FOSSIC (For Observing Study Skills In Children) has been devised to help the classroom teacher assess how well a child is studying - in school, and at home.
Three short articles:
"In the real world you can't say cereal when you mean shampoo" by Virginia Makins
"Reading through the little screen" by Andree Brooks
"Can't read? Maybe they can't see" by Virginia Makins
Going to school is an important milestone in a child's life and it is a major event for the parents too. How should you prepare your child for school? How can you prepare yourself? We asked some teachers and parents for their views, and based this guide on that information. But remember that teachers and parents are all different, so while what is said will be true of most teachers or parents it won't be true of all.
Why do students think teachers include poetry in the English curriculum? What aspects of poetry do they say teachers stress? Do the opinions of students and teachers on these matters coincide?
During 1978 an attempt was made to answer these questions, as a small part of a larger investigation into the perceptions and feelings of fifth form English teachers and their students about poetry and poets, and into some aspects of the teaching and evaluation of fifth form poetry.
One of the most persistent and frustrating challenges facing those concerned with specific learning disability is to formulate a definition that will serve the needs of teachers, parents and the children who may be handicapped in that way. Even in the United States, where most of the research goes on, there is no single, accepted definition so it is hardly surprising, therefore, that we, in this country, lack the guide lines and indicators that will help us identify and better understand the target group.
Large numbers of children, sometimes very young children, are admitted to our hospitals each year. Many stay for only short periods and while they may show disturbed behaviour upon returning home particularly if they are under 5 years - it appears to be widely accepted that if the length of stay is under a week it is unlikely to have any lasting repercussions. Stacey, for example, found that the majority of children she studied recovered within 6 months.
School leadership in New Zealand, both at primary and secondary levels, is dominated by men, despite the fact that women constitute half the combined teaching force.
