Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Write teachers'

The purpose of this study was to examine the process and impact of assessment training content and delivery mode on the quality of assessment items developed by the teachers in a two-year assessment development project. Teacher characteristics were examined as potential moderating factors. Four types of delivery mode were employed in the project: synchronous online, asynchronous online, in-person workshop, and blended (a combination of online and in-person training). The quality of assessment items developed by participating teachers was measured via: 1) item acceptance rate, 2) number of item reviews (as an indicator of how many times accepted items were rejected before being approved), and 3) psychometric properties of the items (item difficulty and item discrimination) in the field test data. A teacher perception survey with quantitative and qualitative data was used to explore teacher perception of the training across the four modes and the anticipated impact of the project participation the teachers expected on their classroom assessment practices. Multilevel modeling and multiple regression were used to examine the quality of items developed by participants, while constant comparative analysis, a chi-square test, and ANOVA were employed to analyze participants’ responses to a participation survey. No pre-existing teacher variables were found to have a significant impact on the item discrimination values, though prior assessment development experience beyond that of the classroom level was found to have a significant relationship with the number of reviews per item. After controlling for prior assessment development experience, participant role was found to have a significant (p < .01) impact on the number of reviews per item. Items written by participants who served as both item writers and reviewers had a significantly lower number of reviews per item, meaning their items were rejected less frequently than items written by participants who served as item writers only. No differences in item quality were found based on the mode of training in which item writers participated. Responses to the training evaluation survey differed significantly by mode of training at p < .001. The in-person trained group had the lowest total rating, followed by the online asynchronous group, while the online synchronous group had the highest overall rating of the training. Participant responses to open-ended questions also differed significantly by mode of training.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 27, 2010). Additional advisors: Joseph C. Burns, Linda K. Emfinger, Lynn D. Kirkland, Maryanne Manning. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-135).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:16:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Matilde Antonelli.pdf: 3019163 bytes, checksum: b1fa56e5a12288562365f215644e6ba2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-19<br>This work aims to investigate the knowledge present in the pedagogical practice of six teachers who during their professional career presented a successful practice in teaching how to read and write, always acting in the peripheral region of one city of Big São Paulo. In this study I used semi-structured interviews, participant observation and report of their life history with the intention to answer the following questions: What is there of significance in the well succeeded practice of these teachers? Which knowledge is mobilized with students in the process of reading and writing? How do the teachers deal with different knowledge of the students and with the situations that they face with a possible absence of knowledge? Initially I describe the historical context of the read and write process in 1983 with the implantation of the Basic Cycle (DURAN, 1995), period in which the target teachers of this research began their teaching career in the state web of schools and were challenged to face a new forms of thinking the read and write process within the psychogenesis of the written language (FERREIRO AND TEBEROSKY, 1979), which takes as basis the Piaget constructivism in a dialogic action with authors who prioritize the reflection on knowledge and pedagogical practice. (FREIRE, 1996, OLIVEIRA, 1997, ALARCÃO 2005 AND TARDIF, 2007). The results show that the construction of knowledge of the teachers in the conduct of the work in classrooms occur along with the trajectory of formation and pedagogical acting in different moments. In the dialogue with live experience with produced pedagogical material in the relation with the children they work with in the course of formation in which they take part in the partnership and exchanges with teachers. The creativity facing the challenges of read/write process make they reorganize the knowledge and look for knowledge in which the quality of their intervention and pedagogical actions attend the diversity which constitutes the classroom space. Because they believe in the capacity of children they present challenging activities which can make possible the reflection on the reading and writing processes. Always respecting the previous knowledge of the students who interact with them and constructing knowledge.(AU)<br>Objetivando investigar os saberes presentes na prática pedagógica de seis professoras que, ao longo de sua trajetória profissional, apresentaram uma prática bem-sucedida na alfabetização, sempre atuando em região periférica de uma cidade da Grande São Paulo, utilizei, neste estudo, entrevista semiestruturada, observação participante e relato de história de vida, no intuito de responder às questões: O que há de significativo nas práticas bem-sucedidas das professoras alfabetizadoras? Quais saberes são mobilizados com os educandos no processo de alfabetização? Como as professoras lidam com diferentes saberes dos alunos e com as situações em que se defrontam com um possível não saber? Inicialmente, descrevo o contexto histórico da alfabetização em 1983, com a implantação do Ciclo Básico de Alfabetização (DURAN, 1995), período em que as professoras-alvo da pesquisa iniciaram carreira no magistério na rede pública estadual e foram desafiadas a uma nova forma de pensar a alfabetização no âmbito da Psicogênese da Língua Escrita (FERREIRO e TEBEROSKY, 1979), embasadas no construtivismo piagetiano, numa ação dialógica com autores que priorizam a reflexão sobre saberes e prática pedagógica (FREIRE, 1996; OLIVEIRA, 1997; ALARCÃO, 2005 e TARDIF, 2007). Os resultados mostram que a constituição dos saberes das professoras na condução do trabalho em sala de aula ocorre ao longo da trajetória de formação e atuação pedagógica, em diferentes momentos: no diálogo com experiências vividas, com materiais pedagógicos produzidos; na relação com as crianças com quem convivem; nos cursos de formação de que participam; nas parcerias e trocas com professores. A criatividade diante dos desafios de alfabetizar faz com que reorganizem o saber e busquem conhecimentos para que a qualidade das intervenções e ações pedagógicas atenda a diversidade que compõe o espaço da sala de aula. Por acreditarem na capacidade das crianças, propiciam atividades desafiadoras que oportunizam a reflexão sobre a leitura e a escrita (FERREIRO, 1989, LERNER, 2002 & WEISZ, 2002), sempre respeitando os conhecimentos prévios do aprendiz que interage com elas e constrói conhecimentos.(AU)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007.<br>Title from file title page. Dana Fox, committee chair; Steven Whatley, Joyce Many, Amy Flint, committee members. Electronic text (145 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed August 8, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140).

O problema que deu origem a essa investigação foi o conflito resultante do descompasso entre opções teóricas conscientes e a prática de ensino que conseguíamos efetivamente implementar, ao assumirmos aulas de Língua Portuguesa para turmas do ciclo II do Ensino Fundamental, em uma escola pública estadual, logo após a conclusão do mestrado em Educação. No intuito de priorizarmos práticas que favorecessem a formação de alunos leitores e produtores de textos, e não apenas copistas e decifradores, verificávamos a interferência de diversos aspectos que repercutiam negativamente em nossa prática. Assim, partindo do pressuposto de que o desenvolvimento dessas capacidades requer um ensino deliberado e contínuo ao longo de toda a escolaridade básica, por professores de diferentes disciplinas, propusemo-nos a buscar respostas para as seguintes questões: qual a natureza das dificuldades enfrentadas pelos professores ao buscarem promover a aprendizagem dos seus alunos? Que contingências relacionadas ao ensino da leitura e da escrita, deliberado ou não, estão presentes no trabalho do professor da escola pública, facilitando ou dificultando os processos de ensino e aprendizagem? Para responder a essas questões, empreendemos um estudo situado no paradigma da pesquisa qualitativa em educação, empregando, em algumas etapas, procedimentos inspirados na etnografia educacional (Ezpeleta e Rockwell, 1986; Fonseca, 1998; Erickson, 1989). A análise dos dados fundamentou-se em um critério essencialmente semântico, à luz de parâmetros da análise do conteúdo (Bardin, 1978). Os trabalhos de Tiramonti (2005), Azanha (1990, 2004), Souza (2002, 2006) e Lapo (2005), entre outros autores, subsidiaram teoricamente a nossa investigação, na medida em que propõem considerar aspectos do contexto mais amplo em que atuam os professores, focalizando situações concretas das quais emergem fontes de mal-estar e de bem-estar docente que intervêm em suas práticas. Os dados indicaram que o contexto da sala de aula não é, muitas vezes, propício ao trabalho cotidiano focado em práticas de leitura e produção de texto, em função de diversos fatores: número elevado de alunos, dificuldade de acompanhamento particularizado desses alunos pelos professores; necessidade de gerir demandas individuais e coletivas do grupo; dificuldades inerentes à manutenção de certa ordem que permita a realização de atividades complexas e significativas na sala de aula; interesses pessoais divergentes e por vezes conflitantes; recursos materiais às vezes escassos ou precários; tempo acelerado para gerir inúmeros procedimentos cotidianos, que acabam ocupando grande parte do tempo das aulas em questões não diretamente relacionadas ao ensino e aprendizagem dos conteúdos, entre uma infinidade de outros fatores. Além de questões de ordem objetiva, interferem também nas situações concretas de sala de aula aspectos de ordem subjetiva, que envolvem conhecimentos e características pessoais dos docentes, seus valores, crenças, necessidades e desejos, os quais determinam maneiras muito peculiares de avaliar o contexto, agir e reagir às contingências cotidianas. Todos esses elementos precisam ser considerados quando se propõem ações de melhoria da educação pública. É preciso, pois, relativizar as expectativas quanto ao papel da escola e dos professores, que parecem superestimadas no conjunto de ações que a sociedade precisa implementar para que a qualidade do ensino melhore de modo significativo.<br>The problem that gave rise to this investigation was the conflict resulting from the dissonance between theoretical conscious options and the teaching practice that we have actually managed to implement when we took over the Portuguese Language classes for Cycle II groups of Brazilian Middle School at a state public school, soon after completing the Masters Degree in Education. Aimed at prioritizing practices that would favor the education of text readers and producers, not just copyists and decoders, we verified the interference of many aspects that had a negative impact on our practice. Thus, starting from the premise that the development of such skills requires a deliberate and continuous teaching during the whole basic education by teachers of different subjects, we have proposed to look after the answers for the following questions: what is the nature of the difficulties faced by teachers when trying to promote their students learning? Which contingencies related to teach reading and writing, deliberate or not, are present in the work of public school teachers, making the teaching and learning processes easy or difficult? To answer such questions, we undertook a study within the paradigm of the qualitative research in education, using, in some steps, procedures inspired in the educational ethnography (Ezpeleta and Rockwell, 1986; Fonseca, 1998; Erickson, 1989). The data analysis was grounded on essentially semantic criteria, in the light of content analysis parameters (Bardin, 1978). The works of Tiramonti (2005), Azanha (1990, 2004), Souza (2002, 2006) and Lapo (2005), among other authors, gave theoretical support to our investigation, insofar they propose to consider aspects of the broader context where teachers act, focusing on concrete situations from which sources of teachers uneasiness and easiness emerge that intervene in their practices. Data indicated that the classroom context is often not proper for the everyday work focused on the practices of reading and producing texts, in view of many factors: high number of students, difficulty of individualized follow-up of these students by teachers; need of managing the groups individual and collective demands; difficulties inherent to maintaining a certain order that allows performing complex and meaningful activities in classroom; divergent and often conflicting personal interests; sometimes scarce or precarious material resources; having to rush to manage multiple everyday tasks that eventually take large amount of class time in issues not directly related to teaching and learning of contents, among a multitude of other factors. Besides questions of objective order, aspects of subjective order do also interfere with concrete classroom situations, which involve knowledge and personal characteristics of teachers, their values, beliefs, needs and desires, which determine very peculiar ways of evaluating the context, acting and reacting to everyday contingencies. All these elements must be considered when improvement actions in public education are proposed. Thus, it is necessary to frame the expectations as to the role of school and teachers, which seem to be overestimated in the set of actions that the society must implement so that there is significant improvement in the teaching quality.

The purpose of this study was to research one specific approach to developing and sustaining rural teacher leaders in a high-poverty area with limited resources for teachers. The study investigates The Appalachian Writing Project, a nonprofit organization serving far southwest Virginia and how the AWP has affected rural teachers in educational leadership positions and the resulting impact on educational experiences for students. The participants in this study represent a unique population, composed of certified teachers in extreme southwest Virginia who have completed the Appalachian Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute (2001-2010) and serve as Teacher Consultants for that organization. Qualitative data were gathered through a survey, interviews, and document analysis for the purpose of identifying and analyzing the variables that lead teachers to: apply to the Appalachian Writing Project, remain active in the AWP, and ultimately become leaders within the orgaizational structure. The research results provide strong evidence to suggest that participants' pedagogical practices are positively impacted as a result of participation in the Appalachian Writing Project, and in the participants' opinion students are positively impacted in terms of student achievement. The study also reveals that Teacher Consultants continue to conduct research in their classrooms after the summer institute and that Teacher Consultants have accepted both formal and informal leadership positions as a result of their inquiry. Finally, the results of the study revealed that the Appalachian Writing Project sustains and supports Teacher Consultants in their leadership positions. Resulting recommendations include encouraging school divisions to consider the Appalachian Writing Project's research findings and contract with the AWP for professional development. Also, school administrators might want to encourage and fund lead teachers who wish to apply to the Appalachian Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute. Finally, school administrators whose schools include AWP Teacher Consultants might want to continue to support, encourage and fund them within the site and school division. While the study suggests a definite link between teacher participation in the Appalachian Writing Project and student achievement, more research could provide statistical data to link participation in the AWP to improved student achievement.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:56:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marilia Alves Facco.pdf: 1744917 bytes, checksum: 5f82093440598fb3dcf7cae777fad51c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-23<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>This study aimed to examine the appropriation by a teacher of the guidelines of an educational program called "Read and Write," offered by the Office of Education of the state of São Paulo, checking whether and how that learning was incorporated into her professional activity. Similarly, it was tried to grasp the senses and meanings constituted by this teacher to her teaching profession. The theoretical approach of the sociocultural psychology was used, as well as that of the French clinical activity. The study was conducted in a public elementary school, located in the district of Brasilândia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. After discussing the investigation with school s managers and the group of teachers, one of them, who taught at the 1st grade, agreed to be involved in it. The strategies for collecting information, interviews with the teacher, classroom s observations, video recordings of the teacher s classes and simple self-confrontation were used. Of all the video recorded classes, the teacher chose three episodes of approximately 10 minutes each, all of them watched and discussed between her and researcher. In data analysis, the core meanings of the teacher s discourse were constituted, as suggested by Aguiar and Ozella (2006). The results pointed out that the senses and meanings attributed by the teacher to her teaching activity were strongly linked to the pleasure of teaching, and to the feelings of security that the profession gave to her. In addition, it was shown that the teacher found difficulties in articulating the program s theory to her daily practices. Although believing that she had a constructivist practice, her activities were still a blend of traditional and constructivist teaching. These problems were connected to the difficulties encountered by teachers in continuing education, since the person responsible for leading it (called in Brazil educational coordinator ) was not adequately trained for this task. The simple self-confrontation allowed the teacher to observe herself performing her educational activities and discussing them with the researcher, what permitted her to initiate a process of evaluation of her own conduct, postures and attitudes in relation to the pupils. Moreover, the participation in the research provided the teacher an opportunity for creating new senses and meanings for her Professional activities. As a consequence, she could transform them in a way more compatible with the ideas of the "Read and Write" Program<br>Este trabalho buscou analisar como se dá a apropriação das diretrizes de um programa educacional o Programa Ler e Escrever (oferecido pela Secretaria de Estado da Educação de São Paulo), verificando se e como esse aprendizado era incorporado à atividade profissional de uma professora de ensino fundamental I. De igual maneira, buscou-se apreender os sentidos e significados atribuídos à atividade docente. O referencial teórico adotado foi o da psicologia sócio-histórica e o da clínica da atividade. A pesquisa foi realizada em uma escola pública estadual de Ensino Fundamental I, situada no bairro da Brasilândia, na cidade de São Paulo. Após conversa com as gestoras e com o grupo de professores, uma das docentes do 1° ano aceitou participar do estudo. Como estratégias para a coleta de informações, foram utilizadas entrevistas com a professora, observações, videogravações de suas aulas e autoconfrontações simples. De todas as aulas videogravadas, a professora escolheu três delas; os materiais foram editados e transformados em episódios de, aproximadamente, dez minutos, os quais foram vistos e discutidos pela professora e pela pesquisadora. Na análise dos dados, foi empregada a proposta de núcleos de significação (AGUIAR; OZELLA, 2006). Foi possível perceber que os sentidos que a professora atribuía à atividade docente estavam fortemente atrelados ao prazer sentido em lecionar e à segurança que a profissão lhe proporcionava. Contudo, encontrava dificuldades para articular a teoria que embasava o Programa com suas práticas cotidianas. Apesar de almejar uma prática construtivista, suas atividades ainda eram marcadas pela mescla entre ensino tradicional e construtivista. Esses entraves estavam ligados, também, às dificuldades encontradas pela docente nos momentos de formação continuada, em razão do despreparo da coordenadora pedagógica. A autoconfrontação permitiu que a professora, se observasse e discutisse sua atuação com a pesquisadora, o que resultou num processo reflexivo sobre sua conduta, suas posturas e suas atitudes frente aos alunos, oportunizando uma ocasião para ressignificar sua prática, rumo à constituição de novos sentidos para sua atividade profissional

In measuring second language learners’ writing proficiency, test takers’ performance on a particular assessment task is evaluated by raters using a set of criteria to generate writing scores. The scores are used by teachers, students, and parents to make inferences about their performance levels in real-life writing situations. To examine the accuracy of this inference, it is imperative that we investigate the sources of measurement error involved in the writing score. It is also important to ensure rater consistency, both within a single rater and between raters, to provide evidence that the scores are valid indicators of tested constructs. This mixed methods research addressed the validity of integrated listening-to-write (L-W) scores. More specifically, it examined the generalizability of L-W scores and raters’ decision-making processes and scoring challenges. A total of 198 high school English learners in Taiwan completed up to two L-W tasks, each of which required them to listen to an academic lecture and respond to a related writing prompt in English. Nine raters who had experience teaching English evaluated each student’s written materials using a holistic scale. This study employed a univariate two-facet random effects generalizability study (p × t × r) to investigate the effects of tasks and raters on the score variance. Subsequent decision studies (p × T × R) estimated standard error of measurement and generalizability coefficients. Post-rating stimulated recall interview data were analyzed qualitatively to explore raters’ alignment of rating scale descriptors, decision-making behaviors, and scoring challenges. The results indicated that the majority of score variance was explained by test takers’ ability difference in academic writing proficiency. The raters were similar in their stringency and did not contribute much to score variance. Due to a relatively large magnitude of person-by-task interaction effect, increasing the number of tasks, rather than raters, resulted in a much lower degree of error and higher degree of score generalizability. The ideal assessment procedure to achieve an acceptable level of score generalizability would be to administer two L-W tasks scored by two raters. When evaluating written materials for L-W tasks, nine raters primarily focused on the content of the essays and paid less attention to language-related features. The raters did not equally consider all aspects of essay features described in the holistic rubric. The most prominent scoring challenges included 1) assigning a holistic score while balancing students’ listening comprehension skills and writing proficiency and 2) assessing the degree of students’ successful reproduction of lecture content. The findings of this study have practical and theoretical implications for integrated writing assessments for high school EFL learners.

Writing is so important. It is important in school and in our careers; writing is found to be helpful physiologically and psychologically. Experts wonder, with writing so important, why is writing not being adequately taught in the schools. The answer may be that writing is complex and teaching it is even more complex. The Read-to-Write Strategy is a writing model based on the study of exemplary models of text and children are explicitly taught how to write the way an author writes through a process of the teacher modeling how to write this way; the teacher sharing the writing task with children, and having children collaborate with a partner during the writing task, so that eventually children can independently write text to match the child’s audience and purpose. In this exploratory study, second grade children were explicitly taught a writing strategy that followed the model proposed by Read-to-Write Strategy. This study of writing compared samples of children’s writing before and after they received instruction in the Read-to-Write Strategy. Children made good improvements in their writing and the tests run on the children’s writing samples infer that learning was significant.

This study addresses questions of gender and genre in early writing by drawing on systemic linguistic theory, It is a longitudinal case study that compares the writing development of two children, a boy and a girl/ who learned to write in classrooms that adopted an approach to writing known in Australia as 'process writing1, The children's written texts were analysed using the systemic functional grammar as developed by MAK, Hallidey and the models of genre and register as proposed by J,R, Martin. The children were followed for the first two and a half years of their schooling, from the first day of kindergarten to the middle of grade two. They were observed weekly during the daily ‘writing time’ and all texts were collected. Although the children were ostensibly 'free’ to determine both the writing topics and text types they produced, systemic analysis revealed that: 1) the majority of texts written were of one genre, the Observation genre, in which the children reconstructed their personal experience with family and friends and offered an evaluation of it. 2) a significant pattern of gender differences occurred within this genre, such that the boy reconstructed experience in terms of the male cultural stereotype of being an active participant in the world, while the girl reconstructed experience in terms of the female stereotype of being a more passive observer of experience. It is the strength of systemic linguistic analysis that it revealed how the choices the children made in language were constrained by a number of social and cultural contexts, including: a) the teacher's theoretical orientation to literacy; b) the models of spoken and written language available to the children; and c) the ideology of gender in the culture. In particular, the analysis made visible how children appropriate the meanings of their culture and socialise themselves into gender roles by constructing the ideology of gender in their writing. The study contributes to an understanding of genres by offering a revised description of the Observation genre, which derives from the Observation Comment genre originally identified by Martin and Rothery (1981). It also raises a number of implications for teacher training and classroom practice, including the need for: 1) increased teacher consciousness about gender and genre, especially an understanding that choices in language are socially constructed 2) a critical reassessment of the notion of 'free topic choice’ promoted by 'process writing' pedagogy, a practice which may limit choice and tacitly support the gender status quo.

The goal of the federally-funded Reading First program is to ensure that all students read well by the end of third grade (Georgia Department of Education, 2006). However, Reading First makes few (if any) provisions for writing in its required 135-minute reading block for literacy instruction. Is it possible to teach reading effectively to young children without involving them in writing? The purpose of this naturalistic study was to investigate how the Reading First framework affected the teaching of writing in primary classrooms in one elementary school that received Reading First funding for three years. Using a social constructivist theoretical lens, the researcher explored these issues in the context of a professional learning community—a voluntary teacher study group—focused on writing instruction. Guiding questions were (1) What are primary teachers’ perceptions of the reading-writing connection for students in kindergarten through third grade? (2) How does the context of a school wide Reading First grant affect primary teachers’ perceptions of the reading-writing connection for students in K-3? (3) In what ways does a voluntary teacher study group focused on the reading-writing connection influence primary teachers’ perceptions of the reading-writing connection and their literacy instruction? Fifteen primary teachers participated in the study during a six-month period. Data sources included an open-ended questionnaire, three in-depth interviews with each participant, audiotapes and selective transcription from ten teacher study group sessions, field notes from observations in 12 of the 15 participants’ classrooms, a final focus group interview, and a researcher’s journal. Data were analyzed inductively using the constant comparative method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Trustworthiness and rigor were established through methods that ensure credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability (Lincoln & Guba, 1985). Findings revealed that the teachers viewed reading and writing as connected processes in literacy instruction. Although the Reading First parameters made them fearful of engaging children in writing during the 135-minute reading block, the teacher study group validated their beliefs and knowledge and empowered them to interweave limited writing activities across the curriculum. Overall, the Reading First requirements prevented teachers from involving children in extensive writing process instruction and writing workshop.

Researchers have tried to demonstrate the effectiveness of written teacher feedback over the course of the last sixty years, and the results are inconclusive. Many studies point to improvement on subsequent drafts as evidence of student improvement; however, this only indicates students' abilities to follow directions. It is not an indication of autonomous writing ability. This study demonstrates that with proper curriculum support high school students can develop intentional transferability (the autonomous, intentional transferring of writing skills to varied rhetorical situations) throughout the course of one academic year without receiving any teacher written feedback.

This dissertation investigates the challenges faced by learners of English for academic purposes (EAP) when required to complete writing assignments that use source texts. In order to address this problem, I explore the issue from the perspectives of applied linguistic researchers, writing program administrators, and classroom composition instructors. These three perspectives are highlighted in distinct articles that build on one another to create a more complete understanding of the challenges that EAP students face when writing from sources. The first article contains a literature review of relevant studies that explore the reading-to-write construct. Experts suggest that unintentional plagiarism, or patchwriting, can be attributed to a lack of cultural and linguistic competence. In order to address these limitations, researchers identify several reading and writing subskills that are integral to success in academic source writing. The literature review concludes with recommendations for teaching and testing contexts. The second article details a rater training evaluation study that resulted in unexpected, but welcomed, recommendations. Teacher-raters provided feedback that influenced how the institution made use of benchmark portfolios to train teacher-raters as well as inform students about writing achievement standards. The increased use of benchmark portfolios also helped to clarify classroom and program standards regarding citation, attribution, and anti-plagiarism policies. The final article is a practical guide for classroom composition instructors. I outline a recommended curriculum for teaching source writing to EAP students. The guide incorporates the findings of the literature review and the evaluation study into a collaborative and iterative pedagogical model. This recursive approach to EAP writing instruction helps students to diagnose and develop the advanced literacy subskills required for successful source integration into their writing. As a set, the three articles demonstrate that effective solutions to instructional issues can be developed when a problem is approached from multiple perspectives. Indeed, linguistics-based research, program administration, and teacher experience can be combined to produce a model for writing instruction that acknowledges principles of second-language advanced literacy and accounts for learner struggles as students develop source writing skills.

My aim in this thesis is to tell the story/stories of how I arrived at a living theory of creativity which I shall call ‘knowledge transformation’. I explore this theory through ‘story’ as a methodology that connects both the creative writer and action researcher, and raises questions about self, reflective process and voice that are central to my enquiry. In telling these stories, I ask the question: what does it mean to be creative, as a writer, an educator and a manager? Is the nature of creativity transferable across each of these roles? How has this knowledge improved my practice as an educator? My examination leads to a theory of learning called ‘knowledge transformation’, which suggests that deep learning leads to change of both the learner and what is learnt. My premise is that ‘knowledge transformation’ involves the capacity to respond to challenge, self and other, and is central to the notion of creativity. I consider how far this capacity can be transferable, teachable and measurable in educational contexts, arriving at a notion of ‘scaffolded creativity’ which is demonstrated through practice in the higher academy. My journey towards and with this theory draws on my experience of four personae, the creative writer in and outside the academy, and the educator, team leader, and researcher within it; and explores the strategies and issues raised by bringing these roles and intelligences together. This theory of ‘knowledge transformation’ represents an aspirational contribution to our understanding of what it means to be ‘creative’. It explores how educational objectives can lead to deep learning and positive change. It also explores how values can be clarified in the course of their emergence and formed into living standards of judgment.

The survey is based on qualitative research interviews with four active teachers from primary school. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge of how to work with reading and writing learning in year one. The study is based on four issues that concern the teachers' views on the early work on reading and writing. The result shows that teachers have slightly shared perceptions of specific educational material, but the foundation is to have a varied reading and writing teaching. The teaching should also be fun and stimulate the students' individual needs.<br>Studien baseras på kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med fyra verksamma lärare som arbetar på lågstadiet. Syftet med studien är att få kunskap om hur man kan arbeta med läs- och skrivinlärning i årskurs 1. Studien utgår från fyra frågeställningar som berör lärarnas åsikter och synsätt på det tidiga arbetet med läs- och skrivinlärning. Resultatet visar att lärarna har aningen delade uppfattningar om specifikt undervisningsmaterial men att grunden är att ha en varierad läs- och skrivinlärning. Undervisningen ska dessutom vara lustfylld och stimulera elevernas individuella behov.

Denna studie har ett tvådelat syfte. Huvudsyftet är att bidra med kunskap om hur kompetensen hos speciallärare med specialisering mot matematikutveckling används för att garantera tidigt stöd i matematik. Syftet är dessutom att undersöka vilka typer av insatser som görs mot de tidiga skolåren och se om dessa skiljer sig åt beroende på i vilken årskurs de sätts in. Bakgrunden till studien är att matematikresultaten på nationella och internationella undersökningar legat lågt under många år. Regeringen har därför gjort en förändring i skollagen om en ”läs-skriva-räkna-garanti” för att säkerställa att alla elever tidigt får de stödinsatser de är i behov av. Studien har en kvantitativ ansats med kvalitativa inslag. En enkätundersökning med både slutna och öppna frågor genomfördes med 35 respondenter. Samtliga respondenter var utbildade speciallärare med matematikinriktning (några under utbildning) och arbetade som speciallärare mot f-3 helt eller delvis. Studiens teoretiska ramverk och analysverktyg utgår från systemteorin tillsammans med de specialpedagogiska perspektiven relationellt och kompensatoriskt. Av studiens resultat framgår att speciallärares kompetens inte används i den omfattning som förespråkas av Skolverket vid arbetet med de obligatoriska kartläggningmaterialen i förskoleklass och årskurs 1. Vidare visade studien att betydligt fler insatser görs efter det att eleverna börjat grundskolan än i förskoleklass och att dessa insatser i princip är konstanta under hela lågstadiet. Studien visar även att speciallärare lägger mycket tid på reaktivt arbete i form av kartläggning och arbete med enskilda elever eller elever i liten grupp. Detta i jämförelse med proaktivt arbete i form av matematikutveckling och planering med pedagoger inför nya arbetsområden. Studiens resultat indikerar att skolor kan öka elevers måluppfyllelse i matematik genom att använda speciallärare i mer proaktivt arbete. Skolor kan även prioritera insatser i förskoleklass och årskurs 1-2 i högre grad eftersom forskning visar ett tydligt samband mellan tidiga kunskaper och senare matematikframgång.<br>This study has a two part aim. The main aim is to contribute knowledge about how the competence of special teachers with specialization in mathematics development is used to guarantee early support in mathematics. The aim is also to find out what types of efforts are made against the early school years and see whether these differ depending on the grade they are used in. The background to the study is that the mathematical results on national and international surveys have been low for many years. The Government has therefore made a change in the Education Act, a "read-write-count guarantee" to ensure that all pupils early receive the support they need. The study has a quantitative approach with qualitative elements. A survey with both closed and open questions was conducted with 35 respondents. All respondents were educated special teachers with a mathematics specialization (some under educating) and works as special teachers with f-3 completely or partially. The study's theoretical framework and analytical tools are based on the system theory together with the special educational perspectives relational and compensatory. The results of the study show that special teachers' competence is not utilized to the extent advocated by the National Agency for Education in the work with the compulsory mapping materials in preschoolclass and year 1. Furthermore, the study showed that significantly more efforts are made after students have started Primary School than in preschool class, and that these efforts in principle is constant through the third grade. The study also shows that special education teachers spend a lot of time on reactive work in the form of mapping and work with individual students or students in a small group. This compared to proactive work in the form of mathematical development and planning with pedagogues for new work areas. The study's results indicate that schools can increase students' goal achievement in mathematics by using special teachers in more proactive work. They can also increase by prioritizing efforts in preschool class and grades 1-2 to a higher degree as research shows a clear connection between early knowledge and mathematical success later on.

Research on whole-school bullying programs shows some effectiveness in creating awareness and a reduction in overall bullying with vigilant supervision. Roleplaying games repeatedly taught to students help them deal with bullying in specific situations, but all these interventions leave a great deal to be desired when conditions are not in line with the training, most of which most are not (Smith, Schneider, Smith, & Ananiadou, 2004). In addition, student perceptions can differ from the staff and administration. A wide gap exists between how students, parents, teachers, and administrators perceive bullying. Students remain confused and flounder in the moment when they feel bullied, while bystanders are statistically shown to be scared and even help the bully in many cases (Mishna, Pepler, & Wiener, 2006). This study examines research from the past 10 years on the effectiveness of whole-school programs. Two main criteria include: (1) A comprehensive “macro” comparison study of research leading to a “micro” examination of specific school research, and (2) an examination of the importance of recognizing perception and creating interventions that any student can utilize no matter their level of fear. In addition, an introduction and an explanation of the ideas and concepts of the I’m Gonna Write That Down program are included.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-04-25T20:10:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Amanda Maria Franco Liberato.pdf: 982382 bytes, checksum: d809c59a4775419f4c0bf28189be391d (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:10:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Amanda Maria Franco Liberato.pdf: 982382 bytes, checksum: d809c59a4775419f4c0bf28189be391d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-25<br>The object of this research is the formation of the student researcher under the perspective of these actors. The general purpose was to analyze the formation under the perspective of students’ researchers in three Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) partners of the Program Read and Write / Public School and University in Literacy / Literacy Exchange of the Government of the State of São Paulo. As specific objectives we listed the following: check if the student researcher develops activities to be delivered in training meetings and verify the students researchers if the advisor professors allow moments of exchange of knowledge coming from the practice in training meetings. Our hypothesis is that the formation of the student researcher does not occur effectively by some IHEs contrary the guidelines established by the official program and thus we seek to answer the following questions: How goes the training of students researchers in universities? How often? What are the topics covered in this training? Discussions allow the student researcher relates theory and teaching practice and takes ownership of the fundamentals of literacy? The training allows the stage in literacy courses is experienced from another viewpoint? Which? The universe of the research were three private IHEs located in São Paulo city whose subjects were six students researchers that study Pedagogy, from two of each institution. We used qualitative matrix method using a semi-structured interview as data collection instrument, as well as analysis of official documents governing this Program, namely: Communication SE 86, 2007; Resolution SE 86, 2007; Decree No. 51627, 2007, and Resolution SE 90, 2008. We have analyzed the interviews using the content analysis according to Bardin (2011). The research was based on the following authors: Ferreiro (1995 and 2003); Lerner (1995 and 2002) and Smith (1985, 2009 and 2011) in order to support the categories alphabetization and literacy; Contreras (2012), Nóvoa (1992) and Tardiff (2002) to reference the initial category of teacher education. As a result the researchers found that students in school A and B receive training more focused on administrative aspects, with few hours of study and reflection hindering the assessment of the basic concepts related to the literacy process, showing unsafe when immersed in school while the students researchers of the university C receive more geared to the pedagogical aspects of training, enabling them to have greater contact with the authors who discuss literacy in a constructivist perspective leading them to a better understanding of the concepts and therefore the procedures adopted by the regents teachers. We conclude that the students researchers from colleges A and B require theoretical study about the concepts related to literacy for better performance in the classroom.<br>O objeto da presente pesquisa é a formação da aluna pesquisadora sob a perspectiva desses atores. Teve por objetivo geral analisar a formação sob a perspectiva das alunas pesquisadoras de três Instituições de Educação Superior parceiras do Programa Ler e Escrever/Escola Pública e Universidade na Alfabetização/Bolsa Alfabetização do Governo do Estado de São Paulo. Como objetivos específicos, elencamos os seguintes: verificar se a aluna pesquisadora desenvolve atividades para serem entregues nos encontros de formação e verificar com as alunas pesquisadoras se os professores formadores possibilitam momentos de troca de conhecimentos advindos da prática nos encontros de formação. Partimos da hipótese de que a formação da aluna pesquisadora não ocorre de maneira efetiva por parte de algumas IESs contrariando as diretrizes estabelecidas pelo Programa oficial e, assim, buscamos responder as seguintes perguntas: Como ocorre a formação das alunas pesquisadoras nas universidades? Com qual frequência? Quais os temas abordados nessa formação? As discussões permitem que a aluna pesquisadora relacione teoria e prática pedagógica e se aproprie dos fundamentos da alfabetização? A formação permite que o estágio em salas de alfabetização seja vivenciado sob outra ótica? Qual? O universo da pesquisa foram três IESs privadas localizadas na cidade de São Paulo cujos sujeitos foram seis alunas pesquisadoras que cursam Pedagogia, sendo duas de cada instituição. Utilizou-se metodologia de cunho qualitativo, utilizando a entrevista semiestruturada como instrumento de coleta de dados, além de análise dos documentos oficiais que regem o referido Programa, a saber: Comunicado SE – 86 de 2007, Resolução SE – 86 de 2007, Decreto nº 51627 de 2007 e Resolução SE – 90 de 2008. Analisamos as entrevistas utilizando a Análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin (2011). A pesquisa se fundamentou nos seguintes autores: Ferreiro (1995, 2003); Lerner (1995 e 2002) e Soares (1985, 2009 e 2011) para fundamentar as categorias alfabetização e letramento; Contreras (2012), Nóvoa (1992) e Tardif (2002) para referendar a categoria formação inicial de professores. Como resultados constatamos que as alunas pesquisadoras da faculdade A e B recebem formação mais voltada aos aspectos administrativos, com poucas horas de estudo e reflexão dificultando a apreensão dos conceitos básicos referentes ao processo de alfabetização, mostrando-se inseguras quando imersas na escola, enquanto que as alunas pesquisadoras da universidade C recebem formação mais voltada aos aspectos pedagógicos, possibilitando que elas tenham maior contato com os autores que discutem a alfabetização numa perspectiva construtivista, levando-as a melhor compreensão dos conceitos e, consequentemente, dos procedimentos adotados pelas professoras regentes. Conclui-se que as alunas pesquisadoras das faculdades A e B necessitam de aprofundamento teórico a respeito dos conceitos referentes à alfabetização para melhor atuação em sala de aula.

Carström, M. &amp; Johansson C. (2015). Att utmana elevers skriv- och läsförmåga i träningsskolan. En kvalitativ fallstudie med utgångspunkt i metoden “Att skriva sig till läsning”. To challenge pupils’ ability to write and read in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities – a qualitative case study originating in the method of “Write to Read”. Högskolan, Kristianstad. Speciallärarprogrammet. Syftet med följande studie är att undersöka hur skriv- och läsförmågan hos fyra elever i träningsskolan utvecklas genom att arbeta med utgångspunkt i metoden “Att skriva sig till läsning” (ASL). Studiens teoretiska ramverk är det sociokulturella perspektivet och det har valts utifrån en syn på att lärande sker i interaktion med andra människor. Arbetet ger en översikt av tidigare forskning om elever med utvecklingsstörning, läs- och skrivutveckling, läs- och skrivsvårigheter, framgångsfaktorer hos lärare vid arbete med läs- och skrivinlärning, elevers motivation och delaktighet samt om metoden ASL. Genom att göra aktionsforskning i de klasser där vi själva arbetar ville vi undersöka om metoden ASL kunde vara lämplig att använda i arbetet med elevers skriv- och läsutveckling i grundsärskolan, inriktning träningsskola. Vi har gjort deltagande observationer, fört dagboksanteckningar, filmat eleverna och fotograferat elevernas arbete. Sammanfattningsvis pekar resultaten i vår undersökning på att ASL kombinerat med att träna andra förmågor så som bokstavskännedom och klappa stavelser, kan vara en lämplig metod att arbeta efter i grundsärskolan, inriktning träningsskola. Resultatet visar att eleverna utvecklades inom en rad olika områden och studiens bidragande effekter var att elevernas motivation och delaktighet ökade markant.<br>Carström, M. &amp; Johansson, C. (2015) To challenge pupils’ ability to write and read in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities – a qualitative case study originating in the method of “Write to Read”. The purpose of this study is to investigate how four pupils in special schooling’s ability to write and read is possibly affected and developed by working according to the method of “Write to Read” during a period of 8 weeks. The theoretical framework of the study is the sociocultural perspective and it has been chosen according to the approach that learning takes place in interaction with others. The study presents a general view of earlier research of pupils with intellectual disabilities, reading and writing development, reading and writing difficulties, elements of success from teachers working with reading and writing training, pupils’ motivation and participation and with the method of “Write to Read”. By action research in our own classes, we wanted to investigate whether the method of “Write to Read” would be a suitable method to use when trying to develop pupils’ abilities to write and read in Swedish (compulsory) special schools, focusing on pupils with severe intellectual disabilities. We have conducted observations, kept a journal with daily notes, the pupils have been filmed and we have taken photos of our pupils’ work. To sum everything up, our study shows that “Write to Read” combined with training abilities such as knowledge of the letters and of clapping to syllables could be a suitable method within special schools. The result shows that pupils were developing within a number of areas and contributory effects of the study were that our pupils’ motivation and participation increased prominently.

abstract: ABSTRACT This research studies the effects of a writing community on three novice, middle school, Title I language arts teachers' perceptions of themselves as educators and as writers. The participants wrote on topics of their selection, on a bi-monthly basis, for one semester, to explore their teaching and learning. The teachers are in their first five years of instruction and work in Title I, urban schools with ethnically diverse students. All participants are National Writing Project fellows. The researcher analyzed teachers' journals, narratives, conversations, interviews and pre-surveys to collapse and code the research into themes. Findings suggest that teachers need time and support to write during the school day if they are going to write. They also need a supportive, honest, and friendly audience, the writing community, to feel like writers. Findings generated have implications for teacher preparation programs. The participant, who was not an education major, in her undergraduate program, is the only teacher who feels confident in her writing abilities which she connects to her experience in writing and presenting her work as an English and women's studies major. More teacher education programs should offer more writing courses so that preservice teachers become comfortable with the art of composition. Universities and colleges must foster the identities of both instructor and writer in preservice language arts teachers so that they become more confident in their writing and, in turn, their writing instruction. It may be implausible for novice teachers to be effective writing instructors, and educate their students on effective writing strategies, if they do not feel confident in their writing abilities. Although writing researchers may posit that English teachers act as gatekeepers by withholding writing practices from their students (Early and DeCosta-Smith, 2011), this study suggests that English teachers may not have these writing skills because they do not write and or participate in a writing community. When preservice English teachers are not afforded authentic writing opportunities, they graduate from their teacher education programs without confidence as writers. Once ELA teachers transition into their careers they are, again, not afforded the opportunity to write. In turn, it is difficult for them to teach writing to their students, particularly low-income, minority students who may need additional support from their teachers with composition. K-12 teachers need the time and space to write for themselves, on topics of their selection, during the school day, and then, must be trained on how to use their writing as a model to coach their students.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2012

abstract: ABSTRACT Early career science teachers are often assigned to classrooms with high numbers of English language learners (ELL students). As these teachers learn to become effective practitioners, the circumstances surrounding them merit a thorough examination. This study examines the longitudinal changes in Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and practices of six early career science teachers who taught in urban schools. The teachers participated in the Alternative Support for Induction Science Teachers (ASIST) program during their initial two years of teaching. Our research team followed the participants over a five-year period. This study focuses on data from Years 1, 3, and 5. The data collected included classroom observations and interviews. In addition, classroom artifacts were collected periodically for the purpose of triangulation. The analysis of the data revealed that with the support of the ASIST program, the teachers implemented inquiry lessons and utilized instructional materials that promoted academic language skills and science competencies among their ELL students. Conversely, standardized testing, teaching assignment, and school culture played a role in constraining the implementation of inquiry-based practices. The results of this study call for collaborative efforts among university science educators and school administrators to provide professional development opportunities and support for the implementation of inquiry and language practices among early career science teachers of ELL students.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2011

The purpose of this study is to explore the writer identity of four preservice teachers from a large midwestern University. I utilized the narrative inquiry methodology. I interviewed participants four times: Once in January 2019, January 2020, March 2020, and May 2020. I also asked participants to submit a visual metaphor and reflection. Additionally, I observed participants teach in the secondary classroom. Primarily, the findings reveal that participant writer identities largely influence their secondary writing pedagogy. The findings also indicate that participant writer identities were strongly influenced by their k-12 English teachers. Lastly, the findings suggest that participants experienced trouble navigating tensions in writing instruction. The implications suggest that teacher educators can highlight identity work in teacher education courses to strengthen writer identity. Similarly, I recommend in the Implications section that teacher educators design activities to strengthen preservice teachers’ writer identities so they can strengthen the writer identity of future secondary students. The implications also underscore how teacher educators can highlight the tensions that preservice teachers may encounter as a secondary writing instructor, and how to navigate such tension. This study complements the research on writing teacher education and provides new possibilities to effectively prepare writing instructors.

Lisa Delpit points out that when process pedagogues ignore grammar in their teaching of writing, they further the achievement gap between students of a variety of backgrounds. She then argues for a grammar/skills based pedagogy rather than process pedagogy in order to bridge the language differences students bring to the classroom. On the other hand, progressive-minded educators deeply question if skills pedagogy could ever transform unjust social conditions and relationships. Grammar pedagogy may potentially empower an individual's chance at social mobility, but what about the need for social change and respecting language diversity? Both sides of this important debate assume that grammar is a skill and that to teach grammar to writers is skills-based teaching. I challenge these assumptions in my qualitative teacher inquiry, prompted by this question: What difference would it make if the way I practiced grammar became more in tune with my beliefs about critical literacy practice? My dissertation takes up this question by arguing for a curriculum that links grammar and critical thinking and reporting on a qualitative study of this curriculum in action in my Basic Writing classroom. For this curriculum, I consciously engage theoretical micro-perspectives informed by a social semiotic view of grammar and language, explained in my dissertation as Critical Grammar. Such theoretical ground builds on the pedagogical grammars of Martha Kolln and Laura Micciche as well as the critical classroom and research practices of Min-Zhan Lu and Roz Ivanic. I then research Critical Grammar, my theoretical term, through a case study approach to my classroom, specifically through inductive, comparative analysis of how writers discuss sentence-level options and drawn on arhetorical, rhetorical, and critical reasoning in sentence workshops. My case study methodology helps me discover the effects of such discussions on a writer's final draft. Each case traces the process of composing and revising the sentence from first to final draft of an essay, drawing from the writer's process reflections, feedback from me and peers, and class workshop discussions of the sentence. In this way, the mini-cases capture how writers authorized themselves and responded to each other in ethical and resourceful ways. These case studies challenge notions that a teacher's knowledge of grammar should be in service of identifying error patterns and teaching editing skills. In sentence workshops, writers take responsibility for their sentence-level choices and authorize themselves through their ideas, often resulting in dynamic class discussions that inform their writing in a range of ways, the least of which is error reduction. In discussing choices of wording or arrangement, for instance, they would link to issues of a writer's ethos, questions of who/what has the authority for setting language standards, and cultural beliefs. At the same time, based in this research, errors were found to be implicit in Critical Grammar, leading toward further consideration concerning the function of error in Critical Grammar pedagogy. Finally, Critical Grammar was determined to be most successful when it complemented the ideological aspects to an existing curricular perspective on language.

The main aim of this thesis is to describe the personality and life of Ladislav Malý (1862-1956), a teacher, writer, traveller and amateur national historian, who put forward the foundation of the Museum of Příbram. The thesis also tries to situate Ladislav Malý's life into the context of the era and to assess his importance in the history of Příbram, the Příbram region and the Habsburg monarchy, respectively the Czechoslovak Republic. The third task of the thesis is to assess if Ladislav Malý fits in this context and whether or not, in some way, he is out of it. The story about Ladislav Malý is not strictly chronological. As the title "Chapters from Ladislav Malý's Life" sais, the individual aspects of his life (teacher's work, writing, traveling, etc.) are described separately to make them easier to understand and to place them in the overall picture of the era of second half of the 19th century till the middle of the 20th century.

This diploma thesis deals, in a broader sense, with classroom interaction betwen students and history teachers at secondary schools for hearing impaired in the Czech Republic. In a narrower sense, it examines a pattern of teacher's language behaviour and his/her motivation when choosing relevant language means during his/her history classes. The work consists of two parts - theoretical specialized background, and practical research. The theoretical part gives an overview of the relevant specialized terminology used in the Czech Republic and abroad, as well as a short insight into the development of classroom interaction between a student and a teacher at special schools and pays attention to the developmental linguo-didactic aspects in the Czech schools for hearing impaired. The practical part uses qualitative research as a means of a research method. I have observed and filmed history classes at three secondary schools for hearing impaired. As my research interests laid within the above mentioned research technique, I did not assess teaching methodology of the teachers. I focused mainly on the form of teacher's communication. Apart from class observation and filming, I also carried out an after-class interview with each teacher about his/her motivation for the choice of language behaviour. Special...