Attracting, Developing and Training Effective Teachers - OECD Country Background Report for Ireland

This Country Background Report (CBR) on the teaching career in Ireland forms part of the major OECD study “Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers.” Similar reports are being submitted from twenty six other countries. Nine of these countries are also engaged on ‘thematic’ studies of the teaching career, involving site visits by external reviewers appointed by the OECD. The format of the CBRs follows a common pattern, set out by the OECD in its Design and Implementation Plan. This is to facilitate comparative analysis of sub-themes of the reports. Thus, each CBR involves six chapters. The first two – “the national context” and “school system and the teaching force”– are intended to provide succinct overviews of these themes in line with queries posed in the OECD documentation. Each of the other four chapters is designed on a common format – identification of policy concerns; data, trends and factors; policy initiatives and their impact. Specific questions are posed regarding data, trends and factors. The same questions may be posed in relation to more than one sub-theme which gives rise to some repetition in the report, but is important for the comparative analysis.

Effective teachers in primary schools : a reflective resource for performance management.

A través de una investigación relacionada con el análisis de seis profesores de enseñanza primaria filmados en sus aulas, explora la naturaleza de una enseñanza eficiente, que se basa en el informe de Hay McBer 'Un modelo de eficacia docente',donde se examina la eficacia de los profesores en tres elementos clave: las habilidades de enseñanza; características profesionales y el clima en el aula. Todas ellas están dentro del control del profesor y ejercen una influencia significativa en el progreso del alumno. Este libro y DVD permitirán a todos los profesores desarrollar un lenguaje común de prácticas en el aula.

Effective teachers in secondary schools : a reflective resource for performance managenent.

A través de una investigación relacionada con el análisis de cinco profesores de enseñanza secundaria filmados en sus aulas, explora la naturaleza de una enseñanza eficiente con comentarios y análisis, que se basan en el informe de Hay McBer 'Un modelo de eficacia docente',donde se examina la eficacia de los profesores en tres elementos clave: las habilidades de enseñanza; características profesionales y el clima en el aula. Todas ellas están dentro del control del profesor y ejercen una influencia significativa en el progreso del alumno. Este libro y DVD permitirán a todos los profesores a desarrollar un lenguaje común de prácticas en el aula.

What do effective teachers of literacy do? Subject knowledge and pedagogical choices for literacy

This article explores the fine detail of practice by three teachers, recognised as effective teachers of literacy. All three were observed during nine literacy lessons, working with Year 2 (6/7 year olds) classes of successful inner-city primary schools in the South of England. Data collection took place in 2003, just as their schools were moving away from the early prescription of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS), and follow up visits were made in 2005. My initial interest had been in what these three teachers did with the NLS in order to motivate pupils and ensure high pupil attainment. Following observations, interviews and coding of teacher-pupil interaction, it became clear that The NLS Framework for Teaching (DfES, 2001) was not the driver of their success but a valuable vehicle for subtle and intuitive teacher behaviours that grew from a detailed understanding of how children develop as readers and writers. Implications for training student teachers to marry theoretical understanding with the expectations of a prescribed curriculum for literacy are discussed.

Good practice for pupils learning English as an additional language; lessons from effective literacy teachers in inner city primary schools.

This article presents observations and discussion of the successful teaching of English to pupils, in English primary schools, for whom English is an additional language (EAL). It draws on research in Year 2 (6/7year old) classes in three inner-city primary schools carried out in 2003 and 2005. Three recognised, effective teachers of literacy were selected for case study; all worked in successful schools where results for literacy, measured by national tests, were in line with or better than national averages. Following analyses of lesson observations and interviews with the teachers, their Headteachers and the EAL co-ordinators in the schools, a number of common elements in their practice emerged. Discussion centres on how these pedagogical features supported effective learning environments for the early literacy development of bilingual children, and on the implications for the practice of teaching English to all pupils.

Gaining Insight into Teaching: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experience of the Teachers of the Year

What qualities, skills, and knowledge produce quality teachers? Many stake-holders in education argue that teacher quality should be measured by student achievement. This qualitative study shows that good teachers are multi-dimensional; their effectiveness cannot be represented by students’ test scores alone. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain a deeper understanding of quality in teaching by examining the lived experiences of 10 winners or finalists of the Teacher of the Year (ToY) Award. Phenomenology describes individuals’ daily experiences of phenomena, examines how these experiences are structured, and focuses analysis on the perspectives of the persons having the experience (Moustakas, 1994). This inquiry asked two questions: (a) How is teaching experienced by recognized as outstanding Teachers of the Year? and (b) How do ToYs feelings and perceptions about being good teachers provide insight, if any, about concepts such as pedagogical tact, teacher selfhood, and professional dispositions? Ten participants formed the purposive sample; the major data collection tool was semi-structured interviews (Patton, 1990; Seidman, 2006). Sixty to 90-minute interviews were conducted with each participant. Data also included the participants’ ToY application essays. Data analysis included a three-phase process: description, reduction, interpretation. Findings revealed that the ToYs are dedicated, hard-working individuals. They exhibit behaviors, such as working beyond the school day, engaging in lifelong learning, and assisting colleagues to improve their practice. Working as teachers is their life’s compass, guiding and wrapping them into meaningful and purposeful lives. Pedagogical tact, teacher selfhood, and professional dispositions were shown to be relevant, offering important insights into good teaching. Results indicate that for these ToYs, good teaching is experienced by getting through to students using effective and moral means; they are emotionally open, have a sense of the sacred, and they operate from a sense of intentionality. The essence of the ToYs teaching experience was their being properly engaged in their craft, embodying logical, psychological, and moral realms. Findings challenge current teacher effectiveness process-product orthodoxy which makes a causal connection between effective teaching and student test scores, and which assumes that effective teaching arises solely from and because of the actions of the teacher.

Rol del residente de Medicina Interna de la Universidad del Rosario como docente

Antecedentes: Cada vez es mayor la relevancia que se da al papel del residente como docente, no solo por su importancia en la formación de estudiantes, internos y otros miembros del equipo de salud, sino por su deber en la instrucción del paciente y su familia. A pesar de ello, el rol del residente como docente no se encuentra plenamente definido en nuestro medio. Objetivo: Caracterizar el rol de los residentes de Medicina Interna de la Universidad el Rosario en la Fundación Cardioinfantil como docentes. Métodos: Estudio cualitativo a partir de observaciones en escenarios de enseñanza y entrevistas semiestructuradas a 44 participantes distribuidos en grupos focales Resultados: Los residentes asumen un rol docente en diversos escenarios educativos con estudiantes, internos, residentes y docentes. Reconocen que no tienen la preparación necesaria para asumir esta responsabilidad ni funciones establecidas para tal fin. A pesar de esto, utilizan diferentes estrategias para enseñar y se sienten motivados para hacerlo. Conclusiones: El rol del residente como docente en el servicio de Medicina Interna en la Fundación Cardioinfantil es fundamental para la formación de los futuros médicos y especialistas según la percepción que tienen los grupos focales. Los encuentros pedagógicos están enmarcados por la disponibilidad de tiempo y dependen de características personales del residente, conocimiento disciplinar y formación para enseñar. Se considera que se debe apoyar más el entrenamiento en docencia de los residentes, avanzar en la formalización de las funciones docentes de los mismos y generar sistemas de evaluación de este proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

The Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL): a retrospective, intrinsic case study of the process of policy into practice and its impact on teacher participants

The research reported here is a retrospective case study of the recent (2010) introduction of the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) as a post-graduate level programme of professional development for teachers. It contributes to the debate and research over the past two decades about the impact of post-graduate professional development and appropriate ways of delivering it. The study is located within an extensive body of literature dealing with the importance of the teaching profession with regard to the success of schools and pupils and the impact of professional development on teaching quality and of teaching quality on attainment. A further relevant context is the ongoing tension between the teaching profession and academics on the one hand and government and political actors on the other, in respect of the approaches to professional development and to the control of educational processes. The research questions which inform the study deal with the perspectives of various participants – policy makers, programme directors, coaches and teachers studying for the MTL – on the extent to which the MTL is likely to have an ameliorative effect on teaching and pupil attainment, their experiences of the process of policy development and their experiences as course participants. The study adopts a case study approach which involves elite interviews with those responsible for the development and implementation of the MTL, questionnaires completed by MTL course participants and a comparison group taking a conventional MA and in depth interviews with participants and coaches. The results revealed tensions and difficulties associated with the development of the MTL including uneasy relationships between HE institutions and government agencies, ideas about ‘producer capture’, the relevance of the MBA model and concern over the role of coaches. However, while acknowledging various difficulties and some misconceived expectations they viewed its potential to meet its expressed aims positively, given time. Course participants were positive about their experience of the MTL and felt that it had contributed to many aspects of their professional development. Most saw it as a positive experience despite the variable quality of support from their schools, particularly in the form of the school-based coach the concept of which had been heralded as the bellwether of the MTL. It was striking that the responses of the MTL participants were very similar to those of teachers taking a conventional MA. A finding which would repay further investigation is that while the great majority of course participants felt that the MTL (and the MA) had contributed to their becoming more effective teachers they were much less confident that it had contributed to increased pupil attainment.

Ludopoiese e humanescência no educador infantil

This research has as study objective the development of humanescent experience in the process of self-formation of the teachers of the Infantile Educational Unit of the Education Center of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. It has as general objective the description and analysis of how the humanscent experience of life contributes and is manifested in the children educator in his way of being, living and in his pedagogical practice. As specific objectives, the identification of the contributions of the humanescent experiences in the children educator in his way of being, living and in his pedagogical practice; the analysis of the contributions of the humanescent experiences to the children educator from the ludopoetic categories self-esteem, selfworth, self-realization, self-territory and self-connectivity. It is a descriptive study of qualitative nature understood as an existential action research that uses the principles and fundamentals of the etnomethodology and phenomenology. Sixteen teachers six that are effective teachers, six substitute teachers and 4 interns - took part in this investigation. Six humanescent experiences were carried out with them. As main tools we point out: the participative observation, the sand game, the photographic register and the semi-structured interview. The analyses were centered in the categories of the ludopoetic system, described above and referred to in the theoretical fundamentals selected for the study. From the analyses and to the answers to the objectives of the study, we make clear the following considerations: the reports of the teachers reveal that the humanescent experiences have contributed to make them more ludic, sensitive, emotional and lovely people, and this has reflected in their educational practice and has been making sense in their and their students lives. In this way, we make evident that the humanescent experiences have contributed to improve the ludopoesis of the teachers, revealing in the embodiment changes in their way of being, of living together and in their educational practice. In relation to the contributions of the humanescent experiences to the children educator from the ludopoetic categories self-esteem, selfworth, self-realization, self-territory and self-connectivity, we emphasize the following aspects: with the self-esteem, teachers have become more creative, rebuilding their possibilities of intensely experiencing the pleasure of living; in the context of selfterritory, the teachers have provided the realization of the wishes and expresson of oneself while lively interacting with the environment and with the other different territories of the educational process, in a continuous process of demarcation. Concerning the self-connectivity category, we emphasize that the teachers started to become more tuned with themselves, with the environment and with the other teachers because of the general well-being to the success of personal, pedagogical and institutional objectives, promoting a harmonic, lovely and ludic environment. Concerning the self-worth category, the teachers have valued the struggle for a school that is more committed with the search for happiness. From the self-realization, the teachers have shown self-recognition while ludic beings, playing with the beauty in their lives, allowing the flowing in its completeness, the other possibilities of analysis, the educational formation and development. We would like to emphasize that the considerations above are not over after what has been presented because of the richness of experiences revealed in the research

As políticas de formação dos profissionais da educação e a profissionalização docente

Esta dissertação trata dos impactos das reformas do Estado que vêm se delineando no Brasil, desde a década de 1990, sobre a formação do profissional da educação. Discute, ainda, a formação e profissionalização docente, no interior das políticas de reformulação da formação de professores, que, a partir de sua implementação, buscam veicular uma nova concepção de profissionalização, atribuindo aos professores novas exigências, imputando-lhes a responsabilidade pela melhoria da qualidade da educação, postulando uma nova concepção de profissionalização. Nesse contexto, a educação apresenta-se como uma política pública social que passa por reformas significativas, impondo mudanças substanciais aos cursos de formação de professores. A análise que aqui se realiza parte da premissa de que a formulação de políticas públicas educacionais sofre influência dos organismos internacionais, que se verifica nos princípios orientadores do projeto de modernização do Estado brasileiro. No entanto, dado as definições dessas políticas serem travadas no interior de embates sociais, surgem resistências por parte dos movimentos de educadores frente às imposições externas visando efetivas políticas de profissionalização docente. A fim de alcançar o objetivo de pesquisa proposto, buscou-se analisar as políticas de formação docente, verificando a concepção expressa pela retórica oficial acerca da profissionalização docente, a partir de um novo paradigma de formação de professores. Por meio da análise de documentos oficiais, pôde-se verificar que a concepção sobre profissionalização veiculada redefine conceitos e práticas, postulando que o novo paradigma de formação que deve ser partilhado por todos os educadores da educação básica. Tais medidas, além de visar atender uma grande demanda de professores, em virtude da expansão da escolaridade básica, objetiva desenvolver um novo perfil profissional que atenda às exigências produtivas e mercadológicas, decorrentes das mudanças no mundo do trabalho. Nessa perspectiva, esta dissertação está estruturada de modo a permitir uma abordagem do contexto em que se dá a implementação da Reforma do Estado brasileiro, a partir dos anos 1990, revisitando, posteriormente, a sociologia das profissões e os debates sobre profissão e profissionalização, verificando os diferentes enfoques que orientam as reformas na formação de professores. Por fim, analisa documentos oficias que consolidam, no Brasil, as reformas educacionais e difundem a profissionalização dos professores. Como resultados da investigação realizada, podemos destacar que: 1) as políticas de formação docente traduzem uma nova concepção de profissionalização e implementam a formação de novos perfis profissionais, em que o Estado utiliza mecanismos diversos para implementar a lógica de regulação e controle da profissão; 2) a repercussão nas condições salariais, carreira e de condições de trabalho, evidenciando a degradação de condições reais para um exercício profissional docente; 3) a grande insatisfação e resistência por parte dos movimentos de educadores, no que se refere à imposição dessas políticas, que assentados numa proposta contra-hegmônica, lutam em busca de uma política global de formação, que contemple a questão salarial e adequadas condições de trabalho, bem como o reconhecimento e a valorização da profissão, por meio de políticas garantidas e efetivadas pelos poderes públicos do Estado e profissionalização da docência.

Expansão da educação superior no Pará: programas Expandir e Reuni e a composição de quadros docente dos campi da Universidade Federal do Pará (2001-2010)

A expansão da Educação Superior por intermédio das universidades públicas federais é opção expressa do MEC através de dois programas criados no governo Lula: Programa de Expansão da Educação Superior Pública/Expandir (2003-2006) e Programa de Apoio a Planos de Expansão e Reestruturação de Universidades Federais/REUNI – 2007/2012. Este trabalho analisa a implementação destas políticas no âmbito da Universidade Federal do Pará como subsídios para garantir a política de expansão desta IES, pautada sobre a filosofia universidade multicampi e a noção de vocações regionais. Auxiliam-nos na interpretação autores como: Santos (2010), Trigueiro (2003), Dourado (2002) Fialho (2005), Freitas (2005), Yu e Façanha (2011), Lima (2011) Souza e Shibata (2011), entre outros. O texto apresenta o cenário da política de educação superior entre 1980 e 2010 no Brasil. Refaz o percurso da construção da política multicampi na UFPA e procura estabelecer relação entre a adoção desta filosofia de gestão e expansão e a composição dos quadros docente dos campi. Para tanto, analisa os processos internos de gestão e decisão nesta organização universitária complexa e estruturada como burocracia profissional, evidenciado as escolhas e rumos tomados por seus dirigentes na condução das macropolíticas do MEC no sentido de organizar/estruturar os quadros docente de suas unidades acadêmicas regionais (os campi). Esta análise identifica uma iniquidade na distribuição das vagas para docentes efetivos entre os campi da UFPA, fruto de uma estratégia organizacional, de decisões e escolhas - filosofia de expansão baseada nas vocações econômicas regionais - que optou por investir prioritariamente em alguns campi em detrimento de outros, política iniciada em 1998, nas linhas de ação para III Projeto Norte de Interiorização 1998-2001 (III PNI) e que culminou na distribuição dos recursos dos Programas EXPANDIR e REUNI.

O ensino da dança na escola na ótica dos professores de Educação Física e de Arte

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

O ensino de sistemática e taxonomia biológica no ensino médio da rede estadual no município de São Carlos - SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)