Indigenous Sky Stories: Reframing How we Introduce Primary School Students to Astronomy — a Type II Case Study of Implementation

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Ruddell ◽  
Lena Danaia ◽  
David McKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Science ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Positive Engagement

The Indigenous Sky Stories Program may have the potential to deliver significant and long-lasting changes to the way science is taught to Year 5 and 6 primary school students. The context for this article is informed by research that shows that educational outcomes can be strengthened when Indigenous knowledge is given the space to co-exist with the hegemony of current western science concepts. This research presents a case study of one primary school involved in the Indigenous Sky Stories Program. It showcases how teachers and students worked in conjunction with their local community to implement the program. The results suggest that introducing cultural sky stories into the science program, engaged and primed Year 5 and 6 students to seek out additional sky stories and to investigate the astronomical content mapped to the National Science Curriculum. The involvement of Aboriginal elders and community enriched the experience for all involved. The integrated science program appears to generate positive engagement for both Indigenous students and their non-Indigenous peers. Additionally, the program provided a valuable template for teachers to emulate and which can act as a model for the requirement to include Indigenous perspectives in the new National Science Curriculum.

scholarly journals POLA PELAKSANAAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER TERHADAP SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murniyetti Murniyetti ◽  
Engkizar Engkizar ◽  
Fuady Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Art Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Pattern Of Implementation

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pola pendidikan karakter terhadap siswa yangdilaksanakan oleh empat sekolah dasar berkategori unggul di Kota Padang Sumatera Barat. Penelitianmenggunakan metode kualitatif melalui pendekatan studi kasus (qualitative case study design). Sumberdata penelitian diambil dari dua belas orang informan yang terdiri atas kepala sekolah, guru kelas,guru Pendidikan Agama Islam, guru seni dan guru olah raga yang dipilih dari empat sekolah dasartersebut menggunakan teknik purposive. Data penelitian diambil melalui wawancara secara mendalam(indepth interview) kepada seluruh informan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat delapantema penting tentang pola pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter efektif yang dilaksanakan terhadap siswadi empat sekolah tersebut. Delapan tema tersebut dilaksanakan melalui: (1) materi pembelajaran; (2)aturan-aturan sekolah (disiplin, peduli lingkungan, tanggung jawab); (3) perlombaan sains antarsiswa(kreatif, gemar membaca, rasa ingin tahu); (4) ajang penghargaan siswa berprestasi (menghargai, kerja keras,demokratis, peduli); (5) peringatan hari kebangsaan (semangat kebangsaan, cinta terhadap tanah air,menghargai, peduli); (6) praktik ibadah dan bimbingan kerohanian (jujur, religius, tanggung jawab); (7)kegiatan pramuka (kreatif, peduli sosial, kerja keras, jujur, bersahabat, cinta damai demokratis); (8) adanyakelas talenta dan musik (kreatif dan bekerja keras, menghargai). Kata Kunci: pola, pendidikan karakter, siswa sekolah dasar  PATTERNS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS  Abstract: This study aims to determine the pattern of character education to students conducted by asuperior category of four elementary schools in the city of Padang, West Sumatra. The study used aqualitative method through a case study approach. Sources of data were taken from twelve informantsconsisting of the principal, classroom teacher, a teacher of Islamic education, art teacher andsports teacher selected from four elementary schools using purposive technique. Data were takenthrough in-depth interviews (depth interview) to all informants. The results showed that there areeight important themes on the pattern of implementation of effective character education conductedon students in four schools. Eight themes are carried through: (1) the learning materials; (2) the schoolrules (discipline, care for the environment, responsibility); (3) competition between students of science(creative, fond of reading, curiosity); (4) awards outstanding students (respect, hard work, democratic,caring); (5) commemoration day of nationality (the national spirit, love of the homeland, respect, care);(6) the practice of worship and spiritual guidance (honest, religious, responsibility); (7) scouting(creative, social care, hard working, honest, friendly, peace-loving democratic); (8) their talents andmusic classes (creative and work hard, respect).Keywords: pattern, character education, primary school students

scholarly journals Strategy to fulfill primary school students’ information needs in the digital era

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 08016
Author(s):  
Tria Nur Aisyah ◽  
Kiki Fauziah
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Digital Era

This study discusses the strategy of meeting the needs of information on primary school students in the digital age. The purpose of this study is to identify the strategy to fulfil the information needs of primary school students in the digital era today. This research uses a qualitative approach with case study method. Data collection was done by interview and document analysis. The results of this study indicate that the strategy of fulfilling the information needs of the students of SDN Bendungan Hilir 12 are first through the printed book and then if the printed book does not meet the needs of the information then the students use the internet as a medium in finding information to meet the information needs. Also, when students get information over the internet, to verify the truth of the information, they ask the nearest person who is trusted by the student.

scholarly journals Do our children learn enough in Sky Class? A case study: online learning in Chinese primary schools in the COVID era March to May 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Zhao ◽  
Peter Thomas ◽  
Lingling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Ecologies

AbstractAll human being’s ways of living, working and studying were significantly impacted by the Covid-19 in 2020. In China, the Ministry of Education reacted fast in ensuring that primary school students could learn online at home by promoting the Sky Class program from February 2020. Educators, parents, and students all faced the challenges of adapting to new online teaching and learning environments. In this small-scale case study, Sky Class’s content and the participants’ experiences, will be presented. Four primary school teachers and five primary school students and their parents participated in three-rounds of interviews sharing their perspectives and experiences of online learning. The study showed that the students gained more parental support and that they benefited from using multimedia functions, like replay, in their Sky Classes. However, the majority of participants reported that the students learnt less. By mapping the learning activities and themes from Sky Class against Cope and Kalantzis’ e-learning ecologies, our study found that only ubiquitous learning and multimodal meaning were achieved. We suggest the reason may be that high cognitive learning was not achieved due to less teachers’ supervision, lack of interaction, delayed feedback, shorter learning times and communication. In conclusion, innovative pedagogies, which can foster different types of learning from the e-learning ecologies may overcome the negative aspects reported about Sky Class. Further research is required for implementing online technology as a catalyst for educational change.

scholarly journals Improve The Logical Reasoning Ability of Primary School Students by Using Video Learning Assistant Teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-339
Author(s):  
Zhouli Huang ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Tommy Tanu Wijaya ◽  
Ke Yan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Logical Reasoning ◽  
Reasoning Ability ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Learning At Home ◽  
And Control

Under the current situation of epidemic prevention and control, to ensure the continuous progress of student learning, Chinese Ministry of Education put forward the initiative of "suspension of classes without suspension of school". Primary and secondary schools have adopted online learning at home for students to "open schools in the cloud. There is a big difference between online learning and classroom learning. In this process, problems such as increased teaching burden of teachers, lack of interaction between teachers and students, and students' lack of active learning are also exposed. Video learning are a new type of teaching resource. It can improve the efficiency of primary school mathematics teaching by using video learning reasonably. Based on the above analysis, the purpose of this research is to investigate the development of primary school students' logical reasoning ability through the use of video leanings for auxiliary teaching. The research method adopts the experimental method and is divided into the experimental class and control class. The subjects of the study were 72 students from a primary school in Indonesia. Experimental results show that video learning for auxiliary teaching can effectively develop students' logical reasoning ability.

scholarly journals Computational Neuro-physiological Model (CNP) to Profile Lower Primary School Students in Inclusive Education: A Concept Paper

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1515-1519
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Physiological Model ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Equality In Education ◽  
To Receive

Inclusiveeducation (IE) is commonly accepted internationally as a standard right for all children. Malaysia has similar aspiration to implement the concept in the school system. However, it appears IE is challenging for parents, teachers and students. One of the challenges is to produce a well-trained and competent teacher to recognize learning abilities and disabilities of individual students. The Malaysian government is committed to ensure children to receive equality in education. Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) spells out 75% of children with learning disabilities must be part of IE by 2025. There is a gap in IE studies in terms of investigating the relationship between emotions and learning ability among students in IE environment. Therefore, this concept paper proposes a standard profiling model by using the Computational Neuro-physiological (CNP) model to profile lower primary school students in IE. This paper also emphasizes the possible use of EEG technology in detecting the emotion, behavior and mental state that can be used to indicate the student’s learning ability in the inclusive education. This research is important to be carried out to have a student's profile which can be used to facilitate teachers to improve their competencies in teaching and handling the students

scholarly journals A Study on Teacher’s Perception about Components of English Handwriting in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiz Tahir Jameel ◽  
Farhan Sarwar ◽  
Beverly H. Moskowitz
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Ordinal Data ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Path Diagram ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Teacher's Perception

Handwriting is an essential of school activities for the school going children. Good or legible handwriting remained a constant task for the teachers and students during the whole day. The teachers recognize the legible handwriting at a gland due to their routine work in the schools. The teacher’s criterion that lies behind their decision of good handwriting was a question to answer in this study. The purpose of this study was to identify the components of legibility from the teachers’ perspective. Referencing handwriting experts and a literature review, key variables were categorized and organized onto a 5-point Likert Scale questionnaire. Teachers’ responses to the various legibility criteria were then tallied with regards to primary school students. Mean, standard deviation, exploratory factor analysis and path diagram statistics were applied to the ordinal data. It was concluded that twelve components were important for the legibility of handwriting of primary school students. These include Readability, Margin, Similarity, Line, Space, Size, Shape, Roundness, Form, Slant, Alignment and Recognition.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document