Prática de ensino supervisionada em Educação Pré-escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

O presente relatório foi realizado no âmbito da Unidade Curricular de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada (PES), integrada no curso de Mestrado em Educação Pré-escolar (EPE) e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (1.º CEB) e desenvolvida em contexto de Educação Pré-escolar, numa Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social, com crianças de 3 anos de idade e em contexto do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, numa escola da rede pública com um grupo/turma de crianças de 5 e 6 anos de idade. A prática foi desenvolvida nos dois contextos, e os dados foram retirados no decorrer das intervenções realizadas através da observação direta e participante, sendo que para a recolha de dados recorremos a notas de campo, registos fotográficos e de áudio e, ainda, às produções das crianças, com a intencionalidade de nos servirem como documentos de análise. Ao longo do processo fomos também realizando registos numa grelha de observação, adaptada de Viana e Ribeiro (2014), para podermos compreender a evolução das crianças no desenvolvimento das suas competências (meta)linguísticas. Partimos da questão-problema: Que estratégias de aprendizagem se podem desenvolver em contexto de Educação Pré-escolar e de 1.º Ciclo Ensino Básico, no sentido de desenvolver competências (meta)linguísticas? Considerando esta interrogação estabelecemos como objetivo: (i) Promover o desenvolvimento linguístico e metalinguístico das crianças num contexto geral de comunicação (oralidade, escrita e leitura). O estudo ajusta-se a uma abordagem qualitativa. Para que fosse possível recolhermos a informação para a presente investigação foi necessário selecionarmos um conjunto de técnicas e de instrumentos de recolha de dados. Durante as atividades que desenvolvemos proporcionamos um ambiente positivo, facilitador da exploração de situações diversificadas de escrita e leitura e propiciamos, também, oportunidades para que cada criança fosse ouvida, respeitada e integrada. Em termos de resultados pensamos poder concluir que nos dois contextos atendemos aos interesses e motivações das crianças, de modo a promover estratégias de aprendizagens de forma a desenvolver competências (meta)linguísticas, como se comprova pela análise dos dados obtidos através das grelhas de observação, bem como nas experiências de ensino e aprendizagem que integramos neste documento e que também dão conta do processo vivenciado ao longo da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada.

Programming: Reading, writing and reversing

In this paper, we look at the concept of reversibility, that is, negating opposites, counterbalances, and actions that can be reversed. Piaget identified reversibility as an indicator of the ability to reason at a concrete operational level. We investigate to what degree novice programmers manifest the ability to work with this concept of reversibility by providing them with a small piece of code and then asking them to write code that undoes the effect of that code. On testing entire cohorts of students in their first year of learning to program, we found an overwhelming majority of them could not cope with such a concept. We then conducted think aloud studies of novices where we observed them working on this task and analyzed their contrasting abilities to deal with it. The results of this study demonstrate the need for better understanding our students' reasoning abilities, and a teaching model aimed at that level of reality.

Visual perceptual skills, reading ability and the young deaf child

This paper is a review of a study investigating the relationship between visual perceptual skills and reading abilities of young deaf children.

Reading, writing, and other communication aids for visually and physically handicapped persons.

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Syllabus for reading, writing, and criticism B : syllabus for the second year of a three-year course given in the first, second, and third years of the four-year curriculum in the College The University of Chicago. /

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Oralidade, leitura e escrita numa criança com défice cognitivo

RESUMO: Este projecto de intervenção, fundamentado na investigação/acção, teve como objectivo melhorar a oralidade, leitura e escrita funcionais numa aluna com Défice cognitivo moderado e, consequentemente, promover a sua inclusão em contexto escolar, bem como desenvolver nos restantes colegas atitudes de entreajuda, respeito e cooperação. Decorreu de Fevereiro de 2009 até Junho do mesmo ano. “B” é o nome fictício da aluna em estudo que, aquando a nossa intervenção, frequentava o 3º ano do 1º ciclo numa escola pública. A escolha da questão de partida prendeu-se com a emergência de dar resposta à necessidade que os pais, professores e a criança em questão tinham para que esta desenvolvesse competências de leitura, expressão oral e escrita O enquadramento teórico teve como objectivo facilitar a compreensão da intervenção. Para recolher informações sobre a “B” e sobre os contextos em que a mesma estava inserida, utilizámos como suporte metodológico, a pesquisa documental, o teste sociométrico, as entrevistas semi-directivas à professora de turma e à professora de Educação Especial, a observação naturalista e questionários à mãe da aluna. Foi feito um trabalho conjunto com a professora do ensino regular, com a professora de educação especial e com os pais, no sentido de delinear as estratégias/actividades mais benéficas, de modo a dar resposta às competências a desenvolver com a aluna. No fim da nossa intervenção, em Junho de 2009, esta já sabia escrever o seu nome sem modelo, desenvolveu o vocabulário e melhorou a construção frásica oral. Ao seu ritmo, envolveu-se mais nas actividades da sala de aula. Na aquisição de conceitos e competências, estas tiveram de ser muito simples, reais e concretas para que fossem adquiridas e aplicadas. No entanto, ainda tinha dificuldade em concentrar a atenção sem ajuda. No que diz respeito ao desenvolvimento da linguagem, o discurso utilizado pela “B” melhorou significativamente, passando a construir frases simples com linguagem mais perceptiva, apesar de comunicar com frases curtas e com pouca expressividade. ABSTRACT: This intervention project, based on research / action, was aimed to improve speaking, reading and writing skills in a functional student with moderate cognitive deficit, promote her inclusion in the school context and develop mutual help, respect and cooperation in her classmates attitudes. It ran from February until June, 2009."B" is the fictional name of the student in this study that during our intervention, attended the 3rd year of Primary school in a public school. The choice of the starting point had to do with the urgency of answering the parents, teachers and the child needs in what concerns the development of the reading, writing and speaking skills. The theoretical framework was aimed to facilitate understanding of the intervention. To gather information about "B" and the contexts in which she was placed, it was used, as a methodological support, research documents, the sociometric test, the semi-directive interviews to the class teacher and the Special Education teacher, the naturalist observation and the questionnaires to the student’s mother. Team work was done with the class teacher, the Special Education teacher and the parents, to outline the strategies / activities most beneficial, in order to establish the skills to be developed with the student. At the end of our intervention in June 2009, she could already write her name without a model, had developed and improved vocabulary oral sentence construction. At her own pace, she became more involved in the classroom activities. Concepts and skills acquisition had to be very simple, real and concrete to be acquired and applied. However, she still had some difficulty in focusing attention without help. What concerns language development, “B” has improved significantly from the simple sentences in more perceptive language, although she still communicates with short sentences and with little expression.

Feeding students’ creativity with language arts: a project developed at ESEV (2013-15)

Children live at a time when the rapid turnover of information and the ongoing changes in the technological, social, cultural, political and economic spheres make it more difficult for teachers to prepare lessons that enhance students’ interest and motivation. There is so much to be learnt outside of the classroom’s four walls that traditional methods of teaching may not be the most effective way to teach today’s learners. When it comes to classes of Portuguese language, teachers are faced with the challenge of teaching culture, literature, grammar and skills such as reading, writing and speaking in a way that involves students as active participants, that is, in a way that engages while also instructing. It means that several strategies need to be adopted, from games to the use of new technologies or, among others, an interdisciplinary approach with maths, (social) sciences and arts, for instance. In an attempt to motivate gifted and talented children that were attending elementary school in a small town near Viseu, in Portugal, The School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu was asked to be part of a project in 2013, in a collaborative partnership that proved successful and that was re-enacted in 2015. It is in light of the above that, in this paper, we aim to: a) describe the support that the School of Education provided to these participants, children who were between six and fourteen, by presenting Portuguese language activities that intended to stimulate creative thinking and artistic production; and b) discuss the results of the project, by analysing the students’ productions across verbal and visual modes (ie. script writing and dubbing an excerpt of an animation film, interviews, news reports, drawings, the creation and recitation of poems…). Future activities are on the table, meaning that the School of Education’s commitment to feeding the students’ creativity has shown promising results. Creativity in Portuguese classes is not a guarantee of success but it certainly is food for thought.

Interactive storytelling to improve the listening skill of 8th grade at INAN High School

Este trabajo de investigación se trata de Cuentacuentos de respuesta física total y su influencia en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de Inglés como segunda lengua de los estudiantes del octavo grado de Educación General Básica del Colegio "INTEGRACIÓN ANDINA" en la ciudad de Cuenca en el Año Lectivo 2014 y 2015. Es necesario un nuevo sistema educativo para responder a las necesidades de la sociedad actual para permitir el desarrollo general de la educación, implementando un nuevo programa de enseñanza en el aprendizaje del Inglés a través de la narración. La búsqueda de una mejor manera de aprender y enseñar es responsabilidad ineludible de todos los maestros que deben enfrentar los desafíos con entusiasmo mientras se mira hacia innovaciones futuras permitiendo a los estudiantes mejorar sus habilidades de escucha y demás destrezas. Dado que el 90% de conocimiento de un nuevo idioma se adquiere a través de la lectura; el uso de Cuentacuentos ayuda a los estudiantes a adquirir el conocimiento necesario que será la base para un alto nivel cultural, tanto en el aprendizaje y en el desarrollo de habilidades de lenguaje, la lectura es un medio esencial para el desarrollo cultural en Educación. La falta de preparación en la lectura obstaculiza los esfuerzos del maestro secundario para lograr una formación integral en el alumno. Es necesario implementar estrategias para tratar de superar la falta de lectura, mediante el uso de la narración de cuentos en clase para animar a los estudiantes a leer en casa.

Educação ambiental na alfabetização de trabalhadores de cooperativas de resíduos sólidos : por um resgate de elos submersos

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, 2016.

Component processes of early reading, spelling, and narrative writing skills in Turkish: a longitudinal study

The study examined: (a) the role of phonological, grammatical, and rapid automatized naming (RAN) skills in reading and spelling development; and (b) the component processes of early narrative writing skills. Fifty-seven Turkish-speaking children were followed from Grade 1 to Grade 2. RAN was the most powerful longitudinal predictor of reading speed and its effect was evident even when previous reading skills were taken into account. Broadly, the phonological and grammatical skills made reliable contributions to spelling performance but their effects were completely mediated by previous spelling skills. Different aspects of the narrative writing skills were related to different processing skills. While handwriting speed predicted writing fluency, spelling accuracy predicted spelling error rate. Vocabulary and working memory were the only reliable longitudinal predictors of the quality of composition content. The overall model, however, failed to explain any reliable variance in the structural quality of the compositions

The effects of cross -age peer tutoring on writing and reading comprehension skills and attitudes and self -perceptions as writers of third and fourth grade students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cross-age peer writing response groups on the writing and reading achievement of third and fourth grade students. Students' attitudes about writing and their perceptions of themselves as writers were also measured at the end of the study. ^ One hundred and twenty-two third and fourth grade students enrolled in a public school in a middle-class, multi-cultural neighborhood participated in the study. Four existing classes of students were randomly assigned to either the experimental condition (EC) or the control condition (CC). Both groups were pretested and posttested for writing and reading achievement. The intervention, cross-age peer writing groups, met for eleven weeks. ^ Three hypotheses were examined in this study: (a) writing improvement score, (b) reading comprehension improvement score, and (c) students' attitudes toward writing and their perception of themselves as writers based on the five scales measured on the Writer Self-Perception Scale. ^ ANOVAs were done on the pretests and posttests for writing and the Stanford Achievement Test reading comprehension subtest scores for the year of the study and the previous year. ANOVAs were also done for the five areas of the Writer Self-Perception Scale. Cross-tabulations were also used to compare improvement level verses treatment group, and grade level. ^ Analysis of the data revealed that there was no evidence that the tutoring (EC) groups made more progress than the non-tutoring (CC) groups in writing and reading. There was evidence of growth in writing, especially by the fourth graders. Most importantly, the fourth grade tutors, the experimental group, had the most positive feelings about writing and themselves as writers. ^

Floating on a sea of talk: Reading comprehension through speaking and listening

Talk is the foundation for thought and understanding, and the key to literacy learning. Research demonstrates that powerful meta-cognitive strategies can be taught to help students self-monitor their comprehension when reading print and digital texts. This paper provides a repertoire of motivating speaking and listening tips to develop the meta-cognitive thinking of students in the elementary years.

Straw - structured reading, analysis and writing in humanities disciplines

Technology provides a range of tools which facilitate parts of the process of reading, analysis and writing in humanities, but these tools are limited and poorly integrated. Methods of providing students with the skills to make good use of a range of tools to create an integrated, structured process of writing in the disciplines are examined, compared and critiqued. Tools for mindmapping and outlining are examined both as reading tools and as tools to structure knowledge and explore ontology creation. Interoperability between these and common wordprocessors is examined in order to explore how students may be taught to develop a structured research and writing process using currently available tools. Requirements for future writing tools are suggested