Helping all Students Become Einstein’s using Bibliotherapy when Teaching Mathematics to Prepare Students for a STEM World
Joseph M. Furner
PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 2, Issue 1, Article No: 01
https://doi.org/10.20897/pedre.201701
Research Article
[Abstract]
[PDF]
ABSTRACT
Today, being confident and having a sound understanding of mathematics is critical in an age of STEM. Teachers must play in important role in seeing that all students display their confidence in their ability to do mathematics. This paper explains the process of using bibliotherapy when teaching mathematics to address both the math anxious or the math gifted student to build more math confidence in a STEM world. Often gifted students of mathematics can be made to feel bad by their peers just because they know mathematics and things come easy to them. Today there are many students in school that have math anxiety. Children's and adolescent literature has been recognized now as a means to teaching mathematics to students through the use of stories to make the mathematics concepts relevant and meaningful. Literature can also be used as a form of therapy, bibliotherapy, to reach students who may be frustrated with children picking on them for knowing a lot of mathematics or who are math anxious. Story and picture books such as Counting on Frank, Math Curse and A Gebra Named Al are now available to use in the classroom as forms of bibliotherapy in helping students come to terms with issues that haunt them as it relates to mathematics. Children's books can be beneficial to address the math anxious and even the gifted. In this paper the author proposes using reading and discussion (bibliotherapy) to help all students become confident in mathematics in the STEM world we live in.
Keywords: bibliotherapy, literature and picture books, mathematics confidence, STEM
Experiences Faced by Diabetic Teenagers of Diepkloof Soweto: A Systematic Review
Mahlodi Malatji, Thobeka Nkomo
PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 2, Issue 1, Article No: 02
https://doi.org/10.20897/pedre.201702
Research Article
[Abstract]
[PDF]
ABSTRACT
Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disorder which presents itself with symptoms such as blurry vision, thirst and weight loss. It is a disease that is more common in childhood whereby the body cannot produce enough insulin.
Objectives: To explore the challenges experienced by diabetic teenagers.
Results: Checking of sugar levels and injecting of insulin was indicated as one of the major difficulties the teenagers face. Findings demonstrated that they feel abnormal and not part of their peers when they have to check their insulin and inject frequently.
Methods: Various literatures from electronic database and manuals were used. The literature review was followed by in-depth semi structured interviews to document the experiences of the diabetic teenagers.
Conclusion: Findings demonstrated challenges encountered by diabetic teenagers which affected their adherence to treatment. Some of the challenges were injecting insulin into their body system and further checking the level of sugar in the blood stream. Some teenagers also reported the dislike to gaining weight as they omit insulin intake in order to conform to a certain body shape. Empower the teenagers in regard to embracing their condition so that they can adhere successfully to the treatment without any relapse in order to avoid readmissions at the hospital.
Keywords: relapse, empowerment, peer pressure, diabetic teenagers
Evaluation of Organization and Administration of Intramural Sports Programmes in Secondary Schools in Ibadan Metropolis
B.O. Abayomi, Pat. Ola Oyeniyi, O.O. Aina
PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 2, Issue 1, Article No: 03
https://doi.org/10.20897/pedre.201703
Research Article
[Abstract]
[PDF]
ABSTRACT
The paper appraised the organization and administration of intramural sports programmes in secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis. The descriptive research design of survey type was employed for the study. The population was all secondary school students and teachers in Ibadan Metropolis. The sample consisted of 500 respondents 40 public secondary schools and 10 private secondary schools from five local governments in Ibadan metropolis who were selected through multi stage, stratified and random sampling techniques. Modified Likert type questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by experts in human kinetics and lecturers in tests, measurement and evaluation who accessed the face and content validity of the instrument. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined through one shot test and later the data collected was subjected to Cronbach alpha statistic which yielded a reliability coefficient (r) of 0.87. The statistics used for data analysis include frequency counts, percentage and chi-square set at 0.05 alpha level. The result showed that scheduling was a significant problem of intramural Sports in Secondary Schools in Ibadan metropolis. Personnel, facilities and equipment were not significantly available for intramural sports in Ibadan metropolis. It was therefore suggested that physical education teachers should show more interest in intramural sports, and schools should provide more facilities and equipment for the programmes.
Keywords: scheduling, private schools, public schools, athletics, open spaces