Pupils In Class Research Articles

Beginning teachers’ perceptions of mentors and access to communities of practice

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore beginning teachers’ perceptions of the role of the mentor in the early stages of developing a professional identity. The beginning teachers in the authors’ study are defined as having been awarded qualified teacher status at the end of an initial teacher education programme or having completed their first term as a new teacher with responsibility for a class of pupils. Design/methodology/approach The research design was a qualitative, inductive study. The concepts of communities of practice, legitimate peripheral participation and power dynamics within a community underpinned this study. The data set was collected over a period of 18 months, through six focus groups and 40 questionnaires with beginning teachers across 34 schools altogether. The data set was analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). Findings The findings indicated that the ways in which mentors use their power to recognise (or not) the legitimacy of beginning teachers as being part of the school community influences the development of beginning teachers’ professional identities. The thematic analysis of the data indicated the different types of support that mentors may provide: “belonging”, “emotional”, “pedagogical” and “space”. Research limitations/implications Further research into how mentors perceive their role in supporting new entrants into the profession is needed. Originality/value These findings are pertinent in England, as the increase in school-based initial teacher training provision will intensify the role of school mentors. These findings will be of value to other countries that are moving towards an increase in school-based teacher training.

Inquiry-based science education: scaffolding pupils’ self-directed learning in open inquiry

ABSTRACTThis paper describes a multiple case study on open inquiry-based learning in primary schools. During open inquiry, teachers often experience difficulties in balancing support and transferring responsibility to pupils’ own learning. To facilitate teachers in guiding open inquiry, we developed hard and soft scaffolds. The hard scaffolds consisted of documents with explanations and/or exercises regarding difficult parts of the inquiry process. The soft scaffolds included explicit references to and additional explanations of the hard scaffolds. We investigated how teacher implementation of these scaffolds contributed to pupils’ self-directed learning during open inquiry. Four classes of pupils, aged 10–11, were observed while they conducted an inquiry lesson module of about 10 lessons in their classrooms. Data were acquired via classroom observations, audio recordings, and interviews with teachers and pupils. The results show that after the introduction of the hard scaffolds by the teacher, pupils were able and willing to apply them to their investigations. Combining hard scaffolds with additional soft scaffolding promoted pupils’ scientific understanding and contributed to a shared guidance of the inquiry process by the teacher and her pupils. Our results imply that the effective use of scaffolds is an important element to be included in teacher professionalisation.

Analysis on the Physical Education Class for Pupils in the Special Class : From the Viewpoint of the Sensory Integration Model

Analysis on the Physical Education Class for Pupils in the Special Class : From the Viewpoint of the Sensory Integration Model

Distribution of Special Education Programs in Mainstream Schools in Selangor

The Integrated Special Education Program (PPKI) is a special education program that offers education for pupils with learning disabilities, hearing impairment and sight impairment. The objectives of this paper are to highlight the distribution and the location of schools with PPKI classes in the state of Selangor as well as the number of pupils in PPKI classes according to its classification. Data collected is based on documents and related sources from the Special Education Unit of the State Education Department. All PPKI classes are integrated into mainstream public schools; however, not all mainstream public schools offer PPKI classes, which results in the difference in the number of mainstream public schools and public schools with PPKI. There are 209 PPKI schools inclusive of both primary and secondary schools in the state of Selangor. The findings reveal that the three types of PPKI classes are not evenly distributed throughout the districts. PPKI schools are also not as well located as mainstream schools because there is no defined suitable location for Special Education facilities unlike the school location guidelines for primary and secondary mainstream schools.

Консультативна профорієнтаційна освіта учнів старшої школи: сучасні підходи

The article highlights current approaches to consulting vocational guidance of high school students. The author justifies the theoretical bases of the system of careercounseling in secondary schools and consider incremental technology training professionals (trainers, professional counselors, teachers, psychologists) vocationalguidance of students. Thus in some studies of domestic and foreign scientists applicant finds current approaches to teacher training vocational guidance of high school students and analyze issues concerning the conditions of professional updating teacher-consultant for new approaches to career guidance. She notes that scientists developing training programs and manuals on various aspects of career-oriented training high school students do not solve the issue of their career choices in the future. The article highlights the issue to be resolved today in terms of implementing the concept of the New Ukrainian school. Namely, to amend the training programs of teachers of all categories (plan contents training module that has only determine the content of teacher advisory workers to vocational guidance of high school students in the system of postgraduate education); plans training teachers in mizhkursovomu period didactic provide reasonable conditions of readiness of teachers to work with students advice on psychological and pedagogical principles; in management, training and education GEI clearly define the purpose of constructing a system of career counseling in secondary schools and provide forms of training  teachers for the vocational guidance of pupils of senior classes. As a result, the researcher notes that there is a contradiction between the requirements of the requirements of professional self-determination of senior pupils and lack of career guidance training teachers to solve extremely important for both schools and society in general. The solution provides for the author to provide modern approaches to establishing a system of career guidance counseling in the CEI to prepare students for professional self-determination in the CEI.

Problems of 14–18 Years Old Youth and the Trends of Organisation of Prevention Activities: Lithuanian Case

Abstract The World Health Organization (since 1998) recognises that many modern diseases and disorders (including social problems) are caused by risky behaviour. Youth risky behaviour is generally defined as a behaviour that directly or indirectly threatens the young person’s well-being and health. This is usually understood as smoking, abuse of alcohol and psychoactive substances and early initiated and unprotected sexual relations. However, the risky behaviour also includes basic things such as the failure to comply with diet regimen, sedentary lifestyle, not wearing the safety belt in the car and failure to wear a helmet whilst cycling or rollerblading. Adolescence itself is a risky span of the human life, as it is associated with moving from childhood into the adult world and intensive search for the personal identity. To ensure a consistent development of personality, adolescent risky behaviour prevention include harmonisation of education processes to help teenagers to develop responsible behaviour skills by reducing the risk factors and increasing protective factors. The article aims to overview the factors that influence youth risky behaviour and the factors that determine the planning and organisation of preventive activities for the pupils in the higher classes of the schools of general education. The study was completed in the form of a questionnaire that was conducted in the schools of the Lithuanian Republic in 2016. The results of the study describe trends of the prevention policies applied in the system of education, considering the national context of the individual Member States of the European Union.

USING PHONIC METHOD TO IMPROVE POOR READING ABILITY OF PUPILS AT TECHIMAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORM ONE

The study was undertaken to unearth and implore the necessary strategies to blend five and six letters to form a meaningful word. The research instrument used was test items. All the pupils in the class took the same test thus, pre-test. It was used to gather data baseline information before the research was carried out on them. Biographic data of their responses were analyzed, discussed and the findings brought to the face. The study revealed the areas in which the pupils falter when reading and the appropriate techniques and strategies were used to control its occurrence. Based on the findings, the researcher gave some recommendations. Teachers should have mastery over the subject matter and also use the appropriate methods in the teaching of the topic. Again, they should make their lessons child centered to avoid scaring the pupils off. The study further opens the door for more research into pupil’s inability to blend five and six letters to form meaningful words. Article visualizations:

Attractor States in Teaching and Learning Processes: A Study of Out-of-School Science Education.

In order for out-of-school science activities that take place during school hours but outside the school context to be successful, instructors must have sufficient pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) to guarantee high-quality teaching and learning. We argue that PCK is a quality of the instructor-pupil system that is constructed in real-time interaction. When PCK is evident in real-time interaction, we define it as Expressed Pedagogical Content Knowledge (EPCK). The aim of this study is to empirically explore whether EPCK shows a systematic pattern of variation, and if so whether the pattern occurs in recurrent and temporary stable attractor states as predicted in the complex dynamic systems theory. This study concerned nine out-of-school activities in which pupils of upper primary school classes participated. A multivariate coding scheme was used to capture EPCK in real time. A principal component analysis of the time series of all the variables reduced the number of components. A cluster revealed general descriptions of the components across all cases. Cluster analyses of individual cases divided the time series into sequences, revealing High-, Low-, and Non-EPCK states. High-EPCK attractor states emerged at particular moments during activities, rather than being present all the time. Such High-EPCK attractor states were only found in a few cases, namely those where the pupils were prepared for the visit and the instructors were trained.

Teaching Qur’an in Irish Muslim schools – curriculum, approaches, perspectives and implications

This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork that took place in 2014 in two primary Muslim schools based in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Based on observations and semistructured interviews, three teachers were observed and interviewed on how the Qur’an was taught to fourth and fifth class pupils. The research findings explore the following: the content of the Qur’an lessons; the pedagogical approaches adopted; views of the teachers as well as a description of some of the common features of the Qur’an class. The author concludes with some implications and offers some direction for future research in the field of Qur’an education in western contexts.

Η διδασκαλια της γραμματικης στο πλαισιο της επικοινωνιακης

This paper is based on the new teaching principles concerning grammar, in the frame ofcommunicative approach and the utilization of communicative function of language.Specifically, we present the first results of a teaching test on students of an elementarygreek school. There are involved pupils of the fifth class of the 2nd elementary schoolof New Erithrea in Attica. Children received extracts from literary and other textsincluded in the referential discourse and especially in the kind of description.ΤΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΒΛΕΜΜΑ – O OLHAR GREGO - No.1/2016 – UERJ - Brasil18The basic position emerging concerns the utilization of authentic texts producednaturally and directly reflect the mechanisms by which grammatical phenomena servecommunication.As concluded, the acquisition of grammar is a multilayered and complex process.Νew knowledge is not mechanically added to the existing one, but is incorporated in away that contributes to the reorganization of the previous experience of the student andrebuilds the whole grammatical system. This means that the assessment of grammarcannot be reduced to a limited phenomenon. On the contrary, the development of thisgrammatical phenomenon in a communicative use is required.

Evaluation of the Project “From Novice Teacher to Teacher Mentor” - Teacher's Work with the Chronically Ill Pupils

Abstract The current understanding of inclusion within the contemporary Czech education system confirms the existence of possibilities of appropriate ways of working with chronically ill pupils in class. Moreover, teachers are expected to be able to cope with such demands as it is considered to be one of their professional competences. In order to improve these competences, the Faculty of Humanities at Tomas Bata University in Zlin implemented a project titled From Novice Teacher to Teacher Mentor, a part of which was an instructional module “An analysis of teacher's work with ill children”. The primary focus of this study is this very module and the basic theses are as follows: What knowledge of children's chronic illnesses do novice teachers have? What does inclusion of the chronically ill child in a school environment look like? Did teacher participation in the instructional module “Analysis of teacher's work with ill children” improve their professional competences? The aim of the study is to point out the possibilities of professional growth of pedagogical workers, especially novice teachers when it comes to working with the chronically ill child.

EFFECTIVELY TRAINING PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT INJURY PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES INTO THEIR PE LESSONS

BackgroundPhysical education teachers (PETs) can be effectively trained to implement injury preventive strategies into their own lives.1 However, to decrease negative effects of sports injuries in adolescents, injury prevention within...

Improving Pupils’ Conceptual Understanding by a Connected In-school and Out-of-school Science Program: A Multiple Case Study

The number of out-of-school science programs, which refers to science education at outside school environments, is gradually increasing. Although out-of-school programs are generally considered to be important for the development of pupils’ science knowledge and skills, more evidence concerning the learning effect of these programs is needed. In the present study, we explored whether different degrees of implementation of a connected in-school and out-of-school science program affect pupils’ cognitive science skills in relation to teachers’/instructors’ support. We used a multiple case study design with four cases comprising three different degrees of program implementation: optimal, intermediary and marginal. The cases comprised pupils of upper grade elementary school classes, their teachers, and the instructors of the out-of-school activity. The effect of the program was measured by coding pupils’ performance with a scale based on skill theory, and by coding teacher’s/instructor’s support with the Openness Scale. The data was gathered from microgenetic measurements over time, corresponding with an in-depth analysis of the process of change in naturalistic conditions. We found the highest learning effect in the optimal program implementation, which indicates that it is favorable to implement the complete program, and train teachers/instructors to use open teaching focused on conceptual understanding.

Dynamics modelling of demand for educational service market in the case of kharkiv region

The work deals with methods of construction of models of long-term dynamics of potential demand in the market of educational services. The supply consists of higher educational institutions (universities) of a certain educational center (the regional center, as a rule), the demand is created by school leavers, applicants from other educational institutions of the cluster of regions – which create a set of regions or their geographical parts that are characterized by a certain socio-economic unity and surround the educational center. The key factor in demand is the demographic dynamics of the cluster. The information base of this dynamics is made up of statistical data on the birth rate, the number of pupils in the classes, on the basis of which the proportions of age or school groups are determined, which pass from year to year to the next age (school) level. The sources of such data is published information of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, its regional branches, electronic information resources of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine - EDEBO (Unified State Electronic Database on Education) and vstup.info (Information system "Competition"), university data, results of Surveys of the target groups. The modelling of dynamics is based on the use of the laws of resource conservation (the volume of the age level, hence the volume of demand varies depending on the influx and outflow of the age group of subjects), as well as on the methods of mathematical statistics in determining the coefficients of age changes,and certain trends of subjective preferences. Models are iterative schemes or difference equations with discreteness of one year. Statistical data on the number of pupils in classes for several consecutive years and data on fertility statistics make it possible to predict the number of school leavers for 10-17 years ahead, which in turn allows forecasting demand in the education market, providing a reliable long-term forecast of the number of entrants, students, Personnel and material situation of universities.

CROSS-ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MOROCCAN PUPILS (15-16 YEARS) IN SOLVING ELECTRICITY PROPBLEMS

This paper aims to cross knowledge and skills in analyzing the performance of Moroccan pupils (15-16 years) of third year classes of college in solving problems of electricity (Ohm’s low, electrical power and electrical energy). The analysis of succeeded, failed and untreated tasks by pupils was carried out in terms of declarative, conceptual and procedural knowledge involved in (appropriate, analyze, achieve) skills relating to (1st, 2nd, 3rd degree) skills. For problems built with explicit questions, the pupils showed medium performance in mastering and mobilizing the different skills involving declarative, conceptual and procedural knowledge, whereas pupils find it difficult to mobilize these skills to perform the complex implicit tasks, inherent to an open problem.

PREVERJANJE OBRNJENEGA UCENJA PRI MODULU PREHRANA

Technological development has changed the way of teaching. The aim of the present study which included 143 pupils of the 6th grade of the nine-year elementary school was to determine whether the knowledge of pupils after the introduction of blended learning would be better than the knowledge of pupils who acquired knowledge through the frontal teaching method. The results showed that the knowledge of pupils in the blended class was better than the knowledge of pupils in the control group. Most pupils had a positive attitude to learning through modern ICT. Constantly accessible video recordings of the new content seemed appropriate to pupils in terms of better preparedness for new lessons, repetition of the new content in order to improve the assessment and the ability to follow the new content at their own pace.

Evaluacija psihomotornog domena učenika u funkciji planiranja nastave fizičkog vaspitanja

The aim of the study was to adapt the students' grades to all levels by evaluating the motor skills. The survey was conducted on a sample of 93 respondents (M = 48; F = 45), from the elementary school "Bosko Plakovljevic Pinki" from Sremska Mitrovica, aged 13-14 years. The results of the multivariate analysis of variance indicate the existence of statistically significant differences (P = .00) in the motor space of students of different sexes. Individual analysis of the difference was observed in variables Running 20 m from the high start (p = .03) and Raising of the hull for 30 s (p = .00) for the benefit of the boys and in the variation of sediment in the sediment multiplied (p = .00) for the benefit of girls . Evaluation showed a higher level of expression of power and speed in a boy caused by the consequences of the level of physical activity of this population, and in girls the higher manifestation level of the expression of flexibility, which is caused by the biological body of the body. This approach to teaching physical education allows for better planning and organization of classes with pupils of older primary school classes, potentially increasing the number of children at classes of physical education, since on the basis of initial evaluation, the plan and program of work can be adjusted accordingly with the students according to the motor potential.

Вплив фізичної активності на рівень розумової працездатності школярів, що навчаються за різними програмами

Objective. To show the influence of physical activity on the level of mental capacity; identify differences in physical activity and the level of mental health of schoolchildren enrolled in different training programs. Materials and methods. In the process it was analyzed the dynamics of mental capacity of academically gifted children for the period of training at the basic school. The dynamics of mental capacity has been studied using the V.Ya. Anfimova proofreading tables. Based on a comprehensive assessment of the executed works are marked levels of student capacity. The results are analyzed using the methods of variation statistics, the correlation and analysis of variance (SPSS-17 program). Results of the study. The results showed that schoolchildren with high level of mental capacity regularly perform morning exercises. It was found that children of all groups is watching the TV is much longer than recommended by the WHO, which has a negative effect on their health. The level of influence over the physical activity during the day in all classes showed the best results pupils who do sport more than 6 hours a day. It should be noted that at the end of the day feel better those pupils who have lower level of physical activity as well as the overall load on them is smaller than that of those who have an active lifestyle. In spite of this, the data rate of pupils «well-being after weekend completion» significantly lower. It is also noted that after completion of the week-end state of health has improved in all groups, that is, during weekend was restoring the functional state of the body, which is manifested in the subjective well-being improvement. The greatest recovery happened in the groups of students who do sport. Thus it can be argued that sports contribute is improve the health of schoolchildren after a recovery period of weekend. And also have a positive effect on the level of mental capacity. Conclusions. 1. In the analysis of physical activity of pupils of fifth class showed that students with traditional education and 1 group meritocratic education classes have high and sufficient levels of physical activity throughout the week. At the same time, the level of physical activity of pupils with meritocratic education class is at sufficient and low level and the pupils notice bad well-being at the end of the working day and the completion of the weekend. 2. Researches have shown that the regular performance of morning exercise in 1 group meritocratic education and with traditional education classes was the key to the high percentage of «good» level of mental capacity. At the same time, in the 5-2 class, conversely, children who do not perform morning exercises showed higher results. 3. The high level of physical activity throughout the day in all classes helped to increase the percentage of pupils who have a high / medium level of mental capacity. 4. The active rest on the weekend showed positive impact on the results of all three classes. 5. According to the research we can say that physical activity and organization of the educational process have a significant impact on the mental capacity of pupils of basic school. At the same time the mental capacity was the highest in children with high physical activity. Key words: physical activity, basic school, meritocratic education, traditional education, mental capacity.

Preferencje aksjologiczne nauczycieli a postrzeganie wartości przez uczniów

Artykuł przedstawia wyniki przeprowadzonego przez autora badania na temat rozumienia wartości przez uczniów i ich nauczycieli. Zadaniem respondentów było określenie za pomocą skali obejmującej kontinuum między opcją pragmatyczno-egocentryczną a opcją aksjologiczno-obiektywistyczną sensu takich pojęć, jak „prawda”, „mądrość”, „sprawiedliwość” i „altruizm”. Ponadto starano się empirycznie sprawdzić, jaki wpływ wywarli, zdaniem uczniów, nauczyciele na ich rozumienie wartości. Na podstawie badania można skonstatować istotne przesunięcie pojmowania wartości przez uczniów w kierunku pragmatyczno-egocentrycznym w stosunku do odpowiedzi udzielonych przez nauczycieli. Odnośnie do drugiej kwestii, zdaniem młodzieży, nauczyciele mają minimalny wpływ na wartości, jakimi kierują się uczniowie.

Стан фізичного здоров’я школярів 7–8-х класів загальноосвітньої школи

Purpose: to investigate the level of physical health of pupils of the 7th-8th classes. Material & Methods: pupils of the 7th-8th classes of the comprehensive school No. 150 of Kharkov participated in the research. The following methods were used: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific literature, method of express-assessment of physical health, mathematical statistics. Results: the comparative analysis of the obtained data in age aspect and on gender sign is carried out; the general assessment of the level of physical health of pupils of the 7th-8th classes is defined. Conclusions: the insignificant prevalence of indicators of the separate components of health of boys over the data of girls and, generally, the reliable improvement of indicators of pupils with age are established; the level of physical health of pupils of the 7th classes and below the average level of pupils of the 8th classes are determined.