ABSTRACT Introduction There has been no valid and reliable instrument available to measure the impact of oral health on the quality of life of Slovenian preschool children. The main aim of this study ...was to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of the first Slovenian instrument assessing Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) preschool children: the ECOHIS-SVN. Methods The ECOHIS-SVN was developed using forward-backward translations and with the participation of children aged under six and their parents. The children’s teeth were examined, and parents were asked to complete questionnaires, including the ECOHIS-SVN. The internal consistency of ECOHIS-SVN was evaluated through the calculation of Cronbach’s alpha (α), test-retest reliability with an intra-class-correlation coefficient (ICC), convergent validity with Spearman’s rank correlation (r) and criterion validity with the Mann-Whitney test. The association between the ECOHIS-SVN score and parents’ age, educational level, self-reported oral health and OHIP-SVN14 was estimated using multiple linear regression. Results In the study, 255 children participated, with a mean age of 4.8 years (±0.8). The ECOHIS-SVN questionnaire was completed by the parents of all 255 children and re-filled by 71 parents. The results of the total ECOHIS-SVN scale include α=0.85, ICC=0.85, and r=0.6-0.75. A statistically significant association was found between the ECOHIS-SVN and parents’ age and between the ECOHIS-SVN and parents’ OHIP-SVN14 in the whole group and in the subgroup of children with no teeth affected by cavitated caries (dmft=0) (p=0.025, p=0.028), respectively. Conclusion ECOHIS-SVN enables further studies to assess the OHRQoL of preschool children in the Slovenian-speaking population.
Članek podaja osnovni pregled neformalnega učenja tujih jezikov v Sloveniji, saj je do sedaj objavljenih le malo virov s podatki o tej tematiki, čeprav bi bili pri odločanju o tujejezikovnem ...izobraževanju in jezikovni politiki vsekakor koristni. Pregled ločeno obravnava tri starostne skupine: predšolske otroke, šolsko mladino ter odrasle. Obseg in oblike neformalnega učenja tujih jezikov kot tudi nabor najpogostejših jezikov se med temi skupinami nekoliko razlikujejo. Prispevek črpa iz razpoložljivih podatkov, ki niso enako celostni in zanesljivi kot podatki o formalnem učenju tujih jezikov, vendar nakazujejo nekaj razmisleka vrednih trendov, na primer velik porast učenja tujih jezikov v predšolski in osnovnošolski dobi ter rastoče povpraševanje po nekaterih jezikih, ki so v formalnem izobraževanju zelo redko zastopani.
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Ljubljana: telovadba za predšolske otroke; otroci v telovadnici, vaditelj in vadba, hoja po nizki gredi, o pomenu telesne vadbe za najmlajše govorita, izjavi prof. Drago ULAGA ...in prof. Janez TOME.
Takole potekajo ure telesne vzgoje s predšolskimi otroci ne le v tej telovadnici, ampak povsod po naših krajih, kjer so pravilno razumeli potrebo dela z najmlajšimi. Starostni dobi primerno izbrana vadba pospešuje vsestranski harmonični razvoj otroka. To smo imeli tudi pred očmi, ko smo se pred nedeljskim občnim zborom Partizana Slovenije odločili, da posnamemo tole reportažo. Na vprašanje, ali je telesna vzgoja predšolskemu otroku pomembna, nam je profesor Drago Ulago povedal tole: /izjava prof. Ulaga/.
V predšolskem otrokovem času ima telesna vzgoja izrazito igralni značaj. Otrok se v igri telesno razvija, oblikuje in se smerno vzgaja na najbolj ustrezen način. Poslušajmo, kaj meni o delu z najmlajšimi vaditelj profesor Janez Tome /izjava Janez Tome/.
Ljubljana: Physical education for pre-school children.
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Ljubljana - telesna vzgoja za predšolske otroke.
Extended description:
Ljubljana: telovadba za predšolske otroke; otroci v telovadnici, vaditelj in vadba, hoja po nizki gredi, o pomenu telesne vadbe za najmlajše govorita, izjavi prof. Drago ULAGA in prof. Janez TOME.
Takole potekajo ure telesne vzgoje s predšolskimi otroci ne le v tej telovadnici, ampak povsod po naših krajih, kjer so pravilno razumeli potrebo dela z najmlajšimi. Starostni dobi primerno izbrana vadba pospešuje vsestranski harmonični razvoj otroka. To smo imeli tudi pred očmi, ko smo se pred nedeljskim občnim zborom Partizana Slovenije odločili, da posnamemo tole reportažo. Na vprašanje, ali je telesna vzgoja predšolskemu otroku pomembna, nam je profesor Drago Ulago povedal tole: /izjava prof. Ulaga/.
V predšolskem otrokovem času ima telesna vzgoja izrazito igralni značaj. Otrok se v igri telesno razvija, oblikuje in se smerno vzgaja na najbolj ustrezen način. Poslušajmo, kaj meni o delu z najmlajšimi vaditelj profesor Janez Tome /izjava Janez Tome/.
Language development in toddlerhood & early childhood progresses very quickly, while individual developmental phases are the same irrespective of the language the child is acquiring. The aim of this ...longitudinal study was to examine the characteristics of children's language comprehension & expression, & their pragmatic use of language, as well as to determine the developmental language changes that occur between the ages of three & four. The sample involved 80 randomly selected children, 39 girls & 41 boys, whose average age at the first evaluation was 3,1 years & at the second 4,1 years. The research also involved the mothers & teachers of the children included in the sample. The children's language comprehension & expression were determined using a Language Development Scale, & their pragmatic use of language was assessed through testing their storytelling abilities. Their language competence was also evaluated by their teachers & mothers. The results highlight significant differences between three- & four-year-olds as shown by the Language Development Scale & by their storytelling abilities, as well as in the evaluations by their teachers & mothers. Among three-year-olds, stories at the 2nd level of coherence prevailed, i.e., containing simple descriptions of people, objects or illustrations, whereas four-year-olds most often told stories at the 3rd level, i.e., containing a simple temporal stringing together of events. The child's gender had no significant effect on development between the age of three & four. In interpreting the results, we drew upon the findings of both Slovenian & foreign authors relating to different aspects of language development in toddlers & young children. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document
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