Classroom learners of Chinese in senior secondary school

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-306
Author(s):  
Janice Keynton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
School Study ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Chinese Learning ◽  
Chinese Classroom ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract This study looks at the Chinese-learning experiences of six classroom learners who continued to the end of secondary school in Victoria, Australia, through in-depth interviews. Various systemic deterrents to continued Chinese language study are identified by the participants, including: (1) the schooling journey, including transition between primary and high school and disruption from uninterested students in compulsory classes; (2) the curriculum and the learning demands dictated by the form of assessment; (3) the risk of poor assessment results prejudicing post-school study options, in particular because the cohort includes large numbers of home speaker learners. In Victoria, Australia, a large part of what schools provide is dictated by the metasystem of education and the assessments at which it aims. Thus the structural deterrents to Chinese classroom learner continuation identified are within the power of government agencies to change, in order to enable more of these students to continue.

Gender Non-traditional High School Study: Reasons for Choice and Evaluation of Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-66
Author(s):  
Irena Smetáčková ◽  
Petr Pavlík
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Program ◽  
School Study ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Opposite Sex

Career choices of most pupils at the end of the primary school conform to gender norms. Only a few of them continue to study in a field traditionally considered appropriate for the opposite sex. The qualitative study presented here maps the reasons for such choices based on a sample of 25 female and 31 male students who study gender-atypical secondary school program for one to three years. The data were collected using a questionnaire with open-ended items and analysed using the qualitative thematic analysis. The results revealed that the reasons for school choices of boys and girls differ to certain extent. Their situation also differs with respect to the support they receive from their close ones and the acceptance by their classmates. The parents of girls disapproved of their choices more often than the parents of boys. Girls were also ridiculed more frequently by their peer groups.

scholarly journals Perceptions of interactive whiteboard pedagogy in the teaching of Chinese language

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Ling Xu ◽  
Robyn Moloney
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Rapid Acquisition ◽  
Senior Secondary

<span>There have been many positive claims made concerning the benefits of learning through a pedagogy which makes use of an interactive whiteboard (IWB), leading to a rapid acquisition and implementation of the IWB in schools. There is more limited research, however, of the effectiveness of the IWB in language learning and, in particular, in the learning of Chinese. This case study research used both qualitative and quantitative data to collect teacher and student perceptions of the learning of Chinese through an IWB pedagogy in one secondary school in Sydney, Australia, involving students in three levels of senior secondary school. Our findings confirm previous studies which state that students endorse the use of new technology in education. In particular, our study shows that the students believed that the IWB was effective in enhancing various aspects of their Chinese language learning. The positive attitude of the teacher towards the use of new technology in teaching is also found to play an important role in the implementation and success of the use of the IWB and in turn leads to the effective teaching and learning of Chinese. This study contributes to attention within research to the application of new technology in language learning.</span>

scholarly journals Teachers’ Knowledge about Higher-order Thinking Skill and It’s Implementation in Teaching Reading Classroom: A Case Study in a Higher Secondary School in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Desy Pusparini ◽  
Suparno Suparno ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Research Show

ABSTRACTHigher-order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is a well-known term that is nowadays being discussed among researchers, especially in education contexts. In this globalization era, developing students’ ability to think with HOTS becomes teachers’ challenging task to do. They are responsible to enrich their knowledge about HOTS and update findings and ideas of HOTS implementation in teaching. So, they will be able to implement HOTS in teaching they believe will be ideal and effective to develop students’ HOTS. This research aims to investigate teachers’ knowledge about HOTS and investigate how they implement their knowledge of HOTS in teaching reading classroom. This is a qualitative research with case study as the research design. The data were collected using in-depth interviews followed by observation. The participants of this research are three English teachers from a senior high school who teach different grades. The results of this research show that the teachers’ knowledge of HOTS is still low. They do not understand HOTS conceptually. However, their implementation of HOTS in teaching reading show that they implement HOTS to teach reading that enables students to activate their HOTS. They include the concept of effective HOTS teaching suggested by Fogarty (2009).

scholarly journals Assessing Students’ Speaking Skill through Peer Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bagus Kahfi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment Measure ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Study Hall ◽  
Interaction Strategy ◽  
Senior Secondary

This paper depicts peer assessment implementation in showing talking expertise in Senior High School understudies. The examination was sorted as enlightening investigation in which the analyst filled in as a functioning spectator. The exploration members in this examination were the primary year understudies and an instructor who applied companion appraisal procedure in the senior secondary school in Sukabumi. The analyst applied a resulting interaction strategy by noticing the homeroom utilizing perception sheet, and taking field notes to see the cycle of execution of friend evaluation. In examining the information, the specialist utilized information decrease, information show, and confirmation. The execution interaction of companion appraisal was appeared by the study hall perception in three stages; pre-execution of friend evaluation, during peer appraisal, and post friend evaluation. The specialist likewise tracked down that the fruitful execution of companion evaluation was a result of the educator's accentuation on offering score to the friends and raising the understudies' inspiration to direct companion appraisal, making them certain to play out the peer assessment measure.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Personality Traits Based on High and Low Level of Resilience of High School Female Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
. Sonam ◽  
Dr. Malika Sharma ◽  
Lalit Sharma
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Senior Secondary

Aims: The Purpose of the current study was to compare personality traits of high school female students based on their Resilience level.. Place and Duration of Study: Government Girls Senior Secondary School No1 JJColony Bawana, Delhi, India, on 3rd Feb 2020. Methodology: This is a comparative study with a quantitative research design involving 85 (eighty-five) female students, age ranges between 16-18 years (mean age 17.43 years) studying in class XII (humanities stream), from Sec- A, B and C from Government Girls Senior Secondary School No. 1 JJColony Bawana, Delhi were randomly selected as a sample of research. Every odd roll no student (Roll no. 1,3,5,7…) from Sec- A, B and C from GGSSS No. 1 JJC Bawana, Delhi were randomly selected as a sample of research. The standardized questionnaires of the Big Five Personality Test and Ego Resilience Scale were used as the tool of the study. The data was collected using both the questionnaires and interpreted using an Independent sample t-test at a significance level p<0.05. Results: All 85 high school female students filled both of the questionnaires and in accordance with the findings of the analysis it was established that the average scores of resilient students in the extroversion (t (83)= 6.28, P=.00), openness to experience (t(83)=8.54, P=.00), agreeableness (t(83)=10.48, P=.00) and conscientiousness (t(83)=11.34, P=.00) were higher than non-resilient students. Just the mean scores of resilient students in neuroticism (t(83)= -6.71, P=.00) were lower than the mean scores of non-resilient students.  Conclusion: It is evident from the results that students with high Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience personality traits have higher resilience which helps them to recover from any obstacle and support them to approach new circumstances, people, or experiences with a positive mindset and confidence which ultimately will help them succeed.

scholarly journals Learning to Write Programs using Think-Pair-Share Programming Strategy: What are the Students’ Perceptions and Experiences?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 705
Author(s):  
Owodunni Adewale Saka
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Knowledge Retention ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Student Interview ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Computer Studies ◽  
Depth Interviews

The need to learn programming to solve many complex problems facing humankind necessitated this study. The purpose of the study was to collect information about students’ perceptions and experiences after exposure to the think-pair-share programming strategy. The sample consisted of 12 senior secondary school two students offering computer studies in Ijebu zone, Ogun State, Nigeria purposively selected from the two experimental groups. The data were collected through one-on-one in-depth interviews of the respondents using a Student Interview Guide (SIG). The data analysis was through thematic content analysis procedure. The study found that the respondents perceived the think-pair-share programming strategy helpful to learn programming concepts with or without computers. The study also found that the use of computer was more useful for the acquisition of programming skills than without the use of computers. Moreover, the study found that programming without computers was perceived to improve thinking. Therefore, the study argued that teachers should adopt the use of think-pair-share programming strategy for learning how to write programs notwithstanding the availability of computers due to its ability to aid knowledge retention.

International Mathematical Education: A course in probability theory for secondary schools

1965 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 528-535
Author(s):  
Lennart Råde
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Probability Theory ◽  
Statistical Theory ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
Technical High School ◽  
School Study ◽  
Probability And Statistics

Editor's note.—Professor Lennart RÅde is a member of the Scandinavian Committee for the Modernizing of School Mathematics and is responsible for most of the work in probability and statistics produced by this committee. He is a University Lecturer at the Chalmers Technical High School, Göteborg, Sweden. This paper reflects the type of high school course that is now given in the Swedish Gymnas or senior high school. The Scandidinavian countries—through the works of Cramer, Fisher, and others—have made major and important contributions to probability and statistical theory. It is of value to study the approach given in this paper, with current books in the U.S.A. intended for secondary school study.—Howard F. Fehr.

scholarly journals Assessment of Chemistry Laboratory Equipment Availability and Practice: A Comparative Study Between Damot and Jiga Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Practice ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Equipment Availability ◽  
The Status ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Total Average

The project was designed to compare the laboratory equipment availability (facilities) and status of practical work between Damot senior secondary school and Jiga senior secondary school and their performance with the standard (average test value). All chemistry teachers and 30 students from each secondary schools a total of 84 respondents were involved. Closed ended questionnaire were prepared and descriptive survey method was employed to describe and one sample t-test method was used to assess the degree of availability of facility and the status of implementation and independent t-test was used to compare the degree of availability of facility and the status of implementation. Total average equipment availability and total average laboratory practice (Mean=2.09, sd=0.29, t(83)=-12.53, p<0.05) is far from the test value (2.5). Average Laboratory equipment availability and laboratory practice in Damot high school is (Mean=2.31, SD= 0.221, n=43) had statistically significant difference from Jiga high school (Mean=1.87, SD=0.158, n=41), t(82) =10.611, p<0.05, Cohen’s d=2.32. From the analysis of Chemistry laboratory equipment availability and laboratory practice in both Damot secondary school and Jiga secondary school were found in very low level and much far less than the average availability of chemistry laboratory equipment and status of laboratory practice. From the data analysis average chemistry laboratory equipment availability and status of laboratory practice of Damot secondary school is better than that of Jiga secondary school.

Exploring Alcohol Abuse amongst Grade 10 Adolescent Learners in a Secondary School in Gauteng Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabatho Sedibe ◽  
Jeany Dube
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
South African ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
High School Dropouts ◽  
School Dropouts ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
African Youth

In this qualitative study, cases of alcohol abuse amongst Grade 10 adolescent learners in a secondary school in Gauteng Province will be explored and described. The study is grounded on the view that in the context of South African high school learners, alcohol abuse is an intensive pattern of alcohol intake that is often accompanied by recurring problems, such as a serious decrease in school performance, high school dropouts and anti-social behaviour. Its main thrust is that alcohol abuse is becoming an increasing problem in South Africa. Research shows that almost every South African youth would have experimented with drugs, especially beer, dagga and cigarettes, during adolescence. The major cause of concern is that large numbers of these adolescent learners eventually become addicted, posing a threat to their own education, health and safety, while creating difficulties for their families and the society at large. This study sought to explore alcohol abuse among adolescent learners in a secondary school, with the aim of developing possible strategies to address the problem.

Some Higher Aspects of Secondary School Mathematics

1926 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Chester G. Bandman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Secondary School Mathematics ◽  
School Study ◽  
The Subject

It is a significant and compelling fact that an inordinate percentage of high school pupils regard the subject of mathematics as drudgery and that the percentage of failures is usually larger in mathematics than in almost any high school study. There is undoubtedly a close correlation between the two statements.

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