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Journal articles on the topic "Play in schools"
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Hudspeth, Edward F. "Play therapy in schools." International Journal of Play Therapy 25, no. 2 (April 2016): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pla0000027.
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Dickey, Kristi, Kathryn Castle, and Karie Pryor. "Reclaiming Play in Schools." Childhood Education 92, no. 2 (February 12, 2016): 111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2016.1150742.
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Sheese, Judy, and Terry P. McDaniel. "Assessing Schools: Not Child's Play." Kappa Delta Pi Record 38, no. 2 (January 2002): 68–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00228958.2002.10516345.
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Landreth, Garry L., Dee C. Ray, and Sue C. Bratton. "Play therapy in elementary schools." Psychology in the Schools 46, no. 3 (March 2009): 281–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pits.20374.
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Maciaszek, Kamil. "Play in Poland. Promoting play in Gedania 1922 Preschool and CreoGedania alternative school." Homo Ludens, no. 1 (13) (December 15, 2020): 117–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/hl.2020.13.7.
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This paper presents five years of introducing free play into Gedania 1922 preschool, based in Gdańsk (Poland). Attention is also drawn to the presence of play in Polish schools and the necessity of conducting changes in education, which would involve the introduction of free play in schools and increased emphasis on building soft skills in children. These skills could also be supported through free play.
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Blatchford, Peter. "The State of Play in Schools." Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review 3, no. 2 (May 1998): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1360641798001488.
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This paper concentrates on children's play during school breaktimes. Though neglected by researchers, it is one of the few occasions when children can play and interact in a relatively safe environment, free of adult control. The paper reports on a recent programme of research at the University of London Institute of Education. There are signs that the prevalence of a negative view about breaktime in schools is leading to more deliberate management and supervision of breaktimes, and a reduction in duration. Breaktime can be a time when aggression, teasing, and bullying take place, but this paper also reviews positive aspects of peer relations and games at breaktime, including opportunities for friendship development, social competence, and peer culture. An important challenge facing schools is achieving a balance between control over pupil behaviour, while facilitating pupil independence and social development.
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Blatchford, Peter. "The State of Play in Schools." Child and Adolescent Mental Health 3, no. 2 (May 1998): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-3588.00213.
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Cherkowski, Sabre, and Keith Walker. "Purpose, passion and play." Journal of Educational Administration 54, no. 4 (July 4, 2016): 378–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jea-10-2014-0124.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and elaborate on the construct of flourishing in schools as understood through the stories and explanations provided by a small group of public school principals. Framed within a positive organizational perspective, the specific objectives of this study are: to identify how school leaders understand and experience flourishing in their roles and in their schools; to explore the conditions, catalysts and/or galvanizing forces of flourishing in schools. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers used an electronic Delphi survey to gain a qualitative description of the understandings and impressions of the construct of flourishing from the perspective of practicing school administrators in one school district in central British Columbia. Delphi responses were aggregated after each round and thematically analysed to determine patterns and trends for further examination through progressive iterations of the survey administered via e-mail. The final set of data were then analysed for patterns, trends and themes that were compared and contrasted against research findings in the literature underpinning the theoretical framework for this study. Findings – While there was no single definition of what it means to flourish in the work of school leadership, shared descriptions from these principals indicated that they feel a sense of flourishing when they are working together with teachers from a sense of purpose and passion and in a spirit of play to cultivate learning climates that reflect a shared ownership for improving educational experiences for students. These initial findings provoke thinking about the potentials and benefits of shifting the focus of research and practice in educational leadership towards more positive, strengths-based perspectives. Research limitations/implications – The sample size was small, and so generalizing findings beyond this study is unreasonable. Further, because the researchers separated participant information from responses in order to safeguard anonymity and to aggregate the responses to provide these back to participants for their further elaboration and reflections, they were unable to determine whether particular responses were connected to context (elementary or secondary, size of school, years of experience as an administrator), gender or other demographic factors. However, the use of the electronic Delphi instrument provided insights on engaging school principals in thoughtful inquiry as participants, while respecting the busy workload and time constraints associated with the work of school principals. Practical implications – Attending to well-being in the work of leading schools is an under-researched area of educational leadership. This study is an example of how researching educational leadership from a positive, strengths-based, human development perspective may provide useful insights for supporting principals and other educators to notice, nurture and sustain a sense of flourishing in their work and across the school. While further research is needed to examine the construct of flourishing across a diverse range of school organizations, the findings from this study provoke thinking about the benefits of studying what goes well, what brings vitality and a more full sense of humanity in the work of leading school organizations. Originality/value – The researchers use a new perspective for examining and explaining the phenomenon of flourishing in schools, a positive organizational research orientation. The use of this strengths-based, positive, human development approach to examining the construct of flourishing from the perspective of school principals can offer new insights and strategies for attending to well-being as an integral part of the work of leading schools.
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Shoaga, Opeyemi, Folorunso Ajasa, and Sesan Olatunde Mabekoje. "Effects of teacher mediation in play, mixed-sex play and gender-segregation in play on academic performance of low achieving pupils." ANNUAL JOURNAL OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA, BULGARIA 3, no. 1 (June 30, 2019): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.29114/ajtuv.vol3.iss1.115.
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This study investigated the effect of three play strategies on academic performance of low achiev-ing Basic 1 pupils in primary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental research design using pretest, posttest, control group was adopted where pupils screened to have low achievement scores were selected from schools randomly assigned to treatment groups. Participants met on dif-ferent treatment strategies for eight weeks of two contact hours each. Academic performance was assessed before and after treatment with data analysed using Analysis of Covariance. Results in-dicated that the three play strategies are effective in improving pupils’ academic performance (F (3 124) = 310.566; p <0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that any of the play strate-gies could be effectively utilized in improving the academic performance of low achieving pupils.
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Sinaga, Reflina, and Ester Julinda Simarmata. "Constructive Play on Numeracy Skills in Elementary School." Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal 3, no. 4 (October 26, 2020): 1644–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birle.v3i4.1301.
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The research objective in this paper is to find out how constructive games are on numeracy skills in elementary schools. This research is expected to contribute to schools and enrich the results of existing research and can provide an overview of how constructive play is on numeracy skills in elementary schools. This research is a type of classroom action research. This type of classroom action research used in this research is collaborative, namely that the person who will take the action must also be involved in the research process. In this activity, all who are involved in this research are full involved in the process of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Play in schools"
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Lambert, Pamela. "Supported playgroups in schools and parent perspectives on children’s play." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2015. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/0bc84b16a32aa73ea05d543f0dc60675ec711ca32ad5270437033038128cc09f/1764567/Lambert_2015_Supported_playgroups_in_schools_and_parent_perspectives.pdf.
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This research thesis examines the establishment of Supported Playgroups in Schools (SPinS). The aim of the project was to examine SPinS as an under-researched area of early childhood education, involving parents, children and schools promoting children’s access to play. Children’s access to play is important because play in the early years is known to increase children’s later learning outcomes (Roberts, 2010). A sociocultural approach to this study was used to understand ways in which parents learn. This thesis explores parents’ participation in SPinS and the influence of this participation on parents’ perspectives of children’s play. The research was framed by one research question: What influence does participation in a SPinS have on parent perspectives of children’s play at home and in a playgroup setting? A key focus of the study understood the provision of SPinS to support parents to engage with their children during a play-based program, and how parent engagement in children’s play was transferred to the home. In Australia, many families attend playgroups in their local communities for the purpose of play and social engagement (Playgroup Victoria, 2012). These playgroups are self- managed and run by the parents attending. A key role of supported playgroups is to engage families in the community who do not attend community groups. These groups are funded by the State Government and employ a trained playgroup coordinator. The key focus is usually to deliver a service that supports the parent role and promotes children’s learning through play. This project reports on a new initiative of providing supported playgroups in local primary schools to establish and extend on partnerships between early years services, community organisations and parents. Research on supported playgroups is limited and much of the work in Australia has been conducted by only a few researchers (Matthews, 2009; McArthur et al, 2010 and Jackson, 2011b). The research conducted so far has been on supported playgroups, but not supported playgroups located in schools. Existing research suggests that parent support is a major component to improving educational outcomes of children by promoting quality Home Learning Environments and play-activities in the home (Sylva et al., 2014). Support for parents is achieved by providing access to “high quality learning environments that encourage parents to engage in conversations about children, children’s play and children’s development (Jackson, 2010, 2012). The research reported in this thesis therefore focussed on the influence participation in a Supported Playgroup in a School (SPinS) had on parents’ perspectives of children’s play at home and in the playgroup. This was to expand on existing research regarding supported playgroups and to also better understand if SPinS could be used as a parent support or intervention approach for promoting children’s play at home. To conduct the research informing this thesis I used a sociocultural framework that informed social interactions were vital to support learning through guided participation. Rogoff, Matusov and White (1996) investigated a model of learning where learning is described as a process of transformation of participation in sociocultural activities within communities rather than the transmission of knowledge. The focus of learning was parents’ perspectives on play in the home and the playgroup during their participation in SPinS. A sociocultural theoretical perspective explored the perspectives about play parents derived from their participation in SPinS and how they applied these perspectives in the home and at playgroup. A qualitative research design using a single case study methodology was employed in this research. This approach was well suited to the chosen epistemology because it allowed direct interaction with the participants and represented their views and perspectives. Focus groups were conducted at each of the primary school sites during a SPinS session. The participants were parents attending the SPinS with their children living in the local area. Purposive sampling was chosen for this study because it involved understanding the opinions of a predefined group or target population that was easily accessible. The data analysis was conducted using an inductive approach. This was because there was not pre-determined, well established research in the area of investigation. The purpose of inductive analysis is to allow research findings to be generated from significant themes in the raw data. This allows for the development of a model or theory for explaining the structure of experiences. (Thomas, 2003). The results suggested participation in SPinS positively influenced parents’ perspectives of play at home and in the playgroup. These perspectives included how they viewed play at home and at the playgroup. A third finding considered the importance of the social connections established by parents during their participation in the SPinS. This finding was consistent with existing research that shows that supported playgroups provide opportunities for families with children under five years old to learn new parenting skills, as well as building social networks (Jackson, 2011a). The primary outcomes reported by Hancock et al., (2011) suggest that playgroup participation improves children’s developmental outcomes, particularly disadvantaged children. The findings were used to propose a new model for educators to understand how parents learn about children’s play through supported playgroups. This new model was called The Cycle of Intent Engagement (Lambert, 2015). The Cycle of Intent Engagement Model (Lambert, 2015) was created from Rogoff’s (2003) theories on transformation of participation to show how parents’ perspectives of play were influenced by their participation in the SPinS. The Cycle of Intent Engagement Model (Lambert, 2015) focuses on empowering change through collaborative engagement. This investigation identified the necessity for further research into the way parents engage in their children’s play during SPinS and at home. Findings from this study may be used to inform early childhood professionals, families, schools and governments by expanding their awareness of the benefits associated with supporting families to participate in supported playgroups in the community, especially local primary schools.
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Sterman, Julia. "Outdoor play decision-making by families, schools, and local government for children with disabilities." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/091654faf0fe100563a693295e747e980729c348ac21a14be0232f2f777fac60/6769224/STERMAN_2018_Outdoor_play_decision_making_by_families.pdf.
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Introduction: Play is a right for all children and an essential childhood occupation. Yet, children with disabilities experience exclusion from outdoor play participation. How children’ skills interact with the environment in which they live, notably their family, school, and community, shapes their play choice.
Aim: The aim of this study was to understand outdoor play decision-making at family, school, and local government levels for primary school-age children with disabilities. Method: A multiple-perspective case study allowed for comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of outdoor play decision-making. Data collection included: interviews with five parents of children with disabilities, four teaching assistants, three special education teachers, one vice principal, four local government employees, and two employees of not-for-profit organizations within one culturally and linguistically diverse local government area; one week parent survey of their child’s play the day before; observations at school and community playgrounds; document review; and video-assisted recall with four school employees. Analysis was guided by cross-case analysis, interpretive description, and analytical deduction and involved first understanding individual perspectives, and then considering similarities and differences within and between stakeholder groups. Discussions are considered through the application of the capabilities approach.
Findings: Families valued and planned for play within the context of their child’s interests and abilities and their family’s needs. Schools had low play expectations and considered the children’s presence on the playground sufficient. When considering playgrounds, local government focused on meeting minimal requirements and physical access rather than social inclusion. School and local government’s predominately-negative perception of children with disabilities and their families affected meaningful engagement.
Conclusion: Children experienced greater play choice within their families than at school or in the community. Families should continue to value play as a means and ends, and plan for play based on their values and their child’s interests. To increase play choice and inclusion, the school needs to increase play expectations for children with disabilities and better support the play environment. Local government must increase meaningful engagement with families, and consider how to support the entire family’s playground inclusion. Finally, inclusive language should be modelled across ecocultural levels.
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Geswindt, Paul Gustav Garnett. "The role alumni can play in the development of disadvantaged schools." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012202.
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The majority of South African public schools are not performing well considering the overall learner success rates in specifically so called disadvantaged schools. Many factors contribute to this situation, however, all education stakeholders contribute in some way to the success or failure of schools. In this regard alumni of disadvantaged schools in South Africa have not played an active role in supporting their alma maters. This research sought to identify the various roles alumni can play in the development of disadvantaged schools. As innovative strategies to the public education crisis in South Africa are required, one such strategy is to involve a neglected stakeholder group such as alumni to share their skills and resources towards improving the different aspects of school development. There are very few examples of functioning alumni associations at previously disadvantaged schools in the Eastern Cape. Sharing information on a study of two selected schools with already established alumni associations could be of value to other schools in the establishment of their own alumni associations in order to support school improvement and development initiatives. Therefore, based on the findings of this study and from evidence in literature, the researcher concludes that alumni associations can play a meaningful role in developing and transforming disadvantaged schools in a young and developing democracy as in the case of South Africa. This study looked at, amongst other aspects, at the roles and contributions that alumni may play in the development of their alma maters and finally offer guidelines in the establishment of alumni associations.
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Vickrey, Jaime. "Hybrid learning landscape framework: holistic high performance schools for comprehensive learning and play." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8783.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Mary C. Kingery-Page
School environments of today’s urban children are generally inflexible, restricting and uninspiring places for learning and exploration that are disconnected from their surrounding community and nature. Facilities and teaching methods do not keep pace with the evolving needs of the workforce and varying child learning styles (Stanbury 2009). Organized sports, limited free time and standardized testing steal the zest out of childhood discovery once felt by children who grew up with a connection to their surroundings, especially nature. Many adverse effects are seen as a result. “Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses,” (Louv 2008, 36). Children are left to face the world’s escalating environmental dilemmas with hindered social and cognitive skills, diseases related to association and disassociation from nature and an impaired relationship with their extended community. Programs like University Colorado Denver’s Learning Landscapes and California’s Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) and have individually worked to improve learning facilities, reconnect students with outdoor curriculum-based learning and establish a bond with their communities. But implemented designs reveal unmet potential, calling for advancement and further evolution of the school learning environment. MontClair Elementary in Oakland, California is a typical urban school with paved schoolyard, restricted boundary, weak link between curriculum and schoolyard, disconnect from the community and disassociation from nature. New CHPS verified facilities are being implemented on their existing campus to accommodate an increase in student population but the link between schoolyard and curriculum has only been minimally addressed in the proposed design. Integrating Learning Landscapes with the Collaborative for High Performance Schools to create a hybrid learning landscape framework will reconnect MontClair Elementary with the surrounding community and nature. Advancement of the CHPS program, through adaptation of their existing scorecard, will allow Hybrid Learning Landscape Framework to be quantitatively applied to MontClair Elementary.
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Lee, Tsz-ho Elvis. "A boarding school for autistic children." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949512.
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Cardenas, Nancy. "Play therapy interventions and their effectiveness in a school-based counseling program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2839.
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The purpose of this study was to add to the limited amount of information on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions in a school-based counseling program. The study focused on examining the reasons why clients were referred to counseling, the frequency and duration of their behavior, the clients' academic performance at the beginning and end of treatment, the total number of sessions received, and the type of play therapy that was used to determine how effective play therapy interventions were during treatment.
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Silva, Inajá Zaem da. "O espaço do brincar em uma escola municipal." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/251239.
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Orientador: Elisa Angotti KossovitchDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação
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Resumo: Esta pesquisa investiga o brincar e sua ocupação no espaço escolar em uma escola municipal de ensino fundamental. Para tanto tem como questão central: como promover o uso dos espaços abertos para as brincadeiras na escola fundamental? As bases teóricas que fundamentam a pesquisa estão alicerçadas em autores como: Mayumi Souza Lima, Ana Lúcia Goulart de Faria, Viñao Frago, Escolano, Bencostta, Monarcha, Kishimoto, Brougère, entre outros. O objetivo é desvelar a relação das crianças, de professores, pais e funcionários com os espaços abertos da escola fundamental e com o brincar nesses espaços. Foi realizada uma pesquisa etnográfica, em uma escola de ensino fundamental da cidade de Campinas (SP), nos anos de 2008 e 2009. A escolha dessa escola justifica-se pela peculiaridade do terreno onde se encontra o prédio escolar, por sua arquitetura, e pelo empenho da comunidade escolar em aproveitar melhor os espaços da escola. Este estudo de caso exigiu uma extensa pesquisa bibliográfica, análise da planta do projeto arquitetônico, dos critérios para construção escolar, da legislação ambiental, da leitura do projeto político pedagógico e das fotos. Foram realizados questionários e entrevistas com alguns membros da equipe da escola e membros da comunidade escolar, participantes da C.P.A. (Comissão Própria de Avaliação). A categoria que auxiliou na compreensão da temática foi o espaço e suas diferentes particularidades: espaço como promotor social, como espaço inibidor, como espaço crítico, como espaço de passagem e como espaço para brincar. A escola estudada possui um espaço pequeno e vazio de materiais direcionados ao brincar, contudo este ocorre de qualquer maneira, as crianças transformam os elementos que possam lhes servir de entretenimento e fazer parte de seus jogos e de suas brincadeiras. Conclui-se que, ao se pensarem nas construções de prédios escolares para a educação fundamental, para a Escola de Nove Anos, também se pense na inclusão de elementos visuais, táteis e de equipamentos para a otimização das brincadeiras, dos jogos e da convivência da criança. Além de se constituirem parceiros no interior da comunidade escolar, os professores e gestores educacionais deveriam possibilitar uma aprendizagem mútua sobre a relação da arquitetura escolar com as atividades lúdicas e recreativas na escola fundamental.
Abstract: This research investigates playing and its occupation in the school space in an elementary school in the city of Campinas. The research has as a central issue: How to promote the use of open spaces for playing in elementary school? The theoretical basis that underpin the research are based on authors as: Mayumi Souza Lima, Ana Lúcia Goulart de Faria, Viñao Frago, Escolano, Bencostta, Monarcha, Kishimoto, Brougère, among others. The objective is to unveil the relationship of children, teachers, parents and employees with the open spaces in the elementary school and with the action of playing in these spaces. An ethnographical research was conducted in an elementary school in the city of Campinas (SP) in the years of 2008 and 2009. The choice of this school was made due to the peculiarity of the land where the school building is, its architeture, and the commitment of the school community to make better use of school spaces. This case study required an extensive bibliographical research, analysis of the architectural plant design, of the school construction criterion, the environmental law, the political pedagogical project and the photos. Questionaries were applied and some members of team from school and members of school community, participants for C.P.A. (Commission Own Evaluation) were interviewed. The category that helped in the thematic comprehension was the space and its different particularities: the space as a social promoter, as an inhibitor space, as a critical space, as a space of passage and as a space to play. The school studied has a small space that lacks materials directed to play, yet it happens anyway, children transform the elements that may serve for their entertainment and part of their games and their play. In conclusion, when the construction of school buildings for the fundamental education is thought of, the School of Nine Years (?), the inclusion of visual, tactile elements has also to be consider. As well as equipments to the optimization of children games and the children coexistence. Besides being partners within the school community, teachers and educational gestors should enable mutual learning about the relation between the school architecture with other playful and recreational activities in the elementary school.
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Rose, R. "Pilot study into the effectiveness of individual play therapy for vulnerable children in primary schools." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404217.
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Zachariou, Antonia. "Musical play and self-regulation : an exploration of 6- and 8-year old children's self-regulatory behaviours during musical play sessions at Cypriot primary schools." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708961.
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Walsh, Glenda. "The play versus formal debate : a study of early years provision in Northern Ireland and Denmark." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325969.
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Bunsen, Rick. Play school ABC. New York: Golden Book, 1985.
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ill, Wilson Sarah 1934, ed. We play. New York, N.Y: Harper & Row, 1990.
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Van der Beek, Deborah, ill., ed. The school play. London: Piccadilly Press, 1988.
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Darden, Bob. The option play. Loveland, Colo: Teenage Books, Group Pub., 1990.
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ill, Maddock Monika, ed. School play stars. New York: Mondo, 2005.
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School play stars. Wellingborough: Rising Stars, 2005.
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Mayer, Gina. The school play. New York: Golden Books, 1999.
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Mayer, Gina. The school play. New York: Golden Books, 1999.
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Posadas, Carmen. Child's Play. New York: HarperCollins, 2009.
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Mayer, Gina. The school play. Westport, Conn: Reader's Digest Kids, 1995.
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Riaz, Sanaa. "Knowledge at Play." In New Islamic Schools, 113–60. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137382474_5.
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Perryman, Kristi L. "Play Therapy in Schools." In Handbook of Play Therapy, 485–503. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119140467.ch25.
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McInnes, Karen. "Play in UK Primary Schools." In Play Across Childhood, 73–95. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72461-0_5.
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Olusoga, Yinka, and Bev Keen. "Play, children and primary schools." In Perspectives on Play, 190–224. Third Edition. | New York: Routledge, 2019. | "Second edition: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351258128-6.
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Kestly, Theresa. "Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools." In School-Based Play Therapy, 257–81. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118269701.ch13.
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Murray, Sonia. "Telemental Play Therapy in Schools." In Play Therapy and Telemental Health, 144–55. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003166498-9.
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Jeavons, Mary. "Quintessential Play Patterns in Schools." In How to Grow a Playspace, 207–17. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315695198-28.
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Jeavons, Mary. "Quintessential Play Patterns in Schools." In How to Grow a Playspace, 207–17. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315695198-ch22.
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Prendiville, Siobhán. "The Application of Therapeutic Puppet Play in the Schools." In Puppet Play Therapy, 199–213. New York : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315181349-19.
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Shen, Yih-Jiun. "Trauma-Focused Group Play Therapy in the Schools." In School-Based Play Therapy, 237–55. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118269701.ch12.
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Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana, Janis Lena Meissner, Teresa Almeida, and Madeline Balaam. "Understanding Children's Free Play in Primary Schools." In C&T 2019: The 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Transforming Communities. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3328320.3328384.
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ramsookbhai, shamila. "Game of Schools: A Three-Act Play." In 2020 AERA Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AERA, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/1576107.
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Kriglstein, Simone, Fabian Hengstberger, Florian Fribert, Katharina Stiehl, Beate Schrank, Alexander Pfeiffer, Thomas Wernbacher, and Günter Wallner. "Be a Buddy not a Bully - Two Educational Games to Help Prevent Bullying in Schools." In CHI PLAY '20: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419914.
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Brunner, Georg. "Example of the Connection Between Musicology and Music Education for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage." In Musica viva in schola. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p280-0028-2021-2.
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For schools, the fundamental question is to what extent cultural heritage, and here specifically classical music, can play a role. In the scope of this paper, we will take an approach that places aspects of musicological research at the centre of music education. What role can musicological research play at schools and universities? In the following article, we will show how musicological (basic) research methods can be integrated into university teaching and school music lessons through relevant questions in a project-like approach. The focus is on exploring the musical culture of a region through archival work.
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Kopas Vukašinović, Emina. "MATEMATIKA U PREDŠKOLSKOJ USTANOVI I ŠKOLI: PROGRAMSKA ODREĐENjA I MOGUĆNOSTI OSTVARIVANjA KONTINUITETA." In Metodički aspekti nastave matematike. University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Education in Jagodina, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/manm4.279kv.
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During the transition from preschool institutions to schools, chil- dren still possess an intense need for play. In this period of internalization of practical actions, playing has a special function. Although it does not represent a basic activity in the teaching system in schools, as was the case in the orga- nized activities in preschool institutions, the organization of teaching activities through play contributes to an easier adaptation of students to school obligations, to a more successful linking of teaching contents and knowledge acquisition. These statements represent the starting point for the analysis of program con- tents related to the adoption of mathematical concepts in preschool institutions and the content of mathematics in the first primary school grade. The goal of our research was specified in two directions: 1) to examine the possibilities for the realization of these teaching activities through play, by means of comparative analysis of the mentioned program contents; 2) to determine the possibilities for achieving continuity in the system of preschool and school education, by organiz- ing teaching of mathematics through play, for first grade primary school students. The research was carried out by using the descriptive method and the procedure of content analysis of primary research sources, program documents. The results of the research have confirmed that the program contents of mathematics, for first grade primary school students, do offer possibilities for the realization of teaching contents through play. This also confirms the possibility of achieving continuity in the system of institutional preschool and school education.
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"PLAY THE GAME AND BE AWARE: INFORMATION SECURITY PROJECT WITH SCHOOLS." In 14 th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2020 and 13 th International Conference on Game and Entertainment Technologies 2020. IADIS Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33965/ihci_get2020_202010l008.
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Garbenis, Simas. "Trait Emotional Intelligence of Teachers Working in Special Education Schools." In 79th International Scientific Conference of University of Latvia. University of Latvia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2021.35.
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Today’s schools are constantly engaged by various new experiences, challenges, difficulties and opportunities. Nowadays it is well known that for a school to be successful in both academic and social development it must be opened to use new strategies and methods in order to adapt to these constantly upcoming challenges. It is known that students with special educational needs usually find it harder to function socially, academically, they also tend to undervalue their quality of life. In recent years it has been discovered that student emotions can play a huge part for one’s development in the mentioned areas. In order to fully understand and dispose emotional powers one must be emotionally intelligent. In recent decades research has revealed that emotional intelligence can play a key role to increase the potential of students with special educational needs. These children usually struggle to socially adapt and communicate, to create new relationships, tend to be emotionally unstable, etc. It is also stated that in order to develop student’s emotional intelligence teachers should be highly emotionally intelligent as well as emotional intelligence is developed through social interactions, and the control of social interactions in the emotional level. Thus, the development of their emotional intelligence in a school environment is majorly important, especially if this kind of development is being conducted by highly emotionally intelligent teachers. It is because of these statements the aim of this study has been formulated – to evaluate the trait emotional intelligence of primary school teachers who work in special education schools. In order to reach this goal several research questions were raised: what are the global EI and its factor scores of our sample, how do these scores distribute between themselves, how do they contribute for the development of EI? Also, several research methods were used. A sample of 66 primary education teachers who work in special education schools form Lithuania and Latvia were asked to answer the TEIQue-SF questionnaire. Their scores were evaluated according to the questionnaires scoring key. Their score validity was conducted by using Cronbach’s alpha score and KMO factorial analysis scores all by using SPSS v23. Although the Cronhach’s alpha and KMO scores show no significant research data it has been partly discovered that the teacher’s from our sample global emotional intelligence score should be at a higher than intermediate-high level.
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Mara, Elena Lucia. "ROLE PLAY- CONCEPT OF MENTORING. PART OF MANAGEMENT OF PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS." In International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2016.1293.
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Mestry, Raj, and Pierre du Plessis. "EMPOWERING PRINCIPALS TO LEAD AND MANAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EFFECTIVELY IN THE 21ST CENTURY." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2022v1end006.
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Globally, education systems have been affected by radical social, political and economic changes. Although school principals play a pivotal role in improving student learning and attaining educational outcomes, they work under strenuous conditions to deal with multifaceted transformational issues. Principals experience great difficulty in coping with numerous changes, partly because they are inadequately prepared for their leadership position, or simply lack the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to lead and manage schools effectively and efficiently. Fundamentally, principals should be empowered to effectively deal with challenges facing them in the 21st century. Using qualitative research, this study explored the importance of promoting a culture of professional development that will prepare principals to confront education challenges and obstacles facing them. Fifteen principals were selected to determine their perceptions and experiences of how they were prepared and professionally developed to lead and manage schools. Findings revealed that in South Africa, there is no formal preparation for aspiring or practicing principals taking on leadership and management positions, and very few in-service professional development programmes are available. There is a dire need for education authorities to introduce compulsory training and development programmes for aspiring and practicing school leaders to lead and manage their schools successfully.
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Daemmrich, Chris. "Freedom and the Politics of Space: Contemporary Social Movements and Possibilities for Antiracist, Feminist Practice in U.S. Architecture." In Schools of Thought Conference. University of Oklahoma, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15763/11244/335076.
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Students and practitioners of architecture challenge the hegemonic Whiteness, maleness, cisheteronormativity, and capitalist control of these disciplines as a means of democratizing and decolonizing practice to create conditions for Black self-determination. This paper considers how architectural professionals have responded to contemporary movements for social justice in the United States and the ways in which some are more and some less successful at addressing the intersecting nature of identity-based oppressions. Organizations and convenings, including the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), Black in Design, the Design Futures Public Interest Design Student Leadership Forum, Equity by Design, and the Architecture Lobby are considered from 2012 to the pre-pandemic spring of 2020, with a focus on the emergence of new spaces and shifts in how existing spaces engage with activist movements as a result of changing political conditions. The paper provides historical background and constructive critique. It concludes with recommendations for creating institutions that respond proactively, rather than reactively, to racist violence, sexual harassment, assault, and exploitation, and for making lasting meaning of these injustices when they occur. The roles Black people and other people of color, particularly women, have played, and the roles White people, particularly men, and White institutions must play in creating an antiracist, feminist architecture are a focus of this paper.
Reports on the topic "Play in schools"
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Busso, Matías, and Verónica Frisancho. Good Peers Have Asymmetric Gendered Effects on Female Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico. Inter-American Development Bank, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003247.
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This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement outcomes. We disentangle two channels through which peers of either sex can play a role: academic performance and school preferences. We also focus on the effects of peers along the distribution of baseline academic performance. Exposure to good peers of either sex reduces the degree to which high-achieving girls seek placement in more-selective schools. High-achieving boys have particularly strong, negative effects on high-performing girls' admission scores and preferences for more-selective schools. By contrast, high-achieving girls improve low-performing girls' placement outcomes, but exclusively through a positive effect on exam scores.
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Marchais, Gauthier, Sweta Gupta, and Cyril Owen Brandt. Student Wellbeing in Contexts of Protracted Violent Conflict. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.055.
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In contexts of protracted violent conflict, school environments play a key role in children’s psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing. Research by the REALISE education project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) provides a better understanding of how violent conflict penetrates schools; the relationship between school staff, students, parents, and the local community; and the role of children’s social entourage. It identifies key considerations for education projects operating in these contexts and how they can best support the wellbeing of children, including those who are extremely isolated or experience marginalisation on the basis of gender or minority status.
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Bano, Masooda. Beating the ‘Anti-Work’ Culture: Lessons from a Successful Attemptto Improve Performance in State Schools in Pakistan. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)r, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2022/105.
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What local-level factors, or horizontal pressures, can improve learning outcomes in government schools in developing countries, when the political elites and education bureaucracy are not exerting enough vertical pressure on principals and teachers to ensure improvement in learning outcomes? Existing research suggests the role of principals, investment in teacher training or improving financial incentives, and increased community participation as possible ways to enhance performance of teachers and principals. Assessing a 25-year state-school improvement programme run by CARE, a prominent education foundation in Pakistan, which has demonstrated visible success in improving student enrolment and performance in national matriculation exams and transition to college and university education, this paper shows that while principals can play a critical role in improving school performance, the real challenge is to suppress the ‘anti-work’ culture that prevails in state schools in countries where appointments of teachers as well as principals remain a source of political patronage. The paper shows that in such contexts NGOs, if given the contractual authority to monitor performance, can act as effective third-party enforcers to help shift the balance in favour of ‘pro-work’ teachers. However, for systematic long-term improvement in school performance, this support needs to come via the district-level education authorities—and this, as we shall see, is often also missing in such contexts. The findings from this study thus support growing evidence on the challenges confronting efforts to strengthen the short route of accountability in countries where the long route of accountability is weak. In such a political-economy context, even committed principals are unlikely to be able to shift school culture in favour of a ‘pro-work’ ethic unless there are wide-ranging reforms in the wider political and bureaucratic culture.
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Bano, Masooda. Beating the ‘Anti-Work’ Culture: Lessons from a Successful Attemptto Improve Performance in State Schools in Pakistan. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)r, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2022/105.
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What local-level factors, or horizontal pressures, can improve learning outcomes in government schools in developing countries, when the political elites and education bureaucracy are not exerting enough vertical pressure on principals and teachers to ensure improvement in learning outcomes? Existing research suggests the role of principals, investment in teacher training or improving financial incentives, and increased community participation as possible ways to enhance performance of teachers and principals. Assessing a 25-year state-school improvement programme run by CARE, a prominent education foundation in Pakistan, which has demonstrated visible success in improving student enrolment and performance in national matriculation exams and transition to college and university education, this paper shows that while principals can play a critical role in improving school performance, the real challenge is to suppress the ‘anti-work’ culture that prevails in state schools in countries where appointments of teachers as well as principals remain a source of political patronage. The paper shows that in such contexts NGOs, if given the contractual authority to monitor performance, can act as effective third-party enforcers to help shift the balance in favour of ‘pro-work’ teachers. However, for systematic long-term improvement in school performance, this support needs to come via the district-level education authorities—and this, as we shall see, is often also missing in such contexts. The findings from this study thus support growing evidence on the challenges confronting efforts to strengthen the short route of accountability in countries where the long route of accountability is weak. In such a political-economy context, even committed principals are unlikely to be able to shift school culture in favour of a ‘pro-work’ ethic unless there are wide-ranging reforms in the wider political and bureaucratic culture.
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Stepanyuk, Alla V., Liudmyla P. Mironets, Tetiana M. Olendr, Ivan M. Tsidylo, and Oksana B. Stoliar. Methodology of using mobile Internet devices in the process of biology school course studying. [б. в.], July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3887.
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This paper considers the problem of using mobile Internet devices in the process of biology studying in secondary schools. It has been examined how well the scientific problem is developed in pedagogical theory and educational practice. The methodology of using mobile Internet devices in the process of biology studying in a basic school, which involves the use of the Play Market server applications, Smart technologies and a website, has been created. After the analyses of the Play Market server content, there have been found several free of charge applications, which can be used while studying biology in a basic school. Among them are the following: Anatomy 4D, Animal 4D+, Augmented Reality Dinosaurs – my ARgalaxy, BioInc – Biomedical Plague, Plan+Net. Their choice is caused by the specifics of the object of biological cognition (life in all its manifestations) and the concept of bio(eco)centrism, which recognizes the life of any living system as the highest value. The paper suggests the original approach for homework checking, which involves besides computer control of students’ learning outcomes, the use of Miracast wireless technology. This demands the owning of a smartphone, a multimedia projector, and a Google Chromecast type adapter. The methodology of conducting a mobile front-line survey at the lesson on the learned or current material in biology in the test form, with the help of the free Plickers application, has been presented. The expediency of using the website builder Ucoz.ua for creation of a training website in biology has been substantiated. The methodology of organizing the educational process in biology in a basic school using the training website has been developed. Recommendations for using a biology training website have been summarized. According to the results of the forming experiment, the effectiveness of the proposed methodology of using mobile Internet devices in the process of biology studying in a basic school has been substantiated.
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Rogers, Jessa, Kate E. Williams, Kristin R. Laurens, Donna Berthelsen, Emma Carpendale, Laura Bentley, and Elizabeth Briant. Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Queensland University of Technology, October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.235509.
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The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC; also called Footprints in Time) is the only longitudinal study of developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children globally. Footprints in Time follows the development of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to understand what Indigenous children need to grow up strong. LSIC involves annual waves of data collection (commenced in 2008) and follows approximately 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in urban, regional, and remote locations. This LSIC Primary School report has been produced following the release of the twelfth wave of data collection, with the majority of LSIC children having completed primary school (Preparatory [aged ~5 years] to Year 6 [aged ~12 years]). Primary schools play a central role in supporting student learning, wellbeing, and connectedness, and the Footprints in Time study provides a platform for centring Indigenous voices, connecting stories, and exploring emerging themes related to the experience of Indigenous children and families in the Australian education system. This report uses a mixed-methods approach, analysing both quantitative and qualitative data shared by LSIC participants, to explore primary school experiences from the perspective of children, parents and teachers. Analyses are framed using a strengths-based approach and are underpinned by the understanding that all aspects of life are related. The report documents a range of topics including teacher cultural competence, racism, school-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education activities, parental involvement, engagement, attendance, and academic achievement.
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Borgès Da Silva, Roxane. COVID-19 : Comprendre et agir sur l’acceptabilité sociale des mesures de santé publique. CIRANO, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54932/izck1391.
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As of May 14, masks will no longer be required to be worn in indoor public places such as businesses, schools and daycares. It will continue to be required in public transportation, hospitals, medical clinics and CHSLDs. A survey conducted by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec from April 15 to 27 shows that two-thirds of respondents still intend to continue wearing the mask. But in reality, how will Quebecers react? What will be their motivations? How can we ensure that they make informed choices based on their circumstances and the objective risk factors they - and those around them - face? And how do we avoid the ostracization of those who will continue to wear the mask? Research inspired by experimental economics provides insight into the role that awareness and improved knowledge of the real risks associated with COVID-19 can play in people's intentions and reactions following the implementation - or removal - of various measures. This short text presents the results of two experimental studies conducted in the specific context of the reopening of schools in September 2020. These studies allow us to draw two main conclusions about the social acceptability of health measures and individual choices in the face of the pandemic: It is essential to provide valid, accurate, and simple sources of information to inform and reassure the population about the risks of developing COVID-19, without causing "cognitive overload." Simple awareness tools, clear and evidence-based information can have an impact on people's perceptions and choices when it comes to their health or that of their loved ones.
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Roschelle, Jeremy, Britte Haugan Cheng, Nicola Hodkowski, Julie Neisler, and Lina Haldar. Evaluation of an Online Tutoring Program in Elementary Mathematics. Digital Promise, April 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/94.
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Many students struggle with mathematics in late elementary school, particularly on the topic of fractions. In a best evidence syntheses of research on increasing achievement in elementary school mathematics, Pelligrini et al. (2018) highlighted tutoring as a way to help students. Online tutoring is attractive because costs may be lower and logistics easier than with face-to-face tutoring. Cignition developed an approach that combines online 1:1 tutoring with a fractions game, called FogStone Isle. The game provides students with additional learning opportunities and provides tutors with information that they can use to plan tutoring sessions. A randomized controlled trial investigated the research question: Do students who participate in online tutoring and a related mathematical game learn more about fractions than students who only have access to the game? Participants were 144 students from four schools, all serving low-income students with low prior mathematics achievement. In the Treatment condition, students received 20-25 minute tutoring sessions twice per week for an average of 18 sessions and also played the FogStone Isle game. In the Control condition, students had access to the game, but did not play it often. Control students did not receive tutoring. Students were randomly assigned to condition after being matched on pre-test scores. The same diagnostic assessment was used as a pre-test and as a post-test. The planned analysis looked for differences in gain scores ( post-test minus pre-test scores) between conditions. We conducted a t-test on the aggregate gain scores, comparing conditions; the results were statistically significant (t = 4.0545, df = 132.66, p-value < .001). To determine an effect size, we treated each site as a study in a meta-analysis. Using gain scores, the effect size was g=+.66. A more sophisticated treatment of the pooled standard deviation resulted in a corrected effect size of g=.46 with a 95% confidence interval of [+.23,+.70]. Students who received online tutoring and played the related Fog Stone Isle game learned more; our research found the approach to be efficacious. The Pelligrini et al. (2018) meta-analysis of elementary math tutoring programs found g = .26 and was based largely on face-to-face tutoring studies. Thus, this study compares favorably to prior research on face-to-face mathematics tutoring with elementary students. Limitations are discussed; in particular, this is an initial study of an intervention under development. Effects could increase or decrease as development continues and the program scales. Although this study was planned long before the current pandemic, results are particularly timely now that many students are at home under shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19. The approach taken here is feasible for students at home, with tutors supporting them from a distance. It is also feasible in many other situations where equity could be addressed directly by supporting students via online tutors.
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Homan, Kara, Michel Ayer, and Bogdana Rus. Mount Vernon Parks and Schools Safe Connection Routes Plan. University of Iowa, May 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.17077/7iqp-i3b8.
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Dalton, Ben. The Landscape of School Rating Systems. RTI Press, September 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2017.op.0046.1709.
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The rise of the accountability movement in education has resulted in the proliferation of school report cards, school ratings and rankings, and other kinds of performance reporting for public consumption and policy use. To understand the strengths and limitations of school rating systems and the role they play in shaping public perceptions and school improvement practices, this paper situates rating systems within the broader field of comparative organizational assessments and neo-institutional theory; describes school rankings and rating systems in use by states and consumer-oriented enterprises; and details four aspects of school ratings (measurement, transformation, integration, and presentation) that affect their use and interpretation.