High School Curriculum Research Articles

Problems and Countermeasures on the Implementation of Physical Education and Health Curriculum in High School from the Perspective of Chinese Modernization

Problems and Countermeasures on the Implementation of Physical Education and Health Curriculum in High School from the Perspective of Chinese Modernization

Playing with two rays of light

The special theory of relativity is currently included in the curricula of high school in many countries. For this reason, we often organize in-depth lessons on this topic and, in this paper, we summarize a lecture that we have given in some extra activities addressed to last year high school students stimulating pupils “to play” with Lorentz transformations. We found a simple relation that allows us to deduce the rest length of a relativistic train without knowing the relative velocity and without using the lorentz factor and spacetime distortions.

ENTRE EIXOS: FILOSOFIA NO ENEM A PARTIR DAS ORIENTAÇÕES COMPLEMENTARES AOS PARÂMETROS CURRICULARES NACIONAIS (PCN+)

ABSTRACT: This article examines how the themes proposed for philosophy at the high school level by the Complementary Guidelines to the Brazilian National Curricular Parameters (Orientações Complementares aos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais - PCN+) were materialized in philosophy questions in Brazilian National High School Exam (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio - Enem). In order to do so, 73 Humanities questions in the Enem tests betweeen 1998 and 2018 were identified as containing primarily philosophical topics. Then, each of these questions were classified in terms of the components of the PCN+ Parametres which it mobilized. By means of an analysis of the quantititative and qualitative coverage of the philosophy component of the exam through the years, this article illustrates some challenges and possibilities that the tests present to the implementation of curriculum normatives. This discussion is particularly important at this moment, when a new Enem is under construction, to adjust to the New High School Curriculum and the new National Common Core (BNCC), especially considering the emphasis that these documents place on concepts such as integration, interdisciplinarity, and autonomy as means to overcome fragmentation, be it between forms of knowledge, between people, between theory and practice. To conclude, I present a few indications about how these reflections contribute to flag points of attention relative to the continuing presence of philosophy in the exam considering its imminent reformulation.

Developing and Evaluating an Educational Program on Aging in the High School Curriculum

Developing and Evaluating an Educational Program on Aging in the High School Curriculum

Research on Teaching Strategies of Deep Learning in High School Mathematics from the Perspective of Core literary

With the further deepening and development of China's new curriculum reform, cultivating students' core literacy is not only one of the major needs of education reform in China, but also an inevitable need to further cultivate students' professional quality. There is no doubt that high school mathematics, as an important subject of the main subject, occupies an important position in the high school curriculum. It is necessary to use the teaching method of "deep learning" to effectively improve students' mathematical literacy and enhance their core literacy. Higher requirements are put forward in "deep learning" for the classroom teaching of math teachers in high school. This paper takes the cultivation of students' core literacy as the starting point, according to the current situation of high school mathematics classroom teaching, and deeply explores the teaching strategies of the teaching method of "deep learning" of high school mathematics.

Phenomenological Probe on Senior High School Teachers’ Experiences in Teaching Sports Track During the Transition Years of Philippine K To 12

The Philippine education system is currently under transition due to the implementation of Republic Act 10533, also known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act. Since its enactment in 2013, physical education researchers have been examining the initial impact of this transition. Yet, investigations to determine teachers' challenges in the sports Track Program of the senior high school curriculum were barely sufficient. Hence, this research was conducted to probe the challenges of these teachers using a qualitative phenomenology research design. Research participants from selected schools in the Cotabato Province in the Philippines were involved in focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and extensive field observation. Six significant concerns from the research participants transpired; these are difficulties with online learning, mismatched of students’ interests; unrealistic curriculum; inadequate facilities; overloaded teaching loads; and struggles of non-physical education graduates. The findings then served as crucial elements in drawing conclusions and recommendations to better implement the sports track program in the Philippine senior high school curriculum.

СТРАТЕГІЯ НАВЧАННЯ СТАРШОКЛАСНИКІВ РЕДАГУВАННЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОМОВНОГО ТЕКСТУ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ ТАКТИК ЛАТЕРАЛЬНОГО МИСЛЕННЯ

Background. Teaching editing, being an effective tool of building up students’ text competence, faces a number of challenges. To foster high school students’ mastering the skills of effective text creation and written production, Ukrainian language teachers are searching for teaching strategies to improve their students’ literacy, increase motivation and induce thinking. Lateral thinking techniques are viewed as a powerful instrument to develop students’ text competence through teaching editing. Purpose: The aim of the article is to present the strategy of teaching the Ukrainian language text editing to 10-11graders using lateral thinking techniques; to analyze how lateral thinking techniques stimulate the interest of students in editing activities and build up their text competence. Methodology. The study was conducted in November-December 2022; the participants were 10th-grade (n=25) and 11th-grade (n=24) students of specialist philology-oriented school No 98 of Kyiv. The authors of the article designed the research framework; its implementation involved interviewing five Ukrainian language and literature teachers of the above-mentioned school with 9-17 years of teaching experience to specify the problem areas; selecting texts and designing tasks for the students to practice correcting and editing the suggested texts. Results and discussion. The study confirmed the effectiveness of introducing lateral thinking techniques into the Ukrainian language teaching editing; resulted in designing sample exercises with instructions to be included in the high school curriculum for developing the skills of text production and editing. Translations as a variety of texts to edit have proven to stimulate students’ interest and creativity. Further steps are to be taken to compile a manual for teachers to implement lateral thinking techniques into the Ukrainian language teaching editing to foster high schoolers building up their text production and editing competences.

Holoreact: chemistry experiment game with hologram based to enhance learning on senior high school level

The survey conducted on 104 students from 14 schools through online questionnaires found that students considered chemistry as a complex subject. This is also supported by the declining score result from chemistry's National Examination, specifically in the analytic chemistry section for the past three years. Based on the survey, students were interested in learning chemistry through an experiment hologram-based game because it is more immersive and easier to observe. Hence a chemistry experiment hologram-based game is made using the ELEKTRA method, which aims to teach high-school chemistry concepts for analytic chemistry. The test result from students showed an increase of understanding for 47% - 62% in both pre and post-experiment quiz scores. Based on the expert's interview result, the game's content has been compatible with the current high school curriculum.

The Strengthening of Liberal Arts Education in High Schools with the Introduction of the High School Credit System

By introducing a credit system instead of a unit system, the high school credit system can accelerate the learner-centered curriculum that has become common in universities. If the proportion of common essential subjects in the high school curriculum is reduced, the choice of liberal arts and the possibility of opening new subjects will increase. The purpose of this article was to track the transition process of liberal arts education in Korea, analyze the 2015 revised curriculum of high school liberal arts curriculum, and suggest improvement measures derived from the standard model of university liberal arts and basic education. In the analysis and derivation of improvement plans, the focus was on the purpose of liberal arts education, the liberal arts curriculum, and liberal arts subjects. As results of this study, it is unclear whether the liberal arts curriculum in Korea is to prepare students for university education or whether it maintains its unique identity in high school. The goal of high school liberal arts education is not set independently, so it is pushed to the periphery. According to the 2015 revised curriculum, the liberal arts area is mixed with the <i>living area</i>. The failure to set clear demarcation lines between certain areas also causes problems in the adequacy of liberal arts subjects. For example, applied studies such as pedagogy, career and occupation, health, and practical economy are included in the list of liberal arts subjects. In this article, after pointing out the urgency of a reclassification of high school liberal arts subjects, it was proposed that we should normalize high school liberal arts education and enhance its status by actively utilizing the standard model of university liberal arts and basic education of the Korea National Institute for General Education. In the future, it was predicted that the current problems revealed in light of the nature of liberal arts education could be mitigated, if not solved, through collaboration with a group of liberal arts education experts in the revision of high school liberal arts education.

The Effect of Picture Series on Teaching English Writing

Junior high school students are expected to create short essays, and concise texts, according to the junior high school curriculum. The issue is that students are unable to communicate their thoughts. It is proved that when the teacher asks the students to write about recount text or narrative text, they only write a few sentences, and they also make mistakes in using grammar patterns. This research aims to reveal the effect of picture series in teaching writing, and whether students who were taught through a picture series goa t better scores than those who were taught through the conventional method. This research used a quasi-experimental design. The finding showed that picture series could enable students to explore their ideas. The students were able to create and use their imagination to write well after watching the picture series. The result of the T-test analysis showed that the sig (2-tailed) was 0.000, which was lower than 0.05 level significance (0.000 < 0.05). It was assumed that the mean score difference between the experimental and control groups was significant. Thus, it was enough to reject the null hypothesis, which means that picture series-based E-learning significantly affected students’ writing, especially in writing narrative text.

E-스쿨 프로그램에 대한 고교 학생선수 인식

The purpose of this study is to examine the actual conditions and perceptions of student athletes from the perspective of responsible education in the e-school program developed and operated to guarantee student athletes' academic deficits and right to study. The research method applied the case study method, and 14 student athletes in S area were finally selected using intentional sampling and convenience sampling. As a result of the study, first, the study participants were simultaneously conducting and solving the e-school program by mobilizing their families. Second, the study participants perceived the current e-school system as a public authority performed by the state with high school graduation and participation in competitions as collateral rather than educational effects. Therefore, in order to prepare for the implementation of the high school credit system, it is necessary to review a plan to reduce the scope of the school policy to elementary and middle school students subject to the current compulsory education. In addition, training (practice) should also be applied and reorganized by the current level of the physical education high school curriculum or the establishment or expansion of optional subjects(student athletes).

BOLSTERING DEEP LEARNING WITH METHODS AND PLATFORMS FOR TEACHING PROGRAMMING

After decades of effort informatics and programming are part of the high school curriculum in Slovakia. The demand and popularity of IT impacts the education and continuously conquers space. Nowadays informatics is present from primary schools in the examined region. Although the students are more exposed to IT compared to previous generations learning programming offers numerous challenges for the beginners. Our goal is to streamline and deepen the learning process by evaluating the learning habits and observe the usage of a newly implemented platform. To improve the understanding of the currently prioritised learning styles we combined the advantages of survey with more direct interview methods. Based on the multilateral data collected from students’ and teachers’ perspective we provide methodological recommendations on improving the programming education to facilitate deep learning.

Analysis of critical thinking ability based on student gender through the implementation of independent curriculum in chemistry learning

The implementation of the independent curriculum in high schools after the Covid-19 pandemic has become a challenge for teachers and education implementers because the demands of 21st century education must fulfill the 4C skills, one of which is critical thinking for male and female students. This research is a descriptive quantitative research, with a one group control posttest only research design, to analyze students' critical thinking skills in chemistry learning with an independent curriculum when viewed from gender differences. The population in this study is students senior high school in Jakarta, and the samples used in this study were 58 students consisting of 34 male students and 22 female students who were taken by random technique. Instrument test in this study was multiple choice questions consisting of 15 questions, which consisted of 3 sections according to Bloom's taxonomy, namely questions number 1-5 on C4, numbers 6-10 on C5 and numbers 11-15 on C6. The test instrument used is valid through the revision results according to the expert validator's input. The instruments used to obtain information regarding critical thinking skills were analyzed descriptively and the average male score was 56.67 (N=34), while for female it was 57.27 (N=22). Based on these data, the difference in critical thinking ability when viewed from gender differences is only 0.60 on a scale of 100 (Sig. <0.05). Furthermore, further test results show that there are differences in the critical thinking abilities of male and female students when learning chemistry in the independent curriculum.

Developing Students’ Leadership Spirit during COVID-19 Pandemic through Virtual-Based Scouting Activities

This research aims to analyze scouting activities’ implementation to improve students’ leadership qualities during the COVID-19 epidemic. This study used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The subject of this study consisted of 17 individuals: 1 school policymaker, 1 scout coach, and 15 scout members in Angkasa Lanud Husen Sastranegara High School, Bandung, Indonesia. Observation, interview and documentation study were data collection techniques used in this research. The findings of the study consisted of 1) scouting activities were included in the high school curriculum to prepare students to become individuals with good character and independence, have a spirit of leadership and concern for the environment, and equip students with positive activities before entering the community; 2) Virtual-based scouting education activities consisted of online scouting training with a leadership theme, to foster students’ leadership, scout members participated in virtual activities such as seminars, discussions, watching YouTube videos on the subject of scouting, and participating in Zoom Meeting on commemorating Scouting Day. The students attended Twigs and scout coaches’ training on scout groups throughout the pandemic. They also did the practice putting Tri Satya and Dhasa Dharma into practice in daily life. Students administered and applied the General Proficiency Requirements’ points. They played active roles in the quiz competition, which seeks to build a culture of sportsmanship and leadership, improving their capacity to communicate in a forum, acquire knowledge, assume responsibility, and gain experience. The scout members also practice developing a sense of leadership in their communities at home. They practiced serving as the prayer leader in the mosque, the imam of home prayers, and guided their younger ones to recite Quran. This research recommends that virtual-based scouting activities can be applied in all schools with more variations of programs and more appreciation for the students’ leadership improvement.

Analysis of Critical and Creative Thinking Aspects in The Science Textbook of Merdeka Curriculum Materials of Measurement in Scientific Work

This study aimed to identify the elements of critical and creative thinking in the Measuring Merdeka High School Curriculum in Science textbooks. This research uses a qualitative descriptive research type. The data source was the Science textbook for SMA Class X Merdeka Curriculum. The instrument used in this research is the researcher as the main instrument. This research's supporting agents are data collection and analysis guides. The data collection procedure in this study was to use documentation techniques. This study's stages of data analysis include data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results showed that the Merdeka High School Curriculum Science textbook on Measurement in Scientific Work contains four elements of critical thinking and seven elements of creative thinking. This research implies that future results of this study can be used as reference material and references in further research

Cross-Cultural Aspects of Familie Theme in Learning German as a Foreign Language for Grade XI of Senior High School

This research aims to describe the cross-cultural aspects of the Familie theme in learning German and its implementation in learning German for XI grade of Senior High School. This research method used literature review: German curriculum for high school, syllabus, lesson plans, German language textbooks for A1 level high school, books, research results, and articles related to the use of intercultural learning methods. Then, all research data are grouped in tabular form, summarized and narrated. The results showed that the cross-cultural aspects studied in learning German for XI gradecontained in Familie theme consisted of the sub-themes Familienaktivitäten, Familienstammbaum, Familienalbum, and Familienname. Cross-cultural aspects could be implemented in learning German in XI grade Senior High School with three methods, they are discussion method, the comparing and commenting method, and the Stationenlernen method. Among the three methods, comparing and commenting methods are recommended to be implemented in learning German in XI grade of Senior High School.

Knowledge of reproductive health rights and its associated factors among Wolkite University undergraduate students, Wolkite, southern Ethiopia

Abstract Objective: Reproductive health (RH) rights are the rights of all persons, regardless of age, sex, or other traits, and they have the freedom to make decisions about their sexuality and RH. However, there is limited information about Ethiopians’ understanding of RH rights. Because little is known about the degree of knowledge and relevant predictors in the study area, this study was carried out to fill in the gaps. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 3 January to 25 January 2021 G.C to determine the knowledge level of RH rights and its associated factors among Wolkite University undergraduate medical students. The minimum estimated sample size was computed by using the simple population proportion formula of 95% confidence interval (CI), with 5% of marginal error, which was 318 students. The students were stratified based on their academic year and department. Each student was selected from each department by using the simple random sampling method based on their ID numbers. Data were collected by using a pre-tested, structured self-administered questionnaire. Epi Info version 3.5.1 was used for data coding, entering, and cleaning, and then the data were exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 for advanced analysis. The associated factors were identified by performing analysis for bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: More than half (56.33%) of the participants were knowledgeable about reproductive and sexual rights and participated in RH clubs (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.94, 95% CI: 1.46, 5.91). The paternal educational level (AOR: 2.89, 95% CI: 1.34, 5.65) had an association with the knowledge of reproductive health rights. Conclusions: The students’ knowledge regarding reproductive and sexual rights was found to be little. The Ethiopia Ministry of Education has to include reproductive and sexual rights in the curriculum of high school and higher institution studies.

What Varaždin high school students know and think about fascism and anti-fascism?

In this paper, the author presents the results of a survey conducted electronically from the beginning of March to the end of May 2021 among students of nine high schools in Varaždin on their knowledge and attitudes about fascism and anti-fascism. The survey consisted of 20 questions, and the answers were given by 356 students. This paper does not bring critiques or suggestions of the history curriculum for high schools, but presents some of its results. Special attention was paid to the events marking the 80th anniversary of the persecution of Jews in Varaždin (1941-2021), which were held during July 2021.

The Implementation of Karate Martial Arts Learning According to The Pjok Curriculum at Junior High Schools in East Telukjambe District

This study aims to determine the implementation of martial arts learning in junior high schools in east Telukjambe district. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. The method used in this study was a survey. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.977. The subjects in this study were physical education teachers in the east telukjambe sub-district as many as 7 teachers. Data analysis or data processing techniques use the Respondent Achievement Rate (TCR). The results of the study found that the implementation of karate martial arts learning in accordance with the PJOK curriculum in junior high schools in east telukjambe district was in the very low category of 46.72% in terms of 6 indicators, learning preparation indicators of 57.70% in the low category, learning process indicators of 42.85% in the very low category, learning evaluation indicators of 45.71% in the very low category, facilities and infrastructure indicators 47.99% very low category, time allocation indicators 42.13% very low category, curriculum indicators 43.99% very low categories. This shows that the implementation of karate martial arts learning in junior high schools in east telukjambe district has not been carried out as it should be.

Examining students’ knowledge of infant feeding: A non-experimental descriptive study

Introduction: Breastfeeding rates in Canada are suboptimal, putting mothers and their infants’ health at risk. Understanding breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes in the university student population is important as many are likely to become parents in the future. University students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding infant feeding has been studied internationally; however, no studies including both female and male students have been conducted in Canada. The purpose of this study was to determine breastfeeding experiences, education, knowledge, infant feeding attitude and perceptions of the difference in mode of infant feeding among university students which can be used to inform future health promotion campaigns and school curriculum. Methods: A non-experimental, descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in which data from university students was collected to to identify knowledge and attitude toward breastfeeding identify differences in knowledge of breast and bottle feeding. Results: Findings suggest 65% (n=117) of university students had no previous knowledge of breastfeeding practices. Conclusion: Breastfeeding information within the high school curriculum is needed to support evidence-informed preconception infant feeding choices and increase future parents' understanding of how breastfeeding works to assist them in meeting their future infant feeding goals and increase breastfeeding rates.