1016-010 Iowa Great Lakes Watershed Final Report

Part of a phased approach, an intensive information and education program, construction of erosion control practices, and sediment control on construction sites is proposed. These proposed practices will manage sediment runoff and nutrient runoff on agricultural and urban areas. Sediment control “structures” such as waterways, wetlands, modified terraces, grade stabilization structures, sediment basins, and rain gardens is proposed and will be combined with nutrient and pesticide management and reduced tillage to reduce non-point source pollution. A reduction of 15% of the sediment and phosphorus delivered to a water body from priority areas will be looked at as a success in this short-term project focused primarily at education within the project area which is also, for the most part, the top 25% sediment load producing sub-watersheds. In addition, four urban areas have been identified as part of this project as needing immediate assistance. A combination of urban and agricultural conservation practices, shoreline revegetation, and education of landowners will be used to achieve these results on both the urban and the agricultural arena.

Formación para la ciudadanía y educación superior

La universidad es el lugar en el que se aprende el conjunto de saberes que permitirán al futuro titulado ejercer una profesión o dedicarse al ámbito de la investigación. Sin embargo, no resulta tan obvio que la universidad sea un lugar en el que se aprenda un conjunto de saberes éticos y ciudadanos. En este artículo se sostiene que una de las funciones de la formación universitaria es de carácter ético y que no puede entenderse una formación universitaria de calidad que no incorpore de forma sistemática y rigurosa situaciones de aprendizaje ético y de formación ciudadana. Se identifican tres dimensiones formativas en la función ética de la universidad en la sociedad actual: la formación deontológica relativa al ejercicio de las diferentes profesiones; la formación ciudadana y cívica de sus estudiantes; y, finalmente, la formación humana, personal y social, que contribuya a la optimización ética y moral de las futuras y futuros titulados en tanto que personas. Se argumenta que una formación universitaria de calidad no puede separar la formación profesional de la formación ciudadana y se ofrecen tres razones: la primera relacionada con el concepto actual de formación universitaria; la segunda con el objetivo de cohesión social y no sólo de competitividad que debería tener como misión la universidad hoy; y la tercera derivada de las investigaciones sobre desarrollo moral y aprendizaje ético. Se presentan cinco ámbitos de la formación universitaria en los que es posible integrar acciones y establecer pautas u orientaciones que favorezcan la formación en valores y el aprendizaje ético de los futuros graduados y graduadas: el de los contenidos curriculares, el de la relación entre estudiantes y profesores, el de las formas de organización social de las tareas de aprendizaje, el de la cultura participativa e institucional y el de la implicación comunitaria del aprendizaje académico.

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).

La educación en valores democráticos en los manuales de la asignatura Educación para la Ciudadanía

Este artículo aporta los resultados de un estudio sobre legislación educativa y manuales de Educación para la Ciudadanía con el objeto de visibilizar la presencia de la educación en valores democráticos y su evolución en el contexto de los cambios sociales y políticos recientes. En la primera parte, nos adentramos en la reflexión sobre la moral y la vivencia de los valores en nuestras realidades, con el objeto de analizar la dimensión ética de la sociedad. Abordamos el debate de la crisis de valores y se realizan propuestas sobre la dimensión teleológica y axiológica de la educación en y para la democracia. En la segunda parte, se aporta la síntesis del estudio de la presencia de la educación en valores en algunas leyes educativas aprobadas a partir de la Constitución Española de 1978. Se describe cómo se ha incorporado la educación en valores a la normativa y qué formas ha ido adoptando. Se dedica especial atención al área de Educación para la Ciudadanía propuesta en la loe como espacio de formación ética y política. En el último apartado sobre educación en valores y manuales de ciudadanía se presentan, en primer lugar, diferentes significados y principios de ciudadanía para enmarcar teóricamente la investigación. A continuación, se visualizan los resultados del análisis de contenido de los valores presentes en una muestra de manuales de Educación para la Ciudadanía editados en el marco de desarrollo de la loe. Nuestro interés ha sido mostrar cómo los libros de texto traducen la legislación, qué valores de la democracia priorizan y cómo los conceptualizan. Se finaliza el artículo con las conclusiones que recogen un conjunto de apuntes en los que se considera la crisis como posibilidad y se propone seguir avanzando en proyectos de democracia, ciudadanía y educación en valores innovadores.

Percepciones del profesorado ante la incorporación de las competencias genéricas en la formación universitaria

What are the mindsets of teachers regarding the incorporation of generic competencies into university education within the framework of the European space for higher education? After clarifying the concept of competency and generic competencies, we selected a reference set of ten generic competencies and delimited the possible ways or strategies of intervention.A sample of 277 teachers in the University of Girona completed a questionnaire in which they evaluated the importance of each one of the competencies selected for the education profile and the preferred courses of action. There was a general acceptance on the part of the teaching staff of the need for the development of generic competencies. However, it is obvious they were reticent to incorporate them into the academic curriculum, which can be attributed to gaps in their teacher training. In order to make progress on this interesting aspect of higher education, a number of possible steps are put forward

Estudi introductori sobre l’educació per a la ciutadania a primària

Aquest treball pretén aproximar-se a la controvèrsia a través d’alguns dels qüestionaments que es plantegen; hi ha alguna relació entre l’educació i el concepte de ciutadania? És possible ensenyar ciutadania o valors cívics sense adoctrinar en pro d’una ideologia determinada? En tant que és una matèria que toca directament a l’àrea de filosofia, hi ha alguns autors que hagin tractat aquesta temàtica? Però també s’han generat preguntes més contextuals com: Què diu la legislació espanyola sobre l’Educació Ciutadana? Quin posicionament pren Europa sobre aquest tipus d’educació?

Análisis de una propuesta de trabajo desde la perspectiva del modelo de convergencia europea

The work presented here describes a part of the experience carried out during the last two academic years in a course called New Technologies Applied to Education within the Teacher Training Studies of the Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology of the University of Girona. It is a project that involves students working on a proposal closely related to their future professional lives. In it they simulate their intervention in a school staff meeting at which the introduction of ICT into the curriculum is being discussed. This proposal is presented in a WebQuest format. Various individual and group tasks allow the students to acquire knowledge about educational programmes and resources available on the web and to discuss their possible teaching applications in the context of a specific school situation, leading to an analysis of the curricular implications associated with the educational use of the ICT from the teacher’s perspective. During the last two academic years assessments by both the students and the teaching staff have been gathered in order to redesign the proposal and calculate the time necessary for the development of each task following the ECTS system. This proposal, although formulated within the context of current degree programmes, implies a way of working guided by the plans of European convergence (ECTS). In the future it is hoped to establish an interdisciplinary proposal focusing on various subjects of the degree leading to the development of some of the capabilities established in our university’s degree courses in Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Training following the plans of European convergence (ECTS)

Extremfall, stjärnelever och verktygsskramlare : en diskursanalytisk studie av lärares tal om studerande som behöver särskilt stöd

The groups within Finnish vocational upper secondary education and training (VET) are often heterogeneous with respect to the student's need for support in their studies. According to the national core curricula, Special Education Needs (SEN) students should in the first place, get their education in the same group as everyone else. This dissertation aims to clarify and create an understanding about how the ideals and intention of equality in education is constructed in communication among teachers in VET in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland. Through this understanding it should be possible to highlight a potential which could ultimately contribute to a positive development of a more inclusive education within VET. The epistemological platform of the study is to be found within the post structuralist philosophy of language that is considered as subsumed in a social constructionist thinking. The data has been collected through focus group discussions in groups of 3–6 participants (teachers) in seven schools in Finnish-Swedish VET. The analyses are based on a discursive psychological analysis combined with an analysis based on Michel Foucault's concepts with an emphasis on the subject, government and power. Four discourser where identified in the analysis of teachers' constructions of the educational assignment in relation to SEN students. The most dominant was discussing the educational assignment as a pragmatic project i.e. as a matter of transmission of knowledge. The discourse included both interpretative repertoires where the heterogeneous group was constructed as self-evident and possible to manage as well as a constructed as an impossible project. The educational assignment was also constructed as a holistic project, as part of a democratic project, and as a labor market project. Each discourse contains both including as well as excluding features in relation to SEN students. The development of an inclusive practice can and should therefore include elements from all of them. Three discourses were identified in the analysis concerning teachers' versions of SEN students: students with difficulties and problems; students who do not use or do not have ability and students who are irresponsible and lack the will to study. Within the various discourses and interpretative repertoires were both constructs when teachers described a concern and kindness in relation to the individual SEN student and constructions where teachers mainly expressed fears that other students in the group would be negatively affected by students in need of special support. Results from the third research question conclude the results from the two others, the analysis is done out of a government perspective. In the material use of different government techniques are identified: disciplinary power through direct reprimands; pastoral power by a desire of insight in order to promote the opportunities for consultation and the use of bio-power that primarily focuses on what is best for the population and whose tool racism results in a legitimation of the exclusion of SEN students. The conclusion is that teachers in VET need to pay attention to inclusive and exclusive elements identified in various discourses.

Man måste tänka själv : klasslärares uppfattningar av undervisning i de naturvetenskapliga läroämnena

A teacher´s perception of a school subject affects a teacher´s teaching and by extension pupils´ learning. The main purpose of this thesis is to describe the variation in the ways class-teachers perceive teaching within science subjects and to illustrate how these teachers choose to work and why they choose as they do. This purpose is operationalized into three central research questions concerning a teacher´s perception of teaching, teachers´ experiences of working methods in the subject and different aspects that are consciously present when the teacher makes his or her choice of working methods. These aspects are viewed from two different perspectives: a subject educational perspective and a teacher perspective. The theoretical background of the study is interdisciplinary. The thesis is a qualitative study where the research approach is phenomenographic. The empirical investigation was made as two separate studies: a semistructured interview study (N = 15) followed by a stimulated recall study (N = 3), a combined interview and video-observation. Results from the empirical investigation indicate that regarding aims for science education teachers wish to awaken or maintain the pupils´ interest in nature and science and that the pupils within the science subjects shall build a base for fundamental general knowledge. As motives for teaching the science subjects teachers view the subjects as a foundation for everyday life, planning and democracy but also for pupils´ further studies and a possible career in the field. The interdisciplinary key competences and the care for the pupils´ well being are aspects that are consciously present when teachers make their choice of working methods. A great variation can be found in the teachers´ perceptions of the science subjects as subjects and of the working methods within these subjects. Teachers describe lack of time on their own part as well as for the pupil´s learning. Results from the empirical investigation also indicate that teachers modestly focus on aims for the teaching and communication regarding these aims. There seems to be an existing need for increased and qualitatively improved inservice education within these subjects.

Changements et évolution des universités conventionnelles sous l’influence des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC): le cas du contexte universitaire nord-américain

Cette recherche part du constat de l’utilisation des nouvelles technologies qui se généralise dans l’enseignement universitaire (tant sur campus qu’en enseignement à distance), et traite cette question sous trois aspects institutionnel, pédagogique et technologique. La recherche a été menée à travers quinze universités canadiennes où nous avons interrogé vingt-quatre universitaires, nommément des responsables de centres de pédagogie universitaire et des experts sur la question de l’intégration des technologies à l’enseignement universitaire. Pour le volet institutionnel, nous avons eu recours à un cadre théorique qui met en relief le changement de structure et de fonctionnement des universités à l’ère d’Internet, suivant le modèle théorique de l’Open System Communications Net de Kershaw et Safford (1998, 2001). Les résultats, à l’aune de ce modèle, confirment que les universités conventionnelles sont dans une phase de transformation due à l’utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC). De plus, les cours hybrides, la bimodalité, des universités entièrement à distance visant une clientèle estudiantine au-delà des frontières régionales et nationales, des universités associant plusieurs modèles, des universités fonctionnant à base d’intelligence artificielle, sont les modèles principaux qui ont la forte possibilité de s’imposer dans le paysage universitaire nord-américain au cours des prochaines décennies. Enfin, à la lumière du modèle théorique, nous avons exploré le rôle de l’université, ainsi en transformation, au sein de la société tout comme les rapports éventuels entre les institutions universitaires. S’agissant de l’aspect pédagogique, nous avons utilisé une perspective théorique fondée sur le modèle du Community of Inquiry (CoI) de Garrison, Anderson et Archer (2000), revu par Vaughan et Garrison (2005) et Garrison et Arbaugh (2007) qui prône notamment une nouvelle culture de travail à l’université fondée sur trois niveaux de présence. Les résultats indiquent l’importance d’éléments relatifs à la présence d’enseignement, à la présence cognitive et à la présence sociale, comme le suggère le modèle. Cependant, la récurrence -dans les trois niveaux de présence- de certains indicateurs, suggérés par les répondants, tels que l’échange d’information, la discussion et la collaboration, nous ont amenés à conclure à la non-étanchéité du modèle du CoI. De plus, certaines catégories, de par leur fréquence d’apparition dans les propos des interviewés, mériteraient d’avoir une considération plus grande dans les exigences pédagogiques que requiert le nouveau contexte prévalant dans les universités conventionnelles. C’est le cas par exemple de la catégorie « cohésion de groupe ». Enfin, dans le troisième volet de la recherche relatif à la dimension technologique, nous nous sommes inspirés du modèle théorique d’Olapiriyakul et Scher (2006) qui postule que l’infrastructure dans l’enseignement doit être à la fois une technologie pédagogique et une technologie d’apprentissage pour les étudiants (instructional technology and student learning technology). Partant de cette approche, le volet technologique de notre recherche a consisté à identifier les fonctionnalités exigées de la technologie pour induire une évolution institutionnelle et pédagogique. Les résultats à cet égard ont indiqué que les raisons pour lesquelles les universités choisissent d’intégrer les TIC à l’enseignement ne sont pas toujours d’ordre pédagogique, ce qui explique que la technologie elle-même ne revête pas forcément les qualités a priori requises pour une évolution pédagogique et institutionnelle. De ce constat, les technologies appropriées pour une réelle évolution pédagogique et institutionnelle des universités ont été identifiées.

Análisis de las Estrategias de Educación para la Ciudadanía. Bogotá 1995-2011

El interés de este estudio de caso es analizar la contribución de la Política Pública de Educación para la Ciudadanía (PPEC) en Bogotá, desde 1995 al 2011. En primer lugar, se estudiará la forma en la que el Estado colombiano entiende la formación del ciudadano y lo que se espera de éste para la construcción de la sociedad. Luego, se identificará la participación y la coordinación de las entidades públicas del orden Distrital con los actores privados, durante el desarrollo de esta PPEC. Finalmente, se caracterizará la implementación de la Política Pública en la construcción de la formación del ciudadano ideado desde el Gobierno Nacional. Esta investigación se desarrolló a partir del primer gobierno del ex alcalde Antanas Mockus, puesto que gracias a él se comenzó a hablar y tomar acciones con respecto a esta PPEC.

Pedagogia da terra e cultura de sustentabilidade

O presente artigo pretende ser um desafio à reflexão sobre os grandes problemas que se colocam aos seres humanos nas sociedades actuais. As reflexões que se fazem têm, sobretudo, um carácter antropológico e ético. Antropológico, porque se trata de promover uma nova concepção de homem que, inserido no Cosmos, se questione sobre o sentido da vida, que, por sua vez, não está separado do sentido do Planeta; ético, porque os novos princípios reguladores da actividade humana terão de se basear num novo paradigma que tenha a Terra como fundamento e centro. A mudança de paradigma terá, por certo, implicações na Educação. A Pedagogia da Terra, ou Ecopedagogia, entendida como movimento pedagógico, como abordagem curricular e como movimento social e político, representa um projecto alternativo global que tem por finalidades, por um lado, promover a aprendizagem do sentido das coisas a partir da vida quotidiana e, por outro, a promoção de um novo modelo de civilização sustentável do ponto de vista ecológico.

Construir uma argamassa contra-hegemónica

Pretendemos, com este artigo, reflectir sobre educação e desenvolvimento. Para tal, é nossa intenção rever diversos conceitos, dando especial relevo à interculturalidade. Terminaremos com uma referência aos trabalhos de Freire e Gramsci.

Olhando a escola: concepções sobre a educação escolar da comunidade indígena kayapó

A presente pesquisa refere-se a um estudo de caso na Aldeia Môxkàrkô, localizada no município de São Félix do Xingu-PA e tem por objetivo compreender a concepção do povo indígena Kayapó sobre a educação escolar implantada na comunidade. Utilizou-se a abordagem qualitativa de natureza etnográfica apoiando-se em procedimentos metodológicos como a observação participante, entrevista semi-estruturada, depoimentos e conversas informais com pessoas da comunidade kayapó. Os dados foram tratados a partir da análise e interpretação simples. Na concepção da comunidade Kayapó a escola tem grande importância social, pois promove o conhecimento e a integração com a sociedade hegemônica, apesar de passar por diversos problemas de ordem administrativa e pedagógica. Acredita que o acesso à escola pública e de qualidade é um direito de todo cidadão, bem como é obrigação do Estado oferecê-la de forma a atender as peculiaridades de cada etnia. Considera correta a influência que as lideranças indígenas exercem sobre a escola e entende que a mesma pouco interfere no processo de aculturação e desculturação da comunidade. Tem grandes expectativas em relação ao futuro educacional e profissional, principalmente dos jovens, e defende que com as inovações que podem ser inseridas na escola será possível prepará-los dentro da própria aldeia.

A eficácia do Treino em Circuito na melhoria da Força em Educação Física : estudo em alunos de ambos os sexos do 7º e 8º anos de escolaridade, na Escola Secundária Braamcamp Freire

Apesar dos evidentes progressos nesta área, a força tem sido uma das capacidades motoras mais controversas e questionadas, no que diz respeito ao seu desenvolvimento em contexto escolar. O objectivo principal deste estudo consistiu em verificar as probabilidades de aumentar o rendimento na força em crianças e jovens, com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 14 anos, através da aplicação de um programa de treino específico de força nas condições particulares da aula de Educação Física. Para atingir este objectivo foi analisada uma amostra populacional de 181 alunos da Escola Secundária Braamcamp Freire, em Lisboa, sendo dividida em 2 grupos de trabalho: um grupo foi submetido ao programa específico de força, enquanto o outro realizou, em simultâneo, uma tarefa de corrida contínua à volta do espaço de aula. O protocolo dos programas específicos de treino teve a duração de 26 semanas, com uma unidade semanal de treino, utilizando apenas meios existentes na escola. A recolha dos dados foi realizada em 3 momentos de avaliação e todos os alunos foram sujeitos aos mesmos testes („Extensão de Braços‟, „Abdominais‟, „Extensão do Tronco‟, „Impulsão Horizontal‟ e „Vaivém‟). Os dados foram tratados utilizando a ferramenta estatísitca Software SPSS. A análise estatística demonstrou pelo estudo da percentagem de evolução e pelo teste t de Student que o programa específico de força aplicado permitiu uma maior evolução no desenvolvimento das diferentes expressões de força, comparativamente com os alunos que não foram submetidos a este programa. No que diz respeito à evolução da força em função do género, através da análise comparada das médias de testes, verificou-se que o sexo masculino apresentou melhores resultados. Desta forma, podemos concluir que o programa específico de força foi eficaz, na medida em que os alunos de ambos os sexos pertencentes a este grupo de trabalho apresentaram ganhos significativos em todos os testes.