scholarly journals Using ClassCraft to Improve Primary School Students’ Knowledge and Interest in Sustainable Mobility

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9939
Author(s):  
Silvia Sipone ◽  
Víctor Abella-García ◽  
Marta Rojo ◽  
Luigi dell’Olio
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Tasks

Teaching students awareness about sustainable mobility has been lacking to date. There is a need to expand the themes being addressed in order to achieve a change in attitude. Society needs to design a curriculum that teaches about sustainable mobility to guarantee a better environment for future generations. This article presents the most important results of an experiment based on gamification to promote the education of sustainable mobility in primary school classrooms. This new teaching method, aimed at children aged 10–12 years old, applies non-gambling play metaphors to real-life tasks to motivate a change in attitude. The didactic approach was developed using the ClassCraft platform to create specific activities that consider the environmental, economic, and social aspects of sustainable mobility. The initial analysis revealed a perception about sustainable mobility that focused on environmental problems with very little input on the economic and social aspects. The experience has shown that by using the gamified ClassCraft tool applying structured activities about all aspects of sustainable mobility, the pupils acquired new concepts that clarified the social and economic components and began to develop a conscience about how to become an active part in behavioural change.

scholarly journals Age Dynamics of Social Situation of Development in Elementary School Students in Inclusive Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
T.A. Yudina ◽  
S.V. Alekhina
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Sentence Completion ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Age Dynamics ◽  
The Social

The article presents results of an empirical study of the age dynamics of the social situation of develop¬ment in primary school students in inclusive education. The study sample consisted of 328 children aged from 7 to 11, including 18 children with SEN, studying in two inclusive schools in Moscow. The hypothesis of the study was that the characteristics of the objective and subjective aspects of the social situation of chil¬dren’s development change in accordance with the two phases of primary school age. The characteristics of the social situation of the development of children were measured using the “Sociometry” method and two projective methods: “Color Test of Relationship” and “Sentence Completion Test”. The age dynamics is ob¬served in changes in the social position and the system of orienting images of primary school students. The significant differences between the distribution of sociometric statuses of students in inclusive classes and the age standard obtained in the conditions of traditional education were found. The results of the study reveal the specificity of elementary school students’ development in conditions of inclusive education.

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-VERBAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH STUTTERING IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLEX CORRECTION

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Kalyaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Rehabilitation ◽  
The Social

The article reveals the need for the development of non-verbal means of communication in primary school students with stuttering, the ultimate goal of which is the social rehabilitation of a stuttering child, which includes not only the re-education of his personality and speech, but also the development of social relationships in order to integrate the acquired knowledge into educational and social activities.

Intellectual Abilities and Processes: An Exploratory Study with Implications for Person-Teaching Method Interactions

1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey N. Molloy ◽  
J. P. Das
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Hierarchical Model ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Intellectual Abilities

The present study examines some relationships pertaining to socioeconomic status (SES) and cognitive ability patterns of primary school children. Specifically the purpose of the study was to explore the relative merits of an hierarchical theory of two levels of cognitive ability, in contrast to a process scheme, positing two parallel modes of coding information. The subjects were 120 grade 4 primary school students. Analyses of the data are supportive of a simultaneous-successive process distinction and provide little confirmation for the hierarchical model. Some suggestions for the apparent lack of support for the hierarchical model are presented and implications for future research are considered.

scholarly journals Formation of foreign language grammar competence in English lessons primary school students with the help of song material

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-118
Author(s):  
Zoriana Batrynchuk ◽  
Lesia Shchesniuk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Age Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Young Learners

The article deals with the role songs play in formation of the foreign grammatical communicative competence of young learners during the English lessons. The age groups are identified and peculiarities of English as a foreign language learning for every age group are outlined with special stress on young learners as the target age group. Young learners (students at the age of 6-10) have limited attention spam, that is why tasks have to be short, various and meaningful, grammar explanation should be avoided while grammatical patterns should be presented indirectly through interactive contexts. On the basis of identified needs and preferences in learning basic principles of presentation and practicing of grammatical patterns among young learners are revealed in the article. It is focused on teaching methods and techniques suitable for the target age group, among which total physical response teaching method and storytelling are chosen as the most productive ones. The article also reveals benefits of a foreign language acquisition rather than learning and overviews principles to be followed in order to create the process of acquisition in and beyond the classroom. Songs and short rhymes are chosen as an easy to remember way to present grammatical patterns. While singing songs young learners unconsciously remember not separate words but complete grammatically correct phrases or sentences and will be able to use them in other language context. Such way of presentation enables learners of primary school to develop grammatical communicative competence without direct learning. The article gives the procedure how to implement songs to develop grammatical competence of young learners.

scholarly journals PRESENCE OF RISK FACTORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE NEED FOR EARLY SOCIAL-PEDAGOGICAL INTERVENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Adela Jahić ◽  
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Emina Suljkanović-Djedović ◽  
Lejla Kuralić-Čišić ◽  
Meliha Bijedić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pedagogical Intervention ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Care Chain ◽  
The Social

The school is an institution that represents an important link in the social care chain for children and young people, which also involves taking various measures to prevent the occurrence of undesirable behaviors. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence of risk factors between adolescents with externalized and internalized problems and typically developing adolescents, and to determine in which segment, in the opinion of teachers, early social-pedagogical intervention is most needed. The research sample is made up of 450 students (233 male and 217 female) of the seventh and eighth grades of primary school. The results show that the highest risk factors are present in the group of students with externalized behavioral problems, slightly less in the group with internalized problems, and the least in students without behavioral and emotional problems. When it comes to early social-pedagogical interventions, in the opinion of teachers, they should be comprehensive and implemented by a competent expert.

scholarly journals ОСОБЕННОСТИ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ УСПЕШНОСТИ ДЕТЕЙ МЛАДШЕГО ШКОЛЬНОГО ВОЗРАСТА ПОЛИНАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ КЛАССОВ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anzhelika Pronina ◽  
Irina Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Success ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interethnic Interaction

Введение. Полиэтническая среда школы может выступать, с одной стороны, основой для проявления толерантности, межэтнического взаимодействия, с другой стороны, высокая степень этнической идентичности обучающихся может вызывать межэтнические конфликты, неприязнь к представителям иной национальности. Формирование личности младшего школьника происходит в контексте социализации, которая характеризуется стремлением к достижению успеха и социальному признанию, социальной активностью, что является показателями социальной успешности. Возникают различного рода противоречия между этнической принадлежностью и достижением социальной успешности младших школьников полинациональных классов. Материал и методы. В исследовании изучались особенности социальной успешности младших школьников полиэтнических классов. Выборку составили младшие школьники вторых и третьих классов с полиэтническим составом (n = 182), который представлен основной этнической группой – русских и этническим меньшинством, состоящим из обучающихся различных национальностей. Диагностика социальной успешности осуществлялась с использованием методики социометрии (Дж. Морено), опросника межличностных отношений «Мой класс» (Ю. З. Гильбух), тестирования мотиваторов социально-психологической активности личности (Н. П. Фетискин, В. В. Козлов, Г. М. Мануйлов). Для сравнения социальной успешности школьников различных этнических групп применялся параметрический t-критерий Стьюдента. Результаты и обсуждение. Проведенное экспериментальное исследование установило уровни сформированности компонентов социальной успешности младших школьников полинациональных классов: преобладание благоприятных социометрических статусов (звезды, предпочитаемые), достижение успеха, тенденции к аффилиации, удовлетворенность школьной жизнью, низкая конфликтность и недостаточная сплоченность в основном у представителей этнического большинства. Особенности социальной успешности младших школьников полиэтнических классов заключаются в различиях конфликтности, сплоченности, тенденции к аффилиации этнического большинства и меньшинства. В совокупной выборке младших школьников полинациональных классов по позитивным показателям социально успешных обучающихся выявлено в два раза больше, чем социально неуспешных. Заключение. Подчеркивается, что социальная успешность младших школьников полинациональных классов обусловлена не национальной принадлежностью, а другими социальными и личностными характеристиками. Изучение данных аспектов необходимо для учителей по развитию у младших школьников полинациональных классов межкультурного взаимодействия и общения, формированию толерантного отношения к представителям других этносов, пониманию способов и путей достижения социальной успешности. Материалы статьи могут быть использованы педагогами начальных классов, работающими с полинациональным составом обучающихся, психологами образовательных организаций.Introduction. The multiethnic environment of the school can act, on the one hand, as the basis for the manifestation of tolerance, interethnic interaction, and on the other hand, a high degree of ethnic identity of students can cause interethnic conflicts and hostility to representatives of a different nationality. The formation of the personality of a younger student takes place in the context of socialization, which is characterized by a desire for success and social recognition, social activity, which are indicators of social success. Various kinds of contradictions arise between ethnicity and the achievement of the social success of elementary schoolchildren in multinational classes. The aim of the study was to study the features of social success of younger students of polyethnic classes. The objectives of the study were to determine the formation of components of social success of primary school students, to establish differences between the components of social success of the ethnic majority and minority, to identify the ratio of socially successful and socially unsuccessful students of polyethnic classes. The sample was made by primary school children of 2 and 3 classes with a multi-ethnic composition (n=182), which is represented by the main ethnic group – Russians and an ethnic minority consisting of students of different nationalities. Diagnosis of social success was carried out using the methodology of sociometry (J. Moreno), questionnaire of interpersonal relations “My class” (Yu. Z. Gil’bukh) testing motivators socio-psychological activity of a person (N. P. Fetiskin, V. V. Kozlov, G. M. Manuylov). The parametric student t-test was used to compare the social success of students of different ethnic groups. Results and discussion. Experimental research has established the levels of formation of the components of social success of elementary schoolchildren of multinational classes: the prevalence of favorable sociometric status (stars, the preferred), achievement of success, tendency for affiliation, the school life satisfaction, low conflict and lack of solidarity, mainly among representatives of the ethnic majority. The features of the social success of primary school students of multiethnic classes are the differences in conflict, solidarity, and the tendency to the affiliation of the ethnic majority and minorities. In the total sample of elementary schoolchildren of multinational classes, by the positive indicators of socially successful students, twice as many were identified as socially unsuccessful. Conclusion. It is emphasized that the social success of primary school students of multi-national classes is not due to national affiliation, but other social and personal characteristics. The study enriches and complements the pedagogy of primary school, the theory and methodology of education of younger students with new data on the socialization of the child’s personality in the system of interethnic interaction, the features of social success of students at the stage of primary education. The study of these aspects is necessary for primary school teachers working with a multi-ethnic composition of students to develop intercultural interaction and communication among younger students, the formation of a tolerant attitude to representatives of other ethnic groups, understanding ways and means of achieving social success.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF A READING OUT-OF-SCHOOL HOURS LESSON OF «READER’S DIARY DEFENSE» IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL /ON THE BASIS OF FAIRY-TALES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 172-176
Author(s):  
Svitlana Fedotova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Real ◽  
Brothers Grimm ◽  
Efficient Type ◽  
Out Of School

The peculiarities of a reading at out-of-school hours «defense of a reader’s diary» lesson in the primary school are being considered in the given article on the material of some folk and literary fairy-tales by Sh. Perrault, brothers Grimm, H. Ch. Andersen. A lesson-defense of a reader’s diary is a lesson, based on the work in small groups. It is constructed by means of a self-questioning method according to the material of the fairy-tales, which have been read, and by means of the assessment of other students’ work. A lesson-defense of the reader’s diary is an extremely interesting and efficient type of work, aimed at the development of critical thinking, children’s creative imagination, forming their independent and conscious reading. In advance (a month earlier) the students are given a task, for example, to read some Ukrainian folk fairy-tales of the fairy-tales by Sh. Perrault, brothers Grimm, H. Ch. Andersen and to fill in independently the following columns of a reader’s diary: 1) a column «Author»; 2) a column «Title of the work {a collection, a fairy-tale}; 3) a column «Characters of the fairy-tale»; 4) a column «Questions to the text»; 5) a column «Tricky» questions. The questions to the text presuppose three levels: The questions of the first level begin with the words: Who? What? Where? When? How? Which? These are the questions, aimed at giving some information about who the main character is, where the action is taking place, when the action is taking place. The questions of the second level are aimed at the causal relationships and that is why they begin with the word: Why? The questions of the third level are aimed at clarification of the meaning of the words and expressions, which are difficult for understanding. Forming «tricky questions» is a creative task for the primary school students. «Tricky» questions are the questions aimed at prognostication of the character’s further fate or the further possible development of the events of the fairy-tale’s plot. The readers can create some interesting and wise «tricky» questions, if they compare the logics of a fairy-tale and the logics of the real life. In the process of work at the reader’s diary and its defense the students can consciously and deeply comprehend the content of a tale, think over the fairy tale’s logics, compare it with the real life logics. That would form their attention and instill love to the magic world and word of a fairy-tale.

scholarly journals A Study of the TPR Method in the Teaching of English to Primary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Shi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Efficiency ◽  
English Class ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
The Common ◽  
Experimental Subjects

In order to use TPR teaching method effectively in primary school English class, this paper uses the experiment method, two groups of students from Experimental primary school in Hongdong County of Linfen City are selected as the experimental subjects. In the process of the experiment, one group of students are taught by the TPR teaching method, another group of students are taught by the common traditional teaching method. The data from this experiment shows that the TPR teaching method is a more effective method. On the basis of the above research, this paper comes to a conclusion that the use of TPR teaching method will greatly enhance the students’ learning efficiency. Through the research of this paper, the author hopes to deepen teachers’ understanding of the TPR teaching method, the teacher can use the TPR method to carry on the teaching in the class and help students to learn effectively.

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