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Children’s development of an understanding of number: A model for Grade R teachers 儿童对数字理解的发展:R级教师的一个模型
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1195
Lerato B. Ndabezitha
Background: Teachers teach mathematics by focusing on procedural knowledge (what steps to follow when doing mathematics) and pay scant attention to the conceptual understanding that underlies these procedures such as double-digit addition or subtraction and overall additive and multiplicative relations. They teach concepts in a haphazard way instead of looking at them from a convergent perspective of concepts that a child builds, one after the other.Aim: This study explores what Grade R teachers know about young children’s specific developmental numerical cognition and if they infuse their understanding of number concept development in their pedagogy.Setting: Samples of 15 female Grade R teachers were purposefully selected from five schools in what was previously a racially segregated living area in South Africa.Methods: This research design is a descriptive case study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and observation notes documented during workshops and when the teachers implemented their learnings in their classrooms.Results: The main finding was that although teachers could reflect on the model of number concept development they had learned, they found it hard to infuse their knowledge into a strictly structured curriculum.Conclusion: Despite the Meerkat Maths programme offered to the teachers, they could not rely on their intuitive pedagogy, coupled with the model of number concept development that they had learned because of the strict demands of the school curriculum content with which they had to comply.
背景:教师教授数学时关注的是程序知识(做数学时要遵循哪些步骤),而很少关注这些程序背后的概念理解,比如两位数的加减法和整体的加法和乘法关系。他们以一种随意的方式教授概念,而不是从一个孩子一个接一个建立的概念的聚合角度来看待它们。目的:本研究旨在探讨R级教师对幼儿特定发展性数字认知的了解程度,以及他们是否在教学中融入了对数字概念发展的理解。环境:15名女R级教师的样本是有目的地从南非以前的种族隔离生活区的五所学校中挑选出来的。方法:本研究设计为描述性个案研究。数据是通过半结构化访谈和观察笔记收集的,这些记录是在研讨会期间以及教师在课堂上实施所学知识时记录的。结果:主要发现是,虽然教师可以反思他们所学的数字概念发展模式,但他们发现很难将他们的知识注入到严格结构的课程中。结论:尽管Meerkat数学课程提供给教师,但由于学校课程内容的严格要求,他们不能依靠他们的直觉教学法,再加上他们所学到的数字概念发展模型,他们必须遵守。
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引用次数: 2
Teachers’ experiences of using the screening, identification, assessment and support strategy to support learners who present with characteristics of dyslexia 教师使用筛选、识别、评估和支持策略来支持具有阅读障碍特征的学习者的经验
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1107
Faith Karimupfumbi, V. Dwarika
Background: Education White Paper 6 (EWP6) and screening, identification, assessment and support (SIAS) promote inclusive education for all learners, including those who present with learning difficulties and are vulnerable to exclusion. The article reports on the experiences of teachers using the SIAS strategy to support learners who present with characteristics of dyslexia at a primary school in Gauteng.Aim: The study sought to explore the experiences of teachers using the SIAS tool to support learners who present with characteristics of dyslexia at a primary school in Gauteng, South Africa.Setting: Three foundation, four intermediate, and two learning support educators participated in the study. The full service primary school has learners with mild learning difficulties.Method: Three foundation, four intermediate, and two learning support educators participated in the study. The full service primary school has learners with mild learning difficulties.Results: Teachers experienced limited success in the implementation of the SIAS tool requiring further professional development.Conclusion: The need for teacher training in the use of effective support strategies to assist learners who present with characteristics of dyslexia, is advocated for Teacher development for the effective implementation of the SIAS tool is recommended.
背景:教育白皮书6(EWP6)和筛选、识别、评估和支持(SIAS)促进了所有学习者的包容性教育,包括那些存在学习困难和易被排斥的学习者。本文报告了教师在豪登省一所小学使用SIAS策略支持具有阅读障碍特征的学习者的经验,四名中级和两名学习支持教育工作者参与了这项研究。这所全方位服务的小学有一些学习困难的学生。方法:三名基础教育工作者、四名中级教育工作者和两名学习支持教育工作者参与研究。这所全方位服务的小学有一些学习困难的学生。结果:教师在实施SIAS工具方面取得的成功有限,需要进一步的专业发展。结论:有必要对教师进行培训,使用有效的支持策略来帮助具有阅读障碍特征的学习者,为教师发展提供建议,以有效实施SIAS工具。
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引用次数: 0
Teachers’ perceptions about collaboration as a strategy to address key concepts in mathematics 教师对合作作为解决数学关键概念的策略的看法
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-07-21 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.952
S. A. Tachie
Background: The aim of the study is to investigate teachers’ perceptions about peer collaborative work in designing lessons as a team helped them to identify threshold concepts in the teaching and learning of foundation phase mathematics in Motheo District of Education.Methods: A qualitative approach, with a case study design, was used to combine data from observation and focus group discussions, interviews and group task sheets.Classroom observation was conducted during a workshop conducted by a subject advisor from the Motheo District of Education in collaboration with the researcher. Teachers were purposively selected from seven schools in the Motheo District of Education based on cluster sampling as a way of reviving their professional development through acquisition of mathematical teaching skills involving innovative approaches to teaching and learning of early childhood mathematics. Seven mathematics teachers, one from each school, were interviewed during the workshop.Results: Underpinned by a collaborative theory, the findings of the study revealed that peer collaboration in mathematics teaching was key to helping them (participant teachers) identify threshold concepts in mathematics that they had initially found difficult as individual teachers. This assisted them in teaching the subject effectively at the foundation phase level. The study, furthermore, established that collaboration by mathematics teachers was necessary in order to overcome the paucity of global mathematics teaching skills for early childhood mathematics, to foster learners’ knowledge of mathematical concepts and to stimulate their interest in the subject.Conclusion: It is recommended that more structured collaborative work amongst teachers in general should be encouraged to enable teachers overcome the problem of content gap in their area of specialisation.
背景:本研究的目的是调查教师对同伴合作设计课程的看法,因为一个团队帮助他们识别基础阶段数学教学中的阈值概念。方法:采用定性方法,结合案例研究设计,将观察和焦点小组讨论、访谈和小组任务单的数据结合起来。课堂观察是在由Motheo教育区的学科顾问与研究人员合作举办的研讨会期间进行的。基于整群抽样,我们从Motheo教育区的七所学校中有针对性地选择了教师,通过获得数学教学技能,包括创新的幼儿数学教学方法,重振他们的专业发展。工作坊期间,每所学校有一位数学老师接受了采访。结果:在合作理论的基础上,研究结果揭示了数学教学中的同伴合作是帮助他们(参与教师)识别数学阈值概念的关键,这些概念最初是他们作为单独教师发现的困难。这有助于他们在基础阶段有效地教授这门学科。此外,该研究还表明,为了克服全球幼儿数学教学技能的缺乏,培养学习者对数学概念的认识,激发他们对这门学科的兴趣,数学教师之间的合作是必要的。结论:建议鼓励教师之间更结构化的协作工作,使教师能够克服其专业领域的内容差距问题。
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引用次数: 0
Play-based pedagogy for oral communication in early grade and preschool classrooms 基于游戏的小学和学前课堂口语交流教学法
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-07-19 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.981
Martin C. Ekeh, R. Venketsamy, N. S. Thuketana, I. Joubert
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引用次数: 0
The home environment and parental involvement of preschoolers in Philippi, a low-income area: Do they hinder or support early learning? 菲律宾低收入地区学龄前儿童的家庭环境和家长参与:他们是否阻碍或支持早期学习?
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-06-20 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1055
Amiena Bayat, Siphe Madyibi
Background: Successful interventions targeting families can only occur through informed research findings. It is important that policymakers understand the unique household dynamics that low-income households face and the kinds of assistance they need to foster early learning and development at home. Aim: To investigate the extent of parental involvement in the early learning of preschoolers in Philippi and the role of the home environment in promoting or hindering early learning and development. Setting: This study was conducted in Philippi, one of the biggest poor urban settlements in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: The researcher visited 20 early childhood development (ECD) facilities and 40 caregivers in Philippi. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the ECD principals, practitioners and caregivers. Results: The analysis of the results of the study revealed that, for the most part, preschoolers in Philippi live in household environments that do not encourage or support early learning and development. Moreover, parental involvement in such preschoolers is limited by the parents’ unwillingness or inability to take up opportunities for involvement in the facility and to regularly engage in stimulation activities at home. Conclusion: Given their low-income, low-educational status and general lack, parents need a clearer framework on how to become involved and how to provide a conducive household learning environment to preschoolers.
背景:成功的针对家庭的干预措施只能通过知情的研究结果来实现。重要的是,政策制定者必须了解低收入家庭面临的独特家庭动态,以及他们需要什么样的援助来促进家庭的早期学习和发展。目的:调查父母参与菲律宾学龄前儿童早期学习的程度,以及家庭环境在促进或阻碍早期学习和发展中的作用。环境:本研究在菲律宾进行,这是南非开普敦最大的贫困城市定居点之一。方法:研究人员访问了菲律宾的20个早期儿童发展(ECD)设施和40名护理人员。与幼儿发展负责人、从业员和护理人员进行了面对面访谈。结果:对研究结果的分析显示,在大多数情况下,菲律宾的学龄前儿童生活在不鼓励或支持早期学习和发展的家庭环境中。此外,父母对这些学龄前儿童的参与受到限制,因为父母不愿意或没有能力利用参与设施的机会,并定期在家中参与刺激活动。结论:考虑到他们的低收入、低教育水平和普遍缺乏,父母需要一个更清晰的框架,关于如何参与,以及如何为学龄前儿童提供一个有利的家庭学习环境。
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引用次数: 1
Play-based pedagogy: An approach to advance young children’s holistic development 游戏教学法:促进幼儿全面发展的方法
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1133
Prosper Lunga, S. Esterhuizen, M. Koen
Background: Children's holistic development includes physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, moral and affective development and lies in early childhood development education (ECDE). According to research, children learn through different age-appropriate teaching and learning pedagogies. Therefore, the importance of implementing a play-based methodology in the early years. This study was underpinned by the theory of play as a spiral of learning.Aim: This study aimed to demonstrate how a play-based pedagogy could be utilised to enhance holistic development in young children.Setting: Three ECD centres in Gauteng, South Africa participated in the Thutopapadi (play-based learning) research. The action learning set (ALS) consisted of one Grade R teacher and two practitioners; the Grade R facilitator and three North-West University researchers.Methods: We employed a qualitative approach within the participatory action learning and action research (PALAR) design to interrogate the extent to which a play-based pedagogy could be useful in enhancing the holistic development of young children. Transcriptions of meetings held by the ALS and photovoice were used to generate data. The participants reflected on and communicated about themes discussed during the ALS. We used the principles of thematic content analysis to analyse the generated data.Results: The results of this study proposed that to support holistic development in young children, practitioners and parents should maximise the use of a play-based methodology in both social and learning environments.Conclusion: Follow-ups should be made to ensure that the pedagogy that is being used in early childhood development education centres corresponds with the needs for the development of young children.
背景:儿童的整体发展包括身体、认知、社会情感、道德和情感的发展,并存在于幼儿发展教育中。根据研究,儿童通过不同年龄段的教学法进行学习。因此,在早期实施基于游戏的方法的重要性。这项研究以游戏作为学习螺旋的理论为基础。目的:本研究旨在展示如何利用游戏教学法来促进幼儿的整体发展。背景:南非豪登省的三个幼儿发展中心参与了Thutopapadi(基于游戏的学习)研究。行动学习组(ALS)由一名R级教师和两名从业者组成;R级辅导员和三名西北大学研究人员。方法:我们在参与式行动学习和行动研究(PALAR)设计中采用了定性方法,以探究基于游戏的教学法在多大程度上有助于促进幼儿的整体发展。ALS和photovoice举行的会议记录被用于生成数据。与会者对ALS期间讨论的主题进行了反思和交流。我们使用主题内容分析的原则来分析生成的数据。结果:这项研究的结果表明,为了支持幼儿的整体发展,从业者和家长应在社交和学习环境中最大限度地使用基于游戏的方法。结论:应采取后续行动,确保幼儿发展教育中心采用的教学法符合幼儿发展的需要。
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引用次数: 4
The status of physical infrastructure and basic facilities in Anganwadi centres in four districts of Punjab 旁遮普省四个区安甘瓦迪中心的有形基础设施和基本设施状况
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-05-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1004
Manjinder Kaur, A. Kauts
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Grandparents raising their grandchildren: Implications for the vulnerable children of Eswatini 祖父母抚养孙子孙女:对斯威士兰弱势儿童的影响
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-05-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1024
N. Motsa, P. Morojele
teachers could tailor their pedagogical practices to meet individual learners’ educational needs.
教师可以调整他们的教学实践,以满足个别学习者的教育需求。
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Education and training experiences of early childhood care and education practitioners in rural and urban settings of Durban, South Africa 南非德班农村和城市环境中幼儿保育和教育从业人员的教育和培训经验
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-05-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1167
Pam P. Zulu, A. Aina, K. Bipath
Background: The education and training experiences of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) practitioners reflect gaps and inequalities in South Africa’s educational system. Most South African ECCE centre practitioners do not have the appropriate qualifications to provide quality education to young learners.Aim: The study aimed to explore how the education and training experiences of ECCE practitioners impact their professional identity in urban and rural settings in KwaZulu-Natal province and to develop a model that would enhance the education and training of ECCE practitioners.Setting: Ten participants were selected for this study: one centre head and four practitioners from a rural setting, and one centre head and four practitioners from an urban area.Methods: Wenger’s social theory of learning was used to obtain an in-depth understanding of ECCE practitioners’ education and training experiences and how they function as professional workers. An interpretative, qualitative case study was adopted. Data was collected through focus group semi-structured interviews and non-participants’ observation and then analysed thematically.Results: The findings revealed that practitioners in rural settings had to contend with unfair working conditions daily, working all day in challenging circumstances whilst earning low incomes. Urban practitioners worked reasonable hours and received living wages, although they also experienced challenges such as a lack of parental involvement, lack of transport for children and high rates of absenteeism.Conclusion: Inequalities between rural and urban practitioners existed concerning resources, salaries, working conditions and further study and professional growth opportunities. Ensuring that practitioners attain proper Early Childhood Care (ECC) qualifications will raise the profession’s esteem amongst wider communities.
背景:幼儿保育和教育(ECCE)从业者的教育和培训经验反映了南非教育体系中的差距和不平等。大多数南非幼儿保育和教育中心的从业者不具备为年轻学习者提供优质教育的适当资格。目的:本研究旨在探讨幼儿保育和教育从业者的教育和培训经验如何影响夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省城市和农村环境中的职业身份,并制定一种模式,以加强幼儿保育和培训从业者的教育与培训。环境:本研究选择了10名参与者:一名中心负责人和四名来自农村环境的从业者,以及一名中心主任和四名城市地区的从业者。方法:运用Wenger的社会学习理论,深入了解幼儿保育和教育从业者的教育和培训经验,以及他们作为专业工作者的作用。通过了一项解释性的定性案例研究。通过焦点小组半结构化访谈和非参与者的观察收集数据,然后按主题进行分析。结果:调查结果显示,农村地区的从业者每天都要与不公平的工作条件作斗争,整天在充满挑战的环境中工作,而收入却很低。城市从业者工作时间合理,领取生活工资,尽管他们也面临着诸如缺乏父母参与、缺乏儿童交通工具和高缺勤率等挑战。结论:农村和城市从业者在资源、工资、工作条件、进修和职业发展机会方面存在不平等。确保从业者获得适当的幼儿保育(ECC)资格将提高该行业在更广泛社区中的尊重。
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Preparing pre-service teachers to guide and support learning in South African schools 准备职前教师指导和支持南非学校的学习
IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-05-17 DOI: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1163
D. Van der Merwe
Background: Given the poor academic performance in many schools and the inequality in learning outcomes, there is an urgent need to improve teaching and learning in South African schools. Recognising the importance of preparing pre-service teachers to guide and support learning in varying schools in South Africa, we piloted a course in 2020 in which we taught final-year pre-service teacher education students a new way of designing lessons. The lesson design approach foregrounded learning.Aim: The study aimed to address the question ‘What are pre-service teachers’ views on how the course prepared them for teaching?’.Setting: The study took place in the Department of Childhood Education at a South African university.Methods: The study followed an interpretive research approach. To generate data for the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 pre-service teachers at the end of the academic year. In addition, I conducted stimulated recall interviews on lessons that the pre-service teachers designed.Results: The results indicated that the pre-service teachers viewed learning about the science of learning and competencies for a fast-changing world as valuable to enrich their teaching. Despite being aware that they still had some gaps in their understanding of some teaching strategies, the results showed that pre-service teachers valued the strategies they learned in the course.Conclusion: Based on the findings, I conclude that the knowledge the pre-service teachers gained from the course has provided them with a sound basis to guide and support learning in varying school contexts.
背景:鉴于许多学校的学习成绩不佳和学习成果不平等,迫切需要改善南非学校的教与学。认识到培养职前教师在南非不同学校指导和支持学习的重要性,我们在2020年试点了一门课程,向最后一年的职前教师教育学生传授一种设计课程的新方法。课程设计方法强调学习。目的:本研究旨在回答“职前教师对课程如何为他们的教学做准备有何看法?”环境:这项研究在南非一所大学的儿童教育系进行。方法:采用解释性研究方法。为了生成研究数据,在学年结束时对15名职前教师进行了半结构化访谈。此外,我还对职前教师设计的课程进行了刺激回忆访谈。结果:职前教师认为学习学习的科学和适应快速变化世界的能力对丰富他们的教学是有价值的。尽管职前教师意识到他们对某些教学策略的理解还存在一些差距,但结果表明,职前教师对他们在课程中学到的策略非常重视。结论:基于研究结果,我得出结论,职前教师从课程中获得的知识为他们在不同的学校环境中指导和支持学习提供了良好的基础。
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