Using Learning Objectives when Teaching in Czech Primary Schools

Facts or Fiction?

  • Jana Stará Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Pre-primary and Primary Education
  • Karel Starý Charles University, Faculty of Education, Institute for Research and Development in Education
Keywords: learning objectives, primary education, social studies, formative assessment, feedback

Abstract

The paper presents the findings of a multiple case study exploring the way primary school teachers work with learning objectives in social studies teaching. The study has shown that learning objectives do not occur in an explicit form in the Czech primary school teaching. While observing teaching and learning, implicit objectives did emerge – in the beginnings of lessons, during the lesson in the process of solving learning tasks, and most of all, in the evaluatiion processes including the final reflection. In many lessons, there were differences between the learning objectives, teaching methods and evaluation of pupils’ learning.

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Author Biographies

Jana Stará, Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Pre-primary and Primary Education

Assistant professor. Praha, Czech Republik. E-mail: jana.stara@pedf.cuni.cz.

Karel Starý, Charles University, Faculty of Education, Institute for Research and Development in Education

Assistant professor. Praha, Czech Republic. E-mail: karel.stary@pedf.cuni.cz.

Published
2019-12-26
How to Cite
Stará J., & Starý K. (2019). Using Learning Objectives when Teaching in Czech Primary Schools. Journal of Elementary Education, 12(4), 229-248. https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.12.4.229-248.2019
Section
Scientific Articles