scholarly journals TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AMONG PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-63
Author(s):  
Kenneth Odhiambo Okelo
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Language Skills ◽  
Trained Teachers ◽  
Oral Skills

This article presents the findings from our investigation of teachers’ characteristics that influence development of oral language skills among pre-primary pupils. The study was conducted in 83 schools in Kibra Sub-County, Kenya. Questionnaires and observation schedules were used to collect data. Data was analysed using SPSS. The main findings of the study indicate that teaching strategies that were mostly used by pre-primary school teachers were code-switching, examples, repetition, substitution and explanation. On the other hand, questions, direction, expansion of children words and contrast were the least used teaching strategies when teaching oral language skills. The study revealed that the there is a slight correlation between the type of training teachers received and the teaching strategies they used as most of the DICECE (District Centres for Early Childhood Education, Kenya) trained teachers used more teaching strategies when teaching oral skills compared to non-DICECE teachers. The findings also revealed that there was some correlation between teacher’s academic qualifications and their use of a few teaching strategies. There was also some correlation between teaching experience and the use of a few teaching strategies. Since the strategies used by pre-primary school teachers under the study were less than half of the recommended teaching strategies to promote oral skills, the study recommends that teachers should be encouraged to use more in structural strategies to improve children’s oral language skills.

Primary school teachers’ experiences of teaching strategies that promote pupils’ critical thinking

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Loredana Lombardi ◽  
Valérie Thomas ◽  
Julie Rodeyns ◽  
Frederick Jan Mednick ◽  
Free De Backer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Experiences

An analysis of attitudes towards the gifted students with learning difficulties using two samples of Greek and Czech primary school teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Gari ◽  
Kostas Mylonas ◽  
Sarka Portešová
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Separate System ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

The provision of gifted students with learning difficulties (GSLD) composes a complicated educational problem that deserves special care. This study explores teachers’ attitudes towards the GSLD in two samples of primary school teachers: 225 Greek teachers and 158 teachers in the Czech Republic, 40–59 years of age and with 14–28 years of teaching experience. A questionnaire of 26 questions, created for the purpose of this study, was administered referring to teachers’ attitudes towards opinions and information regarding the GSLD characteristics, along with three open-ended questions on the most preferable types of the GSLD educational provision. Through multidimensional scaling solutions in their trigonometric transformation (MDS-T) one large common and one minor separate system of items emerged for the two samples, which were meaningful in the direction of understanding teachers’ difficulties in accepting the contradictory core of the GSLD characteristics and educational needs. These systems of attitudes are discussed in respect to their relative importance to Czech and Greek teachers and the respective educational settings.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, SELF-EFFICACY AND TRUST AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (35) ◽  
pp. 237-248
Author(s):  
Jumadi Musa ◽  
Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin ◽  
Zakiah Noordin ◽  
Nur Afny Juati ◽  
Hujaimah @ Siti Syafiqah Juhumin
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Significant Difference

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between headmaster instructional leadership, headmaster transformational leadership, self-efficacy, and trust among primary school teachers. Furthermore, the study aims to examine the role of gender, age, and teaching experience in headmaster instructional leadership, headmaster transformational leadership, and self-efficacy. The participants were selected by proportional stratified sampling and simple random selection. This study adopted a survey research design that utilized an ex-post facto research type in which the researcher used questionnaires to collect data from the respondents. The instruments used are the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS), Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), and Trust Scale - Trust in Principal. A total of 297 respondents (mean age 37.4 + 1.5 years) from 71 schools were involved in this study. The data gathered from the respondents were downloaded into the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for quantitative analysis. The results of the study indicate that there is a positive significant relationship between headmaster instructional leadership (r = .708, p <.05), headmaster transformational leadership (r= .683, p<.05), self-efficacy (r = .615, p <.05) and trust. It is found there is no significant difference among primary school teachers of different ages and teaching experience concerning their headmaster instructional leadership [F (2, 296) = 1.533, p> 0.05][F (2, 296) =. 878, p> 0.05], , headmaster transformational leadership [F(2, 296)=.396, p> 0.05][F(2, 296)=.396, p> 0.05] and teacher efficacy [F (2, 296) = 1.164, p> 0.05] [F (2, 296) = 1.204, p> 0.05]. The present study gains significance as the results can assist the teachers and organizations in enhancing the thrust of teachers.

scholarly journals STUDY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER COMPETENCE IN TANAH BUMBU REGENCY

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Dwi Atmono ◽  
Muhammad Rahmattullah
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers

Teacher competence is central factor that influencing teacher performance to create human resources with certain quality. Teacher competence influenced by many factors, such as educational background and teaching experience for his specific subject. This study aims to: 1) map the competence of primary school teachers in Tanah Bumbu Regency, and 2) analyze the effect of educational background and teaching experience to teacher competence. This study used quantitative approach. Population of this research is all primary school teachers in Tanah Bumbu regency which already followed Online Test of Teacher Competence (UKG Online) as many as 1,106 teachers. Samples were taken by using purposive random sampling as much as 20% of the total population that numbered 160 people. Variables of this study are: 1) Teacher Competence, 2) Educational Background and 3) Teaching Experience. This study used quantitative analysis includes percentage technique and multiple linear regressions. The results showed: 1) Primary school teacher competence in Tanah Bumbu Regency is above the national average score of 53.05, but still below the Minimum Competence Standards (SKM) of 55. The average score of pedagogic competence is 48.15 and professional competence is 55.91. 2) There is a significant simultaneous effect of educational background and teaching experience to teacher performance. Partially, only teacher experience variable that that significantly influence the teacher competence.

scholarly journals Development of Reading Comprehension in Bilingual and Monolingual Children—Effects of Language Exposure

Languages ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Theodora Papastefanou ◽  
Theodoros Marinis ◽  
Daisy Powell
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
Transparent Orthography ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Oral Language Skills ◽  
Language Exposure

The current study aimed at investigating the performance of bilingual children with English as an additional language (EAL) on language and literacy measures compared to monolinguals across the first four years of primary school in the U.K. Moreover, it addressed whether bilinguals and monolinguals’ performance on reading comprehension was consistent with the Simple View of Reading. An additional area of interest was to examine the extent to which use of and exposure to both heritage and majority language affected the development of the children’s reading comprehension in both of their spoken languages. A total of forty bilingual and forty monolingual children were assessed in oral language skills and decoding in Year 1 and Year 3 in primary school. After one school year, they were assessed in oral language skills, decoding, and reading comprehension in Year 2 and Year 4. The results showed that the bilinguals performed better than the monolinguals in decoding in all years, suggesting that exposure to a first language with transparent orthography (Greek) may benefit the development of word reading skills. However, the bilinguals scored lower in oral language skills and reading comprehension than their monolingual peers. This finding underlined the significant role of oral language skills in the development of bilinguals’ reading comprehension. Both oral language skills and decoding contributed to reading comprehension in bilinguals but the effects of oral language skills on reading comprehension were stronger than the effects of decoding. Finally, we found that language use of the minority language outside the home could significantly predict reading comprehension in the minority language, underlining the importance of language exposure through complementary schools and other activities outside the home to the maintenance and development of the heritage language.

scholarly journals Awareness of Mainstream Primary School Teachers on the ADHD Symptoms in Punjab

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Shaheen Pasha ◽  
Maimona Ijaz ◽  
Muhammad Ahmed Qadri
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Oppositional Defiant ◽  
Adhd Children ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Students With Adhd ◽  
Trained Teachers

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) harms the learning, social, and family performance of the child as one of the most prevalent psychological disorders of children. The recent rehabilitation activities focused on schools with trained teachers. This study's key goal is to investigate “Awareness Level of Primary School Teachers Regarding the Symptoms of Students with ADHD in Mainstream Schools of Punjab”. The research has used the disability model presented in ICF by WHO having five major areas of functional disorders of ADHD - Attention, Hyperactive/ impulsive Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Cognitive Symptoms, and Psychosocial Symptoms. A sample of 440 individuals was selected from 20 schools. Teachers, parents, and psychologists were the respondents as well. The data was collected from 20 schools of Lahore city; and was analyzed by using a correlation between the variables (psychological, behavioral, cognitive, psychosocial, symptoms of ADHD). Frequencies and percentages were calculated for each of 84 statements in five areas. Results showed most of the teachers have an insufficient level of knowledge about ADHD. There is a tangible need for training programs provided to the teachers about early recognition and policy of care of ADHD children.

scholarly journals Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of oral hygiene among primary school teachers in Navi Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 5345
Author(s):  
Ojaswee D. Nakhawa ◽  
Manjusha S. Hindalekar ◽  
Ankita V. Deshmukh ◽  
Vaibhav P. Thakkar ◽  
Chinmayee V. Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience

Background: School age is an important stage in an individual’s development. Early education of oral hygiene by teachers can cause lifelong benefits to students since teachers are closely involved in children during their developmental stages. Oral diseases are becoming global issues and should be considered of public health importance. Yet, oral diseases are a neglected issue, rarely seen as a priority in health policy.Methods: This study is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in primary school teachers from Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Total 400 school teachers, selected by stratified sampling technique, had participated in this study. Participants were given self-structured questionnaires with 16 dichotomous questions.Results: 67.5% of teachers expressed that they have never received any demonstrations/lectures in maintaining oral hygiene while 82.8% never had any professional training regarding oral hygiene. For the question, Have you received training by a professional on oral health care and hygiene? teachers with less than 1 year of teaching experience 68.8% responded negatively, 78.8% with 1-5 years of experience reported with ‘no’ and 85.4% and 89.4% were negative responses from teachers with 6-10 years of teaching experience and 11-35 years of teaching experience respectively, showing significant value of p=0.026.Conclusions: From this study we understood that, some degree of awareness is seen in younger aged primary school teachers, but it is not satisfactory, suggesting that teachers still have to undergo training for the same. It is hoped that this survey will help in implementation of training programs.

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