scholarly journals Book Review: Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Sally Moffitt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
School Students ◽  
Important People ◽  
The Creation

Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic is essentially an abridged edition of the editors’ earlier two-volume The Jim Crow Encyclopedia published by Greenwood Press in 2008. The 275 entries in the latter edition have been pared down to 104 “geared toward the needs of high school students” and selected to “focus on the most important people, events, and institutions involved in the creation, maintenance, and eventual dismembering of Jim Crow” (xv).

scholarly journals Book Review: American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Madeline Veitch
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Native American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Selective Approach ◽  
Upper Level

In his preface to American Indian Culture, Editor Bruce E. Johansen outlines a highly selective approach to documenting historical and contemporary expressions of Native American cultures. Aimed at upper level-high school students and college undergraduates, this work is framed not as an encyclopedic resource but as “an introduction to a large and rich field of study” focused on “the interface of tradition and change” across cultural expressions such as art, literature, music, and dance (xiii).

scholarly journals Environmental Education, Knowledge, and High School Students’ Intention toward Separation of Solid Waste on Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanhui Liao ◽  
Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Important People ◽  
Separation Behavior

To achieve substantial and sustainable levels of separation of municipal solid waste (MSW), it is essential to engage young people as they are important drivers of change and will have a major influence on the future of the world. This study aimed to understand Chinese high school students’ intention toward the separation of solid waste on campus (SSWC). The study has used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as its theoretical framework, and further incorporates two additional constructs (environmental education and environmental knowledge) to explain the separation of solid waste (SSW) behavior of 562 high school students. The results indicate that environmental education is essential to ensure that students have required knowledge and positive attitudes toward SSWC. Knowledge was the best predictor of high school students’ separation behavior. Moreover, a lack of subjective norm from the important people could prevent students from participating in this process, regardless of their positive attitudes. The implications for policy and scope for further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Sunday TV Mass as a Ritual Communication among the youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1591-1599
Author(s):  
Glenn Irwin Cruz Reynon
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mass Medium ◽  
Cultivation Theory ◽  
Good News ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Ritual Communication

Sunday TV Mass (STVM) is one of the Catholic Churchs initiatives for evangelization via media. Primarily produced to spread the Good News, it is specifically for the sick and physically incapable since they cannot go to churches to attend Mass and fulfill their Sunday obligation. However, since the broadcast Mass is communicated through a mass medium and is exposed to a wider audience than necessarily targeted, some people, the adolescents (youth) in particular, make STVM an excuse to forego Mass attendance in their respective churches. This experimental study will focus on STVM on its role as evangelizer and catalyst to ritual formation. James Careys theory of Ritual Communication describes this practice as an enabler to the creation of a community of believers among the youth and George Gerbners Cultivation Theory on how television creates a worldview that unravels ritualistic experience by watching STVM. The respondents of the study are 40 high school students of Angelicum College.  Selected purposively, the students were instructed and monitored to watch STVM for four Sundays. These students are top achievers in their Religion subjects and are exposed to different religious activities in their school.

scholarly journals Applying the Benefits of Peer Assessment to the High School English Classroom

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
David O'Flaherty
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School English ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
English Classes ◽  
The Creation

The vast majority of studies and literature relating to peer assessment has focused on university level students. Proponents of peer assessment (PA) argue that the active involvement of students in the creation of assessment criteria, ongoing feedback, and the opportunity to grade and be graded by their peer group leads to greater understanding and ownership of the learning process. Critics of the process point to students’ reluctance and lack of ability to effectively engage in the process of assessment. Limited knowledge and a lack of confidence in their ability could result in the assessment element of PA being a step too far for high school students. Involving students in the creation of assessment criteria and the giving and receiving of feedback are, however, elements of PA that can be adopted for use in high school English classes in Japan. ピアアセスメント（生徒相互評価）に関する研究や考察は大学レベルの生徒に焦点が当てられているものが大多数である。ピアアセスメントの肯定論者は、生徒自身が積極的に評価基準の作成に関わること及びフィードバックの生徒間相互付与が、学習過程における理解深化及び積極性を高めるのに非常に有効であると主張し、否定論者は限られた知識及び自身の能力に対する自信の欠如を挙げ、生徒の非積極性と評価基準作成に対する能力の欠如を指摘する。本論では、評価基準作成における生徒の参加、フィードバックの相互付与といったピアアセスメントの要素の、高等学校英語授業における有効性について述べる。

scholarly journals The formation of interpretation skills in high-school students of secondary schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
Natalia Negrych ◽  
Iryna Kuzmych
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Main Task ◽  
School Students ◽  
Processing Strategies ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Creation

The article is devoted to the formation of interpretation skills in high-school students and teaching the notions of interpretation with the purpose of obtaining interpretation competence. There were presented didactic principles of translation teaching during English lessons. We emphasized the importance of adhering to the principles of translation training, as well as highlighting effective principles that should be applied for methodical reasons. The main task of the teacher at the initial stage of studying translation can be defined − teaching students to distinguish and identify structured elements of translation, the reasons for their use and the ability to operate the components of interpretation. Particular attention is given to the formation and development of the interpreter's skills. The main task of the teacher was defined and a set of exercises was developed. The four stages for the formation a competent specialist lead to obtaining special interpreter's skills in accordance with international and economical needs in the contemporary labor market. The teacher has to teach student that interpreter has to be an active translator of the communication act between the sender of the message and its recipient. Interpreting competence implies the ability of the translator to use target-processing strategies that can be targeted. The results of the implementation of the proposed exercises involve the creation of a situation in the English lesson that would clearly reproduce the realities of a modern, competitive interpreter.

scholarly journals Book Review: How They Lived: An Annotated Tour of Daily Life through History in Primary Sources

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Carla Wilson Buss
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Middle Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ancient Times

How They Lived: An Annotated Tour of Daily Life through History in Primary Sources is an excellent two-volume set to start upper elementary, middle-grade, and even early high school students on the path to discovering the excitement and value of primary sources. Ciment, an independent scholar, has crafted a tool that is fairly unique in the field: introducing younger researchers to primary sources from ancient times to the present day. How They Lived uses both objects and documents, which will grab the interest of younger students.

scholarly journals Book Review: Asian American Religious Cultures

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Garrett Trott
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Asian American ◽  
School Students ◽  
Religious Cultures

Asian American Religious Cultures (AARC) is an encyclopedic collection of essays and entries aimed at high school students, college undergraduates, and nonspecialist readers. This collection, written by a variety of experts, touches upon specific elements of Asian American religious cultures.

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