To examine what kinds of parent–child interactions are elicited by different literacy-related activities, an exploratory study was conducted with 19 mother–child dyads. Although prompting boards are widely incorporated in pre- and primary school curricula, and in various family literacy programmes, scientific …

The inclusive education in the townships of South Africa is very pour. The policies are there but the effectively implementation is still not installed. At the Dambuza primary school is this a problem as well. To get a broad and clear view how the Dambuza primary school works with the (special) educational …

Sports in elementary school: physical education specialists vs. group teachers.The aim of the project is stimulating sport participation among elementary school children in the province of Friesland. The ultimate aim is to provide three hours of physical education, provided by an physical education specialist, …

The aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a school-centered multicomponent PA intervention, called ‘Active Living’, on children's daily PA levels. A quasi-experimental design was used including 9 intervention schools and 9 matched control schools located in the Netherlands. The …

Learning from others has been reported as a productive approach for teacher Professional Development (PD) and is seen as a valuable addition to formal PD. Specific insights into whether social learning suits teachers is still lacking. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to develop and apply an …

This research identifies which risk and beneficial factors towards reading enjoyment in English and their native language are present for recent English as Additional Language (EAL) students in Key Stage 2. Initially, classroom teachers were interviewed and 113 children completed an anonymous questionnaire …

Robotica onderwijzen in de basisschool De hedendaagse samenleving heeft burgers nodig die beschikken over de kennis en vaardigheden die nodig zijn om verantwoordelijk en op een zinvolle wijze deel te nemen aan de op technologie gebaseerde wereld om hen heen. Het is daarom algemeen aanvaard dat onderwijs …

This research studied how one international primary school in a major Western European city supports its pupils going through a vertical transition. Data was collected over a ten week period through interviews of several staff members, surveys of parents and teachers, and through the study of school …

Over the last few decades, the industrial marketing literature and the business network literature have promoted a holistic approach to marketing and provided a framework for understanding interorganizational networks. However, our understanding of how interorganizational networks govern themselves when …

It is generally assumed that in the countryside of Northeast Netherlands children enter primary school with a language delay. Despite the apparent consensus, unequivocal evidence demonstrating that the number of young children with language delays and the magnitude of these delays is, however, lacking. …