scholarly journals Experimental cognition of the world by children. Unexploited opportunities of Polish Primary Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-219
Author(s):  
Barbara Lulek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
First Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental

School, particularly primary school, plays a special and unique role in education. It joins teachers and students together, in order to show children and youths the complex reality of the world. Educational processes implemented in the following institution can reflect knowledge transmission or can be based on transaction models. Education is stimulating, experimental and exploratory as it guides students to the world of forming questions, searching for answers and developing conclusions. Unfortunately, this model is rather uncommon in Polish primary schools. This publication presents how experimenting, used by teachers, could introduce 7-year-old students in the first grade of primary school, into the world of knowledge and natural science competence. It also shows how experimenting affects the level of students’ education and natural science competence. The research aimed for describing methods of experimenting with first grade students in science education as well as explaining the connection between applying experiments in science education and students’ level of skills and knowledge. The research used a method of pedagogical experiment - quasi-experimental testing based on initial and final measurement using practical tests. The study included 307 primary school first-graders. The studies have established that there are dependencies between experimenting in science education as well as knowledge and skills level among the first grade primary school students, taking into account subjects’ gender. At the end, conclusions were also drawn regarding the possibilities for more extensive use of experimentation in Polish schools.

scholarly journals Assessment of Psychological Readiness Situation of Students Starting to Primary School

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Medera Halmatov
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
School Rules ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Provincial Center

There are important responsibilities expected from primary school students. The most important of these are the learning of reading, writing and arithmetic. There is a “psychological readiness” aspect besides reading, writing and arithmetic in order to be ready for the school. In this study, among the first-grade students, those who were academically ready were compared with those who were psychologically ready. In this research, screening model is used from quantitative research methods. Screening surveys allow the answers of questions such as “what, where, when, how often, at what level, how” (Wellington, 2006). The population of the research was composed of the children who started to the first class of primary schools in the provincial center of Ankara and the provincial center of Agri in the 2016-2017 academic year. The sample group of the study consisted of 327 students. 80 girls and 75 male students out of 322 students are chosen from the schools in the provincial center of Ankara, and 87 girls and 80 boys are chosen from the schools in provincial center of Agri. While the number of literate students at the basic level is 95 before the school starts, only 46 students are able to link shoe laces. While a total of 255 students knew all the main colors before the school started, only 31 students knew their home address. In addition, 90 students were found to have problems complied with the school rules. 39 students are shy in the classroom.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF FEATURES FORMING THE SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NATURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Natural Object ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Feature Identification ◽  
School Students ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
Object Features

Today, increasingly more attention is given to knowledge construction. In this article it is discussed how much nature, its objects and phenomena features are important forming a certain system of knowledge about nature. Research show that features cannot be ignored, one should focus and reconsider how our students are guided towards feature identification. During the first years of life, the child already experiences specific environmental features. Later, the knowledge of features (to remember, cognize, define…) and understanding (to retell, explain...) guide further: teach to compare, group, classify. The analysis aim was to give methodological advice to primary school teachers and to all interested in natural science education on how to teach students to cognize and understand the features of natural objects, phenomena and to develop comparison, grouping and classification abilities. Aims: 1) to discuss what it is a feature; 2) to analyse what the feature’s expression is in preschool and pre-primary education programmes; 3) to present activity episodes, task examples on how to teach during nature cognition lessons to recognize features according to which the procedures of comparison, grouping, and classification are possible. Introducing what the feature is, the synonyms of features are introduced as well (feature, peculiarity, criterion, symptom), it is explained what the feature defines, what the difference is between quantitative and qualitative features. Discussing the feature expression in education programmes, 4 programmes were analysed on this question (preschool, pre-primary school, primary school world cognition programme and standardised world cognition programme). Clarity, accuracy, attention to detail of the discussed question has been noticed in the standardised world cognition programme. The questions of how to teach primary school students to be observant and to find natural object features, and what to do having found them are shared in the third part of the article. Several concrete recommendations are given here on how to teach to recognize some or other animate and inanimate natural object and phenomena features. Together are presented orientation questions, objective commentaries, possible students’ answers because the author has already tried these activities with the primary school students. Keywords: natural science education, classification abilities, comparison abilities, object features, primary education.

scholarly journals IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF STRENGTHENING OF NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
School Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
Primary School Level

Natural science education (NSE) - one of the most actual fields of activity of a comprehensive school. One of most acute problems of today's education - low interest to natural sciences and especially to chemistry. This problem is actual not only in Lithuania, but also all over the world. Many researches of last years specify necessity of perfection of natural science education at all levels of an education system and especially at a level of a primary school. Acquaintance to natural sciences in a primary school does not meet today's requirements. It is necessary to return teaching of natural sciences in primary schools. The main accent of process of natural science education in a primary school should become a different sort of researches and experiments. The teaching and learning process in primary school level should have strong focus on constructivist learning and the role of social interaction in learning. The teachers should be able to improve motivation for learning through enjoyment and giving children some control of their science activities. The primary goal of natural sciences in an primary school is acquaintance of pupils to world around, formation of a complete picture of the world to all complex interrelations that further, in the basic school, to pass to studying separate subjects of a natural cycle (for example, chemistry, physics, biology). One of many reasons of low interest to chemistry - insufficient attention to a component of chemistry in the content of a primary education. For the period of primary school pupils does not receive the basic initial knowledge in chemistry and research skills. On the other hand, teachers of primary classes are not prepared at a sufficient level in sphere of modern natural science education. We should help children learn more about the chemicals that surround them in their everyday life. Also we should to complete the design of equipment and supporting materials for chemistry at the primary school level. It is obvious, that science remains abstract and alien to young students and they are not attracted to further study. We should try to change such a situation. First of all, a complete system for doing practical work from grade 1 to 4 in science must be carefully designed. Finally, we can note, that encouraging interest in the natural sciences is the priority of education (teaching and learning) process in primary school. Key words: science education, primary school, priority of education.

scholarly journals Model for the formation of educational actions of self-control in elementary school students

KANT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Bella Sergeeva ◽  
Kristina Kalachina
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Self Control ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
The World

The relevance of the article is determined by the need for primary school teachers to develop a model for the formation of educational actions of self-control in younger students in the lessons of the world and its justification. The purpose of the work is to develop and test the model we have created for the formation of educational self-control actions in the lessons of the surrounding world in elementary school and in highlighting its components. Sources of study were academic work in the field of philosophy and methodology of psychological and pedagogical research, theses of modern pedagogy and psychology affecting the social conditioning of personality formation in activities; works of domestic and foreign scientific researchers on the structure, development and conditions for the development of abilities and creativity. This article talks about the formation of educational actions of self-control in elementary school students in the framework of the subject "The World Outside" on the basis of a methodology that includes the following structural components: methodological, goal-oriented, substantive, organizational-active, and productive-evaluative. The developed model for the formation of educational actions of self-control can be included in the educational process of primary schools in order to increase the effectiveness of primary school teachers.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODEL USING VISUAL BASIC APPLICATIONS WITH ETHNOMATHEMATICAL CONTENTS TO IMPROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL REASONING

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Euis Eti Rohaeti ◽  
Nelly Fitriani ◽  
Padillah Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
School Students ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Reasoning Abilities ◽  
Teachers And Students

This study aims to examine the development of an interactive learning model using Visual Basic Application for Microsoft excel with ethnomathematical content on fractions, to improve primary school students’ mathematical reasoning abilities. The research method used is development through the stages of conducting preliminary studies and literature, designing interactive learning models, conducting FGDs, producing initial designs of interactive learning models, conducting limited trials in one primary school, making revisions, conducting extensive trials in four primary schools, producing trial in another primary school. The last obtaining a final model and conducting socialisation. The last, it provides a test of mathematical reasoning ability. The research subjects were teachers and students in six primary schools. The research instruments were interviews, validation sheets, documentation, learning observation sheets, questionnaires and mathematical reasoning ability test.  The assessment criteria for the developed learning model include syntax, social system, principle of reaction, supports system and instructional impact. The results showed that 1) Development of VBA-assisted and ethnomatematically-loaded interactive learning models go through two major stages, namely product development and validation  2) The Interactive learning model was declared very valid; 3) The responses of teachers and students were generally positive; 4) The achievement of students’ mathematical reasoning abilities after gave learning with an interactive model using VBA for Microsoft Excel with ethnomathematical contents better than using ordinary learning.

scholarly journals A Study of the Construction of English Hidden Curriculums at Primary Schools in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Haiwen Mo ◽  
Fengjuan Luo
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Hidden Curriculum ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Culture ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Curricular Resources

The hidden curriculum is an important part of curriculums, and constructing the primary school English hidden curriculum is helpful for the implementation of the new National English Curriculums, the development of students’ key competencies and the reform of basic English teaching in China. However, according to the survey conducted with 40 primary school leaders, 60 primary school English teachers as well as 300 primary school students, the hidden curriculum is always ignored in primary school English teaching in China. Schools should meticulously design the educational environment on campus, highlighting the characteristics of English hidden curriculums, integrate English into the class culture, optimizing English educational environment. It is necessary to build a harmonious relationship between teachers and students, to enhance students’ motivation of learning English, to mobilize social and family participation, and to build multiple hidden curricular resources of English so as to promote the reform of English teaching and improve the quality of English teaching at primary schools in China.

scholarly journals Development of Problem-Based Comic Book as Learning Media for Improving Primary School Students’ Critical Thinking Ability

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-348
Author(s):  
Devi Afriyuni Yonanda ◽  
Yuyu Yuliati ◽  
Dudu Suhandi Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Subject Material

This research is motivated by the lack of teachers' ability to use media related to the students environment as teaching materials to develop primary school students' critical thinking ability. The research aims at developing problem-based learning media (PBL) using comic book in order to improve students' critical thinking ability. The research employed a research and development design using the experimental research design with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of the research were 28 fourth-grade students in one of primary schools in Indramayu Regency. The research produced a product in the form of problem-based comic media developed based on the needs of teachers and students. The subject material in the comic book contained problems that occurred in the real environment within the students. Based on the validation tests carried out by material experts, media experts and practitioners, the results revealed that the product was included in the “Very Valid” category. While, the practicality test results revealed that the product was included in the “Very Practical”.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Factors ◽  
School Refusal Behavior ◽  
Factors Associated

The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with school refusal behavior in primary school students. Student’s self-report and teacher’s measures were implemented; and students were recruited from 20 primary schools in six districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The survey was conducted at the end of school term in 2016, with a total of 915 students from Year 4 and Year 5 participating. The sample of students had been absent from school for more than 15% of school days in the current year. Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between academic achievement and school satisfaction toward school refusal behavior. The findings of this study suggest that academic difficulties and dissatisfaction towards school environment could be the important risk factors for school refusal behavior. The present study underscores the importance of early detection and intervention as measures to reduce school refusal. Finally, the findings imply that the role of school factors should always be taken into account in connection with school refusal behaviour.

DEVELOPMENT OF MACAMI (MARI MEMBACA DAN MEMAHAMI) INSTRUMENT USING MACROMEDIA FLASH 8 IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
Ermaida Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Measuring Devices ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Feasibility Test

The background of this research is an instrument of learning for reading comprehension which in general is still dominated by an instrument in the form of print out which makes the students’ interest to read is reduced. In addition, this instrument is usually done manually or handwritten so that the students’ work must be corrected manually and require some time to get the results. This study aims to develop instruments or measuring devices for reading comprehension in the Primary School in Pekanbaru and find out the feasibility of measuring devices for reading comprehension skills. This product is Macromedia Flash 8 based namely "MaCaMi" which stands forMari Membaca dan Memahami. The research method used was the 4D model with four stages, such as the define stage, the design phase, the develop phase, and the dessiminate stage which is limited to the third stage. The data of this study were obtained from product design expert validation questionnaire, questionnaire validated by linguists, teacher response questionnaire and students response questionnaire. The data were generated quantitatively and analyzed by using the assessment criteria to determine the product quality. The results of this study showed the assessment of product design experts in draft 1 had an average percentage of 69.61% with the appropriate category then had increased in draft 2 to 90.56% with the very feasible category. The results of  the feasibility test by linguists in draft 1 with had average percentage of 95.30% with the very feasible category then increased in draft 2 to 97.20% withn the very feasible category. The results of the teacher's response to the reading comprehension measuring instrument in the Primary School in Pekanbaru developed by researchers obtained an average percentage of 93.50% with a very good category and the results of students' responses to the measuring instrument obtained an average percentage of 89.90% with a category very good. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the product developed by researchers is feasible to be used as a measure of reading comprehension ability of primary school students.

Distance learning in primary school: opportunities and specifics of implementation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1(16) (2020) ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Oksana Yastrub ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Theoretical Test

The problem of introducing distance learning in primary school is actualized by the development of social networks and Internet technologies, which open unlimited horizons for their application in educational activities. In addition, the introduction of quarantine in Ukraine requires primary school teachers to find ways to effectively master the program material. Among such ways is distance learning. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the specifics and possibilities of organizing the educational process in primary school with the use of distance learning. In the process of scientific research methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization and systematization were used. Distance learning in primary school is defined as a form of organization and implementation of the educational process, in which the subjects of learning (teachers and students) in the online mode carry out educational interaction in principle and mainly extraterritorially. In the context of reforming modern Ukrainian education, a number of e-platforms have been created for the organization of distance learning for primary school students. An effective commercial platform for distance learning is the service "My Class", which contains online courses from 1st to 11th grade, which contain lessons that integrate theoretical (test presentation of content) and practical (individual tasks that can be solved independently of each other, a block of tasks that need to be solved sequentially, guidelines) blocks. Result. Emphasis is placed on the requirements to be met by a primary school teacher when organizing distance learning in primary school during the quarantine period and it is suggested to advise parents who will work remotely with junior students in the initial stages of distance learning, gradually transferring activity to children.

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