Postcode provision: a case study of provision for able socially deprived primary school pupils in Greater Manchester

One of the basic conditions required for pupils to learn a foreign language is that their teachers must speak to them in the target language—and always at a level which is understandable to them. The effectiveness of interactional adjustments such as repetitions, comprehension checks, and nonlinguistic aspects used by a teacher to help primary and secondary school pupils with their general understanding of spoken texts delivered in English is analysed in this article. Once the effectiveness of such adjustments is confirmed, a comparison is made between the teacher’s use of adjustments when teaching a group of 10-year-old primary school pupils and when teaching a group of 17-year-old secondary school pupils. 外国語指導の重要な要件の一つとして、当該外国語を指導言語とし、しかもそれを学習者が理解できるレベルで使わなければならないということが挙げられる。そのために教員は学習者とのやり取りの最中、理解の確認、繰り返し、あるいは非言語行動により絶えず調整を行わなければならない。このような調整がどのくらい効果があるのかを、小学校、中学校の授業を観察し分析した。さらに10歳の小学生対象の授業、17歳の中学生対象の授業でどのように違うかをあわせて考察した。

Download Full-text

LA INFLUENCIA DE LA MOTIVACIÓN Y LA COOPERACIÓN DEL ALUMNADO DE PRIMARIA CON ROBÓTICA EDUCATIVA: UN ESTUDIO DE CASO The influence of motivation and cooperation of primary school pupils with educational robotics: a case study

Panorama ◽

10.15765/pnrm.v13i25.1132 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (25) ◽

pp. 117-140

Author(s):

Tania Sánchez

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Educational Robotics ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Educación Primaria ◽

Estudio De Caso

En los últimos años y cada vez con más frecuencia, cuando entramos a un aula nos encontramos con que los niños, a través de su comportamiento, nos están pidiendo un cambio educativo a gritos. Nos encontramos con niños desmotivados, sin interés por su aprendizaje y sin aspiraciones educativas. Es por ello por lo que, en el presente artículo de revisión, partiendo de un proyecto de robótica educativa en un aula de educación primaria, tenemos como objetivo encontrar en la literatura cuáles son los motivos y los aspectos que influyen en la motivación del alumnado, así como los beneficios de un trabajo cooperativo dentro de este proyecto, con el fin de averiguar si la robótica educativa puede ser un buen aliciente para el cambio que se está pidiendo. Esta investi-gación arroja dos corrientes principales en literatura a este respecto para el análisis de esta tendencia: primero, la motivación en el alumnado y, segundo, la cooperación en el aula. Futuras investigaciones pueden utilizar estos dos conceptos para apropiar soluciones y abordar proyectos de investigación, y así encontrar caminos de aplicación para los docentes.

Download Full-text

Differentiated Activities in the Context of Inclusive Education to Enhance the Acquisition of the English Language at Primary School

Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2020 ◽

10.22364/htqe.2020.08 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Evija Latkovska ◽

◽

Endija Zustrupa ◽

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Primary School ◽

Language Learning ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

English Language ◽

Equal Rights ◽

Or Groups ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Collection Methods

In the 21st century one of the reasons for teachers to pursue continuous professional development is experiencing demanding situations in their lessons, because the concept of mixed-ability teaching has broadened schools being open to diversity. Consequently, different pupils learn together in comprehensive schools and have equal rights to quality education. That also regards language learning. In the present article the authors look upon a situation in which a teacher of English in a comprehensive school has to deal with groups of primary school pupils who have varied needs and preferences for learning a foreign language both academically and socially (for example, having problems with reading and understanding the read material, focusing and keeping attention, working in pairs or groups). Therefore, the use of differentiated activities to enhance primary school pupils’ acquisition of the English language is explored. The chosen research method is a case study in which 14 primary school pupils take part. Data collection methods used in the research are observation (a teacher’s diary to notice the pupils’ strengths and weaknesses of learning English and checklists to gather the evidence of the pupils’ learning achievement) and document analysis (test evaluation forms to record the pupils’ learning results and progress). The analysis of the gathered data shows that the use of the chosen differentiated activities, which are based on the ideas of mixed-ability teaching and inclusive education, has helped the pupils improve the acquisition of the English language The results of the case study allow the authors to conclude that the varied needs and preferences pupils have for learning a foreign language are a compelling reason for teachers to find new ways of teaching to be able to help each learner prosper.

Download Full-text

Road Use Behaviour of Urban Primary School Children in Ghana: Case Study of Ablekuma South Education Circuit of Metropolitan Accra

Ghana Journal of Science ◽

10.4314/gjs.v61i1.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 88-95

Author(s):

I. K. Yankson ◽

N. K. Nsiah-Achampong ◽

A. Yeboah-Sarpong

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Road Safety ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Safety Education ◽

The Road ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Public Primary School

School children form majority of injured children on Ghanaian roads. The objective was to observe the road use behaviour of public primary school pupils in Ablekuma Education Circuit, Accra. This unobtrusive observational study targeted Primary one to six pupils. Five behaviours were studied: Walking while crossing road; Stopping at the kerb; Looking left-right-left before crossing; Keep looking left-right-left while crossing and Facing traffic while walking. 882 pupils on their way to or from school were observed from eight schools. A little over two in three children stopped at the kerb before crossing the road while almost three in four children looked for cars before stepping off the kerb. A little over three in four children walked while crossing and less than one in four children kept looking while crossing. Not looking for cars before crossing, not facing on-coming traffic and not keeping looking for cars while crossing, were more associated with boys than girls (p < 0.001; 95%CI in all cases). Girls behaved significantly more safely than boys. In stopping at the kerb, there was no difference in gender behaviour (p < 0.135; 95%CI). Child Road Safety Education in Schools and Communities is recommended.

Download Full-text

THE EFFECTS OF WHATSAPP IN TEACHING NARRATIVE WRITING: A CASE STUDY

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2019.7479 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 590-602 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Noor Diana Suhaimi ◽

Maslawati Mohamad ◽

Hamidah Yamat

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Narrative Writing ◽

Motivation To Learn ◽

Focus Group Interviews ◽

Post Test ◽

Field Notes ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Pencil And Paper ◽

Primary School Pupils

Purpose of the study: This study aims to identify the effects of WhatsApp in teaching narrative writing to Grade 6of primary school pupils in the aspect of vocabulary and grammar. Methodology: Eight pupils of Grade 6 from one primary school in Negeri Sembilan were involved and data were collected through document analysis, focus group interviews and field notes. Main Findings: The findings of the post-test revealed that the vocabulary aspect has significantly improved as 75% of the participants showed an increase of one and two marks while the aspect of grammar was not found to have any effect as only one participant who represented 12% of the participants showed slight improvement from 12 to 13 marks. Applications of this study: The findings of this study are hoped to shed some light on how the educators could manipulate the functions of mobile messaging apps in teaching English particularly the skill of writing. Novelty/Originality of study: The pupils’ motivation to learn narrative writing could be enhanced through the use of WhatsApp rather than writing conventionally using pencil and paper.

Download Full-text