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The proposal: 13th criteria of mediation: Mediation of the construction of the mediator-mediatee’s link.

The teacher mediator in the The teacher mediator in the optics of high school optics of high school

students.students.



Dissertation presented for the Master of Education Degree at the Federal University of Parana, Brazil. Aiming to determine whether the profile of teacher mediator in the optics of high school students coincides with the profile the mediator determined by the twelve characteristics of mediation in Feuerstein.300 students, in a great school of Paraná, responded to questionnaires.



Reuven FeuersteinReuven FeuersteinTTheory of structural cognitive modifiability.heory of structural cognitive modifiability.

The twelve criterias. The twelve criterias. (Universal Criteria)(Universal Criteria)

11 Intentionality and reciprocity. .

22 Transcendence

33 Mediation of Meaning

1010Mediation of an awareness of the human being as a changing entity

44 Mediation of feeling of competence. .

55Mediation of regulation and control

of behavior. .

66 Mediation of sharing behavior. .

77Mediation of individuation and psychological differentiation. .

88Mediation of goal seeking/goal

setting/goal achieving/goal monitoring. .

99Mediation of challenge, novelty and

complexity. .

1010Mediation of an awareness of the human being as a changing entity

1111Mediation of the search for

optimistic alternatives. .

1212 Mediation of a feeling of belonging. .

1313Mediation of the construction of a

mediator-mediatee link.



Problem:How the high-school student s realize the mediation of their

teachers?

Hypothesis:The students identify in the performance of their best

teachers the same characteristics that Feuerstein proposed as criteria of mediation.



Metodology:

1 – Questionnaire applied to classes of the High-School Marist Santa Maria. (Questions for each criteria and one open question).

2 – Interviews with 12 students.

3 - Qualitative analysis of the percentage of the answers, and the summary of answers about the open question and the texts of interviews.



How many times the students realize the 12 criteria in their teachers? Times of “always”

and “in most cases”:



1.1 When the teacher teaches, he tells clearly what the aim of the class is.

Never Few times In most cases Always

1.2 The teacher does everything he can do to reach your willingness to learn. Never Few times In most cases Always 1.3 You can realize in his actions that he really wants you learn. Never Few times In most cases Always 1.4 Before beginning to teach the issue, he wins your attention. Never Few times In most cases Always

Example of questions of the first criteria (intentionality and reciprocity)



Média

84,5

Times of “always” and “in most cases”: Percents

Average



Results from the “open” question:

“In your opinion, what should be the main characteristic of a good teacher?”

He needs to be friend, to have a good relationship with the students.He has to explain very well.He has to know profoundly the content.know and deal with the individual characteristics of each student. He needs to be funny, be good mood.Being always ready to help.He needs to hear the students carefully.He has to respect his students.He needs to gain the attention of students for his explanationsHe must have patience with the students, not argue for small reasons.



Conclusions of the research:

The Hypothesis of research is partially confirmed! Students identified in the performance of their best teachers the same characteristics as Feuerstein proposed as criteria for mediation, meanwhile they note a different frequency that proposed by the theory’s author. While Feuerstein proposes universal criteria as the first three and tenth as necessary for any act mediated, students cited as the most frequently only two: the first and tenth.



The criterias in the order of the observation of the students:





According to the students, the most important characteristic of a good teacher is the quality of the relationship he builds with them.



Propose:

13th criteria of mediation

Mediation of the construction of the teacher-student’s link.



Why it is possible to propose the 13th criteria? Isn’t it

considered indirectly in the theory?



Answer: By the same reason that Feuerstein emphasizes the

modifiability axioms, even when they are already considered in the

first one.



MODIFIABILITY AXIOMS

1 – Every person is modifiable.

2 – This single person is also modifiable.

3 – I am myself modifiable.

4 – ( . . . )

5 – ( . . . )



Excellent teacher:

• He mastered the content (update, depht, meaning).

• He knows how to explain.

• He’s “friend”.

From the research:



An excellent teacher is “friend”.

• He listens me with great interest.

• He acts with authority with tranquility, calmly.

• He acts with justice.

From the research:



13th criteria of mediation

Mediation of the construction of the mediator – mediatee’s link.


MEIER, Marcos; GARCIA, Sandra. Mediation of Learning. Contributions of Feuerstein and Vygotsky. Curitiba, Author’s Edition. 3th Edition. 2008



Maieutics: Maieutics: the the SocraticSocratic art of art of teaching students to think.teaching students to think.

2 functions: 2 functions:

His mother: His mother: midwife. Help with midwife. Help with births. Genesis of ideas. births. Genesis of ideas.

His father: Sculptor. His father: Sculptor. Stoning. Stoning. Making better.Making better.

Dear Marcos Thank you for your paper which is very interesting. I am looking forward with great interest to your entire book. If you are interested I will be ready to write a foreword. Your suggestion to add to the parameters an additional one which will deal with the relationship between the mediator and the mediatee is absolutely justified as an elaboration in a detailing of what is actually included in the concept of intentionality which includes the type of changes with the intention to mediate produces in the three partners of the mediational interaction – the mediator, who has to change himself to create a relationship with the mediatee, and this relationship may vary from case to case. The changes produced in the object of content, idea, philosophy of feeling to be mediated and ultimately the great changes produced in the mediatee, in his way of relating himself to the interactive process and the changes produced by this process in him. Your intention to add this parameter may be a wonderful opportunity to offer the necessity to detail and extend the concept involved. With best wishes Prof .Reuven Feuerstein

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