Education for Sustainability in Western Australian Secondary Schools: Are We Doing It?

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsie Prabawa-Sear ◽  
Vanessa Dow
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Level ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Western Australian

AbstractThis research was commissioned by the (then) Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) to provide recommendations on how to best support Western Australian (WA) secondary schools to engage in education for sustainability (EfS). The research aims were to identify barriers and benefits to being involved in EfS, the support systems required for schools to participate in EfS at secondary school level, and the difficulties that secondary schools experience when implementing EfS programs. A variety of research methods were utilised: semi-structured interviews with non-teaching stakeholders; online questionnaires for teachers, school administrators and students; focus groups and semi-structured interviews with teachers and school administrators; and an expert panel workshop to discuss data and recommendations prior to completion of a final report. Data were collected from 29 schools, 45 teachers and school administrators, 186 students, and various EfS external providers and stakeholders across metropolitan and regional WA. This article focuses on three issues identified in the data that we consider important and under-represented in discourses of EfS in Australia: lack of understanding about what EfS means among educators; lack of meaningful student involvement in EfS in secondary schools; and differing quality in EfS programs offered by external providers. We conclude this article by offering ways to improve EfS in WA secondary schools.

Grappling with Internationalisation of the Curriculum at the Secondary School Level: Issues and Tensions for Educators

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libby Tudball
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Level ◽  
Cultural Understanding ◽  
Global Flows ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

Increasing global flows of students, information and ideas, the realities of globalisation, and an increasingly interdependent world have meant that many educators at the secondary school level are currently grappling with the issue of how to internationalise the curriculum and increase inter-cultural understanding among students. In addition, complex and troubling issues in the world have added urgency to the need for consideration of what knowledge, skills, and pedagogies schools should focus on in the curriculum into the future. This article discusses views in the literature and research on how educators are grappling with the issues and tensions of internationalisation in Australian secondary schools.

scholarly journals Association of Classroom Environment with Academic Achievement of Secondary School Girls in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
Tariq Javed
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
School Level ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
School Girls

Abstract The purpose of the study was to find out the association of classroom environment with the academic achievement of secondary school girls in Pakistan. The population of the study was 1104 Secondary School Teachers SSTs / Trained Graduate Teachers TGTs (Female), 5628 secondary school girls in 64 Federal Government Girls Secondary Schools. Multistage sampling was used in the present research. Three categories of schools (Large, Medium, Small) were constructed for research purpose on the basis of the number of students who appeared in SSC-I annual examination 2014 by a federal board of intermediate and secondary education Islamabad. The objectives of the study were to find out the nature of the classroom environment at girls secondary schools and to identify the association of classroom environment with the academic achievement of girls at secondary school level. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested with the help of statistical tests to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was descriptive in nature and survey technique was used to collect data from respondents. Data were collected on various aspects of the classroom environment, including temperature, furniture and fixture, arrangement of furniture, air, light, writing board facilities. The tool consisting of fourteen statements on classroom environment was getting validated from four experts to determine content validity. Reliability of the research instrument was determined by using Cronbach Alpha based which was. 855. The analysis of the collected data was carried out by using two non parametric statistical tests, i.e. (i) Chi Square test, (ii) Mann Whitney U test. There was a positive association between the classroom environment and academic achievement of girls at secondary school level.

scholarly journals Perception of Higher Secondary Schools Teachers towards Academic Performance of Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Sana Afzal ◽  
Faiza Qayyum
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Target Population ◽  
School Level ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Spss Software

The world is becoming more and more competitive and for the performance and personal progress is the key factor. A study was designed to know teachers' perceptions regarding students' performance at the higher secondary school level. All the higher secondary school students (male and female) were the population of the study. The higher secondary schools of district Toba Tek Singh were considered for the target population. The 80 teachers (40 male and 40 female) were chosen as a study sample proportionate from the 17 higher secondary schools. The collected data were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics frequency and percentages with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The demographic characteristic of respondents shows that the vast majority of teachers have a graduate degree, and half of the teachers belong to the 25-50 age category and have up to 10 years experience, respectively. The teachers’ response indicated that students of higher secondary schools have confidence in asking and answering questions.

scholarly journals ESD for managers in the Danish lower secondary educational curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mathias Paaske ◽  
Olman Segura-Bonilla ◽  
Jairo Hernandez-Milian
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
School Level ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Core ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Conceptual Paper

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to challenge the current educational methods taking place in Danish lower secondary school by introducing the concept of education for sustainable development (ESD) to help managers and teachers facilitate an action-oriented approach aimed at potentiating the level of sustainability and environmental awareness.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual paper is based on the relevant literature and examines the necessity to move beyond traditional education curricula by offering a new practical sustainable framework for facilitating ESD at Danish lower secondary schools. A particular focus relates to evaluating and adopting sustainable approaches in the educational literature that is sufficiently sensitive to practical changes in Danish lower secondary teaching methods.FindingsWith the purpose of generating awareness about climate change and students’ ecological footprint to lower secondary school students in Denmark, it was found that embedding ESD in the Danish curriculum would be an important tool for this purpose. The authors outline practical recommendations for managers at the lower secondary school level.Originality/valueThis conceptual paper addresses the core issue of traditional education in Danish lower secondary schools by suggesting to adopt the educational framework of ESD. To this end, the authors have offered a variety of specific practical suggestions accordingly to how traditional education can be redesigned by focusing on action-oriented learning and future-oriented ESD. Furthermore, the authors propose that certain educational components of smart cities might promote an underlying commitment to meet the core issues of climate change, as this has yet to be examined. The research on ESD for managers at the Danish lower secondary school level is fairly limited to date.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions toward using Geography Textbooks: A Study in Secondary Schools in Nepal

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Keshav Raj Dhakal
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Observation Protocol ◽  
Teacher's Perception

This paper is an attempt to examine the teacher’s perception on use of geography textbooks at the secondary school level in the Kathmandu district of Bagmati Province, Nepal. Eight geography teachers who teach geography in community secondary schools were selected purposively. The semi-structured interview and class observation method were used to obtain on the teacher’s perceptions regarding the usages of secondary level geography textbooks. The classroom observation was used to see how teachers used geography textbooks in the classrooms by observation protocol. The interviews were recorded on audio recorder and transcribed it. The data obtained from interviews provided more profound answers and crossed check accuracy of the observational data. After collecting necessary data, analysis of the data acquired from semi-structured interviews and classroom observations were made through the interpretative method by combining different sources of data. The results reveal that geography teachers who had pro-textbook views believed that their teaching could be conducted effectively using the textbooks. By contrast, teachers who had anti-textbook views believe that geography textbook was inadequate and ineffective. Secondary level geography textbooks contain both potential and limitations. The teacher should supplement geography textbooks with other authentic teaching materials to give learners more learning.

Rozwój koedukacyjnego średniego szkolnictwa ogólnokształcącego w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4(250)) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Dormus
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
First World War ◽  
School Level ◽  
World War ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Teaching Community ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
First World

During the late 19th century and early 20th century, co-education on a secondary school level was still a source of controversy, resulting in a public discussion. The first co-educational secondary schools in the Polish territories were established over the course of the First World War. During that time, in light of a realistic chance for Poland to regain independence, the teaching community undertook discussions regarding the shape of education in independent Poland. Still, many people still viewed co-education with a degree of doubt. In the interwar period, however, the number of public and private co-educational secondary schools increased. They were located primarily in smaller cities. Additionally, men usually represented the majority of students. This dynamic was a result of allowing women to attend institutions that had originally functioned as all-male schools, thus creating a coeducational schooling system. The level of education in these institutions was generally low.

scholarly journals Development of a Mobile Learning Application of Malay Vocabulary for Lower Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Nor Zuhaidah Mohamed Zain ◽  
Maizatul Hayati Mohamad Yatim ◽  
Ummu Husna Azizan ◽  
Hasrina Baharum
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Secondary School Level

Modern technology has become an integral part of education field. Undeniably, the use of multimedia technology has a major impact on teaching and learning (T&L) process of the new generation. This article focuses on designing and developing a mobile learning application of Malay vocabulary for lower secondary school level. The design and development of the application called “Kuasa Kosa Kata” (3K henceforth) was based on a novel entitled “Sejambak Bakti”. The context of this study is closely related to game-based learning (GBL) method in the 3K application that encourages independent learning among the targeted students. Designing the 3K application was based on a storyboard for the idea and story-making whilst the development of it was done using Adobe Flash. The data on participants’ comments and opinions on the learning application were qualitatively gathered from semi-structured interviews. As conclusion, focus is on the importance of game-based learning implementation in the development of mobile learning application. It is hoped that use of 3K application as teaching material will boost the mastery of Malay Language vocabulary among lower secondary school students.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Child Protection Rights Observance with the Students' Level of Satisfaction at Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Khalid Rehman Khan ◽  
Habib Elahi Sahibzada ◽  
Manzoor Hussain Shah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
School Management ◽  
School Level ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this quantitative descriptive study was to investigate the relationship of child protection rights observance with the students level of satisfaction at secondary school level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. School management and students at the public sector secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the populations of the study. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 320 principals, 640 teachers and 3200 students from 320 randomly selected secondary schools. Three satisfaction scales of five-point Likert type options were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using percentage, chi-square (?2), and Pearson values. School management showed a significant relationship between child protection rights observance and the level of satisfaction of students. Observance of the fundamentals of child rights played a pivotal role in making sure the child protection rights. Students mutual interaction did not impede the instructional activities of the school management through a significant number of the sample considered teaching as a hectic job.

scholarly journals Impact of A.V Aids on Academic Achievement of Students at Secondary School Level in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol I (I) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Tanveer Ahmad ◽  
Nasir Ali ◽  
Abdul Basit Khan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Level ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Nature Study ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Study Population

AV aids are very important in the learning process. It prepares students for useful learning. There is no doubt that learning materials have great importance in education. Due to this the researcher conducts a study regarding "impact of AV AIDS on the academic achievement of students". A descriptive nature study was conducted. All the 10th class students of Gov secondary schools were the study population. As a sample 500 respondents were selected from 12 Govt. secondary schools, by applying a simple random sampling technique. The researcher delimited the study only to 10th grade of the 12 females and males' schools. To collect the data, a self-made tool was used. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS. John Curry formula was applied. Frequency, percentage, and linear regression were used for analysis. It was revealed that students' academic achievement has a positive relation with AV aids.

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