VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Mohamad Jabarin / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

The social approach considers the environment of the children which can encourage violence. The environment includes parents, teachers, peers and etc. The antisocial behavior can be aggravated to violence that can be aggravated to delinquency. In an effort to understand more clearly the sociological differences, there is a subdivision of the non-members of groups of peers according to their predominant reference group. In effect, there is an attempt to find out from the children themselves whether they regarded their own values as being closer to the values of their parents, or closer to the values of the other children in the school class. This enabled us to classify children roughly into those who were more apt to use parents as a reference group or to use peers as reference group.

DIGITAL GAME, CYBERBULLYING AND RISK FOR TEENAGERS

Author(s): Mhana KHATIB / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

Digital games are an integral part of the daily routine of children and teenagers. More than 95% of them spend a large part of their free time to it (Greenberg, Sherry, Lachlan, Lucas & Holmstrom 2010). Since many of the games contain blatant elements of violence, by the last few years there is an argument regarding the influence these games have on violent aspects of the personalities and behavior of the players. Due to the centrality of digital games in the leisure culture of children and teenagers, it is especially important to understand the impact of violent digital games on this age group. A large part of the digital games, including multiplayer games that have become part of almost all types of users in recent years, include a main component of violence. Most teenagers in modern western societies use the internet and computer games in various places (home, school, and friends) and on various devices (computer, tablet, cell phone). According to a survey performed in the United States in 2010, 84% of ages 8-18 have access to the internet from their homes, an increase of about 14% of the estimated home-based approach five years earlier, and it was also found that young people spend about two and a half hours a day using computers. In Europe, 60% of ages 9-16 use the internet almost every day, for an hour and a half on average, and the average age of joining is 9 years old (Livingstone et al., 2011). In Israel, 86% of ages 12-18 use the internet every day.

Formation régionale à Sofia : Enseigner en développant la compétence interculturelle

Author(s): Rennie Yotova / Language(s): French Issue: 9/2015

Uwarunkowania i trudności wychowania proekologicznego w szkole polskiej w opinii uczniów (sprawozdanie z badań)

Author(s): Sebastian Sobczuk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2015

Environmental crisis has been an ongoing challenge for modern education. Human education, including proecological education, depends on many factors, which in the contemporary reality undergo very dynamic changes. The school has to watch over and be open to these changes, therefore, it is necessary for the observation of educational effectiveness in this regard to be thorough and unceasing.The aim of this study was to show the current state of implementation (determinants and difβiculties) of proecological education in Polish schools, based on a survey of students from the Biała Podlaska county. The study was conducted using the method of diagnostic poll. The analysis of the collected data allowed to formulate some important conclusions about the difβiculties and prospects of implementing the proecological school education.The identiβied problems also point out to the need for further research to be undertaken in the βield of proecological education and its conditions in order to diagnose the changes which occur and may be made, and which need to be continually evaluated due to the concerns about the effectiveness of this βield of education.

Pedagogical Conditions for Swimming Skills Development in Students of Pedagogical Educational Institutions

Author(s): Mykola Nosko,Olexander Arkhypov,Oleg Khudoli,Zoya Filatrova,Maryna Yevtushok / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The purpose of this study was to determine pedagogical conditions for effective swimming training of students of pedagogical educational institutions.Materials and methods. The experimental group (EG) consisted of 45 first-year female students of the schools of foreign philology, physics and mathematics education, natural geography and ecology (special medical group) who had a sufficient physical fitness level and could not swim. The control group (CG) was composed of 40 first-year female students of the schools of foreign philology, physics and mathematics education, natural geography and ecology (special medical group) who had a sufficient physical fitness level, could float, swim short distances (3-5 meters).Results.After the experiment, there was a significant improvement in the test results. Specifically, the experimental group students showed increasein all parameters of the cardiorespiratory system functional state – an increase in breath-holding time in the Stange’s test and the Genci’s test (р= 0.001) and, accordingly, in the Harvard step test (р = 0.001). The results of the experimental group students improved in the Harvard step test by 13.56%; in the Stange’s test – by 9.26%; in the Genci’s test – by 13.15% (р= 0.001).The experimental group students showed a statistically significant improvement in the test results of physical fitness. Specifically, in the tests: “Standing long jump”, the result increased by 4.70%; “Sit-ups in 30 seconds” – by 10.59%; “Jumping rope” – by 6.91%; “Push-ups” – by 17.62% (p= 0.001).Conclusions.The study revealed a statistically significant effectiveness of the suggested methods of teaching swimming to special medical group students. On the basis of discriminant analysis, the researchers ascertained a statistically significant influence of the experimental methods on the dynamics of the students’ physical and functional fitness. Positive dynamics of change was found in the indicators of high level of anxiety during swimming training.

Musicians Outperform Non-Musicians In English Language Vocabulary Uptake And Listening Comprehension Tasks

Author(s): Nataliia Vyspinska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

Numerous possibilities, that have arisen in the result of globalization and cultural integration, require modern specialists, and musicians in particular, to speak English language fluently. Thus, methods of teaching professionally directed foreign language should develop and heed special abilities of learners to meet their academic and professional needs. Foreign language acquisition is influenced by numerous factors such as deciphering and processing of speech sounds, words segmentation, pronunciation, memory, attention, the ability to associate the sound of the word with its meaning. It is considered that musical abilities have positive impact on these factors. The influence of musical training on foreign language acquisition has been in scope of many scholarly works worldwide. It is considered that music expertise facilitates the development of phonological, listening and vocabulary skills in foreign language learning. Moreover, musicians have abilities to detect subtle pitch deviations in music and language, segment continuous speech, as well as superior auditory abilities, which enable them to hear better even in noise. Therefore, we hypothesize, that listening can be an effective tool in teaching English professionally directed lexical competence to future musicians. In this study we analyse theoretical data relevant to the current research and seek to compare performance of musicians and non-musicians in various vocabulary and listening tasks when learning English lexical competence through listening. Our findings prove that musical expertise enhances listening comprehension skills; listening leads to vocabulary uptake and can be an effective source of English professionally directed lexical competence development in musicians.

ГОВОР НАСТАВНИКА У НАСТАВИ ЕНГЛЕСКОГ ЈЕЗИКА ЗА МЛАЂИ УЗРАСТ

Author(s): Jagoda Topalov,Biljana B. Radić-Bojanić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2019

Over the last decade, the research on teacher talk has shifted its focus from the quantity of teacher talk, that is, the amount of time a teacher spends talking during a foreign language class, to the quality of teacher talk, i.e. how effective teachers are in facilitating learning and encouraging communicative language exchange by means of speech modifications they make when talking to their students, the way they react to errors or the kind of questions they ask. Researchers found that teacher talk can be a valuable source of comprehensible input and that it may promote communicative environment in the classroom and authentic language use. The aim of this paper is to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of teachers who teach English to young learners concerning teacher talk. For this purpose, we conducted a quantitative research using a questionnaire constructed for this research that included statements about constructive teacher talk (direct error correction, content feedback, prompting, extended wait time, repairing) and obstructive teacher talk (turn completion, teacher echo, extended use of initiation-response-feedback). The investigation tested the null hypotheses that there will be no significant differences in teacher talk with respect to the teachers’ gender, age, years of teaching experience and the size of the class in which they teach, and that there will be no difference between the teachers’ attitudes towards teacher talk and the frequency with which they engage in teacher talk in the classroom.

САВРЕМЕНИ ИЗАЗОВИ У ОБРАЗОВНИМ АКТИВНОСТИМА: ОСНОВНЕ КАРАКТЕРИСТИКЕ И ЕФИКАСНОСТ ДИДАКТИЧКИХ ИГАРА

Author(s): Biljana Stojanović,Predrag Živković,Dušan R. Ristanović / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 1/2019

Bearing in mind that one of the key challenges in the school system is the development of mental abilities, in this paper, we discuss the possibilities of the influence of didactic games on the development of concepts about geometric forms, the abilities of analytical and synthetic thinking and the abilities to draw a conclusion. The aim of this research was to examine the possibility of encouraging the development of the thinking skills of first grade pupils of the primary school, using a system of didactic games. Research design involved the implementation of a parallel-group experiment on the sample of 163 primary school pupils (6.5 to 7.5 years old). The following instruments were applied: The Kamenov’s instrument for testing the level of development of concepts on geometric shapes, Raven's progressive colour matrices and Kohs Block Design Test. The results of the research showed that the system of didactic games significantly influenced the development of concepts about geometric shapes, the development of the ability to conclude, but not the ability of the analytical and synthetic thinking of pupils.

РАЗВИЈАЊЕ ИНТЕРЕСОВАЊА УЧЕНИКА ОСНОВНОШКОЛСКОГ УЗРАСТА ЗА ИЗВОЂЕЊЕ ТРАДИЦИОНАЛНИХ ПЕСАМА

Author(s): Biljana M. Pavlović Belojica,Dragana Cicović Sarajlić,Slobodan Kodela / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2019

The subject of the work is developing the interest of primary school students for performance of traditional songs. Traditional songs have the content of extraordinary value in music, moral and aesthetic education of students. They are undoubtedly an important factor in national education and a rich source of wisdom and knowledge for the younger generations. For this reason, it is necessary to encourage and develop students' interest in these subjects in teaching, as well as for their performance in everyday life. The development of interest in traditional songs among students in the area of Kosovo and Metohija today is of special educational significance and importance, because their performance contributes to the strengthening of the sense of national identity and the development of patriotism. The paper presents the results of the research which aims to determine how many students in the eighth grade are interested in performing traditional songs outside of school. The survey covered 534 elementary school students on the territory of Central Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija. The results of the survey point out that most students are not interested enough in performing traditional songs outside of school, and that they do not remember sufficiently enough the songs they learned during their eight-year schooling. Given that traditional folk songs are an important factor in upbringing, it is necessary to ensure the durability of pupils’ interest in them. The correct selection of folk songs, their revision and comprehensive introduction to the teaching of music culture and correlation with other subjects will contribute to the greater interest of students for these contents, and develop the need for their performance also out of school practice. The paper presents relevant ethnomusicological literature suitable for the selection and introduction of traditional songs. During the research, the descriptive method and method of theoretical analysis were used.

Nastolatki 3.0 - nowy raport NASK

Author(s): Maria Zając / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

Podczas konferencji prasowej w siedzibie Państwowego Instytutu Badawczego NASK, która odbyła się 11 kwietnia 2019 roku, zaprezentowano najnowszy raport Nastolatki 3.0. Zawiera on wyniki trzeciej edycji badania poświęconego korzystaniu z internetu przez polską młodzież. W badaniu wzięło udział 1173 uczniów z 55 szkół z różnych rejonów Polski. Najliczniejszą grupę wśród badanych stanowili uczniowie klas 7 i 8 szkół podstawowych (531 osób), nieco mniejsza była grupa licealistów (456 osób). Pozostała część respondentów to uczniowie techników (161 osób) oraz gimnazjów (25 osób).

Třetí odboj v didaktické perspektivě

Author(s): Jaroslav Pinkas / Language(s): Czech Issue: 04/2018

The so-called Third Resistance is a topic which does not appeal only to a small group of experts but has the potential to elicit broad public debate. The lack of consensus in the historian community and the fact that this topic overlaps into the public space and politics is a cause of concern for some teachers so they eventually prefer to skip it. This article attempts to show how the phenomenon of the anti-communist resistance in the late 1940s and early 1950s could be approached in schools and what educational objectives may be linked with it.

The Impact of Free Primary Education Inputs On Educational Outcomes in Kenya (2003 To 2013): The Rate of Enrolment and Retention at Primary School Level as a Factor

Author(s): Dorothy Akinyi Owuor,P, Ayiro Laban,Jackson Too / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Free Primary Education Initiative has been running for more than a decade and its purpose has been to help Kenya achieve equity, parity, quality and higher retention rate in primary schools. Thisstudy investigated the impact of FPE inputs on educational outcomes in Kenya. The objective of the study was to determine the rates of enrolment and retention at Primary school level. Random sampling was used for data collection at school level; purposive sampling for teachers namely Head teachers, Deputy Head teachers and senior teachers. Out of a population frame of 641 schools and 7776 teachers from the ten Sub-Counties in Nakuru County, the sample comprised of 384 teachers from 128 primary Schools. Data was collected using questionnaires for teachers and Interview Schedules for the Quality Assurance and Standards Officers and Education officers. The study used both Descriptive and Inferential Statistics for analysis. The findings, thereforeconfirm an increased rate of enrolment and retention rate. The findings are intended to influence the Government to enhance provision of quality education. This study was also intended to make the government re-asses its education policy and budget allocation so that they target educational inputs that would have the greatest influence on learning outcomes.

Communication Skills for Children with Severe Learning Difficulties

Author(s): Patricia Mutumburanzou / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Individuals with severe learning disabilities have little or no speech and find it very difficult to communicate and learn new skills. Most of them were excluded from the education process due to the presumed inability to learn. However, it has been observed over time that individuals with severe learning disabilities (SLD) of all ages and types are able to learn to some degree. Because of the reduced ability to communicate they find it very difficult to interact with their environment and to cope independently hence they need constant support in daily living skills. Communication is critical even for individuals with SLD because it ensures the fulfillment of rights. This paper presents the communication skills that can be taught to children with severe learning disabilities to enable them to cope independently and to help improve the social interactions which are generally problematic or difficult.

Study of teacher effectıveness of secondary school teachers ın relatıon to theır servıce stream and caste category

Author(s): Shivangi Nigam / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2018

Aim. The present study tries to explore the teaching effectiveness of secondary school teachers with different caste categories and service streams. Methods. A representative sample of 240 teachers from the secondary schools of New Delhi was randomly selected. Teaching Effectiveness Scale by Kumar & Mutha (1974) was used to assess teaching effectiveness of the secondary school teachers. Results. The study revealed that there was no significant difference between teaching effectiveness of secondary school general category and reserved category teachers. Similar results were found for teachers with science and humanities as their service streams. Significant differences were also not found between the teaching effectiveness of general category secondary school teachers with science and humanities as their service streams. The results were similar among secondary school teachers from the reserved category and having science and humanities as service streams.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEARNING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Author(s): Katarina Diklić / Language(s): English Issue: 24/2018

Learning about entrepreneurship should start from a young age. Developed countries have such educational systems that preparing children for entrepreneurs. In our country this started later. Training of teaching staff on entrepreneurship is underway. Entre¬preneurship learning is planned to be introduced into primary schools from the first grade and to last throughout the entire education. Contents, skills, and crafts about entrepreneurship will be acquired according to the age of the students. Project teaching is the basis for this type of study. An indispensable factor is the use of ICT technologies. It is a significant change that is being introduced into the primary schools of our country. It involves changing the way teachers work. From teachers is required interlinked competencies, ICT knowledge, new methods and work methods, and many other skills and knowledge.

O jakości przewodników do nauczania języka polskiego (metodycznie i krytycznie)

Author(s): Beata Jarosz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The article is devoted to the methodological correctness of teacher’s guides containing Polish language lesson plans. Based on 15 publications from 2000–2014, the author presented the most frequent errors found in such guides, including imprecisely formulated subjects and objectives of the lessons, inappropriately chosen teaching methods or illogically constructed lesson plans. The lack of a proper methodological approach of the analyzed teaching materials suggests the low competence of their authors and may attest to their failure to understand the essence of a lesson plan. Careless design, failing to meet the criteria of a good plan, may – especially in the case of inexperienced teachers – lead to classroom failure and, consequently, lower the outcomes of education. This fact distinctly illustrates the need for a thorough evaluation of teacher’s guides both at the stage of publication and after they have been released to the book market.

Radni i stambeni uvjeti znanstvenika u Hrvatskoj

Author(s): Anđelina Svirčić Gotovac,Nikola Petrović,Branimir Krištofić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2019

The paper analysed some of the aspects of work and housing among the scientific population in Croatia using data from a 2017 on-line survey. The survey was e-mailed to 7 269 scientists, of which 1,966 responded. The working and housing conditions were set in the contemporary context of information-based and post-socialist society while highlighting some fundamental processes and phenomena affecting them, such as the privatisation of housing and the flexibilisation of work. The consequent uncertainty of working conditions was evident, especially among younger scientists. Differences in scientists’ satisfaction with the working and housing conditions were tested by gender, employment status, institution type, work location and research area. Those employed outside of Zagreb were more content with the working conditions than those employed in Zagreb, as were men compared to women. The permanently employed were more content than fixed-term employees, had a better housing status and were more involved in the subsidised purchase of their own apartments. In contrast, fixed-term employees experienced precarious working conditions more often, possibly due to the new, increasingly market-oriented scientific policy. In conclusion, the scientific population in Croatia – according to objective housing criteria – is fundamentally characterised by the continuation and strengthening of the model of housing privatisation initiated during the transitional period, where owning an apartment is a desirable housing status. The situation regarding work is divided. Certain work satisfaction is present, but also exhaustion and uncertainty, which are felt mostly by women and the younger scientists.

Educational Policies and Curricular Perspectives in Early Education

Author(s): Emil Lazăr,Gabriela Alina Anghel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This paper is intended as an attempt to equally surprise both the notions of the conceptual apparatus and the historicity of early education from the Romanian perspective. This conceptual approach, respects and relates itself, to the European and worldwide pedagogical concepts, the way they are understood and promoted in the light of educational policies. The historical perspective aimed at the pedagogical and educational approach, from the Romanian point of view, is synchronous and diachronic, continuing the implicit testings’ of „the new education”, an attempt to radiography this field/domain. Apparently, the authenticity and the innovation are synonyms, and conceptual, they are consonant. But the Romanian reality in the field of early education, may be and it is, authentic and innovating: authentic, based on the specific of educational policies, innovating, by the development and emergence of this segment of educational responsibility in Romania. Therefore, Romania offers and constitutes an example of good practice.

Проблеми учења математике у предметној настави и могућности њиховог превазилажења у контексту дидактичко-методичких поступака наставника

Author(s): Dragiša S. Vučinić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2019

It is generally known that mathematical knowledge takes on an increasing importance in the society today. Furthermore, mathematics finds its application in almost all scientific and practical activities. In relation to that, it is justifiable to argue that quality education in the field of mathematics is one of the basic conditions for the professional and academic progress of each student. However, the results of various surveys indicate that mathematics is one of the least favourite subjects and has the lowest score among the pupils in higher grades of elementary school. Heaving in mind the importance of mathematical education, this paper considered various problems and difficulties which senior elementary students are facing in the course of learning mathematics. In accordance with the significant role of a teacher as one of the key factors in the quality educational process, the paper points to the possibility of overcoming certain problems in the context of didactic-methodical procedures of mathematics teachers.

Pedagogia Jana W. Góry OP jako przykład programu wychowania zorientowanego na integralny rozwój osoby

Author(s): Katarzyna Olbrycht / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2018

The author seeks to reconstruct the pedagogy of the legendary youth priest, Dominican friar Jan Góra. To this end, she analyses his programme texts as well as his educational and pastoral activities, drawing on her own experience of collaborating with Jan Góra. The author is trying to demonstrate that Jan Góra developed a coherent educational and formative programme intended for work with youth, being a response to the contemporary societal and cultural needs. The friar developed and modified the programme based on many years’ experience. The centres in Jamna and in the Lednica Fields, as well as the testimonials given by representatives of several generations of the friar’s students, confirm his influence.