Unified Extracurricular Activities as a Pathway to Social Inclusion in High Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 568-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary N. Siperstein ◽  
Emily D. McDowell ◽  
Holly E. Jacobs ◽  
Jeffrey E. Stokes ◽  
Andrea L. Cahn
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Special Olympics ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Lagged Dependent Variable ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Abstract The present study examined how a multicomponent intervention embedded in a high school's extracurricular framework impacts students' acceptance of peers with intellectual disability (ID). Data were collected from eight high schools, three of which implemented the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (UCS) program involving inclusive sports, clubs, and schoolwide events, and five of which did not. A pretest-posttest survey design was used to measure students' attitudes, perceptions, and interactions (n = 1,230). Lagged dependent variable modeling revealed that UCS participation significantly predicted improved attitudes toward peers with ID and perceptions of school social inclusion, as well as increased social interactions with peers with ID. Unified extracurricular activities may be the next step forward in promoting an inclusive school culture.

Promoting Social Inclusion in High Schools Using a Schoolwide Approach

Inclusion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary N. Siperstein ◽  
Lauren A. Summerill ◽  
Holly E. Jacobs ◽  
Jeffrey E. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Special Olympics ◽  
School Contexts ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study examines the impact of the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program in high schools across the country. Data were analyzed from 2,774 students from 11 high schools implementing the program concerning their perceptions and attitudes toward including students with intellectual disability (ID). Students participating in 1 or more program activities reported increased visibility of and social interactions with students with ID in school. This, in turn, promoted more positive perceptions and attitudes regarding school and classroom inclusion. Participation in different activities had unique effects on students' perceptions of their school's inclusive environment and on their attitudes toward classroom inclusion. These findings support an ecological approach to social inclusion and for structured, schoolwide interventions embedded within normative school contexts.

scholarly journals DISCIPLINE IN EDUCATION: CAUSES AND POSSIBLE STRATEGIES TO CURB EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Adzrolo ◽  
Kenneth Asamoah-Gyimah ◽  
Andrews Cobbinah ◽  
Ruth Annan-Brew
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Descriptive Survey

<p>This paper investigated the causes and possible strategies to minimize examination malpractices in Senior High Schools (SHSs) in Ghana. A descriptive survey design with a quantitative approach was used for the study. Proportional stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 335 respondents which comprised 302 students and 33 teachers. Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used to analyse the data gathered. The findings revealed that the leading cause of examination malpractices was ‘insufficient students’ preparation for WASSCE and Public education on effects of examination malpractices has also emerged as the number one strategy to minimize the menace. It was concluded that in schools where a conducive environment and teaching/ learning materials are not provided for effective academic work, performance falls below what is expected, to achieve academic success, students and teachers engage in examination malpractices to raise the academic image of the school. It was recommended that school authorities provide a conducive teaching and learning environment to ensure effective academic work in schools to minimize the menace.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0896/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Comparison of student attitudes towards natural sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Maison Maison ◽  
Haryanto Haryanto ◽  
Margaret Dwi Wiwik Ernawati ◽  
Yulia Ningsih ◽  
Nurdatul Jannah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Junior High Schools ◽  
Science Attitude ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Scientific Attitudes

The attitude of students during the learning process is essential to be known by an educator to understand how to deal with students in the class. This study aims to determine how students 'attitudes towards science subjects and this study also aim to determine whether there is a comparison of students' attitudes towards natural science subjects in junior high schools in Indonesia. This research was conducted at some state junior high schools in Jambi. Specifically, the research sites were Junior High School 5, Junior High School 6, and Junior High School 26 in Jambi. The research design used in this study was a quantitative approach with survey methods. The research instrument was a science attitude questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results showed that students' attitudes toward science subjects based on indicators of adoption of scientific attitudes, fun in learning science, and interest in increasing the time to study science were in good categories and also there are significant differences of students’ attitude towards science subjects in the three schools with a comparison value of 0.042 &lt; 0.05.

scholarly journals Indonesian EFL students’ voice on the first language usage in classroom

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Binti Muifatun Nazilah ◽  
Peptia Asrining Tyas ◽  
Wiwik Umiyati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
First Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The first language (L1) usage is still found during the English lesson, specifically in non-native English countries. This may be a debatable issue among experts. Hence, investigation on students’ perception is helpful in this study. It will give an insight into students’ preferences for learning the language. The previous studies related to this topic were mainly focused on senior high school and undergraduate students as the subject. Therefore, this present study proposed to explore the perception of junior high school students. In conducting this study, the researcher applied a quantitative survey design. There were 29 questions in three sections that were distributed to investigate: (1) the language used in the EFL classroom, (2) students’ attitudes as well as (3) students’ well-being during the English foreign language lesson. The participants were 101 students of SMP Shalahuddin Malang. The findings revealed that students have positive responses towards the use of Indonesian langauge during the EFL lesson.   DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6701

A Campus Revolution

2019 ◽  
pp. 197-209
Author(s):  
Paul Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
College Age ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities

This book calls for a revolution on today’s campus in curriculum (more humanities), in teaching methods (more independence for students), and in extracurricular activities (more opportunities for leadership). This chapter makes six recommendations to colleges, and one to college parents. First, bring the goals of students and faculty into alignment. Second, recognize that every teacher teaches ethics. Third, stop teaching altogether if your teaching style makes students passive. Fourth, replace professionally coached teams as much as possible with student sports clubs, and let the students hire their own coaches. Fifth, give students time for extra-curricular activities. Groups that discriminate by race or sex should be discouraged. Sixth (which sums up the first five), trust students to make good decisions for themselves. Finally, parents should let their college-age children grow up.

Manual Training Teachers and other Teachers—A Comparison of Their Perceptions and Satisfactions and a Commentary

1973 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
McCrae C. Grassie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
Perceptions Of School

This paper reports on an investigation into fourteen Queensland high schools with instruments measuring perceptions of school climate, bureaucratization, satisfaction and professionalism. The factor scores of manual training teachers and those of teachers of general subjects are compared and five significant differences found. Manual training teachers believe less in the importance of autonomy and more in the importance of service. They perceive in their schools more evidence of leadership and more opportunities for participation in decision-making and they are more satisfied with their colleagues than are other teachers in the schools. The relative lack of supervision they experience appears to be “a healthy neglect”.

scholarly journals Our Sports Clubs: The Sport-for-All Dream in Crisis? Book Review of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. By Robert Putnam. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015, 400 pp.; ISBN: 1476769893.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-253
Author(s):  
Reinhard Haudenhuyse
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
American Dream ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Opportunity Gap ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Caring Adults ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Impact

This review investigates the potential implications of Putnam’s recent book <em>Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis</em> for the field of social sport sciences. The main themes in Putnam’s <em>Our Kids </em>are class segregation and the widening ‘opportunity’ gap between the ‘have’ and ‘have nots’ in American society. The question can and needs to be asked: what the impact of class-based segregation has been on ‘our sport clubs’? Furthermore, Putnam also discusses the importance and unequal provision of Extracurricular activities. Putnam sees such activities as contexts for developing social skills, a sense of civic engagement and even for generating upward mobility. An important advantage of such activities is, according to Putnam, the exposure to caring adults outside the family, who can often serve as valuable mentors. However, throughout the book, Putnam uses a rather judgmental and moralizing language when talking about the parents of the ‘have nots’. The lesson that sport researchers can learn from this is to be sensitive and critical to moralizing approaches and deficiency discourses regarding the inclusion <em>in</em> and <em>through</em> sport of children and youth living in poverty.

scholarly journals An Investigation into Screening Process of Athletes during Basic Education School Sports Competitions and its Influence on Students’ Athletes in the Gomoa East District in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Stephen Sorkpor ◽  
Adama Calvin Cudjoe Agbeko ◽  
Julius Jerry Agortey
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
School Sports ◽  
Education School ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Basic School ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study sought to investigate the screening process of athletes for basic school sports competitions and its influences on students’ attitude towards Extracurricular Activities in the Gomoa East District. The study employed the descriptive survey design involving 150 respondents. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistic.  It was found out that, the respondents had a general positive perception about the screening process and therefore there is the need for a more scientific approach to the screening exercise to make it more robust and transparent to boost stakeholder’s confidence and continuous interest. It is therefore recommended that a more scientific approach should be adopted to reduce significantly the level of bias in the screening process

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