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1. Environmental consciousness differences between primary and secondary school students

Author:
Sánchez-Llorens, S.; Agulló-Torres, A.; Del Campo-Gomis, F.J.; Martinez-Poveda, A.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.227 pp. 712-723
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; environmental education; students; Spain;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Worldwide environmental consciousness begins in 1970 with the first “Earth Day”. Environmental education has been used to increase this type of awareness, although other extra-curricular routes have also been proposed. The general objective of this article is to compare environmental consciousness in two school training compulsory levels (primary education and secondary education), in the town of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.251

2. Foundations in Germany: Primary and Secondary Education

Author:
Striebing, Clemens
ISSN:
1552-3381
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; Germany;     Show all 2 Subject
Abstract:
... The article gives an overview of the structure, aims, and functioning of German foundations that engage in primary and secondary education. It is discussed how the evolution of the German education regime is accompanied by a development of the characteristics of education foundations. The article argues that the modern foundation—professional, often businesslike large organizations—is best equippe ...
DOI:
10.1177/0002764218773463

3. Teachers’ Perception of the Effects of the New Education Curriculum on the Choice of Agriculture as a Career Among Secondary School Students in Oyo State

Author:
Badiru, Idris Olabode; Aluko, Bolanle; Adejumo, Adewale Adisa
Source:
Journal of agricultural & food information 2019 v.20 no.1 pp. 86-95
ISSN:
1540-4722
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; career choice; curriculum; sampling; students; teachers; urban areas;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study investigated teachers’ perception of the effect of the new education curriculum on the choice of agriculture as a career among secondary school students in Oyo State. A proportionate sampling method was used to select 102 respondents whose information was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. More of the respondents (55.8%) had an unfavorable perception of the ef ...
DOI:
10.1080/10496505.2018.1531008

4. The Vivarium: Maximizing Learning with Living Invertebrates—An Out-of-School Intervention Is more Effective than an Equivalent Lesson at School

Author:
Wüst-Ackermann, Peter; Vollmer, Christian; Randler, Christoph; Itzek-Greulich, Heike
Source:
Insects 2018 v.9 no.1
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; curriculum; invertebrates; learning; motivation; students;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The introduction of living invertebrates into the classroom was investigated. First, possible anchor points for a lesson with living invertebrates are explored by referring to the curriculum of primary/secondary schools and to out-of-school learning. The effectiveness of living animals for increasing interest, motivation, and achievement in recent research is discussed. Next, the Vivarium, an out- ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects9010003

5. Building a medical workforce in Tasmania: A profile of medical student intake

Author:
Cheek, Colleen; Hays, Richard; Allen, Penny; Walker, Gary; Shires, Lizzi
Source:
TheAustralian journal of rural health 2019 v.27 no.1 pp. 28-33
ISSN:
1038-5282
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; accountability; cities; demography; labor force; models; physicians; rural areas; rural health; schools; students; Tasmania;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... OBJECTIVE: To identify under‐represented groups in a medical school intake. DESIGN: Descriptive analysis of student demographic characteristics. SETTING: One state‐wide medical school. PARTICIPANTS: All students enrolled between 2010 and 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Proportion of students from regional and rural areas, state versus independent schools, highest parental qualification, Aboriginal ...
DOI:
10.1111/ajr.12445

6. Service providers’ experience of methamphetamine and the portrayal of the ‘ice epidemic’ in remote Australia

Author:
Cartwright, Kimberly; Tait, Robert J.
Source:
TheAustralian journal of rural health 2019 v.27 no.1 pp. 83-87
ISSN:
1038-5282
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; alcohols; anxiety; distress; funding; ice; interviews; methamphetamines; professionals; rural health; students; towns; Australia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... OBJECTIVE: To contrast service providers’ perceptions about crystalline methamphetamine (henceforth, ice) use and harm with information communicated in media reports and politicians’ statements. DESIGN: In‐depth semi structured interviews with service providers about the nature and extent of ice use in the local community and its impact on individual services, clients and town life. Interviews wer ...
DOI:
10.1111/ajr.12483

7. Common Diagnostic Test Results Over the Years

Author:
Aruvee, Eve
Source:
Rural Sustainability Research 2016 v.36 no.331 pp. 14-18
ISSN:
2256-0939
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; mathematics; students;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this article, common test results over the years 2000 – 2016 are analysed. The test questions for new entrants were based on secondary school mathematics. The students took the test in the first lesson of the higher mathematics course. The test results were analysed by years, by tasks and by specialities, and their differences were found. The test results’ dependence on state-exams score was st ...
DOI:
10.1515/plua-2016-0009

8. Welfare Implications of Domestic Land Grabs Among Rural Households in Delta State, Nigeria

Author:
Adepoju, Abimbola O.; Ewolor, Scholastica; Obayelu, Oluwakemi A.
Source:
Rural Sustainability Research 2018 v.39 no.334 pp. 19-25
ISSN:
2256-0939
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; econometrics; farmers; farms; food security; households; livelihood; Nigeria;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rural households are displaced from their lands without any plan in place to resettle or compensate them, for a promise of improvement in their living standards. This has not only resulted in a decline in the living standard of the rural populace, in terms of loss of land and livelihoods, the poor are also further marginalized and impoverished. This study examines the welfare implication of domest ...
DOI:
10.2478/plua-2018-0003

9. Are the Biscayne Universitary students ready to go to the beach safely?

Author:
Sotés, Iranzu; Basterretxea-Iribar, Imanol; Maruri, María de Las Mercedes
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2018 v.151 pp. 134-149
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; educational planning; questionnaires; risk; seawater; students; swimming; Spain;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Beachgoers are not aware of many hazards they may find in the seawater. In 2015 58% of drowning that occurred in Spain took place on the beach. The risk may be reduced by action on the vulnerability and the exposition. Swimming ability may help to decrease vulnerability but it seems not to be enough and, as for exposition, the knowledge of beach hazards is a good aid to reduce bathers' incidents. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.10.012

10. Methodological Approaches to Pupils’ Ecological Culture Education

Author:
Sovhira, Svitlana; Dushechkina, Nataliia
Source:
Journal of landscape ecology 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 61-72
ISSN:
1805-4196
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; ecological value; educational institutions; environmental education; humans;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The methodological approaches to pupils’ ecological culture education such as axiological and cultural had been revealed in the article. Theoretical methods: analysis and generalization of literature on the research problem; empiric: observation, conversation, pedagogical experiment were used in the process of research. Based on the use of the above methods it was stated that axiology can consider ...
DOI:
10.2478/jlecol-2018-0001

11. Predictors of healthier and more sustainable school travel mode profiles among Hong Kong adolescents

Author:
Barnett, Anthony; Akram, Muhammad; Sit, Cindy Hui-Ping; Mellecker, Robin; Carver, Alison; Cerin, Ester
Source:
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2019 v.16 no.1 pp. 48
ISSN:
1479-5868
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adolescents; caregivers; cross-sectional studies; environmental sustainability; issues and policy; models; psychosocial factors; regression analysis; schools; walking; China;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Adolescent travel mode choices to/from school vary in their physical activity (PA) component and environmental sustainability. Research has typically focussed on correlates of active travel, the most healthy and sustainable mode, in comparison to other modes combined. Under the premise that a small shift from less to more healthy/sustainable modes may be a more feasible than a shift to ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12966-019-0807-4

12. The impact of a sensory education on gustatory and olfactory perception in Austrian school children aged 11–14 – A consideration of short-term effects

Author:
Wahl, Marlene; Majchrzak, Dorota
Source:
Food quality and preference 2019 v.78 pp. 103727
ISSN:
0950-3293
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; eating habits; education programs; elementary students; nutrition; olfactory perception; planning; school children; smell; taste; Austria;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sensory education has the potential to activate chemosensory awareness in children and may lead to them developing healthier and more balanced eating habits. The increasing evidence for the effectiveness of a sensory based education was mainly shown in studies with primary school children. As there is a lack of data with older children of mandatory school age, this study focused on pupils aged 11– ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103727

13. Light use patterns in Portuguese school buildings: User comfort perception, behaviour and impacts on energy consumption

Author:
Lourenço, Patrícia; Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte; Heitor, Teresa
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.228 pp. 990-1010
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; buildings; climate; design for environment; energy use and consumption; learning; observational studies; schools; solar radiation; students; teachers;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... In schools, light use has been consistently highlighted as a crucial factor in the performance of school buildings; the visual comfort is connected with the students' performance and artificial light is a main source of energy consumption in the case of moderate climates. Resulting from a year-long post observational study conducted at schools, this article explains the current situation regarding ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.144

14. Exploring the Relationship between School Gardens, Food Literacy and Mental Well-Being in Youth Using Photovoice

Author:
Lam, Vanessa; Romses, Kathy; Renwick, Kerry
Source:
Nutrients 2019 v.11 no.6
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adults; cooking; food choices; gardening; gardens; green infrastructure; life events; literacy; photography; research projects; youth;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The goal of the project was to gain an understanding of the relationships between secondary school youth experiences in school gardens and their mental well-being. Over the course of five months, sixteen youths participated in a photovoice research project in which they expressed their personal experiences about food and gardening through photography and writing. The aspects of secondary school yo ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu11061354

15. Protein Intake Estimated from Brief-Type Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaire and Urinary Urea Nitrogen Level in Adolescents

Author:
Okuda, Masayuki; Asakura, Keiko; Sasaki, Satoshi
Source:
Nutrients 2019 v.11 no.2
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adolescents; anthropometric measurements; biomarkers; creatinine; excretion; females; food frequency questionnaires; males; protein intake; students; urea nitrogen; urine;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Our aim was to assess the validity of the brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ15y) to estimate the protein intake in 248 Japanese secondary school students (mean age = 14.2 years), using urinary biomarkers as references. Participants provided three samples of overnight urine for measurement of urea nitrogen and creatinine levels, underwent anthropometric measurements, and ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu11020319

16. Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics

Author:
Berlinski, Samuel; Busso, Matias
Source:
Economics letters 2017 v.156 pp. 172-175
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; economics; learning; mathematics; students;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to improve secondary school students’ ability to reason and argue using mathematics. A structured pedagogical intervention was created to foster a more active role of students in the classroom. The intervention was implemented with high fidelity and was internally valid. Surprisingly, students in the control group learned significantly more ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.007

17. Educational Inequality in Apartheid South Africa

Author:
McKeever, Matthew
ISSN:
1552-3381
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; Africans; Whites; South Africa;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this article, I explore the utility of effectively maintained inequality theory in examining educational inequality in South Africa at the end of the apartheid era. As an obviously unequal country, South Africa provides an excellent opportunity to test the claim that even with large quantitative differences in achievement, qualitative differences will matter. Using data from the early 1990s, I ...
DOI:
10.1177/0002764216682988

18. EMI in Germany : Qualitative Differentiation in a Tracked Education System

Author:
Weiss, Felix; Schindler, Steffen
ISSN:
1552-3381
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; higher education; universities; Germany;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article discusses effectively maintained inequality considering two different examples from the Germany education system: secondary school attainment and enrolment in highly ranked universities among freshmen. In our analyses of secondary school attainment, we investigate whether considering differentiation in upper secondary education leads to other conclusions than restricting the analyses ...
DOI:
10.1177/0002764216682811

19. Exploring the association between whole blood Omega-3 Index, DHA, EPA, DHA, AA and n-6 DPA, and depression and self-esteem in adolescents of lower general secondary education

Author:
van der Wurff, I. S. M.; von Schacky, C.; Bergeland, T.; Leontjevas, R.; Zeegers, M. P.; Kirschner, P. A.; de Groot, R. H. M.
Source:
European journal of nutrition 2019 v.58 no.4 pp. 1429-1439
ISSN:
1436-6207
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adolescents; arachidonic acid; blood; docosahexaenoic acid; docosapentaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; epidemiological studies; krill; long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; oils; regression analysis; self-esteem;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Depression is common in adolescents and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are suggested to be associated with depression. However, research in adolescents is limited. Furthermore, self-esteem has never been studied in relation to LCPUFA. The objective here was to determine associations of depression and self-esteem with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00394-018-1667-4

20. Students’ attitudes toward forest ecosystem services, knowledge about ecology, and direct experience with forests

Author:
Torkar, Gregor; Krašovec, Urša
Source:
Ecosystem services 2019 v.37 pp. 100916
ISSN:
2212-0416
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; aesthetic value; air; animals; attitudes and opinions; climate; ecosystem services; females; forest ecosystems; forests; fuels; habitats; males; mushrooms; plants (botany); recreation; soil; students;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... The main study objective was to determine how primary and lower secondary school students’ valuations and perceptions of ecosystem services as provisioning (produces timber, food, and fuel), regulating (regulates the climate, protects against natural hazards, produces clean water, produces soil, produces clean air), cultural (a place for recreation, for relaxation and deep thinking, for physical/s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100916