A STUDY ON TEACHING COMPETENCE OF PRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS WITH INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD TECHNOLOGY

The main objective of this study is to find out the significant difference of primary student teachers (Diploma in Elementary Education) in teaching competence towards the interactive whiteboard (i.e., Smart Board) concerning the locality.The survey method was used in the present study.The teaching competence scale developed and validated by the researcher has been used for collecting the data.The findings of the study were a significant difference between the rural and urban primary student teachers in their teaching competence whereas there is no difference between arts and science group student students.

Promoting Reading Habits of the Children of Class IV: Study of Upper Primary Student of Ramchetsekha PS, Paro

Purpose: This study is an attempt to understand the reading habits of class IV students in Ramchetsekha Primary School, Paro. The study also aims to promote reading habits in the students. Design/methodology/approach: The researcher took anchor of a qualitative research design aligned to social constructivism paradigm through phenomenological approach. The researcher focused on class four children and teachers as participant sampling in the school. Semi-structure interview was used as a research tool and their information was recorded and transcribed later by the researcher. Findings: The study found out that reading programme in the school is loosely matched with the needs of the children to develop their reading habits. Sporadic reading programme were organized in the form of onetime events without aligning with improvement priorities and goals. The school sometimes chooses faddish improvement involving one-shot programme with no follow-up support. Furthermore, it was revealed that the children depend largely on notes given by the teachers.

“I don’t really have a reason to read children’s literature”: Enquiring into Primary Student Teachers’ Knowledge of Children’s Literature

Research into in-service teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature indicates there is a powerfully symbiotic relationship between teachers’ perceptions and projections of themselves as readers and students’ engagement with reading as a pleasurable activity (Commeyras et al., 2003; Cremin et al 2014). Less is known about pre-service teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature or their attitudes towards reading and the Scottish context is unexplored in this regard. Inspired by and aligned with the work of Cremin et al (2008) with in-service primary teachers in England, this project investigated the personal reading habits of more than 150 student teachers over a two-year period by capturing snapshots of their knowledge of children’s literature and perceptions of themselves as not only readers, but as readers of children’s literature, at various stages of their initial teacher education. Framed by understandings of literacy practices as socially and locally constructed (Barton & Hamilton, 1998) and of literate identities as fluid, contingent and plural (Moje et al., 2009), this paper also outlines how project findings linked to knowledge of texts for children and reader identity have informed the teaching and learning of children’s literature at university level.

Sustainability and urban development - Córdoba city (Spain): BE.D Primary. Student´s perception

One of the fundamental educational challenges in teacher training is to work the Sustainable Development Goals set by the 2030 Agenda. In this sense, the objective of the article is to analyze sustainability in the city of Córdoba: on one hand, considering the urban development of the last decades and on the other hand, the perception of the Primary Education Bachelor Degree students about this city as a sustainable community. With the aim of fostering meaningful learning, a series of activities were designed to work, through a constructivist methodology, the concept of sustainability through the local sphere. This line shows that the pedagogical experience carried out by the students, must still be deepened in many aspects so that we can talk about there being an effective and practical knowledge of what sustainability means for today in the educational reality of the most schools in the city of Córdoba.

A Social Constructivist Approach to Management of Primary Student Behavior

To teach lessons effectively, primary teachers need to effectively manage student behavior. Good student behavior management helps teachers receive a smooth coordination from students in classroom practices. This article provides knowledge base for primary teachers in managing student behavior and presents some possible measures to help primary teachers effectively manage student behavior. The article focuses on clarifying the issues of characteristic of primary students, principles of student behavior management, and measures of effective behavior management. The article applies a student-centered approach and social constructivism to provide measures to manage student behavior. The article not only works for primary teachers but also has many meanings for educational administrators and trainers in order to improving the implementation of General Education Program of 2018 in the current context of educational innovation.

The Alpha and Omega of Teacher Education: Organizing Mathematical Activities

The aim of this paper is to describe an introductory mathematics course for primary student teachers and to explain the philosophy behind it. The paper is structured as follows: It starts with a general plea for placing the mathematical training of any category of students into their professional context. Then the context of primary education in Germany, with its strong emphasis on the principle of learning by discovery, is sketched.

Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD ) Program

Objective: The biomedical/behavioral sciences lag in the recruitment and ad­vancement of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. In 2014 the NIH created the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), a prospective, multi-site study comprising 10 Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) institutional grantees, the National Research Mentor­ing Network (NRMN) and a Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC). This article describes baseline characteristics of four incoming, first-year student cohorts at the primary BUILD institutions who completed the Higher Education Research Institute, The Freshmen Survey between 2015-2019. These freshmen are the primary student cohorts for longitudinal analyses comparing outcomes of BUILD program participants and non-participants.Design: Baseline description of first-year students entering college at BUILD institu­tions during 2015-2019.Setting: Ten colleges/universities that each received <$7.5mil/yr in NIH Research Project Grants and have high proportions of low-income students.Participants: First-year undergraduate stu­dents who participated in BUILD-sponsored activities and a sample of non-BUILD stu­dents at the same BUILD institutions. A total of 32,963 first-year students were enrolled in the project; 64% were female, 18% His­panic/Latinx, 19% African American/Black, 2% American Indian/Alaska Native and Na­tive Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 17% Asian, and 29% White. Twenty-seven percent were from families with an income <$30,000/yr and 25% were their family’s first generation in college.Planned Outcomes: Primary student outcomes to be evaluated over time include undergraduate biomedical degree comple­tion, entry into/completion of a graduate biomedical degree program, and evidence of excelling in biomedical research and scholarship.Conclusions: The DPC national evaluation has identified a large, longitudinal cohort of students with many from groups histori­cally underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that will inform institutional/ national policy level initiatives to help diversify the biomedical workforce.Ethn Dis. 2020;30(4):681-692; doi:10.18865/ed.30.4.681

Students’ Worksheet for Distance Learning Based on Scientific Literacy in the Topic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

This research aims to design and implement primary student worksheets that can trace scientific literacy through distance learning in the topic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The approach used is mixed method sequential exploratory model involving 35 primary students who take the distance learning due COVID-19 as a sample. The research instrument uses primary student worksheets designed based on the core stage of the scientific approach and scientific literacy’s indicator, that have been reviewed and judged by experts. The implementation shows that the student's scientific literacy has not been trained optimally, alhtough this design could be responded to by students during learning.

Students’ Worksheet for Distance Learning Based on Scientific Literacy in the Topic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

This research aims to design and implement primary student worksheets that can trace scientific literacy through distance learning in the topic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The approach used is mixed method sequential exploratory model involving 35 primary students who take the distance learning due COVID-19 as a sample. The research instrument uses primary student worksheets designed based on the core stage of the scientific approach and scientific literacy’s indicator, that have been reviewed and judged by experts. The implementation shows that the student's scientific literacy has not been trained optimally, alhtough this design could be responded to by students during learning.