Hijacking History

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Wellman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Modern World ◽  
School Students ◽  
Bob Jones University ◽  
Civic Values ◽  
Secular Culture ◽  
The Bible

Hijacking History analyzes world history textbooks for high school students produced by the three most important publishers of Christian educational materials—Abeka Books, Bob Jones University Press, and Accelerated Christian Education. Initially intended for Christian schools, they now are also widely used for homeschooling. They have already been used by several generations. According to these textbooks, historians, informed by their faith, tell the story of God’s actions interpreted through the Bible. History becomes a weapon to judge and condemn civilizations that did not accept the true God or adopt “biblical” social and political positions. In their treatment of the modern world, these textbooks identify ungodly ideas to be vanquished—evolution, humanism, biblical modernism, socialism, and climate science among them. These curricula’s judgments, as Hijacking History documents, are rooted in the history of American evangelicals and fundamentalists and the battles they fought with secular culture. These curricula’s use of history has important civic ramifications. They assume that God sanctions their positions on social, political, and economic issues. Thus God’s providential relationship with American Christians entails that America should be a Christian nation advancing evangelical Christianity and capitalism throughout the world; American foreign policy and military interventions are invariably virtuous. Christianity, as these textbooks present it, is proselytizing but intolerant of other religions and Christian groups, hegemonic, and unquestionably anchored to the political right. As Hijacking History argues, the ideas these world histories promote resonate in contemporary debates about religion, politics, and education; reinforce cultural divisions; and challenge civic values of a pluralistic democracy.

scholarly journals <i>AstroGeoVis v1.0</i>: Astronomical Visualizations and Scientific Computing for Earth Science Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tihomir S. Kostadinov
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Scientific Computing ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
College Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pedagogical Research

Abstract. Modern climate science, Earth system science, physical geography, oceanography, meteorology, and related disciplines have increasingly turned into highly quantitative, computational fields, dealing with processing, analysis and visualization of large numerical data sets. Students of these and many other disciplines thus need to acquire robust scientific computing and data analysis skills, which have universal applicability. In addition, the increasing economic importance and environmental significance of solar power and sustainable practices such as passive building design have recently increased the importance of understanding of the apparent motions of the Sun on the celestial sphere, for a wider array of students and professionals. In this paper, I introduce and describe AstroGeoVis v1.0: open-source software that calculates solar coordinates and related parameters and produces astronomical visualizations relevant to the Earth and climate sciences. The software is written in MATLAB©; while its primary intended purpose is pedagogical, research use is envisioned as well. Both the visualizations and the code are intended to be used in the classroom in a variety of courses, at a variety of levels (targeting high school students to undergraduates), including Earth and climate sciences, geography, physics, astronomy, mathematics, statistics and computer science. I provide examples of classroom use and assignment ideas, as well as examples of ways I have used these resources in my college-level teaching. Dedication Tihomir S. Kostadinov dedicates this paper to the memory of his parents, who instilled in him a deep interest in and appreciation of astronomy, mathematics, and science.

scholarly journals Impact of a playful booklet about diabetes and obesity on high school students in Campinas, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela M. Soares ◽  
Lucas Zangerolamo ◽  
Lucas R. O. Rosa ◽  
Renato C. S. Branco ◽  
Everardo M. Carneiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Modern World ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physiological Basis ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes ◽  
High School Classroom ◽  
Quality Material

Obesity and diabetes are two of the biggest public health problems in the modern world. One possible way to combat the rising prevalence of these diseases is through the spread of awareness about its consequences and how to prevent them. Therefore, educational interventions focused on teaching the physiological basis of these conditions might be valuable tools. However, most scholar curriculums lack high-quality material devoted to this topic. Thus we developed an educational booklet, composed of playful elements, targeted toward high school students and destined for application in classrooms. The efficacy of the developed material was validated through a pretest-posttest design, in which the students had to answer a 10-question test. After booklet completion, students had better outcomes, with an increase in the percentage of correct answers in 7 out of 10 questions contained in the test ( P < 0.05). Thus we developed an effective material for usage in the high school classroom to spread the awareness of the risks of metabolic diseases and how to prevent them.

scholarly journals MODEL PENANAMAN NILAI-NILAI KARAKTER SISWA SMABERBASIS PENDIDIKAN AGAMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa’diyah Ma’rifataini
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
School Discipline ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Bible ◽  
School Committee ◽  
School Based

AbstractThis article aims to determine the model of penetration of character for students of high school based on religious  education  developed  in  SMAN  9  Bandar  Lampung. This is a qualitative research backed by quantitative data  to  refine  the  analysis.  The  data  was  collected  interviews, observation, document analysis, and dissemination of questionnaire. The respondents consisted of principals, teachers  of  religion  studies  (Islam,  Christianity,  Catholicism,  Hinduism  and  Buddhism),  as  well  as  students  and school committee. The results showed that the model of penetration of character for high school students based on  religious  education  in  intra-curricular  activities  was done by inserting some hidden activities in the form of integration in all subjects and internalizing the concepts before lessons by citing verses of the Koran / reading the bible / praying for 15 minutes, while in extracurricular activities it was done by creating a conducive and religious environment,  distributing  pamphlets  /  leaflets  /  banners containing moral messages in strategic locations, making strict school discipline program to support the formation of character and celebrating festive holidays. It was concluded that SMA 9 Bandar Lampung is one of the schools that develop models for penetrating character values  through religious education.AbstrakArtikel ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui model penanaman nilai-nilai karakter siswa SMA berbasis pendidikan agama yang dikembangkan di SMA Negeri 9 Bandar Lampung. Pendekatan penelitian ini kualitatif yang didukung data-data kuantitatif untuk mempertajam analisis. Pengumpulan data diperoleh melalui wawancara, observasi, telaah dokumen, dan penyebaran angket. Responden terdiri atas pimpinan sekolah, para guru agama (Islam, Kristen, Katolik, Hindu dan Budha), serta  siswa  dan  komite  sekolah.  Hasil  penelitian menunjukkan bahwa model penanaman nilai-nilai karakter siswa SMA berbasis pendidikan agama pada kegiatan intrakurikuler yaitu dengan menyisipkan beberapa kegiatan hidden curricullum berupa pengintegrasian pada semua mata pelajaran dan menginternalisasikan konsep sebelum mata pelajaran dimulai dengan membaca ayat pendek/membaca kitab/berdoa selama 15 menit. Sedangkan pada kegiatan ekstrakurikuler dengan menciptakan lingkungan yang kondusif dan agamis, pemasangan  pamflet/leaflet/spanduk  yang  berisi tulisan pesan-pesan moral di setiap tempat yang strategis, membuat aturan-aturan dan tata tertib sekolah yang tegas demi mendukung program pembentukan karakter serta melakukan perayaan hari-hari besar agama. Disimpulkan bahwa SMA 9 Bandar Lampung merupakan salah satu sekolah yang mengembangkan model penanaman nilainilai karakter lewat pendidikan agama.

Principles of selection of educational material for developing English listening skills of high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Nataliia Diachuk
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Methodological Principles

The article deals with an interesting issue of learning English – it describes the process of teaching the language and shows different ways of understanding skills which are required in this process. The Author indicates the importance of language learning for the communication process, emphasizing the role of social competences. The article increases the reader’s awareness of the importance of language learning in modern world and raises medical issues related to learning. It is worth mentioning that the study was conducted in the form of an experiment, which is much more labor-intensive than single quantitative studies. The development of international collaboration in the various spheres of human life requires from modern specialists not only to be professionals in the sphere they work at, but also to be able to communicate with residences of other countries with the aim of exchanging information, sharing experience and doing important scientific research that will bring positive results and benefits both for them personally and for people in their country in general. Communication in the foreign language cannot be possible without the ability to understand foreign speech and respond to it properly. The research demonstrates that students mastering a foreign language regularly report difficulties in understanding other people’s speech. This paper addresses the important but often neglected issue of the proper organization of the process of teaching a foreign language listening skills to secondary schools students. It focuses on the importance of taking into consideration didactic and methodological principles of teaching a foreign language and possible ways of incorporating them into the organization of the process of a foreign language acquisition.

Students’ Civic Online Reasoning: A National Portrait

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2110174
Author(s):  
Joel Breakstone ◽  
Mark Smith ◽  
Sam Wineburg ◽  
Amie Rapaport ◽  
Jill Carle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
School Students ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Fossil Fuel Industry ◽  
A Site

Are today’s students able to discern quality information from sham online? In the largest investigation of its kind, we administered an assessment to 3,446 high school students. Equipped with a live internet connection, the students responded to six constructed-response tasks. The students struggled on all of them. Asked to investigate a site claiming to “disseminate factual reports” on climate science, 96% never learned about the organization’s ties to the fossil fuel industry. Two thirds were unable to distinguish news stories from ads on a popular website’s home page. More than half believed that an anonymously posted Facebook video, shot in Russia, provided “strong evidence” of U.S. voter fraud. Instead of investigating the organization or group behind a site, students were often duped by weak signs of credibility: a website’s “look,” its top-level domain, the content on its About page, and the sheer quantity of information it provided. The study’s sample reflected the demographic profile of high school students in the United States, and a multilevel regression model explored whether scores varied by student characteristics. Findings revealed differences in student abilities by grade level, self-reported grades, locality, socioeconomic status, race, maternal education, and free/reduced-price lunch status. Taken together, these findings reveal an urgent need to prepare students to thrive in a world in which information flows ceaselessly across their screens.

scholarly journals Visões de professores e alunos do ensino médio profissionalizante sobre a ciência e as atividades experimentais

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Kaiza Martins Cavalcanti ◽  
Glória Regina Pessôa Campello
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Modern World ◽  
School Students ◽  
Philosophical Approach

ResumoAs atividades experimentais no ensino de ciências vêm sendo defendidas por professores e pesquisadores que destacam que o laboratório didático pode trazer melhor compreensão da ciência no mundo mo­derno e a compreensão de visões mais complexas sobre a natureza da ciência. Com o objetivo de compreender quais as visões de ciência de professores de química que lecionam atividades experimentais em laboratórios didáticos e quais visões de ciência são construídas com os alunos do ensino médio profissional de uma instituição de ensino federal do Rio de Janeiro nessas aulas de laboratório, desenvolvemos essa pesquisa por meio da qual foram analisadas três fontes de dados: um questionário para dez professores sobre como em suas aulas experimentais o uso da abordagem histórico-filosófica era realizada; um outro questionário para uma turma do segundo ano do ensino médio com vinte e cinco alunos no qual questionava o objetivo dessas atividades experimentais para eles e a análise de 108 procedimentos dessas aulas experimentais desenvolvidas em laboratório didático em doze disciplinas de química teórico-experimentais. A metodologia utilizada para a compreensão das características dos discursos dos roteiros e das concepções sobre abordagem histórico-filosófica nos questionários de professores e alunos foi orientada pelos princípios da análise textual discursiva. Concluímos que apesar da grande quantidade de aulas práticas, há pouca variação dos objetivos e propostas dos experimentos, pois se restringiam a desenvolver habilidades técnicas e instrumentais ou comprovar teorias científicas. Não há experimentos históricos ou que proponha uma discussão sobre natureza da ciência. Os roteiros são corroborados pelas respostas dos professores que em parte dizem não fazer abordagem histórico-filosófica em aulas práticas ou, quando a realizam, não demonstram clareza sobre o que seria essa abordagem. O discurso dos alunos sobre os objetivos das aulas experimentais e suas abordagens claramente se assemelham aos dos professores focando na preocupação da apreensão da técnica e da comprovação das teorias que foram ensinadas apriori em sala de aula. Acreditamos que o uso do laboratório didático deva ser repensado pedagogicamente e epistemologicamente devido a equívocos que possam levar a um ensino de ciências simplificado, dogmático, ultrapassado, a-histórico, descontextualizado e desinteressante, sem qualquer contribuição para o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Palavras-chave: Ensino de Ciências; Atividades Experimentais; Natureza da Ciência.AbstractExperimental activities in science teaching have been advocated by teachers and researchers who point out that the didactic laboratory can bring better understanding of science in the modern world and the understanding of more complex visions about the nature of science. In order to understand what the visions of science of chemistry teachers that teach experimental activities in didactic laboratories and what visions of science are constructed with the high school students of a federal education institution of Rio de Janeiro in these laboratory classes, we developed this research through which three sources of data were analyzed: a questionnaire for ten teachers about how in their experimental classes the use of the historical-philosophical approach was carried out; Another questionnaire for a second-year high school class with twenty-five students in which he questioned the purpose of these experimental activities for them and the analysis of 108 procedures of these experimental classes developed in didactic laboratory in twelve theoretical-experimental chemistry disciplines. The methodology used to understand the characteristics of the discourses of the scripts and the conceptions about historical-philosophical approach in the questionnaires of teachers and students was guided by the principles of discursive textual analysis. We conclude that despite the large number of practical classes, there is little variation of the objectives and proposals of the experiments, since they were restricted to developing technical and instrumental skills or to prove scientific theories. There are no historical experiments or a discussion of the nature of science. The scripts are corroborated by teachers' responses, which in part say they do not make a historical-philosophical approach in practical lessons or, when they do it, do not demonstrate clarity about what that approach would be. The students' discourse on the objectives of the experimental classes and their approaches clearly resemble those of the teachers focusing on the concern of the apprehension of the technique and the proof of theories that were taught a priori in the classroom. We believe that the use of the didactic laboratory should be rethought pedagogically and epistemologically due to misunderstandings that may lead to a simplified, dogmatic, outdated, a-historical, decontextualized and uninteresting science education without any contribution to the teaching-learning process.Keywords: Science teaching; Experimental Activities; Nature of Science.

The Materials World Module Series and the Polymer Module: A Design-Oriented Approach to Teach Scientific Concepts to Grades 9-12 Students through Materials Science

2001 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
Author(s):  
SonBinh T. Nguyen ◽  
Jennifer K. Cocson ◽  
Carol L. Colby ◽  
Robert P. H. Chang ◽  
Keith E. Miller
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Polymer Properties

ABSTRACTThe Materials World Modules (MWM), funded by the National Science Foundation, is a series of nine short texts that introduce science and scientific concepts to high school students through guided investigations of the materials that surrounds us in the modern world. Designed to be flexible, these modules can be incorporated into a high school science curriculum as a learning-by-inquiry addition to the main science texts. Depending on the time that the teacher has, each module can be covered in 8 to 15 class periods. Using an inquiry method of learning, the modules prompt the students to generate questions about a subject and find experimental approaches which will lead them to the answers. The modules encourage the students to learn by carrying out simple experiments using readily available materials. The Polymers Module of the MWM series aims at introducing the concepts of polymer chemistry and polymeric materials to an audience that has had some exposure to general chemistry. It asks the students to investigate their surroundings to find polymer-based objects and to infer the properties of those objects from knowing the structures of the monomeric building blocks. It introduces the relation between polymer properties and structure and that between polymer properties and molecular weight by suggesting experiments that students can do with poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl acetate) films. Finally, it encourages the students to use what they have learned to design simple devices using polymeric materials. An example of such a device is a humidity sensor that is fabricated from thin polymer films.

scholarly journals Aggressive Behavior of Students in Serbia

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-216
Author(s):  
Bisera Jevtić
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Modern World ◽  
School Students ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Long Term Study

Aggressive behavior is a complex phenomenon that attracts attention because of it’s reinforced in the modern world, and whose long-term study didn’t give any permanent solution to combat this, certainly undesirable behaviors. The reason for the study of aggressive behavior in primary schools is that the school as an institution, which are traditionally considered safe place of children today become a place where more and more present increased aggressiveness students. School climate, school organization and it’s work can pose to students as a protective factor, and so disturbing factor and cause behavioral problems in students. At school there are many different social situations and contacts, some of which are risk factors for the emergence and expression of aggressive student behavior. Therefore, we need to determine what are the situations in the everyday school, which can be a potential source of aggression. The goal of our research is to determine what the type of aggressive behavior are represented in the school and to determine which school situations lead to the manifestation of aggressive behavior in students. Levels of aggression among older elementary and high school students is extremely high, with all the dramatic consequences, even though research shows that aggression and violence by the age groups of students in Serbia is below the average of other countries.

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