scholarly journals Using Apps to Develop Mental Calculation in Primary Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 296-304
Author(s):  
Samuel Gonçalves ◽  
Antonieta Rocha ◽  
João Paz
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Mental Calculation ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Feedback Time

This research aimed to evaluate the development of mental calculation in Primary Education students promoting the use of the Calculus app in a mobile learning environment. It was observed that children have and use several portable devices with internet connection demonstrating that they are familiarized with technology. Therefore, the immanent pedagogical potential in technology should be used by educational actors towards educational success promoting immersive, contextualized, and centred student learning. Action research was elected as our methodology with planned classroom sessions for the development of mental calculation. It was found that the use of technological resources served educational intentions presenting advantages regarding motivation, feedback, time, concentration, pedagogical differentiation, evaluation, and productivity. This initiative, although not without difficulties, demonstrates that the School must assume its role of mediation of the use of technological resources for the development of school skills.

Technical Evaluation of Wireless Communications in a Mobile Learning Architecture

2011 ◽  
pp. 297-314
Author(s):  
Javier Carmona-Murillo ◽  
Jaime Galán-Jiménez ◽  
José-Luis González-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Embedded Devices ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Technical Evaluation

Due to the high growth of mobile networks and portable devices, learning process is evolving from desktop computer to mobile devices. In this sense, technologies and services that support this change are also evolving. The appearance of portable devices has made users to take part in this process from anywhere. On the other hand, architectures used in a mobile learning environment are designed to offer users the ability of participate in learning activities from its embedded devices. Campus Ubicuo is a mobile architecture over which learning services can be developed. The successful of any mobile learning platform fundamentally depends on the quality in learning services and also in the good operation of wireless technologies. In this chapter, we focus on this second aspect. We have evaluated the behaviour of wireless technologies in a mobile learning architecture when different services are offered through diverse networks.

scholarly journals Pre-Service Teachers' Readiness Levels for Mobile Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseyin Bicen ◽  
Burak Demir ◽  
Zohre Serttas
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Special Education Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Northern Cyprus ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
Directed Learning

The purpose of this research is to determine how active the students are participating in the mobile learning process, as well as how active the distance education mobile learning and technological tools are in education due to the Covid-19 epidemic in today's world. determination. With this, the Mobile Learning Readiness Scale adapted by Şata, Çorbacı and Koyuncu (2019) was used in this study. The scale consists of three dimensions: optimism towards mobile learning, self-directed learning and self-efficacy. The participants of the study, on the other hand, consist of 25 Primary Education students and 42 Special Education students who are continuing their education life in the Northern Cyprus. It was concluded that their readiness for mobile learning was high.

Reflective visual journals as a means for promoting generalist preservice teachers’ professional identity in art education

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-270
Author(s):  
Victoria Pavlou
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Art Integration ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Visual Journaling

In many countries, the subject of art in primary education is entrusted to generalist teachers rather than art specialists. This article explores ways of promoting in-depth learning in art education courses while simultaneously gaining an understanding of how preservice generalists develop their professional identities. This study focuses on the journey of five senior B.Ed. in primary education students from Frederick University in Cyprus, who were invited to engage with reflective practices through visual journaling on art, education and on art integration with social issues. The findings suggest that reflective visual journals can be used to promote generalist preservice teachers’ autonomy and self-reliance in their art making and art responding as well as in the design of art units for their future pupils. The implications of the study open up possibilities for teacher education as it recognizes the role of visual journaling in enhancing different forms of knowledge, acknowledging feelings of both tension and pleasure, promoting perceptions of self-efficacy and supporting inquiry. Overall, such efforts allow preservice teachers to transition from student to teacher identity.

scholarly journals Course delivery and module learning via learning objects (knowledge map) in mobile learning environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Chung Sheng-Hung
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Knowledge Map ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

This paper focuses on the integration of the learning objects and knowledge map as the learning sequence suggestion in the mobile learning environment and explains the technologies involved, the applications and the issues of usability, accessibility, evaluation and effectiveness. Mobile learning has open up new path for learning support and opportunities to reach wider audience (learner) for education. This research focuses on using the knowledge map to store the characteristics of each learning object via concept schemas and represent the corresponding learning accessibility in the mobile learning environment. The proposed architecture provides a medium for the learning accessibility of learners through mobile applications and wireless portable devices such as smart phones, PDAs and tablet PCs. The approach using the combination of "touch" and "observe" spatial learning objects provides an intelligent solution to creating, sharing and improving the efficiency of mobile learning. The proposed mobile learning environment architecture consists of knowledge map components mainly, navigation, concept schemas and learning object path. By using these knowledge structures, this study may enhance and enrich the concept and activity of adaptive learning in different individuals and communities. The spatial knowledge map constructed was useful in identifying the characteristics of the learning objects (e.g., learning object 1: lesson with navigating sentences, learning object 2: lesson with navigating sentence and code explanation, etc) and automatically matches the most appropriate learning contentand path suitable for learners. The architecture of the platform discussed in this study using the learning objects approach and knowledge map would facilitate a more widespread use of mobile learning, including courses or modules delivery of individualised learning path and learning style analysis.

The Mobile Learning Enhances the Quality of Learning: A Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
S. Vijayakumar ◽  
V. Ramesh Babu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Education Society ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning

The use of mobile phones and other portable devices is beginning to have an impact on how learning takes place in many disciplines and contexts, including language learning. Learners who are not dependent on access to fixed computers can engage in activities that relate more closely to their current surroundings, sometimes crossing the border between formal and informal learning. This creates the potential for significant change in teaching and learning practices. Taking the broader field of mobile learning as the setting within which developments in mobile-assisted language learning may be understood, the paper argues that an emphasis on mobility can lead to new perspectives and practices. With increased popular access to information and knowledge anywhere, anytime, the role of education, perhaps especially formal education, is challenged and the relationships between education, society, and technology are now more dynamic than ever .The present paper was based on secondary sources of data highlighting of concept, Features, values , Challenges and advantages of M-learning.

Technical Evaluation of Wireless Communications in a Mobile Learning Architecture

2012 ◽  
pp. 587-603
Author(s):  
Javier Carmona-Murillo ◽  
Jaime Galán-Jiménez ◽  
José-Luis González-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Embedded Devices ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Technical Evaluation

Due to the high growth of mobile networks and portable devices, learning process is evolving from desktop computer to mobile devices. In this sense, technologies and services that support this change are also evolving. The appearance of portable devices has made users to take part in this process from anywhere. On the other hand, architectures used in a mobile learning environment are designed to offer users the ability of participate in learning activities from its embedded devices. Campus Ubicuo is a mobile architecture over which learning services can be developed. The successful of any mobile learning platform fundamentally depends on the quality in learning services and also in the good operation of wireless technologies. In this chapter, we focus on this second aspect. We have evaluated the behaviour of wireless technologies in a mobile learning architecture when different services are offered through diverse networks.

Primary education students' experience of the expressiveness of authentic modes in Gregorian chant

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tihomir Prša ◽  
Jelena Blašković
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Gregorian Chant ◽  
Musical Structure ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
The Church

Expressiveness of the church modes is reflected in their character and association of certain states with a specific mode or single Gregorian composition which possesses unique expressiveness. An important characteristic of Gregorian chant on the tonality level is diatonic singing based on scales without chromatics, using only one semitone in the tetrachord whose musical structure reflects the expressiveness of Gregorian chant. Such expressiveness achieves character specificities which each mode respectively reflects. Various modal material in the form of typical melodic shifts in a certain composition conditions the expressiveness of Gregorian music and influences the listening impression and assessment of individual Gregorian tunes. The goal of this work is to examine primary education students' experiences of the expressiveness of Gregorian modes and explore if today's auditory sense accustomed to two tonality genres, major and minor, recognises what has been stored in the heritage of Gregorian chant repertoire for centuries. The research was conducted in the school year 2018/2019 with students of first, second, third and fourth grade of primary school (N=100). The results have shown that first and second grade students express higher auditory sensibility in recognizing specific characteristic of authentic Gregorian modes. Third and fourth grade students are audibly less open and perceptive considering tonal character differences in the authentic Gregorian modes. Key words: Gregorian chant; modality; old church scales; students in primary education

Practices of inclusion for carers who are higher education students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Taylor ◽  
Paula Gleeson ◽  
Tania Teague ◽  
Michelle DiGiacomo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Students With A Disability ◽  
Crucial Part

The role of unpaid and informal care is a crucial part of the health and social care system in Australia and internationally. As carers in Australia have received statutory recognition, concerted efforts to foster engagement in carer participation in work and education has followed. However, little is known about the strategies and policies that higher education institutions have implemented to support the inclusion of carers. This study has three components: first, it employs a review of evidence for interventions to support to support carers; second, it reviews existing higher education institutions’ policies to gauge the extent of inclusive support made available to student carers, and; third it conducts interviews with staff from five higher education institutions with concerted carer policies in Australia were held to discuss their institutions’ policies, and experiences as practitioners of carer inclusion and support. Results indicate difficulty in identifying carers to offer support services, the relatively recent measures taken to accommodate carers in higher education, extending similar measures which are in place for students with a disability, and difficulties accommodating flexibility in rigid institutional settings. A synthesis of these findings were used to produce a framework of strategies, policies and procedures of inclusion to support carers in higher education.

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