scholarly journals Difundindo a Biotecnologia na sociedade: Relato de experiência extensionista no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-320
Author(s):  
Camila Campêlo de Sousa ◽  
Joelma Soares Da Silva ◽  
Darleane Batista de Oliveira Angelim ◽  
Jayara De Sousa Lima ◽  
Maria Do Carmo Gomes Brito Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gene Therapy ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Genetic Diseases ◽  
Diagnostic Evaluation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Transgenic Organisms ◽  
Terapia Génica ◽  
Living Organisms

A Biotecnologia se refere a qualquer aplicação tecnológica que utilize sistemas biológicos, organismos vivos ou seus derivados, para fabricar ou modificar produtos e processos, visando utilização humana. O presente relato de experiência retrata o projeto de extensão “Difundindo a Biotecnologia na sociedade”, o qual visou trabalhar com alunos do 2º ano do Ensino Médio do Centro Educacional Colares Moreira (Codó-MA), abrangendo conteúdos amplamente divulgados pela mídia e minimamente compreendidos pela sociedade, tais como: clonagem, terapia gênica, testes de paternidade, organismos transgênicos e uso da informação genética para diagnóstico de doenças. O projeto foi dividido em 4 etapas: Etapa 1: Realização de uma avaliação diagnóstica com os estudantes da escola; Etapa 2: Ciclo de palestras; Etapa 3: Desenvolvimento de duas oficinas abordando organismos transgênicos e clonagem e Etapa 4: Discussão acerca da Bioética relacionada à Biotecnologia. A maior parte dos estudantes participantes desconheciam a importância da Biotecnologia, bem como sua aplicação na sociedade. Na avaliação diagnóstica, dos 103 alunos, apenas 34% souberam informar pelo menos uma importância da Biotecnologia; 44% se mostraram favoráveis à comercialização dos transgênicos e somente 6% já ouviram falar da terapia genética e conheciam exames de DNA. Com a pandemia do novo coronavírus, a execução do projeto continuou de forma remota, porém com o passar dos meses, houve grande evasão e diminuição de participação. Contudo, ressalta-se que, para a minoria que conseguiu acompanhar o projeto remotamente, notou-se grande interesse e uma melhor compreensão acerca da temática. Com o desenvolvimento das atividades, observou-se a importância da extensão universitária enquanto prática social formadora e transformadora. Palavras-chave: Educação; Ciência; Informação; Divulgação científica Diffusing Biotechnology in society: Report of extensionist experience in the context of the pandemic OF COVID-19 Abstract: Biotechnology refers to any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or their derivatives to manufacture or modify products and processes for human use. The present experience report portrays the extension project “Diffusing Biotechnology in society”, which aimed to work with High School students at Centro Educacional Colares Moreira (Codó-MA, Brazil), covering contents widely disseminated by the media and minimally understood by society, such as cloning, gene therapy, paternity tests, transgenic organisms and use of genetic information for the prevention of genetic diseases. The project was divided into four stages: Stage 1: Conducting a diagnostic evaluation with High School students; Stage 2: Cycle of lectures; Stage 3: Developing two workshops addressing transgenic organisms and cloning. Step 4: Discussion about Bioethics related to Biotechnology. Most of the participating students were unaware of the importance of Biotechnology and its application in society. In the diagnostic evaluation, of the 103 students, only 34% could inform at least one importance of Biotechnology; 44% were in favor of transgenics, and only 6% had heard of gene therapy and knew about DNA testing. With the new coronavirus pandemic, the project execution continued remotely, but there was a significant dropout over the months. However, it is noteworthy that, for the minority that managed to monitor the project remotely, there was great interest and a better understanding of the theme. With the development of activities, the importance of university extension was observed as a formative action and transforming social practice. Keywords: Education; Science; Information; Scientific divulgation

scholarly journals SITUATED PERSPECTIVES ON THE MOTIVATIONAL TRAJECTORIES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH IN RURAL VIETNAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-266
Author(s):  
Cuong Huy Pham
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Situated Perspective ◽  
Learning English

Despite the growing body of research on the complex and contextually contingent nature of language learning motivation, investigations into the motivation of English language learners in rural areas have remained limited. This study explores the motivational constructions of two high school students learning English in rural Southeast Vietnam from a situated perspective. The students, one female and one male, were in their first year at high school and had relatively low levels of English. Data gathering took approximately one and a half years and was based primarily on interviews drawing on a social practice approach and observations. Findings reveal that students developed diverse motivational trajectories resulting from a synergy of social and idiosyncratic elements pertinent to their own learning conditions, interpersonal relationships, and their agentive appraisals of language affordances and learning opportunities available within and across settings. The longitudinal and situated perspective of this study provides insights into the ways in which students’ appraisals of affordances were shaped and reshaped by on-going interactions with significant others as well as by the sociocultural values permeating their agentive practices.

scholarly journals Social Practice of a Career Guidance Project Based on the Wisdom of the Classic of Changes

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Hui Liu ◽  
Yi-Jen Lu ◽  
Chi-Ping Deng ◽  
Chih-Hung Wang ◽  
Foo Bee Keh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Action Research Approach

The Virtue Existential Career Model (VEC) is a Chinese career development model based on the Classic of Changes. It is designed to supplement the person-environment fit paradigm of Taiwan's 12-Year Basic Education for junior high school students. We adopted an action research approach with two parts, reflection-on-action and critical-emancipatory. An easy-to-use VEC career curriculum and a career information system (Career Genesis; CG) were developed by a team of staff members from government agencies (Tainan Department of Education and Student Counseling Centers), junior high schools, and the Chinese Career Research Center of National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan. The outcome of this project was strong on fostering interconnectedness. Implementing our VEC curriculum and CG to 30 junior high school students received statistically significant immediate increases in resilience, adaptation, and liking of career decision. The feedback and reflections suggest that mandating, attracting, and simplifying are useful strategies to promote our VEC model as well as to facilitate social change and create a multiple-win situation for all parties involved. This approach also follows the tao (道) of the Classic of Changes to provide new knowledge.

Articulatory Intervention for the Visually Impaired

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Cheri L. Florance ◽  
Judith O’Keefe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Students ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Paired Stimuli ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Parent Program

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.

A Triarchic Analysis of an Aptitude-Treatment Interaction

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Sternberg ◽  
Elena L. Grigorenko ◽  
Michel Ferrari ◽  
Pamela Clinkenbeard
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
College Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Treatment Interaction ◽  
Aptitude Treatment Interaction ◽  
Psychology Course

Summary: This article describes a triarchic analysis of an aptitude-treatment interaction in a college-level introductory-psychology course given to selected high-school students. Of the 326 total participants, 199 were selected to be high in analytical, creative, or practical abilities, or in all three abilities, or in none of the three abilities. The selected students were placed in a course that either well matched or did not match their pattern of analytical, creative, and practical abilities. All students were assessed for memory, analytical, creative, and practical achievement. The data showed an aptitude-treatment interaction between students' varied ability patterns and the match or mismatch of these abilities to the different instructional groups.

Identity Exploration and Commitment of Albanian Youth as a Function of Social Opportunity Structure

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Orgocka ◽  
Jasna Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Exploration

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.

Mobilizing for Some

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Specific Factors

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.

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