Relatório de Estágio

A construção da identidade profissional é um processo de aprendizagem constante que se encontra intimamente relacionado com o gosto, a vontade de crescer e evoluir continuamente, tanto a nível profissional, como pessoal. De facto, ser professor com sentido é um enorme desafio que ganha significado em contexto educativo. Nesse momento, torna-se possível refletir sobre as diversas dimensões implicadas no perfil de um (bom) professor. É neste quadro que a elaboração do presente relatório de estágio é extremamente significativa, na medida em que se desenvolve progressivamente, ao longo de um ano bastante exigente, embora riquíssimo em experiências e partilhas de ideias. A sua realização surge no âmbito da unidade curricular Integração Curricular: Prática Educativa e Relatório de Estágio, inserida no segundo ano do mestrado em Ensino do 1.º e 2.º Ciclos do Ensino Básico. É de salientar o papel preponderante dos professores orientadores cooperantes, dos supervisores institucionais e do par pedagógico, ao longo desta jornada. O espírito de cooperação vivido durante este processo evolutivo permitiu que a professora estagiária apurasse o seu caráter reflexivo e colaborativo. O estado de comprometimento assumido com o contexto educativo transformou-se numa experiência verdadeiramente inesquecível para a formanda. Repare-se que o presente trabalho apresenta um cariz investigativo no âmbito da exploração de um projeto onde a Transdisciplinaridade é abordada como um fator relevante para a formação de seres críticos, ativos e reflexivos. Com a Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada e o pleno envolvimento com o agrupamento de escolas X, foi possível traçar um mapa para a descoberta de um tesouro, isto é, para a construção de um perfil de docente que assegurará – assim se espera - uma viagem profunda, profícua e enriquecedora.

Relatório de Estágio

O presente relatório de estágio insere-se na etapa final da Unidade Curricular de Integração Curricular: Prática Educativa e Relatório de Estágio, requisito para a conclusão do mestrado profissionalizante em Ensino do 1.º e 2.º Ciclos do Ensino Básico. Assim, o objetivo último deste documento prende-se com uma reflexão fundamentada de toda a prática educativa desenvolvida em dois ciclos distintos. Uma vez que este momento de intervenção educativa decorreu numa fase final da formação da mestranda, permite relacionar toda a prática com a teoria até então estudada. Desta forma, torna-se importante construir um enquadramento académico e profissional para que os princípios generalistas de ação de um docente sejam seguidos, assim como a revisão de pressupostos teóricos generalistas, transversais e específicos às diferentes áreas do saber. Concomitantemente com a revisão referida, são descritas algumas das experiências educativas vivenciadas nos contextos em questão, valorizando os momentos elencados no ciclo do professor reflexivo e em princípios defendidos pelo professor investigador, em que se acrescenta ainda a importância do trabalho colaborativo. Em suma, toda a prática educativa foi baseada em pressupostos teóricos, no contexto educativo e no próprio perfil docente, com o objetivo maior de criar aprendizagens significativas, tanto para os estudantes como para a professora estagiária

The interaction factor as a challenge for foreign language learning in the technology based education: a pedagogical reflection

The author carries out a pedagogical reflection on how the technology driven distance learning repeatedly neglects the scientific achievements of Second Language Acquisition and Language Pedagogy. Seeing communicative competence as a major goal of a language classroom, she presents the main challenges that the communicative approach poses to distance learning. To this end, a general distance learning theory by Moore is adapted to the needs of language education, through a distinction between three aspects of learner interaction – with the teacher, with other learners and with content. In this three-dimensional paradigm the learner is seen as the main actor of the process, the teacher as a facilitator, the text as a main source of communicative data and the learner autonomy as the fundament of the process.

Stratégies pédagogiques et leur effet sur la motivation et l’engagement des étudiants en sciences au collégial

Résumé : Cette recherche descriptive a pour origine une question de praticienne-chercheure : Quels sont les stratégies et les actes pédagogiques à privilégier par un enseignant en sciences au collégial, afin de stimuler la motivation des étudiants à s’engager dans leurs activités d’apprentissage? Les enjeux pédagogiques au niveau collégial sont d’importance. Les études scientifiques sont caractérisées par un grand nombre d’abandons, un faible niveau de motivation et d’engagement des étudiants dans leurs études et un taux de réussite sous les seuils visés. L’enseignant peut jouer un rôle-clef pour stimuler l’engagement des étudiants, tant par ses stratégies pédagogiques ou ses choix d’activité d’apprentissage que par le support qu’il peut apporter à l’apprenant. La particularité du milieu collégial, où se côtoient formation pré-universitaire et formation technique, n’a pas encore été étudiée, dans une perspective comparative sur la dynamique motivationnelle, en lien avec l’engagement dans une formation scientifique. L’objectif général de cette recherche est de décrire les perceptions des étudiants quant à leur motivation, selon différents actes et stratégies pédagogiques mis en place par les enseignants de deux programmes scientifiques au niveau collégial, soit le programme pré-universitaire Sciences de la nature et pour le programme Techniques de laboratoire, profil Biotechnologies. Chacun des 16 enseignants participants de biologie ou de physique des deux programmes ont été observés durant une ou deux séances de cours totalisant 58 heures d’enseignement, pour 29 groupes d’étudiants, de façon à identifier la stratégie pédagogique générale de la séance et les actes pédagogiques qui ont été concrétisés en classe. Les étudiants ont ensuite complété un questionnaire en ligne sur leurs perceptions en lien avec la motivation concernant ces stratégies et actes pédagogiques. Les questionnaires de 272 répondants ont été traité, analysés et interprétés, de façon à dresser un portrait de la dynamique motivationnelle par groupes de comparaison, par analyses statistiques et analyse qualitative des commentaires spontanés des répondants. Les étudiantes et étudiants de Biotechnologies ont des perceptions plus favorables à la motivation en accordant plus de valeur aux activités d’apprentissage que les répondants de Sciences de la nature. Ils ont également un désir d’engagement plus élevé. Les hommes de Biotechnologies se sentent significativement plus compétents que les femmes du même programme et les répondants des deux genres en Sciences de la nature, ils ont une plus grande facilité à participer aux activités d’apprentissage en classe et ne mentionnent que très peu d’émotions négatives en lien avec les activités de leurs séances de cours. Les étudiantes et étudiants des deux programmes ont des perceptions très diversifiées sur les activités d’apprentissage et stratégies pédagogiques; elles sont même opposées entre certains étudiants pour une même séance de cours, ce qui indique que d’offrir une bonne variété d’actes pédagogiques à chaque séance de cours est à privilégier pour stimuler la motivation du plus grand nombre.

Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs by Students and Graduates

The purpose of this research was to do a repeated cross-sectional research on class teachers who study in the 4th year and also graduated at the Faculty of Education, University of Turku between the years of 2000 through 2004. Specifically, seven research questions were addressed to target the main purpose of the study: How do class teacher education masters’ degree senior students and graduates rate “importance; effectiveness; and quality” of training they have received at the Faculty of Education? Are there significant differences between overall ratings of importance; effectiveness and quality of training by year of graduation, sex, and age (for graduates) and sex and age (for senior students)? Is there significant relationship between respondents’ overall ratings of importance; effectiveness and their overall ratings of the quality of training and preparation they have received? Are there significant differences between graduates and senior students about importance, effectiveness, and quality of teacher education programs? And what do teachers’ [Graduates] believe about how increasing work experience has changed their opinions of their preservice training? Moreover the following concepts related to the instructional activities were studied: critical thinking skills, communication skills, attention to ethics, curriculum and instruction (planning), role of teacher and teaching knowledge, assessment skills, attention to continuous professional development, subject matters knowledge, knowledge of learning environment, and using educational technology. Researcher also tried to find influence of some moderator variables e.g. year of graduation, sex, and age on the dependent and independent variables. This study consisted of two questionnaires (a structured likert-scale and an open ended questionnaire). The population in study 1 was all senior students and 2000-2004 class teacher education masters’ degree from the departments of Teacher Education Faculty of Education at University of Turku. Of the 1020 students and graduates the researcher was able to find current addresses of 675 of the subjects and of the 675 graduates contacted, 439 or 66.2 percent responded to the survey. The population in study 2 was all class teachers who graduated from Turku University and now work in the few basic schools (59 Schools) in South- West Finland. 257 teachers answered to the open ended web-based questions. SPSS was used to produce standard deviations; Analysis of Variance; Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r); T-test; ANOVA, Bonferroni post-hoc test; and Polynomial Contrast tests meant to analyze linear trend. An alpha level of .05 was used to determine statistical significance. The results of the study showed that: A majority of the respondents (graduates and students) rated the overall importance, effectiveness and quality of the teacher education programs as important, effective and good. Generally speaking there were only a few significant differences between the cohorts and groups related to the background variables (gender, age). The different cohorts were rating the quality of the programs very similarly but some differences between the cohorts were found in the importance and effectiveness ratings. Graduates of 2001 and 2002 rated the importance of the program significantly higher than 2000 graduates. The effectiveness of the programs was rated significantly higher by 2001 and 2003 graduates than other groups. In spite of these individual differences between cohorts there were no linear trends among the year cohorts in any measure. In respondents’ ratings of the effectiveness of teacher education programs there was significant difference between males and females; females rated it higher than males. There were no significant differences between males’ and females’ ratings of the importance and quality of programs. In the ratings there was only one difference between age groups. Older graduates (35 years or older) rated the importance of the teacher training significantly higher that 25-35 years old graduates. In graduates’ ratings there were positive but relatively low correlations between all variables related to importance, effectiveness and quality of Teacher Education Programs. Generally speaking students’ ratings about importance, effectiveness and quality of teacher education program were very positive. There was only one significant difference related to the background variables. Females rated higher the effectiveness of the program. The comparison of students’ and graduates’ perception about importance, effectiveness, and quality of teacher education programs showed that there were no significant differences between graduates and students in the overall ratings. However there were differences in some individual variables. Students rated higher in importance of “Continuous Professional Development”, effectiveness of “Critical Thinking Skills” and “Using Educational Technology” and quality of “Advice received from the advisor”. Graduates rated higher in importance of “Knowledge of Learning Environment” and effectiveness of “Continuous Professional Development”. According to the qualitative data of study 2 some graduates expressed that their perceptions have not changed about the importance, effectiveness, and quality of training that they received during their study time. They pointed out that teacher education programs have provided them the basic theoretical/formal knowledge and some training of practical routines. However, a majority of the teachers seems to have somewhat critical opinions about the teacher education. These teachers were not satisfied with teacher education programs because they argued that the programs failed to meet their practical demands in different everyday situations of the classroom e.g. in coping with students’ learning difficulties, multiprofessional communication with parents and other professional groups (psychologists and social workers), and classroom management problems. Participants also emphasized more practice oriented knowledge of subject matter, evaluation methods and teachers’ rights and responsibilities. Therefore, they (54.1% of participants) suggested that teacher education departments should provide more practice-based courses and programs as well as closer collaboration between regular schools and teacher education departments in order to fill gap between theory and practice.

Assessment done write : using collaboration to reculture teacher learning

This study examined the impact that collaborative learning had on the assessment and evaluation of writing practices of a group of teachers as they engaged in a community of learners. The study explored the development of teacher knowledge and perceptions as well as the implementation of effective assessment strategies in writing for students in grades 4 to 8 that could be achieved through collaboration. Teachers' perceptions of the value of collaboration were also embedded within the study. Multiple methods of data collection were used to gather rich and descriptive data. Those methods included interviews, observation, and documentation of meetings and of participants' perceptions of their assessment and evaluation practices. Five preexisting themes describing desired outcomes of change were used to analyze the data. These themes included: knowledge, attitude, skill, aspiration, and behaviour. While it was difficult to identify definitively the degree oflearning achieved by the participants, conclusions can be drawn that the participants experienced learning and some change in the areas of knowledge and skill, attitude, aspiration, and behaviour. What was notable was the continued belief on the part of the participants of the value of collaboration as a means of learning.

Investigating the Relationships Between Teacher Identity Norms and Collaboration

The purpose of this study was to investigate how teacher identity norms relate to teacher collaboration among the practices of elementary teachers in Ontario. Using quantitative research methods, the data indicated two clusters of teacher identity norms. The norm cluster of innovation, interdependence, and cooperation showed positive correlations with collaboration and the norm cluster of conservatism, individualism, and competition showed negative correlations with collaboration. The two clusters of norms also correlated with each other. The data showed that teachers highly valued collaboration as part of their teaching practice but did not always experience it in their school setting. The analysis suggested that if schools reinforce norms of innovation, interdependence, and cooperation, collaboration will be nurtured. Further, the data showed that if norms of conservatism, individualism, and competition are continued in school cultures, then collaboration will not be sustained. As a broad educational reform agenda, teacher collaboration is used (a) to support school cultures, (b) to change teaching practices, and (c) to implement policy-based initiatives. This research is expected to benefit teachers in its capacity to inform policy makers concerning the highly complex nature of teacher collaboration and some of the factors that impact it. With an understanding of the relationships between teacher identity norms and collaboration, it may be possible for policy makers to provide appropriate support structures that reinforce collaboration in teachers' practices as well as predict potential levels of collaboration within school cultures.

Cultivating Collaborative Relationships: A Case Study of Teacher Collaboration and Professional Development

Students often receive instruction from specialists, professionals other than their general educators, such as special educators, reading specialists, and ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine how general educators and specialists develop collaborative relationships over time within the context of receiving professional development. While collaboration is considered essential to increasing student achievement, improving teachers’ practice, and creating comprehensive school reform, collaborative partnerships take time to develop and require multiple sources of support. Additionally, both practitioners and researchers often conflate collaboration with structural reforms such as co-teaching. This study used a retrospective single case study with a grounded theory approach to analysis. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with thirteen teachers and an administrator after three workshops were conducted throughout the school year. The theory, Cultivating Interprofessional Collaboration, describes how interprofessional relationships grow as teachers engage in a cycle of learning, constructing partnership, and reflecting. As relationships deepen some partners experience a seamless dimension to their work. A variety of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and external factors work in concert to promote this growth, which is strengthened through professional development. In this theory, professional development provides a common ground for strengthening relationships, knowledge about the collaborative process, and a reflective space to create new collaborative practices. Effective collaborative practice can lead to aligned instruction and teachers’ own professional growth. This study has implications for school interventions, professional development, and future research on collaboration in schools.

REDUCING TEACHER ATTRITION: THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUILDING PRINCIPALS IN A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT TO SUPPORT TEACHER RETENTION

The high rate of teacher attrition in urban schools is well documented. While this does not seem like a problem in Carter County, this equates to hundreds of teachers that need to be replaced annually. Since school year (SY) 2007-08, Carter County has lost over 7,100 teachers, approximately half of (50.1%) of whom resigned, often going to neighboring, higher-paying jurisdictions as suggested by exit survey data (SY2016-2020 Strategic Plan). Included in this study is a range of practices principals use to retain teachers. While the role of the principal is recognized as a critical element in teacher retention, few studies explore the specific practices principals implement to retain teachers and how they use their time to accomplish this task. Through interviews, observations, document analysis and reflective notes, the study identifies the practices four elementary school principals of high and relatively low attrition schools use to support teacher retention. In doing so, the study uses a qualitative cross-case analysis approach. The researcher examined the following leadership practices of the principal and their impact on teacher retention: (a) providing leadership, (b) supporting new teachers, (c) training and mentoring teaching staff, (d) creating opportunities for collaboration, (d) creating a positive school climate, and (e) promoting teacher autonomy. The following research questions served as a foundational guide for the development and implementation of this study: 1. How do principals prioritize addressing teacher attrition or retention relative to all of their other responsibilities? How do they allocate their time to this challenge? 2. What do principals in schools with low attrition rates do to promote retention that principals in high attrition schools do not? What specific practices or interventions are principals in these two types of schools utilizing to retain teachers? Is there evidence to support their use of the practices? The findings that emerge from the data revealed the various practices principals use to influence and support teachers do not differ between the four schools.

The International LAM Registry: A Component of an Innovative Web-Based Clinician, Researcher, and Patient-Driven Rare Disease Research Platform

Background: A relative friability to capture a sufficiently large patient population in any one geographic location has traditionally limited research into rare diseases. Methods and Results: Clinicians interested in the rare disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) have worked with the LAM Treatment Alliance, the MIT Media Lab, and Clozure Associates to cooperate in the design of a state-of-the-art data coordination platform that can be used for clinical trials and other research focused on the global LAM patient population. This platform is a component of a set of web-based resources, including a patient self-report data portal, aimed at accelerating research in rare diseases in a rigorous fashion. Conclusions: Collaboration between clinicians, researchers, advocacy groups, and patients can create essential community resource infrastructure to accelerate rare disease research. The International LAM Registry is an example of such an effort.

Relatório de estágio em Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Relatório EPE - Relatório de estágio em Educação Pré-Escolar: O presente relatório de estágio foi realizado no âmbito da Unidade Curricular (UC) de Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada na Educação Pré-Escolar, inserida no Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. Sendo que este perspetiva o percurso de formação da mestranda, importa conceptualizar os referenciais teóricos e legais que sustentaram a sua ação e a metodologia utlizada durante todo o processo – investigação-ação – que inclui os seguintes processos educativos: a observação, a planificação, a ação, a avaliação e a reflexão. A Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada realizou-se na valência de creche, no Colégio Novo da Maia e teve como principais objetivos o desenvolvimento das competências profissionais e disposições subjacentes ao Perfil Geral e Específico de Desempenho do Educador de Infância. Apoiando a sua prática através da observação, recolha de dados, análise constante da ação e reflexão crítica permanente, a formanda, regulou-se pela metodologia de investigação-ação enquanto “processo em que os participantes analisam as suas próprias práticas educativas de uma forma sistemática e aprofundada” (Coutinho et al, 2009, p.360), com vista ao desenvolvimento de competências relativas a um educador enquanto investigador da própria ação. Importa acrescentar que o período de estágio foi de 210 horas e decorreu em díade de formação. A colaboração entre todos os atores intervenientes no contexto da prática pedagógica supervisionada “visa a construção de um perfil profissional que promova o desenvolvimento das competências socioprofissionais e pessoais, de forma fundamentada, reflexiva, integrada e autonomizante, à luz do princípio da aprendizagem ao longo da vida” (Ribeiro, 2013, p.2).

The International LAM Registry: a component of an innovative web-based clinician, researcher, and patient-driven rare disease research platform.

BACKGROUND: A relative inability to capture a sufficiently large patient population in any one geographic location has traditionally limited research into rare diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: Clinicians interested in the rare disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) have worked with the LAM Treatment Alliance, the MIT Media Lab, and Clozure Associates to cooperate in the design of a state-of-the-art data coordination platform that can be used for clinical trials and other research focused on the global LAM patient population. This platform is a component of a set of web-based resources, including a patient self-report data portal, aimed at accelerating research in rare diseases in a rigorous fashion. CONCLUSIONS: Collaboration between clinicians, researchers, advocacy groups, and patients can create essential community resource infrastructure to accelerate rare disease research. The International LAM Registry is an example of such an effort. 82.