School break

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School break 1934 (Netherlands)

As school break or class break , in the upper level work interruption phase (AUP) , the recovery times between school hours are referred to.

Types of breaks

Break in Israel around 1940/45

Depending on the type of school and the start of lessons, as well as determined by the overall conference after consultation with the parents' representatives , the break times of the individual schools vary in length. They range from 15 minutes to an hour. The first major break is usually between 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. The next one follows after two more school hours at around 11:30 a.m. The lunch break is scheduled after the morning class has ended, i.e. usually after 1 p.m. As a rule, there are three different types of school break in this form:

  • small break
  • big break
  • lunch break
Children during break, USA 1974

While the so-called “ short break” with a duration of around five to ten minutes is used to change the classroom , the long breaks with a length of around 15-20 minutes allow you to eat something, to exchange ideas with each other and in the school yard to move. As in primary schools , there is usually no reason the teacher or the room to change, the teaching of the blocks is divided there, interrupted by long pauses after every two lessons. The division into blocks can also be found in some Bavarian and Brandenburg secondary schools.

The so-called “ big break ” is often referred to as a “court break”. Except in bad weather (there is the so-called "rain break", which is ordered by the school principal), the pupils are obliged to stay in the school yard, where they are usually supervised by teachers. The break times are determined by the school ordinances of the individual federal states, the break regulations are usually determined by the school conference .

The so-called “ lunch break ” occurs mainly in all-day schools , where it is used to distribute and consume food.

purpose

From a health point of view, school breaks are not only useful, but also necessary to allow students and teachers to relax and regenerate in the meantime. They also serve the successful continuation of the strenuous teaching and learning operations. For younger students, the breaks allow for the urge to move after sitting still for a long time. Older children, adolescents and adults also use the breaks to process the material that has just been taught. But they are also suitable for the indispensable maintenance of social contacts.

Again and again there is abuse of individual students by classmates during school breaks (see also: Bullying at school ). The schools are therefore required to ensure the duty of supervision also during the breaks, which is why a break supervision plan is to be displayed in all teachers' rooms .

literature

Benjamin Könning: “Whack everything here.” Break conversations. On the importance of a neglected type of conversation in everyday school life. In: Der Deutschunterricht , 1/2015, pp. 91–95.

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.unfallkassen.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-406/_nr-54/sc-2/i.html?PHPSESSID=c550