Search results for "secondary school"

Unequal Attainments: Ethnic educational inequalities in ten Western countries

2014

Western countries have become increasingly diverse in recent decades and these demographic trends are certain to continue. The resulting ethnic diversity is a major challenge to policy-makers, who need to tackle issues of social justice and social integration. Education plays a pivotal role since it is the major stepping stone for the children of immigrants to successful economic integration and also plays a major role in social and political integration more generally since education gives access to the skills, resources and contacts which enable individuals to participate fully in the life of their society. Our central research questions are: Do the descendants of migrants experience equa…

Associations between observed patterns of classroom interactions and teacher wellbeing in lower secondary school

2019

Classroom observations and teacher self-reports were used to examine the relationships between patterns of teacherestudent interactions and the wellbeing of Norwegian lower secondary school teachers. Latent profile analysis identified four subgroups. Teacherestudent interactions and the teachers' wellbeing were inter-related in that teachers who were observed to be high in all the interaction domains (Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support) perceived themselves as having high job satisfaction. The results showed that improving teachers’ wellbeing has the potential to improve teacherestudent interactions and vice versa. The study also discusses the use of classr…

eCity: Virtual City Environment for Engineering Problem Based Learning

2015

The main objective of the eCITY project is to design, develop and validate a pedagogical methodology, supported by an online, collaborative, city-development simulation engine (Simcity like) that stimulates the integration and continuous exploitation of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in engineering and science schools but, at the same time, fostering the interest for these orientations in secondary school students. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd15.2015.447

Application of remote experiments in a secondary school using MOOC approach

2017

This paper presents first attempt to incorporate remote and virtual experiments in MOOC environment for the secondary school instruction. In case study the VISIR+ remote experiment of the WebLab-Deusto was used. The basic topic of physics “Resistors in series” was suggested for the mentioned above experiment. The open edX platform was employed to build the MOOC for the school lesson — we named it ‘micro-MOOC’. The results could be helpful for secondary school sector representatives, education instructors, parents and policy makers to respond to current and future education needs.

Angļu valodas mācīšanās motivāciju ietekmējošie faktori vidējās izglītības iestādē, 5 un 9. klašu skolēniem

2019

Šī darba mērķis ir pētīt skolēnu motivāciju, mācoties angļu valodu, un noteikt faktorus, kas vidusskolas skolēnus motivē mācīties angļu valodu. Darbā tiek pētīts, cik lielā mērā angļu valodas mācīšanās motivāciju ietekmē tādi faktori kā dzimums, valodas mācību ilgums kā arī zināšanu līmenis. Teorētiskajā daļā apskatītas galvenās motivācijas teorijas, kuru izpratne ir nepieciešama, lai saprastu galvenos motivācijas konceptus otrās valodas apguvē. Balstoties uz informāciju, kas iegūta aptaujājot vidusskolas skolēnus, praktiskajā daļā izskaidroti un interpretēti faktori, kuri visvairāk ietekmē skolēnu motivāciju mācīties angļu valodu.

Parents' perceptions and experiences of home and school cooperation in English teaching in the secondary school

2008

El problema de la generación de residuos urbanos entre los contenidos de geografía de la enseñanza secundaria obligatoria

2002

Una de las características del problema de los Residuos Urbanos en nuestro país es la escasa conciencia ambiental de los ciudadanos. En este trabajo se exponen las grandes posibilidades que ofrece el currículo del Área de “Ciencias Sociales, Geografía e Historia” de la Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria (E.S.O.) para llevar a cabo acciones de Educación Ambiental, destacando así la capacidad de los profesores de Geografía para intentar mejorar la situación actual. Solid wastes generation problem into Secondary School Geography´s contents Citizenship’s low environmental conscience is a characteristic of Solid Wastes situation in Spain. In this paper, “Social Sciences, Geography and History” cur…

Análisis de los modelos matemáticos producidos durante la resolución de problemas de Fermi

2017

[EN] In this paper, we present an analysis of written productions of 16 year-old students while solving Estimation Problems involving Big Numbers (EPiBN). This kind of problems is a particular type of Fermi problems and allows us to introduce modelling processes in Secondary school classrooms. Our analysis supports on the characterization of mathematical models developed by students based on the model definition of Lesh and Harel. The results show that, through the analysis of EPiBN resolutions, differentiating aspects can be distinguished between the models produced by students without modelling experience of those produced by students with prior experience, especially in the concepts and …

Variation in situation-specific engagement among lower secondary school students

2018

The majority of previous research has examined school engagement as an overall student characteristic. The present study contributes to the field by examining variation in students' situation-specific engagement from one lesson to another and by investigating situational determinants of such variation. An intensive one-week lesson-to-lesson data collection was conducted in four lower secondary school classrooms. Students rated their situation-specific engagement at the end of each lesson with a mobile-based InSitu instrument. Data comprising a total of 57 students and 1328 ratings were analyzed with two-level hierarchical multivariate model (between students, and within students between les…

Cognition of Korean-English secondary school teachers about intercultural dimension in EFL teaching

2016

The importance of intercultural competence in education has been recognized in order to promote students’ tolerance and empathy towards others in the globalized world. Being the first and foremost foreign language subject in Korea, English classroom is considered to be the right place to address different cultures and the intercultural competence. Then, how English teachers understand intercultural competence would be important since it would greatly affect their teaching. The aim of this study is to investigate how Korean-English secondary school teachers understand intercultural dimension in EFL teaching in relation to their teaching context; and how their reported practices look like. 37…