scholarly journals Use of Information Technology for Communication and Learning in Secondary School Students with a Hearing Disability

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Theeratorn Lersilp ◽  
Suchitporn Lersilp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Hearing Disability ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Schools For The Deaf

Information technology (IT) is important to meet the needs of students with a hearing disability in special Thai school settings. The aim of this paper was to research the use and opinion of IT for communication and learning from students with a hearing disability in schools for the deaf. The IT in this study included information devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets. This study used the stratified random sampling method for enrolling its participants. Data collected from 192 students with a hearing disability using a self-administered questionnaires. Results found that most of these students knew about chat applications, for example, Line, Facebook, Messenger and face-to-face conversation apps. Furthermore, most of these students contacted people with hearing problems by sending messages through Facebook, Line and face-to-face applications. The main reasons why they used IT was for convenience and general conversation. A study of opinions on the use of IT by students with a hearing disability found that most of them agreed that IT equipment contributed to their participation in various activities, including conversations with their relatives and friends on social networking. Conclusion and discussions were included.

scholarly journals Misuse and addiction to mobile phone in a sample of first-grade secondary school students of Palermo

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Pizzo ◽  
C Costantino ◽  
D Giliberti ◽  
I Calò ◽  
C Vella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults

Abstract Background Nowadays, smartphone overuse affects massively teenagers and young adults. From 2014 to 2018 in Italy, for the 11-17 years age group, there has been an increase from 79.9% to 85.8% of daily mobile phone users. This project aims to investigate usage prevalence and misuse/addiction of mobile phones in a representative sample of first-grade secondary school students of the Province of Palermo, Italy, carrying out educational interventions to promote a proper and conscious use of smartphone. Materials and Methods An anonymous, standardized and previously validated pre-intervention questionnaire consisting of 39 items on general socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes and habits regarding smartphone usage, was administered online to 10-15 years old students of the Palermo's Province. Moreover, two additional sets of 11 and 15 items contributed to calculate a Misuse and an Addiction Score, respectively. After administration, educational interventions aimed at promoting the correct and conscious use of the smartphone, were carried out. Results A total of 1600 students belonging to 16 schools, responded to the questionnaire. 93% of the sample had a personal smartphone and 84% had a personal profile on at least one social network. About 15% of the sample experienced cyber bullying episodes and 30% accessed to adult content online (38% of parents didn't set parental control on the devices). Overall, 78.3% of the sample showed a moderate to severe misuse and 38.3% a moderate to severe addiction to mobile phones. Conclusions The uncontrolled and unconscious use of smartphones among adolescents exposes to different health risks including psycho-social and cognitive-relational problems. Results obtained demonstrate high levels of misuse and addiction to mobile devices in a representative sample of students in a developed Country, suggesting the need to implement educational interventions and the development of guidelines to encourage a responsible use of smartphones. Key messages The present study highlights an uncontrolled and unconscious use of mobile phones among 11-15 years old aged students in Southern Italy. The implementation of educational intervention at school and the development of guidelines regulating smartphone usage among adolescents, should represent a future global health priority.

scholarly journals Indonesian Secondary School Students’ Happiness at the Beginning of Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Heny Solekhah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Learning At Home ◽  
At Home

Happiness is a subjective assessment of individual wellbeing. Adolescents, especially secondary school students living in Islamic Boarding School, experience dramatic changes from learning at their dormitory with face-to-face teaching method to distance learning at home with minimum activities outside their houses. The survey was conducted on 111 respondents of students who had to return home due to the outbreaks of covid-19 pandemic for two months. The research found that the dramatic changes made them had difficulty to adapt new activities at home for a long time while studying independently through distance learning. Only a third of the sample felt happy during the online learning while the majority felt negative emotions such as boredom, unhappiness, and loneliness. The adolescents’ life satisfaction and community engagement significantly correlated with happiness although the size effects were medium. Female students also had lower happiness variables than males. To maintain their happiness, during the pandemic, most of them prefer activities that mostly trigger a sedentary lifestyle.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on EFL Classes through the Lenses of Secondary Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-406
Author(s):  
Seçil Tümen-Akyıldız ◽  
Vildan Çelik ◽  
Kwestan Hussein Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
School Students ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
The Impact

With Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), a major change to the remote education arrangements has arisen. As it is clear, the pandemic has got side effects, especially in the scope of education and English as foreign language (EFL) teaching. Students at all levels were encouraged to continue learning despite the difficulties they had throughout the crisis. This study aims to investigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the field of EFL, particularly by revealing the viewpoints of secondary school students on pandemic remote education and its impact on their English language learning process. Thus, it was designed as qualitative research; interviews were held to probe indepth into their perceptions on EFL teaching throughout pandemic remote education. Interviews were conducted with thirty secondary school students chosen voluntarily. The participants were chosen from different schools. The data obtained from the interviews were analysed through qualitative content analysis by NVivo 8 software program. The results revealed that participants declared that most of the teachers used course books and gave pencil-paper assignments. It was also highlighted that teachers emphasised reading and listening skills in their lessons rather than writing and speaking. Another significant finding of the study is that the participants preferred face-to-face foreign language teaching to remote teaching. Nevertheless, they admitted that online language teaching has several advantages comparing to traditional face-to-face education besides its challenges such as technical, economic, contextual, and individual problems. Lastly, several noteworthy suggestions were made regarding teachers, policymakers, families, and students themselves.

scholarly journals Fighting Behaviour and Adjustment Patterns of Higher Secondary School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramaprabou. V
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Fighting Behaviour ◽  
One Way Anova

The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of fighting behaviour on adjustment patterns. For this 75 Higher Secondary School students studying in various schools of Puducherry were approached using convenient sampling method. Adjustment Inventory for School Students constructed and standardized by Sinha and Singh (1995) and Fighting subscale of Illinois Bully Scale developed and standardized by Espelage and Holt (2001) was used for data collection. Analysis was done by using one-way ANOVA. Findings of the study revealed that fighting behaviour has significant effect on the adjustment patterns of the students.

scholarly journals Investigation of the relationship between playfulness, digital game addiction and aggression levels of secondary school students in terms of various variablesOrtaokul öğrencilerinin oyunsallık, dijital oyun bağımlılığı ve saldırganlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekihan Hazar ◽  
Kürşat Hazar ◽  
Belgin Gökyürek ◽  
Muhsin Hazar ◽  
Sinan Çelikbilek
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Education ◽  
Game Addiction ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction and Aim: The most basic problems that the developing technology brings to the life of children are the increasingly decreased physical games, the rapid increase of the digital game addiction and the violent games are pushing the aggressive behavior of the individuals. This research is important for the solution of the problem. Purpose of the research; The relationship between playfulness, digital game addiction and aggressiveness of middle school students in terms of various variables.Method: In this research, which adopts the relational screening model, similar sampling method is used as the objective sampling method. In this direction, the study group is composed of the students from the 2016-2017 education period, the Türdü 100. Year Middle School students affiliated to the Muğla Provincial Directorate of National Education and Maltepe Secondary School students affiliated to the Ankara Provincial Directorate of National Education. 55.6% of the participants were female (n = 213) and 44.4% were male (n = 170). 49.6% (n = 190) of participants attending Türdü 100.Yıl Secondary School, 50.4% of students attending Maltepe Secondary School (n = 193). Of the participants, 42% were 12 years (n = 161), 27.7% were 13 years (n = 106) and 30.3% were 14 years old (n = 116). In order to collect data in the study, Playfulness Scale, Digital Game Addiction Scale for Children, and Aggression Scale were used. The obtained data were subjected to various analyzes using the SPSS 24.0 packet program. Findings: According to research findings, participants' total scores on the scales were statistically significantly different between school type, sex and age variables. At the same time, it was found that the participants had a statistically significant relationship between the total scores of these three scales.Conclusion and Discussion: As a result; Playability, digital game dependency and aggressiveness of middle school students are related to each other. Therefore, it can be said that it is important to investigate the problems to be solved by considering these three situations to solve the present problem.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetGiriş ve Amaç: Gelişen teknolojinin çocukların yaşamına getirdiği en temel olumsuzluklar arasında fiziksel aktivite içerikli oyunların giderek azalması, dijital oyun bağımlılığının hızlı bir biçimde artması ve bununla bağlantılı olarak özellikle şiddet içerikli oyunların bireyleri saldırganlık davranışına itmesi gibi önemli sorunlar olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu araştırma, yaşanan problemin çözümüne ışık tutması açısından önem taşımaktadır. Araştırmanın amacı; ortaokul öğrencilerinin oyunsallık, dijital oyun bağımlılığı ve saldırganlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesidir.Yöntem: İlişkisel tarama modelinin benimsendiği bu araştırmada, amaçsal örnekleme yöntemlerinden benzeşik örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bu kapsamda çalışmanın örneklemini, 2016-2017 eğitim öğretim döneminde öğrenim görmekte olan Muğla İl Milli Eğitim müdürlüğüne bağlı Türdü 100. Yıl Ortaokulu öğrencileri ile Ankara İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğüne bağlı Maltepe Ortaokulu öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcıların % 55,6’sı kadın (n=213), % 44,4’ü erkektir (n=170). Türdü 100.Yıl Ortaokulunda öğrenim görmekte olan katılımcıların oranı % 49,6 iken (n=190), Maltepe Ortaokulunda öğrenim görmekte olan katılımcı oranı % 50,4’tür (n=193). Katılımcıların % 42’si 12 yaş (n=161), % 27,7’si 13 yaş (n=106), %30,3’ ü 14 yaş (n=116) grubundadır. Araştırmada veri toplamak amacıyla Oyunsallık ölçeği, Çocuklar İçin Dijital Oyun Bağımlılığı ölçeği ve Saldırganlık ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Toplanan veriler SPSS 24.0 paket program kullanılarak çeşitli analizlere tabi tutulmuştur. Bulgular: Araştırma bulgularına göre katılımcıların ölçeklerden almış oldukları toplam puanlarının okul türü, cinsiyet ve yaş değişkenleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde farklılık gösterdiği bulunmuştur. Aynı zamanda katılımcıların bu üç ölçekten almış oldukları toplam puanlar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç ve Tartışma: Sonuç olarak; ortaokul öğrencilerinin oyunsallık, dijital oyun bağımlılığı ve saldırganlık düzeylerinin birbirleri ile ilişkili olduğu dolayısıyla bu problemin tespit ve çözümüne yönelik yapılacak olan araştırmaların bu üç durumu göz önünde bulundurarak ele alınmasının mevcut problemin çözümünde önemli olduğu söylenebilir.

scholarly journals Anxieties of secondary school students during distance learning in COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1170-1179
Author(s):  
Ali Haydar Bülbül ◽  
Gonca Demirbaş ◽  
Hatice Ferhan Odabaşi
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
School Students ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Keywords Anxiety ◽  
Technological Opportunities

As a result of increasing COVID-19 cases all over the world, schools continued to provide education distantly since the beginning of 2020. This immediate shift is considered as both a factor of anxiety and an area of anxiety. This study aims to investigate the underlying reasons of anxieties among secondary school students with regard to five dimensions: health-related issues, technological opportunities, domiciliary conditions, course-related issues and privacy-related issues. A survey design was adopted. The research was carried out with participation of 156 secondary school students of a state school in Istanbul. Data was collected through the Anxiety Sources Questionnaire in Distance Education developed by the researchers. The underlying reasons of anxiety of secondary school students is presented under five categories. The results revealed that students were mainly concerned about face-to-face exams; problems related to devices; isolation; their inefficiency to learn the content and sharing their private settings. Keywords: Anxiety; COVID-19 pandemic; Distance education; Secondary school students.

scholarly journals HOW RESPONSIBLE ARE TURKISH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Yakar
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The City

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the distance learning responsibility levels of secondary school students attending schools in the Aegean Region of Turkey by developing a scale of responsibility for distance learning. The study is a descriptive study employing the survey model. Two different study groups were used in the current study. In the first stage, a total of 477 secondary school students attending schools in the cities of İzmir, Denizli and Muğla in Turkey in the 2020-2021 school year were included in the study group to develop the Scale of Responsibility for Distance Learning. In the second stage of the study, the study group is comprised of 2043 secondary school students selected from among the secondary school students attending schools located in the cities of İzmir, Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya and Uşak in the Agean Region of Turkey in the 2020-2021 school year. The data were collected face-to-face and online via Google Forms during COVID-19 pandemic by using the Scale of Responsibility for Distance Learning. According to the findings of the study, the scale is a valid and reliable scale with adequately satisfied psychometric features. Another finding of the current study is that the participating secondary school students’ responsibility scores vary significantly depending on the city where they attend the school, grade level and gender.

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