scholarly journals An Investigation of scaffolding strategies to support structured inquiry language teaching to novice learners in a Primary school setting

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Amelie Langdon ◽  
Jillian Pandor
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Focus On Form ◽  
Inquiry Skills ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Scaffolding Strategies

It is believed that Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) affords relevant and meaningful L2 instruction given its contextualised and experiential approach. IBL, which only recently gained popularity in the L2 classroom, strongly differs from that of traditionally didactic methodologies and can present challenges for L2 educators. Research shows that many struggle to adopt a well-rounded inquiry approach and instead tend to over-rely on strategies aiming to make meaning comprehensible to learners, thus neglecting a focus on language form, language use and inquiry skills. This literature review examines current trends in L2 teaching and learning when implementing a structured inquiry approach in the primary school setting and attempts to uncover and evaluate various scaffolding strategies that can be employed to support a more holistic approach to IBL. The language scaffolding practices described in this paper are categorised into four areas of focus: focus on meaning, focus on form, focus on language use, and inquiry skills.

Teaching Mathematics with Tablet PCs

2015 ◽  
pp. 322-344
Author(s):  
Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris ◽  
Katerina Mavrou ◽  
George Stylianou ◽  
Stephanos Mavromoustakos ◽  
George Christou
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
School Setting ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Tablet Pcs ◽  
Professional Development Workshop

Declining interest in mathematics and the need to raise the educational standards of youth in this discipline set a critical agenda for the revision of pedagogical practices. Tablet PCs and other mobile devices hold a lot of promise as tools for improving education at all levels. The research discussed in this chapter comes from an ongoing, multifaceted program designed to explore the potential of tablet technologies for enhancing mathematics teaching and learning at the primary school level. The program is taking place within a private primary school in Cyprus and aims at the effective integration of one-to-one tablet technologies (iPads) into the mathematics school curriculum. It has adopted a systemic approach to the introduction of iPads in the school setting that focuses on the broad preparation and on-going engagement of all key stakeholders involved in the educational process. In the chapter, the authors report on the main experiences gained from Phase 1 of the program, which involved the design and organization of a professional development workshop targeting the school teachers. The authors describe the content and structure of the workshop and discuss its impact on teachers' knowledge, skills, and confidence in incorporating tablet technologies within the mathematics curriculum.

Teaching Mathematics with Tablet PCs

2015 ◽  
pp. 175-197
Author(s):  
Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris ◽  
Katerina Mavrou ◽  
George Stylianou ◽  
Stephanos Mavromoustakos ◽  
George Christou
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
School Setting ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Tablet Pcs ◽  
Professional Development Workshop

Declining interest in mathematics and the need to raise the educational standards of youth in this discipline set a critical agenda for the revision of pedagogical practices. Tablet PCs and other mobile devices hold a lot of promise as tools for improving education at all levels. The research discussed in this chapter comes from an ongoing, multifaceted program designed to explore the potential of tablet technologies for enhancing mathematics teaching and learning at the primary school level. The program is taking place within a private primary school in Cyprus and aims at the effective integration of one-to-one tablet technologies (iPads) into the mathematics school curriculum. It has adopted a systemic approach to the introduction of iPads in the school setting that focuses on the broad preparation and on-going engagement of all key stakeholders involved in the educational process. In the chapter, the authors report on the main experiences gained from Phase 1 of the program, which involved the design and organization of a professional development workshop targeting the school teachers. The authors describe the content and structure of the workshop and discuss its impact on teachers' knowledge, skills, and confidence in incorporating tablet technologies within the mathematics curriculum.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ INQUIRY SKILLS IN ISLAMIC EDUCATION THROUGH HIKMAH PEDAGOGY AND COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (No.2) ◽  
pp. 189-214
Author(s):  
Suhailah Hussien ◽  
Rosnani Hashim ◽  
Mohd. Kaziman Abd. Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Inquiry Skills ◽  
Inquiry Approach

Purpose – Empowering students has become one of the primary goals of education in the 21st century. The current trend of education is moving towards student-centred and independent learning. The core success of student empowerment lies in the teaching and learning approaches used to engage students. Thus, the present study aims to examine how Hikmah pedagogy, a philosophical inquiry approach, empowers students through the development of a community of inquiry and students’ inquiry skills in learning Islamic Education. Method – This study employed a case study design on a Form 4 class comprising 24 students. The method of data collection involved classroom observation and students’ reflective journaling. Analysis of classroom discourse was conducted according to Bloom’s Taxonomy to identify higher-order levels of thinking engaged by the students. Meanwhile, students’ journals were analysed thematically to examine how Hikmah pedagogy empowered their thinking. Findings – The study found that after four Hikmah pedagogy sessions, students’ thinking improved from lower-order to higher-order thinking (HOT) based on the students’ level of questions posed in the Hikmah sessions. Questions posed by the students also indicated an improvement in terms of the quantity and quality of the questions. Finally, analysis of the students’ journals showed that students found Hikmah pedagogy a provoking approach that continuously engaged them to be independent in their thinking. This is most useful when learning Islamic Education since it deals with many abstract concepts that require deep understanding. Significance – Results of the study have shown that Hikmah pedagogy can empower students by improving their HOT, developing their inquiry skills and independent thinking, which directly assist in realising the objectives of Islamic Education, which are to understand, internalise and practise Islamic principles and values.

PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) BERBANTU MDIA GAMBAR UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA SISWA KELAS VI SD NEGERI 007 KAMPUNG BARU KECAMATAN GUNUNG TOAR KABUPATEN KUANTAN SINGINGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamnidar Hamnidar
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Average Grade ◽  
Complete Category ◽  
Contextual Teaching

This research was motivated by the learning outcomes of students' natural sciences that were still low. The purpose of this study was to improve student learning outcomes with the application of the Contextual Teaching And Learning approach. This research is a classroom action research consisting of II cycles with research subjects in class VI of 007 Kampung Baru State Primary School Gunung Toar District, Kuantan Singingi Regency. The results showed that, judging from the basic score, the lowest value of students was 50 while the highest score of students was 85 with an average grade of 62.78 with an incomplete category. in the first cycle the lowest value of students was 65 while the highest value of students was 90 with an average grade of 74 with a complete category. For learning outcomes in cycle II, the lowest value of students is 75 while the highest value of students is 100 with the average value of class 84.47 with complete categories. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the application of the Contextual Teaching And Learning learning approach assisted by media images can improve the learning outcomes of Natural Sciences students of class VI 007 Public Primary School Kampung Baru, Gunung Toar District, Kuantan Singingi Regency.

Análisis de las dificultades que enfrentan los alumnos en relación a la enseñanza del tema los efectos de la Presión Atmosférica

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Guillermo Salgado ◽  
José Navarrete ◽  
Juan Gabriel Morcillo Ortega ◽  
Manuela Martín Sánchez ◽  
María Teresa Martín Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Historical Study

<span>This paper is an analysis of student's problems to understand the concept atmospheric pressure and its influence in different experimental processes. We present an historical study of the topic, a bibliographical revision of research relative to teaching and learning problems in the case of fluids and the results of our investigation with two groups of students one of 11 - 12 years old and other of training teachers of primary school.</span>

Narrative skills and genre knowledge: Ways of telling in the primary school grades

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Linguistic Markers ◽  
Narrative Skills ◽  
On Line ◽  
Genre Knowledge

ABSTRACTChildren in the preschool years develop a linguisticrepertoireof narrative skills as they adapt their ways of representing events to different occasions of language use. The present study examines the abilities of primary school children to draw upon their repertoire of narrative skills in the service of language tasks. Children in grades K-2 were shown a shortened version of the silent film,The Red Balloon, and were asked to perform three narrative tasks: (a) produce an on-line narration of a 3-minute segment from the film, (b) recount the film's events as a news report, and (c) recount the film's events as an embellished story. The narrative texts produced for each task were subjected to analyses of linguistic markers of genre differences. The findings revealed very subtle distinctions between the narrative texts produced for the three genre tasks, leading to the conclusion that primary grade children have only nascent ability to apply their genre knowledge to school language tasks.

SEKOLAH DASAR ABAD-21 DENGAN METODE BAHASA POLA DAN METAFORA DALAM PENCIPTAAN RUANG BELAJAR KREATIF DI KELAPA GADING

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 757
Author(s):  
Natasha Kurnia Tishani ◽  
Rudy Trisno
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Pattern Language ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
The Future ◽  
The 19Th Century

The advancement of technology in the world is marked by the industrial revolution event. Indonesia has entered the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This incident affects the way society dwell, slowly our lives have been dominated by technology and it is possible that in the future humans will be replaced by robots. We must developing soft skills that cannot be replaced by robots through our education. Indonesia’s education itself does not prepare the next generation to deal with this event. Starting from outdated curriculum,  teachers who are afraid to explore in teaching to school buildings that still adhere to the school system in the 19th century. The study of the discussion is how human dwell in the future in this case is to study, namely primary school buildings, which can accommodate teaching and learning activities with a curriculum that suits future needs. The design method used is in form of design stages, starting from Area Analysis; Investigation of selected sites; Proposed Program;  Design Analysis: Composition of mass and the concept of mass of buildings using the Metaphor Method; Project Zoning; Application of Pattern Language Methods and Structure and Building Materials. The result of this research is an elementary school architectural building that accmodate 21st century learning. Keywords:  creativity; education; metaphorical architecture; pattern langugae;primary school  Abstrak Kemajuan teknologi didunia ditandai dengan adanya peristiwa revolusi industri. Indonesia telah memasuki era revolusi industri 4.0. Peristiwa ini memengaruhi cara masyarakat berhuni, secara perlahan kehidupan kita telah didominasi dengan teknologi dan tidak menutup kemungkinan dimasa depan manusia akan digantikan dengan robot. Lalu, bagaimana kita sebagai manusia menghadapi ini ? yaitu mengembangkan softskill yang tidak bisa digantikan oleh robot melalui pendidikan kita. Pendidikan Indonesia tidak menyiapkan generasi selanjutnya untuk menghadapi perisitiwa ini. Berawal dari kurikulum yang sudah usang, lalu para guru yang takut untuk bereksplorasi dalam mengajar hingga bangunan sekolah yang masih menganut sistem sekolah di abad-19. Lingkup pembahasan laporan ini adalah bagaimana wadah berhuni manusia dimasa depan yaitu kegiatan menuntut ilmu, yaitu bangunan sekolah dasar, yang dapat mewadahi kegiatan pembelajaran dengan kurikulum masa depan. Metode perancangan yang digunakan adalah; a) Analisis Kawasan; b) Investigasi tapak terpilih; c) Usulan program; d) Analisis Perancangan : Gubahan massa dan Konsep Massa bangunan dengan Metode Arsitektur Metafora; d) Penzoningan Pada Proyek; e) Penerapan Metode Bahasa Pola dan f) Struktur dan Material Bangunan. Hasil akhir dari penelitian ini berupa bangunan arsitektur sekolah dasar yang mewadahi kegiatan pembelajaran abad-21.

scholarly journals Trends in Qualitative Research in Three Major Language Teaching and Learning Journals, 2006–2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroko Tojo ◽  
Akiko Takagi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Major Language ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Learning Journals ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

This study examines the current trends and complexities in qualitative research in three major language teaching andlearning journals published from 2006–2015. After categorizing 781 articles into quantitative, qualitative, mixedmethods, and other approaches, 226 qualitative research articles were closely examined and further analyzed in termsof four dimensions: approaches, methods, number of participants, and length of research period. The findingsshowed that case study was the most frequently employed approach, followed by ethnography. The study alsoidentified that while interviews, observations, discourse analysis, and conversation analysis were relatively wellutilized, more than 150 different data collection and analysis methods were used. Although the results of the studyshow a tendency to use certain approaches and methods in qualitative research more than others, they alsodemonstrate the complexity and diversity of qualitative research and the difficulty in clarifying and categorizingtypes of qualitative research in language teaching and learning.

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