https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54271 2026-04-09T05:58:48Z 2026-04-09T05:58:48Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54514 2023-04-27T11:53:54Z 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Xghajra primary school : a labour of love and professional dedication Abstract: Schools exist to promote the development of pupils through their engagement with the curriculum. The curriculum includes not only the National Minimum Curriculum but also teaching methods, learning styles and other elements such as the quality of relationships in the school and the organisation and management of classes. Head and class teachers are not required to organise their schools and classes in prescribed ways. This IS very much left to their professional discretion. However it is important that they keep their organisation and teaching under review. To engage in this process of review heads and teachers need not only to examine their own practice but also to have access to the practice of others.

1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54513 2020-04-26T05:10:59Z 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Physical education in Maltese state primary schools : a reality, or wishful thinking? Abstract: Ask any child, on his return from a day at his primary school, how s/he has spent the day and the most obvious answer would be - sitting down doing Religion, Maths, English, Maltese, Art. Perhaps on the odd day when the visiting Physical Education teacher was on duty at that particular school, or as a result of the class teacher's benevolence in rewarding the pupils for extraordinary good behaviour during lessons, they would have actually gone down to the school yard for half an hour of exercise - be it a properly conducted lesson or just a game in which the children participate so eagerly.

1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54413 2020-04-19T05:21:35Z 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Creating multimedia presentations with Kid Pix Studio Abstract: One of the good things about the introduction of computers in Primary Schools is the easy access to multimedia apparatus in the classroom. By multimedia, we mean the use of text, pictures, animation and sound organised in a way to produce a single project. It is the variety of the media that draws the children's attention (anyone s attention, for that matter) towards the particular message that is to be conveyed, so using moving pictures rather than still graphics and adding sound rather than just sticking to plain, written text will definitely appeal more to the senses.

1997-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54412 2022-01-25T06:05:34Z 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Teaching modern European languages in the primary classroom : the Eurolanguages project Abstract: In the Maltese educational system, foreign languages are introduced as soon as children enter secondary schools, that is at eleven years of age. However, research has shown that including foreign languages in primary education has various advantages, especially due to the fact that at an early age children are usually more enthusiastic and find it easier to grasp new grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.

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