scholarly journals Os percursos escolares das crianças e jovens em acolhimento residencial na escola pública portuguesa

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Daniela Ferreira ◽  
Ariana Cosme
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
School Success ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Pedagogical Issue ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
Problematic Situations

By principles established in LBSE, the Portuguese public school commits itself to ensure the inclusion of all children and youth; however, when we look at the pathways of those in residential care, under measures of promotion and protection, we realize that this is one of the most vulnerable populations in education. The data analysis of their school pathways presents conceptual problems arising from the organization of age groups. Through the collection of data about the school pathways of children and youth in residential care who receive basic education from three groups of schools in Portugal, we seek to understand information about school success and failure. Based on an interpretative phenomenological paradigm, this study portrays one of the most problematic situations of the Portuguese educational system. When comparing school failure rates of these children and youth with Portuguese national rates, we realize that the failure rate in the first cycle is 13 times higher, the second cycle is 11 times higher, and the third cycle is six times higher than the national average. We conclude that it is urgent to think about education policies in which inclusion, in addition to being a technical-pedagogical issue, is assumed as an ethical imperative.

scholarly journals Nas malhas da poesia: oficina de leitura e criação

Signo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (83) ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria Cuba Riche
Keyword(s):  
Structural Characteristic ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject

Como e por que trabalhar poesia na sala de aula é o que se pretende abordar neste trabalho. A sensibilização para a linguagem poética, suas características estruturais e um pequeno repertório teórico que sustenta a reflexão sobre o fazer poético vem sendo trabalhado ao longo da atividade acadêmica em forma de Oficinas de Leitura e Produção. Os grupos que vivenciaram a metodologia dessas oficinas são estudantes do Ensino Fundamental I e II, estagiários de Letras do Instituto de Aplicação da UERJ, profissionais de diferentes áreas da disciplina Oficina de Poesia do curso de Especialização em Literatura Infantil e Juvenil da UFF, além de professores que frequentaram minicursos em congressos da área. As oficinas de poesia têm se mostrado eficazes como possibilidade de aproximar do gênero lírico diferentes tipos e faixas etárias de leitores, permitindo-lhes manipular o estrato linguístico de forma criativa e, principalmente em relação aos professores da educação básica, vivenciar atividades que podem enriquecer a prática docente. Os resultados dessas oficinas podem ser mensurados pelo maior interesse dos estudantes em ler, compreender e produzir poemas e a participação entusiasmada dos professores que inseriram a metodologia da oficina em suas práticas docentes. O repertório ficcional é amplo e varia de acordo com o público participante e a experiência do leitor. Já o repertório teórico apoia-se principalmente em: CANDIDO (1986; 1989; 2004); CÍCERO (2007); SOARES (1989); CARA (1986); MORICONI (2002); MOISÉS (2012); SECCHIN (2018) dentre outros. Abstract This paper intends to address how and why to work with poetry in the classroom. Awareness of poetic language, its structural characteristic and a brief theoretical framework that give support to reflections on ways of doing poetry has been worked on throughout academic activity in the form of Reading and Production Workshops. Groups that have experienced the methodology of those workshops comprise students from primary and middle schools and undergraduate students of the Lyrics Course in the Institute of Application at UERJ as well as professionals from different areas of knowledge in the subject Poetry Workshop from the specialization course in Children and Youth Literature and teachers who attended mini courses in congress in the area. The poetry workshops have proved to be effective as a possibility to bring different types and age groups of readers closer to the lyric genre, allowing them to manipulate the linguistic stratum in a creative way, especially basic education teachers, who have the chance to experience activities that can improve teaching practice. The results of these workshops can be measured by students' greater interest in reading, understanding and producing poems and the enthusiastic participation of the teachers who adopted the workshop methodology in their teaching practices. The fictional repertoire is broad and varies according to the participating audience and reader's experience. The theoretical framework is based mainly on: CANDIDO (1986; 1989; 2004); CÍCERO (2007); SOARES (1989); CARA (1986); MORICONI (2002); MOISÉS (2012); SECCHIN (2018) among others.

scholarly journals Results From Sweden’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (s2) ◽  
pp. S284-S290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Delisle Nyström ◽  
Christel Larsson ◽  
Bettina Ehrenblad ◽  
Hanna Eneroth ◽  
Ulf Eriksson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Almost All

Background:The 2016 Swedish Report Card on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Youth is a unique compilation of the existing physical and health related data in Sweden. The aim of this article is to summarize the procedure and results from the report card.Methods:Nationally representative surveys and individual studies published between 2005–2015 were included. Eleven PA and health indicators were graded using the Active Healthy Kids Canada grading system. Grades were assigned based on the percentage of children/youth meeting a defined benchmark (A: 81% to 100%, B: 61% to 80%, C: 41% to 60%, D: 21% to 40%, F: 0% to 20%, or incomplete (INC).Results:The assigned grades were Overall Physical Activity, D; Organized Sport Participation, B+; Active Play, INC; Active Transportation, C+; Sedentary Behaviors, C; Family and Peers, INC; School, C+; Community and the Built Environment, B; Government Strategies and Investments, B; Diet, C-; and Obesity, D.Conclusions:The included data provides some support that overall PA is too low and sedentary behavior is too high for almost all age groups in Sweden, even with the many national policies as well as an environment that is favorable to the promotion of PA.

scholarly journals Surveying support for child and youth political participation in Australia and New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LG Phillips ◽  
Jenny Ritchie ◽  
F Perales
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Survey Question ◽  
Party Preference ◽  
United Nations Declaration

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Recent decades have witnessed increased empirical and policy interest in children’s citizenship, particularly since the ratification of the United Nations Declaration of Children’s Rights. However, support for children’s active citizenship is often hindered by the pervasiveness of discourses that characterise children as innocent, developing, and free from responsibility. Public and governmental decision-making largely excludes children’s consultation and contributions, often determined by age alone. To quantifiably assess the amount of public support for children’s political participation, we commissioned a Likert scale survey question on degrees of support for children and youth (across four age groups between 3 and 18 year olds) having the opportunity to influence government decisions, in the Australian and New Zealand 2016 versions of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). Analysis of responses to this question in relation to demographic survey data indicate variation in preferences for different age groups, and that age, gender, and political party preference of respondents were variables of significance for both nations. These variables point to potential predictors of attitudes toward political participation of children and youth which have relevance for policymakers and educators in relation to provision of programmes that will increase the engagement of children and youth in government decision-making.

scholarly journals Influence of air pollution on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, Serbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Milosevic ◽  
Dragan Bogdanovic ◽  
Sladjana Jovic ◽  
Aleksandra Stankovic ◽  
Suzana Milutinovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sulphur Dioxide ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Black Smoke

Background/Aim. In studies that investigate the health effects of short-term air pollution exposure, population-wide changes in acute outcomes such as mortality, hospital admissions and healthcare visits are linked to short-term variations in ambient pollutant concentrations. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between daily outdoor black smoke and sulphur dioxide levels and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, within a period 2001-2005. Methods. A time series analysis was performed using separated regression models for each pollutant and disease group, by age groups and population as a whole. The effects of copollutant, meteorological factors and cyclic oscillations in hospitalization numbers were controlled. Results. A significant increase in hospital admissions was associated with a 10 ?g/m3 increase in the concentration of black smoke, for cardiovascular diseases: 3.14% (< 0.01) in children and youth under 19 years of age, 1.85% (< 0.001) in 19-64 age group, and 0.84% (< 0.05) in all ages, and for respiratory diseases: 1.77% (< 0.05) in 19-64 age group, and 0.91% (< 0.05) in all ages. The effects on hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in children and youth under 19 years of age, and for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in the elderly were not statistically significant. The increase of sulphur dioxide level was associated with the increased number of hospitalizations, for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in all age groups, but the influence was not statistically significant. Conclusion. Outdoor pollutants concentrations in urban area of Nis were below regulated limit values during most of the investigated period days but it is shown that even such a level of pollution has a significant effect on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

scholarly journals Localizing international education agendas: Boys (still) underachieving in Jamaica’s secondary education

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Everton Ellis ◽  
Edward Thomas
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Rural High Schools ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring

The literature on basic education emphasizes the need to improve enrollment and access to girls’ education in poorer countries. In Jamaica, the problem is not merely access to basic education but rather the quality of education outcomes, particularly for boys. Setting my research findings within the context of globalization and basic education, this paper explores the underachievement of boys within the contexts of international education policies at the domestic/national scale in Jamaica. Using a combination of participants’ responses drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with teachers across two rural high schools in Jamaica, an analysis of secondary sources and (to a lesser extent) participant observations, we put forward a few claims regarding the process of ‘localizing’ ‘international’ education. It appears that global discourses in education (education for all) place demands on the local context – privilege girls, and the problem of lack of access to education and the overall the quality of experience. And therefore, the Jamaican state can ‘evade’ or palliatively address the ongoing problem of boys’ underachievement. The paper also highlights the effects of neoliberal restructuring in education as well as the inconsistencies between domestic/national and international education policies.

Youth Unemployment in Turkey

2017 ◽  
pp. 157-176
Author(s):  
Z. Bilgen Susanlı
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Steep Decline ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Gender Unemployment Gap ◽  
Stable Employment ◽  
The Unemployed

This book chapter describes the recent trends in youth unemployment in Turkey by taking into account the causes of unemployment, and the job search methods of the unemployed. Analyses reveal interesting insights. First, inactivity among youth remains high despite the steep decline in the NEET rate during the last decade. Across age groups and genders, females aged between 20 and 24 have the highest NEET rates. Second, there is a widening gender unemployment gap which underscores gender differences in access to jobs. Third, unemployment rates increase consistently with the level of education. Fourth, while temporary jobs coming to an end is the most common reason for unemployment reported by males, a substantial share of unemployed females is first-time jobs-seekers. As far as policymaking is concerned, education policies as well as timely and well-designed training and job assistance programs are essential for facilitating the youth's entry into stable employment.

Estimation of the Predictive Validity of the HART by Means of a Dynamic Test of Geography

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco G. P. Hessels
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Analogical Reasoning ◽  
School Success ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Dynamic Test ◽  
Mental Deficiency ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Learning Test ◽  
And Mathematics

In this study, a dynamic measure of school success was used to validate the Hessels Analogical Reasoning Test (HART), a standardized test of children’s learning potential. It is argued that dynamic tests are superior to standard intelligence tests with regard to ecological, construct, and predictive validity. In this context, it is argued that the usual measures of school success, such as tests for reading and mathematics, are not suited for the estimation of the predictive validity of a dynamic measure of general learning capacity (intelligence), especially for children with learning difficulties or mental deficiency. Therefore, the HART was validated with a dynamic measure of school learning. Three versions of a Geography Learning Test were developed for three different age groups. All versions consist of training followed by a test. The results show that: (a) young children need to be familiarized with a test to be able to respond to the items in the way that is expected; (b) the HART posttest measure is a better predictor of learning than the static pretest; and (c) dynamic measures of learning are preferred to static measures.

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