Primary English: A Research Project on the Teaching of English in German Primary Schools

ELT Journal ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
P. Doye
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Research Project

Exploring religions today: A quest for international knowledge transfer within the field of education for religious diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Annette Deschner ◽  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Tania ap Siôn
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Principles

Abstract The Exploring Religions Today collection of curriculum resources, developed to support the statutory requirements in Wales for religious education in primary schools, was influenced by the findings from a major research project that explored the attitudes of young people toward religion and toward life within religiously diverse societies. The aim of this paper is to explore the key findings that emerged from that research, to analyse the pedagogical principles of these resources and to evaluate the possibilities of applying these to the 2016 curriculum for Protestant religious education in Baden-Württemberg.

scholarly journals Teachers’ critical reflection: what are the practices for social justice in education?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-77
Author(s):  
Rola Koubeissy ◽  
Genevieve Audet
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Political System ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Context Data ◽  
Cultural Responses

This article explores teachers’ participation in the school’s social justice system through the lens of the critical multicultural approach (May & Sleeter, 2010; May, 2000; 2003). Based on a research project about reconstruction and the theorization of teachers’ stories of practice (Desgagné, 2005) in a multiethnic context, data was collected from teachers in highly multiethnic primary schools in Québec. They were asked to narrate a story about a problem or an event with an immigrant or refugee student in their class. Four of these stories have been selected for this article. Our aim was to analyze the teachers’ cultural responses and their perception of their roles in supporting their students. Our analysis shows that although these teachers tend to make changes to their students’ reality, they cannot escape or contest “alone” the norms of an academic, societal and political system that governs its power relationships and privileges, its dominant norms and values.

scholarly journals Dziecięce kompetencje do przeciwstawiania się w kulturze szkoły polskiej

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Monika Wiśniewska-Kin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
School Year ◽  
Opposition Movements

The paper presents the results of an educational research project implemented in the school year 2016/2017 in selected primary schools in urban environment (Łódź). The aim of the study was to diagnose oppositional discursive strategies (initial opposition movements, relationships between partners, reaching agreement), in a group of thirty 8- to 9-year-olds and 9- to 10-year-olds. The research was conducted in a place that provides children with natural play conditions (school common room). The investigator appeared in the role participant as an observer (the researcher came from the examined environment and had the opportunity to “blend into” the events). The material came from participant observation. The observation embraced practical and socio-cognitive activity of the pupils. The results enables recognition of cognitive-social and communicative-interactive competences of the child. In none of the observed opposition episodes physical violence was applied to the interlocutor (only in a few cases children continued to dispute). In the process of reaching agreement in disputable situations, the children focused on agreeing on conflicting behaviours, opinions or views without an adult intermediary (despite the fact that children did not always reach an immediate agreement in the disputed situation).

The Development and Evaluation of a Song Album as an Instructional Material for the Teaching and Learning of Basic Arabic Language in Malaysian Primary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-380
Author(s):  
ZaharulLailiddinSaidon Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Modern Music ◽  
Movement Activities

This article reports on a research project aimed at developing and evaluating a song album as an instructional material for the teaching and learning of basic Arabic language in Malaysian primary schools. Generally, the procedure for undertaking the research project could be divided into four different stages, namely (i) the gathering of ideas for the music arrangement for all the nine songs in the album; (ii) development of the song album; (iii) evaluation of the developed song album; and(iv) improvement and refinement of the song album. The results show that characteristics of suitable music arrangementfor the songs in the album are as follows: (i) modern music instruments combined with local and Arabic traditional music instruments so as to make the compositions more unique and interesting, (ii) the use of a variety of rhythmic styles;combining modern and traditional elements including middle east rhythm, (iii) employment of the combination of adult and children singers (iv) varied tempo with vibrant and energetic mood (v) take into account the possibility of combining singing of the songs with dance and movement activities. According to evaluation by the panel of experts, the songs in the albumareof good quality in both the aspects of singing and music arrangement. Meanwhile the results on the aspect of usability found that all of the songs in the album are attractive and suitable to be used as instructional material for the teaching and learning of basic Arabic language to year one pupils in Malaysian primary schools. The song album could facilitate Arabic language teachers to be more confident in carrying outsingingactivities in their classroom as outlined in the Year One Arabic language textbook published by the Ministry of Education. Consequently, by employing singing activities using the songs in the album could help to make their lessons more engaging, attractive and effective.

Starting to Learn to Play a Musical Instrument: a Study of Boys' and Girls' Motivational Criteria

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clayton G. MacKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Instrumental Learning ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Research Project

The paper describes a research project undertaken recently in four primary schools. The study involved an investigation of those factors which motivated the members of a study group of 48 pupils to start learning to play a musical instrument. The findings of the research identify the importance of interest factors and the encouragement of the teacher as determinants of pupils' decisions. There is some indication of differences in the criteria used by girls and boys, particularly with regard to the socialisation aspect of instrumental learning.

Learning democracy in a new secondary school

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-180
Author(s):  
Núria Simó-Gil ◽  
Antoni Tort-Bardolet ◽  
Montse Barniol ◽  
Teresa Pietx
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Democratic Citizenship Education

This article presents, first, the theoretical framework developed in a three-year research project that was designed to enable the authors to analyse the characteristics and quality of democracy in 10 centres (five primary schools for children aged from 3 to 12 and five secondary schools for children aged from 12 to 16). Second, students and teachers of one of the participating schools in the region of Barcelona explained their experience of participation as a way of living democratic citizenship education. Last, the article analyses what the authors have learned from this secondary school, as well as a number of research conclusions that allow one to understand some of the important aspects of how students live their condition of democratic citizenship in the school itself.

Achieving “Sustainability Education” in Primary Schools as a Result of the Victorian Science in Schools Research Project

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Gough
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Victorian Science

AbstractScience education in the Australian primary school curriculum is a relatively rare event. Several studies over the past twenty five years have all reported disappointingly low amounts of science being taught and the reluctance of primary school teachers to make science a priority in their teaching. Similar outcomes have been reported for environmental education. Even though primary aged children are very interested in science and the environment, primary school teachers often struggle to teach science/environmental education because they are not confident and competent in the content, lack curriculum resources and equipment, have inadequate time to prepare, and have difficulty finding a place for science/environmental education in what they perceive as an already overcrowded curriculum. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the experiences of primary schools involved in the Victorian Science in Schools Research Project which was concerned with improving science teaching and learning strategies but which also unexpectedly led to more environmental (“sustainability”) education occurring. The paper will also suggest a curriculum strategy for achieving more widespread acceptance and implementation of “sustainability education” through primary school science curricula.

Music in conflict management – a multicultural approach

1997 ◽  
Vol os-29 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjell Skyllstad
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Research Project ◽  
School Population ◽  
Multicultural Music ◽  
Ethnic Tension

In 1989 the Norwegian Concert Agency (NorConcert) initiated a three-year programme of introducing multicultural music teaching in Norwegian primary schools. Eighteen schools in and around the capital took part in a research project to determine the effects of immigrant musicians introducing the music of their countries of origin to fourth-graders. Remarkable results were found, especially with respect to reduced harassment and ethnic tension. multicultural music is now regularly on the school concert agenda. A total of 3000 such concerts have been presented to an audience of more than a quarter of the total school population in Norway.

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