scholarly journals The Need for Geoethical Awareness: The Importance of Geoenvironmental Education in Geoheritage Understanding in the Case of Meteora Geomorphes, Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6626
Author(s):  
Efthymios Georgousis ◽  
Socrates Savelides ◽  
Spyros Mosios ◽  
Maximos-Vasileios Holokolos ◽  
Hara Drinia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Geological Heritage ◽  
School Practice ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Religious Reasons ◽  
The University ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this article is to explore the young generation’s geocultural consciousness. The research uses the case of Meteora Geomorphes, which have been proposed as a geological heritage site and are known to students for aesthetic, cultural and religious reasons. The sample of the research consisted of third grade Junior High school (Gymnasium) pupils, who have been taught Geography–Geology courses in previous classes, and students from departments of the University of Thessaly, Central Greece, wherein their subjects are taught cultural heritage courses. The data collection was conducted through a structured questionnaire that examines their knowledge, values, geoethical attitudes, behaviors and beliefs about geocultural heritage understanding. The result of the research shows the lack of understanding of the geological heritage in relation to cultural heritage and of the sense of responsibility for the environment and a code of ethics for protection and conservation. The need for strategic educational planning of geoeducation in school practice with the integration of geoheritage in the theme of environmental education (geoenvironmental education) is obvious.

scholarly journals Relationship between Students' Historical Awareness and their Appreciation of Local Cultural Heritage

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-527
Author(s):  
Lilibeth C. Santos
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Local History ◽  
School Students ◽  
K 12

The K-12 curriculum brought a significant change in Social Studies/ Araling Panlipunan curriculum at the Basic Education level, but much still must be done to introduce relevant topics in history and culture following local contexts. As such, local historians and educators pursued its relevance to studying local history, particularly with the Kasaysayang Lokal (KASALO) ng Pampanga, to embark to the mind of todays' learners the local history of their pace. With this, the study aimed to assess the local awareness of Junior High School students and its correlation to their appreciation of cultural heritage. The study utilized descriptive-correlational research designed that aims to determine the relationship of the variables. The respondents of the study consisted of 281Junior High School students chosen through a simple random sampling technique. The results revealed that the students exhibited a slight awareness of their local history. Moreover, they have generally agreed to school-based initiatives to nurture cultural heritage appreciation. The Pearson-r correlation analysis revealed that the student's knowledge of KASALO did not significantly correlate to their appreciation of Kapampangan's local cultural heritage. The implications underlined the need for teachers to introduce more novel ways to integrate topics in local history in the AP classroom and strengthen local studies centers to promote the study of local history for the future.

scholarly journals Northern Dancer: King of the Racetrack by G. Joyce

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandy Campbell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Thoroughbred Racing

Joyce, Gare.  Northern Dancer: King of the Racetrack.  Markham, ON:  Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012. Print.It is not often that you find a biography of an animal, but in this case, the animal was a national icon.  According to Gare Joyce, Northern Dancer, the great racehorse “made more money as an accomplished racehorse and sire than any Canadian athlete in history – even more than Wayne Gretzky ”.  The book begins with a genealogical chart that shows that of the 19 horses starting in the 2011 Kentucky Derby, 18 were descended from Northern Dancer.This book chronicles Northern Dancer from his birth through to his wins and standing at stud until his death at age 29.  Through his story, the reader also learns about the world of North American thoroughbred racing.  We meet the great jockeys:  Ron Turcotte, Willie Shoemaker and Bill Hardtack who all rode Northern Dancer to victories. We learn about the development of racehorses and the major races:  The Preakness, The Belmont, The Kentucky Derby and the Queen’s Plate.   Joyce writes informally and conversationally, as though he is telling one long story.  For example, he tells us that Northern Dancer “became unruly around his stall…At least once he ripped the shirt off his trainer.” Later we are told that a trainer inadvertently let Northern Dancer run hard the day before a race and people thought that no thoroughbred could “run the equivalent of two races on two consecutive days.   As it turned out, the only ones hurting after the Florida Derby were those who hadn’t bet on the heavily favoured Northern Dancer.”  The text is accompanied by many photos of Northern Dancer, including archival images of horse and jockey in races, at the wire and in the winners’ circle.           Overall, this is an enjoyable story of a remarkable horse.  Northern Dancer: King of the Racetrack is highly recommended for junior high school libraries and public libraries everywhere.  Highly recommended:  4 stars out of 4Reviewer:  Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines.  Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give. 

Computer loses in king-size blunder

ICGA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
T.A(Tony) Marsland
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Grammar School ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Class A ◽  
School Year ◽  
Computer Chess ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

This article is based on my personal reminiscences about the early days of computer chess tournaments, describing not only how different the technology was, but also that progress was steady and continues today in the broader field of Artificial Intelligence. The author was a participant in the 1st ACM computer chess championship (1970) and continued to compete well into the 1980s. Speaking for myself, I learned how to play chess in Junior High School (actually King Charles 1 Grammar School in Kidderminster, UK), but now only remember losing in a simultaneous game with C.H.O’D. Alexander (the UK Chess Champion) in 1950. In High School (Preston Grammar School) I played for the school’s chess team, who were undefeated in the 1954–55 school year. Naturally I played for the University of Nottingham (where I was studying Mathematics), and later for the Bedfordshire County team, before leaving to join Boeing, Seattle, in 1962. That said, I don’t think I was ever better than a Class A player. Basically, I have played chess all my life, and it has helped develop my problem-solving skills.

scholarly journals Japanese Learners’ Consciousness Toward English: When Do They Begin to Like or Dislike English?

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Sumie Matsuno
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
University Level ◽  
Japanese Learners ◽  
The University ◽  
Learning English

This paper provides a review of research addressing when students begin to like or dislike English, when they obtain or lose their motivation for learning English, and the reasons associated with their preferences and motivation regarding the language. It also includes a discussion of the findings of a qualitative survey conducted by the author, which indicates that the first and the second grades of junior high school are probably serious turning points of their consciousness toward English. The second biggest turning point is probably the first half of the first grade of high school. Once they have difficulty in learning English and begin to hate English, their feelings continue, even at the university level. The reasons for students’ dislike of English are often related to their difficulty with the language. For example, studying English is to memorize sentences and words, and learning English grammar is very difficult. 本論では、生徒が英語を好きになり始めたり嫌いになり始める時期やその動機、理由について過去の研究結果を調査している。また40名の大学1年生を対象にした質的調査を行った結果を述べている。この質的調査の結果はこれまでの研究結果を裏付けるもので、まず中学1年と2年の時期、次に高校1年の前半の時期が、英語に対する意識の最も重要なターニングポイントであることがわかった。また一度嫌いになるとその気持ちは大学生になっても続く傾向にある。嫌いになる要因としては英文や英単語の暗記、文法の難しさがあげられる。

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF HIGH SCHOOL FINAL STUDENT PREPARING FOR THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 183-197
Author(s):  
Deniz ACUNER ◽  
Neşe ŞEKERCİ ◽  
Zehra Nur PAÇACI ◽  
Fatma Şeyma PAÇACI ◽  
Aslıhan CEYHAN
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the psychological, social and educational status of high school seniors preparing for the university entrance exam. In this context; In the 2020-2021 academic year, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 students from different high school types who were studying in the last year of high school and preparing for the exam, in line with the semi-structured questionnaire, and the data obtained were descriptive analysis and content analysis (coding, code frequency and distribution, creation of themes, Calculation and mapping of relationships between subcodes and subcodes) were evaluated. Within the scope of the qualitative analysis, the effect of the pandemic process on the psychological, social and educational status of the students, a total of 422 codes in four different themes (The effects of the pandemic process on distance education - 131 codes, the effects on student behavior - 10 codes, the effects on students' emotions - 182 codes, concerns arising from the pandemic - 99 code) was created and analyzed. While the subjects that the students emphasized most frequently were “Lessons becoming inefficient” (25 codes), “Negative effects on motivation” (22 codes) and “Uncertainty anxiety” (20 codes), the least coded expression was “Happiness” (1 code). It has been determined that students preparing for the exam are generally negatively affected by the pandemic.

Growing Roots

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jim Host ◽  
Eric A. Moyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
University Of Kentucky ◽  
Signing Bonus ◽  
Baseball Team ◽  
The University

The chapter describes Jim Host’s early childhood through his high school years. He was born in Kane, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1937, to Wilford and Beatrice Host. His early childhood included moves to small mountain towns in New York, Virginia, and West Virginia before his family settled in Ashland, Kentucky, when Jim was in junior high school. Host developed a deep love of baseball and became a successful pitcher for Ashland High School’s baseball team. After graduating from high school in 1955, he turned down a $25,000 signing bonus with the Detroit Tigers, opting instead to accept one of the first two baseball scholarships ever offered by the University of Kentucky.

Mathematics and Social Science

1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Ella M. Prendergast
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
The University

Having felt for some years the increasing lack of co-ordination among the departmentalized units of the junior high school, the writer unexpectedly received an impetus toward active work on this problem as related to mathematics, during the progress of a graduate course in the “Teaching of Mathematics,” taken at the University of Southern California under Dr. Myrtie Collier. Through her encouragement and under her helpful supervision, some experimental investigations were started which it is hoped may have their small share in turning professional thought toward correlation of subjects in a definite and constructive manner.

scholarly journals Drama Excerpt: Tool in Enhancing Speaking Ability for Junior High School

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Otan Hidayat ◽  
Sigit Apriyanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The study aims to analyze drama excerpts as a tool in teaching speaking for Junior High School at the University of Saint Anthony. It also aims to determine the following: 1. Speaking ability, of the students before exposure on drama excerpt 2. The speaking ability after exposure on drama excerpt 3. The observed improvement among students along with body language, eye contact, introduction and closure, pacing, poise, and voice. 4. Develop Oral communication guide for effective speaking material based on the findings of the study. A descriptive survey is used as a method of this study. The study population consisted of 10 students from 7th-grade students at Saint Anthony University in the Philippines. Based from the findings of the study, found that the respondents were able to perform the conversation in the drama excerpt (because English is the medium of instruction in the Philippines, the result is higher, due to the interventions of a treatment given by the subject teacher on the correct and proper way of delivery and dialogue on drama excerpt, and there is a significant improvement observed to the students after the exposure to drama excerpt.

Harp Lessons by Telecommunication

1994 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Downs ◽  
Ellen Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Past President ◽  
Distance Education Program ◽  
State College ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University

Dennis A. Downs, orchestra instructor at Cedar Falls High School and Peet Junior High School, has taught public school orchestras for 25 years. Past president of the Iowa String Teachers Association and Iowa School Orchestra Association, he is an MENC Certified Music Instructor with a BFAE from Wayne State College, MA from the University of Northern Colorado, and Ed Ad from the University of Nebraska. A cellist in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, he also directs the Cedar Falls Municipal Band and performs professionally on guitar, bass, and trombone. Downs is the project facilitator for the distance education program he describes in this article.

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