scholarly journals Theoretical and practical, but rarely integrated: Norwegian primary school teachers’ intentions and practices of teaching outside the classroom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øystein Winje ◽  
Knut Løndal
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Experiential Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Modal Model

AbstractThis study investigates teachers’ intentions and practices related to teaching outside the classroom. We report on three months of fieldwork consisting of participatory observations and qualitative interviews of teachers in two Norwegian primary schools practising weekly uteskole [outdoor school]. We find that the teachers’ intentions for uteskole are to facilitate first-hand experiences for their pupils. The teachers organise and teach uteskole in two distinct ways: 1) friluftsliv activities [outdoor living activities] and 2) theoretical learning activities. The connections between friluftsliv activities and theoretical learning activities are seldom emphasised. Furthermore, the teachers rarely organise theoretical learning activities that entail pupils’ transacting with their surroundings. We discuss how the teachers’ work can be understood through the Romantic and the Pragmatist perspectives of experiential education and through the representational epistemology of traditional schooling. We outline how a transactional epistemology, operationalised as the “multi-modal model of knowing”, can support teachers in facilitating transaction between the pupils and the environment outdoors and aid in establishing continuity between learning activities outdoors and indoors. We argue that these are important factors that can enhance uteskole as a teaching method for facilitating deep learning in Norwegian primary education.

scholarly journals PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE REMOTE TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES (RTLA) DURING LOCKDOWN PERIOD IN SRI LANKA

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
F.M.NAWASTHEEN ◽  
S.SHIFAAN ◽  
M.W.A.BISTHAMY
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
And Training

Remote Teaching and Learning Activities (RTLA) have emerged in the aftermath of the sudden closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Multimode RTLA is slightly suited to the students of secondary and tertiary education. Nevertheless, it is questionable to use with primary school children whose learning is designed mostly child-centred. In addition, it is vital to investigate teachers' readiness and training and access to facilities for conducting remote learning activities. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate Primary school teachers' perception towards RTLA during the lockdown period in Sri Lanka. This study was employed a survey research design, and data were collected using a google form-based questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 40 items to collect teachers' demographic information, facilities and training available to them, attitudes towards RTLA, teaching methods and techniques they used, and participation of parents and students in RTLA. Sixty-two primary teachers were selected using the snowball sampling technique from two districts, namely Gampaha and Kandy. Collected data were analyzed using mean and standard deviations and percentages. The analysis of results shows that most of the respondents (92.9%) used mobile broadband services to access the internet and 69.5% of the respondents used pre-paid services to access the internet. Furthermore, most respondents (69.4%) claimed they could afford it. Data analysis in terms of devices and apps for RTLA showed that most respondents (72.6%) relied on their smartphones for conducting RTLA. Likewise, many of them (64.5%) had been used WhatsApp and Zoom (64.5%) to reach their students who were at home. However, it is revealed that 98% of the respondents mentioned that they did not receive any facilities and training from authorities to conduct RTLA. Teachers' attitudes toward RTLA (M=3.52, SD=1.21), parental participation (M=3.2, SD=1.14), and student participation (M=3.89, SD=1.13) had lower mean values. Moreover, most of the respondents claimed that the RTLA is not suited to the students in Primary education. Many primary teachers stated that they faced challenges regarding access to the internet and devices, getting parental support for the RTLA. Therefore, researchers recommended that the National and Local authorities provide clear guidelines, training, and necessary facilities and resources to conduct a meaningful RTLA to the primary education teachers.

scholarly journals Education of Future Primary School Teachers at the Department of Primary and Pre-primary Education, Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Dominika Provázková Stolinská
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Project Development ◽  
Undergraduate Training ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The objective of the paper was to present the concept of undergraduate preparation of future primary school teachers at the Faculty of Education in Olomouc. This course has had a long tradition in Olomouc, and the current concept of the course is based on an overview of the system of primary education presented in this paper. In addition to this concept, the authors reflect on the needs of primary schools and try to implement these needs within the educational context. The concept of the course focuses not only on students’ theoretical knowledge but primarily on the application sphere. The paper is a partial outcome of the project Development of the concept of undergraduate training of primary school teachers with an emphasis on communication competences.

scholarly journals Who is teaching in Chinese primary schools? A profile of the primary education workforce in Chinese county areas

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245549
Author(s):  
Ming Huo ◽  
Na Zhao ◽  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Wim Van Den Noortgate
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Nationally Representative

A teaching workforce with good quality is a key factor in the process of China’s rapid development. Although 76% of Chinese pupils are studying at schools within county areas, a general portray of the corresponding teaching workforce is still not clear. This study presents data from a nationally representative survey of primary education teachers in 35 counties of 18 provinces in China. Findings presented include demographic and professional characteristics, living conditions as well as attitudes towards work. Besides, variations among school locations and geographical regions are also examined. The key findings are the followings: 1) Quality of primary school teachers in county areas has been improved regarding education background; 2) Teaching force in village primary schools has an unbalanced age and gender composition; 3) Out-of-field teaching practice is widespread, especially for minor subjects. 4) Primary school teachers perceived relative low salary and low social status.

scholarly journals Parameters for Textbook: Improving Quality of Primary Education

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nabi ◽  
Muhammad Javed Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Current Status ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

This research explores the parameters of quality textbook and the current status of 5th class textbooks. Textbook counts due to its importance in attaining required goals of quality education. Quality textbooks have the capacity to improve the required skills of learners and consequently support the improvement of quality education as quality education is mostly connected to students’ outcomes. A survey was conducted wherein officers of the Textbook Board Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated and head teachers and teachers from public primary schools also took part. An interview was conducted for the Textbook Board officers to find out the parameters of quality textbook that improve the outcomes of the students. In this regard a questionnaire administered for head teachers and teachers to investigate the present status of 5th class textbook. 10 officers of Textbook Board, 281 primary school teachers and 256 head teachers were taken as sample from six districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

scholarly journals Social Sustainability of Post-Disaster: How Teachers Enable Primary School Students to Be Resilient in Times of Ranau Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7308
Author(s):  
Soon Singh Bikar ◽  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir ◽  
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Post Disaster

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.

scholarly journals CHILDREN’S FOOD PREFERENCES INCLUDED AND OFFERED IN THE „SCHOOL SCHEME”

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (6) ◽  
pp. 262-266
Author(s):  
Sławomir Wawrzyniak ◽  
Krystyna Krzyżanowska
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Sweet Pepper ◽  
Cottage Cheese ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers

The aim of the studies was to gather the primary school teachers’ opinion about the „School Scheme” and its effectiveness, as well as children’s food preferences and the reasons, why some of the schools didn’t take part in the program. The empiric studies were conducted in 2017 and 6,413 teachers from primary schools took part in them. The results show that students prefer to eat fruits than vegetables. If some of them chose vegetables, they ate tomatoes, radish, carrot rather than kohlrabi or sweet pepper. When it comes to dairy products, they took: milk and cottage cheese. Some of the Polish schools didn’t take part in the program, because they claim not to have enough suitable place to store fruits and vegetables at their entities and children’s parents weren’t interested in that matter.

scholarly journals A snapshot of the use of reading methods in primary schools in three provinces of South Africa

Per Linguam ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Anna Johanna Hugo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Intermediate Phase ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Know How ◽  
Reading Methods ◽  
Teaching Of Reading

The teaching of reading is not as easy as it may seem. It requires specific knowledge and the use of reading methods by teachers. Learners’ reading needs and learning styles also have to be considered. According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) results for 2016, the reading abilities of South African learners are far below the international standard as set out by PIRLS. There is a lack of research about the strategies and methods that primary school teachers use to teach reading. In this article, the feedback regarding reading methods – gathered from 36 primary school teachers in three provinces – is discussed. The data revealed that most of the Grade 1 to 7 teachers who participated in the research knew and used some of the six reading methods under discussion. However, the results did not indicate how well the teachers applied these methods and how versatile they were in using the different reading methods. The data revealed that Foundation phase teachers used some of the methods statistically significantly more often than the comparison group of Intermediate phase teachers in a nonexperimental static-group observational design study. According to Spaull (McBride 2019:1), a well-known researcher in South Africa, one of the three main reasons why Foundation phase readers are struggling with reading is that their teachers do not know how to teach reading systematically. Teachers do not know how to change and adapt the methods that they use to teach reading and not enough research has been done to address the problems with the teaching of reading in the classroom specifically. Often the reading problems experienced in the Foundation phase are carried over to the Intermediate phase.

scholarly journals Directions of improving the quality of in-service teacher training in Serbia: the perspective of primary school teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-107
Author(s):  
Dejan Stankovic ◽  
Ivana Djeric ◽  
Vladeta Milin
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Education System ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Training System ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Service Training

This paper presents one part of the findings of a research that deals with teachers? perceptions of educational reforms in Serbia. More specifically, the paper focuses on the segment of the research that was aimed at exploring teachers? views on the ways of improving the system and practice of in-service teacher training. Pursuing this topic is very important since the findings of recent studies have shown that this aspect of education system needs considerable improvement, while the authors who deal with educational change point to the importance of consulting the teachers in the development of the new system solutions. The questionnaire was used to collect the data from 326 teachers from 125 Serbian primary schools. The teachers provided answers to open-ended questions on what needs to be done in order to improve the quality of their in-service training. Content analysis was used to process the data - response categories were created inductively on the basis of teachers? answers, and then their frequency was established. The results indicate that, according to teachers, in-service teacher training has to be improved, primarily through increased funding, higher quality of programmes/seminars, diversification of types of training, as well as through creating a more encouraging system and school setting for in-service teacher training. These results are significant from the aspect of the in-service training system since they point to developmental priorities, as well as to the necessity of a more complex and comprehensive approach to the reform of this segment of education system.

scholarly journals Effect of Implementing a Training Program on the Performance of Primary School Teachers Regarding Disaster Management in Al Malikeyeh - Syria

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basem Essa Abozeed ◽  
Zakia Toma Toama ◽  
Amina Ahmad Mohamed ◽  
Alyaa Farouk Abd El-Fattah Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

Background: Disasters are a global problem, concern every community and no community is immune from it, schools all over the world suffer from disasters, which affect children health and safety. Teachers play essential roles in child protection so, teachers’ training is very significant for effective school disaster management. The study aimed to evaluate. The effectiveness of implementing a training program on the performance of primary school teachers in Al Malikeyeh regarding disaster management. Methods: Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: the current study conducted in six primary schools at Al-Malikeyeh distracts. Sample: 78 school teachers. Tool of the study: Teacher's knowledge and practice about disaster management structured interview questionnaire which contained three parts: part (I): Socioeconomic data, part (II): knowledge of the teachers, part (III): practice of the teachers .Results: about 35.8% of teachers had good knowledge pre program; meanwhile post and follow up the program this percent was increased respectively 87.2 % and79.5%. Also the findings observed that 30.8% of teachers had satisfactory practice, whereas, respectively 84.6% and 76.9 of them gained satisfactory disaster management practice post and follow up the program,. Conclusion: Implementing the training program had statistically significant improvement on knowledge and skills of primary school teachers in Al-Malikyeh regarding disaster management. Recommended: Training programs and workshops about disaster issues should be organized for the school teachers and key teams on regular basis, in addition to, awareness campaigns should be implementing with employing mass and social media technologies.

scholarly journals THE PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPASSION OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH REGARD TO THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Guseva
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Psychological Types

The article contains the development of pedagogical tools of the compassion in the primary school children in the educational process with regard to their psychotypes. It also includes examples of learning activities for primary school teachers.

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