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Learning Through Making In The Early Years, John Siraj-Blatchford, Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Learning Through Making In The Early Years, John Siraj-Blatchford, Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Fifty four five-year-old children in three London Primary Schools were tested using the British Ability Scales. Every 'product' of the children's construction work for the term was photographed. Three intervention groups were withdrawn from their classroom for one hour per week for focused instruction. 'Access only' groups were also withdrawn but were not provided with instruction. The children in the second control group received no additional experience of making beyond that normally provided in the classroom. A total of 450 products were constructed by the children during the intervention phase and each has been categorised from an analysis of the …
Investigating Hiv/Aids In Southern Africa, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Investigating Hiv/Aids In Southern Africa, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Book Review Webb, D (1997) HIV and AIDS in Africa. Cape Town: David Philip. ISBN 0 86486 341 1
Adolescents And Hiv In Developing Countries: New Research Directions, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Adolescents And Hiv In Developing Countries: New Research Directions, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Adolescents are of interest in HIV/STD studies as they are a group whose behaviour places them at increased risk of HIV infection (Hein, 1992). Adolescence is a period characterised by the development and formation of sexuality, a process which frequently involves a high turn-over of sexual partners (Krahe and Reiss, 1995; Lear, 1995). Teenage experimentation with drugs and alcohol frequently leads to the adoption of high risk behaviours or engagement in unplanned episodes of casual sex (Weatherburn and Project SIGMA, 1992). In addition, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the normative social influences of their peers (DiClemente, 1990). These influences among …
The Accessing Of Geometry Schemas By High School Students, Mohan Chinnappan
The Accessing Of Geometry Schemas By High School Students, Mohan Chinnappan
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
In this study I examine the question, what is the nature of prior mathematical knowledge that facilitates the construction of useful problem representations in the domain of geometry? The quality of prior knowledge is analysed in terms ofschemas that provide a measure of the degree of organisation of prior knowledge. Problem-solving performance and schema activation of a group of high- and low-achieving students were compared. As expected, the high achievers produced more correct answers than the low achievers. More significantly, schema comparison indicated that the high achievers accessed more problem-relevant schemas than the low achievers. In a related task which …
Criteria For Determining Quality In Early Learning For 3-6 Year-Olds, Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Criteria For Determining Quality In Early Learning For 3-6 Year-Olds, Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
This book is about extending good practice in curriculum development and supporting and sustaining the positive practices that characterise many early childhood settings. The curriculum cannot be seen in isolation and it cannot exist without a strong and well-developed framework of support, the social and institutional context in which curriculum 'happens'. To develop and deliver a sound curriculum the staff must be well informed about child development and culture and about subject knowledge and appropriate ways of 'teaching' young children so that all the children in their setting can access the curriculum. Time needs to be spent developing shared perspectives …
Curriculum Design For Flexible Delivery - Massaging The Model, Maureen Bell, Geraldine E. Lefoe
Curriculum Design For Flexible Delivery - Massaging The Model, Maureen Bell, Geraldine E. Lefoe
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
At the University of Wollongong undergraduate degrees will be delivered flexibly to a new satellite campus beginning in the year 2000. A training course is being developed for tutors who will work with students at the satellite campus. The course is to be highly flexible and model flexible delivery strategies. This paper maps the influences of a flexible delivery framework on curriculum design through various design iterations. A model for the design of flexibly delivered courses is outlined.