Breaktime
Full definition of breaktime
Noun
- (US) A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
- (UK) A break for schoolchildren between lessons.
- 1992, David Freer, Towards Open Schools: Possibilities and Realities for Non-Racial Education in South Africa, %22breaktimes%22+-intitle:%22breaktime%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22breaktime%22|%22breaktimes%22+-intitle:%22breaktime%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=amwET5aLFMW3iQfJreWCDA&redir_esc=y page 130,It tends to evaluate the liking for, and the acceptance of, the pupils in their class as peers, rather than asking children to specifically select their friends, breaktime and home companions.
- 2006, Brigette Bishop, Promoting Friendships in the Playground: A Peer Befriending Programme for Primary Schools, %22breaktimes%22+-intitle:%22breaktime%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b38ET8rGAqeUiQfktPm5AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22breaktime%22|%22breaktimes%22%20-intitle%3A%22breaktime%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 4,The significance of breaktimes as a mechanism for children to develop social competence is highlighted in much of Peter Blatchford's work.
- 2010, Karen Littleton, Clare Wood, Judith Kleine Staarman, International Handbook of Psychology in Education, %22breaktimes%22+-intitle:%22breaktime%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=amwET5aLFMW3iQfJreWCDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22breaktime%22|%22breaktimes%22%20-intitle%3A%22breaktime%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 231,Designed by architects working for Norman Foster, it had no playground and no morning breaktime.
