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Lernen in Bewegung bringen. Sind begehbare Netze wie inklusive und flexible Lernorte?
(Stiftung Schweizer Zentrum für Heil- und Sonderpädagogik, 08.2024) Manz, Karin; van Loon, Kevin
Lernen erfordert heute mehr Flexibilität und Aktivität als jemals zuvor. Dieser Beitrag definiert zuerst die Charakteristika und Anforderungen inklusiver, flexibler Lernräume aus pädagogisch-didaktischer Sicht. Danach stellen wir das Innosuisse-Projekt «Netzwelten – Lernen in Bewegung» und die Idee begehbarer Netze als innovativen Lernraum vor. Anschliessend präsentieren wir Forschungsergebnisse der pädagogischen Teilstudie, speziell fokussiert auf die Perspektive der Schüler:innen, und diskutieren die in den Daten gefundenen Themencluster (Wohlbefinden & Autonomie, Lernen & Bewegung sowie überfachliche Kompetenzen). Zuletzt ziehen wir ein Fazit bezüglich «Netzwelten» als eine mögliche Lösung für inklusive, flexible Lernorte.
01A - Journal article
02 - Monograph
Die schulische Wissensordnung im Wandel. Schulfächer, Lehrpläne und Lehrmittel in der Schweizer Volksschule, 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
(Chronos, 2025) Karin Manz; Karin Manz; Karin Manz; Karin Manz; Karin Manz; Lucien Criblez; Lucien Criblez; Lucien Criblez; Bernard Schneuwly; Bernard Schneuwly; Rita Hofstetter; Rita Hofstetter; Anja Giudici; Anja Giudici; Giudici, Anja; Hofstetter, Rita; Manz, Karin; Schneuwly, Bernard; Criblez, Lucien
03 - Edited collection
Bildungsgeschichte. Systementwicklung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz
(Chronos, 2026) Brühwiler, Ingrid; Criblez, Lucien; Crotti, Claudia; Helfenberger, Marianne; Hofmann, Michele; Manz, Karin
03 - Edited collection
Household determinants of observed handwashing among primary schoolchildren in Hebron, Palestine. a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2026) Maani-Abuzahra, Yaman; Hattendorf, Jan; Owen, Branwen Nia; Sa’o, Ola; Younan, Issa; Sultan, Safa; Peter, Maryna; Winkler, Mirko S; Probst-Hensch, Nicole
Objective
To assess observed handwashing before eating among primary schoolchildren in a fragile setting in Palestine and examine how this behaviour is associated with household-level and guardian-related determinants.
Design
Cross-sectional baseline study embedded within a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of a hand hygiene intervention. The trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05964478), and this manuscript reports pre-results baseline findings alongside additional cross-sectional household survey data.
Setting
Public primary schools in rural and semiurban areas of the Hebron governorate, Palestine, Feb-ruary–March 2023.
Participants
Fifth and sixth grade schoolchildren enrolled in the trial and their co-resident guardians. Children were observed at school and guardians completed a questionnaire at home.
Primary and secondary outcome measures
The primary outcome was observed handwashing of both hands with water before eating at school, recorded by trained enumerators during a standardised snack break. Household-level and guardian-level determinants were derived from a structured questionnaire covering five domains: sociodemographic characteristics of guardian and child; household access to handwashing; guardian’s health and handwashing knowledge; guardian’s self-reported handwashing behaviour; and guardian-reported child handwashing at home. Associations between determinants and ob-served handwashing were estimated using generalised linear mixed-effects models with school as a random effect; effect modification by whether the responding guardian was the mother was explored.
Results
Observation and survey data were available for 931 child–guardian pairs across 26 schools. Overall, 37% of the fifth and sixth grade children were observed washing their hands before eat-ing at school, while 44% of guardians expressed high confidence that their child would do so and 84% exhibited good handwashing knowledge themselves. Poor guardian’s self-reported hand-washing behaviour was associated with a lower likelihood of children’s observed handwashing at school (adjusted OR (OR adj): 0.68; 95% CI 0.47 to 0.99), particularly when the guardian was the mother (OR adj: 0.55; 95% CI 0.40 to 0.90). Household water quality was perceived as poor by 95% of guardians. Poor perception was associated with lower likelihood of children washing hands at school (OR adj: 0.41; 95% CI 0.20 to 0.90).
Conclusions
In this fragile, water-insecure setting, low levels of observed handwashing before eating and the associations with guardian behaviours and household-level factors suggest that school-based handwashing promotion may be strengthened by complementary strategies that also engage households.
01A - Journal article