Teachers in a large, all‐male urban school in Jordan were interviewed about their perceptions of the most frequently occurring student misbehaviour. It was hoped to be able to identify the causes of such ‘disruption’ to teaching and learning in the school. Teachers spontaneously identified eight forms of student misbehaviour, which reflected clearly different kinds of interference with the teacher's authority. Teachers showed great awareness of the constraints which operate in the school context, which in turn affect their means of managing discipline in the classroom. Though this study was undertaken in a context which is significantly different from England, it is interesting that the issues these teachers saw themselves confronted with were not significantly different from those reported in this country. The conclusions that the researchers draw from their data have relevance beyond the specific context in which this study was undertaken.
This study aimed at investigating kindergarten teachers’ practices and beliefs relating to authentic assessment. The study also aimed at investigating differences in teachers’ practices and beliefs based on level of education, study major, and length of experience. The sample of the study consisted of (92) teachers working in kindergartens in the suburbs of Jerusalem. Two questionnaires were developed and implemented to collect the data of the study. In addition, individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 teachers from the sample of the study. Content analysis of some kindergarten documents was also used. The results showed that worksheets were the main method used to assess children learning, while project-based assessment was not used at all. In addition, the results showed significant differences in the teachers’ utilization of authentic assessment methods relating to level of education and study major, but there were no differences relating to the length of the teachers teaching experience. The teachers showed a strong belief in the importance of authentic assessment methods. The results of the interviews and content analysis supported the findings of the questionnaires. The study concluded a number of recommendations for future research, teacher educators and kindergarten principals.
The aim of this study was to identify the effectiveness of a developed Instructional Unit Based on International Standards in Nutrition and Sports and Examine its Effectiveness on Improving the Physical Self-Concept Among Eighth Grade Female Students in Jordan. The students were selected from the eighth grade students in the first Secondary university schools –Femal- in the capital Amman during the Second semester of the academic year 2017/2018. The researchers identified the private schools that include two divisions of the eighth grade and chose one of them. One of the two divisions was randomly assigned to be an experimental group (26) and the other to be a control group (29) students. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the measure of the self-concept of the body was composed of (24) items. An Instructional Unit was developed in the vocational education curriculum based on international standards in nutrition and sports to measure its effectiveness in improving the concept of the physical self. The developed unit consisted of (8) international standards in nutrition and sport, where (36) outcomes were derived, and were implemented in (20) Forty-five-minute lessons.
The results showed a statistically significant effect on the developed unit based on the global standards in nutrition and sport. The level of the self-concept of the students in the experimental group was higher than the students of the control group.
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