scholarly journals Definitional Skills as a Bridge towards School Achievement

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Caterina Artuso ◽  
Paola Palladino ◽  
Perla Valentini ◽  
Carmen Belacchi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
School Subject ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
School Learning ◽  
Scientific Results

The general aim of the current study was to investigate the role of definitional skills in promoting primary school achievement (third- to fifth graders) and how school learning may shape definitional skills. Marks from four school subjects, linguistic (Italian and English) and scientific (Math and Science) were collected as well as scores in a Definitional Task. These two domains were chosen as they clearly entail the two different definition types, that is, lexicographic and scientific. Results indicated that scientific school subject marks are more predictive of definitional skills than linguistic school marks are. The opposite direction (i.e., how definitional skills are predictive of school achievement) appears less clear. In sum, the results, although preliminary, suggest that definitional skills represent a bridge towards school achievement as they promote good marks in all disciplines. Moreover, definitional skills are predicted from levels of competence acquired especially in scientific school subjects that request a higher degree of formal/organized learning. It is then of primary importance to promote interaction–integration between these two kinds of concepts via formal schooling.

scholarly journals The Textbook “Rita, Raitis and Numbers” by J. Mencis (Sen.) and D. Draviņa for the Pre-school Learners

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-179
Author(s):  
Elga Drelinga ◽  
Dzintra Iliško ◽  
Sandra Zariņa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
School Children ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Teaching Math

The article presents the analyses of the textbook for the primary school children in math “Rita, Raitis and numbers” designed by J. Mencis (Sen.) and D. Draviņa who emphasize the importance of developing basic math notions for the primary school children as seen in the context of sustainable education. This is essential to recognize the importance of teaching basics that need to be developed at the primary stage of education in preparing children for school. The aim of the study is to offer a detailed study of methods offered by J. Mencis (Sen.) and D. Draviņa for pre-school children and its applicability nowadays. The authors offer suggestions about the most efficient approaches in teaching math for the primary school children. The book designed in 90’s is still efficient today. Therefore, the authors present a detailed analysis of the methods and contents of the school subject suggested by the scientist J. Mencis for the contemporary purposes in preparing children for schools. The authors have used a content analysis to study how the interests and the needs of girls and boys are being met in stories, revealed in the content of exercises and in the choice of hand-outs. Particular attention in this study has been paid to a representation of the role of family in preparing children for school, as well as to a gender dimension in the textbook. The main research problem is to reveal the suitability of the textbook for the purposes of a contemporary pupil. The aim of the study is to prove that the contribution of J. Mencis (Sen.) and D. Draviņa in teaching math is of national value and how it corresponds to the criteria of a contemporary textbook. The objectives of the study is to 1) explore gender portrayal in the book, 2) its suitability of us by the families in training the child for the schools, as well as 3) the plot of the textbook and it’s suitability for children. The book has been used by several generations of teachers, it corresponds to the criteria required for the contemporary textbook in math, and can serve as bases for further use.

scholarly journals Project Activities of Students as a Form of Developmental Teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.S. Lazarev
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Developmental Education ◽  
Experimental Confirmation ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
School Crisis ◽  
Project Activity ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Working Out

Project activities of students regarded as a form of developmental teaching. Coping with domestic school crisis is possible using the activity-related forms of education. Author believes that initiating of students project activities widely used in the practice of the last decade should be assessed positively. In most cases, what is presented as “project activity”, in fact is not. Project activity contains significant opportunities for the realization of the idea of developmental education developed in the scientific school of cultural-historical psychology. Hypothesizing and experimental confirmation of the leading role of education in the development of the human mentality and working out the theory of developmental education are the biggest achievements of the scientific school. The theory of developmental education determines the educational activity in primary school and poorly designed for its middle and senior levels. It has inner problems that need to solve for further progress in building a new practice of schooling. It is shown how using the features of project activities can expand the boundaries of the implementation of the developmental education ideas.

On disintegration of the Emil Jaques-Dalcroze method in the Polish music education system. Reflections on the role of Dalcroze’s solfeggio in a 1st-level music school

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1(8)) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Anetta Pasternak ◽  
Agata Trzepierczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Music Learning ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Music School ◽  
Music Schools ◽  
Polish Music

The method of Emil Jaques-Dalcroze’s eurhythmics combines the three integral, equivalent aspects: eurhythmics, solfeggio and improvisation, which complement each other and thus constitute a coherent, comprehensive and multi-sensory method of music education. The method was successfully transplanted onto the Polish music education system and appeared in curricula for grades 1-3 of the 1st-level music schools in 1976 as an integrated subject named ‘music learning with eurhythmics.’ In 2nd-level music schools, eurhythmics faculties were opened as early as in the 1950s and initiated the training process of future specialists in the Dalcroze method. Finally, as a result of numerous reforms in music education system, the primary school subject was decomposed into ‘eurhythmics’ and ‘aural training.’ The decision on separating the subjects disturbed the concept of an integral training process, included within Dalcroze’s method. This was due to the fact that Dalcroze’s solfeggio took secondary priority to other methods used in aural training, as it is currently possible for music theorists and other specialists to give lessons in this subject. Therefore, two important questions should be asked: 1. Does the reduction of the solfeggio role undermine the entire concept of Dalcroze’s eurhythmics nowadays? 2. Is the use of movement in aural training still necessary?

scholarly journals Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de las Matemáticas: La necesidad de un análisis multidisciplinar

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamal Cerda ◽  
Carlos Pérez ◽  
José A. Casas ◽  
Rosario Ortega-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
School Learning

Resumen: El logro y aprendizaje exitoso en matemáticas sigue siendo un desafío a nivel mundial, y se realizan grandes esfuerzos para avanzar en propuestas de mejora, generalmente involucran al profesorado, en términos de su formación, perfeccionamiento o práctica de aula. Los esfuerzos también se orientan hacia el examen del rol de diversas variables o factores que pueden predecir o relacionarse con un mejor nivel de aprovechamiento de esta materia escolar. Todo ello revela el carácter complejo y multifactorial de la enseñanza y aprendizaje de las matemáticas, que obliga a los diversos agentes educativos e investigadores a avanzar y profundizar aún más en su estudio. Con la finalidad de contribuir al examen crítico y empírico de algunas variables contextuales o socio cognitivas asociadas al aprendizaje de las matemáticas o la resolución de problemas, como también al examen de algunas propuestas de innovación en el área y la evaluación de su impacto en algunas competencias o habilidades matemáticas, se presenta un conjunto de trabajos derivados de la investigación de grupos de investigación de amplia y destacada trayectoria en el área. El presente número monográfico de la revista Psychology, Society and Education, reúne un total de diez artículos cuyo objetivo principal es contribuir con evidencia y alternativas de análisis a un área del aprendizaje escolar asociada generalmente con altos niveles de fracaso y emociones negativas. Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: The Need for a Multidisciplinary AnalysisAbstract: Success in learning mathematics remains a global challenge, and great efforts are being made to advance proposals for improvement, generally involving teachers in terms of their training, improvement or classroom practice. Efforts are also oriented toward examining the role of various variables or factors that can predict or relate to a better level of achievement of this school subject. All this reveals the complex and multifactorial nature of the teaching and learning of mathematics, which obliges the various educational agents and researchers to go further and deepen their study. In order to contribute to the critical and empirical examination of some contextual or socio-cognitive variables associated with learning mathematics or problem solving, as well as to the examination of some innovation proposals in the area and the evaluation of their impact on some competences Or mathematical skills, a set of papers derived from the research of research groups of wide and outstanding trajectory in the area is presented. The present issue of the journal Psychology, Society and Education, brings together a total of ten articles whose main objective is to contribute evidence and analysis alternatives to an area of school learning generally associated with high levels of failure and negative emotions.

Role of Teachers in Building the Concept of Sustainable Development: Success or Failure

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayaz Muhammad Khan ◽  
Amber Jamshaid ◽  
Tayyibah Roohi ◽  
Amna Ramzan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Role Of Teachers ◽  
Major Factors

Sustainable Development (SD) is a rich, challenging and thought-provoking construct in social sciences. The main purpose of this paper was to identify and explore the role played by primary school teachers in building up the idea of sustainable development (SD) among students. This paper was intended to identify that how a teacher can successfully execute the concept of SD by influencing students’ minds at the primary level. Quantitative survey technique were utilized for data collection. All the primary school teachers of Lahore division comprised the population of the study. Through multistage sampling technique, 352 primary school teachers were selected as participants of the study. A self-developed SD questionnaire incorporating four major factors (teachers’ awareness, pedagogy, curricular and co-curricular activities) with Cronbach’s alpha value = .93 was used to measure the role of teachers in building the sustainability concept among students at primary level. The results indicated a significant mean score difference among SD scores of teachers, sector wise (private and public). Furthermore, the results also reconnoitered the significant difference (p=.04) between the mean scores of female and male teachers in building up the SD concept in students’ minds.

Formation of financial literacy in training of informatics teachers on the basis of the 1С:Enterprise system

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
M. A. Rodionov ◽  
I. V. Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
State University ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Mathematics History ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
The Right

In the submitted study the problem of the formation of financial literacy of students at informatics lessons and relevant training of future informatics teachers is considered. Financial literacy is understood as a set of basic knowledge in the field of finance, banking, insurance, as well as budgeting for personal finances that allow a person to choose the right financial product or service, soberly assess and take risks that may arise during the use of these products, correctly accumulate savings and identify doubtful (fraudulent) investment schemes. The authors conclude that successful development of meaningful lines of the course of financial literacy requires integration of a few school subjects, such as mathematics, history, informatics, social science and literature. The role of modern informatics teacher in the formation of financial literacy of students is great. Therefore, in the training of a future informatics teacher, it should be paid the attention to issues related to the study of elements of financial literacy in informatics lessons. In order to solve the problem, the authors propose to use the special course “Basics of work in 1С:Enterprise”, which is implemented at Penza State University. The article contains a program of the course and the methodological recommendations for its implementation.

The Role of Tahfidzul Quran Learning to Build the Students’ Character at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Istiqomah Sambas Purbalingga

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 235-245
Author(s):  
Ikhwandi Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
The Future ◽  
Character Building

This paper discusses the importance of the students ‘character building in the level of primary school/Islamic elementary school to face the globalization and information era. Education is the process of determining the nation’s character. Good or bad character of the nation in the future will be determined by the present quality of education. Building the character through Tahfidzul Quran learning approach is expected to be the main foundation to improve the degree and prestige of learners as the asset of the nation. This study aimed to describe the process of Tahfidzul Quran learning which included planning, organizing, doing action and monitoring the important role of learning itself to build the learners’ character, especially in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Istiqomah Sambas Purbalingga.

Artificial intelligence and the management transformation

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-612
Author(s):  
L.F. Nikulin ◽  
V.V. Velikorossov ◽  
S.A. Filin ◽  
A.B. Lanchakov
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Process Integration ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
And Training

Subject. The article discusses how management transforms as artificial intelligence gets more important in governance, production and social life. Objectives. We identify and substantiate trends in management transformation as artificial intelligence evolves and gets more important in governance, production and social life. The article also provides our suggestions for management and training of managers dealing with artificial intelligence. Methods. The study employs methods of logic research, analysis and synthesis through the systems and creative approach, methodology of technological waves. Results. We analyzed the scope of management as is and found that threats and global challenges escalate due to the advent of artificial intelligence. We provide the rationale for recognizing the strategic culture as the self-organizing system of business process integration. We suggest and substantiate the concept of soft power with reference to strategic culture, which should be raised, inter alia, through the scientific school of conflict studies. We give our recommendations on how management and training of managers should be improved in dealing with artificial intelligence as it evolves. The novelty hereof is that we trace trends in management transformation as the role of artificial intelligence evolves and growth in governance, production and social life. Conclusions and Relevance. Generic solutions are not very effective for the Russian management practice during the transition to the sixth and seventh waves of innovation. Any programming product represents artificial intelligence, which simulates a personality very well, though unable to substitute a manager in motivating, governing and interacting with people.

The Role of Chess in the Intellectual Development of Childrens from Primary School

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Vlad Stegariu ◽  
Simona Andreea Popușoi ◽  
Beatrice Abălașei ◽  
Nicolae Lucian Voinea ◽  
Ioan Stelescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Resources Allocation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
One Year ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Chess Playing

Chess playing has a significant role in participants’ resources allocation, both at a psychological level, but mostly concerning the cognitive resources. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of chess playing on the intellectual development of primary-class students. 67 children were tested using the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices and were distributed in three different groups according to their experience with chess, namely: the control group (formed by students with no experience with chess playing), the beginners group (students with less than one year in chess playing training) and the advanced group (children with more than two years experience with chess). Results indicated that chess playing had a significant effect on the SPM performance, indicating that those in the advanced group performed significantly better than those in the control or in the beginners group. Conclusions of this study tap into the benefits of playing chess with a focus on the children’s’ cognitive development.

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