Using Eco-Sensors to Support Children's Participation in Environmental Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-45
Author(s):  
Maria João Silva ◽  
Eduarda Ferreira ◽  
Alexandra Souza ◽  
Ana Rita Alves ◽  
Susana Batista
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Epistemic Practices ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Environmental Health Problem

School has a major role in preparing young people to participate meaningfully in a context where digital technologies are increasingly mediating the way people interact with the surrounding environment. The goal of the research reported in this paper is to study how children can participate in school environmental health, using eco-sensors and digital technologies in scientific inquiries. Eco-sensors are used by children to acquire, analyze, interpret, and communicate data, as a support to the identification of problems and to their own environmental health decisions. This paper presents two case studies, one centered on noise and one on indoor air quality, in Portuguese elementary schools. It is a qualitative research that highlights that children can participate in authentic and meaningful environmental health problem solving in schools. Problem solving is developed through scientific inquiries that include children epistemic practices, scaffolded by teacher mediation and epistemic mediators, such as eco-sensors and other digital technologies.

Policing through ‘paperwork’: Foster youth files and archival surveillance in the 21st century

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-454
Author(s):  
Jessica L Lovaas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Young People ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Foster Youth ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing

Young people in the child welfare system are subjected to intensive and wide-ranging observation, surveillance and documentation practices that have been facilitated by the expanding use of digital technologies. Drawing on qualitative research, this article examines the pervasiveness of these governmental practices and their impacts on the psychological wellbeing and long-term trajectory of young people. Leveraging a Foucauldian framework, this article theorizes a form of 21st-century ‘archival surveillance’ and argues that contrary to the intended goal of utilizing documentation to protect children and minimize liability, the child welfare system’s overuse and misuse of digital technologies violate children’s rights and disproportionally criminalize youth of colour. At the same time, youth appropriate digital technologies in ways that help them survive, connect and resist the inhumane impacts of this archival surveillance.

Scaffolding Children's Participation in Schools' Environmental Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 265-283
Author(s):  
Maria João Silva ◽  
Eduarda Ferreira ◽  
Alexandra Souza ◽  
Ana Rita Alves ◽  
Susana Batista
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Epistemic Practices ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Environmental Health Problem ◽  
Children's Participation

The goal of the research reported in this chapter is to explore if children can participate in schools' environmental health, while being supported by teacher mediation and eco-sensors. Eco-sensors should be used as epistemic mediators to support children in acquiring and interpreting environmental data to suggest solutions to schools' environmental health problems. Teacher mediation can scaffold children's epistemic practices to promote children's participation in scientific inquiries, centered on environmental health problem solving. A web-based platform is used as a database and to share, in multiple representations, the data acquired and organized by children. This research includes two case studies on two environmental health problems: sound pollution and air pollution. The identification of children's epistemic practices and of teacher mediation is made using audio recordings, and pre- and post-tests are used to assess other learning results. The results showed that digital sensors and teacher mediation scaffolded children's participation in environmental health.

Power and politics in migration narrative methodology: Research with young Congolese migrants in Uganda

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Clark-Kazak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Personal Boundaries ◽  
Migration Narratives ◽  
Narrative Methodology

This paper explores the power dynamics inherent in qualitative research involving migration narratives. Drawing on the author’s experiences collecting life histories and constructing narratives of Congolese young people in Uganda, this article addresses the ethical and methodological issues of representivity, ownership, anonymity and confidentiality. It also explores the importance of investment in relationships in migration narrative research, but also the difficulties that arise when professional and personal boundaries become blurred.

The Impact of Visual Thinking Approach to Promote Elementary Students’ Problem Solving Skill in Mathemathics

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fendrik ◽  
Elvina Elvina
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Visual Thinking ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Student Skill ◽  
Mathematical Skill ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine the influence of visual thinking learning to problemsolving skill. Quasi experiments with the design of this non-equivalent controlgroup involved Grade V students in one of the Elementary Schools. The design ofthis study was quasi experimental nonequivalent control group, the researchbullet used the existing class. The results of research are: 1) improvement ofproblem soving skill. The learning did not differ significantly between studentswho received conventional learning. 2) there is no interaction between learning(visual thinking and traditional) with students' mathematical skill (upper, middleand lower) on the improvement of skill. 3) there is a difference in the skill oflanguage learning that is being constructed with visual learning of thought interms of student skill (top, middle and bottom).

THE TROUBLED JOURNEYS OF SCHOOL DROP-OUTS: WASTAGE, REDEMPTION AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Andile Dube ◽  
Mokubung Nkomo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Second Chance Education ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Drop Outs ◽  
Second Chance

The study traces the pathways of young people who dropped out of school between grades 1 to 11 as they seek re-entrance to the education, training and development (ETD) system, or entrance into the labour market. Particular attention is given to the factors that determine the choices that drop-outs make in either re-entering the ETD system or entering the labour market. An analysis of the experiences of the interviewed sample of drop-outs is presented. The study employs a qualitative research methodology, using interviews to elicit the experiences of drop-outs and school managers. Through snowballing, 14 youths and three principals were selected from a township south of Durban. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted. The findings provide insights into the drop-outs’ perceptions regarding the value of investing in education. They are discussed further in relation to the respective theories used in the study. The concluding section suggests the need for investments in second chance education by government and the private sector, and proposes an integrated model to assist young people who re-enter psychologically and emotionally.

Generational Change in Chinese Journalism: Developing Mannheim’s Theory of Generations for Contemporary Social Conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Generational Theory ◽  
Original Theory ◽  
The Mainland Of China ◽  
And Shifts

Abstract This article develops Karl Mannheim’s theory of generations as a tool to analyze the profound changes that journalism is experiencing in the mainland of China. The article begins with a discussion of generational theory. It demonstrates that the development of critical journalism that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s was the result of a unique combination of circumstances. A range of factors, including the introduction of digital technologies and shifts in the political atmosphere, have restricted that kind of journalism. Young people entering journalism today confront different circumstances and their resultant views, as well as their journalistic activities, are significantly different, and less engaged, than those of their seniors. The article concludes by discussing the theoretical modifications which are essential to make the original theory more suitable for contemporary conditions.

scholarly journals The mirroring hypothesis: theory, evidence, and exceptions

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyra J Colfer ◽  
Carliss Y Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Relational Contracts ◽  
Industry Studies ◽  
Hypothesis Theory ◽  
Organizational Ties

Abstract The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical dependencies in the work being performed. This article presents a unified picture of mirroring in terms of theory, evidence, and exceptions. First, we formally define mirroring and argue that it is an approach to technical problem-solving that conserves scarce cognitive resources. We then review 142 empirical studies, divided by organizational form into (i) industry studies, (ii) firm studies, and (iii) studies of open collaborative projects. The industry and firm studies indicate that mirroring is a prevalent pattern but not universal. However, in technologically dynamic industries, partial mirroring, where knowledge boundaries are drawn more broadly than operational boundaries, is likely to be a superior strategy. Firms can also strategically ‘break the mirror’ by implementing modular partitions within their boundaries, or by building relational contracts across their boundaries. Finally, studies of open collaborative projects, most of which focused on software, were not supportive of the hypothesis. We argue that digital technologies make possible new modes of coordination that enable groups to deviate from classical mirroring as seen in firms.

You are never too old to be happy. What has life taught the elderly?

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-198
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Sygulska
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Older People ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Family Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Interview ◽  
Elder People

Elder people have knowledge and experience – they can share them with other people. Seniors can teach young people different things. Their stories can indicate what is important in life and what should be avoided. The article presents the results of qualitative research (interview) on the lessons learned from the life experiences of the older people. The analysis of own research is preceded by the theoretical introduction about wisdom of life. Respondents highlighted mostly the importance of family, health, self-care and relationships with other people (friendship, honesty and respect towards others). Life showed them how important are: faith in God, enjoying every moment, patience in pursuing a goal, independently deciding about own life, realising your dreams, and work. Life experiences showed them how to deal with problems and that a person learns all life. They learned rules such as: money does not bring happiness, you cannot trust everyone, live the present and the good comes back. The elderly said that a person should make efforts to be happy.

Wedges: Stories as Simple Machines

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110459
Author(s):  
Sally Campbell Galman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Children's Narratives ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Simple Machines ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Diverse Children

This piece of comics-based research (CBR) details the use of arts-based methods in ongoing research with young transgender or otherwise gender diverse children. Drawing from both the anthropology of childhood and draw–write–tell research in public health, the central innovation of this methodology hinges on gathering children’s narratives in a less coercive manner that holds their stories intact and produces better, more trustworthy research. Discussion includes problematizing and problem-solving contemporary “child friendly” methodology, exploring the role of the child informant in qualitative research, and illustrating how arts methods can inform deeper understanding of participant data when applied in a systematic format.

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