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ERIC Number: EJ584820
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
What Do We Know about Breaktime? Results from a National Survey of Breaktime and Lunchtime in Primary and Secondary Schools.
Sumpner, Clare; Blatchford, Peter
British Educational Research Journal, v24 n1 p79-94 Feb 1998
Observes that student breaktimes are often seen as problems by teachers and that there are signs that breaktime is being reduced; however, breaktimes may have important social value for students. Reports on the results of a national survey in the United Kingdom about breaktime and teacher perceptions of its value. (DSK)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Recess Breaks, Social Development, Teacher Attitudes, Time Management
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom