scholarly journals Smartfon w klasie: Od zabawki do narzędzia edukacyjnego

2018 ◽  
pp. 335-347
Author(s):  
Anna Brosch
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Screen Media ◽  
Education Process

Today’s children are growing up in a digital age that is far different from that of previous generations. Young children’s use of interactive screen media such as smartphones is increasing rapidly. A variety of mobile devices are all around, but they are still not accessible enough at schools, where the use of smartphones is usually forbidden.The aim of this research was to discover teachers’ opinion about using smartphones in class. The qualitative methodology was used in this study to analyse in depth the contextual factors concerning the use of smartphones during the education process. The analysis was based on data from 32 interviews with primary school teachers. The results of the study have shown that teachers do not incorporate smartphones into the education process, despite their positive attitude towards this kind of mobile devices.

scholarly journals Opinions of Primary School Teachers about Mathematics Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esma Kilinc ◽  
Sumeyra Akkaya ◽  
Metin Kapidere
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Education Process

This study was conducted to reveal the aspect of distance education studies on teaching of mathematics with the evaluation by class teachers during the Covid-19 Pandemic period. 24 primary school teachers from Onikisubat district of Kahramanmaras province have participated in the research. The semi-structured interview form developed in line with the expert opinions was applied to the primary school teachers separately. This study was required in order to evaluate the events experienced in the distance education process due to the coronavirus pandemic and the effects of the pandemic on the field of education in the direction of the opinions of the class teachers. Qualitative research was carried out to interpret any situation from a different perspective in the study, and a case study has been conducted to reach the depth of the situation. As a data collection tool, a semi-structured interview form was prepared with the approval of expert opinions. After the data were brought together, content analysis was carried out by giving similar descriptions and describing them in a way that the reader could comprehend. The sample of the study consisted of teachers who personally experienced the process in the nearby environment, which consists of easily accessible situation sampling in order to accelerate the study. It is thought that it will be important to work properly execution of the processes that may occur in such times by determining the causes and consequences of the situations experienced in the field of education due to reasons such as the suspension of face-to-face education and the cessation of schools after the pandemic in the world. As a result of the research, suggestions will be made for the studies that can be done about teaching mathematics in distance education.

scholarly journals Inspiring or confusing – a study of Finnish 1–6 teachers’ relation to teaching programming

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Pörn ◽  
Kirsti Hemmi ◽  
Paula Kallio-Kujala
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Perceived Preparedness ◽  
Preparedness To Teach

There is limited research on teaching and learning of programming in primary school and even less about aspects concerning teaching programming from teachers’ viewpoint. In this study, we explore how Finnish 1-6 primary school teachers (N=91), teaching at schools with Swedish as the language of instruction, relate to programming and teaching of programming, one year after the introduction of the new national curriculum that included programming. The teachers’ relation to programming is studied by analyzing their view on programming, perceived preparedness to teach programming and their attitudes towards teaching programming. The main results of the present study are that the responding teachers approach programming in school with mixed emotions, but the majority claim to have sufficient preparedness to teach programming, and many of them have a positive attitude towards the subject. The findings indicate that the most important factor for high perceived preparedness and positive attitude is sufficient domain knowledge. The teachers’ views on programming are very diverse, ranging from focusing only on the connection to elementary step-by-step thinking to more sophisticated reasoning connecting to central aspects of computational thinking and other educational outcomes. The findings suggest that there is a need for educational efforts to make the connection between mathematical content and programming more visible for primary school teachers.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers Regarding Early Identification and Management of Learning Disability

2021 ◽  
pp. 174-181
Author(s):  
Betty Koshy ◽  
Nikita Gamit ◽  
Aarohi Fernandes ◽  
Devraj Singh Chouhan
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: In India, 1% to 19% of the total students have Learning Disability. Learning disability may vary from person to person and is incurable but can be controlled if diagnosed earlier. Teachers play a vital role in its identification.  Aims: Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude of primary school teachers regarding early identification and management of Learning Disability. Study Design: The study design is Descriptive cross sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: selected school at Tapi District, Gujarat, between 2020 – 2021. Methodology: The research was carried out by using Quantitative research approach and on 150 primary school teachers. The non probability sampling technique was used. The tool includes socio demographic variables, Knowledge questionnaire and Attitude scale. Results: No teacher have excellent knowledge i.e 0.00% regarding Learning Disabilty. 59.33% have good knowledge and 40.66% teachers are poor in knowledge regarding Learning Disability. 96.66% teachers have positive attitude towards children having Learning Disability while 3.33% teachers have negative Knowledge. There is positive correlation between Knowledge and Attitude. There is significant association of knowledge with age and classes allotted at p< 0.05. There is significant association of Attitude with classes allotted at p< 0.05. Conclusion: Majority of the teachers have good Knowledge and most of them have positive attitude towards the children with Learning disability.

scholarly journals NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION PROCESS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL: ORGANISATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASPECTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Education Improvement ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
Education Process

Natural science education in primary school is not only important, but it is also problematic. The importance, first of all, lies in the fact, that natural science education is an inseparable part of general education. Natural science education involves various components - ecological, environmental, healthy lifestyle, harmonious development and other. Experimental- research activity is especially important. Effective all component integration into education process in primary classes remains problematic. This is actual not only in Lithuania. It is obvious, that in order to understand natural science education peculiarities working with the younger age children, exhaustive research are necessary and on their basis modelled, adjusted and developed natural science education in primary school. Only qualitative natural science education, acquired in primary school, can guarantee proper continuation of natural science education in basic and secondary school. Research aim is to analyse primary school teachers’ position on natural science education question, i.e., to ascertain how teachers value personal preparation according to major natural science education fields, what natural science education improvement ways they discern, and what activity ways in natural science education process they like best. The research is quantitative, pilot, of limited amount. The research was carried out between January and February 2018. Working primary school teachers from various Lithuanian primary schools participated in the research. Totally, there were 60 teachers (all women) from more than 25 schools. The carried-out research allows asserting, that primary school teachers’ professional preparation in natural science education sphere remains actual. Practical work organisation is considered the most appropriate activity. Individual students’ differences are tried to be satisfied and considered the least by the teachers. Though teachers tend to demonstrate various experiments (16.0%), research activity is not prevalent (2.3%). A similar situation is observed speaking about technology involvement in education process. Teacher preparation to organise and realise natural science education in primary school is basically valued positively, however, it is diverse. The best preparation is fixated in biology science spheres (e.g., “Green plants” /PI=0.83, SD=0.22/, “People and other animals” /PI=0.80, SD=0.21/, “Life (vital) processes” /PI=0.73, SD=0.21/ and other). The weakest preparation is fixated in physics science fields (e.g., “Electricity (electrical) phenomena” /PI=0.55, SD=0.26/, “Forces and movement” /PI=0.56, SD=0.25/, “Light and sound” /PI=0.57, SD=0.26/ and other). The preparation in chemistry science field is considered average e.g., “Substance changes” /PI=0.64, SD=0.24/, “Substance mixture separation” /PI=0.61, SD=0.23/ and other). Preparation in scientific research field is also valued as average (PI=0.63, SD=0.18) (PI – preparation index). Respondents consider resources/equipment the most important way of natural science education process improvement. Teacher professional improvement possibilities are considered the least important way of improvement. Lessons based on research (or other educational activities) are not considered a very important way of natural science education improvement. More exhaustive research are necessary in future for analysing primary school teacher natural science competence problems, also seeking to better understand experimental-research activity organisation peculiarities in education process. Keywords: pilot research, primary school, professional improvement, science education.

scholarly journals THE EDUCATOR’S PERSPECTIVE: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT SCHOOL AMONG PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-190
Author(s):  
Nursyuhada Binti Mohamad Yusoff ◽  
Vivien How ◽  
Ezza Sabrina Binti Azmi ◽  
Khairuddin Bin Othman
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

Introduction: School can be considered as a relatively moderate risk working environment due to the various hazards assembled in the school. Nevertheless, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training is yet to formally inclusive into teachers’ training module, and the current one-off or ad-hoc OSH training mainly targeted among school students. The different OSH awareness exists among teacher and student have hinder the provision of sustainable and effective safety and health training program at school levels. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice among primary and secondary school teachers towards OSH at the school environment. Method: A cross-sectional survey carried out at three (3) primary schools and three (3) secondary schools after stratified random sampling. School teachers from these schools were randomly selected among those who had at least one year work experience as permanent teacher at the current school through the fishbowl technique. A structured questionnaire was used and total 136 teachers were assessed on their knowledge, attitude and practices on OSH at schools. Result: Study found that primary and secondary school teachers have different knowledge, attitude and practices of OSH at school levels. Overall, the knowledge level of secondary school teacher (62.1% of high to medium knowledge levels) are higher than the primary school teachers (41.1% of high to medium knowledge levels); at the same time, 93.1% of secondary school teachers show positive attitude while 88.5% of primary school teachers show positive attitude on safety and health atschools. In general, OSH practice level among the primary (88.5%) and secondary school teachers (86.2%) are atrelatively good levels. Besides, there is positive association with knowledge and attitude on OSH behavior among primary school teachers. Apart of this, there is positive but relatively weak association with knowledge and practices and knowledge and attitudes among primary and secondary school teachers. Conclusion: Considering the background differences between primary and secondary school teachers, a sustainable OSH learning mechanism should be planned and designed together with OSH practitioners and Ministry of Education to achieve a sustainable safety and healthy sound school environment for teacher to work and for students to learn. 

scholarly journals Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Teaching Mathematics

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesut Tabuk
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Type A ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

The aim of the study is to determine prospective primary school teachers’ attitudes towards teaching mathematics. The study is designed according to model of survey in the descriptive type. A total of 236 prospective primary school teachers were examined in order to investigate the effect of gender and program differences on their attitudes towards teaching mathematics. In the study, the questionnaire “Teaching Mathematics” was used to collect the data from prospective teachers. The results revealed that the prospective teachers have positive attitude towards teaching mathematics. It was found also that gender and grade level are not significant factor on attitude scores. Finally, various suggestions were presented for future studies in accordance with the findings obtained.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and reported practice of primary school teachers on specified school health activities in Danuphyu Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Ye Minn Htun ◽  
Kay Thi Lwin ◽  
Nwe Nwe Oo ◽  
Kyaw Soe ◽  
Than Tun Sein
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
High Knowledge

Schools are important settings for comprehensive health promotion. School exerts the most influence on the lives of children and youth. Schools can play a key role in supporting students’ health and, by extension, the health of their families and communities. This school-based cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Danuphyu Town-ship from June to November, 2012. This study aimed to identify the levels of knowledge, attitude and practice of primary school teachers concerning four school health activities: comprehensive school health education; healthy school environments; prevention and control of communicable diseases; and nutritional promotion and food safety. The sample consisted of 97 teachers from 23 primary schools were randomly selected to participate in the study. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. It was found that 62.9% of teachers achieved a high level of knowledge scores (mean knowledge score of 39.10 with SD 3.087); 57.7% had a positive attitude towards school health activities; 52.6% of teachers achieved high reported practice scores (with mean practice score of 66.07 and SD 4.17); teachers from urban areas, over 50 years of age, and with service duration of 20-24 years, are statistically significantly associated with higher levels of reported practice; teachers with high knowledge and posi-tive attitude scores achieved higher reported practice scores, but these associations are not statistically significant. Overall, over 50% of the teachers had a high knowledge, a positive attitude and high practice scores relating to school health activities, and this shows that favorable conditions exist at the schools among the teachers for further strengthening the school health program of Myanmar. Enhancing teachers' involvement in school health activities would establish good outcomes of the school health promotion program. Provision of continuous training of teach-ers in school health would further enhance knowledge of teachers, and would gradually inculcate positive attitudes among them. This would lead towards more involvement of teachers in school health activities. South East Asia Journal of Public Health 2013; 3(1): 24-29 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v3i1.17707

PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 565 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Czajka
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Competence Assessment ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Professional Advancement ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Process

The article presents the scope and level of competences of primary school teachers defined in legislation and their assessment by teachers and parents in terms of the requirements of the teaching and education process. The article uses research among 210 teachers. Article presents: the requirements of competence, the assessment of the implementation of the standards of education in pedagogical studies, the impact of learning outcomes on the development of competences, the impact of professional promotion on the development of competences, the usefulness of different competences in the teaching and education of children are presented. Many teachers see skills gaps, not all competences are used to work with children. Teachers see an increase in their competences mainly as their professional experience and level of professional advancement increase. There are differences in competence assessment between teachers and parents. For parents, the most important thing is the competences supporting the teaching process

scholarly journals Osobowość nauczycieli a ich praca z dziećmi migrantami w szkole podstawowej

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Pamuła-Behrens ◽  
Agnieszka Hennel-Brzozowska
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
The Other ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Migration Experience

Research on the personality of primary school teachers and on their level of competence in teaching migrant children, including their own migration experience and their attitudes toward training for better education of foreign pupils, was conducted in 2016, using Big Five NEO-FFI and a questionnaire constructed by the authors (PPNUC). The subjects work in a big Polish city and their school is attended by Ukrainian and Vietnamese migrant children; half of the teachers (called NU) have the migrant children in their classes, the other half do not (NN). The results have shown, among others, that NU teachers have higher extraversion scores than NN and that younger teachers have a more positive attitude toward training programs for educating migrant children.

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