This paper reports on a study of upper secondary school teachers’ and students’ perceptions of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. Data for the study are interviews with teachers and students that are part of a Swedish fouryear project concerned with the advanced use of ICT in education. The results show that teachers use ICT for several different purposes, and that s...

INTRODUCTION Environments that facilitate energy-dense, nutrient-poor diets are associated with childhood obesity. We examined the effect of a change of school environment on the prevalence of obesity and related dietary behavior in early adolescence. METHODS Fifteen schools in Victoria, Australia, were recruited at random from the bottom 2 strata of a 5-level socioeconomic scale. In 9 school...

Perception and experience gained in the contemporary school could not help human beings' active learning. Totally, participation is the main element in active learning and thus, the active participation of students in the learning process is emphasized by education and learning in secondary schools. Given the importance of active learning, in this paper, the effective components in this type of...

introduction: since health is one of god's great bounties bestowed on human, he should attempt to keep it especially in today's machine life. therefore, people have to be educated before any kind of disease occurs. this study aimed to analyze the contents of secondary school textbooks regarding health education indices such as skin health, oral hygiene, nutrition, sports and physical activity, ...

BACKGROUND Few studies on impact of meals served in school have been published. However, implications of school meals are an actual issue of both public and political concern in several countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate if breakfast served in a lower secondary school could improve dietary habits and school performance among the students. METHODS All students in 10th grade...

Secondary school transition takes place earlier in Portugal than in most Western countries. This study aims to analyze the impact of this transition on the self-concept and self-esteem of Portuguese students, and to identify potential differential gender impacts. The sample included 377 students (Mage = 9.46; SD = .93; 52.8% boys). Self-report questionnaires were administered in 4th grade (midd...

Character strengths have been found to be substantially related to children's and adolescents' well-being. Initial evidence suggests that they also matter for school success (e.g., Weber and Ruch, 2012). The present set of two studies aimed at replicating and extending these findings in two different age groups, primary school students (N = 179; mean age = 11.6 years) and secondary school stude...

Attitudes about inclusion are extremely complex and vary from teacher to teacher and school to school. This article explores how the teachers‟ attitudes can influence academic performance of students with disabilities in secondary schools of Zimbabwe. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design, with 50 secondary school teachers as participants from ten purposefully selected seconda...

BACKGROUND Youth drug use is a significant at-risk youth behaviour and remains as one of the top priorities for mental health services, researchers and policy planners. The ecological characteristics of secondary school students' behaviour in Hong Kong are understudied. AIM To examine individual, familial, social and environmental correlates of drug use among secondary students in Hong Kong. ...