https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55062 2026-05-05T09:57:14Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54906 Title: Gender stereotypes in children's readers Abstract: Gender development is a critical part of the earliest and most important learning experience of the young child. Parents, caregivers and teachers formulate the social structure that initiates the young into their gender-specific roles. 1998-11-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54905 Title: Well managed schools : Carlo Diacono Girls' Junior Lyceum, Zejtun [interview with Maria Ciappara] Abstract: In the series on Well-Managed Schools we feature an interview by Paul A. Attard with Maria Ciappara, a dynamic head of school. Between 1970 and 1986, this school was a Girls' Secondary School. lt became a Junior Lyceum in 1987, catering mainly for students from the south of the island. The school has a Head of School, four Assistant Heads, ninety-five teachers, 1,250 students and support staff. The school has five blocks, enjoys spacious grounds and gardens and sports facilities. 1998-11-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54904 Title: Changing uniforms : the teaching and learning of English in the transition phase Abstract: The authors have conducted a study in two primary schools and four secondary schools which brought to light: - the concerns and the difficulties encountered by pupils in two primary schools and four secondary schools before and after the transfer to the secondary level of education, - the teaching and learning processes in English. 1998-11-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54903 Title: Introducing assessments and examinations in physical education in Malta Abstract: In Malta physical education is a nonexaminable subject yet an assessment mark or grade is still an integral part of the end oftenn I year report of the majority of schools in Malta (Cassar, 1995). The assessment of physical education is quantified in the local National Syllabus of Physical Education (1992), nevertheless, physical education was omitted from the school-leaving certificate of fifth formers in government schools in the early 1990s. This last action is not consistent with the local requirements of the National Syllabus ofPhysical Education (1992). Now that the task of introducing a Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) in physical education is rolling, it seems appropriate to appraise the provisions for content and assessments in the National Syllabus for Physical Education ( 1992) and to relate them to teacher 's practices in secondary schools. The implementation of the activities recommended in the four areas of study of the local syllabus and the assessment practices will be discussed in the light of the requirements of an assessed and examined subject. 1998-11-01T00:00:00Z