scholarly journals School as a "protective factor" against drugs: perceptions of adolescents and teachers

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (spe) ◽  
pp. 590-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen García de Jesús ◽  
Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Structure Interview ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Semi Structure Interview

This study aims to discover and describe protective factors regarding the use of drugs, according to teachers and students, aged 14 to 15 years, from a Public Secondary School in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. This is a descriptive and exploratory study. Data collection was carried out through semi-structure interview and non-participative observation with ten students and five teachers. Three themes resulted from data analysis: school and school's environment: the school does not provide a healthy environment; use of drugs: perceived by both the students and teachers in the institution itself; prevention programs: there are health promotion and prevention programs available at the school. According to the students' and teachers' perceptions, the school represents a risk factor.

scholarly journals VALIDITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION AS A PREDICTOR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION SCORE AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-94
Author(s):  
Eunice Atieno Agingu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
School Type ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Study Population

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of KCPE as a predictor of KCSE scores among public secondary school students in Kisii central Sub-county, Kenya. This study was guided by a conceptual framework where KCPE was the independent variable and KCSE the dependent variable. It adopted Correlational and Ex-post-facto research designs. The study population was 3,897 KCSE candidates from 55 public secondary schools. Stratified random sampling based on school type and size was used to select 16 public secondary schools for the study. Saturated sampling was employed to include all KCSE candidates whose KCPE marks were available in each sampled school, yielding a sample of 1,391 students.  Data used included 2006 KCPE scores and 2010 KCSE scores of the same students under study. Data was collected using a researcher made pro forma. It was analyzed quantitatively using correlations and regression analyses. Results showed a strong positive Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r=0.693; n=1391; p < 0.05) between KCPE and KCSE scores. It recommended that; KCPE should continue to be used as selection tool for secondary school admission and school evaluation using KCSE examination scores should be based on students’ past KCPE scores.

scholarly journals EVALUASI IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN STANDAR SARANA DAN PRASARANA LABORATORIUM FISIKA SMA NEGERI 2 KOTA TANGERANG SELATAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1286-1296
Author(s):  
Waramatias Waramatias
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Input Process ◽  
Physics Laboratory ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Basic Measurement ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

The objective of this research was to evaluate (1) compliance of physics laboratory building requirement and conditions with standard and (2) fulfillment of physics laboratory furniture and practicum equipments at Public Secondary School No. 2 Kota Tangerang Selatan. The method used in the research was qualitative descriptive method with Provus’s discrepancy evaluation model (DEM). The data were collected through observation, interview, and document study. Data analysis and interpretation show that the laboratory building (1) did not have a full accordance with safety, healthy, comfort, access easiness, and size and room adequacy tandards in input, process, and output components, and (2) did not fully fulfill types and quantity of furniture, materials and basic measurement tools, practicum kits, educational media, and other equipments in input, process, and output components. The findings lead to recommendation that SMAN 2 Kota Tangerang Selatan should equip its physics laboratory building to meet requirements and conditions in effect and should fulfill its physics laboratory furniture and practicum equipment set in the standard.

DESIGNING KANTIN KEJUJURAN CORNER AT SMP NEGERI 1 KEMANG, BOGOR REGENCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
ANDAYANI ANDAYANI ◽  
Budi HERMAINI ◽  
Dian NOVITA ◽  
Monika HANDAYANI ◽  
Siti AISYAH
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teachers And Students

Located in Tegal Village, Kemang District, Bogor Regency, SMP Negeri 1 Kemang is the only secondary school for the children from the surrounding villages. The local government has the expectation for the school to excel in various aspects, such as to develop the school to be a Secondary School with Exemplary Character. The development of Kantin Kejujuran (lit: Honesty Canteen) is expected to raise the students’ awareness of the importance of honesty. The development began in 2017, and it focused on the development of physical facilities. Along such development, initial assessment on the perception of students and teachers towards the value of honesty was conducted using the Likert scale. Open questionnaires were distributed to get the general idea of teachers and students’ expectation towards Kantin Kejujuran. In the designing process, it was found that there are similarities between the students’ and teachers’ perceptions towards the value of honesty, in which it is considered important and needs to be developed. The procedure of using Kantin Kejujuran in accordance with the characteristics of the students needed to be developed from 2018.

scholarly journals Reasons Behind Mis/Understanding English Conversational Implicatures by University Learners in Yemen

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-55
Author(s):  
Haifa Nassar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Structure Interview ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Conversational Implicature ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Conversational Implicatures ◽  
Semi Structure Interview

English, as a communication tool, plays an extremely significant role in cross-cultural communication. While it is true that language users can mean exactly what they mean in their utterances, it is also true that they can have their utterances mean much more than what they say. Speakers of English speak indirectly, and using conversational implicatures is a way to be indirect. And as sentences often express messages above and beyond their literal meanings, it is not surprising that pragmatic errors are found in language learning process of EFL learners' communication. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the factors beyond misunderstanding or understanding of English conversational implicatures among Yemeni EFL university learners. It follows an empirical analytical-descriptive method consisting of a test and an interview. Randomly, 50% of the study population was selected as the study sample. They were 62 Yemeni EFL university learners. A multiple-choice discourse completion test ( MCDCT ) and a semi structure interview were used for collecting the study data. The test contained eleven types of conversational implicature  The collected data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results reveal that different factors caused misinterpretation of conversational implicatures among Yemeni EFL learners. However, the differences in socio-cultural knowledge and indirectness are instrumental in the misunderstanding of conversational contexts in the study. While the familiarity of some conversational implicatures and formulaic pattern of others pose no challenge for the study subjects to interpret some of the test conversational implicatures. The study test conversational implicatures that are formulaic or familiar to the subjects are easy to grasp. Therefore, this study provides some recommendations that are expected to enable EFL university learners to develop their pragmatic competence regarding English conversational implicature and suggests a reconsideration of the existing methodologies on teaching English as a foreign language. Hence, this would ease the concern of EFL students about English conversational implicature, build up their confidence and enhance language learning.

scholarly journals The challenge of inclusive dialogic teaching in public secondary school

Comunicar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (66) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Chrysi Rapanta ◽  
Mercè Garcia-Mila ◽  
Ana Remesal ◽  
Cláudia Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Dialogic Teaching ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Sociedad Del Conocimiento ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Dialogic Curriculum

The challenge of creating more inclusive public schools addressing the needs of the 21st century Knowledge Society is a major one. In this paper, we focus on inclusion as a dialogical process to be adopted and developed by teachers and students alike in any classroom. The idea of inclusive dialogic teaching is explained and operationalised in an inclusive dialogic curriculum focusing on cultural literacy learning dispositions. In this study, which is part of a multi-country European project, eight Spanish and Portuguese secondary school teachers and their students participated in eight sessions performing dialogic lesson plans. Teachers attended two professional development sessions, one at the beginning of the project and another one later on. Classroom discourse data from sessions #3 and #8 were collected and analyzed using a pre-constructed coding scheme. The findings show a slight improvement in dialogicity from session #3 to session #8 with a persisting resistance from teachers to be more cumulative in their discourse. These findings confirm previous work showing that dialogic teaching is acquired gradually, and even when there are changes in teachers’ stance being more inclusive and inviting towards students, these changes do not necessarily represent a radical shift in the teaching methods towards being more student-centered. El reto de promover escuelas públicas más inclusivas que aborden las necesidades de la Sociedad del Conocimiento del siglo XXI es importante. En este artículo nos centramos en la inclusión como un proceso de diálogo que tanto docentes como estudiantes deben adoptar y desarrollar por igual en las aulas. La idea de la enseñanza dialógica inclusiva se explica y operacionaliza en un currículo dialógico inclusivo centrado en las disposiciones de alfabetización cultural. En este estudio, que forma parte de un proyecto europeo de varios países, ocho docentes de secundaria españoles y portugueses y sus estudiantes participaron en ocho sesiones que implementan planes de lecciones dialógicas. El profesorado asistió a dos sesiones de desarrollo profesional, una al comienzo del proyecto y otra más adelante. Los datos del discurso en el aula de las sesiones n.º 3 y n.º 8 se recopilaron y analizaron utilizando un protocolo de codificación validado. Los resultados muestran una ligera mejora en la dialogicidad de la sesión n.º 3 a la sesión n.º 8 con una resistencia persistente de los docentes para ser más acumulativos en su discurso. Estos hallazgos confirman el trabajo previo que muestra que la enseñanza dialógica se desarrolla gradualmente e incluso cuando la postura del profesorado pasa a ser más inclusiva y atractiva para el alumnado, este cambio no representa necesariamente un cambio radical en los métodos de enseñanza centrados en el alumnado.

scholarly journals EVALUASI IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN STANDAR SARANA DAN PRASARANA LABORATORIUM FISIKA SMA NEGERI 2 KOTA TANGERANG SELATAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1286
Author(s):  
Waramatias Waramatias
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Input Process ◽  
Physics Laboratory ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Basic Measurement ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

The objective of this research was to evaluate (1) compliance of physics laboratory building requirement and conditions with standard and (2) fulfillment of physics laboratory furniture and practicum equipments at Public Secondary School No. 2 Kota Tangerang Selatan. The method used in the research was qualitative descriptive method with Provus’s discrepancy evaluation model (DEM). The data were collected through observation, interview, and document study. Data analysis and interpretation show that the laboratory building (1) did not have a full accordance with safety, healthy, comfort, access easiness, and size and room adequacy tandards in input, process, and output components, and (2) did not fully fulfill types and quantity of furniture, materials and basic measurement tools, practicum kits, educational media, and other equipments in input, process, and output components. The findings lead to recommendation that SMAN 2 Kota Tangerang Selatan should equip its physics laboratory building to meet requirements and conditions in effect and should fulfill its physics laboratory furniture and practicum equipment set in the standard.

DESIGNING KANTIN KEJUJURAN CORNER AT SMP NEGERI 1 KEMANG, BOGOR REGENCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
ANDAYANI ANDAYANI ◽  
Budi HERMAINI ◽  
Dian NOVITA ◽  
Monika HANDAYANI ◽  
Siti AISYAH
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teachers And Students

Located in Tegal Village, Kemang District, Bogor Regency, SMP Negeri 1 Kemang is the only secondary school for the children from the surrounding villages. The local government has the expectation for the school to excel in various aspects, such as to develop the school to be a Secondary School with Exemplary Character. The development of Kantin Kejujuran (lit: Honesty Canteen) is expected to raise the students’ awareness of the importance of honesty. The development began in 2017, and it focused on the development of physical facilities. Along such development, initial assessment on the perception of students and teachers towards the value of honesty was conducted using the Likert scale. Open questionnaires were distributed to get the general idea of teachers and students’ expectation towards Kantin Kejujuran. In the designing process, it was found that there are similarities between the students’ and teachers’ perceptions towards the value of honesty, in which it is considered important and needs to be developed. The procedure of using Kantin Kejujuran in accordance with the characteristics of the students needed to be developed from 2018.

Mobile Devices in the Gymnasium and Weight-Room

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Tiffani Jodoin ◽  
Lorayne Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Weight Room

The research described here examines the introduction of class sets of tablet technology for two secondary school physical education specialists and the students in their physical education classes. The teachers' perceptions of student ease of use and issues encountered during the implementation are captured through guided discussions on an online platform. The research design is qualitative, capturing the teachers' descriptions of day-to-day issues and successes with the implementation. The study raises questions with respect to how implementation is theorized when teachers and students have out-of-school familiarity with the mobile technology and the learning curve is less steep. This study's findings confirm aspects of earlier research which identifies supports and barriers to technology implementation in education in general, and adds to understandings of potential uses and barriers for mobile technology in physical education classes.

scholarly journals The "Private School Advantage" in Argentina

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo E. Fischman
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Private School ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Management Changes ◽  
The City

Local actors' perceptions of curricular and management changes in two private schools and one neighboring public secondary school in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, are analyzed. An exploration was conducted of how, within an ideologically and politically pro-reform context and a widespread acceptance of the "private school advantage," principals, teachers, and students in these schools evaluated the changes (or lack of them) in management, teaching, and curriculum orientations of the secondary education sector.

scholarly journals Teachers' social representations on drug use in a secondary school

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (spe) ◽  
pp. 601-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussara Gue Martini ◽  
Antonia Regina Ferreira Furegato
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Production Distribution

Increased concern regarding drug abuse among adolescents contributes to the elaboration of prevention programs at schools. This investigation aims to know teachers' social representations, regarding drug abuse, in a secondary school in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. A total of 16 teachers of the 5th to 8th grades participated in the study. Data were collected through associations elaborated by teachers in response to the expression: drugs use/abuse. The teacher's representations are organized around a central concept - the vulnerable other: a needy adolescent, who becomes drugs user, highlighting the family, everyday coping, and the school's (in)visibility in prevention actions, as factors related. The complexity of factors involving drugs production, distribution and its commercialization, demands the implementation of actions that go beyond the scopes of education and health. The elaboration of inter-sector prevention programs considering local characteristics is necessary.

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