Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk conducting an experiment in a Oberprima (high school) chemistry laboratory; Sophienschule; Hannover, Germany.

This picture was taken during her last year of high school. The chemistry teacher, Professor Schmigielski was one of Elizabeth's favorite teachers.

Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk seated in a Oberprima (high school) chemistry laboratory; Sophienschule; Hannover, Germany.

This picture was taken during her last year of high school. The chemistry teacher, Professor Schmigielski was one of Elizabeth's favorite teachers.

Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk seated in a Oberprima (high school) chemistry laboratory; Sophienschule; Hannover, Germany.

This picture was taken during her last year of high school. The chemistry teacher, Professor Schmigielski was one of Elizabeth's favorite teachers.

A systematic literature review of alcohol education programmes in middle and high school settings (2000-2014)

Purpose Social marketing benchmark criteria were used to understand the extent to which single-substance alcohol education programmes targeting adolescents in middle and high school settings sought to change behaviour, utilised theory, included audience research and applied the market segmentation process. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review retrieved a total of 1,495 identified articles; 565 duplicates were removed. The remaining 930 articles were then screened. Articles detailing formative research or programmes targeting multiple substances, parents, families and/or communities, as well as elementary schools and universities were excluded. A total of 31 articles, encompassing 16 qualifying programmes, were selected for detailed evaluation. Findings The majority of alcohol education programmes were developed on the basis of theory and achieved short- and medium-term behavioural effects. Importantly, most programmes were universal and did not apply the full market segmentation process. Limited audience research in the form of student involvement in programme design was identified. Research limitations/implications This systematic literature review focused on single-substance alcohol education programmes targeted at middle and high school student populations, retrieving studies back to the year 2000. Originality/value The results of this systematic literature review indicate that application of the social marketing benchmark criteria of market segmentation and audience research may represent an avenue for further extending alcohol education programme effectiveness in middle and high school settings.

Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk conducting an experiment in a Oberprima (high school) chemistry laboratory; Sophienschule; Hannover, Germany.

This picture was taken during her last year of high school. The chemistry teacher, Professor Schmigielski was one of Elizabeth's favorite teachers.

Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk seated in a Oberprima (high school) chemistry laboratory; Sophienschule; Hannover, Germany.

This picture was taken during her last year of high school. The chemistry teacher, Professor Schmigielski was one of Elizabeth's favorite teachers.

The puzzle of falling enrolments in physics and chemistry courses: Putting some pieces together

This paper reports and discusses the principal findings of an Australian study exploring the decisions of high achieving Year 10 students about taking physics and chemistry courses (Lyons, 2003). The study used a ‘multiple worlds’ framework to explore the diverse background characteristics that previous quantitative research had shown were implicated in these decisions. Based on analyses of questionnaire and interview data, the study found that the students’ decisions involved the complex negotiation of a number of cultural characteristics within their school science and family worlds. Many of the students regarded junior high school science as irrelevant, uninteresting and difficult, leaving them with few intrinsic reasons for enrolling in senior science courses. The study found that decisions about taking physical science courses were associated with the resources of cultural and social capital within their families, and the degree to which these resources were congruent with the advantages of choosing these courses. The paper concludes that the low intrinsic value of school science and the erosion of its strategic value contribute to the reluctance of students to choose physical science courses in the senior school.

Does gender moderate the relationship between polydrug use and sexual risk-taking among Australian secondary school students under 16 years of age?

Introduction and Aims This study examines the association of alcohol and polydrug use with risky sexual behaviour in adolescents under 16 years of age and if this association differs by gender. Design and Methods The sample consisted of 5412 secondary school students under 16 years of age from Victoria, Australia. Participants completed an anonymous and confidential survey during class time. The key measures were having had sex before legal age of consent (16 years), unprotected sex before 16 (no condom) and latent-class derived alcohol and polydrug use variables based on alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, inhalants and other illegal drug use in the past month. Results There were 7.52% and 2.55% of adolescents who reported having sex and having unprotected sex before 16 years of age, respectively. After adjusting for antisocial behaviours, peers' drug use and family and school risk factors, girls were less likely to have unprotected sex (odds ratio = 0.31, P = 0.003). However, the interaction of being female and polydrug use (odds ratio = 4.52, P = 0.004) was significant, indicating that girls who engaged in polydrug use were at higher risk of having unprotected sex. For boys, the effect of polydrug use was non-significant (odds ratio = 1.44, P = 0.310). Discussion and Conclusions For girls, polydrug use was significantly associated with unprotected sex after adjusting for a range of risk factors, and this relationship was non-significant for boys. Future prevention programs for adolescent risky sexual behaviour and polydrug use might benefit from a tailored approach to gender differences.

Cantando a insatisfação: os recursos linguístico-expressivos na obra de Gonzaguinha

A fim de motivar alunos dos Ensinos Fundamental e Médio a atentarem para o cunho expressivo dos fatos da língua e buscarem conhecer os grandes nomes da música nacional, este trabalho objetivou um estudo estilístico dos recursos linguístico-expressivos de textos musicais de Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Jr. o Gonzaguinha. Destacou-se, primeiramente, o viés social da música. Em seguida, pretendeu-se uma aproximação entre textos musicais e o conceito de poesia para, então, tratar mais cuidadosamente do papel didático da canção. Considerando a concepção de contracultura, defendida por Marilena Chauí (1990) como o contexto histórico do momento das produções musicais, partiu-se para explanações acerca da Estilística: sua história, seus âmbitos, seu alcance e possibilidades. Por fim, adentrou-se nas relações lingüísticas a partir de canções de tom ora de protesto inconformado, ora nacionalista-apaixonado do artista mencionado. Desenvolveu-se, portanto, uma abordagem estilística individual do autor a partir de apontamentos teóricos sobre aspectos sonoros, léxico-semânticos, morfossintáticos e enunciativos do processo discursivo expressivo. Com esse intento, elegeram-se composições que ilustraram as marcas lingüísticas e seu entrelaçamento com o plano do conteúdo

Intertextualidade e interdiscursividade no ensino fundamental: uma perspectiva dialógica para o livro didático de português

O estudo ora desenvolvido parte do pressuposto segundo o qual o texto é entendido como o lugar de constituição e de interação de sujeitos sociais, como um evento no qual convergem ações linguísticas, cognitivas e sociais, segundo uma concepção dialógica do texto (BAKHTIN, 1992). Nos dias atuais, os livros didáticos continuam, em muitas das salas de aula brasileiras, a ditar os procedimentos de ensino (MESERANI, 2001 e MARCUSCHI apud DIONÍSIO; BEZERRA, 2005) e entende-se que a articulação das atividades de trabalho com textos, encontradas em tais materiais para o Ensino Fundamental (EF), a recursos como a intertextualidade e a interdiscursividade, importantes para a construção da textualidade e para a produção de sentidos, configura-se como um tema de pesquisa relevante. Assim, nessa investigação analisam-se a) as instruções metodológicas presentes no Manual do Professor e b) as atividades de produção e recepção textual retiradas de duas coleções de livro didático de Ensino Fundamental (6 ao 9 anos). Tal investigação prioriza o aspecto qualitativo, a natureza analítico-descritiva e o caráter interpretativista de pesquisa e visa a trazer novas referências para pesquisas em Língua Portuguesa no nível estudado, estabelecendo um diálogo com as práticas de ensino de leitura e escrita na escola, além de permitir uma análise crítica da forma como o livro didático é utilizado em sala. A análise apoia-se, principalmente, na Semiolinguística, uma vertente da Análise de Discurso Francesa (ADF), que constitui um olhar sobre o discurso, entendido como um processo interativo em uma determinada situação, resultante de um contrato (CHARAUDEAU, 2008) atribuído por um determinado grupo social, em uma dada situação sociointerativa. Considerando-se a análise dos LDP, observa-se a pouca ênfase que os autores dão ao papel da intertextualidade como recurso coesivo, tendo em vista a coerência textual, e como modo de manifestação da argumentatividade inerente a qualquer texto; da mesma forma, em relação à interdiscursividade, ressalta-se a falta de menção aos pressupostos discursivos e aos outros índices de polifonia, assim como à ironia, nas atividades de leitura e de produção escrita

Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match

The design of the New York City (NYC) high school match involved trade-offs among efficiency, stability, and strategy-proofness that raise new theoretical questions. We analyze a model with indifferences-ties-in school preferences. Simulations with field data and the theory favor breaking indifferences the same way at every school-single tiebreaking-in a student-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism. Any inefficiency associated with a realized tiebreaking cannot be removed without harming student incentives. Finally, we empirically document the extent of potential efficiency loss associated with strategy-proofness and stability, and direct attention to some open questions. (JEL C78, D82, I21).

Adolescent weight status and self-reported school performance in South Korea.

Using a nationally representative sample of 142 783 middle school (13-15 years old) and high school (16-18 years old) students in South Korea, this study examined whether (1) overweight and obesity are more likely to be associated with lower self-reported school performance; (2) overweight and obese students are more likely to enrol in a vocational high school as opposed to a general high school; (3) the association between obesity and poorer self-reported school performance is mediated through body image stress and health status. We found that excess weight was negatively associated with self-reported school performance among middle and general high school students, and that obese students had a higher probability of being enrolled in a vocational over a general high school. We did not find strong evidence on the mediating role of body image stress and health status.

But no one in my family has been to university - aiming higher: school students attitudes to higher education

In this paper, we present findings from the second stage of a three year longitudinal study involving 3,570 students aged 13-18 in a London Borough looking at the impact of Widening Participation (WP) on the attitudes of students. We outline findings from a previous stage and then focus specifically on two cohorts of Year 10 students (aged 14-15) in two consecutive years. The students completed the specially designed Attitudes to Higher Education Questionnaire (AHEQ) and provided information on WP activities in which they had participated. Data on the students' academic attainment and social backgrounds were also included. There were significant sex and cohort differences and interactions which were found to be related to WP activities specifically aimed at increasing the participation of socially disadvantaged students in higher education. The implications of findings are discussed in relation to theories of social identity and self concept and the implementation of strategies to increase participation in Higher Education

‘The trouble with Year 10’: 13 – 16 year old school students’ attitudes to higher education

This study looked at the impact of Widening Participation interventions on the attitudes of young people towards higher education. A total of 2731 adolescents aged 13–16 years completed a self-report measure of their attitudes to higher education, general and academic self concept and identification with school, family and peers. This was matched with data on the students’ academic attainment and social backgrounds. As expected, attainment scores were significantly positively correlated with take up of Widening Participation activities aimed at increasing participation in higher education, attitudes towards going to university and academic motivation. However, attainment was negatively correlated with perceptions of family attending university and identification with family. Regression analyses found that perceptions of family views about attending university were not a predictor of taking part in Widening Participation activities but were a predictor of attitudes towards higher education. Students in Year 10 aged 14–15 were significantly more negative on most factors than either older or younger students.

Use and access to ICT in students of public secondary schools in Chihuahua City, Mexico: inclusion in teaching and digital literacy

This paper addresses the issue of the digital divide in students of public secondary schools at Chihuahua City, Mexico. It seeks to identify potential inequality of opportunities with regards to subjects’ access to information, knowledge and education through the ICT (internet, mobile telephony, broadband and television). The study takes three schools as investigative stage, using the survey as a data collection instrument, identifying patterns of behavior regarding: general knowledge of them, access to computer equipment and internet, and characterization of their use. Other aspects of analysis are the identification of the educational level of parents and access to technology resources available for academic and non-academic purposes in various application areas (home, school and social environment). The proposal concludes, that it is through the recollection of alternatives suggested by the teachers themselves to incorporate ICT for teaching purposes in a systematic and planned fashion, whose greatest reflection manifests in better digital literacy indicators.