Teaching High Schoolers How Science Works

Access to opportunities for physical activity and sports, and therefore potential benefits of participation, are distributed inequitably. The aims of this study were to describe and compare youth experiences related to sport and physical activity by socioeconomic factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of students in 5–12th grades in King County, Washington, USA. Students were asked about physical activity and sports experiences and about demographic factors including family affluence, which was categorized as low, medium, and high. Participants were 1038 youth (50% girls, 58% non-White, and 32% from homes where languages other than English are spoken). Children from low-affluence families reported fewer days/week of physical activity, fewer sports sampled, and lower rates of ever playing sports. Greater proportions of children from low-affluence families reported these barriers to sports: (1) don’t want to get hurt, (2) don’t feel welcome on teams, (3) too expensive, and (4) transportation. Middle school children from high-affluence families had three times higher odds of meeting physical activity recommendations, and high-affluence high schoolers had three times higher odds of ever participating in sports compared to peers from low-affluence families. Socioeconomic status was inversely associated with outcomes related to youth physical activity and sports participation. The disproportionately reported barriers to sports participation are modifiable, and cross-sector solutions can help promote play equity.

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Perceived Parenting Practices as Predictors of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Among High Schoolers and Adults

Journal of Happiness Studies ◽

10.1007/s10902-021-00355-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

István Tóth-Király ◽

Beáta Bőthe ◽

Éva Gál ◽

Gábor Orosz ◽

Adrien Rigó

Keyword(s):

Parenting Practices ◽

Perceived Parenting ◽

Obsessive Passion ◽

Harmonious And Obsessive Passion ◽

High Schoolers

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Enhancing high schoolers' creative thinking and complex problem‐solving abilities: Examining the effectiveness of spirituality

Psychology in the Schools ◽

10.1002/pits.22604 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Samta P. Pandya

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Complex Problem ◽

Complex Problem Solving ◽

High Schoolers

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Climate Change Science in School Curriculum: Solution to Ignorance of Commons in Developing Countries

Journal of Climate Change ◽

10.3233/jcc210023 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 29-34

Author(s):

K.P. Thrivikramji ◽

K.S. Sajinkumar ◽

V.R. Rani

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

High School ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Skill Training ◽

Work Force ◽

Developed Countries ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Learning Content ◽

Knowledge Deficit ◽

High Schoolers

In developing countries and to a certain degree in developed countries too, either climate change (CC) consequences or drivers of CC are alien to the mindset of commoners, who after High School had with/without vocational skills entered the workforce. This deficit or ignorance can be rectified only by adding CC education in the school system. We present a school appropriate outline of CC learning content spanning Kinder Garten to High School. Adding CC content in school education is immensely warranted, as a large chunk of high schoolers annually joins the work force with or without vocational or skill training. Further, such a knowledge deficit among the generations of working class can be remedied only by providing appropriate and sufficient knowledge on CC consequences, etc., only through a structured adult education campaign.

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