scholarly journals Making Informed Decisions: EXPLORE Engineering Design ProgramÌ}ƒ

Author(s):  
Holly Algra ◽  
Libby Osgood ◽  
Amanda MacLean ◽  
Clifton Johnston

 Decisions must be made at the age of 16 and 17 that can have long-lasting effects. High school students are asked to select a specific degree, a university, and sometimes even a specific discipline with very little basis for making the decision. The EXPLORE program was piloted at Dalhousie University in the Summer of 2014 and 2015 to help girls in high school make an informed decision about whether or not to pursue an engineering degree. 10 students signed up each summer to EXPLORE engineering design in a compressed 2-week schedule where they participated in 3 short design projects, culminating in a major project for a client from the community. The girls developed documentation, presentation, leadership, and teamwork skills. They learned CAD software, practiced 3-D printing, and were exposed to robotic programming. They built and tested a design for a community partner and defended the design to a room of people. The students were introduced to visualization techniques, the engineering design process, log books, and other essential components that they would only otherwise encounter during their first year in an engineering program. This paper will document the elements of the course that help the girls make an informed decision about whether or not to pursue engineering from two perspectives: the instructors' and the student's.

Author(s):  
Holly Algra ◽  
Libby Osgood ◽  
Amanda MacLean ◽  
Clifton Johnston

Decisions must be made at the age of 16and 17 that can have long-lasting effects. High schoolstudents are asked to select a specific degree, auniversity, and sometimes even a specific discipline withvery little basis for making the decision. The EXPLOREprogram was piloted at Dalhousie University in theSummer of 2014 and 2015 to help girls in high schoolmake an informed decision about whether or not topursue an engineering degree.10 students signed up each summer to EXPLOREengineering design in a compressed 2-week schedulewhere they participated in 3 short design projects,culminating in a major project for a client from thecommunity. The girls developed documentation,presentation, leadership, and teamwork skills. Theylearned CAD software, practiced 3-D printing, and wereexposed to robotic programming. They built and tested adesign for a community partner and defended the designto a room of people. The students were introduced tovisualization techniques, the engineering design process,log books, and other essential components that theywould only otherwise encounter during their first year inan engineering program. This paper will document theelements of the course that help the girls make aninformed decision about whether or not to pursueengineering from two perspectives: the instructors' andthe student's.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nélia Lúcia Fonseca

This study first approaches the history of the observer’s gaze, that is, as observers, we are forming or constructing our way of visualizing moving images. Secondly, it reaffirms the importance and need of resistance of the teaching / learning of Art as a compulsory curricular component for high school. Finally, the third part reports an experience with video art production in a class of first year high school students, establishing an interrelationship between theory and practice, that is, we study video art content to reach the production of videos, aiming as a final result, the art videos created by the students of the Reference Center in Environmental Education Forest School Prof. Eidorfe Moreira High School. The first and second stages of this research share a theoretical part of the Master ‘s thesis, Making films on the Island: audiovisual production as an escape line in Cotijuba, periphery of Belem, completed in 2013.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pastirik ◽  
Michael Robertson ◽  
William Singhose ◽  
Joshua Vaughan ◽  
Donna Llewellyn ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Nurhasanah Nurhasanah ◽  
Muh Farozin

Problem is a state that is not in line with expectations and must be solved immediately. The junior high school student is in the early adolescent phase, which finds many major changes in him that can cause problems. Guidance and conseling services should be provided in accordance with the problems experienced by students and their needs. However, guidance and conseling teachers have difficulty identifying the problems that affect the giving of guidance and counseling services. This study observes the problems experienced by students in junior high school with the number of respondents as many as 193 students. They are first year students of junior high school in Yogyakarta. We analyzed student problems using survey methods with problem-based guidance and counseling instrument, namely Alat Ungkap Masalah (AUM) Umum. The results showed that the 3 highest problem experienced by junior high school students in Yogyakarta covered 45% of he Social Relationship, 44% Personality, and Physical Health got 40%.


2021 ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
Charuni Samat ◽  
Sathaporn Wongchiranuwat ◽  
Issara Kanjug ◽  
Pornsawan Vongtathum ◽  
Sumalee Chaijaroen ◽  
...  

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
A-K. Eckermann

Throughout 1974 and 1975 I worked among Aboriginal people in Rural Town, S.W. Queensland. With one exception, all Aboriginal people in this country town have attained at least a primary education. Further, almost 30 per cent of men and women in the 16–30 age group have attended some secondary school; although only two completed grade 10 in 1974, a further three attended tenth arade in 1975.These figures reflect the pattern of Queensland Aboriginal education as presented in Roper (1970:55). On the basis of these trends it should be possible to hypothesize that younger Aboriginals are attaining higher educational standards than their parents. But the figures lie – simply because more children are staying at school for longer periods this does not mean that they either learn more at school or are experiencing more satisfaction in the school situation.Obviously the proportion of individuals who attend at least some secondary school is increasing; Aboriginal parents generally support the principle that education is essential if the child is to acquire reasonable employment. Such schemes as the Aboriginal Secondary Grant Scheme are recognised by the Aboriginal community as worthwhile endeavours, not only because they enable parents to support their children for longer periods at school, but because they make the whole educational issue topical. Discussions about the grant lead to discussions about children’s problems at school. Ambitions for “good jobs” are intrinsically linked with educational achievement. Education officers associated with the Aboriginal Secondary Grant are sought out, asked for help to “have the kids sent to boarding school”, as the Rural Town high school does not teach classes beyond Grade 10, and their expertise enlisted to find employment. This concern is not restricted to high school students either. Mothers generally recognise that: “Kids need the first year at school or they get buggered up for the rest. If they miss too much in that first year, they never catch up….”


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Sofie Clara Pisinger ◽  
Sofie Hoffmann ◽  
Johanne Aviaja Rosing ◽  
Morten Grønbæk ◽  
Janne Schurmann Tolstrup ◽  
...  

IntroductionThis paper describes the evaluation design of the ‘High schools High on life’ intervention; a school-based intervention to reduce excessive drinking among high school students in Denmark. The intervention includes a school environmental component to limit access to alcohol at school, a school-educational component to change social norms around alcohol among first year students and a parental component addressing parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards alcohol.Methods and designThe study will employ a cluster randomised controlled study design and will include a random sample of 16 high schools randomly allocated 1:1 to either intervention or control group. Target group: first year high school students. Timeline: baseline survey: January to March 2019, collected as part of the Danish National Youth Study 2019. Delivery of intervention: April 2019 to March 2020. Follow-up survey: April to May 2020. Primary outcome measure: 30% reduction in mean number of binge-drinking episodes (five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion) within the last 30 days. Secondary outcome measures: proportion of students who drink alcohol, mean weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol intake at last school party, alcohol intake at the school during last school party, proportion of students who agree to be able to have fun at a party without drinking and the proportion of students who think alcohol plays a too dominant part at the school. Implementation will be monitored through process evaluation.Ethics and disseminationThe Scientific Ethics Committees for the Capital Region of Denmark has declared that the trial is not subject to notification (jnr. 19021957). The study is registered at the Research an Innovation Office at University of Southern Denmark (ref: 10.314) allowing collection of personal data. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration numberNCT03906500.


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