Comparing active game-playing scores and academic performances of elementary school students

In the educational sciences, many discussions on the use of computer games occur. Most of the scientists believe that traditional computer games are time-consuming software and that game-playing activities negatively affect students’ academic performance. In this study, the accuracy of this general opinion was examined by focusing on the real game-playing scores of an elementary school students in Turkey. First, researchers selected a single-player strategy game. Second, the selected game was given to 105 fifth-grade students, who had not played it before, so that they could play it over a 30-minute period. The most successful student of the group finished the 23rd level of the game and collected 8152 points in total. In order to investigate the correlation between strategy game performance and academic performance, researchers derived the students’ average exam scores for six different courses (mathematics, physical science, science and technology, visual arts, music, and social sciences) from official documents. At the end of the study, it was found that participants’ mathematical or physical science skills were positively correlated with game success; however, a negative relationship was not exists between an individual's computer game success and academic performance.     

视障儿童与正常儿童自我概念和个性的比较研究

本研究采用二十句陈述自我概念测验技术(TST)、艾森克人格问卷(EPQ)及深入访谈法,对自强中专的明眼、弱视和盲生共93人,进行了定量与定性相结合的分析研究.研究表现在自我概念和个性方面,这三类被试既有共性也有差异性;三类被试在自我概念和个性方面的差异均随年级升高而减小;视障学生在这两方面的内部差异明显大于明眼学生内部差异;致残年龄对盲童的精神和社会自我影响显著.     

Inclusive Education for Disabled Refugee Children: A (Re)Conceptualization through Krip-Hop

Abstract

Inspired by Hip-Hop pedagogy and the Krip-Hop movement, this paper aims to address the limits of inclusive education for disabled migrant students, by drawing on the community event “I am Hip-Hop” that took place in June 2019 in Italy. Through this community intervention, migrant and disabled migrant youth were provided a creative platform to reflect critically about their identity and journey. Ultimately, this paper offers teachers recommendations to anchor disabled migrant culture in educational practices.     

学龄儿童适应技能测评量表的编制

目的:以智力落后和适应技能理论为依据,编制适用于7-15岁学龄儿童适应技能发展水平的测评工具。方法:在市区和郊县选取490名正常儿童和323名智力落后儿童接受测评,对经过理论推演,经验筛选,再经预试的测评内容,进行统计分析。结果:项目分析表明,所有测评项目都具有适当的难度和较高的区分度;因素分析将测评内容概括为三个主要因子,基本符合适应技能的最新理论框架;本量表具有较高的信度和效度,测查结果稳定而有效。结论:本量表使用方便,能有效测评学龄儿童的适应技能发展水平,实现在我国义务教育阶段对智力落后儿童鉴别、诊断的目的。     

家庭环境对儿童发展影响的研究综述

家庭是儿童生活的主要场所,其作用是学校和社会团体所不可替代的,家庭环境不同因素对子女心理、人格以及学业的发展具有重大影响。家庭环境包括主观家庭环境和客观家庭环境,二者相互影响,并作为一个统一体共同作用于子女发展。     

从极端天气事件演变规律和地理环境看昆明长水机场低能见天气成因及安全运行措施

昆明长水国际机场因地理环境特殊造成大雾等天气致使低能见度天气发生频率相对偏多。本课题从地理环境分析出长水国际机场大雾天气的成因,对比分析了大雾造成昆明长水国际机场和原巫家坝机场低能见度天气情况,得出长水国际机场大雾天气远多于原巫家坝机场的结论,最后就低能见度天气条件下机场、管制部门和航空公司等多家单位确保航班安全运行的措施和应对航班大面积不正常情况下快速恢复航行提出建议。     

教育公平与制度保障——进城务工人员子女接受义务教育的现状分析

进城务工人员子女义务教育公平问题是中国社会转型期一个独特的社会问题,已引起社会的广泛关注.本文基于对湖北、河南、安徽等省市进城务工人员子女上学问题的专门调查,并结合全国已其他省市的调查研究,从制度层面就进城务工人员子女的义务教育公平问题及其成因进行分析,并在此基础上提出如何从制度上保障进城务工人员子女公平接受义务教育的对策思路.     

Friendships for wellbeing?: parents’ and practitioners’ positioning of young children’s friendships in the evaluation of wellbeing factors

ABSTRACT

Friendship matters for young children’s development, learning and experience of wellbeing. This paper emphasises the significance of young children’s friendships for their wellbeing, especially in the context of early years settings. Findings are presented from two online questionnaires developed for the project, in which 155 parents/carers and 285 practitioners in England expressed their perceptions of what matters for young children’s wellbeing. Data shows some ambivalence in the views of both parents/carers and practitioners about the importance of friendship in this context. Both groups gave low prioritisation to ‘the company of friends’ for children’s wellbeing. As friendships are of central importance to young children themselves, this could suggests that adults and children may have different priorities, which raises questions about the extent to which young children’s friendships are seen as important by adults. The paper concludes by proposing the need for practitioners in particular, but also parents, to consider their roles and priorities for children’s lives within schools and nurseries, including how they might sensitively support and facilitate children’s friendships in play, activities, transition and everyday life.     

家庭社会经济地位对留守儿童的影响:回顾与思考

家庭社会经济地位分化是由于市场经济、阶层固化、自身努力等多方面因素共同作用的结果,不同的家庭社会经济地位对青少年的影响不同。留守儿童随着"打工经济"的发展被迫孕育出来,其自身的特殊性和脆弱性受到了社会的普遍关注。较低的家庭社会经济地位给留守儿童的身体发育、心理发育以及学业成就带来了一定的负面效应。为促进留守儿童的健康成长,缓解不利的家庭社会经济地位对其的影响,本文从家庭、学校、政府层面提出了相应的对策和建议。     

Teachers’ experience with inclusive education in Singapore

Teachers’ positive attitude is most critically and consistently associated with successful inclusion. However, little is known about teachers’ first-hand encounters with inclusive education in Singapore. We present findings from a qualitative study on inclusion based on focus group interviews with 202 teachers from 41 resourced primary schools. The data were transcribed and coded using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis and NVIVO software. Two broad clusters identified were teachers’ positive and negative experiences in implementing inclusion. More reference was made to negative than positive experiences. The most dominant negative experience was stress from challenging behaviours and instructional difficulties of catering adequately for diverse needs in the same classroom. The most salient positive experience was satisfaction with pupils’ progress and new learning for teachers. Classroom practices that facilitated inclusion and the value of training in shaping teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion were highlighted.