scholarly journals Experiences of Slovenian In-Service Primary School Teachers and Students of Grades 4 and 5 with Outdoor Lessons in the Subject Science and Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maruša Novljan ◽  
Jerneja Pavlin
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Time ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Research Show

The present paper presents the results of a survey on outdoor lessons conducted by teachers of the subject Science and Technology in the 4th and 5th grades of primary school in the school’s vicinity. It examines differences between teachers themselves and between teachers and students, as well as the ideas and limitations of outdoor lessons. The study included 70 in-service primary school teachers of the 4th and 5th grades and 154 students of the 4th grade and 151 students of the 5th grade of primary school. The data were obtained with two questionnaires: an e-questionnaire for teachers and a paper-pencil questionnaire for students. The results show that 13 per cent of teaching time in the subject Science and Technology consists of outdoor lessons. Statistically significant differences were found between teachers with different amounts of teaching experience, while differences in the quantity of outdoor lessons did not arise among teachers of different school strata and among teachers who had an early experience with outdoor lessons in the vicinity of school themselves as students compared to teachers who had no such experience. The teachers had several specific and general ideas for outdoor activities for the thematic sets of the Science and Technology curriculum and reported similar difficulties in planning outdoor lessons to those reported in other countries. The results of the research show that the teachers report the use of outdoor lessons in the vicinity of school more often than recalled by the students. The students reported that such activities typically take place about twice a year, mostly in playgrounds, meadows, and forests. The results provide an insight into the state of the teachers’ initiatives for outdoor lessons in the subject Science and Technology and indirectly offer opportunities to reflect and act on outdoor lessons from different perspectives.

scholarly journals Strategies Used by Public Primary School Teachers for Enhancing Students’ Curiosity in Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Bakhtawer Nasrullah ◽  
Ghulam Fatima ◽  
Dur e Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Principal ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject

This qualitative study was planned to identify the curiosity enhancing strategies (CES) and explore the challenges faced by teachers during the use of strategies at primary school students in the subject of science. Curiosity is the desire to acquire new knowledge through exploration in order to grow and expand understanding. Curiosity refers to the tendency of children to ask, investigate, and find out the new knowledge obtained from their environment. The researchers did not find a study in the literature that specifically examined identification of curiosity related strategies used by teachers in Pakistan. This research study was conducted to identify the curiosity related strategies used by the public sector school teachers in teaching Science to students enrolled in primary classes in Lahore. Purposive sampling technique was used for selection of the participants of the study. Data was collected from teachers and students of primary school (5th grade) level in science subject. Data from teachers was collected personally and on telephone. Data from students was collected through interviews by visiting the respective schools and after taking consent of the school principal. Two semi structured interview protocols were developed for taking responses at primary school level teachers and students. Data was analyzed by using thematic analysis technique. Findings of the study reflected that primary school teachers of the study were using different strategies for enhancing curiosity in students in the subject of Science. During the use of these strategies public sector primary school teachers faced many challenges like lack of resources, large strength of students in a classroom, lack of students attention, lack of parents cooperation. This study recommended that teachers and parents may use these strategies for enhancing curiosity in students.

Technology: a workshop on labor training

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Vygonov
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Processing Methods ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Labor Training ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Additional Education

The textbook discusses the main types of practical work on the subject of "Technology", highlights various types of artistic, creative and design activities of children that underlie this aspect of teaching younger schoolchildren. Detailed material is given on the processing methods and the possibilities of using various types of paper and cardboard. It can be useful for primary school teachers, educators and counselors of children's recreation camps, students of pedagogical colleges, parents, teachers of additional education.

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.

DIDACTIC CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC MATHEMATICAL TEXT STUDENTS – FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 429-442
Author(s):  
Larisa Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Text ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Content ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mathematical Texts ◽  
Tools And Methods

The article substantiates the necessity of understanding mathematical text in the process of training of students – future primary school teachers. The features of the understanding of the subject area of "mathematics" on the basis of the analysis of the specificity of mathematical texts. The article presents the didactic conditions of understanding mathematical texts with students in order to improve the quality of mathematical and pedagogical education of future primary school teachers. Describes the tools and methods to ensure understanding of mathematical content by the students. The conducted research allowed to establish the effect of implementing the selected conditions on the overcoming of formalism in the assimilation of mathematics by students.

Technology: a workshop on labor education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Vygonov
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Labor Education ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Additional Education

The textbook discusses the main types of practical work on the subject of "Technology", highlights the various types of artistic, creative and design activities of children, underlying this aspect of teaching younger students. Detailed material is given about the methods of processing and the possibilities of using different types of paper and cardboard. It can be useful for primary school teachers, teachers and counselors of children's recreation camps, students of pedagogical universities, parents, teachers of additional education.

Primary School Teacher Vocational Education: Model Building

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
V. Ulitko
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Model Building ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Education Model ◽  
Additional Education

The subject of consideration of the author of the article is the problem of creating conditions for the formation of readiness of primary school teachers to act effectively in changing educational situations, to solve new professional tasks for the implementation of a new educational standard. The feasibility of leaving additional education in the field of informal, involving significant academic freedom, an active subjective position of the participants, their reflexive partnership, is substantiated.

scholarly journals Views of Primary School Teachers and Students about The Interactive Whiteboard

2015 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 1289-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nese (Isık) Tertemiz ◽  
Demet Sahin ◽  
Beyhan Can ◽  
Serkan Duzgun
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students

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.

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