scholarly journals Supporting literacies for children of color: A strength-based approach to pre-school literacy by (Daniel R )

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879842110323
Author(s):  
Rachel Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
School Students ◽  
Children Of Color ◽  
Oral Storytelling ◽  
Strength Based

Supporting Literacies for Children of Color is half theoretic examination, half guidebook; the text revolves around the research that pre-school students of Color, historically underestimated, have cultural and linguistic strengths that should be recognized and supported in learning spaces. Meier establishes a strengths-based approach to literacy—stressing the importance of creating a developmentally engaging curriculum that includes books, oral storytelling, personal journals, drawings, and writings. A strong benefit of Meier’s text is that by using his own experiences, those of colleagues, and of families of Color, he connects theories to real life in a way that makes them accessible enough that educators and librarians of all levels will find value in adding it to their collection of professional development books.

Career Counseling to Enhance Pipeline for Middle School Students of Color

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwong-Liem Kwan ◽  
David Bucur ◽  
Jodie Edwards ◽  
Jenelle Fitch
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
School Students

Effects of a life skills-based sexuality education program on Korean early adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gyu-Young Lee ◽  
Da Ye Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sexual Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Sexuality Education Program

We verified the effectiveness of a life skills-based sexuality education program that involved applying learner-centered principles among South Korean upper elementary grade students. We developed an 8-session program to improve sexuality knowledge and the sexual behaviors of adolescents through gaining practical skills applicable to daily life. Participants were 68 students at a school located in Seoul and we analyzed their data using a 1-sample t test to determine the effectiveness of the proposed intervention program. The results showed that the proposed program increased the sexuality knowledge and interpersonal skills of the adolescents; however, the improvement in sexual attitude was not statistically significant. This study is significant as the program is the first life skills-based sexuality education course developed for use with elementary school students in Korea. Our program could be used in developing a learner-centered sexuality education program applicable to real-life situations.

“I Want to Advocate for Our Kids”: How Community-Based Organizations Broker College Enrollment for Underrepresented Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 001312452110045
Author(s):  
Irma Y. Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Student College ◽  
Community Based Organization

This exploratory study examines the role community-based organizations have in bridging low-income students of color to postsecondary institutions. Data came from interviews with organization staff, high school students, and college students associated with three distinct community-based organizations located in a mid-size city. The findings suggest that organization staff are well-positioned in youth, academic, and community social networks. Staff become social brokers across these networks through three steps: cultivating authentic and safe relationships, lessons from students, and becoming advocates. Community-based organization staff strategically advocate for underrepresented student college enrollment and admissions by serving as social brokers between students, schools, and their communities.

scholarly journals Junior high school mathematics teachers’ knowledge in calculators

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Isaac Bengre Taley ◽  
Matilda Sarpong Adusei
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Real Life ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

Helping junior high school students to use calculators and computers for problem solving and investigating real-life situations is an objective of the junior high school mathematics curriculum in Ghana. Ironically, there is a technological drought in junior high school mathematics instruction in Ghana, with a suspicion that mathematics teachers’ competency in the use of calculators for teaching may be the source of this lack of use. This study sought to establish a correlation between junior high school mathematics teachers’ competence and the motivation supporting the use of calculators in teaching.  A descriptive survey comprising of a test and questionnaire was used to collect data from junior high school mathematics teachers in an educational district in Ghana. Teacher characteristics such as educational attainment, age, and gender in relation to teachers’ competency in the use of calculators were discussed in the study. The results showed that about 70% of the teachers exhibited a low level of calculator competence. Besides, novice teachers outperformed expert teachers in the calculator competency-based test. Additionally, mathematics teachers’ enthusiasm for using calculators in teaching was directly associated with the teachers’ level of competency. The findings may send a signal to stakeholders in their efforts to revising the Ghana JHS curriculum in order to actualize the curriculum desire for the integration of technology in the teaching and learning of JHS mathematics.

scholarly journals Fostering Computational Thinking Through Data Visualization and Design on Secondary School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-302
Author(s):  
Güldem Alev Özkök
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Algorithm Design ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
School Students

This research aims to model the process of data visualization (DV) and design to facilitate computational thinking (CT) of secondary-level students. As an interdisciplinary method for visualizing complex data, creating data visualizations requires learners to analyze data from knowledge of pure and applied science. This study investigates creating DV to facilitate CT as an interdisciplinary method which combines mathematics and information technology. The study was carried out using synthesised design-based research (DBR) method by conducting two cycles comprised of five phases: problem analysis within real-life context, design solution, develop solution, evaluate in practice and reflection. CT dimensions (decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design) were tested by using the Computational Thinking through Data Visualization Rubric and reflection form acquired during implementation. The sample consisted of secondary school students in the data visualization creation process with 27 in the first cycle and 31 in the second cycle. This research proposes a model to facilitate development of CT by DV with the analysis of complex data, creating an effective method by enabling analytics and visualizing data. The proposed DV development process facilitating CT has the potential to inform research on interdisciplinary learning environments.

scholarly journals Impact of Stem Education on Academic Achievement of Elementary School Students‟ of Delhi

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 3275-3278
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
School Students ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

STEM education does not follow traditional teaching methods but is based on interesting and critical thinking activities. It is important to increase students' interest and awareness of STEM educational activities to encourage them to learn STEM. STEM-based education can help students or children learn and participate in activities based on real-life experiences. We need to let them know that what they learned in STEM today is not only building their own future, but also the cornerstone of the country. Since no study has been done to know the difference in the academic achievement and basic attitude of the students towards this approach based on gender school types (government and private); before and after the conduction of STEM programme this study will give STEM practitioners strategies to design and integrate STEM content purposefully for the students ; so that students can develop a positive attitude towards STEM programme which will in turn help them to acquire higher academic achievement and make study more effective. This study will also through light on the teachers to make STEM programme more effective. This study will also be of immense help to the school authorities while opting for better STEM programme

What’s In It for Me?

2013 ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Grassian ◽  
Rhonda Trueman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
3D Virtual World

Virtual worlds offer synchronous (simultaneous) real life participation through virtual reality, combining the two to provide convenient and low-cost options for librarians’ professional development. This chapter explores the use of virtual worlds for meetings, training, conferences, discussions, mentoring, networking, and peer-to-peer information sharing, with a focus on the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Definitions of “professional development” and “virtual worlds” precede discussion of the issues surrounding the use of this type of environment for a variety of training events and activities to support and encourage ongoing expansion of knowledge, innovation, and creativity among librarians. This chapter also includes information about planning and implementing professional development sessions in this arena, along with information on effective methods for publicizing these activities for parties interested in using virtual worlds for professional development. For those interested in attending professional development opportunities in virtual worlds, the chapter provides information on how to discover and choose useful activities and events in virtual worlds.

A Study of the Problems Faced by Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in India as Perceived by Different Stakeholders

2017 ◽  
pp. 151-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Ajithkumar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
General Information ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
Teacher Capacity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Government ◽  
Student Information

The study focused on the problems faced by students pursuing ITI and the views of school students about ITI. Data was collected by the researcher through questionnaire distributed to students and in-depth interview with the principals of ITI. The themes that emerged from the data were General information about the student, Information about his family, Information about ITI education, Administration and organization, Possibilities and equipments, Teacher's capacity, Curriculum, and Community's perception. The findings highlight lack of infrastructure, inadequate teacher capacity, lack of updated curriculum, lack of awareness about ITI among students from formal schooling. On the basis of the findings the study recommended that the Government needed – Curriculum Enhancement Policies, Increasing Training Capacity, Program Evaluation, and Apprentice Programs; Infrastructure Improvement, Personnel, and Personal and Professional Development.

Exploring Perceptions of the Path to Work/Life Success Among Middle School Students of Color

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-453
Author(s):  
Kizzy Albritton ◽  
Jenny L. Cureton ◽  
Janice A. Byrd ◽  
Cassandra A. Storlie
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Life Success ◽  
Work And Life ◽  
Black And Latino

There are limited empirical studies examining career-related activities for Black and Latino/a students during the middle school years. Using a constant comparison method, this study examined the narrative data of 63 Black and Latino/a middle school students regarding their perceptions of work and life success. The results of this analysis revealed five overarching themes: exposure, support, attainment, family, and effort/persistence. Implications for career and school professionals, as well as the significance of school–family–community partnerships, are discussed.

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