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A music and movement program that incorporated vocal, gestural and rhythmical movement activities was devised with the aim of promoting first-time mothers’ interactions with their infants from the age 2 to 6 months. For first-time mothers as primary caregivers, the early post-partum months of the transition to parenthood can be a stressful period, affecting communicative interactions with their infants and the early development of the dyadic relationship. Furthermore, if mothers are lacking a repertoire of activities that promote communicative interactions via the use of vocal, gestural and rhythmical movement activities the development of the mother-infant relationship may be inhibited.Considering factors that affect the early development of the mother in her role as primary caregiver and the developing relationship with her infant, the investigation of two studies are reported. Study 1 was aimed at investigating the effects music and movement and face-to-face social contact on the frequency of mothers’ interactions with their infants and maternal well-being. Face-to-face social contact was investigated as a factor (both independent of music and movement, and its interaction effect with music and movement) that could influence mothers’ communicative interactions with their infants and maternal well-being. Study 2 investigated behavioural outcomes within the mother-infant relationship in response to the communicative effects of music and movement as measured by change in the characteristics of mothers’ Infant-Directed Speech and dyadic reciprocity Results indicated that up-tempo play songs and rhymes which incorporated rhythmical movement were preferred by the mothers to engage with their infants. As an effect of the their use of the music and movement activities, mothers’ interactions with their infants increased together with their perceived mother-to-infant attachment, characteristics associated with their Infant-Directed Speech and the dyadic reciprocity. Without music and movement, mothers decreased their music and movement interactions with their infants together with their perceived mother-to infant attachment, characteristics associated with their Infant-Directed Speech and the dyadic reciprocity. It was concluded that mothers’ use of the music and movement program with their infants in the early post-partum months was a valuable stimulus that can enhance the mother-infant relationship.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2007.
"A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, MARCS Auditory Laboratories in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliography.

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This doctorate dissertation, in general, investigates play in the reorganization of the curriculum of a school of early childhood education, located in the city of Parnaíba-PI, before and during the development of a project organized based on social activities (LIBERALI, 2009, 2012, 2015). The research discusses the development of teachers and children’s new ways of acting at school, based on early childhood education central concepts and actions, addressing, in a central way, the play and the social activities in which the children participate, and in this context, approppriate of their culture, take positions and become agents (STETSENKO; HO 2015). The Social Activities curriculum enables teachers and children to grasp historically produced knowledge, as well as new ways of acting that (re) signify life in school and in society. In view of this, two main axes are basic to the theoretical and theoretical-methodological discussion of this essay: playing in the curriculum of early childhood education and the proposal of curricular reorganization through social activities. The discussions about the concept of curriculum are based on Apple (1982), Sacristán and Pérez Gómez (1998), Silva (2011), Kuhlmann Jr (2003), Kramer (2014) Oliveira (2010, 2015), Barbosa and Horn (2008), Barbosa et al. (2016). The concept of play considers the references of Brougère (1998, 2003) and Kishimoto (1994, 1996) to the dialogue centered on the theories of Vigotski (1933/2007), Elkonin (1978/2009) and discussions of Newman and Holzman (2014), Stetsenko (2015, 2016), among others of vigotskiana base. The first axis focuses on the curriculum in relation to the conceptions and values present in the models of practices adopted at school about play in childhood. The second proposal is to overcome a traditional curriculum based in early childhood education presenting a new proposal based on social activities, supported by the assumptions of Socio-Historical-Cultural Theory (VIGOTSKI, 1930/2004, 1934/2007, LEONTIEV, 1972/2004, ENGESTRÖM, 2002, 2013, among others. This study - inserted in the area of Applied Linguistics, which understands language as implicated in social life (MOITA LOPES, 2006), specifically in the school life of adults and children - has the methodological choice of Critical Collaboration Research because it understands the research as an intentional process of understanding and transformation, organized by the contradiction and collaboration movements, which focus on the creation of proximal development zones (VIGOTSKI, 1930/2007). The research data, produced at training meetings, planning, classes and performances (jokes), photographs and videos were analyzed based on the argumentative perspective of language (LIBERALI, 2013) articulated to multimodality (KRESS, 2010). In an attempt to explain and understand the organization and movement of the activity of play, both before and during the project by social activities, the analyzes revealed that the implementation of the project at the Parnaíba-PI early childhood institution provided new ways of acting, conceiving and living the play by adults and children. These aspects guided the transformation of educational practices, made possible by the new understandings about the right to play in school, not as a leisure, but as an important element for purposes of teaching-learningdevelopment with primordial relevance to the respect of childhood. The transformations subsidized, afterwards, the strengthening of the curricular proposal of the institution, context of the research
Esta tese, de modo geral, investiga o brincar na reorganização do currículo de uma escola de Educação Infantil, localizada na cidade de Parnaíba-PI, antes e durante o desenvolvimento de um projeto organizado com base em Atividades Sociais (LIBERALI, 2009, 2012, 2015). A pesquisa discute o desenvolvimento de novos modos de agir de professoras e crianças, na escola, a partir de conceitos e ações centrais para a Educação Infantil, abordando, de modo central, o brincar e as atividades sociais em que as crianças participam e, nesse contexto, apropriam-se da cultura, assumem posições e tornam-se agentes (STETSENKO; HO 2015). O currículo por Atividades Sociais (AS) possibilita que professores e crianças apreendam conhecimentos historicamente produzidos, bem como, novos modos de agir que (re)significam a vida na escola e na sociedade. À vista disso, dois grandes eixos são basilares à discussão teórica e teórico-metodológica desta tese: o brincar no currículo da Educação Infantil e a proposta de reorganização curricular por meio de Atividades Sociais. As discussões quanto ao conceito de currículo são feitas com base em Apple (1982), Sacristán e Pérez Gómez (1998), Silva (2011), Kuhlmann Jr (2003), Kramer (2014) Oliveira (2010, 2015), Barbosa e Horn (2008), Barbosa et all (2016). O conceito de brincar considera as referências de Brougère (1998, 2003) e Kishimoto (1994, 1996) para o diálogo centrado nas teorias de Vigotski (1933/2007), Elkonin (1978/2009) e discussões de Newman e Holzman (2014), Stetsenko (2015, 2016), entre outros de base vigotskiana. O primeiro eixo enfoca o currículo em relação às concepções e valores presentes nos modelos de práticas adotadas, na escola, acerca do brincar na infância. O segundo propõe a superação de uma base tradicional de currículo, na Educação Infantil, ao apresentar uma nova proposta organizada com base em Atividades Sociais, apoiada nos pressupostos da Teoria da Atividade Sócio-Histórico-Cultural (VIGOTSKI, 1930/2004; 1934/2007, LEONTIEV, 1972/2004; ENGESTRÖM, 2002, 2013, entre outros). Este estudo - inserido na área da Linguística Aplicada, que entende a linguagem como implicada na vida social (MOITA LOPES, 2006), especificamente, na vida escolar de adultos e crianças, - tem como escolha metodológica a Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração (PCCol) (MAGALHÃES, 2012; 2007, 2014), por entender a investigação como um processo intencional de compreensão e transformação, organizada pelos movimentos de contradição e colaboração, que incidem na criação de Zonas de Desenvolvimento Proximal (VIGOTSKI, 1930/2007). Os dados da investigação, produzidos a partir de encontros de formação, planejamentos, aulas e performances (brincadeiras), fotografias e vídeos foram analisados com base na perspectiva argumentativa da linguagem (LIBERALI, 2013) articulada à multimodalidade (KRESS, 2010). Ao buscar explicitar e compreender a organização e o movimento da atividade do brincar, antes e durante o projeto por AS, as análises revelaram que a implementação do projeto, na instituição de Educação Infantil de Parnaíba-PI, propiciou novos modos de agir, conceber e viver o brincar de adultos e crianças. Tais aspectos foram orientadores de práticas educacionais transformadas, viabilizadas pelas novas compreensões sobre o direito de brincar na escola, não exclusivamente como um lazer, mas de relevância primordial à infância e ao processo de ensino-aprendizagemdesenvolvimento humano. As transformações subsidiaram, posteriormente, o fortalecimento prático-teórico da proposta curricular da instituição, contexto da pesquisa

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The purpose of this research was to find out the role of playing during the teachinglearning process while teaching English as a Foreign Language for young learners (first graders) in a public elementary school. This research relies on children’s language development (DEWEY, 1934), and ZPD (VYGOTSKY, 1978); in orality (CAMERON, 2001), in the structured and unstructured approaches to play (MOYLES, 2002) and teaching-learning of young learners (PINTER, 2013; SCOTT & YTREBERG, 2011; REILLY & WARD, 2016). The methodology chosen to develop this research was qualitative, interpretative, action-research (DENZIN & LINCOLN, 2008; BOGDAN & BIKLEN, 1994; BORTONI-RICARDO, 2013; GREENWOOD & LEVIN, 2010; PERROTTA, 2004). One of the advantages of working with actionresearch is being able to solve a particular problem and to produce guidelines for best practices in real life. The focal group participants were first grade students of a municipal school located in the south of the city of São Paulo. Classes were video/audio-recorded in 2015, then some excerpts of ludic activities were selected, analyzed and interpreted. This study was analyzed and categorized according to their themes (BARDIN, 2011). The results showed that English classes for young learners can broaden students’ horizons and hence create new possibilities
O objetivo deste estudo foi compreender o papel do brincar no processo de ensinoaprendizagem das aulas de inglês no ciclo de alfabetização em uma escola pública municipal de São Paulo. O estudo se fundamenta no desenvolvimento da linguagem da criança (DEWEY, 1934) e na ZDP (VYGOTSKY, 1978); no conceito de oralidade (CAMERON, 2001), no brincar livre e dirigido (MOYLES, 2002) e no ensinoaprendizagem de língua inglesa para criança (PINTER, 2013; SCOTT & YTREBERG, 2011; REILLY & WARD, 2016). A metodologia escolhida para o desenvolvimento deste estudo foi uma pesquisa qualitativa interpretativista, uma pesquisa-ação (DENZIN & LINCOLN, 2008; BOGDAN & BIKLEN, 1994; BORTONIRICARDO, 2013; GREENWOOD & LEVIN, 2010; PERROTTA, 2004). Uma das vantagens de se trabalhar com a pesquisa-ação é que ela busca soluções para problemas que estejam no âmbito da vida real e é responsável pela geração de conhecimento e melhorias sociais prometidas pelas ciências sociais convencionais (GREENWOOD & LEVIN, 2010). Os participantes focais foram os alunos de uma turma do 1º ano de uma escola municipal, localizada na zona sul de São Paulo. O objeto de minha investigação foram as análises de recortes das atividades lúdicas realizadas durante as aulas. Os dados foram coletados em gravações de áudio e vídeo, durante as aulas de inglês ao longo do ano letivo de 2015. O estudo foi analisado, por meio da análise de conteúdos (BARDIN, 2011), que consistiu em descobrir os “núcleos de sentidos”. Os resultados apontam que as aulas de inglês no ciclo de alfabetização podem expandir os horizontes dos educandos e consequentemente criar novas possibilidades e sair do lugar comum

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English teaching has been characterized by methodological proposals oriented towards standardization and convenience with recipes of how to approach teaching-learning through prescriptive methods and materials, not providing experiences that prepare students to act consciously and critically in the world. This research aims to critically understand playing based on Social Activities in the re-elaboration and implementation of Didactic Units for English classes, as well as its role in the reorganization of teaching-learning and in the strengthening of bonds between school and life. Specifically, it focus on understanding if, how and why play brought opportunities of learning and development to the participants, not only in the appropriation of the English language, but also in new ways of being and acting in the world. This investigation is inserted in the field of Critical Applied Linguistic (MOITA LOPES, 2006, PENNYCOOK, 2006, 2014, FABRICIO, 2006), grounded on the Socio-Historical-Cultural Activity Theory - TASCH (VYGOTSKY, 1934, LEONTIEV, 1977, ENGESTRÖM, 1999; LIBERALI, 2009), as well as on the play-based curriculum (VAN OERS, 2013). Methodologically, it is anchored in the Collaborative Critical Research (PCCol) - (MAGALHÃES, 2011), characterized as interventionist, since it focus on understanding and transforming participants' actions in school contexts. This study was conducted with children between ten and eleven years old at a language school in the interior of São Paulo. Data collection happened through the application of a questionnaire which aimed at discovering the social activities the children were involved in. The corpus is composed by excerpts of audio and video recordings produced during the period of a semester. Data were analyzed and interpreted through enunciative-discursive-linguistic categories (LIBERALI, 2013). The results revealed the importance of creating possibilities for rethinking, re-elaborating and reorganizing the teaching-learning of English through playing in Social Activities in order to constitute, in the classroom, critical-collaborative participants in the appropriation of new repertoires in situations of interaction in English. This dissertation allowed the construction of an approach to teaching English which establishes a relation between school and real life. In other words, the construction of non-encapsulated teaching-learning which relates school contents to their use beyond school walls
A área de ensino de inglês tem sido marcada por propostas metodológicas orientadas para a padronização e conveniência, com receitas de como abordar o ensino-aprendizagem por meio de métodos e materiais prescritivos, não proporcionando vivências que prepararem o aluno para atuação crítica e consciente no mundo. Nesse cenário, esta pesquisa objetivou compreender criticamente o brincar em Atividades Sociais na reelaboração e implementação de Unidades Didáticas para aulas de língua inglesa, bem como seu papel na reorganização do ensino-aprendizagem e no estabelecimento das relações entre a escola e a vida. O foco está em discutir se, como e por que o brincar, nas experiências vividas em sala de aula de inglês, trouxe oportunidades de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento aos participantes, não apenas quanto à apropriação da língua inglesa, mas quanto aos novos modos de ser e agir. Este trabalho está inserido no campo da Linguística Aplicada Crítica (MOITA LOPES, 2006; PENNYCOOK, 2006, 2014; FABRICIO, 2006) e apoiado na Teoria da Atividade Sócio-Histórico-Cultural – TASCH (VYGOTSKY, 1934; LEONTIEV, 1977; ENGESTRÖM, 1999; LIBERALI, 2009), assim como nos estudos sobre o currículo baseado no brincar (VAN OERS, 2013). Situa-se no quadro teórico-metodológico da Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração - PCCol (MAGALHÃES 2009, 2011, 2012), caracterizando-se como intervencionista, visto o foco encontrar-se na compreensão e na transformação de modos de agir dos participantes nos contextos escolares. Este estudo foi desenvolvido com crianças entre dez e onze anos de idade em uma escola de idiomas no interior de São Paulo. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio da aplicação de um questionário e uma conversa informal com as crianças, visando o levantamento das Atividades Sociais diariamente vivenciadas. O corpus é formado por excertos de áudio e vídeo gravações produzidos em um semestre. Os dados foram descritos, analisados e interpretados com base em categorias enunciativo-discursivo-linguísticas da Argumentação (LIBERALI, 2013). Os resultados revelaram a importância da criação de possibilidades de repensar, reelaborar e reorganizar o ensino-aprendizagem da Língua Inglesa pelo Brincar em Atividades Sociais, a fim de formar, em sala de aula, participantes crítico-colaborativos na apropriação de novos repertórios em situações de interação de uso do inglês. Esta dissertação possibilitou a construção da relação escola e vida real na abordagem de ensino desse idioma. Em outras palavras, a construção de um ensino-aprendizagem não encapsulado dos saberes escolarizados, mas que relaciona esses conteúdos ao uso fora dos muros da escola

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This research has as main objective to understand the senses attributed to a teacher of English as a second language for children while playing with them. In order to reach our purpose, we intended to answer the question: What are the senses attributed to play and how are they rebuilt along a process of reflective discussion with the coordinator of this school? Guiding this survey lies vygotskian’s theory concerning play as well as studies focused on the teachers’ education of English in Brazil and the main theories of teaching-learning traditionally applied to teaching the English language. Concerning the Critical Collaborative Research, we herein state that it was chosen to convey this research since we truly believe it acts as a facilitator when creating opportunities for critical reflection which lead to a transformation by getting collaborative elements from all those who took part in this process. The research was done with an active focal member, a teacher of English, together with the school coordinator who is the researcher of this study. Not only were data collected through a semi-structured interview, but also through both reflective discussions performed after classes had been observed and the continuation of the interview. Data were analyzed following specific thematic contents about which we can state that assertions about what is said were made from the semantic universe, thus trying to answer the question as well as understanding the senses attributed to play and its implications in the teaching-learning process. Data suggest an alteration in the construction of senses felt by the participant concerning the meaning of playing and its objective in the teaching-learning process of the English Language
Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender sentidos atribuídos ao brincar por uma professora de inglês que leciona um grupo de crianças em um instituto de idiomas. Para cumprir o proposto, buscamos responder à pergunta de pesquisa: Quais os sentidos atribuídos ao brincar e como eles são reconstruídos no decorrer de um processo de conversas reflexivas com a coordenadora da escola? Norteando o trabalho, está a teoria vygotskyana sobre o brincar, estudos acerca da formação do professor de inglês no Brasil e principais teorias de ensino-aprendizagem tradicionalmente utilizadas no ensino de inglês. A Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração foi escolhida para a condução desta pesquisa, pois acreditamos que ela favorece a criação de espaços de reflexão crítica que levam à transformação por meio da colaboração entre os participantes. A pesquisa foi realizada em um instituto de idiomas com uma participante focal, professora de inglês, juntamente com a coordenadora da escola, aqui pesquisadora. A coleta de dados se deu por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada, intermediada por conversas reflexivas que aconteceram após a observação das aulas. Os dados foram analisados segundo os conteúdos temáticos em que, a partir do universo semântico, são feitas asserções sobre o que é dito, buscando responder à pergunta de pesquisa e compreender sentidos atribuídos ao brincar e suas implicações no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Os dados sugerem uma mudança na atribuicao de sentidos da participante acerca do que é o brincar e qual sua finalidade no processo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa

Os princípios básicos na educação ambiental como as ações de sensibilização, compreensão e responsabilidade, tornam-se cada vez mais necessários para possibilitar reflexões sobre práticas cotidianas em prol da melhoria geral da qualidade de vida. Neste aspecto, a temática de resíduos sólidos inserida na educação ambiental pode representar uma valiosa contribuição para despertar a comunidade. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo sensibilizar alunos de ensino fundamental de escolas municipais de Campo Magro – PR, sobre a importância da segregação e destinação correta de resíduos sólidos urbanos. Após a realização de entrevista com diretores e de diagnóstico dos ambientes das nove escolas municipais, foram definidas duas escolas para dar continuidade ao trabalho. Foi elaborado e aplicado um questionário para os alunos do 4º e 5º anos das escolas para avaliar as concepções e atitudes em relação à temática dos resíduos sólidos, ainda no mesmo dia foi solicitado a eles que realizassem uma representação (desenho) sobre o tema “lixo”. Através de análises destes instrumentos pôde-se fazer algumas considerações sobre o entendimento que os alunos têm da temática proposta, e traçar estratégias de educação ambiental de forma lúdica, como rodas de conversas e plantio de árvores, envolvendo as turmas de 4º e 5º anos. Também foram realizadas atividades de educação ambiental com os alunos dos 1°, 2° e 3° anos de ambas as escolas, além de diálogos com funcionários de limpeza, professores e os pais dos alunos. Após esta etapa, foram desenvolvidas e aplicadas atividades envolvendo as duas escolas, como confecções de cartazes (desenhos e frases) e de brinquedos, utilizando material reciclável. Todo o material produzido foi exposto nas escolas em um evento denominado “Reciclando Ideias”. No desenvolvimento das estratégias notou-se curiosidade e empenho bem como, trabalho e cooperação entre equipes. Em diálogo com os alunos, os mesmos opinavam de forma positiva sobre a continuidade das estratégias em outros momentos, mostrando interesse pelo assunto proposto e pela forma com que estávamos realizando o trabalho. Durante a realização dessas atividades pôde ser notado o envolvimento da comunidade escolar referente a questões ambientais em ambas as escolas, sendo relevante destacar a participação dos professores que sempre junto com seus alunos participaram e colaboraram para as atividades. Através desse projeto, pode ser confirmado que a temática ambiental para as séries iniciais da educação básica, deve ser trabalhada através de atividades diferenciadas e envolvendo alunos, professores, corpo técnico e a comunidade onde residem os alunos, pois somente com a ação dos multiplicadores ambientais é que será possível haver mudanças no cenário em que o meio ambiente encontra-se hoje.
The basic principles in environmental education as awareness, understanding and responsibility become actions are increasingly necessary to provide reflections on everyday practices on overall quality of life. In this regard, solid waste topic insertion in environmental education may represent a valuable contribution to awaken the community. The present study aimed to sensitize primary school students of municipal schools in Campo Magro - PR, of segregation and proper disposal of solid waste importance. After conducting interviews with directors and diagnostic environments of the nine public schools, two schools were established to continue the work. A questionnaire was elaborated and applied to students in 4th and 5th years of schools to assess views and attitudes towards solid waste topic, and they was prompted to stage a representation (drawing) on the topic "junk" on the same day. Through analysis of these instruments it was possible to make some considerations on the understanding that students have of the proposed topic, and design strategies for environmental education in a playful way, like wheels conversations and planting trees, involving groups of 4 and 5 years. Environmental education activities with students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of both schools were also performed, as well as dialogues with cleaning staff, teachers and parents of students. After this step, were developed and applied activities involving the two schools, as clothing, posters (drawings and phrases) and toys, using recyclable material. All material produced was exposed in schools in an event called "Recycling Ideas". The development of strategies was noted curiosity and commitment as well as work and cooperation between teams. In dialogue with the students, they opined positively about the continuity of the strategies at other times, showing interest in the proposed issue and by the way we were doing the work. While performing these activities could be noted the involvement of the school community regarding environmental issues at both schools, being relevant to highlight the participation of teachers who always together with their students participated and contributed to the activities. Through this project, it can be confirmed that the environmental issue in the early grades of elementary education, must be worked through differentiated activities and involving students, teachers, staff and community where students reside, because only with the action of environmental multipliers is that current environment scenario can be changed.

The impetus for this study came from the findings of an evaluation of a Maths and Science through Arts and Culture (MStAC) Curriculum Intervention undertaken with Grade R teachers registered for a BEd(in-service) qualification at Rhodes University, South Africa. The intervention aimed to enrich Grade R teachers’ teaching of mathematics. Post-intervention classroom observations showed that, in spite of the intervention, teachers’ classroom practices did not change, and they were not using visual arts to teach mathematical concepts. This, together with the lack of research in the field of mathematics in early childhood, particularly in South Africa, motivated this research, a case study, which investigates how visual arts can be used to teach space and shape conceptualization in Grade R. I designed a research intervention underpinned by a constructivist model of teacher professional development located in reflective practice (Borko & Putman, 1995; Zeichner & Liston, 1996; Wilmot, 2005). Guided by Stacey’s (2009) notion of an emergent curriculum, I designed a three phase research intervention which involved selected Grade R teachers undertaking classroom-based research. Phase I built awareness around the notion of creativity; Phase II focused on making meaning of children’s behaviour and interests; and Phase III applied the knowledge and ideas from the Phases I and II to the teaching of space and shape. As an interpretive research study, it closely examines the participating teachers’ perceptions, experiences and reflections which were articulated in reflective reports and assignments. Following action research processes, the participant teachers engaged in the process of an emergent curriculum. They observed the behaviour interests of Grade R children, interpreted and made meaning of the evident behaviours, made decisions regarding extension activities, and planned accordingly. The findings of the study illuminate a model of teacher professional development that can support and enhance teachers’ practice. Understanding the notion of creativity and the ability to create a classroom conducive to creativity, are necessary components for teaching space and shape through visual arts activities. An emergent curriculum approach is proposed as an appropriate pedagogy for teaching children about space and shape through visual arts activities.

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ChIPPA, on the play of “make-believe”, are perceived as pedagogically relevant to Early Childhood Education. For this purpose, twelve children, attending this level of education, participated in the study, as well as four teachers who worked there, in this level of education, and one primary school literacy teacher, all of them from a private school, located in the south of São Paulo (SP), Brazil. The literature review showed that play is a difficult concept to define, still seen in the daily school life as a natural phenomenon. It has also been demonstrated that, on the contrary, it has a social character, which is why it should be understood as a child right and, thus, intentionally implemented in schools too. The theoretical perspective adopted was Socio-historical Psychology, especially the Vygotskian concepts that deal with the relations of learning and development, of language and thought, of meanings and significance, of mediation and zone of proximal development, and the role of play in the child development. The method consisted in the application of the Children's Initiated Assessment Tool (ChiPPA) to the participating children and the use of two questionnaires, addressed to the teachers: one focused on their initial ideas about playing and their presence in the daily life of the Early Childhood Education, and another, after having made available the information on the ways of playing of each child, to verify if this data could guide the teaching planning and improve the educational practices. The results show that the ChIPPA can guide the elaboration of pedagogical objectives, since they indicate the different levels of abilities of the children in “make-believe” play. In addition, the teaching discourses that initially defended the play, but did not implement it in the quantity and quality expected in the daily school life, pointed out that, knowing the children's abilities in the games proposed, new pedagogical perspectives were unveiled, that is, the need to extend the frequency of play and its duration; to propose situations of “make-believe” play and symbolic play, and also to analyze carefully the play to, based on this, propose better planned pedagogical interventions. It was suggested that ChIPPA is an important tool for teachers in the service of learning and child development
Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar se (e como) os dados oferecidos pelo ChIPPA, sobre a brincadeira de faz de conta da criança, são percebidos como pedagogicamente relevantes para a Educação Infantil. Para tanto, participaram do estudo doze crianças que frequentavam este nível de ensino, quatro professoras que nele atuavam e uma alfabetizadora do 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola particular, situada na zona sul da cidade de São Paulo (SP), Brasil. A revisão de literatura mostrou que a brincadeira é um conceito de difícil definição, visto ainda no cotidiano escolar como um fenômeno natural. Foi também demonstrado que, ao contrário, ela possui caráter social, razão pela qual deve ser entendida como um direito infantil e, deste modo, implementada intencionalmente também nas escolas. A perspectiva teórica adotada foi a Psicologia Sócio-histórica, em especial os conceitos vigotskianos que tratam das relações da aprendizagem com o desenvolvimento, da linguagem com o pensamento, de sentidos e significados, de mediação e zona de desenvolvimento proximal e o papel da brincadeira no desenvolvimento infantil. O método consistiu na aplicação do Instrumento de Avaliação do Faz de Conta Iniciado pela Criança (ChiPPA) junto às crianças participantes e no emprego de dois questionários, dirigidos às professoras: um voltado às suas ideias iniciais sobre o brincar e a presença dele no cotidiano da Educação Infantil e, outro, após ter disponibilizado as informações sobre as formas de brincar de cada criança, para verificar se estes dados poderiam orientar o planejamento docente e aprimorar as práticas educativas. Os resultados mostram que o ChIPPA pode orientar a elaboração de objetivos pedagógicos, por indicarem os diferentes níveis de habilidades das crianças no brincar de faz de conta. Adicionalmente, os discursos docentes que defendiam inicialmente o brincar, mas sem o implementar na quantidade e qualidade esperada no cotidiano escolar, apontaram que, conhecidas as habilidades das crianças nas brincadeiras propostas, novas perspectivas pedagógicas foram descortinadas, ou seja, a necessidade de ampliar a frequência das brincadeiras e seu tempo de duração; de propor situações de faz de conta em torno do brincar convencional e do brincar simbólico e, também, de analisar criteriosamente a brincadeira para, com base nisso, propor intervenções pedagógicas mais bem planejadas. Sugeriu-se, portanto, que o ChIPPA constitui uma importante ferramenta para as professoras, a serviço da aprendizagem e do desenvolvimento infantil

There are numerous methods teachers use to teach the alphabet to children. This thesis is a curriculum on how to teach the alphabet to English learners and English speakers. The author teaches kindergarten to students who are English speakers and to students who are Spanish speakers learning English as a second language. The school's instructional Reading Based Program (the Houghton Mifflin Lectura of California) offers many ideas and strategies but is missing some components necessary to meet distinct standards for kindergarten. The author developed this curriculum to meet the standards of teaching English speakers and English learners the alphabet to meet district standards.

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Apresentamos neste trabalho alguns paradoxos lógico-matemáticos, como o paradoxo de Galileu, e também alguns paradoxos geométricos, como os paradoxos de Curry, de Hooper e de Banach-Tarski. Empregamos os paradoxos de Curry e de Hooper para motivar o estudo de conceitos de Geometria e de Teoria dos Números, tais como área, semelhança de triângulos, o Teorema de Pitágoras, razões trigonométricas no triângulo retângulo, o coeficiente angular da reta e a sequência de Fibonacci, e organizamos atividades lúdicas para a sala de aula no Ensino Fundamental e no Ensino Médio.
We present in this work some logical-mathematical paradoxes, as Galileo's paradox, and also some geometric paradoxes, such as Curry's paradox, Hooper's paradox and the Banach-Tarski paradox. We employ the Curry and Hooper paradoxes to motivate the study of concepts of Geometry and Number Theory, such as area, triangle similarity, Pythagorean Theorem, trigonometric ratios in the right triangle, angular coefficient of the line, and Fibonacci sequence, and we organize recreation activities for the classroom in Elementary and High School.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how preschool pedagogues in Stockholm and in Tornedalen speak about and relate to creative activities. By qualitative interviews in two geographically distant areas, one minority culture and one majority culture, I have collected information from six pedagogues, three in each area. Values in, and the significance of culture in creative activities have been the main focus. From this study I conclude that all pedagogues agreed upon the creative activity having an extensive role in the preschool work. The role of the individual pedagogue within the creative activity is multiple and dependent on where, when and how the activity is carried out. The focus in creative activities varied; while the pedagogues in Stockholm mostly spoke about creativity as a phenomenon of art, the pedagogues in Tornedalen spoke about creativity in a wider sense and often connected to practical problems. Another important factor relevant to creative activities was the environment like the preschool, the home, the nature and the society. The way the pedagogues used these environments differed remarkably; in Tornedalen they spoke more about the family and different professions in the society while the pedagogues in Stockholm spoke about the nature and exhibitions. My opinion, after this study, is that it is difficult to discriminate the creative activities from other preschool work, since creativity is permeated with playing and vice versa. Creativity is also a natural part of children exploring and if you like creative activities can permeate everything a pedagogue attends to.

A music and movement program that incorporated vocal, gestural and rhythmical movement activities was devised with the aim of promoting first-time mothers’ interactions with their infants from the age 2 to 6 months. For first-time mothers as primary caregivers, the early post-partum months of the transition to parenthood can be a stressful period, affecting communicative interactions with their infants and the early development of the dyadic relationship. Furthermore, if mothers are lacking a repertoire of activities that promote communicative interactions via the use of vocal, gestural and rhythmical movement activities the development of the mother-infant relationship may be inhibited.Considering factors that affect the early development of the mother in her role as primary caregiver and the developing relationship with her infant, the investigation of two studies are reported. Study 1 was aimed at investigating the effects music and movement and face-to-face social contact on the frequency of mothers’ interactions with their infants and maternal well-being. Face-to-face social contact was investigated as a factor (both independent of music and movement, and its interaction effect with music and movement) that could influence mothers’ communicative interactions with their infants and maternal well-being. Study 2 investigated behavioural outcomes within the mother-infant relationship in response to the communicative effects of music and movement as measured by change in the characteristics of mothers’ Infant-Directed Speech and dyadic reciprocity Results indicated that up-tempo play songs and rhymes which incorporated rhythmical movement were preferred by the mothers to engage with their infants. As an effect of the their use of the music and movement activities, mothers’ interactions with their infants increased together with their perceived mother-to-infant attachment, characteristics associated with their Infant-Directed Speech and the dyadic reciprocity. Without music and movement, mothers decreased their music and movement interactions with their infants together with their perceived mother-to infant attachment, characteristics associated with their Infant-Directed Speech and the dyadic reciprocity. It was concluded that mothers’ use of the music and movement program with their infants in the early post-partum months was a valuable stimulus that can enhance the mother-infant relationship.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

My dissertation deals with the contribution of practical activities as scope for the factors developing creativity of primary school pupils. Firstly, the definitions of the terms creativity, technical education and project teaching, based on specialised literature, are introduced. These three theoretical spheres focus in detail on the creative process and product, creative factors, convergent and divergent thinking skills, the creative person and the methods that help develop his or her creativity. I try to clarify the technique as a means of development of practical activities. After that I deal with the educational area "Man and the World of Work" and present possible topics for the development of creativity in working education. My thesis demonstrates a project together with its types and focuses on the implementation and benefits of project-based learning. The practical part is focused on the development of individual projects. Fifteen individual projects, helping to develop creativity of pupils at primary schools, were offered to twenty-one teachers. These teachers participated in a questionnaire survey and they were given an opportunity to provide feedback on the above mentioned individual projects. The results of the survey are described in the sixth chapter of this thesis.