scholarly journals The “Big Ideas of Science” for the school classroom: Promoting interdisciplinary activities and the interconnection of the science subjects taught in primary and secondary education

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-89
Author(s):  
Tsourlidaki Eleftheria ◽  
Sofoklis Sotiriou ◽  
Rosa Doran
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Big Ideas ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Alternative Means

This paper presents the “Big Ideas of Science” set as an alternative means of organizing science educational content in an interdisciplinary way that goes beyond the traditional subject-based organizational structures. The “Big Ideas of Science” refers to a set of phrases which overarch all science subject domains and briefly describe our world; from the macrocosm to the microcosm. Building upon previous work done in the field, we introduce a set of phrases (eight) which constitute our proposed “Big Ideas of Science”. Our team carried out a research with teachers in primary and secondary education, and a small group of stakeholders, so as to examine the degree to which this set of phrases could facilitate science teaching and learning. In our research, we introduced to participants the “Big Ideas of Science” as an organization scheme that promotes interdisciplinary learning and it allows students to build more effectively on their existing knowledge by making connections between concepts and principles taught in different science disciplines. Our results indicate that such an organization scheme could be beneficial to teachers and students, as it can play or act as a backbone structure that promotes interdisciplinary science learning, and enable students to make easy connections between subjects taught. In addition, based on the feedback from stakeholders, the “Big Ideas of Science” could be helpful in promoting interdisciplinary learning, as they can be used to organize science content in schools in a sustainable way that is not affected by curriculum changes.

scholarly journals TOPICS OF MEDIA LITERACY IN THE CONTENT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF THE LATVIAN LANGUAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 588-598
Author(s):  
Sandra Murinska ◽  
Inga Kaļva-Miņina
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject

People are facing the growth and access of information, as well as the various forms of communication. While some part of society experience a lack of information, others are flooded with printed, broadcast and digital content. UNESCO argues that media and information literacy can provide answers to questions related to our culture of information and critical thinking. Media literacy must be discussed through education, because teachers are the key person to literacy of the society. An important way to update media literacy among teachers and students is to introduce it in the curriculum. The topic of media literacy is currently included in the curriculum based on the new competency approach in Latvia. When evaluating the curriculum of the subject of the Latvian language, the aim of the paper is to determine which topics and aspects of media literacy are included in the curriculum of the Latvian language and what pupils' skills and knowledge they promote.  

scholarly journals Academic Effects of the Use of Flipped Learning in Physical Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Hinojo Lucena ◽  
Jesús López Belmonte ◽  
Arturo Fuentes Cabrera ◽  
Juan Manuel Trujillo Torres ◽  
Santiago Pozo Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Educational Spaces ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Training Methodologies ◽  
Experimental Group

The technological characteristics of today’s society have favored the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT) and the emergence of new training methodologies in educational spaces. This study addresses flipped learning as an innovative approach in the teaching and learning processes of physical education at two educational stages, primary and secondary education. The objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of flipped learning with respect to traditional methodology. A descriptive and correlational experimental research design was used through a quantitative perspective. Two study groups were established, one control (traditional methodology) and one experimental (flipped learning) in each educational stage. A total of 119 students from an educational center in Ceuta (Spain) participated. These participants were chosen intentionally. The data were collected through a questionnaire. The results show that the experimental group obtained better evaluations in the academic indicators, highlighting the motivation, autonomy, and interactions between the different agents. Regarding the effectiveness of flipped learning according to the educational stage, its potential was demonstrated in both stages, highlighting a significant improvement in autonomy in secondary education.

The many flavours of STEAM education for an inclusive environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila Doran ◽  
Rosa Doran
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Diverse Classroom ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
Big Ideas ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Polar Science ◽  
Interactive Lessons ◽  
The Many ◽  
Specific Diet

<p>STEAM is often seen as the integration of an art form into the teaching of sciences. Although that is not necessarily wrong, it is a very limited view of the powerful tool that STEAM learning can be. Just like a pizza, STEAM education can have “many flavours” and each of these “flavours” can be focused on with different intensities.</p> <p>POLAR STAR is an Erasmus project that focuses on innovative educational methods. One of its pillars is an innovative STEAM methodology that focuses on delivering an engaging education for a diverse classroom. To make the methodology more understandable, the team has come up with an amusing exercise called “the pizza challenge”. It invites teachers to create a pizza. The aim is to reflect on the fact that even for a specific diet (for e.g., vegan), different people with choose different ingredients and flavours according to their likes and dislikes. Similarly, in a classroom, each student will have their likes and dislikes, their interests, their way of thinking and of working, turning them into unique “consumers”. With this parallel, teachers realize that it is important to offer different “flavours” to different students in a classroom.</p> <p>The POLAR STAR methodology offers teachers a variety of lesson planners, focusing on the different flavours of STEAM. It guides teachers into reflecting on their students and choosing one or more activity templates for a given lesson. These templates can focus on <strong>S</strong>TEAM (with special emphasis on a science-based activity), on ST<strong>E</strong>AM (with special emphasis on an engineering-based activity) and on STE<strong>A</strong>M (with special emphasis on an arts-based activity). By diversifying the way they deliver their lessons teachers will be reaching a wider diversity of students and providing them with more engaging, motivational and interactive activities.</p> <p>POLAR STAR integrates these methodologies in a diverse kit of activities provided for teachers and students, following the different activity templates, in the fields of Astronomy and Polar Science, as well as holistic interdisciplinary learning approach, based on the Big Ideas of Science.</p> <p>All teachers are welcome in the project and can find more information on the projects’ website: http://polar-star.ea.gr/. During this talk the STEAM methodology to deliver Astronomy and Polar Science interactive lessons will be presented.</p>

MENINGKATKAN DISIPLIN GURU DALAM KEHADIRAN KE SEKOLAH DAN MENGAJAR DI KELAS MELALUI PENERAPAN “REWARD AND PUNISHMENT”

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azmi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Professional Educator ◽  
Reward And Punishment

The teacher is a professional educator with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, evaluating and evaluating students in the formal education pathway, at the level of primary and secondary education. Therefore, increasing teacher discipline in carrying out tasks is very important in the smoothness and success of the school in achieving its objectives. However, based on preliminary observations, researchers still find teachers who are late to school for various reasons and there are still teachers who are late in class. Overcoming this problem researchers use the reward and punishment method. The results showed, in the first cycle, the average total of teachers who were late for school was 59.9% and the average teacher who was late for class in the teaching and learning process was 79.9%. after the second cycle, the results of observations of the discipline of teachers coming to school and attending classes showed a large increase, this was evidenced by the increased discipline of teachers in terms of attending school and being present on time in the teaching and learning process. The average value of teachers who attend school late in the second cycle dropped to 19.9% and the average value of teachers who were late to attend the class dropped to 26.6%. this result proves that by applying the reward and punishment model it can improve teacher discipline.

Digital Literacy as Part of a New Curriculum for the Netherlands

2019 ◽  
pp. 193-203
Author(s):  
Petra Fisser ◽  
Allard Strijker
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
Big Ideas ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teacher Design

In November 2014, the State Secretary for Education, Culture, and Science of the Netherlands officially launched an online country-wide consultation about the future of Dutch education. Based on the outcomes and the ongoing debate, the Netherlands started the development of a new curriculum framework for primary and secondary education in 2018. One of the new themes in this curriculum is digital literacy, which is defined as a combination of ICT skills, media literacy, information literacy, and computational thinking. Together with other subjects such as languages and mathematics, digital literacy will be part of the design of the new curriculum. A teacher design team for digital literacy developed a vision and elaborated this in eight big ideas. Based on the big ideas learning trajectories were designed. These learning trajectories describe what students should learn in primary and secondary education. Schools were involved in the design process from the start. It is expected that the mandatory curriculum framework will be implemented in the year 2022.

scholarly journals Optimising Post-Colonial Bilingual Education in Cameroon’s Primary and Secondary Schools: A Critic on School Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Yaro Loveline
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The post-colonial period was a turning point in Cameroon’s educational system. Since Independence and Reunification in 1960-61, the various governments of the Federal Republic of Cameroon, the United Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Cameroon have been committed to the development of Education. Significant resources have been invested in this course geared towards improved education quality in both sub-sectors of Primary and Secondary Education. The Ministries of Primary and Secondary Education continue to be amongst the top ministries to receive the highest allocation from the state budget with 19.7% in 2010 and 16.3% in 2011 (Cameroon, 2015). However, there still exist challenges to quality education in Cameroon that the government has continued to address through, formation of commission, committees, and taskforces that have influenced curriculum policy formulation and implementation. In this respect, the formulation of education policy of bilingualism to use in the teaching and learning in Cameroon schools has been one of the main concerns of education in Cameroon. There is therefore need to asses and monitor progress of how this has guided teaching and learning in schools. How this policy has evolved overtime and especially how it is serving the purpose for which it was formulated. Using the Historical approach this study provides an opportunity to critically examine the efforts made in Cameroon in implementing the policy of bilingualism formulated for teaching in primary and secondary schools after independence and reunification. It sheds light in the meaning of bilingualism in the context of school application and broadens discussions on challenges faced by stakeholders in the implementation process. Furthermore, as the country, looks towards the achievement of the millennium development goals and education for sustainable development, the study provides recommendations to optimize bilingualism in Schools in Cameroon.

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