Kind Of High School Research Articles

Examining Project Schools from the Perspectives of Teachers

Project schools were first introduced in 2014 with the approval of the Ministry of National Education. Between 2014-2018, there were a limited number of project schools. However, with the change in the high school entrance system in 2018, all the schools accepting their students with high school entrance exam transformed into project schools. This study aims to introduce and evaluate Project Schools, a new type of high school in an education system that already has many kinds of high schools, according to teachers’ views. The present study was conducted through a case study, a qualitative research method. 35 teachers of different branches working in four different kinds of project schools located in the central districts of Konya, İstanbul, Antalya, and Adıyaman participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through descriptive analysis. At the end of the study, it was found that teachers have positive thoughts towards project schools. On the other hand, they think project schools have certain operational problems. It was also revealed that the aim of the project schools and the expectations from teachers working in these schools are not clear, that the teachers are expected to do extra work that is not stated in their job definition, that the teacher selection process is obscure and must be done according to objective criteria including central exam. The teachers also state that the curriculum of these schools needs to be different from others and must be suitable for their type and characteristics.

The Influence of Faith and Religion on Family Interactions and Interest in Health Issues during the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Study among Polish Adolescents.

Background: COVID-19 has dominated health, economic, and geopolitical issues for many months, but it also has great influence on individuals and families. The aim of this study was to verify whether the pandemic of COVID-19 changed religious practices and how religiosity moderated the influence of the pandemic on family interactions and attitudes towards health issues in adolescents. Methods: The study groups included 561 adolescent high school students (314 females and 247 males) from two kinds of high schools: public and Catholic. Results: Most Catholic school students have not changed their religious practices during the pandemic or just changed the form of attendance to TV or internet (59.7%). Moreover, 8.6% of them stopped the practices, in comparison with 12.9% of public school students, most of whom had not attended a mass before and during the pandemic. The results showed that in adolescents’ opinions the pandemic caused family relations to be stronger, however this effect was modified by religiosity. Conclusion: Attending Catholic school and being a practicing believer influenced some aspects of faith and family relations during the pandemic, but in most aspects, they did not influence attitudes toward health issues. The results of the study highlight the need to secure, especially for non-believing adolescents, family support during the pandemic, while in believers faith may provide such support.

THE REASONS OF WHY TOURISM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CHOOSE THE DEPARTMENTS OF TOURISM

In recent years, it has been seen that there are decreases and differences in the occupancy rates of the quotas which are related to tourism departments in the university. The aim of this study is to determine the reasons of preference of students who enroll in the 2018 YKS placement and who pr e fer the departments related to tourism. For this purpose, field survey was conducted to 406 students who were enrolled to Anadolu University, Osmangazi University, Adnan Menderes University and Gazi University Tourism Faculty. Survey is done during 1 November and 10 December 2018 period. According to results: 67,5% of the students who participated in the study they said they willingly chose this profession; 65,4% of the students who participated to survey, tourism was one of the first five choices for them to enroll university. Only 12,3% of the participants were graduated from tourism vocational high school. Students who graduated from a different kind of high school also preferred the tourism profession. In addtion, 44,8% of the participants stated that they consider the city factor is another reason why they selected tourism. In addition to frequency analysis, factor and reliability analyses have been done and findings have been included in the study. As a result, considering the reasons for the preference of the participants, the desire to work in the sector (33,3%) was the first. When the reasons of university preference are considered, city factor (44,8%) takes the first place.

特集「さまざまな高等学校における物理教育への取り組み」 : 現場の状況と実践の様子

特集「さまざまな高等学校における物理教育への取り組み」 : 現場の状況と実践の様子

An Investigation into University Students⿿ Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety

How anxiety affects the learning a foreign language is a focus in the current studies such as Horwitz's (1986), and MacIntyre and Gardner's (1994). Taking into consideration this focus, the aim of this study is to identify whether the students⿿ foreign language speaking anxiety demonstrate significant differences in terms of their gender, language level, receiving English preparatory training, and the kind of high school they graduated from. The research group included 320 male (65.6%) and 168 female (34.4%) English preparatory students at Istanbul Technical University. Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire developed by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) and adapted in Turkish by Saltan (2003) was used as the data collection tool. Data were analysed using independent samples T-test and one-way ANOVA. According to T-test results, it was seen that female students⿿ score is higher than male students⿿. Also, it could be reported anxiety of students who have received English preparatory training are lower based on T-test results. Moreover, ANOVA results indicated the students⿿ language level and the kind of high school do not affect their speaking anxiety. In a nutshell, the foreign language speaking anxiety is affected by gender and receiving English preparatory training.

Analysing University English Preparatory Class Students⿿ Self-regulation Strategies and Motivational Beliefs Using Different Variables

Abstract Learning English which is the most widely used foreign language has become a necessity in globalised world. Yet, in Turkey, some problems exist about it thanks to lack of motivation and knowledge about self-regulation strategies. In this study, it was tried to explore if the students⿿ self-regulation strategies and motivational beliefs show significant differences in terms of gender, language level, receiving English preparatory training, and the kind of high school. The research group included 320 male (65.6%) and 168 female (34.4%) English preparatory students at Istanbul Technical University. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire developed by Pintrinch and De Groot (1990) and adapted in Turkish by Uredi (2005) was used as the data collection tool. Data were analysed using independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA and the Scheffe's test via SPSS 20.0 software program. T-test findings indicated female students⿿ cognitive strategies dimension score is higher. Yet, there are no significant differences in the students⿿ self-regulation strategies and motivational beliefs according to receiving preparatory training. The ANOVA test's result demonstrated high school differentiation does not affect self-regulation strategies and motivational beliefs. However, the Scheffe's test results revealed the students⿿ self-regulation, cognitive strategies and intrinsic value perception change over depending on language level.

Öğrenci Görüşleriyle Türk Edebiyatı Ders Kitaplarındaki Metinlerin Değerlendirilmesi

Bu calisma, Turk Edebiyati ders kitaplarinda yer alan metinlerin ogrenci gorusleriyle degerlendirilmesini ortaya koymak icin gerceklestirilmistir. Bu baglamda oncelikle ilgili alan taranip ders kitaplarinda yer alan metinlerin hangi ozellikleri tasimasi gerektigi ortaya konmustur. Sonrasinda metinlerle ilgili anket maddeleri olusturulmustur. Metinlere yonelik sorular iceren 34 maddelik likert tipi anket, 571 ortaogretim ogrencisine uygulanmistir. Arastirma kapsamindaki orneklem grubu, Kirsehir il merkezindeki farkli lise turlerinden farkli ekonomik ozelliklerden ogrencileri icermistir. Orneklem grubundaki ogrencilerin goruslerine gore ders kitabinda kullanilan metinlerin; “metinlerin ogrenmeye ve ogrenme istegine etkisi”, “metinlerde estetik, evrensel ve ulusal degerler”, “metinlerin ogrencilere goreligi”, “metinlerin guncelle ve diger disiplinlerle iliskisi”, “metinlerin turu ve anlasilirlik duzeyi” boyutlarinda ortaogretim ogrencilerinin ilgi ve isteklerine cevap verir nitelikte olmadigi belirlenmistir.

High School Context and College Selectivity: Institutional Constraints in Educational Stratification

Does where one goes to college depend on the kind of high school attended? And what are the consequences of attending a more or less academically selective college or university? These questions are evaluated separately for college men and women using longitudinal data from a national sample of youth who were high school sophomores in 1955, and controlling for individual family background, ability, and school curriculum. For males, but not females, the social status composition of high school was found to enhance one's prospects for attending a selective institution of higher education. College selectivity, in turn, had total salutary effects on educational attainment, despite its depressant effect on undergraduate grade performance and academic

Functional Dilemmas in the Development of Learning

The requirement that the educational system not only produce learning in its students, but also select and certify students for different output levels, creates a functional dilemma for the educational system. Grades are the major technique wsed to carry out selection and certification, but as measures of learning they are only partially accurate. To the extent that selection and certification have strong motivational consequences, and to the extent that grading inaccuracies are not random but involve selective biases, efforts will be diverted away from the development of learning. The major empirical findings are that educational aspirations, and value orientations toward creativity, coincide with faster rates of learning from grades 4 to 12. But while both factors facilitate learning, the kinds of high schools which encourage these two factors are negatively related. Further theoretical and empirical analysis is devoted to this mutual incompatibility in terms of the functional dilemma posited.

The effect of the high school on students' aspirations.

Four independent studies have found that the aspirations of students are influenced by the kind of high school they attent (predominately middle class or prodominately workin class). Examination of these studies reveals several inconsistencies which, it is suggested, can be accounted for by distinguishing between high schools in large metropolitan areas and those in smaller communities. Two major explanatory mechanism, are also identified: (1) variation in educational standards, an consequent differences in students' scholastid development, and (2) peer-group influence on students'attitudes and values. Research with a sample of Canadian girls supports this interpretation of previous findings, although the first mechanism is more clearly demonstrated than the second.