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

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
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 Adaptation of students to professional activity through innovative technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1102-1123
Author(s):  
Pakizat Rakhimgalieva ◽  
Nurgul Serikbayeva ◽  
Perizat Seiitkazy ◽  
Assel Kaishatayeva ◽  
Zhansaya Suleimenova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Innovative Technologies

The aim of this research is to reveal the views of primary school teachers, students and parents on distance education activities during the Covid-19 pandemic period, in order to evaluate the adaptation of students to professional activities through innovative technologies. This research was carried out in qualitative research designs in accordance with phenomenology. The data were collected by the researcher through semi-structured interview forms prepared separately for teachers, students and parents. The participants of the study consisted of 10 primary school teachers, 20 primary school students and 25 parents of students who were working in various primary schools in the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan in the 2020-2021 academic year and agreed to participate in the research voluntarily. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that the majority of teachers, students and parents find the quality of distance education insufficient, they prefer face-to-face education to distance education, and they encounter many problems in the distance education process. Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, distance education, education during the pandemic, quality of distance education  

scholarly journals The opinions of primary school teachers’ candidates towards material preparation and usage

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Zeynep Genc
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Material Design ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Course Material

Instruction materials help students to acquire more memorable information. Instruction materials have an important effect on providing more permanent and simple way of learning in every step of education. Instruction materials are the most frequently used by primary school teachers. Primary school teachers should support their lectures with instruction materials in order to provide permanent learning. The Teaching Technologies and Material Designing (TTMD) course which is one of the compulsory courses that students must take aims to acquire students the information and skills related with the preparation and use of materials. Evaluation of TTMD course is important in terms of the effectiveness of the course which provides the opportunity of motivating the students to learn by attracting their attention, keeping their attentions alive, making abstract concepts more concrete, facilitating the acquisition of knowledge in an organized way in the process of learning and teaching. In this context, it was aimed to determine the opinions of students in the department of primary school teaching about preparation and use of materials through teaching practice which is done within TTMD course in this study. This study is a descriptive study based on qualitative data. The sample of this research included 37 students from the department of primary school teaching who took TTMD course in the second semester in 2014-2015 academic year at Ataturk Education Faculty of Near East University or students who took this course in previous academic years. The data of this research were collected with structured interview form. According to the results, it was revealed that primary school teachers’ candidates attach importance to prepare and use materials based on their answers about the use and preparation of materials in instruction. When the opinions of primary school teachers candidates about the criteria that they give value in preparing and using materials, it was figured out that they emphasize the criteria such as suitability for student level, suitability for aim, simplicity and easy comprehensibility. Furthermore, the results indicated that primary school teachers’ candidates mostly experience difficulty in finding suitable materials and tools for the aim. It was also revealed that the majority of primary school teachers’ candidates stated that they will use materials and a few of them indicated that they will not use materials since they find materials as insufficient based on their answers about the question asking if they will use the materials which they prepared in TTMD course when they begin teaching profession. Keywords: primary school, primary teaching candidates, teaching technologies and material designing (TTMD) course, material design, instruction materials

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.

scholarly journals Research on computer using experience of primary school teachers in teaching of mathematics

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilma Gesevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Abilities ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics

The article deals with some questions of primary school teachers’ experience in using of informational and communicative technologies (ICT) and application of information technologies (IT) for practical development of schoolchildren’s mathematical abilities.

scholarly journals FINAL-YEAR PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF INQUIRY-BASED-SCIENCE TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khanyisile Brenda Nhlengethwa ◽  
Nadaraj Govender ◽  
Doras Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Directed Learning

Teachers’ accurate understanding of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (IBST) is crucial for the proper enactment of this pedagogical approach. In this research, a qualitative case study design was used to explore and interpret pre-service teachers’ understanding of IBST at the conclusion of their three-year primary diploma at a university in Swaziland. Data were collected using a semi-structured teaching scenario-based questionnaire in conjunction with individual semi-structured interviews. Thirty-four participants completed the questionnaire and eight of them were subsequently interviewed. The data were analyzed using a conceptual framework of IBST that outlines two dimensions of IBST; namely the cognitive and guidance dimensions. The results show that in the cognitive dimension, participants focused mainly on the procedural domain. With regard to the guidance dimension, they associated the pedagogical approach more with teacher-directed than learner-directed learning activities. This paper recommends that in training pre-service primary school teachers, teacher educators must broaden their focus from procedural aspects of IBST to include all its aspects; thereby developing their pre-service teachers’ holistic and deep experiences of IBST. Keywords: inquiry-based science teaching, primary school, pre-service teachers, scenario-based questionnaire, IBST understanding.

scholarly journals PROSPECTIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES WHEN DEALING WITH MATHEMATICS MODELLING TASKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-318
Author(s):  
Floriano Viseu ◽  
Paula Mendes Martins ◽  
Laurinda Leite
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Problem Situation ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Proportionality Constant ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Analytical Expressions

The current teaching of mathematics is guided by recommendations that suggest the implementation of various activities in order to raise the understanding of mathematical knowledge. This diversity is related to the characteristics of the tasks proposed in the learning contexts. Among all tasks, the modelling ones call for the application of activities through different representations. So, it is important that teacher training courses promote experiences involving prospective teachers with this type of task. Based on this assumption, we intend to identify the activities that prospective primary school teachers perform in solving modelling tasks, the difficulties experienced in these tasks and the value of the models they determine. From the analysis of the resolutions of two tasks, we find that the prospective teachers translate the information of the data available in tables through graphs and analytical expressions. Some discuss models that determine which best fits the data. In the activities carried out, difficulties arise in determining the proportionality constant that best translates the problem situation, discussing the reasonableness of the values generated by the model, and sketching the graph of the model that best fits the experimental data. As for the usefulness of the model they determine, few prospective teachers are predicting outcomes.

scholarly journals Effect of Implementing a Training Program on the Performance of Primary School Teachers Regarding Disaster Management in Al Malikeyeh - Syria

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basem Essa Abozeed ◽  
Zakia Toma Toama ◽  
Amina Ahmad Mohamed ◽  
Alyaa Farouk Abd El-Fattah Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

Background: Disasters are a global problem, concern every community and no community is immune from it, schools all over the world suffer from disasters, which affect children health and safety. Teachers play essential roles in child protection so, teachers’ training is very significant for effective school disaster management. The study aimed to evaluate. The effectiveness of implementing a training program on the performance of primary school teachers in Al Malikeyeh regarding disaster management. Methods: Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: the current study conducted in six primary schools at Al-Malikeyeh distracts. Sample: 78 school teachers. Tool of the study: Teacher's knowledge and practice about disaster management structured interview questionnaire which contained three parts: part (I): Socioeconomic data, part (II): knowledge of the teachers, part (III): practice of the teachers .Results: about 35.8% of teachers had good knowledge pre program; meanwhile post and follow up the program this percent was increased respectively 87.2 % and79.5%. Also the findings observed that 30.8% of teachers had satisfactory practice, whereas, respectively 84.6% and 76.9 of them gained satisfactory disaster management practice post and follow up the program,. Conclusion: Implementing the training program had statistically significant improvement on knowledge and skills of primary school teachers in Al-Malikyeh regarding disaster management. Recommended: Training programs and workshops about disaster issues should be organized for the school teachers and key teams on regular basis, in addition to, awareness campaigns should be implementing with employing mass and social media technologies.

scholarly journals Aesthetics and aesthetic creativity in social studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 913-944
Author(s):  
Sevda Dolapçıoğlu ◽  
Burcu Gürkan ◽  
Memet Karakuş
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Aesthetic Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Content Analysis Method

This study’s aim is to investigate the primary school teachers’ views on the applications of aesthetic and aesthetic creativity in social studies class. It was designed as a phenomenological study as one of the qualitative research methods. The participants of the study consisted of 8 primary school teachers working in schools with different socio-economic substructure in Adana and Hatay in the 2017-2018 academic year. The data were collected through semi-structured interview form, and analysed following content analysis method. The findings of the study revealed that teachers conceptualize the concept of aesthetic in different ways; they consider that aesthetic creativity is as important as scientific creativity; that aesthetic education contributes to mental and emotional development of the students; that social studies class is effective in gaining creativity; and accordingly, they have included aesthetic education in their courses. The findings of the study revealed that teachers conceptualize the concept of aesthetic in different ways; that they consider that aesthetic creativity is as important as scientific creativity; they believe aesthetic education contributes to mental and emotional development of the students; that they think social studies class is effective in gaining creativity; and, therefore, they include aesthetic education in various ways in their courses.

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