Teachers' views of quality teaching/learning at the infant level in a new primary school
Date
2013
Authors
Abdul-Majied, Sabeerah
Cain, Margaret
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School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine
Abstract
This study sought to gain an understanding of the quality of teaching and learning provided at a newly built primary school. This school was intended to provide a setting for high-quality education for young children, and was equipped with modern physical facilities. A qualitative approach was used to obtain teachers' views of the quality of teaching and learning provided at the Infant level of the school. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The questions that guided the study were: (a) What are teachers' views about factors that support quality teaching and learning in the Infant Department of a primary school? and (b) What are teachers' views about factors that inhibit quality teaching and learning in the Infant Department of a primary school? The findings indicated that the quality of teaching and learning provided in the Infant level classrooms was influenced by a number of factors related to the home/school connection, critical school support, teacher attributes, and student attributes. New findings about educational change issues that could facilitate quality teaching when moving to a new school setting also emerged
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Keywords
Educational quality, Primary schools, Early childhood care and education, Kindergarten children, Teacher attitudes, Trinidad and Tobago
Citation
Abdul-Majied, S., and Cain, M. (2013). Teachers' views of quality teaching/learning at the infant level in a new primary school. Caribbean Curriculum, 20, 161-185.