Regular School Students Research Articles

Relevansi Kebijakan dalam Peningkatan Mutu Pendidikan Agama Islam

Policies on improving the quality of PAI education through the use of informationand communication technology in education in the form of developing systems,methods and learning materials using ICT. This activity will also develop a schoolinformation network system, infrastructure and human resources to support itsimplementation, both in the interests of education management and the learningprocess. By using ICT in the education of students in regular schools, residentslearn in non-formal education and students who need the development of localexcellence-based schools in each district of the city; the expansion of educationunits based on local excellence by regional governments is carried out in order tocarry out the mandate of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the NationalEducation System which will be gradually developed in each provinceand district/city

Impactos da política de educação especial (2008) no Ceará e em Fortaleza

Resumo Este artigo analisa os impactos da Política Nacional de Educação Especial na Perspectiva da Educação Inclusiva (PNEEPEI) (2008) no estado do Ceará e no município de Fortaleza. Foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas, documentais e exame dos microdados do Censo Escolar (2010-2017), referentes às matrículas, aos docentes e às escolas. A análise foi feita à luz do materialismo histórico dialético, considerando-se a sociedade capitalista dividida em classes antagônicas, em que o Estado/sociedade política, para criar e consolidar a hegemonia, estabelece a interrelação com a sociedade civil, que dissemina e articula elementos culturais e influencia a política pública (GRAMSCI, 2001). Nesse sentido, buscou-se compreender as diferentes forças presentes na sociedade brasileira, que influenciam a elaboração e a implementação da PNEEPEI. Em relação ao Censo Escolar, no Ceará e em Fortaleza, os resultados foram: aumento das matrículas totais de alunos PAEE no Ensino Regular; em relação ao AEE, houve aumento no número de alunos matriculados, de professores e de escolas, não exclusivas e exclusivas, mas as matrículas não contemplam todos os alunos PAEE e há carência de professores e de escolas com esse atendimento. Houve avanços no processo de inclusão, mas a força das instituições privadas manifesta-se na ampliação das escolas exclusivas e na parceria estabelecida na organização do AEE para alunos da escola regular, mantendo-se o sistema paralelo de Educação Especial. Porém, é fundamental a continuidade na implementação da política e a superação das contradições existentes, até garantir o direito à educação a todos os alunos PAEE na rede regular de ensino.

Class Climate, Academic Well-Being and Self-Rated Health Among School Children in Germany: Findings of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

The aim of this study was to examine the associations between features of class climate and school wellbeing, based on self-rated health and reports of absence from school due to illness among adolescents in secondary schools, by using data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Data was obtained from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The sample includes (n=7,348) seventh grade students in regular schools (Starting Cohort 3, Wave 3, 2012). Measures of class climate comprise indicators about demands, control and orientation, autonomy and interaction among students as well as teaching quality in German language class. School wellbeing was measured by satisfaction with school and helplessness in main school subjects. Bivariate and logistic multilevel logistic regression techniques are applied, by controlling for student age, gender and school type attended. Multilevel results showed that particularly among students with higher school satisfaction, there was a higher likelihood of self-rated health and less school absence due to illness. In contrast, perceived helplessness in major subjects and learning orientation were negatively associated with both outcomes. Further, students attending low track schools had a higher risk of school absence than students in high track schools. The results highlight the fact that particularly students' school wellbeing in terms of school satisfaction and perceived helplessness in the subjects German and mathematics are associated with self-rated poorer health and school absence due to illness. Therefore, health promotion initiatives should particularly focus on students' school wellbeing as well as on students attending low track schools.

Anxiety symptoms in regular school students in Mumbai City, India.

Aim:Anxiety disorders usually remain undiagnosed in school students owing to the internalized nature of their symptoms. The present study was conducted with the primary objective of evaluating the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in school students in Mumbai. A secondary objective was to assess the impact of variables (age, gender, presence of sibling, and type of school curriculum or school) on anxiety symptoms.Materials and Methods:Study cases (8–15 year olds) were recruited by nonprobability sampling from four English-medium schools. Anxiety was measured using Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS)-child self-report questionnaire. T-scores (total and subscales) were calculated and cut-off scores of >60 were considered as significant.Results:Symptoms of overall anxiety were present in 10.8% (53/493) of the students. Older students (12–15 year olds) had greater odds of having overall anxiety symptoms (crude OR = 4.36, 95% CI 2.27 to 8.39, P < 0.0001). Symptoms of all anxiety disorders were present in the 493 participants, with obsessions/compulsions and fears of physical injury being the most common (in 29.6% and 27.2%, respectively). Older students and boys had greater odds of having obsessions/compulsions (crude OR = 2.32, 95% CI 1.56 to 3.44, P < 0.0001; and crude OR = 1.54, 95% CI 1.04 to 2.27, P = 0.035, respectively]. Students with sibling (s) had greater odds of having fears of physical injury (crude OR = 0.48, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.78, P = 0.003).Conclusions:There is an urgent need to screen school students in our city for anxiety disorders.

Evaluasi Implementasi Kebijakan Pendidikan Inklusi

&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this study is to evaluate the implementation of inclusive education policy in Salatiga City. This study used a qualitative evaluative approach to the research subject of Dinas Pendidikan and inclusion schools in Salatiga. In-depth interviews, document studies, and observations were used to collect data and then analyzed using an Edwards III implementation model that looked at communication, resource, disposition, and bureaucratic structure. The results showed that the implementation of inclusive education policy in Salatiga is considered good, that is the achievement of 65%. Communication is an aspect that requires a lot of improvement, as well as the bureaucratic structure and disposition that is still not a good implementation. While the best aspect is the resources. The impact of this policy is evident from the increasing number of students in regular schools from year to year and the reduced discrimination experienced by ABK students by peers, teachers and the community.&lt;/p&gt;

¿Iguales o diferentes? El perfil de valores de estudiantes de secundaria y el de adolescentes institucionalizados por encontrarse en conflicto con la ley penal en el Perú

In this study, we analyze if the values profiles between institutionalized youngsters (juvenile offenders) and regular school students are distant. A sample of 887 adolescents and youngsters (678 males and 209 females) were assessed. 539 participants were school students from private and public schools and 348 were institutionalized adolescents. The values variable was measured by the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), created by Schwartz, Melech, Lehmann, Burgess, Harris, & Queens (2001). Results show that both groups had very similar values. The correlation among them was high and positive (r(887) = .84, p < .01). It is concluded that probably values are not the main difference for these two groups. Then, for future preventive interventions, other socio-psychological variables could be prioritized.

Training needs of Portuguese practitioners working with children and young people with complex and intense support needs.

Upon the publication in Portugal of Decree-Law No. 3/2008, inclusive education for all children in regular schools became compulsory. In a short period of time, the educational community (special education teachers, regular education teachers, administrators, and technicians) were required to include and teach all students in regular schools. This article characterizes Portuguese teachers' perceptions (TPs; N = 105) about the training needs of practitioners working with children and young people with complex and intense support needs (CISNs). In this work, we use data collected using the questionnaire for practitioners working with children and young people with CISN-TPs, which was drawn up under the auspices of project ENABLIN+. The results of content analysis showed that the most frequently mentioned themes were special education, intervention strategies, international classification of functioning, disability and health, educational legislation, and family support/intervention. In conclusion, training should focus on specific contents, should be for everyone (practitioners and nonpractitioners), and should aim to improve practices, while being sufficiently flexible and differentiated to meaningfully inform each professional.

A Inclusão de Estudantes com Autismo na Rede Municipal de Ensino de Maceió

O movimento pela inclusão escolar vem resultando no aumento do número de matrículas de estudantes com necessidades educacionais especiais (NEE) nas escolas regulares. Dentre esses estudantes, encontram-se aqueles com autismo, que apresentam déficits na comunicação e interação social e padrões de comportamentos, interesses e atividades restritos e repetitivos. Há evidências, na literatura, que intervenções educacionais são as mais eficazes para minimizar os déficits apresentados por crianças com autismo. Portanto, faz-se necessário avaliar os aspectos qualitativos de acesso desta população ao ensino regular. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a inclusão de estudantes com autismo na rede municipal de ensino de Maceió, sob a perspectiva de seus professores. Participaram 26 professores e dois auxiliares de ensino de 22 escolas que caracterizaram 30 estudantes com autismo. Foram utilizados um questionário semiestruturado e a escala Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). Os resultados evidenciam o déficit na formação específica dos professores para o ensino de estudantes com autismo e os reflexos deste déficit em uma quase ausência de planejamento, materiais e avaliações diferenciados. Verifica-se, portanto, que a inclusão de estudantes com autismo na rede municipal de ensino de Maceió não tem conseguido cumprir um de seus pressupostos principais, a promoção da aprendizagem desses estudantes por meio da atenção individualizada necessária para tal.

The impact of special needs students on classmate performance

Does the presence of special needs students in regular schools affect the academic achievement of their classmates? I examine this question in the context of primary and secondary education in the Netherlands, where the per student budget for special needs students in regular schools is roughly twice the amount of the regular student budget. I use three independent identification approaches: student fixed effects models, school fixed effects models, and neighborhood variation. For both education levels and all three identification approaches, the estimates indicate that special needs students do not have a statistically significant effect on the academic achievement of their classmates. The estimates are precise enough to rule out even modest effects.

O processo inclusivo nos municípios de Araras e Alfenas no entendimento de licenciandos bolsistas do PIBID

This study looks for the analysis of the conceptions of graduation students, with scholarship of the Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciacao a Docencia (Pibid), about the special education and of the inclusive education in the towns of Araras (SP) and Alfenas MG). Participated of this research 37 students of federal universities situated in the referred towns. It was utilized a questionnaire with open and closed questions for the study. The results aimed that 57.1% of the students of Araras and 60.9% of the students of Alfenas, have the knowledge about legislations that support the inclusive education. In Araras: 76,9%, and in Alfenas: 60.9% of the students participated of events and courses abaout special education or school inclusion, but 76.9% (Araras) and 82.6% (Alfenas) considered themselves unprepared to act in classroom with students with special needs. This fact may be supporting some present conceptions in the two towns, for example, 38.5% of the students of Araras and 39.1% of the students of Alfenas considered that there are not theirs responsibility to perform educational practices for those students in regular schools, attributing this fact to problems in their courses of graduation. We emphasize that this study pointed to the need for critical discussion of scholar inclusion in initial training and the Pibid can be considered a privileged place for it.

O aluno público alvo da educação especial no ensino médio: as relações entre família e escola

This qualitative study aims to analyze the family-school relationship with the participation of four mothers of Special Education Students (PAEE) enrolled in high school at a public school in the state of Sao Paulo. Data from semi-structured interviews were analyzed and grouped into themes: inclusion; PAEE students in regular schools; family and school; PAEE and student in high school. The results show the importance of informing the families about the educational rights that the law provides PAEE students in the process of inclusion in regular education; changes in the family-school relationship; report on the special education teacher's role within the school to families, and on the potential and limitations of PAEE students in front of the school. It considers the need to improve communication between family-school, proposing alternatives that benefit from this partnership. Thus, it was evident gaps for further research in this area.

Estimates of Risk for Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Associated with Disciplinary Alternative School Placement in United States Public High Schools

Background: In United States public schools, students in disciplinary alternative schools report engaging in risky sexual behaviors significantly more frequently than students in regular schools. We sought to determine whether the risk of chlamydia or gonorrhea infection in disciplinary alternative schools is significantly higher relative to the risk of infection in regular schools. Methods: A matched case-control study was retrospectively designed using data obtained from New Orleans public high school students tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea in a school-based screening between the years 2001 and 2003. Cases were 63 African American students tested at a disciplinary alternative school during the school years 2001-2002 (n = 36) and 2002-2003 (n = 27). Each case was matched to 4 controls by date of birth, sex and race among respectively 3029 and 2216 students contemporaneously tested in regular schools. Mantel-Haenszel procedures for matched-pair analysis were used to estimate odds ratios, confidence intervals (CI) and significance tests. Results: The odds ratio for chlamydia/gonorrhea infection associated with placement in disciplinary alternative school was 2.09 overall (95% CI 1.01, 4.30; p < 0.05), 1.43 (95% CI 0.50, 4.11; p > 0.40) among females and 3.25 (95% CI 1.18, 8.92; p < 0.025) among males. Conclusions: Behaviorally troubled adolescents in disciplinary alternative school placement are the highest risk group for sexually transmitted infection ever identified in United States public high schools. These students and the disciplinary alternative schools where they are placed would benefit most from screening. They should be considered first for inclusion in any school-wide chlamydia and gonorrhea screening initiative.

A produção de práticas de normalização nos discursos orientadores/reguladores do atendimento educacional especializado

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/1984686X13650Nas últimas décadas, temos visto o acento em ações políticas que preveem a inclusão de alunos com deficiência nas escolas regulares. Narrada como uma possibilidade de superação da situação de exclusão a que esses alunos foram “submetidos” durante anos, a escola inclusiva, “aberta à diversidade”, é convocada a prever ações e projetos para atender à nova demanda de alunos. Dentre essas ações, localizamos o Atendimento Educacional Especializado (AEE) como um dos principais alvos de investimento do atual governo brasileiro. Esta pesquisa propõe-se a analisar as orientações para estruturação do AEE nas escolas regulares, problematizando seus princípios e seus possíveis efeitos nas práticas escolares. Pelas análises empreendidas, parece-nos que a escola inclusiva deve constituir-se a partir de um questionável reconhecimento da diferença, uma vez que, segundo os discursos orientadores e reguladores produzidos pelo Governo Federal, é a escola que deve encarregar-se de delimitar as diferenças de que se fala e as ações que devem ser empreendidas para que se possa conduzir melhor a conduta dos alunos incluídos, visando à sua normalização

Assessment of metacognitive knowledge in students with special educational needs

This study investigated whether and, if so, how metacognitive knowledge can be assessed validly in students with special educational needs in a large-scale assessment like the German National Educational Panel Study. In total, 804 sixth-grade students including both regular school students attending the lowest track of secondary education (Hauptschule) and students with special educational needs in learning participated in the study. A scenario-based test of metacognitive knowledge focusing primarily on different aspects of strategy knowledge was implemented. In order to investigate optimal testing conditions, two conditions that varied in terms of administration mode were compared: autonomous reading as in regular test settings and a read-aloud condition. Reading speed and reasoning abilities were assessed as control variables. As expected, regular school students outperformed students with special educational needs in the metacognitive knowledge test. In addition, higher correlations between metacognitive knowledge and reading speed emerged in the autonomous reading condition compared to the read-aloud condition. Contrary to our expectations, a differential boost due to the testing accommodation of reading aloud was, however, only observed in regular students but not in students with special educational needs. The results are discussed with regard to educational and assessment-relevant approaches.

Profiling interest of students in science: Learning in school and beyond

Background:Interest is assumed to be relevant for students’ learning processes. Many studies have investigated students’ interest in science; most of them however have not offered differentiated insights into the structure and elements of this interest.Purpose:The aim of this study is to obtain a precise image of secondary school students’ interest for school and out-of-school learning opportunities, both formal and informal. The study is part of a larger project on measuring the students’ Individual Concept about the Natural Sciences (ICoN), including self-efficacy, beliefs and achievements next to interest variables.Sample:Next to regular school students, a specific cohort will be analyzed as well: participants of science competitions who are regarded as having high interest, and perhaps different interest profiles than regular students. In the study described here, participants of the International Junior Science Olympiad (N = 133) and regular students from secondary schools (N = 305), age cohorts 10 to 17 years, participated.Design and methods:We adapted Holland’s well-established RIASEC-framework to analyze if and how it can also be used to assess students’ interest within science and in-school and out-of-school (leisure-time and enrichment) activities. The resulting questionnaire was piloted according to quality criteria and applied to analyze profiles of different groups (boys – girls, contest participants – non-participants).Results:The RIASEC-adaption to investigate profiles within science works apparently well for school and leisure-time activities. Concerning the interest in fostering measures, different emphases seem to appear. More research in this field needs to be done to adjust measures better to students’ interests and other pre-conditions in the future. Contrasting different groups like gender and participation in a junior science contest uncovered specific interest profiles.Conclusions:The instrument seems to offer a promising approach to identify different interest profiles for different environments and groups of students. Based on the results, further studies will be carried out to form a solid foundation for the design of enrichment measures.

Formação de professores para a educação especial: uma discussão sobre os modelos brasileiro e italiano

Com os recentes avanços legislativos no sentido da massificação da inclusão de alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais nas escolas regulares, emergem discussões sobre as mudanças requeridas na formação de docentes para o atendimento desta nova demanda. O objetivo deste estudo foi discutir os modelos brasileiro e italiano de formação de professores para atuar na educação especial. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa documental, analisando textos legais de ambos os países que versassem sobre o tema. A Itália foi o primeiro país na Europa a promover o fim das escolas especiais e a inclusão de todos os alunos com deficiência nas escolas regulares. Ainda neste país, nota-se que as diretrizes governamentais são claras com relação à capacitação de professores para atuar com alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais. Por outro lado no Brasil, embora tenham ocorrido grandes avanços no que se refere à legislação que sustenta a formação docente, ainda existe uma carência de parâmetros mais específicos sobre os conteúdos mínimos necessários para que os professores tenham maiores subsídios para promover a inclusão com qualidade.

Creative Characteristics and Its Relation to Achievement and School Type among Jordanian Students

The purpose of this study is to investigate the creative characteristics among creative students in regular schools and its relation to achievement and school type variables as perceived by teachers. The sample of the study consisted of (176) male and female students with an age range (9-17 years), (127) of them are high achievers and (49) average achievers chosen purposefully from (11) schools, (7) private schools and (4) public schools. (67)teachers participated in evaluating the creative characteristics in students regardless of the academic achievement of students. The creative characteristics inventory isused to identify the creative characteristic in students. The findings of the study showed that there are apparent differences in the means between high achievers and average achievers on all creative characteristics. By using (T) test to examine the differences between means, the findings showed that the differences were between high achievers and average achievers on the achievement variable within five domains: fluency, fantasy, problem sensitivity, originality and intuition for the favor of high achievers. Meanwhile, there were no significant statistical differences on the domains and other creative characteristics. With regard to school type, the findings showed significant differences on the means of the ambiguity, fantasy, curiosity, adventure and sense of humor for the favor of private schools. Moreover, there were significant differences in the mean of fluency, problem sensitivity, and independency for the favor of public schools.

Reading characteristics of deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils

Speech motor mechanisms play a crucial role in the process of demutization, due to the fact that they cover all the elements of the successive development of spech production movements leading to speech formation (so-called kinesthesia in speach). The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of perceptual motor actions on the cognitive process of reading in 130 students in regular schools and schools for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the Republic of Serbia. Kostić and Vladisavljević test consisted of the ten levels weight was used for the assessment of reading speed. To assess understanding of text read by verbal responses, we used three-dimensional adapted reading test of Helene Sax. The triage-articulation test for assessing reading speed (Kostié and Vladisavljević's test according to the weight of ten levels, revealed that students in regular schools statistically significantly faster read texts as compared to the deaf students. The results of the three-dimensional adapted reading test of Helena Sax, show that the words learned by deaf children exist in isolation in their mind, i.e., if there is no standard of acoustic performance for graphic image, in deaf child every word, printed or written, is just the sum of letters without meaning. There is a significant difference in text reading speed and its understanding among the children who hear and the deaf and hard-of-hearing children. It is essential that in deaf and heard-of-hearing children education, apart from the development of speech, parallelly use the concept of semantic processing in order to get each word by the fullness of its content and the possibility of expanding its meaning in a variety of assets.

My Class Activities Instrument as Used in Saturday Enrichment Program Evaluation

My Class Activities (MCA) is an instrument that has been used for evaluation of university-based Saturday enrichment programs, but was originally normed using students in regular schools. A sample of MCA scores from 826 students in grades 3-8 from a Saturday enrichment program was used. Four different MCA models were evaluated: (a) the original MCA model containing interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment; (b) a model including a second-order term connecting enjoyment and interest; (c) a three-factor model containing a combination of interest and enjoyment, challenge, and choice; and (d) the original MCA model after two items were removed. Results indicated that the original MCA four-factor structure provided a better fit when used with the Saturday enrichment sample than did the second-order and the three first-order factor models. However, the best solution regarding model fit was found using the original model, but with the removal of two poorly functioning items. This study highlighted the importance of evaluating an instrument whenever used with a different population than that on which it was originally normed. With two items deleted from the challenge scale, MCA is a potential tool for use in enrichment program evaluation that provides measures of four motivational dimensions often emphasized in programs for high-ability students.

Aptidão física relacionada à saúde de jovens cegos em escolas regulares e especiais

A inclusão de alunos com deficiências nas escolas regulares tem atraído a atenção dos educadores. Em algumas escolas, alunos com deficiências são inseridos em turmas regulares, porém sem efetiva participação nas atividades. Ainda como fator agravante, sabe-se que jovens com deficiência em geral apresentam seu lazer extremamente passivo, com poucas oportunidades de vivências motoras. Visando a analisar a situação de alunos com deficiência participando de aulas de educação física, este estudo objetivou a análise de variáveis da aptidão física relacionadas à saúde de adolescentes cegos. Para tanto, 24 adolescentes cegos com idades entre 14 e 16 anos, sendo 12 de escolas regulares estaduais e 12 de uma escola especial privada, tiveram mensuradas algumas variáveis antropométricas, flexibilidade, força muscular e resistência cardiorrespiratória. Ambos os grupos de alunos participavam das aulas de educação física com uma frequência de duas vezes por semana. Foi verificado que, nas variáveis força muscular e resistência cardiorrespiratória, os adolescentes da escola especial apresentaram resultados superiores e melhor evolução do que seus colegas das escolas regulares. Pelos resultados obtidos conclui-se que os adolescentes da escola especial apresentaram melhor nível de aptidão física relacionada à saúde do que seus colegas inseridos em escolas regulares.