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How to Maintain Positive Discipline and Focus Children’s Attention Effectively within your Classroom Environment
How to Maintain Positive Discipline and Focus Children’s Attention Effectively Within your Classroom Environment
Bridging the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children: Why should we be concerned with executive functions in the South African context?
Author: Caroline Fitzpatrick Research shows that child characteristics in kindergarten play an important role in determining their academic success and educational achievements. The effects of these characteristics can have a profound influence even into early adulthood. These characteristics include mathematics and reading skills. However, executive function skills are also important predictors of later success, and …
Should I be concerned about my Child’s use of Media?
Author: Dr Caroline Fitzpatrick Psycho- educational Researcher ________________________________________________________________________________ Children born into the new millennium have an unprecedented access to screens in the form of televisions, computers, video games, smart phones, and tablets. This changing childhood landscape has led many parents, educators, and researchers to ask questions about the possible benefits and negative effects of this …
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Planning Lessons for Effective Classroom Discipline
Author: Dr. Sarita Ramsaroop and Professor Nadine Petersen Department of Childhood Education Faculty of Education University of Johannesburg Lesson planning lies at the heart of effective teaching and managing one’s classroom. Walking into a classroom without a plan of what will be taught (subject matter knowledge or content) and how it will be taught (pedagogical …
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