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Development and validation of a teacher awareness questionnaire about dyslexia 教师阅读障碍意识问卷的编制与验证
Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v13i1.1228
Franca O. Okechukwu, Philip C. Mefoh, Uju I. Nubia, Ezinne J. Nwauzoije, Chidiogo L. Umennuihe, Chibundo A. Nwobi, Kalu T. Ogba, Moses E. Chukweze, Joseph C. Aliche, Ezeda K. Ogbonnaya, Dorathy N. Okoli, Clara C. Onyekachi, Stephen Abang, Esther Epistle, Chioma Nnorodi, Chidera V. Obi
Background: Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects children of school-going age and exists in all cultures and backgrounds. Dyslexic children are deficient in phonological awareness, which makes the children to fail to attain the skills of reading, writing and spelling commensurate with their intellectual abilities. Inadequate knowledge about the nature of dyslexia by primary school teachers results in poor categorisation of at-risk children. Aim: This study sought to achieve two objectives. The first was to develop and validate the Teachers Awareness Questionnaire (TAQ), while the second goal was to use the validated TAQ to assess primary school teachers’ level of awareness about dyslexia. Setting: Primary school teachers in Nsukka and nearby rural communities filled the TAQ and the Scale of Knowledge and belief about Developmental Dyslexia. Nsukka is called the university town and it is a slow-paced environment that is devoid of the usual hustle and bustle of most major towns in Nigeria. Methods: The cross-sectional design was employed to gather data for the measurement process. Data were analysed using bivariate correlations and descriptive statistics. Results: The TAQ has good internal consistency ( r = 0.77) and an adequate convergent validity ( r = 0.74, p < 0.01). Results also reveal that primary school teachers possessed low level of awareness about dyslexia. Conclusion: The study findings show that primary school teachers in Nigeria lack the requisite knowledge about dyslexia. The study suggests psycho-education for primary school teachers to empower them with information about the condition. Contribution: This study measured primary school teachers’ level of awareness about dyslexia. The results showed that primary school teachers’ awareness about dyslexia is poor, and this suggests that the use of labels (e.g., dullard) by some primary school teachers to describe their pupils may be incorrect. The study recommend to School Management Boards to take action to improve the teachers level of awareness about dyslexia, which would promote early identification of dyslexic pupils and possible intervention.
背景:阅读障碍是一种影响学龄儿童的学习障碍,存在于所有文化和背景中。失读症儿童缺乏语音意识,这使得儿童无法获得与其智力能力相适应的阅读、写作和拼写技能。小学教师对阅读障碍的本质认识不足,导致对高危儿童的分类不佳。目的:本研究旨在达到两个目的。第一个目标是开发和验证教师认知问卷(TAQ),第二个目标是使用经验证的TAQ来评估小学教师对阅读障碍的认知水平。背景:恩苏卡及附近农村社区小学教师填写发展性阅读障碍TAQ和知识信念量表。恩苏卡被称为大学城,它是一个节奏缓慢的环境,没有尼日利亚大多数主要城镇通常的喧嚣。方法:采用横断面设计收集测量数据。使用双变量相关性和描述性统计分析数据。结果:TAQ具有良好的内部一致性(r = 0.77)和足够的收敛效度(r = 0.74, p <0.01)。结果还显示,小学教师对阅读障碍的认知水平较低。结论:本研究结果显示奈及利亚小学教师缺乏有关阅读障碍的必要知识。该研究建议对小学教师进行心理教育,使他们能够了解这种情况。贡献:本研究测量了小学教师对阅读障碍的认知水平。结果显示,小学教师对阅读障碍的认识较差,这表明一些小学教师使用标签(例如,迟钝)来描述他们的学生可能是不正确的。该研究建议学校管理委员会采取行动,提高教师对阅读障碍的认识水平,这将促进对阅读障碍学生的早期识别和可能的干预。
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Foundation Phase teachers’ knowledge on common visual problems affecting children 基础阶段教师对儿童常见视力问题的认识
Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2023-01-11 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v13i1.1106
Boitumelo M.L. Ramantsi, Tuwani A. Rasengane, Thuthukile Jita
Background: Vision disorders are a public health problem as they cause a delay in academic progress and affect learners’ future career. Teachers spend most of the time with children at school and can help in the early identification and referral of children with visual problems. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge of Grade R to Grade 3 teachers on children’s visual problems before and after educating them on the different visual disorders that affect learners in the classroom. Setting: Low socio-economic status (Quintile 1) schools in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Methods: Convenience sampling was carried out to include Grade R to Grade 3 teachers from 11 Quintile 1 schools. In this quantitative study, two questionnaires with nine items each were administered to determine the teachers’ knowledge. A 45-min educational session on common vision disorders was presented by the researcher. The teachers were classified as having good knowledge if they obtained seven or more correct answers in each questionnaire. Results: Thirty-six female teachers participated in the study. Most of the participants (72.22%) were in the age group of 36 years and older, and 44.44% had been teaching for more than 10 years. Thirty-four participants (94.44%) obtained an overall score of seven and higher before the educational session, and all participants obtained a score of seven and higher after the educational session. There was a statistically significant difference ( p < 0.0001) between the scores of participants before and after the educational session. Conclusion: The Foundation Phase teachers had adequate knowledge about common visual problems. The educational session was beneficial as it enhanced the teachers’ knowledge.
背景:视力障碍是一个公共卫生问题,因为它会导致学习进度的延迟和影响学习者未来的职业生涯。教师大部分时间都在学校与孩子们在一起,可以帮助早期识别和转诊有视力问题的儿童。目的:评价R至3年级教师在课堂上对影响学习者的各种视觉障碍进行教育前后对儿童视觉问题的了解情况。环境:南非布隆方丹低社会经济地位(五分之一)学校。方法:采用方便抽样的方法,对11所五分位数1学校的R级至3级教师进行抽样。本定量研究采用两份问卷,每一份问卷共九项,以确定教师的知识水平。研究者提出了一个45分钟的关于常见视力障碍的教育会议。如果教师在每个问卷中获得7个或更多的正确答案,则被归类为具有良好的知识。结果:共有36名女教师参与研究。调查对象中年龄在36岁及以上的占72.22%,从教10年以上的占44.44%。34名参与者(94.44%)在教育课程前获得总分7分及以上,所有参与者在教育课程后获得总分7分及以上。差异有统计学意义(p <0.0001)。结论:基础阶段教师对常见的视觉问题有足够的认识。教育会议是有益的,因为它增加了教师的知识。
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A year of varied research in Childhood Education 一年的儿童教育研究
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-12-15 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1278
E. Henning
No abstract available.
没有可用的摘要。
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Mathematics subject supervisors’ role in ensuring quality teaching in preprimary and primary schools 小学数学学科督导在保证小学数学教学质量中的作用
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-12-13 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1220
Martin C. Ekeh, S. Ramsaroop
Background: The need to examine mathematics subject supervisors’ roles in ensuring quality performance in mathematics learning is evident in the declining performance of learners in mathematics. This is attributed to various variables such as inadequate supervision, overcrowded classrooms, inadequate and obsolete resources, disillusioned teachers and poor pedagogical content knowledge. Hence, this study examines mathematics subject supervisors’ roles in ensuring quality teaching in preprimary and primary schools.Aim: This study aimed to enhance subject supervisors’ role in ensuring quality teaching in preprimary and primary school mathematics.Setting: Public preprimary and primary schools in the Owerri Educational Zone of Imo State, Nigeria, served as the research setting.Methods: The research adopted the quantitative research method and a descriptive survey research design. Questionnaires were used as the instruments for data collection and were validated by experts in mathematics education. The instruments’ reliability coefficients of 0.83 and 0.78 were determined using the Cronbach’s alpha reliability method. The generated data were analysed using four-point Likert scales, means and standard deviations.Results: The results showed that mathematics subject supervisors did enhance quality teaching in mathematics, although they were not effective in developing communities of practice among teachers. Furthermore, both mathematics teachers and mathematics subject supervisors faced challenges of inadequate learning resources, low teacher morale, insufficient professional development, low learner motivation for mathematics and poor learning infrastructure.Conclusion: The researchers recommend developing a community of practice among teachers and organising competitions among learners as a panacea to enhance desirable qualities in preprimary and primary mathematics teaching.
背景:研究数学学科导师在确保数学学习质量方面的作用的必要性在学习者数学成绩的下降中表现得很明显。这归因于各种变量,如监督不足、教室人满为患、资源不足和过时、教师失望以及教学内容知识贫乏。因此,本研究考察了数学学科导师在确保学前和小学教学质量方面的作用。目的:本研究旨在加强学科督导在确保学前和小学数学教学质量方面的作用。背景:尼日利亚伊莫州奥韦里教育区的公立学前和小学作为研究背景。方法:采用定量研究方法和描述性调查研究设计。问卷被用作数据收集的工具,并得到数学教育专家的验证。仪器的可靠性系数分别为0.83和0.78,采用Cronbachα可靠性方法确定。使用四点Likert量表、平均值和标准差对生成的数据进行分析。结果:研究结果表明,数学学科导师确实提高了数学教学的质量,尽管他们在培养教师的实践社区方面并不有效。此外,数学教师和数学学科主管都面临着学习资源不足、教师士气低落、专业发展不足、数学学习动机低下和学习基础设施差的挑战。结论:研究人员建议在教师中建立一个实践社区,并在学习者中组织比赛,以此作为提高学前和小学数学教学理想素质的灵丹妙药。
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Shaping the landscape of early childhood education: An overview of two special issues 塑造幼儿教育的景观:两个特别问题的概述
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1266
G. Harrison
No abstract available.
没有摘要。
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Grade 4 learners with reading and writing difficulties in Mauritius: Oral reading and spelling characteristics 毛里求斯有阅读和写作困难的四年级学生:口语阅读和拼写特点
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1200
Sattiavany Veerabudren, A. Kritzinger, M. Graham, Salome Geertsema, M. le Roux
working in the education system and primary school teachers. There is a dire need to implement intervention programs for learners with RWD in mainstream government schools in Mauritius.
在教育系统和小学教师中工作。毛里求斯主流公立学校迫切需要为RWD学生实施干预计划。
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Teacher awareness of psychosocial support available as per the Integrated School Health Policy in South Africa 教师了解根据南非综合学校保健政策可提供的社会心理支持
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1172
Jace Pillay, L. Patel, R. Setlhare-Kajee
(Strydom, Pretorius & Joubert 2012). As a response to support schools in improving the overall well-being of their children and the community around them, the South African government initiated the Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) in 2012 (South Africa 2012). The ISPH serves Background: In 2012, the South African government initiated the Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) to serve as a national guideline on providing school health and support services from key stakeholders such as the Department of Health (DoH), Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Department of Social Development (DSD). However, despite the ISHP regulations, publications report that teachers in under-resourced government schools are not sufficiently equipped to address their learners’ psychosocial challenges. Aim: This study aimed to assess which psychosocial interventions implemented at the schools the school teachers are aware of. Setting: A total of 50 school teachers from five under-resourced primary schools in Gauteng school communities of Meadowlands, Ivory Park, Alexandra and Doornkop-Soweto completed a feedback questionnaire designed by the investigators. Methods: This descriptive study follows a quantitative descriptive design. A comparative descriptive analysis between schools using frequencies, percentages and graphs was used to analyse the results. Results: Results indicate that a school teachers’ ability to support their learners varies per school and is based on their school’s compliance to training their teachers on the school safety protocols and is not affected much by external training. Schools that follow the ISPH regulations on teachers’ training of protocols, better equip their teachers to observe psychosocial challenges their learners face. Conclusion: Despite the availability of guidelines, this study observes a gap in educators’ observations of mental health concerns or external stakeholders responsible for non-physical assistance. Contribution: Findings of this study provide feedback to all relevant stakeholders to assist in their future recommendations planning. One recommendation the authors of this study suggest may be that further studies explore if the lack of mental health observations is a result of poor teachers–student relations or a need for school teachers to be educated on learner mental health risk factors.
(Strydom,Pretorius和Joubert,2012年)。为了支持学校改善其子女及其周围社区的整体福祉,南非政府于2012年启动了学校综合健康政策(南非,2012年)。ISPH服务背景:2012年,南非政府启动了综合学校健康政策,作为向卫生部、基础教育部和社会发展部等关键利益攸关方提供学校健康和支持服务的国家指导方针。然而,尽管有ISHP规定,出版物报告称,资源不足的公立学校的教师没有足够的能力应对学生的心理社会挑战。目的:本研究旨在评估学校教师了解哪些心理社会干预措施在学校实施。背景:来自豪登省Meadowlands、Ivory Park、Alexandra和Doornkop Soweto学校社区五所资源不足的小学的50名教师完成了调查人员设计的反馈问卷。方法:本描述性研究采用定量描述性设计。使用频率、百分比和图表对学校之间的比较描述性分析来分析结果。结果:结果表明,学校教师支持学生的能力因学校而异,这取决于学校对教师进行学校安全协议培训的遵守情况,并且不受外部培训的太大影响。遵守ISPH关于教师协议培训的规定的学校,可以更好地让教师观察学习者面临的心理社会挑战。结论:尽管有指导方针,但本研究观察到,教育工作者对心理健康问题或负责非身体援助的外部利益相关者的观察存在差距。贡献:本研究的结果为所有相关利益相关者提供了反馈,以帮助他们规划未来的建议。这项研究的作者提出的一个建议是,进一步的研究可能会探讨缺乏心理健康观察是师生关系不佳的结果,还是学校教师需要接受学习者心理健康风险因素的教育。
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Teaching critical thinking and voice in history essays: A spiderweb tool 在历史散文中教授批判性思维和声音:一个蜘蛛网工具
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-11-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1255
S. Godsell
Background: The history essay, and historical writing, are crucial forms of assessment in History throughout primary and high school education. This article draws from an autoethnography of teachings in a pre-service history teachers’ school classroom. This article discusses obstacles students experience in conceptualising and writing the history essay. A tool is introduced to overcome these obstacles.Aim: This article presents a possible intervention in the form of a classroom tool.Setting: This classroom tool is presented in a pre-service history teachers classroom (tertiary). It is presented as a method to teach history in classrooms of senior phase (SP), intermediate phase (IP), and further education and training (FET) phase.Methods: This article uses a qualitative methodology that draws on autoethnography and reflective teaching methodology, allowing me to understand and analyse the processes taking place in my own classroom. This was authorised with an ethics protocol number (H18/10/10).Results: The observations from the case study class showed that the tool provided possibilities for understanding the mediation of knowledge used in an essay, in a way that facilitates critical thinking and voice.Conclusion: This tool provides a possible class intervention that can range from primary to high school. It allows teachers to understand what levels their students’ thought need to operate on to teach essay and paragraph writing.Contribution: This spiderweb tool can be used directly in class to demonstrate how the different points of knowledge relate to each other in making an argument. This supports critical thinking and the development of voice.
背景:历史论文和历史写作是贯穿中小学教育的重要历史评估形式。本文取材于一份关于职前历史教师学校课堂教学的民族志。本文讨论了学生在历史作文概念化和写作中遇到的障碍。引入了一种工具来克服这些障碍。目的:本文以课堂工具的形式提出了一种可能的干预措施。设置:此课堂工具在职前历史教师课堂(高等教育)中展示。它是在高中阶段(SP)、中级阶段(IP)和继续教育和培训(FET)阶段的课堂上教授历史的一种方法。方法:本文采用了一种定性方法,借鉴了民族志和反思性教学方法,使我能够理解和分析在自己的课堂上发生的过程。这是由伦理协议编号(H18/10/10)授权的。结果:案例研究班的观察结果表明,该工具为理解文章中使用的知识中介提供了可能性,有助于批判性思维和声音。结论:该工具提供了一种可能的课堂干预,可以从小学到高中。它让教师了解学生的思维需要达到什么水平才能教授短文和段落写作。贡献:这个蜘蛛网工具可以直接在课堂上使用,以演示在进行争论时不同的知识点是如何相互关联的。这支持批判性思维和声音的发展。
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Development and validation of a teacher awareness questionnaire about dyslexia 教师阅读障碍意识问卷的编制与验证
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-11-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1228
F. Okechukwu, P. Mefoh, Uju I. Nubia, Ezinne J. Nwauzoije, Chidiogo L. Umennuihe, C. A. Nwobi, K. Ogba, Moses E. Chukweze, J. C. Aliche, E. Ogbonnaya, Dorathy N. Okoli, Clara C. Onyekachi, Stephen Abang, Esther Epistle, Chioma Nnorodi, Chidera V. Obi
Background: Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects children of school-going age and exists in all cultures and backgrounds. Dyslexic children are deficient in phonological awareness, which makes the children to fail to attain the skills of reading, writing and spelling commensurate with their intellectual abilities. Inadequate knowledge about the nature of dyslexia by primary school teachers results in poor categorisation of at-risk children.Aim: This study sought to achieve two objectives. The first was to develop and validate the Teachers Awareness Questionnaire (TAQ), while the second goal was to use the validated TAQ to assess primary school teachers’ level of awareness about dyslexia.Setting: Primary school teachers in Nsukka and nearby rural communities filled the TAQ and the Scale of Knowledge and belief about Developmental Dyslexia. Nsukka is called the university town and it is a slow-paced environment that is devoid of the usual hustle and bustle of most major towns in Nigeria.Methods: The cross-sectional design was employed to gather data for the measurement process. Data were analysed using bivariate correlations and descriptive statistics.Results: The TAQ has good internal consistency (r = 0.77) and an adequate convergent validity (r = 0.74, p 0.01). Results also reveal that primary school teachers possessed low level of awareness about dyslexia.Conclusion: The study findings show that primary school teachers in Nigeria lack the requisite knowledge about dyslexia. The study suggests psycho-education for primary school teachers to empower them with information about the condition.Contribution: This study measured primary school teachers’ level of awareness about dyslexia. The results showed that primary school teachers’ awareness about dyslexia is poor, and this suggests that the use of labels (e.g., dullard) by some primary school teachers to describe their pupils may be incorrect. The study recommend to School Management Boards to take action to improve the teachers level of awareness about dyslexia, which would promote early identification of dyslexic pupils and possible intervention.
背景:阅读障碍是一种影响学龄儿童的学习障碍,存在于各种文化和背景中。阅读障碍儿童缺乏语音意识,这使得儿童无法获得与其智力能力相称的阅读、写作和拼写技能。小学教师对阅读障碍的性质了解不足,导致对高危儿童的分类很差。目的:本研究旨在实现两个目标。第一个目标是开发和验证教师意识问卷(TAQ),而第二个目标是使用经过验证的TAQ来评估小学教师对阅读障碍的意识水平。背景:Nsukka和附近农村社区的小学教师填写了关于发展性阅读障碍的TAQ和知识信念量表。恩苏卡被称为大学城,这是一个节奏缓慢的环境,没有尼日利亚大多数主要城镇通常的喧嚣。方法:采用横断面设计为测量过程收集数据。使用双变量相关性和描述性统计对数据进行分析。结果:TAQ具有良好的内部一致性(r=0.77)和足够的收敛有效性(r=0.7 4,p 0.01)。结果还表明,小学教师对阅读障碍的认识水平较低。结论:研究结果表明,尼日利亚小学教师缺乏阅读障碍的必要知识。该研究建议对小学教师进行心理教育,让他们掌握有关病情的信息。贡献:本研究测量了小学教师对阅读障碍的认识水平。结果表明,小学教师对阅读障碍的认识很差,这表明一些小学教师使用标签(如dullard)来描述学生可能是不正确的。该研究建议学校管理委员会采取行动,提高教师对阅读障碍的认识水平,这将促进对阅读障碍学生的早期识别和可能的干预。
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A critical multimodal discourse analysis of drawings to ascertain identity and self-concept 绘画的批判性多模态话语分析以确定身份和自我概念
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-11-23 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v13i1.1240
Annaly M. Strauss, P. S. Tolmen, K. Bipath
Nunan and Wong (2011) define a ‘good’ English language learner (ELL) as one with the ability to reflect on and articulate the processes underlying their own learning. Self-concept determines how young children react, think or feel in their interaction with others. Socially, children experience a sense of belonging when they engage with those who have similar habits, interests and culture, such as family and peer group contexts (Schaffer 2006). Nurturing and respectful relationships play a meaningful role in a child’s sense of belonging, and how they relate to and interact within their environment. These relationships also provide the foundation for children’s future learning and development. Tridinanti (2018) reveals that there is a significant positive relationship between the variables of self-confidence and learning achievement. That is, the higher the self-confidence, the higher the speaking achievement of English Foreign Language (EFL). Therefore, children learn and flourish in homes or institutions where close and dependable adults offer love, nurturance, security and responsive interactions.
Nunan和Wong(2011)将“优秀”英语学习者定义为有能力反思和阐明自己学习的过程。自我概念决定了幼儿在与他人互动时的反应、思考或感受。在社会方面,当孩子们与那些有相似习惯、兴趣和文化的人交往时,比如在家庭和同伴群体环境中,他们会体验到归属感(Schaffer 2006)。培养和尊重的关系在孩子的归属感以及他们如何与环境相处和互动方面发挥着重要作用。这些关系也为儿童未来的学习和发展奠定了基础。Tridinanti(2018)揭示了自信心变量与学习成绩之间存在显著的正相关关系。也就是说,自信心越高,英语外语的口语成绩就越高。因此,孩子们在亲密可靠的成年人提供爱、养育、安全和回应互动的家庭或机构中学习和发展。
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