Literacy of Croatian vocational school students in school assignments and texts written in new media in leisure time

Communication by means of new media inevitably leads to changes in language that are reflected in a new type of discourse. The main features of this discourse are the use of abbreviations, emoticons, dialecticism, anglicisms, neologisms, vulgarisms, and profanities. This way of writing, however, is often seen as writing with a lot of errors, which then have a negative influence on literacy in general and, particularly, on the literacy of young people. Therefore, during 2016, the authors of this article conducted a research study of the real literacy of young people analyzing school assignments written by students in their final years of vocational schools and their communication in new media. The 2016 research study was a follow-up study to the research study that had been carried out in 2015 with grammar school students. This new research study compared vocational school students with grammar school students in Croatia.

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The structure of interests in different artistic disciplines of secondary school students

Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanja ◽

10.2298/zipi1301185r ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 185-202

Author(s):

Irena Ristic ◽

Bojana Skorc

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Secondary School ◽

Analysis Of Variance ◽

Performing Arts ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

School Type ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

Multifactor Analysis ◽

School Period

The paper deals with the degree of development of interest in arts in young people, and the justifiability of the current tendency of revision and abbreviation of the art curricula in schools. The research is focused on the structure of interests in various artistic disciplines in secondary school students, and the aim is to determine whether the degree of students? interest depends on the school type, gender and previous experience. The research was conducted on the sample of 555 students from 111 schools, who filled out the questionnaire during one school period. The data were processed by multifactor analysis of variance. There was a higher degree of interest in video and performing arts, which are not present enough in students? surroundings. The girls showed a higher degree of interest in all disciplines, as well as grammar school students compared to their peers from vocational schools. It was shown that the higher the number of programmes attended, the higher the interest in all forms of art. Young people who were completely inactive showed interest in video arts, which serves as an important guideline in the process of moving and socialising them. The results confirm that youth?s interests and needs are discrepant with what is offered to them. It is necessary to introduce various artistic contents as parts of the curriculum, which would make school an integral part of their life, the part that directly influences the development of creativity and increases responsible participation in the society.

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The influence of the language of new media on the literacy of young people in their school assignments and in leisure

Linguistics Beyond and Within (LingBaW) ◽

10.31743/lingbaw.5639 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 77-96

Author(s):

Blaženka Filipan-Žignić ◽

Vladimir Legac ◽

Katica Sobo

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

New Media ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Leisure Activities ◽

Written Language ◽

Private Language ◽

School Students ◽

Standard Language ◽

Spare Time ◽

Iconic Signs

The authors of this research study try to explore the real literacy among young people of today resulting from the influence of the language of new media (especially Facebook and the mobile phone). The impetus for this study comes from frequent complaints that the language of young people has deteriorated due to the negative impact of the language that young people are using in the new media. The authors have done this through an analysis of the way students write in their school assignments and in writings done in their spare time in the new media with regard to (non) existence of the language of new media (such as abbreviations, emoticons and other iconic signs, capitals, dialecticisms, anglicisms, vulgarisms, etc.). In their analysis, the researchers used a computer programme WordSmith Tools 6.0 (Scott 2006). The authors aimed to find out whether or not students in their private language texts use the language of new media (written language with many elements of spoken language and with many abbreviations) and whether or not the students in their school assignments consistently use the standard language without the elements that they normally use in their own language in the new media. The results have shown that secondary school students do consistently write in the standard language in their school assignments, whereas in their leisure activities they use all the elements of the language of new media.

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Acceptance of Selected Returning Birds and Mammals through the Eyes of Secondary School Students

Envigogika ◽

10.14712/18023061.597 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Jan Andreska ◽

Adéla Hartlová ◽

Matouš Žmolil

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young People ◽

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Grammar School ◽

Vertebrate Species ◽

School Students ◽

The Future ◽

The Right

The presented study discusses the phenomenon of acceptance of returning higher vertebrate species to the Czech countryside, both from the perspective of grammar school students, who can further study the environmental protection and facilitate the return of some vertebrates, and students of secondary forestry schools, expected to engage in hunting care in the future. The attitude of students and young people, in general, is very important for the acceptance of the discussed species, as not only the politicians and publicists have the right to influence the general public, but rather the specialists educated in the field should participate in the decision-making process affecting the future of these animals. Overall, the work develops a hypothesis that people may have misconceptions about the return of some vertebrates as, rather than focusing on general facts, they are influenced by frequently hyped points, such as the fear and concern of aggrieved farmers, the overpopulating of some species and the infectious diseases that some animals may transmit. A questionnaire was designed and circulated to obtain the required data. For general simplification, only three options were presented in the questionnaire, either positive, negative, or neutral attitude as further structuring could compromise the clarity of the results.

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Autoestima, motivación e inteligencia emocional: Tres factores influyentes en el diseño exitoso de un proyecto de vida de jóvenes estudiantes de educación media

Revista Electrónica Educare ◽

10.15359/ree.20-2.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andrea Magdalena Lomelí-Parga ◽

María Guadalupe López-Padilla ◽

Jaime Ricardo Valenzuela-González

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Young People ◽

Research Study ◽

Population Sample ◽

Self Esteem ◽

School Students ◽

Life Challenges ◽

Determining Factors ◽

Life Projects

The purpose of this research study is to depict the factors that allow young people to effectively carry out their life projects by planning short, mid, and long term goals. The population sample participating in this study was comprised of middle and high school students. This research was executed using mixed methods in order to identify the determining factors for young people who plan to have success in facing the daily life challenges, as well as today’s society demands, through a solid construction of their private vision of the future. The results of this project determine that the features which allow the conclusion of students’ life projects are closely related with a high self-esteem and motivation, as well as some emotional intelligence that allow students to visualize a successful personal and professional future.

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Reducing psychiatric stigma and discrimination: evaluation of educational interventions in UK secondary schools

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.182.4.342 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 182 (4) ◽

pp. 342-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 250

Author(s):

Vanessa Pinfold ◽

Hilary Toulmin ◽

Graham Thornicroft ◽

Peter Huxley ◽

Paul Farmer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Young People ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Health Problems ◽

Personal Contact ◽

School Students ◽

Negative Stereotypes

BackgroundThe persistent and disabling nature of psychiatric stigma has led to the establishment of global programmes to challenge the negative stereotypes and discriminatory responses that generate social disability but these initiatives are rarely evaluated.AimsTo assess the effectiveness of an intervention with young people aimed at increasing mental health literacy and challenging negative stereotypes associated with severe mental illness.MethodA total of 472 secondary school students attended two mental health awareness workshops and completed pre- and post-questionnaires detailing knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions.ResultsYoung people use an extensive vocabulary of 270 different words and phrases to describe people with mental health problems: most were derogatory terms. Mean positive attitude scores rose significantly from 1.2 at baseline to 2.8 at 1-week follow-up and 2.3 at a 6-month follow-up. Changes were most marked for female students and those reporting personal contact with people with mental illness.ConclusionsShort educational workshops can produce positive changes in participants' reported attitudes towards people with mental health problems.

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PENGEMBANGAN SPEAKING SKILL MELALUI KEGIATAN VISITING FOREIGNERS

Buletin Literasi Budaya Sekolah ◽

10.23917/blbs.v2i2.12841 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 136-140

Author(s):

Dwi Setyo Astuti ◽

Eka Viola Setyowati ◽

Zahratul Fadil ◽

Fildzah Tita Adani ◽

Ayu Wijiastuti

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Extracurricular Activities ◽

Native Language ◽

Vocational School ◽

School Students ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

Speaking Skills

The ability to speak English or speaking skills is one aspect of learning a language. There are various things that can be done to develop students' speaking skills, one of which is visiting foreigners conducted by SMK N 1 Banyudono in the English Conversation Club extracurricular activities. This is done so that students get a provision for communication in English so that when students graduate from school as graduates of vocational school students have provision of communication skills both in the native language and English as a foreign language. After this activity is carried out, a follow-up activity will be held, where students make reports and presentations about the conversations they have had so that students can evaluate the activities that have been carried out. Furthermore, this activity is considered quite important and must be continued in addition to developing speaking skills, this activity can also develop students' confidence.

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Formative Study of Mobile Phone Use for Family Planning Among Young People in Sierra Leone: Global Systematic Survey (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.23874 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Emeka Chukwu ◽

Sonia Gilroy ◽

Kojo Addaquay ◽

Nki Nafisa Jones ◽

Victor Gbadia Karimu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Young People ◽

New Media ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

Teenage Pregnancy ◽

Information Dissemination ◽

Research Study ◽

Interactive Voice Response ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Systematic Search

BACKGROUND Teenage pregnancy remains high with low contraceptive prevalence among adolescents (aged 15-19 years) in Sierra Leone. Stakeholders leverage multiple strategies to address the challenge. Mobile technology is pervasive and presents an opportunity to reach young people with critical sexual reproductive health and family planning messages. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this research study are to understand how mobile health (mHealth) is used for family planning, understand phone use habits among young people in Sierra Leone, and recommend strategies for mobile-enabled dissemination of family planning information at scale. METHODS This formative research study was conducted using a systematic literature review and focus group discussions (FGDs). The literature survey assessed similar but existing interventions through a systematic search of 6 scholarly databases. Cross-sections of young people of both sexes and their support groups were engaged in 9 FGDs in an urban and a rural district in Sierra Leone. The FGD data were qualitatively analyzed using MAXQDA software (VERBI Software GmbH) to determine appropriate technology channels, content, and format for different user segments. RESULTS Our systematic search results were categorized using Grading of Recommended Assessment and Evaluation (GRADE) into communication channels, audiovisual messaging format, purpose of the intervention, and message direction. The majority of reviewed articles report on SMS-based interventions. At the same time, most intervention purposes are for awareness and as helpful resources. Our survey did not find documented use of custom mHealth apps for family planning information dissemination. From the FGDs, more young people in Sierra Leone own basic mobile phones than those that have feature capablilities or are smartphone. Young people with smartphones use them mostly for WhatsApp and Facebook. Young people widely subscribe to the social media–only internet bundle, with the cost ranging from 1000 leones (US $0.11) to 1500 leones (US $0.16) daily. Pupils in both districts top-up their voice call and SMS credit every day between 1000 leones (US $0.11) and 5000 leones (US $0.52). CONCLUSIONS mHealth has facilitated family planning information dissemination for demand creation around the world. Despite the widespread use of social and new media, SMS is the scalable channel to reach literate and semiliterate young people. We have cataloged mHealth for contraceptive research to show SMS followed by call center as widely used channels. Jingles are popular for audiovisual message formats, mostly delivered as either push or pull only message directions (not both). Interactive voice response and automated calls are best suited to reach nonliterate young people at scale.

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The problem of tobacco smoking among the young people under the survey research. II. Grammar school students

Annales UMCS Medicina ◽

10.2478/v10079-008-0020-4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 125-132

Author(s):

Elżbieta Osińska ◽

Agnieszka Zwierzyk-Karłowska ◽

Kazimiera Gromysz-Kałkowska

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Survey Research ◽

Tobacco Smoking ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students

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Online Safety as a New Component of Digital Literacy for Young People

Integration of Education ◽

10.15507/1991-9468.099.024.202002.172-184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 172-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Łukasz Tomczyk ◽

Ludvík Eger

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

New Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Digital Literacy ◽

Further Education ◽

Special Focus ◽

Digital Competence ◽

School Students ◽

Dual Nature ◽

Technical Ability

Introduction. Digital literacy refers to the skills required to achieve digital competence, the confident and critical use of information and communication technology for le arning, leisure, communication and future work of young people. Digital competence has a dual nature. First of all, it is the technical ability to operate programs, pages, equipment. Secondly, it is also the ability to use digital media safely. Both perspectives are important in the educational perspective, i.e. media educat ion and socialisation. Materials and Methods. The paper presents the attempts to measure digital literacy in the area of threats resutling from using the new media in the group of upper-secondary school students (fourth educational cycle). The study was carried out using a diagnostic test with 18 questions. The research was conducted in the group of 1693 youths aged 15–21. The research was designed based on traditional methods of testing knowledge and skills. Results. The findings showed that the weakest digital literacy component was the copyright-related knowledge and the strongest area was online shopping and financial operations. All digital literacy components are interrelated. The improvement in one area leads to the development of other digital literacy elements. Despite this correlation, digital literacy is a heterogeneous concept. There are also differences regarding certain digital literacy components, determined by gender – girls obtained higher test results in terms of the soft competencies whereas boys were better with the technical aspects of digital literacy. Based on the cluster analysis, we noticed that 41.41% of the students obtained good and very good results from the competence test. More than half of the students require further education in most of the analysed areas. Discussion and Conclusion. For educational decision-makers, the findings highlight the importance of designing training programs aimed at developing students’ digital literacies, with a special focus on new topics as sexting, piracy and cyberbullying.

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Oral Expression of Young People Caused by the Use of New Media

The International Human Sciences Review ◽

10.37467/gka-humanrev.v1.1649 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Blaženka Filipan-Žignić ◽

Vladimir Legac ◽

Katica Sobo

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Secondary School ◽

New Media ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Written Communication ◽

School Students ◽

Oral Expression ◽

Mutual Communication

The authors want to explore the extent to which the elements of the language of new media (abbreviations, omission, dialectisms, vulgarisms, anglicisms, etc.) are present in the speech of young Croatians (100 secondary school students in their final years) in their conversations due to the influence of the language of new media. The results of the research have shown that young people use a large number of the elements of the language of new media in their mutual communication, but it is much less than in their written communication.

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