scholarly journals Language and Communication Impact of Hypertension: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Cecilia Amponsem-Boateng ◽  
Timothy Bonney Oppong ◽  
Weidong Zhang ◽  
Tanko Abdulai ◽  
Jonathan Boakye-Yiadom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Language And Communication ◽  
Prevention Of Hypertension ◽  
Condition Diagnosis

Background. Hypertension (HTN) is the second main source of outpatient morbidity in Ghana, and the understanding of a disease is necessary for its prevention and management. Language and communication are contributing factors to HTN in Ghana. No studies have been conducted to assess knowledge/awareness of HTN (in the context of its understanding) among students in Ghana. Following a local name for HTN in Ghana, researchers interviewed students through a focus group to assess their understanding/perception (meaning, cause, and prevention) of the disease. Available literature has concerned itself with clients’ knowledge of their condition (diagnosis) rather than their comprehension of the true nature of what HTN is. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge/awareness of HTN in the context of its understanding of the meaning, perception, causes, and prevention of hypertension among students of Ghana’s Senior High School (Second Cycle). Semistructured interviews with the use of the theme lists were employed. Focus group conversations and interviews were held in the local Akan (Twi) language, which was later translated, interpreted, and analyzed. Overall, 25 second-cycle students participated. 60% were between 15 and 17 years, 24% were ≥18 years, and 16% were <15 years of age. Males were 44% and females were 56%. Students gave diverse perceptions of their knowledge of HTN. The local language’s translation of HTN has influenced and affected its meaning/understanding among some, thus affecting their perception of causes and prevention.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF COHERENCE AND COHESION ON THE STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE WRITING AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CIREBON

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Siti Wahyuni ◽  
Oom Rohmah Syamsudin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Coherence Level

<p><strong>Abstract</strong>: This study aimed to find out the usage of coherence and cohesion on the Students’ Descriptive Texts, especially in ten grader students at state senior high school in Cirebon. This study adopted thematic progression analysis to explore coherence in the students’ Descriptive text. This study was a qualitative study that used content analysis. The technique of collecting data was documentation from 46 students writing descriptive texts. The procedures were firstly collecting data, analyzing data, presenting data, and concluding the result of the study. Based on the analyzed data,1) 46 students’ writing descriptive text had grown the writing as the series of the stage in the descriptive text, using Identification and Description. Then, in analyzing coherence 2) 76% students got the coherence level is good, there are 19% in Fair, there are 2% in Less and 3% in Poor and in analyzing cohesion 3) there are 1052 cohesion markers that consist of 852 findings markers of grammatical cohesion (596 findings markers reference and 256 markers conjunction) and 200 markers of lexical cohesion (200 markers repetition).<br /><strong>Keywords</strong>: series of stage, coherence, cohesion</p>

scholarly journals The Factors That Influencing Curriculum Implementation in Sport Class of Public Senior High School I of Sewon, Bantul

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pandit Isbianti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Curriculum Implementation ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teacher Commitment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Learning Plan ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Education Process

Education is process that aims to produce competent graduates. A learning plan which is famous as curriculum is needed to produce competent graduates. Curriculum described as all materials and all experiences that provided to students during doing education process in school. The process to serve all the materials and also experiences to the students called curriculum implementation. The better quality of curriculum implementation, the better quality of school graduates. Therefore, the factors that influence curriculum implementation need to identified. For getting data about the factors that influence curriculum implementation, the author was conducted a qualitative study at sport class in The Public Senior High School I of Sewon, Bantul. This paper present the result of the study that the inhibiting factors of curriculum implementation include: the low of teacher commitment and the uniqueness of sport class student’s characteristics. Meanwhile, the supporting factors of curriculum implementation includes: the teacher’s competence, the teacher’s commitment, the courage of sport class students, and the collaboration between teacher and students.

scholarly journals Digital Storytelling as a Reflective Tool in Occupational Therapy Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amshuda Sonday
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Inductive Analysis

With a shift in moving towards the 4th industrial revolution, digital storytelling has been identified as a novel way of facilitating teaching and learning. This paper will be aimed at offering an understanding of the experience and perspective of occupational therapy students in using digital storytelling as a reflective tool as an assignment as part of their undergraduate and masters occupational therapy curriculum at a university in South Africa. A descriptive qualitative study was undertaken, and five participants were purposively recruited. Individual semistructured interviews were conducted as well as a focus group with participants. An inductive analysis revealed two themes: Reflections on relevance within the occupational therapy curriculum and Is technology the new direction? The findings conclude that digital storytelling as a medium to showcase reflections on identifying formation was an innovative and novel way of documenting the reflective experiences of occupational therapy students.

scholarly journals MODEL PENDIDIKAN MULTIKULTURAL RAMAH DI SEKOLAH ETHNO-RELIGIO SEGREGATION (E-RS) KOTA PONTIANAK

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-214
Author(s):  
Iwan Supardi ◽  
Sumarno Sumarno
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Christian Education ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Segregated Schools ◽  
Approach Avoidance

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memetakan pola dan mengukur intensitas hubungan antar-kelompok siswa etnis Melayu, Dayak, Tionghoa, dan Madura di empat sekolah swasta berbasis etno-religi (ethno-religio segregation/E-RS) di Kota Pontianak: SMA Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman (Melayu-Islam), SMA Yayasan Pendidikan Kristen (YPK)[Dayak-Nasrani], SMA Kristen Immanuel (Tionghoa-Nasrani, Konghucu, Budha), dan Madrasah Aliyah Swasta (MAS) Al-Anwar (Madura-Islam), berdasarkan sikap dan perilaku berprasangka (prejudice) dan stereotip terhadap etnis dan agama. Metode campuran kualitatif-kuantitatif digunakan pada tahap penelitian. Pada tahap pengembangan rumusan model pendidikan multikultural diuji melalui diskusi kelompok terbatas (Focus Group Discussion/FGD). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan  bahwa sekolah E-RS menampilkan pola-pola hubungan antarkelompok etnis-agama yang khas, seperti ethno-sentrisme, cinta-benci (approach-avoidance) dan benci-cinta (avoidance-approach), saling membenci (avoidance-avoidance) atau berseteru (conflicting pair), dan saling menyukai/ men-dukung (approach-approach) atau sebagai pasangan bulan madu (honeymoon). Kelompok etnis Madura cenderung dijadikan sebagai kelompok target konflik, sementara Tionghoa sebagai kelompok etnis sanjungan. Model pendidikan multikultural ramah dianggap sesuai diterapkan dalam program pendidikan di sekolah E-RS untuk membangun citra positif pada masing-masing kelompok agar prasangka (prejudice) dan bias anggapan (stereotip) dapat dikendorkan.Kata kunci: prasangka (prejudice) dan stereotip, ethno-religio segregation (E-RS), model pendidikan multikultural ramah_____________________________________________________________ MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION RAMAH MODEL FOR ETHNO-RELIGIO SEGREGATED SCHOOLS (E-RS) KOTA PONTIANAKAbstract This research is intended to formulate patterns and measure the strength of the interethnical-religious relation among students from four different ethnic groups of Malay, Dayak, Chinese, and Madurese at the ethno-religio segregated schools (E-RS) in Pontianak: Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Senior High School (Malay-Islam),  Christian Education Foundation Senior High School/ YPK (Dayak-Christian], Immanuel Christian Senior High School (Chinese-Christian, Konghucu/Confucius, Buddha), dan Private Islamic Senior High School/MAS Al-Anwar (Madurese-Islam), based on their prejudice and stereotype attitudes toward ethnic and religion. The research applied qulititative-quantitative mixed method, and for developing the model, focus group discussion (FGD) was used. The findings show that E-RS have unique and critical interethnic-religious relation patterns, i.e. ethno-centrism, approach-avoidance, avoidance-approach, avoidance-avoidance (conflicting pair), and approach-approach (honeymoon). Madurese is treated as potential conflicting targeted group; Chinese as popular referring group among case groups. A model of Ramah (friendly attitudes and behaviours) in multicultural education is promoted to develop positive images among the groups to reduce potential prejudice and stereotypes.Keywords: prejudice and stereotype, ethno-religio segregated schools (E-RS), multicultural education ramah model

scholarly journals The Role of Journal Writing in Senior High School Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Ivee Kalalo Guce
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Journal Writing ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior High School Students ◽  
Mathematical Activities

The study investigated the influence of journal writing on the senior high school students’ attitude toward mathematics. A mixed-method approach, particularly the convergent parallel design, was used in this study. Using Scale on Attitude Toward Mathematics (SATM) (Guce &amp; Talens, 2013), the students’ attitude toward the subject was measured in four subscales—liking or disliking mathematics, tendency to engage in or avoid mathematical activities, belief that one is good or bad in mathematics and belief that mathematics is useful or useless. Using focus group discussion, the insights of the students on journal writing as a mathematics class activity were gathered. Results using quantitative data revealed positive significant differences in the attitude of the respondents in terms of (i) liking mathematics and (ii) having the tendency to engage in mathematical activities. This aligned with the result in the focus group discussion which suggested that students perceive journal writing as a helpful tool for them to enjoy mathematics and engage in it. The activity, thus, may be regarded as a means to improve students’ attitude toward mathematics.

scholarly journals Cultural Perceptions of Child Abuse in Terms of Parents Perspective a Qualitative Study in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reizkiana Feva Kosmah Dewi ◽  
Meita Dhamayanti ◽  
Sri Endah Rahayuningsih ◽  
Kuswandewi Mutyara ◽  
Nita Arisanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
World Health ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Cultural Perceptions

Abstract Background Child abuse (CA) is a serious problem and difficult to detect. According to World Health Organization (WHO), CA is responsible on 950,000 deaths in children aged below 18 every year. As many cultures as various of CA among parents inside. This research aims to determine the cultural perceptions of child abuse in terms of parents in Indonesia. Method A qualitative study using focus group discussions was conducted to thirty one parents that selected purposively. The discussion centered about CA definition, classification, and frequency, level of CA (mild, moderate, and severe), the difference between violence and discipline. The focus group discussions divided in to 3 groups level education, Elementary/Junior high school, senior high school, and bachelor’s degree. The process offocus group discussion were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using manifest qualitative content analysis. Results Every cultures in Indonesia perceived that CA is a form of parents’ emotion which lead to injure children physically and mentally. Indonesian cultures were not familiar with neglect and exploitation. Participants’ opinion regarding level of violence can be categorized as severe if leaving wounds, need to be hospitalized, and visumed. The parents assumed as CA if occurred more than twice and/or leaving marks. The discipline’s ussualy purpose is not to mistreat, but for goods, character building, and educating the children. Conclusions Cultural perceptions of parents about CA is a form of parents’ emotion which lead to injure children physically and mentally. The community and health workers should be aware to decrease morbidity and mortality of CA

scholarly journals Teaching Spoken Narrative by Using Silent Viewing Video Technique to Senior High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Ana Muslimah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Senior High School Students

This research aimed to describe the implementation of silent viewing technique in teaching speaking narrative to develop students’ ideas in learning process. There were 34 senior high school students in SMAN 1 Driyorejo who participated in this qualitative study. This research used three instruments such as checklist observation, interview, and questionnaire. The result shows that the use of silent viewing technique is successful and effective. The students can make good storytelling after the implementation. It also makes the students easily absorb the new knowledge and share their ideas and opinions based on what they have watched in the silent video.

scholarly journals The E-commerce Era: A Qualitative Study on the Growth Strategies of Online Business among Philippine School Doha Senior High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Marie T. Alegario, MST ◽  
Angela Nina J. Aldover ◽  
James Bryan M. Bondad ◽  
Genale Audrey V. Calpito ◽  
Julianne Kyle A. Caneso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Online Business ◽  
Senior High School Students

scholarly journals Factors influencing access to kidney transplantation: a research protocol of a qualitative study on stakeholders’ perspectives

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e032694
Author(s):  
Katja Kloss ◽  
Sohal Ismail ◽  
Steef Redeker ◽  
Lothar van Hoogdalem ◽  
Annemarie Luchtenburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Kidney Transplantation ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Factors Influencing

IntroductionUnequal access to kidney transplantation is suggested, but no systematic inventory exists about factors influencing access to kidney transplantation. There is an absence of any research that has combined stakeholder perspectives along the complete trajectory of transplantation. The present qualitative study explores the contributing factors from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in this trajectory, including patients, health professionals and health insurance and financial representatives in the Netherlands. Moreover, stakeholders will be invited to suggesting strategies and solutions for handling the facilitating and hindering factors found. By means of interaction, stakeholder groups will arrive at a consensus for new policymaking in the field of a Dutch transplantation care.Methods and analysisThe different stakeholders’ perspectives and possible solutions will be explored by interviewing in three phases. In the first phase, stakeholders’ group perspectives will be explored with individual interviews and focus group interviews without confrontation of views from other perspectives. In the second phase of focus group interviewing, perspectives will be confronted with the other stakeholders’ perspectives assessed. Finally, in the third phase, stakeholders will be invited to focus group discussions for suggesting solutions to overcome barriers and promote facilitators for improving access to transplantation. Approximately, groups from six to twelve participants per focus group and four to maximal six focus groups will be held per stakeholder, depending on the level of saturation, as prescribed by grounded theory. The interviews will be audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and qualitative data will be analysed according to the principles of grounded theory supported by using NVivo software.Ethics and disseminationThe Medical Ethical Committee of Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has approved this study. The results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and major international conferences.

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