Evaluation of the guidelines and children’s ability to select the anthropometrically recommendable height of school furniture: A case study of Korean primary school children

Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-438
Author(s):  
Yushin Lee ◽  
Myung Hwan Yun
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Furniture

scholarly journals How do Teachers Apply Computational Thinking Activities in Elementary School? From Continuing Education to the classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Suéllen Rodolfo Martinelli ◽  
Luciana Martinez Zaina ◽  
Tiemi Christine Sakata
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
School Children ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Common Base

INTRODUCTION: There is no consensus of what skills can be developed from the learning of Computation Thinking (CT). However, teachers and researchers agreed that by the learning of CT individuals can acquire and expand many abilities. Courses have been carried out in Brazil and in other countries with the aim of motivating teachers on adding CT to classroom practices. OBJECTIVE: This article to present a case study that investigated the feasibility of introducing activities of CT for primary school children. Such activities were created and mediated by the teachers of Primary School. METHOD: First, a continuing education course about Computational Thinking was conducted with the participation of 14 teachers. The participants could understand the fundamentals of CT, and consequently, became able to planning and conducting CT activities by themselves in their classrooms. After, we analyzed the data gathered during the course under the quantitative and qualitative lenses. RESULTS: The results showed that the participants had a degree of agreement between 56% and 71% regarding the understanding and applicability of CT to developing skills in Primary School. The qualitative findings revealed that the participants could prepare activities that linked CT to topics presented in the subjects of Primary School. Besides, we could identify three patterns of shaping the activities in which this "computational think" were incorporated. CONCLUSION: Practices to stimulate the CT in students are mediated by using different teaching strategies as such Gamification and Culture Maker. These activities also enable the development of skills related to the National Curricular Common Base

Development of Malaysian Primary School Children Anthropometrics Data for Designing School Furniture Parameters

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1191-1195
Author(s):  
Mohd Shahir Yahya ◽  
Thiyagu Palaniandy ◽  
Noor Yasmin Zainun ◽  
Musli Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Seat Height ◽  
Sitting Height ◽  
Height Scale ◽  
Final Score ◽  
Body Map ◽  
School Furniture

This paper explains the measurement of anthropometricdimensions ofprimary school children and investigation ofrisk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among primary school children. A total of 266 students within three different schools were participated in anthropometric data measurements and questionnaire survey of the MSDs prevelance complain among them. Ten anthropometric measurements (Stature, Sitting height, Sitting shoulder height, Popliteal height, Hip breadth, Elbow seat height, Buttock-popliteal length, Buttock-knee length, Thigh clearance and Weight) were used. Martin type anthropometer set, height scale and weighing scale were used as a direct measurement method for the data collection on this study. Musculoskeletal symptoms were recorded using Modified Nordic Body Map Questionnaires. In addition Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to assess the awkward posture of the school children for both designs. The results of the proposed furniture shows a better RULA final score for each group of muscles which give a score ranging from only 1 to 2 (Acceptable Posture) compared to the existing furniture that need further investigation. This anthropometrics data is very useful to the furniture manufacturer in designing school furniture in order to reduce the mismatch between furniture designed and Malaysian primary school children.

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