Egyptian Secondary School Research Articles

Unlocking Potential: Navigating CLT for Adolescent English Learners in Egyptian Public Schools

This study critically analyzes the intricate relationship between age and Second Language Acquisition (SLA), particularly within the framework of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings. Recent research challenges conventional views on the optimal age for language acquisition, highlighting the diverse factors influencing learning across different life stages. Insights from contemporary studies offer a nuanced understanding of the multifaceted aspects shaping language acquisition, prompting a reevaluation of age-related concepts in SLA. Utilizing a mixed-method approach integrating literature review and personal reflection through autoethnography, the study investigates the complex dynamics between age and SLA within CLT frameworks in Egyptian government schools. It aims to offer valuable insights and implications for instructional practices tailored to adolescent English language learners in this context, including an examination of specific challenges and opportunities within the Egyptian secondary school EFL setting. The review concludes by exploring new perspectives on the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) and its implications for instructional practices in CLT-based environments for adolescent English language learners in Egyptian government schools.

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among General and Technical Secondary School Students in Egypt.

(1) Background: Children spend a lot of time within schools. The school setting generally has many ergonomic hazards and reinforced behavior patterns which put children at greater risk of environmental hazards than adults during their critical developmental stages. (2) Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and detect spinal deformities amongst general and technical secondary school students. (3) Methods: A total of 418 students from the second grade of secondary school in Shaquira governorate, Egypt participated in this cross-sectional study. Each student in the study was screened via Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and had their upper limb posture measured via RULA (Rapid Upper Limb assessment), and the deviation in their thoracic curve was measured using a scoliometer. (4) Results: There was a prevalence of MSDs amongst students as there were 69.7% of general school students and 83.8% of the technical school students suffering from MSDs with a statistically significant difference between both technical and general school students in RULA score and musculoskeletal complaints, whereas there were non-statistical differences in the scoliometer scale in both general and technical education students. (5) Conclusions: Musculoskeletal problems are prevalent among Egyptian secondary school students, with higher prevalence between technical school students. Therefore, preventive measures and strategies are recommended to overcome the future complications of these musculoskeletal disorders.

The Effect of the Reader Response Approach on Secondary School EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Texts

Abstract The present study aimed to introduce an alternative method for teaching the novel in Egyptian secondary schools. Teachers stated that there is no agreed upon method for teaching stories and novels. In addition, there is no Teacher Guide for teaching the novel provided by the Ministry of Education. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the Effect of the Reader Response Approach (RRA) on Egyptian Secondary School EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension of narrative texts. For this purpose, the researcher designed a Program to teach the novel: Gulliver’s Travels based on the Reader Response Approach. One group comprising 35 Egyptian female students at a second-year secondary school participated in the study. A Reading Comprehension test was used to measure their comprehension of the novel at three comprehension levels. Results indicated the effectiveness of the Reader Response Approach in enhancing students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking. This finding proves that the RRA program had a significant impact on the participants’ overall reading skills.

Acne Vulgaris among Egyptian Secondary School Adolescents:Prevalence, Complementary Alternative Treatment and Impact on Quality Of Life

Acne Vulgaris among Egyptian Secondary School Adolescents:Prevalence, Complementary Alternative Treatment and Impact on Quality Of Life

Opinions of Egyptian Secondary School Teachers on Effectiveness of Hendy's 4Cs Model in Engaging Learning-Disabled Students

Opinions of Egyptian Secondary School Teachers on Effectiveness of Hendy's 4Cs Model in Engaging Learning-Disabled Students

The Development of a Suggested Internationalized Curriculum for Egyptian Prospective EFL Teachers

The Egyptian reform agenda targets the current Egyptian Teacher Education Curricula (ETEC). Reform should meet the national and international requirements. Accordingly, research attempted to evaluate the current English as a Foreign Language Teacher Education Curriculum (EFLTEC) and to suggest an Internationalized Curriculum for Egyptian Secondary School EFL Teachers’ Preparation. The suggested curriculum was developed in light of the insights gained from analyzing nine referenced documents namely; the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), National Academic Reference Standards (NARS), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL), National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Standards of the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation CAEP, the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST), Cambridge English Teaching Framework (CETF), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 21st Century Skills. Twenty six EFL fourth-year students participated in the pilot study and ninety six of the same majors and level participated in the main study. In addition, seventeen EFL experts participated in the study. The research project adopted the mixed research method so that document analysis technique, interview, questionnaire, Delphi technique, and focus group technique were used to collect the targeted quantitative and qualitative data. Results revealed that EFL majors (73.9%) were not satisfied with the current EFLTEC in terms of meeting the national and international teacher preparation requirements. Document analysis resulted in stating seven EFL preparation curriculum standards integrating national and international against which an Internationalized Secondary School EFL Teachers’ Education Curriculum was proposed.

The Effect of a WebQuest-Based Program (WQBP) on Optimizing EFL Students' Self-Regulation

T he study aimed at investigating the effect of a webquest-based program (WQBP) on developing Egyptian secondary school students' self-regulation. The participants of the study were 20 students of a governmental secondary school in the town of Temay AlAmdid , Mansoura, Egypt. They were divided onto two groups: experimental group = No 20 and the control group No = 20.The study sough to answer one main question: what is the effect of a proposed webquest-based program on students' self-regulation? Two other sub-questions were posed as well: what are the features of the proposed WQBP that can enhance Ss' self-regulation? And Does the WQBP affect the secondary stage students' self-regulation? The study hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between the WQBP and the Ss' SR. also there would be a statistically significant difference between the mean score of the experimental group and the control group on the post application of the SRQ in favor of the experimental group. A Self-Regulation Questionnaire (by Pintrich et al's, 1991) was used to measure students' self-regulation. The results were statistically treated using the SPSS package, 12th edition. The results indicated that the WQBP was effective in developing students' self-regulation. The study recommends using webquest in teaching EFL skills and subskills in addition to including it in teachers' professional development programs

The Effectiveness of a Suggested Metacognition-Oriented Programme in Developing Reading of Secondary School Students

The purpose of the study was to design a metacognition-oriented programme and to test its effectiveness in developing reading of Egyptian secondary school students. The sample of the study consisted of 140 students including both males and females distributed randomly between the experimental and control groups. Statistical analyses indicated that there were no significant differences between the mean scores of the students of the two groups in the pre-administration of the test. Significant differences were found between the mean scores of the students of the two groups in the post administration of the test in favour of those of the experimental. There were significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental-group students in the pre and post administrations of the test in favour of the post. No significant differences were found between the mean scores of the control-group students in the pre and post administrations of the test. Similarly, no significant differences were found between the mean scores of males and females in the experimental group in the post administration of the test. The programme proved to be effective with a gain ratio of 1.01.

Sleep Quality and Its Health Correlates Among Egyptian Secondary School Students

The objective of the recent study was to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality and to assess its psychological and general health correlates among secondary school students in the city of Assiut, Egypt. A cross sectional study was conducted among 829 secondary school students (selected by multistage stratified random sampling) aged 15–19 years in Assiut. Students filled in a self-administered questionnaire that included demographic data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale, general perception of health, and the short form of Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale. The prevalence of poor sleep quality (PSQI >5) was 72.5%. The mean PSQI score was 7.35 ± 2.94 standard deviation. Poor sleep quality was higher among females, urban residents and public school students. Correlates of poor sleep by multivariate analysis were age, urban residence, public education, mild to moderate and severe to very severe anxiety symptoms, severe to very severe depressive symptoms, excessive daytime sleepiness, and feeling fully active sometimes and not active at any time. Poor sleep quality was alarmingly highly prevalent among secondary school students, with significant health consequences. Increasing the awareness of the community especially adolescents, parents, and school teachers about healthy sleep is an essential priority.

Toxic Effects of the Most Prevalent Addicting Drugs among Some Egyptian Secondary School Students on the Reproductive System: Clinical and Experimental Study

Substance abuse among adolescents is an increasing social and medical problem in Egypt especially with lacking of information regarding prevalence and types of abused drugs. Drug abuse in this critical period of testicular development seems to affect fertility. The objectives of this work was to study the prevalence of addicting drugs among adolescent males in secondary public schools and to examine the insult of most prevalent drugs on the fertility of adolescent male albino rats. Participated students were subjected to a structured questionnaire and urine screening for drugs of abuse. The overall prevalence of abused drugs was 13.6%, tramadol was the most (50.5%) followed by cannabis (14.6%). Animal equivalent doses of tramadol & hashish were given orally to 60 male albino rats for 4 months to test their toxic effects on the reproductive system. Significant reduction in testicular weight, relative testicular weight, luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone in tramadol, hashish groups with the maximum decrease in combined tramadol+hashish group. Degenerative changes with sloughing &disorganization of epithelial cells were detected in H&E stained testicular sections in tramadol & hashish groups, while in the combined group the degeneration was severe with vaculation, interstitial fibrosis, hyalinization and no aggregated sperms in the lumen.It was concluded that the most prevalent abused drugs among adolescents were tramadol, hashish or combination. These drugs have a structural & functional disruption on the reproductive system in adolescent period.

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This research was carried out before the period described as Arab Spring in Egypt which is one of the highly effective countries of Middle East in political, economic and demographic structuring. The aim was to determine the Ottoman Turks image of Egyptian secondary school third grade students. Descriptive scanning model out of quantitative research procedures was used in the research and within this scope general scanning model was used. Secondary school third grade students who study in Egypt form the theoretical universe of the research. Convenience/accidental sampling method was preferred while choosing sample out of the universe of the research. Third grade students who studied in a village secondary school and had their last lessons in Egypt form the sample group. The scale which was developed by the researcher was used as data collection tool in the research. In the scale, there are 2 open cloze and 4 multiple-choice questions and 19 items to be answered according to the 3-point Likert scale. The data obtained from Likert scale was analyzed with the SPSS 21 package programme. Analyses were made via Cronbach's Alpha, t-test, one-way ANOVA technique, Chi-squared test, frequency and percentage analysis. It was concluded in the research that the Ottoman perception of the aforementioned students were indecisive close to negative. Key words: Ottoman image, Egypt, comparative education.

Some Modern Trends in Educational Leadership and Its Role in Developing the Performance of the Egyptian Secondary School Managers

The study Aimed developing the performance of secondary school managers in Egypt in light of some modern trends for educational leadership throw identifying the problems that face those managers, identifying the requirements of the application of those trends and identifying new roles for those managers in the light of these trends. The study problem: The Egyptian secondary schools are suffering from more problems that eliminate from Efficient and effective performance of the managers of those schools. These influential problems are creating the need for new trends to the leading of the Egyptian secondary schools. The study problem is summarized in the main following question what is the role of modern trends in educational leadership in the development of secondary school performance managers in Egypt? The study used a descriptive approach for its suitability for the nature of the study. The study found out many results one of the most important results is revealed that the Egyptian secondary school managers find it difficult to meet the new managerial expectations that are brought about by the changes in educational environment and frequent problems that faced them. The study suggested organizing training programs to the manager of the Egyptian secondary school for training in the application of these modern trends and Develop mechanisms to motivate the Egyptian secondary school managers on the application of these modern trends.

Screening for depression in a sample of Egyptian secondary school female students

Depression is common in female adolescents. Data on prevalence rates, socio-demographic correlates, and putative risk factors in Egyptian population are needed along with better screening tools to inform future research and service development. We aimed to estimate the point prevalence of depression in a representative sample of Egyptian female students; to detect the sensitivity and specificity of CDI as a screening tool, and to highlight some putative risk factors associated with depression. Multistage random selection of 602 female students from public and private secondary schools in Eastern Cairo. All participants were subjected to screening using the Children Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Non-patient version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV axis-I disorders. Depression was estimated to be 15.3% by CDI in comparison to 13.3% by SCID-I/NP. The sensitivity and specificity of CDI were 74.8% and 97.6% respectively. Regression Analysis pointed to a number of predictive factors as; academic underachievement, quarrelsome family atmosphere, socioeconomic status, negative life events and family history of psychiatric disorders. The cross-sectional design, the lack of collateral information and access to records precluded inference of casualty. The lack of the rural comparator and samples from other governorates limits the generalisation of results. Depression was prevalent in a sample of Egyptian female secondary school students. It correlated with some psychosocial factors and can be effectively screened using CDI. Hence, there is a need for better screening, Psychoeducational programmes, and services for better identification, early intervention and targeting for those at risk.

Use of psychoactive substances among male secondary school pupils in Egypt: a study on a nationwide representative sample

The present work is part of a series of epidemiological studies the main aim of which is to shed light on the extent and patterns of the use of substances among various sectors of the Egyptian population. A standardized questionnaire with established item re-take reliabilities was administered to 14,656 male secondary school pupils constituting a 4% representative sample of the whole population of Egyptian secondary school boys. Demographic and drug-related findings are discussed. Among the reported results the following are deemed of special interest: (1) Percentages of arts students who smoke tobacco, ever use prescription psychotropic substances, narcotics and alcohol consistently exceed their counterparts studying science and mathematics. (2) Ages of onset for the whole menu of substances range between 12 and 16 years. (3) Those among the experimenters who admitted continuing to take drugs ranged between 8% (for alcohol) and 21.41% (for synthetic drugs). (4) Significantly more urban than rural students smoke tobacco, and try cannabis and alcoholic beverages. (5) There is a strong association between exposure to drug culture and drug taking, confirming what we repeatedly reported previously. (6) More users than non-users tend to see drug consumption as either harmless or even useful. (7) Differentiation should be made between vulnerable and non-vulnerable non-users. Vulnerable non-users share with actual users a number of components of a common "drug ideology". (8) There are very significant correlations between drug taking and various aspects of misconduct verging on delinquency.

The non-medical use of prescription psychotropic drugs by school boys in greater Cairo

Data, previously collected in the context of a large-scale study of the extent of substance use among male Egyptian secondary and technical school students, were broken down along a parameter of use/non-use of prescription psychoactive drugs. Users were compared with non-users on five clusters of queries included in a standardized questionnaire, relating to: family ties, participation in peers' activities, exposure to drug-related stimuli, boldness and health problems. Users were found to report weak family ties, persistent participation in peers' activities and consistent exposure to drug-related stimuli. They were daring in relating to the drug universe and were less healthy (physically and psychologically) than non-users. These findings are discussed in the light of relevant previously reported results of epidemiological studies.