• Title/Summary/Keyword: Primary School Teacher

Search Result 294, Processing Time 0.025 seconds

Integrative Cognitive-Affective Learning in a Primary Science Lesson

  • Siang, Tan Kok;Santhanasamy, S. Nirmala Devi
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.32 no.6
    • /
    • pp.1039-1049
    • /
    • 2012
  • The first category of Affective Domain objectives in Bloom's Taxonomy is about "Receiving". In it, the first subdivision listed is "Awareness" (Krathwohl, Bloom & Masia, 1964). Since these categories are intended to be hierarchical in ascending order of internalization, it is important that young learners be given ample opportunities in their learning experiences in class to be aware of positive values and effective life skills. This paper reports a feasibility study on the adoption of an integrative cognitive-affective learning approach in a primary school science lesson. 37 primary six students in a Singapore primary school were taught the concept of centre of gravity, including a hands-on activity to find the centre of gravity of an irregularly shaped cardboard by using a plumbline. After reviewing how a plumbline works, their teacher then led them into a discussion on the question "Who is the plumbline in your life?" a reference to identifying positive role models in their lives. From the transcript of the students' in-class sharing and their written responses to the question, it is clear that the integrative cognitive-affective learning approach did enable students to present their ideas and learning experiences in the affective domain quite readily. This conclusion provides a valuable lead to a follow-up project on whether students who are exposed to such integrative learning approaches will be more capable and more aware of identifying important positive social habits or values. If so, then the teaching of values in schools could take on a whole new dimension, that of borrowing students' learning energy in the cognitive domain to learn values and life skills in the affective domain.

An Analysis of Program Types for School Reading Education Included in the 100 Excellent Curriculum by Multiple Intelligences (다중지능을 활용한 100대 교육과정의 학교 독서교육 프로그램 유형 분석)

  • Lee, Kyeong-Hwa;Song, Gi-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
    • /
    • v.50 no.1
    • /
    • pp.85-103
    • /
    • 2019
  • This study aims to analyze the direction of the reading education programs based on the 2015 revised curriculum and to seek the plans for the school library and the teacher librarian to be able to contribute them. For this purpose, the types of school-based reading education programs in the report of 100 excellent school curriculum in 2016, which was first applied by the amended curriculum were analyzed through multiple intelligences. Upon the analysis results, the reading education programs in the schools showed to be operated with interpersonal Intelligence. Community-aligned reading was the most frequently operated in the primary schools while student reading club activities were the most common in the middle and high schools. In case of reading education program related to linguistic intelligence, the most commonly operated ways were reading books, writing with literatures, and writing book report, in primary, middle, and high schools, respectively. In case of reading education program related to spatial intelligence, media production type showed the most commonly operated in all types of schools. However, there was no reading program related to naturalist intelligence. Based on these analysis results, the plans to contribute the activation of reading education programs by school libraries under the 2015 amended curriculum were suggested in the aspects of development of connection programs with teachers, students and parents as the center of education community, installation and operation of maker spaces and enhancement of program management and inquiry-based learning competency of teacher librarians.

A Study on the Development of School Health Education Curriculum for the School Health Promotion (건강증진을 위한 학교보건교육의 활성화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Wha-Juong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
    • /
    • v.9 no.2
    • /
    • pp.147-160
    • /
    • 1996
  • This study was conducted from reviews of school health and sample surveys of school nurses, physical special education teachers and principals for the development of school health education with specia, regard to health promotion. The results are as follows : First the school health program should be reorganized to develop a school health education curriculum and to promote health in general. Second, We must develop a health education textbook for primary and secondary schools. Third, this health education textbook must be taught by school nurses in regular courses. Fourth, a teacher's health promotion program must be developed and operated by school nurses and teachers for the support of this school health education curriculum.

  • PDF

A Study on the Training Course for Teachers Holding Additional Job of School Health Nursing in Kyeong Nam Province (양호겸직교사 연수과정에 관한 연구 -경상남도를 중심으로-)

  • Kang, Young-Sil;Cheong, In-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
    • /
    • v.3 no.2
    • /
    • pp.133-142
    • /
    • 1989
  • The purpose of this paper is to provide the basic information concerning school health nursing activities in schools lacking in a school nurse, and the degree of satisfaction of trainess to the training course of school health nursing. The data for this study were collected by means of questionnaire from 150 teachers(100 of primary school and 50 of middle school)who attended the training course superintended by the Board of Education of Kyeong Nam Province from July 27 to August 6 in 1987. The main results of this study can be summarized as following; 1. General characteristics of the trainees: The majority of the trainees (71.3%) were in the age of twenties, 86.5% graduated from four-year teachers' college, 63.5% had less than five-year experience as a teacher. 2. 60.5% of the trainees were actually offering school health nursing services. 67.8% decided voluntarily to participate in the training course, and 62.7% attended the course for the purpose of obtaining health knowledge. 3. Only 4.2% of schools established appropriate health organization, and 34.5% were equipped with nursing clinic. But the main reason school health nursing activities were not performed very well was the insufficient supply of needed medicines and related materials. 4. School health nursing services in schools lacking in a school nurse were offered mainly by the teacher holding additional job of school health. class teacher and atheletic teacher. But the sanitary management for school meal services and community health activities were not carried out at all in many schools. 5. As a whole, trainees were satisfied with training program. But some subjects of the course did not satisfy them because those ones were so theoretical without any practice. 6. Many trainees wished the training course to be more concentrated on case studies which are helpful to solve actual problems. 7. 75% of trainees answered to have decided to perform school health nursing activities more actively than before. 8. Any significant relationship can not be found between trainees' general characteristics and their attitude to school health nursing activities after the training course. Only one factor-motivation to attend the training course-had the statistical significance of 8.7%.

  • PDF

Analysis of Science Gifted Elementary Students' Perceptions about Laboratory-based Science Learning (과학실험수업에 대한 초등과학영재들의 인식분석)

  • Yang, Il-ho;Park, Seon-ok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
    • /
    • v.8 no.2
    • /
    • pp.164-182
    • /
    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was investigated the perceptions and expectations of science gifted elementary students in the laboratory-based science learning. For the purpose of this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 science gifted elementary students in J city. The question of the interview is constructed with perception and expectation of science gifted elementary students in divided with 4steps of understanding of lesson object, planning experiment, performing experiment and drawing conclusion in laboratory-based science learning and an attitude for science. The interview is progressed per individual and all the content of the interview is recorded. The result of this research is as follows. The science gifted elementary students have a wish for building an assumption and expectation and planning an experiment with discussion more than following the textbook and teacher present. In the step of the experiment, they wanted general more discussion of their own activities rather than teacher's instruction and they wanted teacher's instruction and they wanted teacher's mediation conflicts within small groups and comments for students' experiment results. The science gifted elementary students wish to open a science lab, which man who likes science can go and come freely and to study with friends who have a same interest to make a theme. And from top to bottom they want to test autonomous and ask to salute like a representative experiment of teacher. And they ask to have a chance to test individually and want to see a movie related to an experiment before doing an experiment. Like this, it presents that the scientifically gifted elementary students want to do an experiment what they can, want to have a class which can plan and can do an experiment by themselves through discussion with the unit more than following explanation of a teacher and a textbook without condition.

Understanding Job Burnout Experiences in Elementary School Nurses Taking the Responsibility of Large Classes (과대학급근무 초등보건교사의 직무소진경험)

  • Park, Sihyun;Kwon, Jinsook
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
    • /
    • v.31 no.2
    • /
    • pp.352-364
    • /
    • 2017
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to explain the burnout among health teachers in elementary schools with large class sizes, and to explore the nature and meaning of those experiences. Methods: This study used the four steps of Giorgi's descriptive phenomenology. Data were collected through in-depth interviews regarding the experiences of burnout of 9 participants, which were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. Results: The participants' experiences of teaching large classes were categorized into 4 themes and 9 domains. The themes were "difficult and lethargic," "gradual deterioration conditions," "losing work-life balance," and "enduring for a short time and leaving." Conclusion: Burnout not only affected the teachers at work but also had a negative impact on the teachers' personal and family lives outside of school. This study found that the current teacher assignment criteria were the strongest factors influencing burnout, which contribute to physical exhaustion. Health teachers are assigned based on different criteria that do not consider the number of students. Another factor contributing to burnout among health teachers is a work environment conducive to with emotional exhaustion. Health teachers and content teachers are not sufficiently knowledgeable regarding the specifics of each other's work.

Method for Implementation of RFID/USN in Primary and Secondary School -Focused on Implementing Network- (초.중등학교 RFID/USN 구현방안 -네트워크 구축 중심으로-)

  • Park, Hyung-Yong;Chung, Jong-In;Kang, Shin-Chun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
    • /
    • v.9 no.2
    • /
    • pp.379-387
    • /
    • 2008
  • We proposed models that can implement RFID/USN in terms of teaching-learning part, facility management part, teacher and student management part in primary and secondary school in this study. To support these models in school network, we also proposed a new wired network model and a new wireless network model. A new wired network model is derived from existing wired school network that can apply to all sorts of models presented above. And also a new wireless network model is derived from existing wireless LAN that can solve space restriction problem. We calculated communication bandwidth according to school size and network capacity.

Development and Application of the Framework for Analyzing Forest Education Paradigms (산림교육 패러다임 분석틀의 개발과 적용)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, In-Ho;Jeon, Jeong-Il;Jung, Sue-Jung;Gwak, Jung-Nan;Song, Seong-Ah;Kwon, Hye-Seon
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
    • /
    • v.21 no.1
    • /
    • pp.31-44
    • /
    • 2008
  • This study was aimed at developing and providing textbook writers with information and materials required to introduce forest education ideas and paradigm into primary, middle, and high school students, responding to establishment of the new national curriculum. Research methods included interview with school teachers, literature review on forest education and policy, analysis of writings and drawings of elementary school students. As a primary result, the study produced a framework that can be applied to analyze and understand how people think of and put a value on forest, consisting of 1) Resource-Economic Perspective, 2) Environmental-Ecological Perspective, 3) Cultural-Educational Perspective, and 4) Existential-Ethical Perspective. To test its validity, the developed framework was applied to the processes of reorganizing and interpreting the outcomes of teacher interview and writings and drawings of elementary school students. The results of applications showed that current school education mostly focused on ecological-environmental (about 50%) and cultural-educational (about 30%) perspectives on forest. To improve the quality of current forest education in schools, five main directions including integration, balance, interrelatedness, identity, and systematic approaches were suggested.

  • PDF

On Optimal Conditions in Setting Up Tasks for the Elementary Classroom: A Case Study of Two Classes

  • Kim, Jin-Seok
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
    • /
    • v.18 no.3
    • /
    • pp.121-134
    • /
    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimal conditions for designing tasks appropriate to the elementary classroom based on the correspondence with the national curriculum, integration among four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), authenticity, and interactivity. For this study, two primary English teachers volunteered to participate in the case study conducted in the spring semester of the 2012 school year. Each class observed was composed of 29 and 30 sixth graders (12-year-old learners). Data were collected through classroom observation and lesson plans. Optimality theory was used to analyze data from the lessons. From the findings, the overall ranking of constraints is Curriculum ${\gg}$ Integration ${\gg}$ Authenticity ${\gg}$ Interactivity. It is also shown that for teacher 'L', the tasks such as 'guessing game', 'photo of me', and 'role play' were appropriate to help students ask questions and give reasons for their choices. As for teacher 'C', the tasks such as 'hand spans', 'transport survey', and 'picture telling' needed to be considered in order to help students understand and write comparative sentences.

  • PDF

Students' and Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics in the New Curriculum of Mainland China

  • Ding Rui;Wong Ngai-Ying
    • Research in Mathematical Education
    • /
    • v.10 no.3 s.27
    • /
    • pp.205-213
    • /
    • 2006
  • In this research, we interviewed primary school teachers and students with hypothetical situations questions and got a comprehensive picture of the status quo of what is happening in the new mathematics classrooms of Mainland China, that is, teachers' conceptions of mathematics and their teaching approaches influence the students' conceptions of mathematics to a large extent. For the teacher who emphasizes the precision and rigidity of mathematics, her students focus on the superficial characteristics of mathematics. On the contrary, for the teacher who believes that mathematics is an open process, related to real life and rich in content, her students are more interested in mathematics and have more diverse conceptions.

  • PDF