Erradicación del analfabetismo funcional en el noreste de Brasil

OBJETIVOS: Mostrar las bases del Sistema de Alfabetización Scliar, creado para erradicar el analfabetismo funcional en Brasil, aplicado en dos municipios del noreste de Brasil. METODOLOGÍA: Investigación intervencionista que consistió en la educación continua en línea semanal de educadores involucrados en la enseñanza de la alfabetización a niños de 1° y 2° grado en escuelas públicas de São José da Laje, AL y Lagarto, SE, con metodología innovadora y material pedagógico, basados en los avances de la neurociencia, la lingüística, psicolingüística y neuropsicologia. Los instrumentos de evaluación de resultados fueron la Evaluación Nacional de Alfabetización (ANA), el Más Alfabetización y la prueba de Fluidez, todos del Ministerio de Educación de Brasil. RESULTADOS: Los niños de São José da Laje dieron un salto gigante en la competencia lectora, considerando el nivel más alto y deseable alcanzado por solo el 1.39% de los estudiantes de 8 años en el tercer año, según la ANA de 2016: después de la adopción del SSA, el municipio saltó al 71% de los estudiantes, a la edad de 7 años, en el mismo nivel, no en el 3º, sino en el 2º año, según el Más Alfabetización, em 2018. La ANA constato en el nivel más bajo 1, en el estado de Sergipe un porcentaje muy alto de 45,28% y en el 4, el nivel de competencia deseable, solo el 3.02. En la comparación de tales resultados, con los obtenidos en el Más Alfabetización, los dos colegios de Lagarto, también en el estado de Sergipe, que han adoptado la SSA desde 2017, constatase que en el nivel 1 hubo un porcentaje de solo 8,7 y 9,1, mientras en el nivel deseado, 3, el más alto las dos escuelas alcanzaron el 34,8 y el 31,8%. CONCLUSIONES: Los resultados muestran que es posible erradicar el analfabetismo funcional, si se produce un cambio en las políticas públicas de alfabetización, a favor de la formación continua de alfabetizadores, de metodologías y material pedagógico, basados en las ciencias que abordan el lenguaje verbal. GOALS: Showing Scliar Literacy System fundamentals, created to eradicate functional illiteracy in Brazil, applied in two cities in the Brazilian northeast. METHODOLOGY: Interventional research that consisted of weekly online educators’ continuing education involved in teaching literacy to 1st and 2nd grade children in São José da Laje, AL and Lagarto, SE public schools, with innovative methodology and pedagogical material, based on advances in neuroscience, linguistics, psycholinguistics and neuropsychology. The results evaluation instruments were the National Early Literacy Assessment (ANA), the More Early Literacy and the Fluency test, all from the Brazilian Ministry of Education. RESULTS: São José da Laje children made a giant leap in reading proficiency, considering the highest and most desirable level reached by only 1.39% of 8-year-old students in the third year, according to the 2016 ANA: after the SSA adoption, the municipality jumped to 71% of the students, at the age of 7, at the same level, not in the 3rd, but in the 2nd year, according to the More Early Literacy, in 2018. The ANA found in the lowest level 1, in Sergipe state a very high percentage of 45.28% and in 4, the desirable level of competence, only 3.02%. Comparing these results, with those obtained by More Early Literacy, the Lagarto two schools, also in the state of Sergipe, which have adopted the SSA since 2017, it was found that in level 1 there was a percentage of only 8.7 and 9.1, while at the desired level, 3, the highest, the two schools reached 34.8 and 31.8%. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that it is possible to eradicate functional illiteracy, if there is a change in public literacy policies, favoring continuous training of early literacy teachers, methodologies and pedagogical material, based on the sciences that address verbal language.

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Neuroscience, Linguistics and Psycholinguistics Advances Applied to Early Literacy Teaching

English Linguistics Research ◽

10.5430/elr.v9n3p15 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Leonor Scliar-Cabral

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Early Literacy ◽

Literacy Assessment ◽

Continuous Training ◽

Municipal Schools ◽

National Literacy ◽

Level 1 ◽

The Difference ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Student Belonging

I discuss the lack of linguistic and psycholinguistic fundamentals compromising the teaching-learning models of early literacy, as well as the ignorance of reading neuroscience most recent contributions, arguing with linguistic and neuroscience theories about perceptual invariant units, like phonemes and graphemes. I also explain the difference between phoneme and sound and between grapheme and letter as well as the existence of hierarchical linguistic levels. All those fundamentals pave the Scliar Early Literacy System (SSA), applied on an experiment run at Lagarto, Sergipe State, on the Brazilian Northeastern, that showed the lowest scores in the 2016 National Literacy Assessment (ANA). METHOD: José Humberto dos Santos Santana, distance SSA Course student, belonging to Lagarto municipal staff, organized the five researchers group to implement the SSA in two Lagarto schools. Teachers Patrícia Vieira Barbosa Faria and Jaqueline da Silva Nascimento were 75 children teaching pioneers, in February, 2017, using SSA, Module 1, method and materials, focusing on reading learning at the municipal schools Raimunda Reis, RR (two classes) and Manoel de Paula Menezes Lima, MPML (one class). On 2018, the same teachers followed the same children in the 2nd grade, applying SSA, Module 2, method and materials, focusing on writing learning. Educators received continuous distance training, first, fortnightly and, starting in 2018, twice every week: Tuesdays, for educators who worked with 2nd grade children and, on Wednesdays, for 1st grade educators, from Elementary School. Distant classes last one hour and a half each. RESULTS: The 2018 More Early Literacy Program assessment describes the lowest level 1, as the one where children barely identify one word or the other. In this level two Lagarto schools dropped to 8.7 (RR) and 9.1% (MPML), while at the highest level, dealing with children who have a desirable reading performance, they reached the percentages of 34.8 (RR) and 31.8 (MPML). Compare such results with the 2016 National Literacy Assessment (ANA) performance in the State of Sergipe: level 1, 45.28; highest level, 3.02. In 2018, Lagarto Municipal Education Secretariat expanded its adhesion to SSA, reaching an average of 490 children from the 1st (18 classes) and 2nd (3 classes) grades of Elementary School, taking into account reading and writing, respectively. The Secretariat guaranteed the continuous training of 18 teachers who attend the 1st year and the 5 who attend the 2nd year for applying the SSA. In 2019, given the proposal success, more than 1000 children benefited from the project.

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Políticas públicas de alfabetização

Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural Studies ◽

10.5007/2175-8026.2019v72n3p271 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. 271-290

Author(s):

Leonor Scliar-Cabral

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Early Literacy ◽

First Year ◽

Literacy Assessment ◽

Reading And Writing ◽

Final Version ◽

Fluency And Comprehension ◽

The Common ◽

National Literacy ◽

Early Literacy Assessment

In the 2016 National Early Literacy Assessment (ANA) (INEP, 2017), 2,160,601 students from Brazilian public schools were evaluated at the end of the 3rd year of the Early Literacy Cycle, in reading and writing, among which only 12.99% reached the aimed level (4) in reading and only 8.28% reached the aimed level (5) in writing. However, in Lagarto city (Sergipe State), which, according to the aforementioned evaluation, had ranked last in Brazil, with only 3.02% of students at the aimed level in reading, and penultimate place in writing, with only 1.84%, things became quite different. Being taught by Scliar Early Literacy System, seventy children were reading with fluency and comprehension and, above all, with pleasure, by the end of the first year, in 2017. I analyze two documents on early literacy public policies: The final version of the Common National Curricular Base (BRAZIL, MEC 2017) and the decree 9.765 of April 11, 2019, which establishes the National Literacy Policy and Iexplain why the lack of knowledge about advances in sciences such as linguistics, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology and neuroscience leads to failure in early literacy.

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What Clinicians Need to Know About Early Literacy Development in Children With Hearing Loss

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/2018_lshss-18-0015 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 16-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Elizabeth Runnion ◽

Shelley Gray

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Early Literacy ◽

Skill Development ◽

Reading Proficiency ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Literacy Skill ◽

Early Literacy Development ◽

Literacy Skill Development ◽

Children With Hearing Loss

PurposeChildren with hearing loss may not reach the same level of reading proficiency as their peers with typical development. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have important roles to play in preventing this problem early in children's development. In this tutorial, we aim to communicate how the habilitation practices of audiologists and intervention services of SLPs can support early literacy skill development in children with hearing loss.MethodWe describe key findings from peer-reviewed research articles to provide a review of early literacy skill development, to explain the relationship between early literacy skills and conventional reading skills, and to highlight findings from early literacy skill intervention studies that included children with hearing loss who use spoken language. We conclude with a hypothetical case study to illustrate how audiologists and SLPs can support early literacy acquisition in children with hearing loss.ConclusionFindings from studies of young children with hearing loss suggest that a promising approach to improving reading outcomes is to provide explicit early literacy instruction and intervention.

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Addressing African American English in Early Literacy Assessment and Instruction

Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations ◽

10.1044/cds15.2.54 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 54-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nicole Patton Terry

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Early Literacy ◽

American English ◽

Critical Role ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

African American English ◽

Literacy Assessment ◽

Learning To Read ◽

Speech Language Pathologist ◽

Early Literacy Assessment

Abstract Determining how best to address young children's African American English use in formal literacy assessment and instruction is a challenge. Evidence is not yet available to discern which theory best accounts for the relation between AAE use and literacy skills or to delineate which dialect-informed educational practices are most effective for children in preschool and the primary grades. Nonetheless, consistent observations of an educationally significant relation between AAE use and various early literacy skills suggest that dialect variation should be considered in assessment and instruction practices involving children who are learning to read and write. The speech-language pathologist can play a critical role in instituting such practices in schools.

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الضغوط المهنية لدى معلمي ومعلمات التربية المهنية في الأردن في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

مجلة جامعة فلسطين التقنية للأبحاث ◽

10.53671/pturj.v7i2.75 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 59-67

Author(s):

Sameer Shdaifat ◽

Jaafar Abusaa

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Occupational Stress ◽

Stress Level ◽

Primary Teachers ◽

Male Teachers ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Occupational Education ◽

The Public ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Stress Levels

The present study aimed to identify the occupational stress level of occupational education female and male teachers. It also aimed to identify whether there is any difference between the respondents’ occupational stress levels which can be attributed to their (gender, experience or school stage). The study’s population consists from all the all the occupational education female and male teachers who work at the public schools affiliated with the first and second directorates of education in Irbid (i.e. 320 teachers). As for the sample, it consists from 100 female and male teachers. Those teachers were selected through using the random stratified sampling method. Those teachers were selected from the public schools affiliated with the first and second directorates of education in Irbid. The researchers chose a descriptive survey research design. They developed an instrument (i.e. a questionnaire) for measuring the occupational stress level of teachers. It was found that the occupational stress level of the occupational education female and male teachers is high. It was found that there is a statistically significant difference between the respondents’ occupational stress levels which can be attributed to gender. The latter difference is for the favor of males. It was found that there is a statistically significant difference between the respondents’ occupational stress levels which can be attributed to experience. The latter difference is for the favor of the ones who possess moderate experience. It was found that there is a statistically significant difference between the respondents’ occupational stress levels which can be attributed to the school stage. The latter difference is for the favor of the lower primary teachers. In the light of the aforementioned results, the researchers recommend exerting effort to reduce the occupational stress level of occupational education female and male teachers. Such efforts include creating convenient psychological and occupational environments. The researchers also recommend providing the lower primary teachers with attention by the Ministry of Education in Jordan. That can be done through providing those teachers with training & development programs. That can be also done through raising their socio-economic levels and providing them with financial & moral incentives & rewards.

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Teaching English through Task and Project-Based Learning to Embera Chamí Students

Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal ◽

10.14483/22487085.13109 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (21) ◽

pp. 78-90

Author(s):

Luis Ricardo Rojas ◽

Jenifer Rueda Varon

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

English Language ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

Learning Approaches ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Indigenous Students ◽

Conditions For Learning ◽

Vocabulary Recognition ◽

Learning English

Bilingual indigenous students who attend public schools around the country are to develop English language skills as part of the suggested curriculum created by the Colombian Ministry of Education. This is the case of the Embera Chamí students in Florencia, Caquetá whose conditions for learning English differ from those of monolingual Spanish students. The purpose of this study is to analyze the difficulties and the advantages of learning English through task- and project-based learning in bilingual indigenous students. The analysis of the study was developed through the method of systematization of experience. Results suggest that the two learning approaches enhanced indigenous students’ speaking skills and facilitated vocabulary recognition. However, the students mentioned being more interesting in learning English for specific purposes.

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SCHOOL CULTURE PRESCRIBED IN EXPERIMENTAL SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSES IN PORTO ALEGRE (1959)

História da Educação ◽

10.1590/2236-3459/102759 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

Author(s):

Juliana Topanotti dos Santos de Mello ◽

Norberto Dallabrida

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

School Culture ◽

Secondary School ◽

Private School ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Secondary Classrooms ◽

Female Sex

Abstract This article aims to understand the school culture prescribed in the curricular plans sent to the Ministry of Education in 1959 to obtain authorization for experimental secondary classrooms in some schools of Porto Alegre (RS). Public schools proposed two different courses with nuclei of mandatory and elective subjects. The private school, directed to the female sex, defined only one school course, which consisted of mandatory and elective subjects, in addition to participation in clubs.

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A Critical Analysis of the Use of Mobile Devices in the Classroom and Its Implication for Teaching and Learning

Handbook of Research on Mobile Devices and Smart Gadgets in K-12 Education - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2706-0.ch014 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 225-239

Author(s):

Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey ◽

Vincentia Abui Akrobotu

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Public Schools ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Academic Work ◽

The Other ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Psychological Growth

The use of mobile devices, especially, by teens has been looked at with much apprehension and suspicion with some saying that it can be used to acquire information which can be detrimental to their social and psychological growth. Some teachers complain that it affects teens' studies as these teenagers stay up late in the night browsing, chatting, watching movies and playing games which cause them to sleep in class or pay little attention because of tiredness. In Ghana students in public schools up to Senior High School are not allowed to use personal mobile phones, laptops and other mobile gadgets in school because of implications such as those enumerated above. On the other hand, some, including those in prominent positions in government, have called for a rethink of such a directive by the Ministry of Education. This chapter critically looks into previous literature on the use of mobile devices in the classroom and suggests ways in which it can be effectively used to advance academic work in the classroom.

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