scholarly journals Walking the Talk: LGBTQ Allies in Australian Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Vicars ◽  
Samara Van Toledo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Safe Schools ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
Sexual Culture ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Narrative Methodology

Sexual culture(s) are an active presence in the shaping of school relations, and LGBTQ issues have long been recognized as a dangerous form of knowledge in school settings. Queer issues in educational domains quickly attract surveillance and have historically often been aggressively prosecuted and silence enforced. This paper examines the intersections of straight allies in promoting an LGBTQ visibility and agency in Australian secondary schools. Drawing on interviews with “straight”-identified secondary students, a narrative methodology was utilized to explore the presence of student allies for making safe schools. Drawing on straight secondary students' responses to LGBTQ issues in their schools, firsthand accounts of intervening in heteronorming school cultures focus on experiences of being an ally to address LGBTQ inclusivity in Australian secondary schools.

FISHING ACTIVITIES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RACHUONYO NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
GRACE AUMA OJIJO ◽  
Lucy Kibera
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Government

This study investigated the influence of fishing related activities on academic performance of secondary school students in Rachuonyo North Sub-County. The specific objectives were to examine the activities associated with fishing and determine how they influenced academic performance of secondary students in the Sub-County. The study targeted students and principals of the 49 secondary schools in Rachuonyo North Sub-county. The research used simple random sampling to select 14 public secondary schools and 20 Form Three students from each of the sampled schools. The total sample size was 292 respondents. Primary data was collected and analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods and then presented in tables in percentages. Data analysis was done using SPSS and the Microsoft Excel software. The study established that students participated in fishing activities while attending school. Major fishing activities that students engaged in included: actual fishing an agreement  index of 82.9% of students; repairing of fishing nets which was supported by 74.2% of students; setting of nets in the lake which was supported by 84.4% of students; and removal of fish from the nets which was agreed to by 83.9% of students. Some (91.7%) of the students believed that their counterparts who engaged in fishing activities tended to perform poorly in their classwork.  The study has recommended that parents, School Boards of Management and the communities along the beaches collaborate with each other in order to keep students from engaging in fishing activities for this likely to improve school attendance and academic performance of students. The Government should enforce compulsory basic education as well as provide it free to all children at this level of education.

scholarly journals From Entrepreneurship to Entrepreneurial Education in Lower Secondary School: Pedagogising by Means of the Pedagogic Device

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Monika Diehl
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
Pedagogic Discourse ◽  
Improvement Programme ◽  
Pedagogic Device

<p>This study is part of a school improvement programme on entrepreneurial education and investigates teachers’ understanding and transmission of entrepreneurial education in two Swedish lower secondary schools, through interviews and observations. Entrepreneurship is a well-established concept within capitalist society, but the interest here is to investigate the transmission of it into pedagogic discourse and communication. Bernstein’s concept of the pedagogic device is used to reason on the process of what happens, and why, when the concept of entrepreneurship is transformed into entrepreneurial education. The results indicate different understandings and connotations on a deeper level, and also show that transmission to colleagues and pupils faces a series of challenges. In practise, the findings show different approaches to entrepreneurial education among individual teachers, but also between schools. This can be explained by gaps in the transmitting process, but also by different school cultures and diverse forms of collegial collaboration, which may affect transmission among colleagues and thus the transmission to pupils. Pupils’ backgrounds may also have an impact on the differences. <strong></strong></p>

Attitudes towards information technology in music learning among Hong Kong Chinese boys and girls

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-Chung Ho
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Music Learning ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Interview Survey

This article argues that changes of gendered attitudes towards IT among students may be related to recent educational reforms focusing on incorporating computers into the classroom. Data are drawn from an interview survey with 430 students attending 26 primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. The results reveal no significant differences between females and males in three aspects: (1) their belief in the effectiveness of using technological facilities; (2) their confidence in handling technology when learning about music; and (3) their motivation towards learning about music with the help of information technology (IT). Primary boys and girls in this study reported obtaining a higher degree of motivation for learning about music with the help of IT than secondary students of both sexes. The potential implications of these findings for educational policy in Hong Kong are to find out how to motivate students' musical learning with the help of IT, and to make technology relevant to the content of the music programmes of primary and secondary schools.

When evidence-based literacy programs fail

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Naihobe Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Early Grades ◽  
Intensive Program

More than ever, educators are expected to implement evidence-based interventions to improve student outcomes. This is often easier said than done, as illustrated by a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research in Oakland, California. To help secondary students who were several years behind in reading, the district piloted an intensive program for struggling readers that had been proven to work in early grades. The study showed that the intervention was difficult to implement in secondary schools and actually did more harm than good. The findings highlighted the importance of considering context and implementation, in addition to evidence of effectiveness, when choosing an intervention program.

scholarly journals Existence of the Essential Features of the Function Concept in Public Secondary Students’ Definitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 907-913
Author(s):  
Huda Faour
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Function Concept ◽  
Uniqueness Property ◽  
Grade Levels

This paper aims to explore the existence of the essential features of the function concept in public secondary students’ definitions of it across grade-level of the scientific and humanities tracks. A sample of 465 secondary students was chosen from 5 public secondary schools located in Beirut. The findings of the study showed that secondary students in the different grade levels lack a thorough conceptualization of what is a function. For instance, the majority of them failed to give definitions that reflect the essential features of the concept. The relation feature was the most one noticed in students’ definitions. Compartmentalization phenomenon was observed where even the students who succeeded to state the uniqueness property, were not truly aware of it and seemed not to consult this property when presented with non-examples of function.

scholarly journals READABILITY OF PHYSICS TEXTBOOKS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOKOTO METROPOLIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-90
Author(s):  
Y. M. Kamar ◽  
Nuraddeen Mallami
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Pictorial Representation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Science Textbooks ◽  
Evaluation Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Readability Test ◽  
Questioning Style

This study investigated the readability of some physics textbooks in use in secondary schools in Sokoto metropolis. Three textbooks namely Senior secondary physics by P.N Okeke, Comprehensive physics for secondary schools by G.N Ezebitiro and Principles of physics by M. Nelkon were selected for the study. Factors affecting readability of science textbooks were examined notably nature of questioning style, pictorial representation, leans and concepts presentation and suggestion for practical activities. Two hundred and seventy students from six secondary schools offering physics were involved in the study. Close Readability Test and Communicational Strategies Evaluation Test were used for collection of data. The finding of the study indicated that two textbooks (i.e. Senior secondary physics and Comprehensive Physics for Secondary Schools) were readable to senior secondary students while one (i.e Principles of Physics) was not readable to any of the levels. The three textbooks satisfied most of the qualities required for a textbook to be readable. It was recommended that readable textbooks should be selected for fruitful achievement in the subject.

scholarly journals Gender identity: Exploring struggles & school support among New Zealand senior secondary students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Krishn Chandra
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Academic And Social Experiences

<p>This research was undertaken with an intention to contribute to the existing literature and research on issues related to struggles and support for gender diverse students in New Zealand secondary schools. Gender diversity is a classification of individuals who do not see themselves as just male or female. LGBTQIA [lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender and Queer] has been an acronym used to describe individuals of alternative lifestyles. The main objective of this study was to investigate in-depth to understand the positive and negative experiences of gender diverse students in New Zealand Secondary schools. A qualitative research approach was utilised and pragmatics as the research paradigm, as the focus was on the experiences of the learners and view of the teachers. Semi-structured interviews were used as this is regarded as a process of in-depth inquiry which has generated detailed descriptions. The outcomes of this research have been in line with the current and existing literature related to the experiences of gender diverse students in secondary schools in New Zealand. A review of existing literature indicates that gender diverse students are subjected to negative academic and social experiences such as verbal slurs, emotional harassment and abuse. Further, the disengagement of the curriculum and the support of the teachers in schools. The positive indication of this research was the support of the heterosexual students and teachers in the school however, there is a need for more support. It is recommended from this research that the school needs to provide professional development for its teachers and design their curriculum to create equality in the school.</p>

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