Benefitting from basic education, school quality and functional literacy in Kenya

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
David Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
School Quality ◽  
Functional Literacy ◽  
Education School

scholarly journals The Effect of Pre-reading Activities on Male ESL Upper-Intermediate Students’ Comprehension in a Post Basic Education School in Oman?

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Jamel Eddine Al Akremi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intermediate Students ◽  
Education School ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Reading Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Comprehension Tests

The study aimed at investigating the impact of pre-reading activities on male ESL upper-intermediate students’ comprehension in a post-basic education school in Oman. To this end, two reading comprehension tests and two questionnaires were administered to two groups of participants. One group served as control and the other served as experimental. Control group were assigned a reading comprehension test with follow up questions to answer. However, experimental participants were introduced to 10 minute-pre-reading activities prior to starting the test. The findings drawn from the comprehension tests revealed that experimental participants outperformed control participants. Data drawn from questionnaires showed that control group had a negative attitude to reading a text without pre-reading activities. However, experimental group had a positive attitude to reading a text after being introduced to the pre-reading activities. Although the study has shown empirically how effective the schema-based pre-reading activities were in maximizing ESL leaners’ comprehension ability, it had its limitations. It was restricted in setting and gender. It involved only two post-basic state schools. It was also restricted to male students. Second, it was limited to only two sample groups. Nevertheless, the findings of this study have confirmed preceding research on the effectiveness of the pre-reading activities and how they facilitate L2 learners’ comprehension ability of the target text. Therefore, it might be paramount for teachers and syllabus designers to incorporate pre-reading activities, which are in different forms and types, to the reading texts students read

Educação Para o Trânsito

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 484
Author(s):  
Maria Aparecida Da Rocha Furtado ◽  
Patrícia Alzira Proscêncio
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Education School ◽  
School Formation ◽  
Keywords Education

Nesse estudo discutiu-se a Educação para o Trânsito em escolas do município de Londrina. A importância em trabalhar noções de educação para o trânsito é uma maneira de conscientizar, desde cedo, as crianças para que depois, como adultos, possam ser críticas e atuem como cidadãos conhecedores de seus direitos e deveres. Por constituir a escola um espaço significativo na formação e educação do ser humano propôs-se como problema de pesquisa: como tem sido desenvolvido o tema a educação para o trânsito em escolas do município de Londrina? Existe em Londrina uma Escola Prática Educativa de Trânsito, que recebe constantemente estudantes de diversas escolas do município e região. Portanto, o objetivo geral buscou verificar o desenvolvimento do tema: “Educação para o trânsito” em duas escolas do município de Londrina, sendo uma escola pública e outra privada. E, especificamente: averiguar como ocorre a educação para o trânsito na Escola Prática Educativa de Trânsito de Londrina, por meio da observação das aulas e do estudo do material didático próprio da escola. E, ainda, verificar e analisar como os professores que visitam a Escola de Trânsito utilizam o material que recebem para preparação das crianças antes da visita ao local. Esse estudo teve como abordagem a pesquisa qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados durante a observação da visita de uma escola de Ensino Fundamental à Escola Prática Educativa de Trânsito. Além disso, foi aplicado um questionário a seis professores e dois coordenadores pedagógicos que levaram seus alunos à escola de Trânsito. Palavras-chave: Educação para o Trânsito. Trânsito e Escola. Formação para a Cidadania. Conscientização para o trânsito. AbstractIm this study Education for traffic in Londrina schools was discussed. The importance of working notions on traffic education is a way to raise children awareness since an early age, sto that as adults, they can be critical and act as knowledgeable citizens of their rights and duties. Due to school being a significant space in the human being’s training and education, it was proposed as a research problem: how has the theme ontraffic education been developed in schools in Londrinacity? There is in Londrina a Traffic Practice School, which receives constantly students from many different schools of the region. Therefore, the general objective aimed at verifying the development of the theme “Traffic education” in two schools from Londrina city, being one of them public and the other one private. And, specifically: to ascertain how the traffice occurs at the Traffic Practice School, through the classes observation and the school teaching material. And still, to verify and analyze how the Teachers that visit the Traffic School use the material they receive to the children’s preparation before the local visit. This study had a qualitative research approach. The data were collected through observation in a visit that a basic education school paid to the Traffic Practice School. A questionnaire was applied to six Teachers and two Coordinators who brought their students to the Traffic School. Keywords: Education for traffic. Traffic and School. Formation for Citizenship. Awareness for Traffic.

scholarly journals An Investigation into Screening Process of Athletes during Basic Education School Sports Competitions and its Influence on Students’ Athletes in the Gomoa East District in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Stephen Sorkpor ◽  
Adama Calvin Cudjoe Agbeko ◽  
Julius Jerry Agortey
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
School Sports ◽  
Education School ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Basic School ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study sought to investigate the screening process of athletes for basic school sports competitions and its influences on students’ attitude towards Extracurricular Activities in the Gomoa East District. The study employed the descriptive survey design involving 150 respondents. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistic.  It was found out that, the respondents had a general positive perception about the screening process and therefore there is the need for a more scientific approach to the screening exercise to make it more robust and transparent to boost stakeholder’s confidence and continuous interest. It is therefore recommended that a more scientific approach should be adopted to reduce significantly the level of bias in the screening process

scholarly journals Biochemistry on the game board: improvements in the teaching-learning process in basic education

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
F. A. Silva ◽  
R. Rebeca
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Education School ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Game Board ◽  
Teaching Learning

According to the Curriculum Guidelines of Biology of Basic Education "school should encourage the pedagogical practice based on different methodologies, valuing the teaching concepts, the learning (internalization) and the evaluation that allow teachers and students being aware of the need for emancipatory transformation”.  The teaching of biochemistry and its contents in basic education are not discussed as a structuring content within the Biology subject, but are included in related content such as cellular biology. The objective of this study was to inventory the contents and methodologies related to biochemistry taught by teachers of basic education and produce teaching-learning materials as contribution to these contents from the inventory results. The methodology was developed from the analysis of the questionnaires applied to biology teachers from public schools of Guarapuava-Pr. The results showed that the teaching of biochemistry and biology discipline, although it comes from the same area, are designed as two unattached areas, meaning there is no perception by teachers in relation to the implicit conceptual intercept in teaching Biology and Biochemistry. To this end, the profile of the game Grow was adapted using themes related to Biochemistry. The game consists of 45 cards and a game board with a track. The player who gives more write answers to the questions reaches the end and wins the match. For game evaluation participants answered a questionnaire at the end of the activity. Most of the participants argued that the process has contributed to ensure the assimilation of the contents, since it is a leisure activity with effective participation of students. Thus, the obtained data confirmed the assumption of  Pedroso (2009), which states that the games allow a significant teacher-student interaction, disseminating scientific knowledge from the views and experiences of the student.

scholarly journals Encouraging enough? A Case Study on Parental Feedback on New Assessment in Finnish Basic Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Jyrki Loima
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Education School ◽  
Parent Assessment ◽  
Participatory Assessment ◽  
First Time

This is a qualitative case study of the parental feedback about participatory assessment done during the first year (2016) of the implementation of the reformed Finnish basic education curriculum. It covered grades 1-6 and was a first time to have a broader, tri-angulated teacher-student-parent assessment on learning and schooling. Consequently, parents were selected from those grades, being of various ethnic backgrounds. This case study was conducted in a Southern Finland basic education school. Resulting trends were obvious: parents regarded this kind of participatory assessment meaningful. Second, the newer the whole schooling and curricula update was for parents, the better was the participatory feedback. As a result of this study, it is clear that while the discussion and longitudinal studies on learning and assessment are still on-going, there is no rush to return into an old system and heavy, centralized assessment instruction patterns. On the contrary, this study showed beneficial elements and development triggers towards even more collaborative and encouraging assessment.

scholarly journals Underutilization of workers: an analysis according to the lean management philosophy in basic education

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. s940-s959
Author(s):  
Alberto Eduardo Besser Freitag ◽  
Alexandre Barreto de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
Management Philosophy ◽  
Education School ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Qualifications

One of the eight wastes that Lean production, inspired by the Toyota Production System, proposes to study is the underutilization of workers, that is, the inadequate use of their intelligence. The sense is to provide listening and participation in improvement projects, of professionals who have experience in daily life and, in many cases, consistent academic qualifications.  The objective of this work is to study the importance of the participation of teachers and employees of a basic education school in the construction of new routines and work methods, in the context of the Lean management philosophy, justified by the scarcity of scientific literature on the subject. Brazil has about 184,000 basic education schools with one million four hundred thousand teachers working from kindergarten to the ninth grade of elementary school, and of these, 83.2% have a college degree, a percentage that grows every year. About the schools, 21.7% are private, 61.3% municipal, 16.6% state, and 0.4% are federal schools. As a research methodology, a systematic review of the literature was adopted, based on the PRISMA protocol, allowing the identification of 53 records, 14 of which were included in the literature review, due to their adherence to the researched subject. The main contribution of this paper is the identification of a research gap involving the underutilization of workers and adoption of the Lean management philosophy in the education sector, as well as a conceptual proposal of the positive impact on the educational organization results by not underutilizing workers, without wasting their intelligence.

CAN NORWAY LEARN FROM CHINA?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arild Tjeldvoll
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Quality ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Ww Ii ◽  
Norwegian Education ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
Global World ◽  
Historical Sketch

Two particular experiences of my life as an international education researcher are behind this travelogue. During my seventy years’ participation in and observations of Norwegian education, I have seen a sad decline of school quality. It started when Norway switched to a US American curriculum tradition after WWII. The positive experience is my familiarizing with the education culture of East Asia over the last twenty-five years. In this culture, there is an enormous respect for learning, knowledge and the teacher. Willingness to learn and respect for knowledge is now the super soft power of economically successful East Asian countries. My two opposite experiences resulted in the following question: What can Norway learn from China in terms of school quality? Internationally, we see parents and grandparents who sacrifice everything to ensure their loved ones this best possible life insurance in a challenging global world - solid basic education making it easier to continue to learn new knowledge and skills when the environment is changing. I start the book by explaining the Chinese setting. Following, I present the meaning of ‘school quality’. In the China section, I first present Hong Kong’s education as a successful synthesis of English, American and Chinese/Confucian ideas about effective learning. The rest of this section is a historical sketch of education development in China, as well a series of individual pictures illustrating Chinese education culture in practice. In the second section – on Norway – I give a historical sketch of educational decline from its golden age, right after WW II, until present. In the last (third) section, I sum up what Norway (and many other countries) can learn not only from China, but also from Finland and England. In the final chapter, I envisage a rather radical market-oriented model for how Norway could regain a learning culture needed to provide quality education for all its citizens.

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