Crianças em situação de risco social : perceção dos docentes: um contributo para a proteção e promoção dos direitos das crianças

Este trabalho tem como tema “Crianças em Situação de Risco Social: Perceção dos Docentes. Um contributo para a proteção e promoção dos direitos das crianças” e tem como objetivo tentar conhecer a frequência de alunos do Agrupamento de Escolas do Crato em situação de risco social, bem como os tipos de risco que poderão estar a viver. O Agrupamento de Escolas do Crato é constituído por duas escolas que são elas: a Escola Básica Integrada com Jardim de Infância Professora Ana Maria Ferreira Gordo e a Escola Básica 1 de Gáfete. Neste agrupamento encontra-se em funcionamento o jardim-de-infância, o 1º. ciclo, 2º. ciclo e o 3º. ciclo. A amostra é constituída pelos docentes do 1.º, 2.º e 3.º ciclos do ensino básico, os quais responderam a um questionário por cada aluno, num total de 232 alunos, ou seja, todos os alunos a frequentar o 1.º ou o 2.º ou o 3.ºciclos do ensino básico, excluindo-se apenas as crianças do pré-escolar, abrangendo-se assim toda a população do ensino básico. O instrumento utilizado neste estudo quantitativo foi adaptado do questionário de Díaz-Aguado e Arias (1999) validado na Universidade de Complutense de Madrid, e permitiu identificar vários tipos de risco social (maltrato ativo, problemas emocionais, negligência e condutas anti-sociais) bem como caraterizar algumas das variáveis que se associam a estes problemas no concelho do Crato. Algumas das principais conclusões foram as seguintes: as crianças que eram percecionadas como estando em maior risco social frequentavam o 3.º Ciclo, eram beneficiárias de ação social escolar e tinham mais insucesso escolar.

La educación primaria en los campos de la provincia de Buenos Aires (1943-1955)

El artículo se ocupa de las políticas educativas dirigidas al ámbito rural. El objetivo es caracterizar las escuelas primarias en la campaña bonaerense y examinar las demandas, la legislación y los proyectos que tuvieron lugar en relación con dichas escuelas durante el primer Peronismo. Se utiliza una metodología cualitativa que toma como fuentes de información normativas, discursos, estadísticas y proyectos de reformas. Se concluye que, si bien las demandas materiales dieron lugar a planes que en la mayor parte de los casos se concretaron, las peticiones para atender a la especificidad de la escuela rural fueron más difíciles de efectivizar

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Education pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets.

The Elson readers / by William H. Elson.

Primer. Revised edition of Elson-Runkel primer.--Bks.1-4. Revision of Elson primary school reader, books one to four.--Bks.5-6. Revision of Elson grammar school reader, books one to two.--Bk.7. Revision of junior high school literature, book one.

Education pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets.

'You Never Truly Feel at Home': Students' Perceptions of their Multilingualism and its Role in their Identity Construction : - A Study Performed in a Suburb Located in a Socially Vulnerable Area

A relevant subject in our globalized world concerns the relationship between language and identity, specifically amongst migrant youngsters’ experience of group belonging. This study therefore focused on how adolescents born to foreign parents in Sweden, perceived their multilingualism as part of their identity formation. I also aimed to include how socio-economic aspects could affect the process of identity construction. Thus, the investigation was performed with seventh grade students at a primary school located in the Stockholm suburb Bredäng. The methods consisted of a questionnaire, which was completed by the entire class and a group interview where six students participated. The results revealed that students adapted their language use based on the context, but Swedish was used most habitually. The informants viewed their multilingualism as beneficial but yet fully aware of the linguistic ideologies functioning in society. By combining their minority and majority language, the students were left with different ethnic identities and had diverse interpretations of what it meant to be Swedish. Even though all of them perceived themselves to have multiple ethnic identities, this was not solely seen positively. The issue of belonging was raised and the students claimed to be outcasts everywhere. However, the results differed depending on whether the students were born in Sweden or not. Also, most of them struggled with the process of assumed and ascribed identities, since they perceived themselves to be Swedish but experienced that society valued them as immigrants. Lastly, the study revealed that there were connections between their multilingualism and social mobility as the relationship towards the motherland was highly prioritized even with low levels of economic capital. 

La educación primaria en los campos de la provincia de Buenos Aires (1943-1955)

El artículo se ocupa de las políticas educativas dirigidas al ámbito rural. El objetivo es caracterizar las escuelas primarias en la campaña bonaerense y examinar las demandas, la legislación y los proyectos que tuvieron lugar en relación con dichas escuelas durante el primer Peronismo. Se utiliza una metodología cualitativa que toma como fuentes de información normativas, discursos, estadísticas y proyectos de reformas. Se concluye que, si bien las demandas materiales dieron lugar a planes que en la mayor parte de los casos se concretaron, las peticiones para atender a la especificidad de la escuela rural fueron más difíciles de efectivizar

Structuring cooperative group work in classrooms

Cooperative, small-group learning is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that promotes learning and socialisation across a range of curriculum areas from primary school through to high school and college. When children work cooperatively together, they learn to give and receive help, share their ideas and listen to other students’ perspectives, seek new ways of clarifying differences, resolving problems, and constructing new understandings and knowledge. The result is that students attain higher academic outcomes and are more motivated to achieve than they would be if they worked alone. This paper provides an overview of five different studies that the author has conducted that demonstrate clearly the importance of explicitly structuring cooperative small-group work in classrooms if children are to derive the benefits widely attributed to this pedagogical practice.

Students' conceptions of sport and sport education

This article explores a class of Grade 5 (age 9 and 10) children’s conceptions of sport during a season of sport education at Forest Gate Primary School. The purpose, following Kirk and Kinchin (this issue), is to examine the extent to which the potential transfer of learning between school and sport as a community of practice may be possible through sport education in school physical education. With reference to student interviews and drawings we report and discuss children’s conceptions of sport, their experiences of sport outside of the school, and their emerging conceptions of sport education in light of these prior understanding and experiences. We conclude that there was an evident level of compatibility between students’ experiences of sport education and their conceptions of sport more broadly.

A sociocultural analysis of language learning: New forms of literacy practices in a language and culture awareness programme

This paper reports on a sociocultural study conducted in a Catholic primary school in the Australian outback and provides insights into how policy related to Languages Other Than English (LOTE) programmes is implemented in a specific location and interwoven within the literacy practices of children, parents and teachers. A case study that tracked a Year Four student's learning and development during a Language and Culture Awareness Programme is discussed within a discourse of cultural and linguistic practices. Significant aspects of the student's learning related to a phenomenon called multi-tiered scaffolding temporarily disrupted the established literacy practices in the school community. Implications of the research for second-language teaching and learning in Australian primary schools are elaborated.

Prevalence, intensity and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in a South Indian fishing village

A study of the prevalence, intensity and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection was undertaken among school children aged 5-9 years attending a primary school in the fishing village in Peda Jalaripet, Visakhapatnam, South India. One hundred and eighty nine (92.6%) of 204 children were infected with one or more soil transmitted helminth parasites. The predominant parasite was Ascaris lumbricoides (prevalence of 91%), followed by Trichuris trichiura (72%) and hookworm (54%). Study of age-specific prevalence and intensity of infection revealed that the prevalence and intensity of A. lumbricoides infection was higher among younger children than older children. While aggregation of parasite infection was observed, hookworm infection was more highly aggregated than either A. lumbricoides or T. trichiura. Multivariate analysis identified parental occupation, child's age and mother's education as the potential risk factors contributing to the high intensity of A. lumbricoides infection. Children from fishing families with low levels of education of the mother had the highest intensity of A. lumbricoides infection. As the outcome of chemotherapy programs to control soil transmitted helminth infection is dependant on the dynamics of their transmission, there is a need for further studies to better define the role of specific factors that determine their prevalence, intensity and aggregation in different epidemiological settings. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The media, marketing, and single sex schooling

The Australian media's interest in education, as in many Anglophone countries, is frequently dominated by concerns about boys in schools. In 2002, in a country region of the Australian State of Queensland, this concern was evident in a debate on the merits of single sex schooling that took place in a small local newspaper. The debate was fuelled by the inclusion in this newspaper of an advertising brochure for an elite private girls' school. The advertisement utilized the current concerns about boys in schools to advocate the benefits of girls' only schools. Drawing on research that suggests that boys are a problem in school, and utilising a peculiar mix of liberal feminism alongside a neo-liberal class politics, it implicitly denigrated the education provided by government co-educational schools. The local government high and primary school principals, incensed at this advertisement, contacted the paper to refute many of its claims and assumptions and to assert the benefits, to both boys and girls, of their particular schools. A letters to the editor debate then followed an article representing these government school principals' views. These letters were from two private school principals. This country newspaper thus became a medium through which various school principals engaged with the current boys' debate, and research associated with it, in order to market their schools. This paper examines this particular newspaper debate and argues that, in the absence of nuanced, research based, and thoughtful policy responses to gender issues, many school policies on gender are being shaped through and by the media in ways that elide the complexities of the issues involved.

Interrogating single-sex classes as a strategy for addressing boys' educational and social needs

This paper explores the policy of single-sex classes that is currently being adopted in some schools as a strategy for addressing boys' educational and social needs. It draws on research in one Australian government, coeducational primary school to examine teachers' and students' experiences of this strategy. Interviews with the principal, male and female teachers responsible for teaching the single-sex classes and the students involved in these classes are used to illustrate the impact and effect of the strategy on pedagogical practices in this particular school. The data are used to raise critical questions about the impact and effects of teachers' pedagogical practices in light of the current literature and research about single-sex classes. In this case study, it was found that teachers had a tendency to modify their pedagogical practices and the curriculum to suit stereotypical constructions about boys' and girls' supposed oppositional orientations to learning. It is concluded that teacher knowledges and assumptions about gender play an important role in the execution of their pedagogies in the single-sex classroom.

Socio-economic distribution of environmental risk factors for childhood injury

Objective: Childhood injury remains the single most important cause of mortality in children aged between 1-14 years in many countries. It has been proposed that lower socio-economic status (SES) and poorer housing contribute to potential hazards in the home environment. This study sought to establish whether the prevalence of observed hazards in and around the home was differentially distributed by SES, in order to identify opportunities for injury prevention. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional, random sample survey of primary school children from 32 schools in Brisbane. Interviews and house audits were conducted between July 2000 and April 2003 to collect information on SES (income, employment and education) and previously identified household hazards. Results: There was evidence of a relationship between prevalence of household environmental hazards and household SES; however, the magnitude and direction of this relationship appeared to be hazard-specific. Household income was related to play equipment characteristics, with higher SES groups being more likely to be exposed to risk. All three SES indicators were associated with differences in the home safety characteristics, with the lower SES groups more likely to be exposed to risk. Conclusion:The differential distribution of environmental risk factors by SES of household may help explain the SES differential in the burden of injury and provides opportunities for focusing efforts to address the problem.