General High School Research Articles

ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CANDIDATES TO THE AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL IN DĘBLIN

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the nutritional status of candidates to the General Aviation High School in Dęblin using selected anthropometric indices and bioelectrical impedance analysis. Methods: A total of 103 candidates to the General Aviation High School in Dęblin (88 boys and 15 girls) participated in the study. The mean age of the participants was 14.7±0.46 years. The nutritional status was assessed based on measurements of body weight, body height, and calculated BMI. The results were interpreted using growth charts. The body composition was determined by means of the bioelectrical impedance method. Results: Mean BMI of the girls was 20.6±3.0 kg/m2 (16.3 to 26.2 kg/m2) and of the boys 20.1±2.5 kg/m2 (14.4 to 27.8 kg/m2). Most of the examined adolescents (73.3% of girls and 75% of boys) had normal body weight. There were no significant differences in nutritional status in relation to the gender of the participants. 3.4% of the boys were found to be underweight. None of the girls showed features of malnutrition. Overweight, according to BMI, was diagnosed in 13.3% of the girls and 10.2% of the boys, obesity in 6.7% of the girls and 1.1% of the boys. Too low body fat percentage was observed in almost half of the boys examined. Conclusions: The majority of the General Aviation High School candidates examined were of normal body weight. No significant differences were noted between the nutritional status and the gender of the participants, based on BMI. Overweight and obesity diagnosed on the basis of body fat percentage was significantly more frequent in the group of girls. There is a need to educate youth about the health consequences of abnormal body weight, both underweight and overweight.

Attractiveness of VET in China: a study on secondary vocational students and their parents

ABSTRACT The attractiveness of vocational education and training in China is becoming increasingly important for both policy makers and practitioners. This study examines the perceptions of secondary vocational students and their parents, about the attractiveness of vocational education and training in China. For data collection, 54 Students and 27 parents were selected from three kinds of vocational programmes in Shanghai. The results show that general high schools are perceived to be far more attractive than secondary vocational schools. One major finding is that the attractiveness of the three programmes that are part of this study increases as the programme length increases. However, it is not the higher diploma, but rather the potential long-term career promotion space in the labour market, that really influenced students’ priority for higher education.

The Effects of the Educational Capacity Enhancement Policy in General High Schools : Evidence from the high schools in Seoul, South Korea

The Effects of the Educational Capacity Enhancement Policy in General High Schools : Evidence from the high schools in Seoul, South Korea

A Study on the Career Maturity of General High School Students in Korea

본 연구목적인 일반고 진로성숙도에 관한 국내연구 동향분석, 의의와 시사점 파악을 위해, 연구대상⋅측정도구⋅연구방법의 현황과 일반적 추이를 알아본 후, 진로성숙도와 함께 동반 연구된 변인들의 종류와 추이를 알아보았다. 학술연구정보서비스(riss4u) 등의 싸이트에서, 2011년 1월부터 2020년 8월까지의 학위⋅학술논문을 대상으로 ‘진로성숙도’, ‘고등학교’라는 키워드로 검색하여, 총 88편의 논문에 대해 SPSS 23.0 프로그램을 활용하여 분석했다. 그 결과, 연구대상에서는 남녀 공학의 사례가 66편(75%), 전체학년 대상 연구가 24건(27.3%)으로 제일 많았고, 측정도구에서는 이기학, 임언 외, 타 자료의 순서로 나타났다. 연구조사에서는 질문지법+검사법, 검사법, 질문지법의 순서로, 실험설계에서는 단일연구, 실험통계+사전사후의 순서로 나타났다. 진로성숙도와 동반 연구된 변인에서는 한가지만 연구, 진로변인, 개인⋅심리적 변인, 환경변인의 순서로 분석되었다. 본 연구의 의의는 진로성숙도 주제연구에 대해 일반고를 대상으로 했다는 점, 진로성숙도와 동반 연구된 변인들을 진로변인, 개인⋅심리적변인, 환경변인으로 범주화했다는 점이다. 시사점은 검사도구의 제작연도와 검사자간의 세대별⋅문화적 친밀성을 고려해야 한다는 점과, 일반고에 조성된 진로교육 연구 환경을 계속 유지해야 할 것이다.

How Professional Development in Co-teaching Impacts Self-Efficacy Among Rural High School Teachers

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of professional development in co-teaching on teacher self-efficacy among general and special education rural high school teachers. A causal-comparative research design was used to survey 256 rural high school teachers from the South and Midwest regions of the U.S. to measure their self-efficacy in student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. One-way analysis and independent samples t-test was used to analyze these data using SPSS statistical software. The results indicated a significant difference between teachers with and without experience in a co-teaching classroom regarding their efficacy in using instructional practices. Furthermore, ANOVA results indicated a significant difference in the number of hours of professional development a teacher received in co-teaching as it relates to their efficacy in student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. Further discussion and recommendations are also included.

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The main objective of this research is to investigate adolescents’ perceptions concerning professional interests and preferences. Nowadays, a major problem of the teenager is the choice of career path to follow. Vocational identity is an important aspect of individual identity that adolescents explore and are asked, in high school mainly, to choose an orientation group (general high school) or sector (vocational high school) and consequently the subject of study and field of work. Their decision to choose studies and profession is not easy. The teacher specializing in Counselingand Orientation has the opportunity to help adolescents to understand their personalities and interests, combining Counseling and the use of appropriate psychometric tools. The qualitative research, in which 19 students of the Third Grade of Lyceum participated, showed that they discovered, confirmed and reflected on issues of their professional identity, using the Holland Personality and Vocational Guidance test.

고교학점제 도입에 따른 일반계 고등학교 학교 밖 학습경험의 학점 인정에 관한 쟁점 논의

본 연구는 고교학점제 도입에 따른 일반계 고교 학교 밖 학습경험의 학점 인정에 관한 쟁점을 검토하고 방안을 논의하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 학교 밖 학습경험의 학점 인정 관련 시·도 교육청 지침, 유사 제도 및 운영 사례를 통해 쟁점 논의의 준거를 여섯 가지로 설정하고 논의하여 단기, 중장기 방안을 제안하였다. 첫째, 학교 밖 학습경험은 단기적으로 학교 교육과정과의 연계·보완적 차원에서 국가 교육과정에 제시된 선택과목을 중심으로 개설하지만, 중장기적으로는 학교 교육과정을 대체하는 차원에서 학생의 요구, 진로가 고려된 다양한 과목 개설이 필요하다. 둘째, 과목 개설 인정 시 단기적으로 사전 승인을 통해, 중장기적으로는 공모를 통한 승인이 이루어져야 한다. 셋째, 이수 학점은 10±2학점까지 제한적으로 허용하고, 중장기적으로는 20±2학점까지 확대할 필요가 있다. 넷째, 이수 시기는 단기적으로 일과 후, 주말, 방학을 활용할 수 있겠지만 중장기적으로는 일과 중에도 이수할 수 있도록 해야 한다. 다섯째, 학점 인정은 초기에는 수업 일수를 기준으로 하지만 중장기적으로는 교과 이수 기준을 적용해야 할 것이다. 여섯째, 단기적으로는 공동교육과정에 준하는 평가, 중장기적으로는 과목과 수업의 성격을 고려한 평가를 실시하고, 기록은 과목 운영 기관의 담당교사가 결과를 교육청으로 송부하면 교육청 심의 후 그 결과를 원적교 담임교사가 NEIS에 기록하는 방식이 적절하다. 논의 결과를 바탕으로, 향후 학교 밖 학습경험을 통한 학점 인정 방안들의 제도적 정착을 위해 학교-시·도 교육청-지역사회 학습장 간의 유기적 협력 체제 구축, 학교 밖 학습경험의 학점 인정에 대한 교원 인식 제고, 학교 밖 학습경험 수강자에 대한 행·재정적 지원, 학교 밖 학습경험의 질 관리 등을 제언하였다.

2015 개정 교육과정에 따른 고등학교 수학 선택과목 운영 현황 분석 연구

The 2015 revised high school curriculum has been designed to support students’ selection of subjects considering the student's career path, and the mathematics department also organized general/ career elective courses. This study was conducted to derive implications for ensuring students' choice of subjects ahead of the implementation of the high school credit system. First of all, focusing on subject options, I looked at the changes in Korean curriculum, composition of foreign mathematics subjects, and college entrance subjects, and the current status of ‘selective- oriented curriculum' in 1,709 general high schools nationwide and status of co-curriculum operation by education board of city or province. Several implications have been derived based on the findings. It was suggested that elective subjects and career tracks should be prepared so that students can choose their courses according to their career path, and that universities should designate essential subjects so that students can learn what they need and go to college. In addition, it was proposed that improvements in the system to prevent grades from being disadvantaged by the selection of mathematics subjects, and improvements in the completion path and subject composition should be made.

고등학교 수학과 교육과정 편성 실태 분석

The high school credit system, which emphasizes the choice and diversity according to the student's career and aptitude, has a great task in connection with the university entrance system including CSAT(college scholastic ability test). Since CSAT system integrated in literary arts and natural sciences will be introduced for the first time in 2022 CSAT based on the 2015 revised curriculum, An analysis of the current state of curriculum organization at unit schools is required. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of high school mathematics curriculum organization, focusing on the questions range of CSAT mathematics section, to examine how changes in CSAT system affect mathematics curriculum organization of unit schools, and to explore improvements and implications for mathematics curriculum organization. For this study, the current status of the two-year mathematics curriculum organization of 190 general high schools and 39 autonomous high schools belonging to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education were surveyed. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that the change in the questions range of CSAT mathematics section significantly affected the mathematics curriculum organization. And there was not only a large difference in student choice for elective subjects in CSAT mathematics section by unit school but also cases such as not being guaranteed student choice have been confirmed. The analysis of the actual condition of high school mathematics curriculum organization could provide implications for the curriculum organization for the stable settlement of the high school credit system based on the 2015 revised curriculum.

Cultural Semiospheres in Contact in Foreign Language Teaching

ABSTRACT This paper probes into the many facets of Europe, through the course book ‘English for General High School 2’ and attempts to answer to questions such as, which is Europe’s identity today? How do the texts deal with the influx of illegal immigrants from the east, human rights, and the phenomenon of xenophobia? What cultural aspects of Europe are depicted in the books? How is the ‘post-crisis Europe’ depicted in the coursebook? We focus on the coursebook which is used in the third class of Greek senior high school, as this grade level is considered to be a very important language level, especially in English as a foreign language. At this language level and grade students are on the verge of graduating from senior high school and are moving on to either further their studies in tertiary education or are preparing to find a job. The study of the aforementioned coursebook yields two basic semiotic conclusions. The first is that a selection of signs have been made which obey the principles of binary opposition. The second is that students in Greece will learn aspects of the American culture, a lot better, if exposed to them through a coursebook - even if that is an English as a foreign language coursebook.

Is physical fitness associated with the type of attended school? A cross-sectional analysis among adolescents.

While academic achievement has been associated with physical activity, the present work questions the potential association between the physical fitness level of adolescents and the type of school they attend, ranging from academic to technical schools. The Diagnoform© Test was performed by 20,228 young French students from 76 schools (9196 females), mean age 15.8±1.8 years. This dataset includes two higher education institutions (N.=870), 37 general high schools (N.=13,125), 18 professional-oriented high schools (N.=3569), 5 agricultural high schools (N.=132), 2 vocational training centers (N.=202) and 12 rural vocational training centers (N.=1137). In higher education institutions and general high schools, girls showed better performances for all physical tests. A decreasing Quotient of overall Physical fitness Condition (QPC) was observed for both genders from urban higher education schools to rural and technical institutions (P<0.001). The proportion of total variance accounting for within institution variation is strong (intra-class correlation coefficients [ICC] 0.20 [0.15; 0.27] for QPC). The lower physical fitness level observed here among students from technical or training schools places them at higher risks for the development of future chronic diseases. These results suggest that specific interventions are needed depending on the educational setting.

특성화고 교사의 교사역량 및 학교조직문화 인식 분석: 부산지역 일반고와의 비교를 중심으로

특성화고 교사의 교사역량 및 학교조직문화 인식 분석: 부산지역 일반고와의 비교를 중심으로

중국의 일반고 교육과정(2017년판 2020 수정) 고찰: 외국어과(영어, 일본어, 러시아어, 독일어, 프랑스어, 스페인어)를 중심으로

This paper analyses the foreign language curriculum of general high schools in China. The Chinese educational authority announced an experimental version of its language curriculum in 2003, revised it in 2017, and revised it in 2020. In 2003, the foreign language curriculum included only three foreign languages: English, Japanese, and Russian. German, French, and Spanish were added from the 2017 curriculum. The 2017 curriculum consists of three categories: ‘required’, ‘required optional’, and ‘optional’. The required courses meet the requirements for graduation by all students. Students intending to go to college must complete all required optional courses. The six foreign language curriculums equally set four core competencies: language ability, cultural consciousness, thinking ability, and learning ability. In addition, this paper investigated curriculum structure of the six foreign languages, learning vocabulary, and items included in the appendix, and compared the foreign language curriculum in China and Korea. In conclusion, Korea’s next curriculum suggested that achievement standards and evaluation criteria should be more specific in preparation for the high school credit system, and that achievement standards and evaluation criteria should be described so that the curriculum and college entrance can be linked.

The Danish National Youth Study 2019: study design and participant characteristics.

To present the study design, study population and questionnaire content of the Danish National Youth Study 2019, and to describe the differences between participants and non-participants regarding demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The Danish National Youth Study 2019 is a nationwide web-survey among high school students in Denmark. Data was collected from January to April 2019 through a self-administered questionnaire in the classroom. The questionnaire included 120 questions on, for example, physical and mental health, health behaviour and well-being. Data collection took place at 50 general high schools, 32 preparatory high schools, 15 commercial high school and 19 technical high schools. A total of 29,086 students participated (20,287 general high school students, 2,113 preparatory higher school students, 4027 commercial high school students and 2659 technical high school students) corresponding to 66% of the students in the 88 participating schools (31% of invited schools). Among students, 55% were female and the mean age was 17.8 years. Participants were more likely to be female, to be younger, to be of Danish origin, and have family disposable income in the highest quartile compared to non-participants. The Danish National Youth Study 2019 contributes to knowledge on high school students' health, health behaviour and well-being that can support health planning and prioritizing, through identification of specific risk groups at both local and national level. The study also offers great opportunities for future research as it provides possibility of linkage to various Danish national registers.

Assessing Engagement in Chinese Upper Secondary School Students Using the Chinese Version of the Schoolwork Engagement Inventory: Energy, Dedication, and Absorption (CEDA).

The schoolwork engagement inventory: Energy, Dedication, and Absorption (EDA) is a measure of students' engagement in schoolwork and has been demonstrated valid in Western student populations. In this study, we adapted this inventory to and tested its psychometric appropriates in Chinese upper secondary school students (CEDA). Participants were 1,527 general high school students and 850 vocational high school students. The mean age of the total sample was 16.21 years (54.4% females, age span: 15–19 years). The results of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) showed that a modified one-factor model fitted the data best. The results of the multigroup CFA showed that the factor structure was metrically invariant across school tracks (i.e., general or vocational high school) and scalarly invariant across gender and school types (i.e., ordinary or key school). Moreover, schoolwork engagement was negatively related to emotional exhaustion and positively related to self-efficacy, perseverance of effort, teacher–student relationships, and life satisfaction. Overall, the CEDA can be regarded as a valid measure for the assessment of student engagement in the Chinese upper secondary school context.

The Role of Principals in Learning Schools to Support Teachers’ Use of Digital Technologies

The aim of the analysis is to present the role of school principals in supporting teachers’ skillful use of information and communication technologies in education. The article presents the results of analysis of a fragment of data from a study carried out in 2017 as part of the research project devoted to the specificity of functioning of schools awarded the certificate ‘Leader of a Learning Organization’. The multiple case study method (Yin, Studium przypadku w badaniach naukowych. Projektowanie i metody, Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 2015) was used in the research. The study involved five schools of different types (one elementary school, one general high school, and three high school complexes with different professional profiles) located in a provincial capital city in central Poland. Data from qualitative, semi-structured, in-depth interviews with school principals (four females and one male) was used in the analysis. The structure of the article includes the characterization of the role of school principal in the concept of a learning school, the way of collecting and analyzing the empirical data, and the presentation of findings. As a result of qualitative analysis of the collected data, examples of teacher-supporting behaviors were identified and attributed to one of the two groups: either the group concerning care for infrastructure and ensuring teachers easy access to modern equipment, or the group concerning the promotion of culture of cooperation which facilitates the development of ICT skills.

TEHNIKA UPOTREBE DRAME U NASTAVI GEOGRAFIJE

Upotreba drame je aktivan pristup u procesu učenja gde se učesnici identifikuju s ulogom koju igraju, kao i situacijama u kojima se nalaze. Ovakav segment nastave zapravo zalazi i u vanjezičku kategoriju, jer socijalna interakcija uključuje komunikaciju na mnogim nivoima. U užem, konkretnijem smislu, tehnika drame uključuje pantomimu, igranje uloga, improvizaciju, simulaciju, interaktivne aktivnosti kao što su različiti oblici dijaloga i dramatizacija narativnog teksta. Dakle, upotreba tehnike drame u nastavi nije novi koncept. Tehnika drame pruža odličnu osnovu za istraživanje teoretskih i praktičnih aspekata nastave. U ovom radu obrađena je tehnika drame u nastavi geografije, način njenog izvođenja i primena u samoj nastavi. Takođe, prikazana je i kao inovacija u nastavi geografije, tehnika koja na poseban način stavlja učenika u prvi plan u nastavi, odstupa od tradicionalnih nastavnih metoda i uključuje učenika u sam nastavni proces. Eksperimentalno istraživanje sprovedeno je među učenicima drugog razreda gimnazije opšteg smera. Uzorak su činili učenici koji su podeljeni po razredima u eksperimentalnu i kontrolnu grupu, odnosno učenici sa kojima je ista nastavna jedinica odrađena na tradicionalnom tipu časa i učenici koji su nastavnu jednicu obradili tehnikom drame. Istraživanje je pokazalo da su deca prihvatila novu nastavnu tehniku i sa istom savladala datu nastavnu jedinicu. Aktivizacija učenika stavljena je u prvi plan.

A pedagogical discussion based on the investigation into students’ selection tendencies in three basic subjects (Korean, English, and Mathematics) of the high school curricula: Centered on general high schools in Seoul

A pedagogical discussion based on the investigation into students’ selection tendencies in three basic subjects (Korean, English, and Mathematics) of the high school curricula: Centered on general high schools in Seoul

A Study on general high school Teachers’ Perception on Process-focused Evaluation Policies

A Study on general high school Teachers’ Perception on Process-focused Evaluation Policies

Analysis on General High School Locations for Opening Common Curriculum Courses based on High School Credit System: Focusing on Seoul

Analysis on General High School Locations for Opening Common Curriculum Courses based on High School Credit System: Focusing on Seoul