Young people’s attitudes to multculturalism and acceptance of plurality of ideas

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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PARENTS’ EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND ADOLESCENT VALUE ORIENTATIONS

Zbornik Odseka za pedagogiju ◽

10.19090/zop.2018.0.105-128 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 105-128

Author(s):

Marina Matić

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Educational Level ◽

Value Orientations ◽

Future Research ◽

School Type ◽

Vocational Students ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

Value Differences ◽

Parental Class

This study examines the relationship between the parents’ educational level and adolescent value orientations, and analyses value differences among adolescents based on the school type. The study involved 437 vocational and grammar school students (194 male or 44.4%; 243 female or 55.6%). The study included mid and late adolescents, with the participants’ age ranging from 14 to 19 (M=2.32, SD= 1.16). A questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic and self-direction questions, and conformity value orientation questions was implemented in the study. The theoretical analysis outlined the research findings related to adolescent values and parental class (education and occupation). The results demonstrated a significant relationship between the mother’s educational level and grammar students’ self-direction. A significant relationship was not found between the parents’ educational level and vocational/grammar students’ degree of conformity. Significant value differences based on the school type were established as vocational students ascribed higher importance to conformity values as opposed to grammar school students. These results suggested that future research could examine the reasons behind vocational students’ inclination towards conformity. Moreover, future studies should turn to parents-child rearing values and teacher’s values, in order to provide a deeper understanding of the value transmission during schooling.

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

H2D. Revista de Humanidades Digitais ◽

10.21814/h2d.235 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Blaženka Filipan-Žignić ◽

Vladimir Legac ◽

Katica Sobo

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

New Media ◽

Research Study ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Vocational School ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

New Type ◽

New Research

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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PARENTS’ EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND ADOLESCENT VALUE ORIENTATIONS

Zbornik Odseka za pedagogiju ◽

10.19090/zop.2018.27.105-128 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 105-128

Author(s):

Marina Matić

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Educational Level ◽

Value Orientations ◽

Future Research ◽

School Type ◽

Vocational Students ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

Value Differences ◽

Parental Class

This study examines the relationship between the parents’ educational level and adolescent value orientations, and analyses value differences among adolescents based on the school type. The study involved 437 vocational and grammar school students (194 male or 44.4%; 243 female or 55.6%). The study included mid and late adolescents, with the participants’ age ranging from 14 to 19 (M=2.32, SD= 1.16). A questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic and self-direction questions, and conformity value orientation questions was implemented in the study. The theoretical analysis outlined the research findings related to adolescent values and parental class (education and occupation). The results demonstrated a significant relationship between the mother’s educational level and grammar students’ self-direction. A significant relationship was not found between the parents’ educational level and vocational/grammar students’ degree of conformity. Significant value differences based on the school type were established as vocational students ascribed higher importance to conformity values as opposed to grammar school students. These results suggested that future research could examine the reasons behind vocational students’ inclination towards conformity. Moreover, future studies should turn to parents-child rearing values and teacher’s values, in order to provide a deeper understanding of the value transmission during schooling.

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Intervening Paths From Strain to Delinquency Among High School and Vocational School Students in China

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x19856513 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 22-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xin Wang ◽

Jinwu Zhang ◽

Xiaoxiang Wang ◽

Jianhong Liu

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Social Control ◽

General Strain Theory ◽

Strain Theory ◽

Vocational School ◽

School Type ◽

School Students ◽

Guangzhou City ◽

General Strain ◽

Delinquent Peers

Chinese education system comprises high schools and vocational school, and their differences on delinquency have seldom been investigated. From the perspective of general strain theory, the present study examined the differences among high school and vocational school students for delinquency, strain, and other explanatory variables. General strain theory delineates the effect of strain on delinquency or deviance and presents the paths from strain to delinquency or deviance through social control and social learning variables. Using a sample of 1,852 tenth-grade students in Guangzhou City, the present study tests the intervening paths from strains to deviance among high school and vocational school students. Results indicated that vocational school students have higher likelihood to be strained and delinquent, and have lower social control and higher interactions with delinquent peers. School type is a significant predictor for strain, as well as social control and delinquent peers.

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Maturation-dependent vulnerability of emotion regulation as a response to COVID-19 related stress in adolescents

10.31234/osf.io/y7sp4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Patricia Gervan ◽

Nóra Bunford ◽

Katinka Utczás ◽

Zsófia Tróznai ◽

Gyöngyi Oláh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Developmental Model ◽

Biological Age ◽

Vocational School ◽

Male Students ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

Preventive Actions ◽

Related Stress

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created highly unpredictable circumstances which resulted in increased levels of psychological strain. Here we investigate pandemic-related alterations in emotion regulation in adolescents assessed before and during the pandemic. We also take biological age into account in the response to the pandemic.Methods: We compared baseline data on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) total scores of a pre-pandemic adolescent cohort (n=241) with those obtained during the second wave of the pandemic (n=266). We estimated biological age based on an ultrasonic boneage assessment procedure in a subgroup of males. We included both grammar school and vocational school students in the 9th and 10th grades and analyzed their data independently.Findings: There is a gender difference in the timing of vulnerability for pandemic-related stress in grammar school students: females are affected a year earlier than males. Vocational school male students mature faster than grammar school male students, and the timing of emotional vulnerability also precedes that of the grammar school students.Discussion: We interpret our findings in a developmental model suggesting that there might be a window of highest vulnerability in adolescent emotion regulation. The timing of the window is determined by both chronological and biological age, and it seems to be different for females and males.Application to Practice: Defining the exact temporal windows of vulnerability for different adolescent cohorts allows for the timely integration of preventive actions into adolescent care to protect mental health during future chronic stressful situations.

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The relation between intercultural Sensitivity and world music preferences Among grammar school and vocational School students

Revija za elementarno izobraževanje ◽

10.18690/rei.14.3.319-335.2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 319-335

Author(s):

Daniela Petrušić ◽

Tonka Šešelj

Keyword(s):

Secondary Education ◽

Intercultural Sensitivity ◽

World Music ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Vocational School ◽

Grammar School ◽

School Students ◽

Music Preferences ◽

General Data

The paper explores the influence of the type of secondary education chosen by the participants on the level of intercultural sensitivity and world music preferences, as well as the connection between intercultural sensitivity and world music preferences. The research employed a general data questionnaire, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and an assessment scale to examine music fragment preferences in a sample of 124 participants. The results have significant implications for music and pedagogical theory and practice, in terms of increasing intercultural sensitivity and the tolerance of students towards members of other cultures and their music.

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Learning Through KMS Model Using Video Conference to Optimize the Absorptive Capacity of Vocational School Students During COVID-19 Pandemic

Proceedings of the 2nd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2020) ◽

10.2991/assehr.k.201209.115 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jap Tji Beng ◽

Sri Tiatri ◽

Vivien H. Wangi ◽

Fenny Lusiana

Keyword(s):

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Vocational School ◽

Video Conference ◽

School Students

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Household Chores or Play Outdoors? The Intersecting Influence of Gender and School Type on Physical Activity Among Indian Adolescents

Health Education & Behavior ◽

10.1177/1090198120931040 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 682-691

Author(s):

Ilana G. Raskind ◽

Shailaja S. Patil ◽

Nikhil Tandon ◽

Sharanya Thummalapally ◽

Michael R. Kramer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Confidence Interval ◽

Private School ◽

Rate Ratio ◽

School Type ◽

School Students ◽

Public And Private ◽

Active Time ◽

Public School Students ◽

Indian Adolescents

Most Indian adolescents, particularly girls and private school students, do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). Current understanding of these sociodemographic differences is limited by a focus on exercise, which may not fully capture PA in developing countries. We examined how gender and school type are associated with multiple PA domains and whether associations with gender differ by school type. We randomly selected an equal number of girls and boys (ages 13-16 years) from public and private schools in Southern India ( n = 395). Cross-sectional 24-hour time-use surveys measured PA, which was categorized into three domains: chores, errands, and work; play; and transportation. Negative binomial and logistic regression modeled relative differences in domain-specific PA minutes and the probability of engaging in ≥60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), respectively, in the prior 24 hours. Girls and boys were equally likely to meet MVPA recommendations. However, girls spent twice as much active time completing chores, errands, and work (rate ratio = 1.98, 95% confidence interval = [1.32, 2.98]), while boys spent twice as much active time playing (rate ratio = 2.11, 95% confidence interval = [1.23, 3.62]). Public and private school girls spent more active time in chores, errands, and work than boys; however, gender differences were greater among public school students ( p value for interaction <.05). Although comparable MVPA levels for girls and boys are beneficial for physical health, girls may gain fewer cognitive, social, and emotional benefits associated with play. Additional research may clarify why the gendered burden of household responsibilities was greater among public school students. School-based programs to engage girls in active play may help reduce inequities.

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