Do primary school libraries affect teenagers’ attitudes towards leisure reading?

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522098335
Author(s):  
Pamela McKirdy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Family Background ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
First Year ◽  
Noisy Environments ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Leisure Reading ◽  
Reading For Pleasure

This study explores how New Zealand primary school students’ experiences of school libraries affected their attitudes towards reading for pleasure once they entered secondary school. Two hundred and seventy-six students in their first year at high school completed a survey asking about their primary school libraries. The students were asked to self-identify as keen readers, occasional readers or non-readers. The results were analysed in a spreadsheet, considering variables such as attitude to reading, former school and family background. The students were mainly positive about their libraries, but were bothered by cramped and noisy environments and books they perceived as babyish. Students from schools with a librarian were more positive about reading for fun than those from schools where the library was not prioritised. Students from a family background where reading was encouraged were more likely to maintain a positive attitude to reading by the time they reached high school.

scholarly journals Dance like Bacteria Wonder with Me! Embracing Microbiology through Science and Art from Primary School to University

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
John D.I. Harper ◽  
Celia R. Connor ◽  
Dominique Sweeney ◽  
Zoë Hadler ◽  
Tricia Warrington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
First Year ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Holistic Learning ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Learning Journey ◽  
School Outreach

The literature tells us that art can enhance the teaching of science. We have used some of these documented strategies in our teaching of microbiology in primary - and high school outreach and in our microbiology classes at university. We have blended art and science in a variety of ways (e.g. dancing and telling stories) to provide our students with richer, more memorable learning experiences. Primary school students were treated to a day of immersion in microbiology where songs, animations, peer learning, art and baking became integral to their learning. For high school outreach, we imagined time travel and invited university acting students to play scientists telling their stories from history to bring to life ‘moments’ in microbiology. At university, first-year students danced like bacteria to reinforce the types of movement and appendages that some bacteria have. Humour, poetry, songs and mnemonics were also used to not only enhance learning but to remind students that learning is fun and encompasses all aspects of life. We continue to explore a transdiciplinarity approach were the boundaries between disciplines are blurred and the artist becomes a scientist and vice versa on a creative holistic learning journey of discovery.

Snacking in children according to age

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
P. Pac ◽  
A. Gładka ◽  
M. Maciorkowska ◽  
M. Zalewska ◽  
P. Musiałowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
The Family

Introduction: One of the major nutritional mistakes committed by children and adolescents is snacking between meals. Sweet or salty snacks are rich in simple sugars, fats, preservatives and dyes, and poor in minerals and vitamins. Their excessive consumption can lead to the development of diet-related diseases in the future. Purpose: To evaluate the nutrition of children and adolescents with a focus on snacking between meals. Materials and methods: The study included 162 students from Bialystok schools, of which primary school students accounted for 30.2%, junior high school 38.3%, high school 31.5%. The questionnaire used by the authors contained 27 questions. Results: Regular meals were consumed by only 55.1% of primary school students, 35.5% of junior high school, and 37.3% of high school students. Two and fewer meals a day were consumed by 1.6% to 5.8% of the students studied. First breakfast was omitted by 18.4% of the students in elementary school, 16.1% of junior high school, and 15.7% of high school. Second breakfast was omitted by 12.9% to 17.6% of the respondents.Sweet products instead of a second breakfast were consumed by 44.9% of primary school students, 61.3% of junior high school, and 64.7% of high school students. Snacking most often occurred in the respondents' home (69.4% of elementary school students, 43.5% of secondary level students, and 52.9% of high school students). Water in school was drunk by 85.7% of primary level students, 56.5% of junior high school, and 51.0% of high school. The main source of knowledge about nutrition for 61.2% of primary level students was the family, while television, radio, and the Internet were the main sources of knowledge for 62.7% of high school students. Conclusions: The regularity of eating in the study group decreased with the studied students’ age. The most popular products in the group of younger students were salty snacks and sweets. Healthy snacking was observed more frequently in the group of high school students. The main place of snacking was the home. The primary source of knowledge about nutrition for primary school students was the family and for high school students the mass media.

scholarly journals Examining the Relations between Dance and Mathematics among First Class Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Mónika Pálinkás-Molnár ◽  
László Bernáth
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The One

Dance and mathematics are seemingly very distant concepts at first glance. In the theoretical parts of our study we show how strongly mathematics and spatial abilities are interrelated, including the correlation between dance and spatial abilities as well. Consequently a hypothesis derives that dance develops spatial abilities, through which it develops mathematical skills at the same time. Our research focused on first year primary school students. During the one month course we applied creative children dance and tasks of movement from drama pedagogy. Children’s abilities were measured pre- and after the course classes with a test of both mathematical and spatial skills. According to this research, we could show some improvement in mathematical skills as a result of the development, but there is no significant improvement in spatial skills. We attempted to find out about the reasons of the results we found.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Using Mathematics Educational Software for the Learning of First-Year Primary School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aníbal Zaldívar-Colado ◽  
Ramón Ismael Alvarado-Vázquez ◽  
Diana Elizabeth Rubio-Patrón
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
First Year ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals The Development of Students’ Independence in The Conditions of Distance Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Svetlana Nikolaevna Vahrusheva ◽  
Tatyana Viktorovna Masharova ◽  
Veranika Punchyk
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
General Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Development Of Students

This article presents the authors’ studies on the development of students’ independence in the conditions of distance learning. The purpose of the study is to compare the results of the development of students’ independence in the format of distance education for different categories of students. The main methods of work are questionnaires of teachers of secondary schools of the Kirov region and statistical analysis of the results obtained. The study found that distance learning differently affects learners based on age and subject. Thus, high school students show better results compared to primary school students and basic general education. In this regard, humanities are preferable to natural science subjects.

scholarly journals Speaking fluency and EFL learners’ reluctance to speak english among primary school students: factors and evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-136
Author(s):  
Desiana Safitri ◽  
Misdi Misdi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Cognitive Factor ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

Speaking is productive skill that use of utterance as the way to do communication and express the meaning with other people. Moreover, speaking English can be a bridge to communicate with foreigner. The writer wants to investigate what difficulties faced by students in speaking and what factors that influence students speaking ability. This research was descriptive qualitative research. It involved 25 students of a state junior high school in Indonesia and the participants were the eighth grade students. Observation and questionnaire were used to collect the data. The results showed that several issues of difficulties faced by students: fluency, hesitation, vocabulary, grammar, expression and pronunciation. It caused by varieties of factors, one of theme is students are seldom to discuss with their friends using English. The most factor that influences the speaking ability was cognitive factor where it involves the conceptualization, formulation and articulation when do to speak and student still not yet to do it well

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document