Problematising teachers' accounts of privilege in elite high schools
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.3972
Abstract: The research question at the core of this paper concerns how teachers in elite Israeli high schools explain their educational work in this context, given its central role in establishing and perpetuating privilege in the… read more here.
Keywords: problematising teachers; accounts privilege; elite high; privilege elite ... See more keywords
Future Smoking Intentions at Critical Ages among Students in Two Chinese High Schools
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DOI: 10.1007/s12529-018-09759-y
Abstract: BackgroundChina is the world’s largest tobacco consumer. Smoking initiation dramatically increases from teenage to adulthood. In this study, we investigated adolescents’ future smoking intention at critical ages and its associated predictors.MethodsUsing a longitudinal design (3… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; critical ages; intentions critical; smoking status ... See more keywords
Exploring Mindfulness Benefits for Students and Teachers in Three German High Schools
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DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01231-6
Abstract: Considerable evidence points to stress and health risks among students and teachers in modern schools. In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as an answer to this growing strain. The present study implemented and evaluated… read more here.
Keywords: mindfulness; students teachers; german high; high schools ... See more keywords
Using polytomous latent class analysis to compare patterns of substance use and co-occurring health-risk behaviors between students in alternative and mainstream high schools.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.07.010
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Alternative high school (AHS) students, an understudied and underserved population, experience educational, social, and health disparities relative to students in mainstream high schools. Disparities in single types of substance use are particularly high, yet… read more here.
Keywords: risk; high schools; substance use; mainstream high ... See more keywords
All against all competition: the incorporation of the International Baccalaureate in public high schools in Canada
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DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2018.1562105
Abstract: ABSTRACT Since the 1980s, education in Canada has been through a process that led to school choice, targeting the improvement of students’ performance through school competition. These policies fostering an education quasi-market became an ideal… read more here.
Keywords: international baccalaureate; high schools; school; incorporation ... See more keywords
Why do extracurricular activities prevent dropout more effectively in some high schools than in others? A mixed-method examination of organizational dynamics
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DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2018.1484746
Abstract: Abstract This study describes policies and practices implemented in 12 high schools (Quebec, Canada) that more or less effectively leveraged extracurricular activities (ECA) to prevent dropout among vulnerable students. Following an explanatory sequential mixed design,… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; extracurricular activities; prevent dropout; dropout effectively ... See more keywords
Autistic students speak about their experience with their one-to-one teaching assistants in general high schools
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DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2024.2343073
Abstract: ABSTRACT The number of autistic students in general schools has increased substantially. Traditionally, ‘one-to-one teaching assistants’ (TAs) support them academically and socially. Little is known about the impact of the TA from autistic students’ points… read more here.
Keywords: general high; one one; autistic students; one teaching ... See more keywords
Teacher agency and the implementation of CEFR-like policies for English for tourism and hospitality: insights from local vocational high schools in Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2021.1965739
Abstract: Tourism is a service industry that demands well-trained professionals with internationally accredited skills including English language proficiency. Meeting such demands has been one of the foremost concerns of the ASEAN ministries of tourism and education.… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; high schools; vocational high; teacher agency ... See more keywords
When Adar begins devaluation increases: on the construction of Mizrahi religiosity in yeshiva high schools in the 1980s
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DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2020.1859676
Abstract: ABSTRACT Yeshiva boarding high schools were the leading educational institutions of state-religious education in Israel in the 1980s. These were institutions for boys only, which combined holy studies with regular high school diploma (Bagrut) subjects.… read more here.
Keywords: mizrahi religiosity; yeshiva high; high schools; construction ... See more keywords
An evaluation of preparedness of government high schools in the implementation of the competence based curriculum (CBC) in Gweru district, Zimbabwe
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DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2024.2380625
Abstract: Abstract The study focused on evaluating the preparedness of government high schools in the implantation of the competence based curriculum (CBC) in Gweru district, Zimbabwe. A case study research design was adopted and thematic analysis… read more here.
Keywords: cbc; curriculum; government high; gweru district ... See more keywords
Qualities of the Restaurant Food Environment: A Direct Observation Pilot Study of Restaurants Located Near High Schools.
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DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0151
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to identify and describe healthful and youth-oriented qualities of the restaurant food environment around high schools. Methods: Using direct observation data from 58 restaurants located within a half-mile (804.5 meters) of… read more here.
Keywords: high schools; restaurant food; youth oriented; food environment ... See more keywords