scholarly journals Pencil or Keyboard? Boys’ Preferences in Writing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sze ◽  
Jane Southcott
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Life ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative Case Studies ◽  
Increasing Demand

Handwriting is an important subject in primary schools, especially in the Early Years. The importance of writing skill is now seen as a debate with the increasing demand on children to learn technology skills to help them with 21st Century learning—how to write on the keyboard effectively. The topic is important because handwriting is an essential life skill to have with or without technology. In this study, I looked at the importance of both in the context of the qualitative case studies in three schools in Melbourne, Australia. The aim of the research is to explore how do students understand the learning of handwriting and keyboarding in schools? This qualitative case study employed a Thematic Analysis approach in which the central intention was to understand the lived experience of six Year 6 boys across three schools and their attitudes to writing and technology. In this article, I addressed the importance of teaching handwriting to primary school students, especially in the first four years of their school life from Foundation to Year 3. The findings suggest that teachers should continue explicitly teaching handwriting to their students despite the heavy reliance on technology in today’s lifestyle.

scholarly journals Do our children learn enough in Sky Class? A case study: online learning in Chinese primary schools in the COVID era March to May 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Zhao ◽  
Peter Thomas ◽  
Lingling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Ecologies

AbstractAll human being’s ways of living, working and studying were significantly impacted by the Covid-19 in 2020. In China, the Ministry of Education reacted fast in ensuring that primary school students could learn online at home by promoting the Sky Class program from February 2020. Educators, parents, and students all faced the challenges of adapting to new online teaching and learning environments. In this small-scale case study, Sky Class’s content and the participants’ experiences, will be presented. Four primary school teachers and five primary school students and their parents participated in three-rounds of interviews sharing their perspectives and experiences of online learning. The study showed that the students gained more parental support and that they benefited from using multimedia functions, like replay, in their Sky Classes. However, the majority of participants reported that the students learnt less. By mapping the learning activities and themes from Sky Class against Cope and Kalantzis’ e-learning ecologies, our study found that only ubiquitous learning and multimodal meaning were achieved. We suggest the reason may be that high cognitive learning was not achieved due to less teachers’ supervision, lack of interaction, delayed feedback, shorter learning times and communication. In conclusion, innovative pedagogies, which can foster different types of learning from the e-learning ecologies may overcome the negative aspects reported about Sky Class. Further research is required for implementing online technology as a catalyst for educational change.

scholarly journals Case Study of Phonics among Primary School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Liu Xiaojing ◽  
Junying Zhang ◽  
Huang Jing
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Words ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Grade 3

Phonics is a widely implemented teaching approach in primary schools in many English speaking countries. Through a flexural development, the teaching approach has been proved to be an efficient way of improving children’s decoding, spelling and general reading ability. This paper reports case study of presenting phonics to 10 students in Grade 3 in China. The study shows that phonics teaching can help the students to form a connection between words and their pronunciation, hence help students to acquire the ability to decode and spell new words in their further reading.

scholarly journals Academic Dishonesty in Islamic Primary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farmadila Nisa’ul Sabrina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Homeroom Teachers

This research aimed to find out the forms and factors of academic dishonesty during the time of doing a task or test on Islamic Primary School Students in central Java, Indonesia. There were 7 informants in this research consisting of 4 primary informants that involved students from fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, and 3 secondary informants that involved homeroom teachers of the primary informants. This was qualitative research with a case study approach whose data were collected using interviews. The results showed that the forms of students' academic dishonesty included copying the answers, cheating, having their homework done by someone else, asking for and giving the answers, cooperating in cheating, correcting answers, bringing some notes, and lying about doing the assignments. Meanwhile, the factors that caused students to commit those dishonesties were low self-confidence, low internal motivation, gender, low control, unpreparedness for the test, conformity, and the ease of technology.

scholarly journals MISKONSEPSI SISWA SD PADA MATERI PHYSICAL PROCESSES: SEBUAH STUDI KASUS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yogi Kuncoro Adi ◽  
Ndaru Mukti Oktaviani
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Cognitive Conflict ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Earth

Understanding the concept has a vital role in the scientific literacy of primary school students. The qualitative case study used in this study as a method to reveal the misconceptions types of primary school students in science, especially Physical processes. The results show that primary school students have a variety of misconceptions in forces, floating-sinking, light, electricity and magnetism, and the Earth and space. Based on the findings of the study, further research is recommended to understand student learning processes and misconceptions remediate using cognitive conflict.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Factors ◽  
School Refusal Behavior ◽  
Factors Associated

The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with school refusal behavior in primary school students. Student’s self-report and teacher’s measures were implemented; and students were recruited from 20 primary schools in six districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The survey was conducted at the end of school term in 2016, with a total of 915 students from Year 4 and Year 5 participating. The sample of students had been absent from school for more than 15% of school days in the current year. Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between academic achievement and school satisfaction toward school refusal behavior. The findings of this study suggest that academic difficulties and dissatisfaction towards school environment could be the important risk factors for school refusal behavior. The present study underscores the importance of early detection and intervention as measures to reduce school refusal. Finally, the findings imply that the role of school factors should always be taken into account in connection with school refusal behaviour.

scholarly journals Social Sustainability of Post-Disaster: How Teachers Enable Primary School Students to Be Resilient in Times of Ranau Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7308
Author(s):  
Soon Singh Bikar ◽  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir ◽  
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Post Disaster

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.

scholarly journals Principles and Implementation of Reading Activities in Primary School English Class

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Jinxiu ◽  
Zeng Zhengping
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Class ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Skills Use ◽  
Reading Activities

<p>Reading is an important skill in learning English. However, reading class is not emphasized in some primary schools in China, and there are various problems with the reading activities, which inadequately just focus on teaching of words, sentences separately from texts. This paper aims to bring out a whole system of principles in designing flexible English reading activities to help students form a good reading habit, apply reading skills, use language learned pragmatically and be familiar with the cultures covered in read materials. At last, some examples are offered to demonstrate how to implement these principles so as to enhance reading for Primary school students effectively.</p>

scholarly journals FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukmani Devi Balakrishnan ◽  
Hari Krishnan Andi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Factors ◽  
School Refusal Behavior ◽  
Factors Associated

The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with school refusal behavior in primary school students. Student’s self-report and teacher’s measures were implemented; and students were recruited from 20 primary schools in six districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The survey was conducted at the end of school term in 2016, with a total of 915 students from Year 4 and Year 5 participating. The sample of students had been absent from school for more than 15% of school days in the current year. Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between academic achievement and school satisfaction toward school refusal behavior. The findings of this study suggest that academic difficulties and dissatisfaction towards school environment could be the important risk factors for school refusal behavior. The present study underscores the importance of early detection and intervention as measures to reduce school refusal. Finally, the findings imply that the role of school factors should always be taken into account in connection with school refusal behaviour.

scholarly journals Teaching and Learning Arabic as a Second Language: A Case Study of Dubai

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (05) ◽  
pp. 052-061
Author(s):  
MOHMED MOGHAZY
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Curriculum Review ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Main Challenge

Enrolment into Arabic as a second language (ASL) in Dubai has increased steadily due to the high influx of immigrant populations. Although Arabic is the primary language in Dubai mandatory taught in primary schools in Dubai, training and learning face challenges that affect learning a teaching objective. The extant investigation aimed to examine the teaching and learning of ASL in Dubai through exploring the importance of ASL, ALS programs in Dubai, ASL changes and solutions, and the role of technology infusion and motivation in ASL training and learning. The examination utilized a qualitative case study where seven teachers and eight learners were interviewed. The researcher analyzed the data using thematic analysis. The data obtained revealed that ASL is important among non-Arabic natives and immigrants since its improved communication and interaction. The main challenge noted included curriculum shortcomings, inadequate training and learning, poor technology utilization, and insufficient learning times. The findings suggested curriculum review, increase in the technology used in training and learning, and allocation of more time for ASL lessons to curb the challenges. The examinations discuss the policy, practice, and research implications of the findings. Although the findings are insightful in ASL training and learning in Dubai, the researcher recommended extensive research using different methodologies, sample sizes, and other cities in the UAE.

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