Search results for "Elementary school"

Elementary School Teachers' Experiences of Implementing the Teacher Classroom Management Method - Case Study in Finland

2023

The diversity of pupils and their different difficulties challenge teachers' skills and methods in teaching. Some behavioral challenges require rapid intervention and a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach from the teachers. An internationally recognized tool, TCM (Teacher Classroom Management), aims to support pupils' socio-emotional development, improve teacher-pupil interaction, and strengthen school-home cooperation. This pilot study examines teachers' experiences of TCM in Finnish primary school context. The study is qualitative, and the data (N=16) was collected through focus group interviews. According to the results, the teacher's strengthened group management skills wer…

Teachers' attitudes, competencies, and readiness to adopt mobile learning approaches

2014

This study explores how teachers' attitudes and competencies influence their willingness to adopt mobile learning approaches. By mobile learning we mean teaching approaches that use mobile devices to enliven and extend traditional teaching. Of particular interest is exploring how first-order (e.g. lack of adequate access, time, training and support) and secondorder (e.g. teacher's pedagogical and technological beliefs and willingness to change) barriers affect teachers' beliefs and attitudes. In the autumn of 2012, we conducted three mobile learning case studies in Central Finland. We used semistructured interviews to collect data. The study indicated that positive experiences raised teache…

Primary Student-Teachers’ Practical Knowledge of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Classroom Communication of Climate Change

2015

A teacher’s practical knowledge contains the teacher’s beliefs about the goals, values and principles of education that guide his or her actions in the classroom. There is still a lack of knowledge about how teachers’ practical knowledge influences their teaching. The present study examines student teachers’ practical knowledge in the context of teaching climate change in elementary schools. Participating student-teachers planned their lessons using the principles and ideas of inquiry-based science teaching and the communicative approach. The same two approaches were applied in analysing the lessons, providing a broader basis on which to study student-teachers’ beliefs about teaching scienc…

Pupils’ mathematical self-concept in the beginning of the sixth grade

2016

The article shows the mathematical self-concept of the sixth grade pupils (n=57) in relation to their mathematical skills in school. Mathematical skills were measured with the help of a survey of the command of the decimal system and on the basis of the report grades in mathematics. The pupils’ mathematical self-concept was surveyed in the beginning of the sixth grade with the interviews and a questionnaire using the Likert-scale. The mathematical self-concept seemed to be more positive the better the mathematics skills pupils had. peerReviewed

CLIL Implementation in Greece : Empirical Findings from 2006 to 2020

2023

Abstract Despite the increasing interest in CLIL in Greece over the past decade, Greek CLIL research is largely absent from international review studies. This systematic review focuses on primary and secondary education, and examines peer-reviewed empirical research on CLIL implementation in Greece from 2006 to 2020. A total of 33 items are reviewed using qualitative Content Analysis. Organized according to commonalities shared by their foci, the reviewed items highlight three main research areas of CLIL implementation in Greece: (1) CLIL project evaluation, (2) CLIL students’ development, and (3) CLIL teachers. The reviewed studies suggest that CLIL implementation in Greece tends to be qua…

Narrative inquiry and historical skills. A study in teacher training

2017

This paper addresses narrative thinking and literacy levels in future primary school teachers in Spain. It uses the study of a historical synthesis of one of the main narratives in Spanish history: the Christian expansion through Muslim territories in the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Accounts by 283 students of the degree in elementary school teaching at the universities of Valencia and Murcia were studied. The aim was to ascertain the students' discursive abilities with respect to their historical thinking skills. The results reveal poor narrative skills in future teachers and a very low level of historical literacy.

From religious instruction to school education: elementary education and the significance of ambulatory schools in rural Finland at the end of the 19…

2013

Omintakeisen kansankynttilän kintereillä

2015

Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta: Suni, Hannu: Röyhkeä opettaja. Esa Paavo-Kallion todellisuuskäsitykset, nälkävuodet ja maailmojen konflikti 1867–1913.. Suomen Kirkkohistoriallinen Seura, 2014. 200 sivua. Teologi Hannu Suni tarkastelee kirkkohistorian piiriin kuuluvassa tutkimuksessaan, kuinka erään kansakoulunopettajan toiminta kuvaa samalla hänen aikansa yhteiskunnallista ja hengellistä murrosta 1800-luvun lopulla. Tutkimuksen keskiössä oleva Esa Paavo-Kallio kyseenalaisti maallikkosaarnaajana perinteiset yhteiskuntarakenteet ja joutui sen vuoksi törmäyskurssille evankelis-luterilaisen kirkon edustajien kanssa. Jyväskylän kansakoulunopettajaseminaarin käynyt Esa Paavo-Kallio kiinnostui opiskelu…

Happohirviöistä maagereihin : välituntitoiminnasta virtaa luokkahuonetyöskentelyyn?

2015

Reading comprehension from grade 1 to 6 in two shallow orthographies: comparison of Estonian and Finnish students

2018

The aim was to examine reading comprehension among elementary school students in two shallow orthographies, Estonian and Finnish. Participants were 619 Estonian children (50% boys) and 292 Finnish children (52% boys) whose reading comprehension was assessed in first, second, third, and sixth grades. The results showed that reading comprehension among Estonian and Finnish children was at a similar level by the end of first grade but Finnish children started to have better performance from second grade onward. These findings suggest that the roots of Finnish students’ strong reading skills are nurtured from the very beginning of elementary school. The potential cross-country differences in re…