scholarly journals Before and After School: Literature Review about Australian School Age Child Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cartmel ◽  
Amy Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Parent Expectations ◽  
After School ◽  
School Age ◽  
Australian School ◽  
Service Usage ◽  
Children’S Wellbeing ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Demand For Children ◽  
Workforce Needs

One in three Australian children attend school-age childcare. School Age Care (SAC) services have increased to meet the growing demand for children to have somewhere safe to go before and after school while their parents work. SAC services have continued to grow in size, but are still considered a “care” rather than “education” service. This literature review highlights some current features of Australian SAC childcare sector. Key features detailed include the growth in service usage and the particular organisation types that characterise the sector. Other themes identified relate to parent expectations, venues, workforce needs and children's wellbeing. This literature review advocates for more research about the SAC sector.

Lesson Study as a bridge between two learning contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Lundbäck ◽  
Helen Egerhag
Keyword(s):  
Lesson Study ◽  
After School ◽  
School Age ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Situation ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Subject

PurposeLesson Study is a model for advancing knowledge about how teachers can enhance teaching through collaboration in schools. This study aims to focus on two learning situations for students in Grades 1–3: elementary school (the first years of school) and school-age educare (activities for students before and after school while their parents are working or studying). The case study aims to describe how teachers use Lesson Study to enhance students' mathematical learning in the two learning situations. The objectives were to describe teachers' perceptions of Lesson Study activities and collaboration and students' knowledge before and after lessons.Design/methodology/approachData were collected as a narrative case study using audio-recorded conversations between researchers and teachers in the different learning contexts. A questionnaire comprising five open-ended questions was used to map students' knowledge of the subject.FindingsTeachers found it advantageous to cooperate with each other across the different learning situations. Mapping students' knowledge before and after a teaching session helped them understand how to create a teaching situation that benefits their students. They saw the value of continued collaboration and called for implementation of the Lesson Study method throughout the school.Research limitations/implicationsAn important limitation of this case study is that it was conducted in a very specific context, and the findings cannot, therefore, be generalized to other situations. However, there is a need for similar case studies to be conducted in different contexts, both in Sweden and in other countries, to pay attention to ways in which elementary schools and school-age educare can develop supplementary teaching situations.Originality/valueThe originality of this case lies in planning and reporting a Lesson Study in two different learning situations in the same school, and the conclusion that educators identify and develop collaborative links in different subjects.

Model Child Care Health Policies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
After School ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Child Care Facilities

Significantly revised and updated, the new Model Child Care Health Policies, 5th Edition is a must-have tool to foster adoption and implemenation of best practices for health and safety in group care settings for young children. These settings include early care and education as well as before and after school child care programs. These model policies are intended to ease the burden of writing site-specific health and safety policies from scratch. They cover a wide range of aspects of operation of early education and child care programs. Child care programs of any type can use Model Child Care Health Policies by selecting relevant issues for their operation and modifying the wording to make selected policies appropriate to the specific settings. These settings include early education and child care centers, small and large family child care homes, part day-programs for ill children, facilities that serve children with special needs, school-age child care facilities, and drop-in facilities. The model policies can be adapted for public, private, Head Start, and tuition-funded facilities. All of the most commonly covered health and safety topics the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies found in state regulations are included in this guide.

scholarly journals SCHOOL-AGE CARE, AN IDEOLOGICAL CONTRADICTION

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Peter Karlsudd
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
After School ◽  
School Age ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
School Activities ◽  
After School Activities ◽  
The One ◽  
Compulsory Schools ◽  
Care System

In the doctoral dissertation "Children with intellectual disability in the integrated school-age care system" the extent and goal fulfilment of after-school recreation centre activities in 19 Swedish municipalities were studied. The study gave high marks to these centres for integrating intellectually disabled children into their activities. The empirics of the dissertation revealed, however, a number of warning signals, which indicated an increase in offering “special solutions” to these children. This article will contain a comparison between the study from 1999 and the one carried out in the spring of 2011. The two studies have followed the same question construction in order to achieve a comparison over time. The aim of study, focusing on children received into schools for the intellectually disabled was to evaluate to what extent integrated activities occurred and to look for factors with a positive impact on the quality of those after-school activities which gathered children from these and compulsory schools in the same groups. On the basis of the comparison made between the 12 years that have passed from the earlier to the later study, it must be regretfully concluded that segregated activities have gained a firm hold on the activities of after-school recreation care centres. Key words: after-school activities, inclusion, integrated, intellectual disability, school-age care system.

scholarly journals Children’s segment specific moderate to vigorous physical activity through a school-initiated physical activity program

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
ARTO GRÅSTÉN
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
After School ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Before School ◽  
Out Of School

Background: Since less than one-third of 13-year-olds in many Western countries meet the physical activity guidelines, there is a major need to promote physical activity. The aim of this study was to examine children’s segment specific moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) through the school-initiated program. Material/Methods: The sample comprised 76 Finnish elementary school children. Accelerometers were used to investigate the patterns of segmented MVPA through 2012-2014. Repeated Measures Analysis was implemented to summarize variability between time and segments of MVPA. Results: The examination of children’s MVPA revealed that their total, weekend, and before-school activity were significant predictors for their subsequent activity. Children’s MVPA in physical education classes, before- and after-school, and during school breaks decreased through the program. Both girls and boys accumulated the majority of their weekly MVPA during weekdays and out-of-school. Conclusions: The program provedto be effective in order to sustain children’s total MVPA levels, although physical education, before- and after-school, and recess MVPA decreased through the program. Out-of-school activities seemed to be more important than in-school activities in relation to children’s total MVPA minutes, when they transfer to the higher grades. Attention should be paid to out-of-school, especially weekend, activities.

scholarly journals evaluation of a theory based childhood overweight prevention curriculum

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (SI) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Branscum ◽  
Gail Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Childhood Overweight ◽  
After School Programs ◽  
Outcome Expectancies ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Dietary Behaviors ◽  
After School ◽  
Prevention Curriculum ◽  
Before And After

Food Fit, a social cognitive theory based (SCT) nutrition intervention, was implemented to 3rd-5th grade student’s at 5 YMCA after-school programs to impact specific dietary behaviors associated with the prevention of childhood overweight (n = 58). Pre and post tests were administered for each lesson to evaluate changes in behavioral capabilities (BC), self efficacy (SE), and outcome expectancies (OE) for each lesson's key objectives. A child-modified Food Behavior Checklist was administered before and after the program to evaluate dietary behaviors. Results showed significant improvements for SCT psychosocial variables (i.e. outcome expectancies for eating raw vegetables (p

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY WITH YOUNGER SCHOOLBOY WITH MENTAL RETARDATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-185
Author(s):  
G. Yu. Taskina ◽  
I. A. Taskina
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Age ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Primary School Age

An urgent issue of modern education – the issue of psychological and pedagogical support for the family with a child with health disabilities has been considered. It has been specified, that particularly specially organized work can help parents and members of family with a child with health disabilities to cope with the difficulties of raising child and carry out his socialization. In particular, the results of a study of the personality of the parents of a child of primary school age with a mental retardation, their chosen style of child upbringing, the nature of interaction with the child have been presented. In addition, the effectiveness of the compiled and tested program of psychological and pedagogical support for the family with a child with a mental retardation, changes in the behavior of parents and children before and after testing the program have been analysed.

scholarly journals THE EFFORTS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BALANCED NUTRITION AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Ratih Damayanti ◽  
Indah Lutfiya ◽  
Neffrety Nilamsari
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Background: The balanced  nutrition  paradigm is currently unknown  to  the  general public, especially school-age children. The old paradigm of four healthy five perfects is still taught in schools. Whereas in the new paradigm of balanced nutrition, in addition to the principle of nutrition that must be consumed in a balanced manner, there is another message that must be conveyed, namely physical activity at least 30 minutes every day, regular exercise, drinking 8 glasses of water a day, washing hands before and after eating and always monitor your weight. Purpose: This community service activity aims to improve balanced nutrition knowledge in elementary school age children. Method: The method of community service is through lectures and games for ice breaking so that the atmosphere becomes more fun. Results: Most of the students of SDN Kalisari 1 Surabaya were female (54%), 10 years old (62%), and parents had jobs in the “other” category namely construction workers, janitors and farm workers (38%). As many as 83% of students have breakfast habits and 88% of students often access the internet. The level of student’s knowledge of balanced nutrition is included in the sufficient category (59%). There is a difference in the level of knowledge before and after counseling about the concept of balanced nutrition (α = 0.04). Conclusion: Efforts to increase knowledge of balanced nutrition with counseling and game methods are considered effective because there is a significant increase in the level of knowledge of SDN Kalisari 1 Surabaya students.

Physical Activity Programs Before and After School

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Dauenhauer ◽  
Megan Babkes Stellino ◽  
Collin A. Webster ◽  
Chuck Steinfurth
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
After School ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Physical Activity Programs
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