A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Reform of Central Government
Politicians, civil servants and scholars of public administration have long been concerned and intrigued by the inadequate adaptation of the machinery of government to societal and political needs. They have attempted to interpret this apparent defect, partly in an effort to overcome it, partly through sheer intellectual curiosity.
Summary. This paper presents some results of a case study about the characteristics of the interactions between pupils in groupworks, in the context of an innovative teaching experience of Physics at university level. Videorecordings were carried ou t during classes of the unit on Thermodynamics and some pupils from a focal group were interviewed. Analysis focused on group processes from the linguistic, social and cognitive perspectives. Results suggest that sharing cognitive processes by a group o f student, through reasoning and argumentation, may be an answer to the challenges of teaching practice at university level.