scholarly journals Framing policy problems and solutions in education policymaking: Pre-vocational education in Norwegian lower secondary school

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110446
Author(s):  
Maike Luimes
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
Official Policy ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Norwegian Education ◽  
Policy Problems ◽  
Lower Secondary Education ◽  
Policy Solutions

This article investigates policymaking for Norwegian lower secondary education, with a focus on policy problems and solutions emphasising pre-vocational education. The data consist of official policy documents such as Green and White Papers, hearings, propositions to the parliament, protocols of parliamentary debates and votes in the parliament. The conceptual framework focuses on framing in policymaking and policy problems and solutions. Results reveal that dropout, difficulties in adapting education to the pupils and a gap between the content of schooling and the demands of the world of work are framed as the main policy problems. Different policy solutions emphasising pre-vocational education are presented as legitimised responses to these problems. The three policy problems can be defined as complex issues. Despite the proposed policy solutions, these are not enacted in the curriculum in line with the discussions and votes in parliament. This could be attributed to conflicting values and purposes of Norwegian education. These differences raise the question of whether the problems faced by Norwegian comprehensive schooling are taken for granted, as the proposed solutions appear to be insufficient in dealing with the defined problems.

scholarly journals CLASSROOM CLIMATE AS A PART OF CONTEMPORARY DIDACTICAL APPROACHES

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Majda Fiksl ◽  
Boris Aberšek
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Lower Secondary Education ◽  
Structure Of Education

To achieve successful teaching in the 21st century school, teachers must change their didactical approaches in order to create a stimulating pro-activeness in a pleasant classroom climate for better development of student’s achievement. A classroom climate in the present research means the combination of variables within a classroom that work together to promote learning in a comfortable environment. In the present research, classroom’s climate will be evaluated, and what kind of influence different didactical approaches have on the atmosphere in the classroom. The classroom climate of two 6th grade classes at a lower secondary school will be studied: a class with traditional methods of teaching and a class with innovative methods, as regards searching for ideas, monitoring the students’ progress and giving instructions. Students in both classes filled out a questionnaire with thirteen statements, which included three dimensions of a classroom atmosphere: personal relationship, contribution to the class and research work. The results confirmed a change in the perception of the classroom climate, depending on different innovative didactical approaches. The values of individual dimensions are higher in the class with innovative methods, which was confirmed with a better atmosphere in this class and an increased activeness of the students. When introducing changes in an educational process, it is necessary to establish a positive classroom atmosphere. Key words: active learning, classroom atmosphere (climate), innovative didactical approaches, lower secondary education, structure of education.

Implicit Sense of Academic Futility: An Unexpected Burden From Lower Secondary Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 001312452110638
Author(s):  
Jaroslava Simonová ◽  
Jan Vyhnálek ◽  
Dominik Dvořák ◽  
Jana Straková
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Good Option ◽  
School Level ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Full Control ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

Vocational and professional training tracks can be a good option for many adolescents, many of whom enter these programs with a sometimes hidden burden of negative experiences and attitudes to school. This paper explores the sense of academic futility in future VET students at the end of lower secondary education. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 25 Czech students in which they described their experiences from lower secondary school, we found that despite the students’ beliefs that their achievement is the product of their own effort, they describe situations from which it is evident that they noticed (i.e., perceived) that they actually did lose control over their results. At the same time, they explicitly claim that they have full control over their own achievement. This implicit sense of academic futility is created by several mechanisms at the school level: the curriculum, ineffective teaching, grading leniency, and teachers’ distrust of students’ capabilities.

Curriculum-making in pre-vocational education in the lower secondary school: A regional comparative analysis within Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 679-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Berger ◽  
Roy Canning ◽  
Michael Dolan ◽  
SŁAWOMIR Kurek ◽  
Matthias Pilz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Curriculum Making

scholarly journals Os discursos dos organismos financeiros e de cooperação internacional sobre a obligatoriedad da educação secundária baixa, 1960-2015. Uma perspectiva desde o institucionalismo discursivo e a análise crítica do discurso

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Rosalina Romero Gonzaga
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

The article examines the proposals and recommendations formulated by three international financial and cooperation organizations (OFyCIs) for lower secondary education (ESB), an emerging educational level in educational research. It is assumed that the lower secondary school is promoted by the OFyCI as a functional subsidiary to upper secondary education (high secondary education), reoriented and aligned toward the capitalist economy, but forgoing a critical and comprehensive development of adolescents. The discourse of the OFyCI on the compulsory nature of secondary education constitutes frames of reference that serve to reproduce their economic, political and social interests, within a context marked by educational segmentation and lack of definition of educational levels.

CALCIUM CYCLE IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING AT THE LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Kolar ◽  
◽  
Martin Bilek ◽  
Katerina Chroustova ◽  
Jiri Rychtera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Calcium Hydroxide ◽  
Calcium Chloride ◽  
Calcium Oxide ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

The research is focused on the use of experimental calcium cycle in chemistry teaching at the lower secondary school. The cycle is based on four reactions: 1. thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate, 2. reaction of calcium oxide with water, 3. calcium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid, 4. reaction of calcium chloride with sodium carbonate. The calcium cycle was tested at lower secondary schools (and equal classes from comprehensive schools). Despite the difficulty of taking some steps, the cycle was accepted by both teachers and learners. Keywords: chemistry teaching, experimental cycle, calcium cycle, lower secondary education.

Social Influences - a Psychological Phenomenon in the Choice of Further Course of Education and Career

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-53
Author(s):  
Petr Hlaďo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Psychological Phenomenon ◽  
Research Findings

The aim of this overview study is to synthesize Czech, Slovak and foreign empirical findings on the choice of further course of education and career. Attention is focused specifically on social influences as a psychological phenomenon affecting this decision-making process in lower secondary school students at the end of compulsory schooling. The main attention is paid to the roles of parents and family, particularly the influence of family background and family processes. Another issue is the influence of peers, teachers and career counsellors on the choice of further course of education and career. The synthesis of research findings is based primarily on an analysis of research papers published in journals.

Identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood: relationships with emotional and educational factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Statuses ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Shame And Guilt

Abstract In the processual approach to identity, the role of the interaction between subjective and contextual factors in the process of its development is emphasized. Based on the model of Luyckx et al. (2008) relationships between identity and educational context, as well as the tendency to experience shame and guilt were analyzed.. 821 people aged from 14-25 and belonging to six educational groups: (1) lower secondary school, (2) basic vocational school, (3) technical upper secondary school, (4) general upper secondary school, (5) post-secondary school (medical rescue, massage therapy, cosmetology, occupational therapy) and (6) university, took part in the research. Two questionnaires were used: The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS), to allow the measurement of the five dimensions of identity postulated by Luyckx et al (2008) and The Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2 (PFQ-2, Harder, Zalma, 1990) to measure of the shame and guilt proneness. The results show that general upper secondary school students in terms of the dimensions of identity are closer to lower secondary school students rather than to their peers from technical and vocational schools. Among general upper secondary school students not only was a higher intensity of an identity crisis observed, but also a strong tendency to experience shame and guilt. Among lower secondary school students and general upper secondary school students, people with diffusion and moratorium as identity statuses prevailed, while in the remaining groups the achievement and foreclosure identity were observed more frequently. A general relationship was also observed, namely, a greater tendency to experience shame was associated with a higher intensity of an identity crisis.

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