Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…It was aimed at understanding the current status of science and mathematics teaching particularly in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia so as to identify the existing gaps in the preparation of primary school science and mathematics teachers and teacher educators for Colleges of Teacher Education (CTE). …”
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INTRODUZIONE ALLA LINGUA INGLESE FIN DALLA PRIMA INFANZIA: UN APPROCCIO BASATO SULL’USO “AMPLIFICATO” DEL CANALE VISIVO-GESTUALE by Erika Raniolo

“…An approach based on the ‘amplified’ use of the visual-gestural channel To date, in Italy, contact with the English language from early childhood is quite widespread, although the legislation makes it obligatory only starting from primary school. Various didactic strategies, in relation to the different school levels, have been defined. …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour among Chinese college students: a Meta-analysis by TAO Silu, MAO Guoju, XIONG Yi, GUO Mengjia, WU Dongmei

“…Freshman year [OR=1.55, 95%CI(1.22, 1.97)], sophomore year [OR=1.74, 95%CI(1.36, 2.23)], bornin urban or town [OR=1.44, 95%CI(1.26, 1.64)], non-medical colleges or majors [OR=1.50, 95%CI(1.39, 1.61)], negative life events [OR=1.02, 95%CI(1.01, 1.04)], sexual abuse in primary school or earlier [OR=3.14, 95%CI(1.97, 5.02)], depression [OR=1.47, 95%CI(1.33, 1.63)], anxiety [OR=2.20, 95%CI(1.25, 3.87)], fantasies [OR=1.18, 95%CI(1.03, 1.35)], alcohol consumption [OR=1.60, 95%CI(1.40, 1.83)], and feelings of sadness and despair [OR=6.32, 95%CI(2.96, 13.51)] were the risk factors for prevalence of NSSI in Chinese college students.Conclusion The prevalence of NSSI among Chinese college students is high and closely related to a variety of factors. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Childhood Hypertension in Urban-Rural Areas of China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaohua Liang, Lun Xiao, Yetao Luo, Jiapei Xu

“…Using stratified cluster sampling in urban and rural areas, a total of 13597 primary school children aged 6∼12 years living in the Southwest of China were included. …”
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Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…It was aimed at understanding the current status of science and mathematics teaching particularly in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia so as to identify the existing gaps in the preparation of primary school science and mathematics teachers and teacher educators for Colleges of Teacher Education (CTE). …”
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Umbilical cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in hetosa district, Arsi zone, Ethiopia 2021: Community-based mixed design by Genat Balcha Abdi, Bekalu Kassie Alemu, Tensae KassaYizengaw, Beker Ahmed Hussein

“…Being in age group ≤ 24years (AOR = 4.55, 95 % CI; 2.08, 9.98) and 24–32years (AOR = 3.70, 95 % CI; 1.98, 6.94), among those who attend primary school (AOR = 5.26, 95 % CI: 2.50, 11.04) and secondary and above (AOR = 3.63, 95 % CI: 1.61, 8.18), health facility delivery (AOR = 5.09, 95 % CI; 2.95, 8.78), and having good knowledge about cord care(AOR = 8.58, 95 % CI; 5.09, 14.46) were statically significantly associated with good umbilical cord care practice. …”
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The Determinants of Sexual Intercourse Before Age 16 Years Among Rural Jamaican Adolescents by Olaniyi J. Ekundayo, Joana Dodson-Stallworth, Michele Roofe, Inmaculada B. Aban, Laura H. Bachmann, Mirjam C. Kempf, John Ehiri, Pauline E. Jolly

“…Considering the high rates of HIV and adolescent pregnancy in this population, reproductive health programs that attempt to delay age at first sex should begin early in primary school before adolescents become sexually active.…”
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ITALIANO E DIALETTO: ESPERIENZE DIDATTICHE PER UN CURRICOLO VERTICALE INTEGRATO IN PROSPETTIVA ECOLINGUISTICA by Rosalia La Perna, Antonio Serradifalco

“…This paper presents two experiences of integrated language teaching through the valorisation of local varieties for a vertical curriculum based on an ecolinguistic perspective, carried out in primary and secondary school classes of schools from an area near Palermo. In a primary school (class III), composed of Italian speakers with low competence in the local variety, the study of text types in Italian and the search for similar texts in Sicilian, carried out with the involvement of Sicilian-speaking grandparents, improved text analysis and communication skills and widened intergenerational language spaces. …”
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Developing an Evidence- and Theory-Informed Mother-Daughter mHealth Intervention Prototype Targeting Physical Activity in Preteen Girls of Low Socioeconomic Position: Multiphase Co... by Carol Brennan, Grainne ODonoghue, Alison Keogh, Ryan E Rhodes, James Matthews

“…Throughout these phases, workshops were conducted with preteen girls (n=10), mothers of preteen girls (n=9), and primary school teachers (n=6), with additional input from an academic advisory panel. …”
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Exploring smallholder farmers’ access and participation in the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in selected counties of Kenya by Joyce Kamau, Collins Okoyo, Collins Okoyo, Tabitha Kanyui, Charles Mwandawiro, Samrat Singh, Lesley Drake

“…The Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) was designed to address short-term hunger among primary school children from food-insecure households, enhancing access to primary education while providing a market to SHFs through local procurement of food for schools. …”
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Assessment of Reproductive Performance and Husbandry Practices of Horro and Crossbred Cattle Under Smallholder in Sibu Sire District of East Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Abriham Kebede Deresa, Jiregna Dugassa Kitessa, Yobsan Tamiru Terefa

“…Their education was as follows: 26% were illiterate, 67% in primary school and 7% in secondary school. Ninety‐five percent of them managed their animals extensively and used natural mating and breeding practices (75%). …”
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Effect of a Nutritional Education Intervention on the Reduction of Added Sugar Consumption in Schoolchildren in Southeastern Mexico: Community Study by Carmen Morales-Ruán, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Danae Gabriela Valenzuela-Bravo, Rebeca Uribe-Carvajal, Corin Hernández-Palafox, María Concepción Medina-Zacarías, Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humarán

“…A 9-month educational intervention was designed to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and the development of socio-emotional skills among primary school children. Information on the usual intake of foods and beverages was collected from 400 schoolchildren at the beginning and end of the intervention using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. …”
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La atención de las necesidades educativas especiales y la labor docente en la escuela primaria / Response to Special Educational Needs and Teaching Efforts in Elementary School by Mayela Dabdub-Moreira, Alejandra Pineda-Cordero

“…To gather this information, interviews were carried out with fifteen first to sixth grade primary school teachers in a private elementary school in Moravia, Costa Rica. …”
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Assessing the Changes of Mumps Characteristics with Different Vaccination Strategies Using Surveillance Data: Importance to Introduce the 2-Dose Schedule in Quzhou of China by Chunting Zhou, Wei Song, Zhiying Yin, Sheng Li, Xiaoying Gong, Quanjun Fang, Shuangqing Wang

“…Approximately 90% of the reported outbreaks occurred in school children (primary school/middle school). The seasonal characteristics of mumps were less obvious from 2011 to 2016. …”
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Risk Factors for Incident Myopia among Teenaged Students of the Experimental Class of the Air Force in China by Lin-song Qi, Lu Yao, Xue-feng Wang, Jiu-mei Shi, Yong Liu, Teng-yun Wu, Zhi-kang Zou

“…Parental myopia, age at the start of primary school, continuous reading/writing for ≥1 h, sleep duration per week <49 h, and one or more dietary biases were not significant risk factors (P>0.05). …”
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Health literacy status and associated factors among residents in Anhui Province, China: a cross-sectional study by Yuansheng Fu, Jianrong Xie, De Xu, Yuanrui Xia, Zhimin Wang, Yinguang Fan

“…Compared with illiterate/less literate, the aOR values for primary school, junior high school, senior high school, and college or above were 1.690 (1.326–2.155), 3.467 (2.760–4.356), 7.033 (5.516–8.968), and 17.895 (13.948–22.959), respectively; compared with the age group of 65–69 years, the aOR values for the age groups 15–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54 and 55–64 years were 2.384 (1.774–3.202), 2.598 (2.049–3.294), 2.862 (2.267–3.615), 2.135 (1.697–2.685), and 1.468 (1.157–1.863), respectively; compared with farmers, the aOR values were 1.244 (95% CI, 1.081–1.432) for technical/professional, 1.121 (95% CI, 1.003–1.254) for commercial/service, and 1.329 (95% CI, 1.163–1.518) for other occupations.ConclusionResidents of Anhui Province exhibit relatively low levels of HL, with notable disparities observed among different education levels, age groups, genders, and marital statuses. …”
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Zonation system in admission of new student at state secondary school in Indonesia: how predictable to learning success by B. Bulkani, M. Fatchurahman, M. A. Setiawan

“…When they graduate from elementary school, students’ learning achievement has a weak predictive power on students’ learning achievement in junior high school. The national primary school-based school examination average, elementary school report card average, and elementary school examination average, used as entry requirements to junior high school in the zoning system, only have a predictive power of 1.4–2,7%.Practical significance. …”
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Conocimientos sobre la lectoescritura emergente y prácticas en las aulas para su promoción: Un estudio con docentes de Educación preescolar en Costa Rica/ Emergent Literacy Knowled... by Luis Diego Conejo, Ana María Carmiol

“…English This study analyzes literacy situations between dyads of 12-year-olds attending primary school and 5-year-old kindergarten children generated in the framework of the “De niño a niño” program (Rosemberg & Alam, 2009). …”
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Tradition and Development of Lithuanian Terminology by Antanas Smetona

“…Notably, all education, from primary school to dissertation defence, was available in the Lithuanian language. …”
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Gambaran Obesitas pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar di SD Pertiwi dan SD Negeri 03 Alai Padang by Rizqa Fiorendita Hadi, Afriwardi ., Yusri Dianne Jurnalis

“…The purpose of this study is to see an overview of obesity that occurs in primary school students in SD Pertiwi and SD Negeri 03 Alai Padang and the relationship of age and gender to obesity in SD Pertiwi and SD Negeri 03 Alai Padang. …”
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