Standardizing Minzu: A Content Analysis of the Depiction of Shaoshu Minzu in Three Chinese Elementary Curriculum Standards and Textbooks

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08

Principles versus artifacts in computer science curriculum design

Computer Science is a subject which has difficulty in marketing itself. Further, pinning down a standard curriculum is difficult-there are many preferences which are hard to accommodate. This paper argues the case that part of the problem is the fact that, unlike more established disciplines, the subject does not clearly distinguish the study of principles from the study of artifacts. This point was raised in Curriculum 2001 discussions, and debate needs to start in good time for the next curriculum standard. This paper provides a starting point for debate, by outlining a process by which principles and artifacts may be separated, and presents a sample curriculum to illustrate the possibilities. This sample curriculum has some positive points, though these positive points are incidental to the need to start debating the issue. Other models, with a less rigorous ordering of principles before artifacts, would still gain from making it clearer whether a specific concept was fundamental, or a property of a specific technology. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Reforms of the pre-graduate curriculum for medical students: the Bologna process and beyond.

For several years, all five medical faculties of Switzerland have embarked on a reform of their training curricula for two reasons: first, according to a new federal act issued in 2006 by the administration of the confederation, faculties needed to meet international standards in terms of content and pedagogic approaches; second, all Swiss universities and thus all medical faculties had to adapt the structure of their curriculum to the frame and principles which govern the Bologna process. This process is the result of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999 which proposes and requires a series of reforms to make European Higher Education more compatible and comparable, more competitive and more attractive for Europeans students. The present paper reviews some of the results achieved in the field, focusing on several issues such as the shortage of physicians and primary care practitioners, the importance of public health, community medicine and medical humanities, and the implementation of new training approaches including e-learning and simulation. In the future, faculties should work on several specific challenges such as: students' mobility, the improvement of students' autonomy and critical thinking as well as their generic and specific skills and finally a reflection on how to improve the attractiveness of the academic career, for physicians of both sexes.

Integrating Media Education Into the Curriculum: What Chinese Educators Can Learn from Ontario Education

This study sought to determine if and how the Ontario approach to integrating media education into the curriculum can be applied to Chinese education. The study used thematic analyses to identify the Ontario curriculum‘s attributes and approach to teaching media literacy, and to investigate relevant policies and national curriculum standards in Chinese compulsory education to reveal the status quo of Chinese media education. Finally, the study explored the feasibility of applying the Ontario media education model in China. Findings indicate that the Ontario model can be employed in the Chinese context, but only partly so, because current Chinese media education is limited by protectionism and restrictive policies corresponding to the use of media merely as research tools.

Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change.

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised following broad input by the International ATLS subcommittee. Graded levels of evidence were used to evaluate and approve changes to the course content. New materials related to principles of disaster management have been added. ATLS is a common language teaching one safe way of initial trauma assessment and management.

Educação do campo e saúde: refletindo sobre os parâmetros curriculares nacionais e sua relação com o currículo de uma escola multisseriada do Município de Marapanim, Pará

Este estudo versou sobre educação do campo e saúde e teve como objeto o currículo do ensino fundamental expresso nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais e sua relação com o currículo de uma escola multisseriada do município de Marapanim no estado do Pará. A pesquisa optou pela abordagem qualitativa, e foi baseada em pesquisa documental e pesquisa de campo realizada na escola Professora Carmen Rabelo Magalhães. O presente estudo analisou a concepção de saúde presente nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais, expressa especificamente em um dos temas transversais que aborda a saúde, analisando a maneira como a saúde e o campo são considerados nesses documentos, nos livros didáticos utilizados por essa escola, e na concepção de saúde de professores, alunos, pais e responsáveis. Foi realizada análise documental focalizando documentos do Ministério da Educação e do Ministério da Saúde como as Diretrizes Operacionais para a Educação Básica nas Escolas do Campo, os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais, a Política Nacional de Saúde Integral das Populações do Campo e da Floresta e a Política Nacional de Promoção de Saúde; assim como os livros didáticos adotados no nível fundamental da escola durante o ano de 2009. Foi realizada entrevista aos professores, alunos, pais e lideranças comunitárias envolvidas com a escola. A análise dos dados e dos depoimentos indicou a predominância da concepção unicausal de saúde nos PCNs, nos livros didáticos analisados, bem como entre professores, alunos e pais entrevistados, evidenciando um distanciamento em relação aos diversos aspectos da vida e da saúde dos povos do campo.

Currículo e formação docente no curso de ciências sociais/UFPA: configurações, continuidades e rupturas (1963-2011)

A tese investiga os desenhos curriculares do curso de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Pará. campus de Belém no período de 1963-2011. com o objetivo principal de refletir sobre o lugar da formação docente no referido curso. tendo em vista a relação que se estabelece entre o bacharelado e a licenciatura. De forma mais especifica, o estudo intenciona investigar e analisar as principais orientações que foram estabelecidas pelas propostas curriculares para 3 formação docente, assim como identificar como foram estruturados os desenhos curriculares para o referido curso e a forma como são contempladas as disciplinas voltadas para a licenciatura. A pesquisa foi feita a partir de levantamento bibliográfico sobre a temática em bibliotecas físicas e banco de dados virtuais, pesquisa documental realizada sobre os desenhos curriculares. Resoluções, ementas entre outros. Utilizou-se também de entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com docentes do curso com o objetivo de aprofundar e esclarecer questões não contidas nos documentos. O estudo utilizou como referencial teórico principal as contribuições da teoria critica do currículo, principalmente das obras de Michael Young, Basil Bernstein, António Flávio Moreira entres outros. Os resultados da pesquisa revelaram que as configurações locais dos desenhos curriculares do curso de Ciências Sociais deve-se em grande parte à fatores estruturais do sistema educacional brasileiro e que a consolidação da pós-graduação, em meados da década de 1960 e inicio de 1970, contribuiu para a aumentar a hierarquização entre as atividades de ensino e pesquisa, entre a graduação e a pós-graduação, entre o campo acadêmico e o escolar nos cursos de Ciências Sociais. As reformulações curriculares ocorridas no curso de Ciências Sociais mantiveram os padrões curriculares para a maioria dos cursos de Ciências Sociais no país desde sua criação. Os desenhos curriculares do curso de Ciências Sociais analisados se orientam por unia concepção de formação docente pautada no modelo de racionalidade técnica que favorece a separação entre a formação conteudista e a formação pedagógica, entre teoria e prática. Apesar das inúmeras reformulações curriculares ocorridas no curso de Ciências Sociais estas alterações mantiveram uma estrutura de organização disciplinar sob a tipologia do currículo coleção. em que as disciplinas singulares são orientadas para seu próprio desenvolvimento e protegidas por limites e hierarquias fortes. O currículo coleção caracterizado pelo enquadramento e classificação forte promove o isolamento entre as áreas do conhecimento o que contribuiu para a demarcação de fronteiras rígidas entre o campo das Ciências Sociais e Educação, entre a formação voltada para pesquisador e a formação orientada para professor.

Basquetebol X temas transversais: a produção de material didático audiovisual para a Educação Física escolar

This study aimed, first, produce a kind of educational materials in audiovisual format, to the Physical Education, addressing the Transversal Themes in view of the basketball. The themes chosen were Cultural Plurality, addressing the basketball in a wheelchair, and Labor and Consumer Affairs, addressing the marketing and exploitation of labor force that the company is Nike. There is no doubt the importance of media production in contemporary society, as one of its main languages, but of little relevance in the school environment, especially in the area of Physical Education. In a second phase aimed at evaluating the feasibility of this material both as a teaching strategy, such as content of learning lessons. The evaluation was made through a discussion in the form of focus groups with 10 students from 9 th grade of elementary school. The results showed that despite an initial rejection of the material as a teaching strategy because of the history that Physical Education has for several years, students were open to new ways of learning. Since the results on the material, such as learning content, showed that the videos were able to address and the Transversal Themes and meet the need for procedural content with the proposed activities. With this, we realize that students are willing to discuss matters that are not always addressed, but now, with the creation of national curriculum standards should be reflected in the classroom

Avaliação comparativa em educação e música entre crianças precoces com comportamento de superprodução e crianças com desenvolvimento típico

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Parâmetros curriculares nacionais, temática ambiental e razão instrumental: uma análise de seus fundamentos filosóficos

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

A presença de alunos autistas em salas regulares, a aprendizagem de ciências e a alfabetização científica: percepções de professores a partir de uma pesquisa fenomenológica

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Parâmetros curriculares nacionais, temática ambiental e razão instrumental: uma análise de seus fundamentos filosóficos

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

A presença de alunos autistas em salas regulares, a aprendizagem de ciências e a alfabetização científica: percepções de professores a partir de uma pesquisa fenomenológica

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

An analysis of the on-time graduation rate in the two-year program at National Taipei Institute of Technology in Taiwan

Taiwan's technical vocational educational system includes three levels: (1) institutes of technology (two and four year programs), (2) junior colleges (two, three and five year programs), and (3) senior vocational schools. Two-year junior colleges enroll their students through two channels: (1) based on results of the Particular Screening Entrance Examination (PSEE), (2) based on the Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE). The PSEE has two categories: Category I includes on-time graduates with excellent performance, which means that they are within the top ten of their classes; Category II students include award-winning students in talent contests who have achieved a minimum grade point average of 75%. The JCEE is a regular entrance examination given to any senior vocation school graduate.^ Basic courses have a great impact on the students' academic performance. The purpose of the study was to focus on the effectiveness of teaching mathematics in two-year junior colleges and to analyze and correlate the results of two-year junior college students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation. The target group consisted of 521 students enrolled at National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1993.^ Calculus is a very important course for engineering majors in two-year junior colleges and has a great impact on the students' academic performance. This retrospective study showed that there was a correlation between students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation after two years of study.^ The conclusions of the study urge the Ministry of Education to reform two-year junior college curriculum standards to emphasize basic rudimentary courses. It is recommended that engineering majors receive three hours of calculus per week as the current requirement of only two hours per week is inadequate. The future job market will require a technologically advanced labor force that can be trained in a higher education system. More channels of higher education for two-year junior college graduates should be made available for those wishing to pursue bachelor degrees. Additional work in calculus will not only enhance the opportunities for two-year junior college graduates to continue their pursuit of an advanced academic degree, but also serve them well as they seek career advancement. ^