School activities as an educational factor in secondary schools

1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Lasher
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Activities

scholarly journals Impact of food advertising on food purchases by students in primary and secondary schools in south-eastern Poland

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 978-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Mazur ◽  
G Telega ◽  
A Kotowicz ◽  
H Małek ◽  
S Jarochowicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Food Advertising ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Corporate Advertising ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAimThe aim of the present study was to determine the impact of food advertising in primary and secondary schools on the food purchasing habits of children.MethodsAll forty-four primary and secondary schools in Rzeszow, Poland were included in the investigation; 15 000 children attend primary and secondary schools in the region. Schools were visited by members of the research team, who filled in a questionnaire regarding the type of food products displayed or advertised in the school shop window and recorded the presence of direct corporate advertising in the proximity of the school shop. Shop owners were asked to fill in a form describing food purchases by students within the week preceding the visit. The school principal (or one of teachers) completed a form describing the school’s policy regarding food advertising and the sponsorship of school activities by food companies.ResultsRecommended foods like milk, yoghurts and fruit were offered by only 40·9 % of shops. There was a correlation between foods offered in the shop and foods purchased by students. In schools, 40·9 % (95 % CI 25·8, 56·0 %) of shop windows displayed or advertised ‘healthy’ foods while 9·1 % (95 % CI 0·0, 17·9 %) of shops displayed advertisements of food companies. The difference between display of ‘healthy’ food in shop windows and display of food on company advertisements was significant (likelihood ratio χ2 test, P < 0·04). Type of school (primary v. secondary) was not significant factor in advertising or purchasing pattern.ConclusionsEducational programmes should be introduced in schools with the aim of improving the understanding of nutritional principles among pupils, teachers and parents.

QUALITIES AND STYLE OF THE PRINCIPAL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL (SS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1159-1161
Author(s):  
Lidia Nikolova Koleva
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
School Activities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The quality and style of the Principal of secondary schools is of great importance for the effectiveness of school management. A number of studies have shown that school management is second only to teaching in the classroom in respect to the impact on student education. The knowledge, abilities and competence of the principal are crucial to establishing schools that promote quality teaching and learning by all students.Different researches have shown that effective school leaders influence achievements of the pupils by influencing other people or organizational elements and impacting on school processes. This requires specific qualities and style.Director of secondary schools manage every day with different situations as a part of his management and this makes his work very dynamic and challenging. Eventually, we can summarize that managing impact is ultimately a synthetic concept.It includes the management culture, style, the complex of personal qualities, the specificity of the system in which it operates, the organizational structure, the specificity of the impact of the regulatory mechanisms and many others.There are also a number of important factors influencing management impact - such as the level of the management body, the level of organization of the internal environment, the degree of uncertainty of the external environment, etc.The optimal version of the educational institutions in such a way that each decision is linked to the final outcome of the school activities. This fact affects effectiveness as well as satisfaction of the staff needs. This would achieve a unity between the objectives of the school and the aims of the individual individuals working in it. In order to carry out his/her various professional tasks, the Principal of an educational institution enters a variety of interactions. It has been proven that the personality of the Principal influences significantly the establishment and maintenance of the organizational climate in the school.The management style of the director is very important for the effectiveness of school management. In a study on the dominant style characteristic according to the principals’ self-assessment, priority is given to the fulfillment of the tasks, the direction of the changes and the solving of the problems of the people.

scholarly journals School projects in priority educational territories - geographical experiences in University of Oporto (Portugal)

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Elsa Pacheco ◽  
Laura Soares ◽  
Salomé Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Project Work ◽  
School Activities ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Young Students ◽  
And Training ◽  
Changing World

Current education must prepare students for a global, uncertain and rapidly changing world, and this is not achieved with the excessive fragmentation of knowledge that occurs in school subjects. This is more evident when we talk about territories that, due to their characteristics of socioeconomic or cultural exclusion, make the education of young people an even greater and priority challenge. In this sense, a group of higher education teachers implemented Project Based Learning with students from elementary and secondary schools enrolled in the Educational Territories Program for Priority Intervention (TEIP), trying to test more engaging work methodologies for these students. These experiences are presented in this article, discussing the importance of project work for the promotion of school activities, the context of the TEIP program and the projects developed, to finally conclude on the significance of the contents covered in learning and training of young students.

scholarly journals Exploring the Unity Practices of School Leaders in Malaysian Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2109-2118
Author(s):  
Bity Salwana A Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Managerial Implication ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Sensitive Issues

This qualitative study was embarked with the aim of exploring school leaders’ practices in enhancing unity among Malaysian secondary school leaders. The instrument used for collecting data involved visiting the participated schools in order to conduct individual face-to-face interviews involving 12 participants who are secondary school leaders (principals and senior assistants). The data were analyzed manually. The findings showed that school leaders have not yet fully played their role to instill the 10 values of unity as proposed in the Model of Unity. The policy on unity emphasized by school leaders is only the usage of Malay Language. However, findings showed that in order to enhance unity, school leaders will remind teachers and students about unity in school gathering and meeting. School leaders will also remind multi-racial teachers and students to celebrate all the festivals, to participate in school activities, to respect each other in terms of cultural and religious differences, to instill unity values during school activities, to avoid sensitive issues and to be fair to all races. The managerial implication is school leaders need to do more practices to enhance unity. Therefore, they need more training to understand better the 10 values of unity, and to get knowledge and skills to inculcate values effectively.  The findings of this study could benefit readers on the activities that they could employ to enhance unity in their institution.

scholarly journals Enablers and barriers English secondary schools face in promoting healthy diet and physical activity behaviours

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla McHugh ◽  
Jenny Lloyd ◽  
Stuart Logan ◽  
Katrina Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promoting School ◽  
Emerging Themes

Summary This study sought to understand the current challenges mainstream secondary schools in England face in creating a health promoting school culture for diet and physical activity behaviours. An in-depth qualitative case study of two purposely selected state-funded schools, including interviews with teachers, observations of school activities including meal breaks and a qualitative survey with parents was done. Inductive thematic analysis was used to explore emerging themes. Additional interviews with the leadership team from four further schools were used to develop and refine emerging themes. Four main themes emerged from the data: competing pressures, school environment, personnel and policy. Results demonstrate that schools recognize they have role to play in promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours to pupils; however, several significant barriers were identified such as lack of government support and regulation, school structures and organization, focus on core subjects, business-run canteens and lack of family and community engagement. Given the importance of maintaining a healthy weight throughout the life course, schools have an important role to play in creating healthy environments in which students can easily make a healthy choice. Future school promotion initiatives need to consider addressing the barriers that schools face by working with them and the communities in which they are embedded.

scholarly journals Strategies of Enhancing ICT Use in the Delivery of Management Services in Public Secondary Schools in Siaya County in Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Dornela Oluoch
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Delivery Of Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Relationship

This study was set to determine the strategies of enhancing ICT use in the delivery of services in public secondary schools in Siaya County, Kenya. Although many secondary schools introduced computers in great numbers starting early 1990s, there are limited information on their use to facilitate delivery of services in school administration and management. The extent to which ICT is being used in school management in secondary schools, the types of administrative uses of ICT by school managers and challenges affecting the integration of ICT in the management systems in secondary schools needed to be adequately addressed. This can only be achieved if there are laid down strategies of enhancing ICT use in the delivery of services in public secondary schools in Siaya County. The study was guided by Social Transformation Theory in Education and Visscher (1992) conceptual model of school information system, which were used to show the relationship between variables. The research design that used was descriptive survey. Questionnaires, Interviews and document analysis were used to collect data. The study established that schools were taking several steps to help in enhancing ICT delivery such as looking for grants from the government, prioritizing purchase of ICT equipment and using parents’ involvement to buy computers. The study recommends that effort should be made by the government to post and provide teachers skilled in ICT to each school to impart ICT skills to school managers. The study concludes that more support need to be given to schools to enable them achieve their dream of fully implementing the usage of ICT in the management of school activities.

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