scholarly journals On the Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC) assessment reform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Rughoonauth
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Cycle Performance ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Assessment Reform ◽  
Primary Cycle ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

We offer a critical appraisal of the Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC) assessment in the context of the Nine-Year Continuous Basic Education, which is the latest education policy reform implemented in Mauritius. The PSAC is an essential element of the new assessment framework for basic education since it is meant to evaluate and certify students’ achievement at the end of the primary cycle. Performance is used to stream students going into lower-secondary education according to their learning needs. Hence, the PSAC assessment has replaced the once much contested Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) examination. Using Bronfenbrenner’s model of child development, we look at the issues related to CPE examinations, and how these motivated the need for the PSAC. We then examine the various aspects of the PSAC and elaborate on how the main features of the assessment could be improved to ensure reliable, fair and valid evaluation of students.

Mengontrol perkembangan sikap anak melalui program konseling di SDUT Bumi Kartini Jepara

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Sukarman Sukarman Sukarman ◽  
Subaidi Subaidi Subaidi ◽  
Azzah Nor Laila
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Parenting Program ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
Service Program ◽  
Counseling Programs ◽  
Conditional Time ◽  
Teachers And Parents

<p>Dalam rangka mengontrol perilaku dan perkembangan anak pada usia pendidikan dasar, perlu adanya sinergitas serta komunikasi antara pihak sekolah dengan orangtua. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis program konseling dalam mengontrol perilaku siswa Sekolah Dasar Unggulan Terpadu Bumi Kartini Jepara. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Dalam pengumpulan data menggunakan penelitia lapangan melalui wawancara, observasi langsung dalam implementasi program konseling. Hasil temuan  penelitian menunjukkan ada tiga program konseling yang dilaksanakan di Sekolah Dasar Unggulan Terpadu Bumi Kartini Jepara. <em>Pertama, </em>konseling secara individu yang dilakukan guru kelas dengan siswa. Program ini dilakukan sesuai kebutuhan pada waktu kondisional. <em>Kedua, </em>konseling bulanan antara guru kelas dengan orangtua siswa. Jadwal pelaksanaan setiap hari Jum’at pada akhir bulan. K<em>etiga, </em>program layanan <em>parenting </em>bersama orangtua siswa setiap akhir semester. Program parenting dilakukan dalam bentuk variatif seperti seminar, sarasehan, <em>gathering</em>, dengan tema berbeda setiap semester. <em>Parenting </em>merupakan media <em>update</em> dan sharing informasi tentang perkembangan sikap anak dengan fasilitator ahli. Media komunikasi penunjang konseling adalah grup <em>whatsapp </em>orang tua siswa, guru, pimpinan sekolah, dan buku konseling tentang catatan masalah beserta hasil konseling.<em><br /><br />In order to control the behavior, attitudes, and development of children in the age of basic education, there needs to be synergy and communication between stakeholder of the school and parents. This study aims to analyze counseling programs in controlling the behavior of students of Integrated Primary School Bumi Kartini Jepara. The research method used descriptive qualitative. In collecting data using field research through interviews, direct observation in the implementation of counseling programs. The results of the study are three counseling programs carried out at the Integrated Primary School Bumi Kartini Jepara. The first, individual counseling by class teachers with students. This program is carried out as needed in conditional time. The second, monthly counseling between class teachers and parents. Implementation schedule every Friday at the end of the month. The third, parenting service program with parents of students at the end of each semester. The parenting program is carried out in various methods such as seminars, parent class, gatherings, with different themes every semester. Parenting is a medium for updating and sharing information about the development of children's attitudes with expert facilitators. There are communication media in order to supporting counseling program, such as WhatsApp group of parents, teachers, school leaders, and counseling books about the problem notes and the results of counseling.</em></p>

Friendship Quality and School Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis During Primary School

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Zucchetti ◽  
Filippo Candela ◽  
Beatrice Sacconi ◽  
Emanuela Rabaglietti
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Friendship Quality

scholarly journals Linkage between interests and verbal fluency of primary school pupils

Psihologija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Maksic ◽  
Lazar Tenjovic
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Basic Characteristic ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Primary School Pupils

The incentive for studying the linkage between interests and creativity is based on the results of biographical studies that indicate that highly creative individuals had wider and more intensive interests than their peers already in the period of childhood. In the process of defining interests, the child tests his/her capacities and discovers the domain in which he/she will later provide creative contributions. The subject of this paper is the linkage between interests of primary school pupils and their verbal fluency, as basic characteristic of creative thinking. It was determined that the wideness of the span of interests is positively correlated with verbal fluency, whereby the correlation between interests and verbal fluency is somewhat higher for boys (r= 0.33, p = .007) than for girls (r = 0.24, p = .030). Also, the intensity of scientific interest of boys and girls is significantly correlated with their verbal fluency (for boys: = 0.39; for girls: r=0.35). But, when school achievement is statistically controlled, the correlation between the intensity of scientific interests and verbal fluency remains significant for boys, while it disappears for girls. It was concluded that the results confirmed the theoretical assumptions about the importance of interest in creativity and pointed out to the need for paying attention to the effect of gender. Besides the span and intensity of interests, the domain in which interests are manifested and creativity is measured is also important for the linkage with creativity.

Assessment of Learning Needs of Street Vendors in Ghana

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-149
Author(s):  
Louis Caleb Kutame ◽  
Olivia Frimpong Kwapong
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
National Development ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Assessment Of Learning

This chapter assessed the learning needs of street vendors in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. The findings revealed that vendors in the streets of Accra were made up predominantly of young people aged between the ages of 16 and 40 years. Seventy-five percent (75%) of these street vendors had gone through basic education and about 55% of them showed interest in furthering their learning. A majority of those who wished to further their education and indicated that they wished to be assisted in acquiring technical education which they figured out would enable them to generate regular revenues with which they can support themselves and their families. It was recommended that adult educators should assist street vendors in locating opportunities for the learning they have indicated and to support them in achieving their dream for the sake of national development.

Cognition and cognizance in preschool predict school achievement in primary school

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 100872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Demetriou ◽  
Elena Kazali ◽  
Smaragda Kazi ◽  
George Spanoudis
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Achievement

scholarly journals Inattention in primary school is not good for your future school achievement—A pattern classification study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. e0188310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astri J. Lundervold ◽  
Tormod Bøe ◽  
Arvid Lundervold
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Pattern Classification ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Good For ◽  
Future School

Contemporary Issues of Social Pedagogy in Greek Primary School

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-53
Author(s):  
YIOULI LEPINTZI
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Pedagogical Research

This article highlights the socio-pedagogical role of the school through the perceptions of schoolteachers who work in Greek elementary school, which are related to social pedagogy. The results of our research follow the literature review on socio-pedagogical issues. For the research process, a research tool (questionnaire) was developed to examine the extent to which each identified socio-pedagogical problem concerns teachers. The survey was completed by 225 teachers of all specialties, most of them primary school teachers. As a result of their responses, teachers are largely confronted with students’ behavioral problems, problematic communication between school and family, child abuse and neglect, and differences in the specific learning needs of children. It is proposed to focus the socio-pedagogical research on all of the above in order to strengthen teachers in their work.

Teaching mathematics with children’s literature in Finland

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Miikka Wikholm ◽  
Juli-Anna Aerila
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

The Finnish school system will transfer to the new Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2014 in 2016. The new curriculum emphasizes integration of subjects. In Finland, mathematics and the mother tongue are the two subjects which are taught the most and therefore play a significant role in every primary teacher’s weekly routine. Unlike English-speaking countries, Finland lacks children’s literature aimed towards use in mathematics teaching. This study aimed to understand teachers’ and teacher-trainees’ points of view on the extent to which they use children’s literature in teaching mathematics in primary school and how to efficiently use children’s literature in teaching mathematics in primary school. This study was a part of an international study entitled ‘Teachers’ beliefs on the integration of children’s literature in primary mathematics learning and teaching: A comparative study’, including universities from England, Hong Kong, Australia, and Finland. The aim was to determine teachers’ beliefs concerning integration of children’s literature into mathematics teaching and to the extent to which this benefits learning. Data collection was conducted via web-based questionnaires translated into Finnish from spring to autumn 2015. Mixed methods data analysis showed that teachers/teacher-trainees do not use children’s literature in mathematics teaching, but they still recognize various ways to implement it into their teaching. Previous studies on the use of literature in mathematics teaching show that children’s literature may provide a meaningful context to develop mathematical skills and foster children’s positive attitudes towards mathematics, as the stories in the literature are presented in an engaging and approachable manner.Keywords: mathematics, children’s literature, teaching

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