scholarly journals Children’s Camps as a Tourism Product – A Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
Halina Kotíková ◽  
Eva Schwartzhoffová
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
School Children ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Summer Camps ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

Abstract This article focuses on the issues of organized tourism, more specifically, on children’s summer camps, in which Czech children spend free time during their holidays. T he purpose of this paper is to present results of a pilot study on children’s participation in summer camps. On the basis of the research carried out in the form of a face-to-face survey conducted with a sample of 479 pupils – grades five and seven, selected criteria, which characterize these camps, were analysed in relation to the choice of the camps and children’s participation in them. T he results show that the majority of school children participate in summer children’s camps. T he most popular camps are overnight camps and sports camps run by the organizations which children attend during the school year.

scholarly journals Child in court: intersection of justice spacesand participation rights exercise

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Helga Cláudia Castro
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Participation Rights ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Children's Participation

In the Portuguese judicial system, the justice spaces were designed by adults and structured for adults, and they embrace both relational dimension and power exercise –privacy is publicized, competencies are monitored, and weaknesses are scrutinized. Research, implemented thru a multiple case study, aimed to assessment children’s participation rights exercise in those same spaces. It is confirmed that childhood and children’s conceptualizations have repercussions on praxis, since there is an image that associates them with lack of capacity, mirrored in and by their minority. Therefore, perpetuating children and childhood's exclusion moments, witnessing prejudice reproduction and an endemic culture of non-participation. Thus, child's contemporaneity must be valued, both for its presence in the breadth of human life and for the valid, and valuable contribution it makes to the composition of its living worlds.

scholarly journals Fostering Children’s Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction Through Play: A Case Study of LEGO and Minecraft

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loïc Le Dé ◽  
JC Gaillard ◽  
Anthony Gampell ◽  
Nickola Loodin ◽  
Graham Hinchliffe
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

AbstractThis article focuses on children’s participation in disaster risk reduction. It draws on a 2018 study done in New Zealand with 33 school children who conducted participatory mapping with LEGO and the video game Minecraft to assess disaster risk in their locality and identify ways to be more prepared. The research involved participatory activities with the children actively involved in the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of the initiative. A focus group discussion was also conducted to assess the project from the viewpoint of the schoolteachers. The results indicate that LEGO and Minecraft are playful tools for children to participate in disaster risk reduction. The research identifies four key elements of genuine children’s participation, including the Participants, Play, the Process, and Power (4 Ps). This framework emphasizes that fostering children’s participation in disaster risk reduction requires focusing on the process through which children gain power to influence decisions that matter to them. The process, through play, is child-centered and fosters ownership. The article concludes that Play is essential to ground participation within children’s worldviews and their networks of friends and relatives.

Blended Learning in a Creative Writing Program

2010 ◽  
pp. 63-75
Author(s):  
Chris Morgan ◽  
Janie Conway-Herron
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Writing Program ◽  
Delivery Model ◽  
Face To Face

This case study reports on the results of a two-year pilot study in blended learning in an undergraduate creative writing program at Southern Cross University in Australia. It documents the development and implementation of a blended delivery model that dispenses with outdated divisions between face-to-face and distance modes of delivery, creating a converged, blended learning experience for all students. Findings from the pilot provided important data in relation to student satisfaction, pedagogical considerations, institutional constraints, teaching technologies, faculty workload issues, and costs associated with blended learning. These findings will contribute to a University-wide move to converged, blended learning in 2009.

Designing Children’s Artwork Performance Model for Primary School Environment in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Tun Mohd Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi ◽  
Ismail Said ◽  
Azrul Fazwan ◽  
Hisyam Rasidi ◽  
Zarina Za’bar
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
Brighter Future

In Malaysia, many parents encourage thier children to pursue science stream rather than art. They perceive that those who study science holds a brighter future in securing a well paying job. Arts has always been a marginalised subject taught in school to be creative. Unfortunately, creativity is not applied to how they think. Children’s artwork performance in general affects their cognitive, pscyhological, behavioral and social development. The aim of this research is to understand children’s perspective towards art and art-making. Here, the main objective is to identify the best model to represent the contributing factors that influence artwork performance among school children at Malaysian primary school. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire. Utilizing a convenience sampling method, 110 students from SK Taman Bukit Indah, Johor Baharu were chosen. Multiple linear regression technique was the analysis adapted in order to achieve the research objective. This research is significant towards identifing the most significant factors which influence children’s participation in art-making. In the near future, the research will be extended to the secondary school children in Malaysia, and fair comparisons will be made within different streams.Keywords: Children Art; Artworks; Artwork Performance Model; Children’s Participation; Malaysian Primary School Children

scholarly journals Children and New Media: Youth Media Participation. A Case Study of Egypt and Finland

Comunicar ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (37) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
Irma Hirsjärvi ◽  
Sami Tayie
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Youth Media ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Qualitative Part

This article focuses on a single case study; the first findings of a qualitative part of the Youth Media Participation (YMP) project in Argentina, Egypt, Finland and India (2009-11) on 10-18 year-old children’s participation through media. Youth Media Participation is funded by the Academy of Finland (2009-11). It collects and analyses three kinds of data from children and young adults; 1) focused interviews collected in Egypt, India and Finland (24 in each country), 2) a questionnaire for statistical data collected from Argentina, Egypt, India and Finland (1,200 in each country, N: 4,800) and 3) media diaries for a separate publication about «One Day of Media» (100 collected in Argentina, Egypt, India, Finland and Kenya, N: 500). The purpose was to undertake an exploratory study to find new ways to approach research questions on children’s participation through media in different countries. The YMP project was launched with focused interviews in Finland and Egypt. This paper focuses on the qualitative, explorative part of the project: the focused interviews that were used to test the original research questions, to explore the many forms of media participation, and to create the questionnaire needed in further research. The project aims at enhancing our understanding of media literacy and its connections to media participation and civic activity.El artículo recoge un estudio de caso único sobre los primeros resultados del análisis cualitativo del proyecto PJM (Youth Media Participation), desarrollado en Argentina, Egipto, Finlandia e India. PJM es apoyado por la Academia de Finlandia (2009-11). Se analizan tres tipos de información provenientes de niños y jóvenes: entrevistas focalizadas en Egipto, India y Finlandia (24 en cada país); cuestionarios para recolección de datos estadísticos de Argentina, Egipto, India y Finlandia (1.200 por país, 4.800 totales); y diarios de medios para una publicación adicional sobre «Un día de medios» (500 totales, 100 obtenidos en Argentina, Egipto, India, Finlandia y Kenia respectivamente). Se indagaba, mediante el estudio exploratorio, nuevos enfoques a preguntas de investigación sobre la participación de niños de distintos países en medios. El proyecto PJM se inició con entrevistas focalizadas en Finlandia y Egipto. Este artículo se centra en la parte cualitativa y exploratoria del proyecto: entrevistas focalizadas para ratificar las preguntas originales de investigación, explorar múltiples formas de participación mediática y crear el cuestionario necesario para investigaciones posteriores. El proyecto busca mejorar nuestra comprensión de la alfabetización mediática y sus vínculos con la participación en los medios y actividad cívica.

Financial Cost For Protecting Instructional Time: A Pilot Study of Primary and Secondary Schools in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2873-2882
Author(s):  
Ramlee Ismail Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Time ◽  
Teacher Absenteeism ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Financial Cost ◽  
School Year ◽  
Depth Study

The education sector is truly a labor-intensive industry. A large chunk of the financial cost for managing this industry is the workforce, that is, salaries for the teachers.  The absenteeism of teachers, whether due to absence from the school or occupied with other duties, causes a disruption in the teaching and learning process.  Classroom productivity is affected because instruction cannot take place and this will give rise to the students to experience an adverse economic impact.  This financial loss to students can be estimated based on the salaries received by teachers.  Two schools, a primary and a secondary school, are used for the pilot study.  This case study involved 112 teachers from a primary school and 75 teachers from a high school in Kuala Lumpur. Data collected, over a period of one year, include attendance records, teacher movement records and medical appointment letters. On average, teachers who were absent from school or the classroom comprised10% of the school year. 50% of the teacher absenteeism was due to personal reasons, and 50% was due to work duties. The financiallossto students due to teacher absenteeism is estimated to be equal to that of the teacher’s average monthly salary. The total costs to both schools were calculated to be more than half a million Malaysian Ringgit for an academic year of schooling.  This amount is enough to pay the annual salaries of almost seven teachers for each school.  Instructional time lost needs to be prevented as this means high financial costs and an adverse impact on student learning.  It also indicates the inefficient use and management of economic resources.  However, the findings based on one case study alone are insufficient tojustify for an immediate change in the education policies.  Further in-depth study involving more samples and more comprehensive research needs to be carried out to obtain a better picture.   

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