Formação continuada de professores de matemática para o uso da informática na escola: tensões entre proposta e implementação

Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE

Tecnologia assistiva no processo de inclusão da pessoa com deficiência na rede pública de ensino

Pós-graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem - FC

As questões das geografias do ensino superior e do ensino fundamental a partir da formação continuada do professor e das categorias lugar, paisagem, território e região: um estudo da Diretoria Regional de Ensino de Marília

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A Vivência da experiência da mudança da prática de ensino de matemática

Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE

A natureza da aprendizagem matemática em um ambiente online de formação continuada de professores

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Sobre a formação do professor de música: o tempo fugidio entre a aurora, o crepúsculo e o silêncio

Pós-graduação em Música - IA

Formação continuada de professores na educação inclusiva: a motivação em questão

Since 1990, in Brazil, the paradigm of inclusive education has influenced public policies and educational systems. Continuing education courses for teachers are spreading with the intention of preparing them to face the challenge of working with students with disabilities. But what factor has motivated teachers to participate in these courses? This study sought to answer this question by identifying and mapping the aspects that led to 105 regular education teachers from municipal schools in São Paulo to participate during the year 2010/2011, the third edition of the specialization course called "Teacher Education in Special Education." Data was collected through a questionnaire applied to teachers who attend the course. The results revealed that motivation is intrinsically related to the characteristics of the teachers’ age and where they stand in the cycle of teaching career, as well as aspects related to professional activities. Moreover, from this research were pointed reflections on the importance of training teachers for the improvement of the educational system in order to effectively meet the principles of inclusive education, as suggested by the legislation in our country.

Elementos sociais para a compreensão do prestígio científico e de seus riscos

Natural sciences have an enormous status in public opinion. Their achievements, which become known mostly by means of technology, give to them social credibility, unconditional support and positive social expectances. Further, their social images, generated by the success of their products, tend to lead people to develop only favorable ideas about scientists and about how science works, which are even more reinforced in the schools. By another side, the history of science has been allowed us to comprehend the internal and external social relations concerning to science, showing it as a field of disputes, interests and contradictions as many other fields which comprise human relations. Therefore, the objective of this text is to present social elements of the construction and impacts of natural science, aiming at putting in evidence the importance of the social studies of the scientific world for the courses of education of science teachers.

O papel da formação continuada de física na relação de professores com as atividades experimentais

Esta pesquisa investiga dois professores de Física do ensino médio com grande experiência em sala de aula e frequentadores dos cursos de formação continuada da USP ministrado pelo Instituto de Física no período das férias. Estes professores participam ativamente das atividades mensais propostas pelo grupo de trabalho desses cursos e são profissionais de certo modo implicados com seu processo de aprendizagem e formação. Eles foram acompanhados em um curso ministrado durante o período de férias e em reuniões mensais no Instituto de Física da USP de São Paulo. Utilizamos a metodologia da pesquisa qualitativa, coletando os dados a partir de observações destes professores em diversos contextos e de entrevistas semiestruturadas baseadas em suas histórias de vida. Um dos objetivos da pesquisa foi, à luz da psicanálise, utilizando o autor Wilfred Ruprecht Bion como referencial teórico, compreender as relações que os professores estabelecem com as atividades experimentais e como lidam com as frustrações que estas atividades evocam. Compreendendo esta relação, investigamos qual seria o papel da formação continuada nesta relação dos professores com as atividades experimentais. Propusemos uma organização em categorias para descrever as trajetórias destes dois professores, mostrando de um modo geral como eles lidam com as frustrações, ora enfrentando-as, ora fugindo delas. A partir da observação e entrevistas em ambiente de formação continuada, nosso segundo objetivo foi fazer uma reflexão de como os cursos de formação continuada estão atuando para dar suporte ao professor que busca os cursos e que na maioria das vezes está em um estado de dependência ao invés de ter a autonomia pressuposta pelos formadores. Percebemos que os formadores de uma maneira geral não estão servindo de continentes para as frustrações e angústias provenientes das experiências emocionais dos professores que surgem do contato com as atividades experimentais. Desta forma concluímos que devemos repensar os cursos de formação continuada para que possam contemplar as subjetividades do professor.

Pedagogical practices carried out during an in-service teachers education project: approaching history and philosophy of science to physics teaching

We report here part of a research project developed by the Science Education Research Group, titled: "Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices and formative processes in Science and Mathematics Education" which main goal is the development of coordinated research that can generate a set of subsidies for a reflection on the processes of teacher training in Sciences and Mathematics Education. One of the objectives was to develop continuing education activities with Physics teachers, using the History and Philosophy of Science as conductors of the discussions and focus of teaching experiences carried out by them in the classroom. From data collected through a survey among local Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics teachers in Bauru, a São Paulo State city, we developed a continuing education proposal titled “The History and Philosophy of Science in the Physics teachers’ pedagogical practice”, lasting 40 hours of lessons. We followed the performance of five teachers who participated in activities during the 2008 first semester and were teaching Physics at High School level. They designed proposals for short courses, taking into consideration aspects of History and Philosophy of Science and students’ alternative conceptions. Short courses were applied in real classrooms situations and accompanied by reflection meetings. This is a qualitative research, and treatment of data collected was based on content analysis, according to Bardin [1].

Preservice teachers’ memories of their secondary science education experiences

Understanding preservice teachers’ memories of their education may aid towards articulating high-impact teaching practices. This study describes 246 preservice teachers’ perceptions of their secondary science education experiences through a questionnaire and 28-item survey. ANOVA was statistically significant about participants’ memories of science with 15 of the 28 survey items. Descriptive statistics through SPSS further showed that a teacher’s enthusiastic nature (87%) and positive attitude towards science (87%) were regarded as highly memorable. In addition, explaining abstract concepts well (79%), and guiding the students’ conceptual development with practical science activities (73%) may be considered as memorable secondary science teaching strategies. Implementing science lessons with one or more of these memorable science teaching practices may “make a difference” towards influencing high school students’ positive long-term memories about science and their science education. Further research in other key learning areas may provide a clearer picture of high-impact teaching and a way to enhance pedagogical practices.

A study of the emotional climate of a science education class for pre-service teachers in Bhutan

This thesis studied the emotional climate (EC) of a pre-service science teachers' class in Bhutan. It examined the types of activities students engaged in and the relationship between the tutor and students whose interactions produced both positive and negative EC in the class. The major finding was that the activities involving students' presentations using video clips and models, group activity, and coteaching valenced the class EC positively. Negative EC was identified when the tutor ignored students' responses, during formal lectures, and when the tutor was uncertain of the subject knowledge. The replication of activities that produce positive EC by other Bhutanese tutors may improve the standard of science education in the country.

Changes in teachers’ behaviour in secondary science education : implementing a standards-referenced national curriculum

There is substantial attention worldwide to the quality of secondary school teaching in STEM in Education. This paper reports on the use of Outcome Mapping (OM) as an approach to guide and monitor change in teacher practice and a visual tool, shaped as a Star, to benchmark and monitor this behaviour. OM and the visual tool were employed to guide and document three secondary teachers’ behaviour as they planned, implemented and assessed a science unit in the new Australian standards-referenced curriculum. Five key outcome markers in the teachers’ behaviour were identified together with progress markers — cumulative qualitative indicators — leading to these outcomes. The use of a Star to benchmark and track teachers’ behaviours was particularly useful because it showed teacher behaviour on multiple dimensions simultaneously at various points in time. It also highlighted priorities in need of further attention and provided a pathway to achievement. Hence, OM and the Star representation provide both theoretical and pragmatic approaches to enhancing quality in STEM teaching.

Climate change, sustainability and science education

The world and its peoples are facing multiple, complex challenges and we cannot continue as we are (Moss, 2010). Earth‘s “natural capital” - nature‘s ability to provide essential ecosystem services to stabilize world climate systems, maintain water quality, support secure food production, supply energy needs, moderate environmental impacts, and ensure social harmony and equity – is seriously compromised (Gough, 2005; Hawkins, Lovins & Lovins, 1999). To further summarize, current rates of resource consumption by the global human population are unsustainable (Kitzes, Peller, Goldfinger & Wackernagel, 2007) for human and non-human species, and for future generations. Further, continuing growth in world population and global political commitment to growth economics compounds these demands. Despite growing recognition of the serious consequences for people and planet, little consideration is given, within most nations, to the social and environmental issues that economic growth brings. For example, Australia is recognised as one of the developed countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Yet, to date, responses (such as carbon pricing) have been small-scale, fragmented, and their worth disputed, even ridiculed. This is at a time referred to as ‘the critical decade’ (Hughes & McMichael, 2011) when the world’s peoples must make strong choices if we are to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

Establishing common elements among some science education references as a resource to design a Didactics of Physics program for teachers initial education

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)