scholarly journals Vaikų vasaros laisvalaikio socialinės, edukacinės, kultūrinės prasmės (teorinis aspektas)

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Rūta Šiaučiulienė
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Cultural Education ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
The Social

Research background. Children’s summer leisure as non-formal cultural education (learning) environment in Europe and the United States is equally important as learning in a formal, institutionalized (school) environment. In these countries there is interest in children’s weekend, festive, school (including summer) vacation, leisure time. Lithuania is the opposite – a formal interest in school, leisure, entertainment and children’s informal cultural environment (after all, one of these environments is summer leisure environment) has not been almost studied. Children’s summer vacation became important because of its long duration – two / three months. Most parents and children’s summer vacation periods do not coincide, so adults worry about their children activity during the summer holidays. Then children’s summer leisure is overlooked, perceived as an adult controlled and proposed activity. The aim of the study is to justify social, educational, cultural meanings of children’s summer leisure. The object of the study is children’s summer leisure significance. Methods: theoretical analysis, meta-analysis. Results. The processes of democracy and liberalization occurring in modern society and the declared philosophy of humanism permit to investigate children’s leisure culture in summer as a social and educational phenomenon within the contexts of ‘free’ (self-) education and the phenomenon of freedom. Children’s leisure culture in summer is contextualized as the time disposed by children themselves and implicates social and educational meanings. In terms of such conceptions the child becomes an active creator of his/her leisure culture. The social and educational significance of children’s leisure culture in summer is perceived through the meanings attached by children themselves. Such interpretation paradigm of children’s leisure culture in summer turns out to be significant in creating new knowledge for educators (parents, teachers, specialists of non-formal education, etc.). Children’s narrative on summer leisure enables this discourse to be accepted in the science of education/pedagogy as overt/main rather than hidden/secondary one, existing alongside with the discourse created by adults ‘children are immature socio- cultural individuals, therefore, unable to carry out an activity, which is significant for their (self-)education and (self)socialization’.

Introduction: human blood and social policy

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Social

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the study of the beliefs, attitudes, and values concerning blood and its possession, inheritance, and use and loss in diverse societies. The study originated and grew over many years of introspection from a series of value questions formulated within the context of attempts to distinguish the ‘social’ from the ‘economic’ in public policies and in those institutions and services with declared ‘welfare’ goals. As such, this book centres on human blood: the scientific, social, economic, and ethical issues involved in its procurement, processing, distribution, use, and benefit in Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, South Africa, and other countries. Ultimately, it considers the role of altruism in modern society. It attempts to fuse the politics of welfare and the morality of individual wills.

The Costs of Emergency Certification: A Solution or Dilemma for School Leaders?

2021 ◽  
pp. e20200032
Author(s):  
Andrene Jones-Castro
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Teacher Shortages ◽  
Certified Teachers ◽  
Preservice Preparation ◽  
Mixed Feelings

When there are teacher shortages, emergency certification allows individuals with a bachelor’s degree to enter the profession without having undergone formal education training or preservice preparation. Despite its widespread use in the United States, emergency certification is a poorly understood human resource process. Little is known about how principals perceive and assign meaning to the credential, how they engage with emergency credentialed teachers during the hiring phase, and, in turn, how they incorporate these teachers into the school environment after hire. This study draws on credential theory and uses qualitative methods to investigate school leaders’ perceptions of emergency-certified teachers in Oklahoma. Findings from this study shed new light on the use of emergency credentialing by highlighting school leaders’ mixed feelings about the policy and the challenges and limitations of providing necessary support systems for emergency-certified teachers. By illuminating the costs of emergency certification, findings offer implications for policy and practice.

scholarly journals WHAT SOCIAL SCIENCE MUST LEARN FROM THE HUMANITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
Strong Program

Abstract Identifying a shift away from a more humanistic approach in the sociology and political science practiced in the United States since the 1950s, Jeffrey Alexander seeks to recuperate an intellectual tradition of the social sciences that places the cultural meanings and subjective dimensions of social actions at the very centre of analysis, while simultaneously considering the structure nature of social life. Opposing the ‘great divide’ between social sciences and humanities, therefore, Alexander proposes, via his strong program of cultural sociology, a conception of sociology that considers social facts not as ‘things’ but as ‘texts,’ analysing how cultural meanings are socially rooted and structure social life.

scholarly journals Understanding School-Aged Childhood Obesity of Body Mass Index: Application of the Social-Ecological Framework

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Keeyoon Noh ◽  
Jihyun Jane Min
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Missing Values ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Child Obesity ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
The United States ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social

In order to understand the prevalence of school-aged childhood obesity in the United States and suggest better methods to prevent and treat the public health problem, we examined it with significant and identifiable factors within the social-ecological model. To investigate the association between social-ecological factors and child obesity/overweight (BMI), we used the 5th wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. The dataset included information on 9-year-old children. The sample size for our study was 2054. We utilized multiple normal distributions for missing values and the Ordinary Least Square regression analysis. Black and Hispanic children were more likely to be obese/overweight than White children; children with higher physical activity were negatively associated with higher obesity; older mothers were more likely to be associated with children’s obesity; family structure was also significantly related to the likelihood of childhood obesity; finally, school environment was significantly associated with child obesity. To combat childhood obesity, more school physical activities should be implemented, such as increasing physical education opportunities as well as building more sizable playgrounds and accessible recreation facilities at school and in communities. School environments also should be pleasant and safe for children. Health practitioners need to assess home environments to intervene for children’s health.

scholarly journals Family life as an area of emotional work and investments: an analysis from the perspective of sociology of mental health

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Monika Frąckowiak-Sochańska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Individual Therapy ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Emotional Burden ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emotional Work

The purpose of this paper is to analyse and interpret family life as an area of individuals’ emotional work and investments. The perspective of the above mentioned analysis is designated by the sociology of mental health. Relationships within a family have undeniable influence on the state of people’s mental health. These relationships can be a source of support as well as emotional burden. Families can either compensate for the social stress individuals experience due to processes at the macro level or enhance the emotional tension resulting from social stress. The main method used in this study is meta-analysis of epidemiological and clinical data concerning the mental health of the global (WHO) and Polish population (EZOP-Poland) and my own research – a nationwide, representative survey (N=1,000) carried out in Poland, which was part of a broader theoretical and empirical project devoted to the process of social construction of the categories of mental health, disease and disorder in late modern society. I also refer to my qualitative research including twenty in-depth interviews with psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists who had experience in carrying out family, couples and individual therapy. The research objective was to find out whether and in what way some issues described from the socio-cultural perspective manifest themselves in the form of problems with which people turn to psychotherapists. The analysis and interpretation of data from the above mentioned sources enable us to put forward a thesis that living within a family entails not necessarily an alternative (either emotional burden or support), but a conjunction (both emotional burden and support). In this context the practical solutions that enable families to protect and strengthen the individual’s mental health should be searched for.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA, THE USA AND THE UK

2018 ◽  
pp. 158-164
Author(s):  
Надежда Сябрюк ◽  
Nadezhda Syabryuk
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Uk

In the article the features of the educational process construction in the United States, Great Britain and the Russian Federation are analyzed, considering the principles of inclusion. The relevance of socialization problems for disabled people and children with disabilities in modern society is evaluated in accordance with the possibility of self-realization. This article contains information about the main legal and regulatory acts governing the social, economic and educational policies of the countries in inclusion sphere. The attitude of citizens to the socialization problem of disabled people is analyzed, as well as the main problems faced by the education system on the way to the implementation of the processes of inclusion

scholarly journals Implementasi Nilai-Nilai Karakter Siswa dalam Pembelajaran Contextual Teaching And Learning (CTL) pada Pelajaran Tematik di SD Unggulan ‘Aisyiyah Taman Harapan Curup

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Muslimah Muslimah ◽  
Mutia Mutia
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Practice Questions ◽  
Thematic Learning

This research is motivated by the phenomenon of character education which lately has not been carried out optimally and the effectiveness of formal education has not been effective. Everywhere acts of violence and rounding or quarrels occur. This is very worrying for children. So that the teacher has an important role in forming and developing the character of students in the school environment, especially in carrying out learning activities. CTL learning is one of the learning models suitable for implementing student character education in thematic subjects. So the purpose of this study is to study more deeply about what character values are contained in thematic lessons through learning Contextual Teaching and Learning in Primary Elementary Schools ‘Aisyiyah Taman Harapan Curup and its implementation. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used in the form of interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis uses Miles and Huberman interactive models, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Test the validity of the data using triangulation techniques. The results of the research that have been carried out show that: (1) the character values in CTL learning in the thematic study of sub-themes 1 and 3 of learning 3 has 12 character values developed. These values are religious, disciplined, hard work, creative, independent, curiosity, love for the country, respect for achievement, caring for the social, responsible, friendly / communicative, and tolerance; (2) the form of character education implementation in CTL learning is realized in each thematic learning activity sub-themes 1 and 3 which are integrated with CTL aspects in it such as praying, praying, using learning media, conducting experiments, giving assignments, asking questions, presenting the results of the discussion, singing Indonesian songs, and doing practice questions.

Exploring Korean parents’ meanings of digital play for young children

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pool Ip Dong
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Technology And Learning ◽  
Korean Parents ◽  
The Social

This study is about contemporary Korean parents’ social tensions and the cultural meanings around digital play. Through interviews with 13 middle-class Korean parents, they discussed their perspectives on digital play, including their views of popular culture, high-technology, and learning, which created inner conflicts and negotiations with their children in their everyday lives. Furthermore, Korean parents tended to employ digital play for their children with their own purposes and meanings, such as rewards, social competiveness, learning English, and finding effective ways to keep their children occupied. Thus, based on the hypercompetitiveness of formal education in Korean contexts, this study argues that digital play is not merely children’s play with digital technology, rather digital play reflects the social pressures, concerns, and anxieties that these middle-class Korean parents feel regarding their notion of parenting, their parental practices, and their children’s intense competition in education (and the job market) in global and neoliberal times.

The Complexity of Health Disparities: More Than Just Black–White Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Charles Ellis ◽  
Molly Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Language Pathology

Health disparities have once again moved to the forefront of America's consciousness with the recent significant observation of dramatically higher death rates among African Americans with COVID-19 when compared to White Americans. Health disparities have a long history in the United States, yet little consideration has been given to their impact on the clinical outcomes in the rehabilitative health professions such as speech-language pathology/audiology (SLP/A). Consequently, it is unclear how the absence of a careful examination of health disparities in fields like SLP/A impacts the clinical outcomes desired or achieved. The purpose of this tutorial is to examine the issue of health disparities in relationship to SLP/A. This tutorial includes operational definitions related to health disparities and a review of the social determinants of health that are the underlying cause of such disparities. The tutorial concludes with a discussion of potential directions for the study of health disparities in SLP/A to identify strategies to close the disparity gap in health-related outcomes that currently exists.

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