaremos los trabajos presentados en los Simposios de la Sociedad Española de Investigación en Educación Matemática (SEIM) y, en particular los del Grupo de Investigación Didáctica del Análisis Matemático, tomando como elemento organizador el contenido matemático. Finalmente estableceremos algunas conclusiones generales del estudio elaborado.

Characterizing mentors’ performance in mathematics teacher education

This study describes the performance of the mentors in a blended graduate-level training program of teachers in the field of secondary school mathematics. We codified and analyzed the mentors’ comments on the projects presented by the groups of in-service teachers for whom they (the mentors) were responsible. To do this, we developed a structure of categories and codes based on a combination of a literature review, a model of teacher learning, and a cyclical review of the data. We performed two types of analysis: frequency and cluster. The first analysis permitted us to characterize the common actions shared by most of the mentors. From the second, we established three profiles of the mentors’ actions.

Teacher attitudes and best practices with ICT faculty Adult Continuing Education in Andalusia

The present paper reports the results of a study aiming to describe the attitudes of teachers in adult continuous education in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain) towards the use and integration of information and communication technologies (ITC) in the educational centres they work in, while identifying those factors that favour the development of good practice. It is a mixed methods descriptive research, and information collection techniques include a questionnaire and in-depth interviews. A total number of 172 teachers were surveyed, as well as 18 head teachers and coordinators, in adult education. For questionnaire validation the expert judgment technique was used, as they were selected by the «expert competence coefficient» or «K coefficient» procedure. To improve its psychometric properties, construct validity was determined by means of Varimax factor analysis and maximum likelihood extraction (two factors were extracted). Confidence was set by Cronbach's alpha (0.88). The interview guide was also validated by this group of experts. Results point out, on one hand, that teachers hold positive attitudes towards ICT regarding both ICT's role in professional development and their ease of use and access. On the other hand, among the most important factors for ICT-supported good educational practices lies in ICT's capacity to favour personalized work.

El análisis de libros de texto: una estrategia metodológica en la formación de los profesionales de la educación

A pesar de la progresiva introducción de nuevos recursos en las aulas fruto del desarrollo de las TICs, el libro de texto sigue siendo uno de los materiales más utilizado y cuyo protagonismo en la configuración de la práctica escolar ha sido decisivo, por lo que debe ocupar nuestra atención en la formación inicial de los profesionales de la educación. Durante los cursos académicos 2012-13 y 13-14, hemos realizado en el marco de la asignatura de Análisis y diseño de materiales para la educación y la formación del tercer curso del grado de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Oviedo una práctica formativa de análisis de libros de texto escolares que nos ha permitido analizar contextualizadamente y desde una perspectiva teórico-práctica, cuestiones tales como: papel del profesorado en el desarrollo e innovación del currículum, papel de las editoriales en la interpretación del currículum oficial, análisis de tareas y mensajes en los manuales escolares, criterios para juzgar la calidad didáctica de los materiales, etc. El análisis cualitativo de treinta informes desarrollados por 120 estudiantes sobre diferentes libros de texto nos ha permitido identificar sus principales fortalezas y debilidades en varias dimensiones (aspectos formales, metodología, mensajes, implicaciones para la profesionalidad docente) y nos permite concluir que se trata de una experiencia formativa relevante en la formación inicial de cualquier profesional de la educación.

Instrumentos de evaluación utilizados en la formación inicial del profesorado y su coherencia para el desarrollo de competencias profesionales en los estudiantes: visión del alumnado, egresados y profesorado

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la frecuencia con que se utilizan diferentes instrumentos y procedimientos de evaluación desde el punto de vista del profesorado, del alumnado y de los egresados en la formación inicial de maestros y profesores especialistas en Educación Física, así como el grado de coherencia –relación- percibido por cada uno de esos grupos implicados entre dichos instrumentos y procedimientos de evaluación y el desarrollo de las competencias profesionales que se pretende adquieran los estudiantes. La muestra objeto de estudio está compuesta por 199 alumnos, 67 egresados y 53 profesores de las titulaciones de Magisterio (especialidad de Educación Física) y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de las universidades de Valladolid, Salamanca y León. Los resultados muestran una clara discrepancia entre los distintos grupos analizados, tanto en lo referido al tipo de instrumentos de evaluación utilizados, como en la valoración del grado de coherencia entre estos y el desarrollo de las competencias profesionales de los futuros maestros.

Maestros, museos y artes visuales. Construyendo un imaginario educativo

In this article we think about the need to generate spaces of meeting between museum educators and teachers. We analyze the results of different works elaborated by the research group Art and Education, basically in the report of the project maestrosymuseos.com. Red Iberoamericana de educación en museos (AECID A/8780/07), as well as the offers that we have developed. We appear how we see the teachers in his visits, and how they would like to be seen when they submerge in the territory of the museum. We introduce the supposition that the majority of teachers turn into invisible figures on having come to the museum. The methodology is based on the case studies, affecting in the observation, the interviews, and very special in the specific attention towards the protagonists: the teachers. The work introduces photos that they try to investigate in the same aspects that the article text treats, but enriching it with images that can be read in his format and with particular intentions.

Action research and reflective practice: towards a holistic view

Two concepts that have captured the imagination of the educational community in the last 60 years have been those of ‘reflective practice’ and ‘action research’. Both, in their various forms, are considered to be critical dimensions of the professional development of teachers. However, whilst both were receiving academic attention during the 1930s and 1940s (Lewin, 1934, cited in Adelman, 1993; Lewin, 1946; Dewey, 1933), it was not until Stenhouse’s (1975) notion of the teacher-as-researcher that the two came most compellingly into relationship and educational action research as a process, which held at its centre different kinds of reflection, began to be reformulated in Britain (Carr, 1993). This article considers the important part played in teachers’ development by different kinds of action research. Its central thesis is that, although action research has a critical role to play not least as a means of building the capacity of teachers as researchers of their own practice, there has been insufficient attention given to both the nature of reflection in the action research process, and its relationship to the purposes, processes and outcomes. The article challenges the rational, cognitive models of reflection that are implicit in much of the action research literature. It suggests that more attention needs to be given to the importance of the role of emotion in understanding and developing the capacities for reflection which facilitates personal, professional and ultimately system change.

Implementing a play-based and developmentally appropriate curriculum in NI primary schools:what lessons have we learned?

In the United Kingdom tensions have existed for many years between the pedagogical traditions of pre-school, which tend to adopt developmentally oriented practices, and the more formal or subject-oriented curriculum framework of primary school. These tensions have been particularly acute in the context of Northern Ireland, which has the earliest school starting age throughout Europe. In response to international research evidence and practice, a play-based and developmentally appropriate curriculum, known as the Enriched Curriculum (EC), was introduced as a pilot in Year 1 and 2 classes in over 100 primary schools in Northern Ireland between 2000 and 2002 and continued until the Foundation Stage became statutory for all primary schools in 2007. This paper outlines four key lessons that have been learned from the first four years of the evaluation of this experience. These include the value and the meaning of a play-based curriculum; the importance of teachers’ confidence and knowledge; teaching reading in a play-based curriculum; and easing transitions in a play-based curriculum.

Unexpected allies: advancing literacy in a ‘Science-English’ cross-curricular context

Critical reading of science-based media reports is an authentic context in which to explore the mutual interests of teachers of science and English, who want to use science in the media to promote their subject discipline while encouraging cross-curricular learning. This empirical study focused on 90 teachers of science and English to explore their aptitude and capability for critical reading of science-based news reports. The influences of specialist subject culture and the extent of classroom experience contributed to the distinctive nature of the responses. The study revealed features in critical reading that were characteristic of the subject background of the participants. It suggested approaches to initial teacher education and ongoing professional development that would be mutually beneficial to teachers from different disciplines in promoting among pupils a critical approach to science-related news media.

Estilos de liderança em contexto de sala de aula:implicações na supervisão e orientação pedagógica

Dissertação apresentada para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências da Educação/Supervisão e Orientação Pedagógica. Orientador: Professor Doutor António Mesquita Guimarães

A transição entre a educação de infância e o 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Relatório de estágio, apresentado para a obtenção do grau de Mestre na área de educação de infância e ensino do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

A (in)disciplina nas primeiras idades : significado e implicações nas práticas educativas

Relatório de estágio para a obtenção de grau de Mestre na área de educação pré-escolar do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

A organização pedagógica das universidades sénior do distrito de Évora

O objetivo principal deste estudo consiste em “Conhecer e caracterizar os modelos pedagógicos do ensino não formal e informal nas Universidades Sénior do distrito de Évora”. Para concretizar este objetivo, foram selecionadas três Universidades Sénior do distrito de Évora: Universidade Sénior de Évora, Universidade Sénior de Reguengos de Monsaraz e a Universidade Popular Túlio Espanca-Pólo de Viana do Alentejo, para conhecer a respetiva oferta formativa e caracterizar o padrão curricular da cada instituição. Por último, pretendeu-se caraterizar o público-alvo e destinatários desta Oferta. Este ensino não formal é desenvolvido por professores que dedicam o tempo a elaborar projetos e atividades nestas Universidades Sénior, contribuindo assim para a aprendizagem nas diversas áreas, como as artes e humanidades. A organização pedagógica destas instituições apresenta inúmeras diferenças na estrutura interna e existe uma discrepância considerável, no número professores e alunos que frequentam estas US. A forma como as US estão integradas na comunidade, os projetos e atividades que desenvolvem, são de certa forma o modelo da sua evolução e o progresso; ### ABSTRACT: THE PEDAGOGICAL ORGANIZATION OF SENIOR UNIVERSITIES IN ÉVORA'S DISTRICT The main purpose of this study will be to “Know and describe the pedagogical models of formal and non-formal education in Senior Universities from Évora’s district”. To fulfill this purpose we selected three Senior Universities of the district, such as Senior University of Évora, Senior University of Reguengos de Monsaraz and the Popular Tulio Espanca University - Campus of Viana do Alentejo. In this way it will be possible to know each educational offer and to describe the curricular pattern of each institution. It will also allow us to describe the target public of the Senior Universities in Évora’s district . This non-formal education is developed by teachers who dedicate their time to developing projects in these Senior Universities, making a contribution to learning several areas, such as arts and social sciences. The pedagogical organization of these institutions shows us that there are several differences between them and that there is a considerable discrepancy in the number of teachers and students that come to such institutions. The way in which they are integrated in the community, their projects and activities, are, in a way, the model of their evolution and progresso.

Histórias de vida e formação de professores/as: diálogos entre Brasil e Portugal

A presente tese problematiza a formação de professores/as, buscando sentidos de uma racionalidade instituinte que incorpore a vida dos sujeitos, em toda sua complexidade existencial, como componente fundamental do processo formativo. Num contexto de investigação-formação, tomamos as biografias educativas de seis professoras do Primeiro Ciclo do Ensino Básico, em Portugal, e seis dos primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental, no Brasil como uma alternativa teórico-metodológica na tematização da vida como espaço/tempo de formação. No desenvolvimento, encontramos vestígios de que o processo formador se torna inteligível numa perspectiva que entretece os diferentes episódios em tessitura, onde as intrigas são articuladas na experiência narrativa. Reafirmamos, também, o sentido da docência como "lugar de memória", a contribuição do registro da história de vida, transformando biografia em herança e a perspectiva dialógica da aprendizagem que se dá quando nos confrontamos com o outro de quem, dialecticamente, nos ligamos e nos distanciamos, mediados por desejos e desafios. ### Abstract - The present thesis discusses the formation of teachers, looking for senses of a founding rationality that incorporates the life of individuals in all its existential complexity as a fundamental component in the formation process. In an investigation-formation context, we took the educational biographies of six teachers from Portuguese Elementary Schools, and six teachers from Brazilian Elementary Schools, as a theoretical-methodological alternative on the theme of life as space/time of formation. In the development, we find indications that the formation process becomes comprehensible under a perspective that interlaces different episodes, where the intrigues are articulated in the experience narrative. We also reassert the teaching sense as being "the memory place", the registry contribution of life history, converting biography into legacy, and the learning dialogical perspective that happens when we confront ourselves with the other, from whom, dialectically speaking, we are close to and far-off, mediated by longings and challenges.