scholarly journals Pictorial Representations in Geology Textbooks of High School: a Study in the Scope of the Paleomagnetism

2017 ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Gina Pereira Correia ◽  
Celeste Romualdo Gomes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Verbal Language ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Pictorial Representations ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The pictorial representations (PR) are fundamental in textbooks, particularly to those regarding the Sciences education. Their efficiency and value for the teaching and learning processes must be focus not in their quantity, but in the way they are linked and integrated, so that it can create an adequate relationship with the verbal language. This study presents the results obtained from a quantitative evaluation of Biology and Geology textbooks of the 10th grade (n=5) and Geology of the 12th grade (n=3) of the Portuguese education system. The chosen topic was Paleomagnetism and it was formulated through the following research question: in the chapter concerning Paleomagnetism, do the Geology textbooks show a consistent organisation and structuring of the PR for the teaching and learning processes? To answer this question, the following goals were defined, which should be able to evaluate: the relationship of “communication”between the PR and the verbal language in the previously evaluated subchapters; the prevalence of the PR typologies in the observed sample; the presence of legend and scale in the considered PR. The results allow us to conclude the importance that PR has in the Geosciences teaching as a complement to the explanation text, and as a support to the practical activities. However, there are evidences of the lack of rigor in the use of these representations, which can lead to the possibility of a less effective learning of geological subjects or may lead to erroneous conceptions in students.

Relationship Between Different Types of Violence and Mental Health in High School Students From Northern Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110219
Author(s):  
Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar ◽  
Sarah Margarita Chavez-Valdez ◽  
Priscila Montañez-Alvarado ◽  
Marisela Gutiérrez-Vega ◽  
Teresa Gutiérrez-Rosado
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Different types of violence have been present in Mexico but there have been few studies that have analyzed their relationship with mental health in adolescents, especially in cities with high rates of social violence. It is important to compare different violence types and their relationship with mental health since not all relationships are the same. It appears that social violence has a stronger relationship with mental health, and for this reason it receives more attention, but other types of violence have a stronger relationship and do not receive as much attention. Chihuahua has been one of the most violent states in Mexico, and Juarez has been the most violent city in the world in 2009 and 2010. The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship of different types of violence (social, cyberbullying, partner violence, and child abuse and neglect) with mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and paranoid thoughts). There were 526 high school students, from the cities of Juarez ( n = 282) and Chihuahua ( n = 244). The mean age was 16.5 ( SD = 1.4) years and 50.6% reported being males. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regressions. Both cities that have experienced social violence like carjacking, kidnapping, and sexual assault, but they have very small or no relationships with mental health indicators. Other types of violence have stronger correlations. Our findings suggest that interventions should not focus only in preventing and dealing with social violence, but that other types of violence must also be addressed in adolescents.

scholarly journals Edusemiotics as process semiotics: Towards a new model of semiosis for teaching and learning

Semiotica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (212) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Stables
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Model ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractStandard definitions posit the sign as a discrete entity in relation with other signs and standing for an object (either physical or psychological). Thus the sign has two roles, as prompt and as substitutive representation. The latter raises difficult questions about the relationship of the semiotic to the non-semiotic or pre-semiotic, which can be resolved logically (as in Peirce) or rejected as unanswerable (as in Saussure), but which can never be satisfactorily resolved empirically as the phenomenal cannot be divorced from the semiotic. This impasse can be resolved if we drop the assumption that the sign is essentially substitutive. The assumption of discrete entities, at either the phenomenal or the noumenal levels, is a function of discredited substance metaphysics. On a process metaphysical account, the reality of the sign is not attached to the discreteness of any pre-existing entity. The sign remains as prompt and as relational but not (other than sometimes with respect to other signs) substitutive. Rather than defined as standing for an object, the sign can now be regarded much more simply as a feature of an event. This conception of the sign is explored in terms of its implications for teaching and learning.

scholarly journals The relationship of obesity index, fitness and cardiovascular risk index in Korean middle and high school students

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
송홍선 ◽  
김광준 ◽  
kihyuk lee ◽  
JINWOOK CHUNG ◽  
최문정 ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
School Students ◽  
Obesity Index ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Relationship of Psychological Hardiness with Work Holism

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mohamad Khaledian ◽  
Banafshe Hasanvand ◽  
Sohrab Hassan Pour
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Gender And Work ◽  
Psychological Hardiness ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

Background and Aim: Present research intends to investigate relationship of psychological hardiness with work holism among high school teachers. Methods: The under study society includes all male and female high school teacher in Ghorveh city in the academic year 2012-2013. Using simple random sampling method, a sample size of 100 male and female teachers was selected. To collect data, Kobassa Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire and Aghabeigi Workaholics Questionnaire were employed. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t-test and regression analysis) were used. Results: The findings indicated that there is negative and significant relationship between the variables psychological hardiness and work holism. In addition, there is association between gender and psychological hardiness and between gender and work holism, also the constituents of psychological hardiness (commitment, control and challenge) are able to predict work holism.

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