Schools in Action

2010 ◽  
pp. 271-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Barajas ◽  
Sofoklis Sotiriou ◽  
Martin Owen ◽  
Manfred Lohr
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Research Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Evaluation Models ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Evaluation Parameters

This chapter looks at the implementation and evaluation of mobile learning scenarios with locationbased features, done under the project COLLAGE (Collaborative Learning Platform Using Game-like Enhancements). Five scenarios are examined. Evaluating different implementations within the same project gives an appraisal of the technical and pedagogical value of the mobile learning scenarios, but also informs the research community of appropriate evaluation models and evaluation parameters, which are lacking in the game-based mobile learning with location-based components. The project responds to questions about designing mobile learning scenarios that are pedagogically sound and attractive to secondary school students, and presents the pedagogical evaluation of the effectiveness of mobile gamebased learning scenarios in the COLLAGE platform. The project makes a case for a close collaboration with teachers and students in elaborating and validating complex mobile learning scenarios.

Access to information technology of households and secondary school students in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 026666692110089
Author(s):  
Nejat İra ◽  
Mehmet Yıldız ◽  
Gamze Yıldız ◽  
Eylem Yalçınkaya-Önder ◽  
Ali Aksu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Education ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Information And Communication

The aim of the study was to investigate secondary school students’ and teachers’ access to information technologies in Turkey by making interregional comparisons. Document analysis of the qualitative research methods was employed to analyze the reports issued by the Turkish Ministry of National Education, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The results of the research revealed the importance of access to information and communication technologies for both students and teachers: 67.9% of the participating students were found to have Internet connection and 69.1% a computer in their homes, while 80.3% of the students were observed to use a computer outside the school, but 19.7% were not. The results also showed that 64.6% of the students have Internet connection in their classrooms, but 29.2% of these students do not use the Internet in the classroom, whereas 8.9% use it in the classroom all the time. The rate of students using a digital device for reading is 38.1%, while that of those not using one is 61.9%. Some 32.1% of secondary school students were revealed not to have Internet connection at home. Additionally, 77% of teachers were not trained in online teaching prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the findings, teachers can be suggested to develop projects – i.e., of TUBITAK, E-twinning, and Erasmus – which potentially encourage students to use information and communication technologies so that both teachers and students can benefit from them. It is also suggested that the Ministry of National Education should work on improving the information communication technology competencies of teachers and students. Besides, policies should be developed to eliminate regional differences in terms of access to digital resources and technology in terms of equal opportunities and opportunities.

Impact of Collaborative Learning Strategies on Social Maturity of Secondary School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
J. N. Baliya ◽  
Shivani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Critical Ratio ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Maturity ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research was to study the impact of collaborative learning strategies on social maturity and its various dimensions viz. personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, and social adequacy, of secondary school students. The study was quasiexperimental and used matched pairs pre-test post-test research design. A Higher Secondary School in Educational Zone Hiranagar of District Kathua was chosen for the intervention. The study was conducted on sixty-six students of two sections of class 9th. Two sections were randomly assigned to collaborative and traditional learning conditions. Four methods of collaborative learning viz. Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads Together, Jigsaw, and Fish-Bowl were used for a period of over five weeks. The results were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and a critical ratio (CR). The results of the study showed that this approach was successful in increasing personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, social adequacy and overall social maturity of secondary school students.

CLARITY IN SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Ngo Phan Trong
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Communication Style ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Learning From Others

This study was conducted on 1170 students at 10 secondary schools in 5 provinces in Vietnam. Survey results determined student's clarity on others at medium level. The Clarity to others of surveyed students was correlated with factors such as: communication style, communication trends and temperament of students in communicating and learning from others. The results of multiple linear regresion model of factors have been determined the prediction of the effects of the above factors. The predictive discovered models in the study have been useful suggestions for parents, teachers and students, helping them to improve Clarity in social intelligence of secondary school students.

scholarly journals Investigating students' behavioral intention to use mobile learning in higher education in UAE during Coronavirus-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Qasem Al-Hamad ◽  
Hisham Othman Mbaidin ◽  
Ahmad Qasim Mohammad AlHamad ◽  
Muhammad Turki Alshurideh ◽  
Barween Hikmat Al Kurdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Expectation Confirmation

The study explores the impacts of fear emotions on technology adoption by teachers and students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile learning (ML) has been considered an educational, social platform in private and public higher education institutes. Since several fears are connected with COVID-19, this study's key hypotheses are related to how COVID-19 influences Mobile Learning (ML) adoption. Educators, teachers, and students may face some common types of fear in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, such as fear of losing social relationships, fear of educational loss and failure, and fear because of the lockdown of the family in the prevailing circumstances. Different theoretical models, named Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), are combined to develop an integrated model for this study. The proposed model was analyzed with the development of a questionnaire survey. The survey served as a data collection instrument to collect data from students of the University of Sharjah in Sharjah city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Three hundred twenty undergraduate students participated in the study. The collected data was evaluated using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The significant predictors revealed by experimental results included perceived fear, perceived ease of use, expectation confirmation, satisfaction, and perceived usefulness, explaining the intention to use the mobile learning platform. According to our study, teaching and learning can be benefitted to a great extent by the adoption of mobile learning (ML) during this pandemic for educational purposes; however, this process may be negatively affected by the fear of future educational results, fear of losing social relations and fear of stressful family situations. Therefore, appropriate student evaluation may be conducted to overcome the emotional distress caused by the pandemic effectively.

scholarly journals MEDIATION IN SCHOOLS IN THE OPINIONS OF TEACHERS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Probacja ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 135-158
Author(s):  
Joanna Rusinkiewicz ◽  
Łukasz Piś
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Research Question ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Teachers And Students

The rapidly expanding living space of young people, filled with various – often new – content, which is the source of all experiences and sensations, gradually blurring the subtle boundaries between what is and what is not socially accepted, generates confl icts and disputes between frustrated teenagers. These often result from a lack of ability to deal with a particular situation and a lack of ability to solve the problem. It is common knowledge that confl icts are an integral part of social life. Ultimately however, they would have probably led to the destruction of societies if it had not been for the tools and procedures developed to solve them. Thanks to the ability to solve confl icts and mitigate their eff ects, it is easier for young people to enter into new social roles. It is also easier for them to function at school, family and peer levels. School as a space of educational interaction between diff erent subjects is a place of particular risk for confl icts and disputes. Therefore, knowledge of school mediation may prove extremely useful in this matter. The purpose of school mediation is to reach an agreement and agree appropriate positions on important issues. In its assumptions, mediation introduces a culture of dialogue and co-responsibility for shaping the school’s image. The aim of the research conducted in March 2020 was to fi nd out the opinion of the two most important groups in each school – teachers and students – about mediation and the mediator. Therefore, an attempt was made to fi nd an answer to the research question: What is the opinion of teachers and secondary school students on the value of mediation in schools?

scholarly journals Effects of School Building on Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Southern KP, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Nasir Ali ◽  
Abdul Basit Khan ◽  
Tanveer Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Building ◽  
Basic Building Block ◽  
School Students ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Without proper building, the teaching-learning process is incomplete. The importance of school building has been acknowledged as a basic building block of humanity from past till now as teachers and students' stay is mostly in school building during study hours; and there is close relationship between school building and students' academic achievement. In this study, the researcher has also focused on the school building and its effects on the academic achievement of students. The main objective of the study was to know the impact of School building on Secondary School students in Southern districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Pakistan. The study was descriptive. Dichotomous questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Despcritive and inferential statistics were used to attain the desired objective the study. The results of the current study show that there is a significant relationship between students' academic achievement and school building.

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