Dissertations / Theses: 'Catholic girls' high school'

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O'Loughlin, Anne, and n/a. "A Freirean perspective on a Catholic girls' school." University of Canberra. Education, 1987. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060822.144217.

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This study examines values in the curriculum of one specific Catholic girls' high school. It reports on a school-based curriculum evaluation which took place at the school and explores how the methodology used imposed limitations on the explication of values. The implications of these limitations on the development of an appropriate curriculum for such a specific schoolbody are examined in the light of the writings of Paulo Freire and the outlines of an alternative method for curriculum evaluation is developed and applied. Major elements of this alternative model include an historical analysis of the school community, the critical appraisal of its place in society, and the development of a praxis. This three-step approach is repeated three times; firstly in relation to the Catholic identity of the school, secondly in consideration of gender issues for a school for girls, and thirdly in respect to the school itself, operating in Canberra in the 1980s.

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Winslow, Mary Ann. "Where the boys are: The educational aspirations and future expectations of working class girls in an all-female high school." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187399.

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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the educational aspirations and future expectations of working class youth in an all-female Catholic high school. The ethnographic methods of primarily interviews and participant observation were used to discover the plans and the decision processes of approximately 21% of the senior class. Sixty girls were interviewed four weeks before graduation, as well as 20 teachers and administrators. Almost 100% of the sample (59) planned to attend college the following fall. While most institutions were competitive, only one planned to attend a most competitive, most selective institution, although several met the admissions requirements to do so. One-fourth of the sample planned to attend community colleges. The institution helped to facilitate the process of college entrance. However, many of the girls' decisions were determined before high school, and most were influenced by family members, most of whom had never attended a finished college. It was observed and reported by the girls that the all-female environment enhanced their educational experiences.

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Archer-Banks, Diane Alice Marie. "Voices of high-performing African American high school girls." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0020760.

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Ugochukwu, L. C., and n/a. "Catholic education in practice : a case study of a Catholic high school." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.161949.

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An aspect of Australian education is the continued presence of the Catholic schools including those in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. They have continued to be a significant part of Australian education after decades of ups and downs. The question today is not whether Catholic schools will survive but rather how effective they will be despite the changes which have taken place over the last few decades. Catholic schools still aim to provide all the elements of a State education, and in addition, to offer them within a Catholic setting. They have tried to create an environment that will continue to reflect the cultural values of its members. The Theses is on Catholic Education in Practice: A Case Study of a Catholic High School in the A.C.T. The Theses is based on historical and analytical approach. The results of a case study involving random sampled students, their parents/guardians and teachers in a Catholic High School in the A.C.T. sets out to investigate what factors still attract them to the Catholic school despite the significant changes that have taken place since Catholic education was introduced into Australia. By examining these three groups of people who are directly involved in Catholic schools, it is hoped that a more balanced assessment of the extent to which ideals and practices of Catholic education have been retained. The results show that students attend Catholic schools for a variety of reasons including academic and religious and because of the traditional approach to areas such as discipline. The religious values continue to be an important part of the school which makes it distinctively Catholic, but the integration is not as pervasive as previous due to the change in the nature of staff and students at the school.

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Long, Christina G. "Riverfront Girls Making the Transition to High School." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/69686.

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Educational Administration
Ed.D.
The purpose of this one-year ethnographic study was to explore and make meaning of the "lived reality" of white working-class girls from Riverfront who are at risk for dropping out as they make the transition from eighth grade to ninth. The focus on white working-class girls from Riverfront, a deindustrialized neighborhood in the Northeast, reflects the fact that they are one of the many subgroups vulnerable to dropping out. While large quantitative studies are providing us with information abut who drops out, when they drop out, and the "official" reason based on school codes, the voices and views of students are glaringly absent. This study provides an in-depth account of seven girls as they make the transition to high school, employing the methodology and analytic techniques of ethnography. Situated in the context of class, the study explored how these girls and their families made decisions, and investigated their beliefs, feelings and behaviors during this critical year. The study found that the girls' lives and educational experiences sharply diverged after they left their neighborhood elementary school and spread out to various high schools. The girls who attended magnet and other selective schools increased their chances to realize their potential as these schools were far superior in terms of offering students curricular, pedagogical and environmental advantages that would prepare them for higher education and well-paying jobs. In contrast, the girls who went to neighborhood schools further increased the likelihood that their economic position would remain stagnant, as the schools they attended were poorer in every respect from teacher quality to curriculum and classroom environment. While the neighborhood negatively impacted the education of these working-class girls, the influence of their families varied. Families that had social and cultural capital transmitted many advantages to their daughters, while the poorest and most socially excluded families unwittingly perpetuated poorer life outcomes for their daughters.
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Gaspar, Antony J. "The Impact of Catholic High School Education| Catholic High School Young Adult Alumnae Perception and Engagement in Social Justice Related Activities." Thesis, Loyola Marymount University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3592167.

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This mixed methods research investigated how young adult alumnae from a Catholic female high school perceive the impact of their high school service experience concerning their "beliefs" about the importance of service, current "engagement" in service, and their beliefs about and engagement with four Catholic Social Teaching principles (life and dignity, care for the poor, solidarity and common good, and rights and responsibilities) related to social justice.

This research draws data from young adult alumnae from a Catholic female single-sex high school in a metropolitan city of the United States. The data collection included a web-based survey (N=131), individual interview (n=9), and school documents review. Catholic theology of the human person, and Catholic social teaching principles served as the conceptual framework for data analysis.

The quantitative data revealed that Catholic high school service program experience positively impacts participants' "beliefs" about the importance of service (65%), and the importance of four Catholic social teaching principles (73%). The qualitative data corroborates with the quantitative findings. However, participants lacked translating their beliefs in to action with only 42% reporting as "engaged" in service. Although a majority of participants (60%) reported as engaged in activities related to four CST principles, in reality only 25% are significantly engaged in service in the past 12 months. Catholic educators are invited to examine their service pedagogy and address factors that contribute to low level of service engagement. Further research is suggested to identify factors that would raise the level of service engagement in alumnae's young adult life.

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Gaspar, Antony John Joseph. "The Impact of Catholic High School Education: Catholic High School Young Adult Alumnae Perception and Engagement in Social Justice Related Activities." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2013. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/223.

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This mixed methods research investigated how young adult alumnae from a Catholic female high school perceive the impact of their high school service experience concerning their "beliefs" about the importance of service, current "engagement" in service, and their beliefs about and engagement with four Catholic Social Teaching principles (life and dignity, care for the poor, solidarity and common good, and rights and responsibilities) related to social justice. This research draws data from young adult alumnae from a Catholic female single-sex high school in a metropolitan city of the United States. The data collection included a web-based survey (N=131), individual interview (n=9), and school documents review. Catholic theology of the human person, and Catholic social teaching principles served as the conceptual framework for data analysis. This research draws data from young adult alumnae from a Catholic female single-sex high school in a metropolitan city of the United States. The data collection included a web-based survey (N=131), individual interview (n=9), and school documents review. Catholic theology of the human person, and Catholic social teaching principles served as the conceptual framework for data analysis. The quantitative data revealed that Catholic high school service program experience positively impacts participants' "beliefs" about the importance of service (65%), and the importance of four Catholic social teaching principles (73%). The qualitative data corroborates with the quantitative findings. However, participants lacked translating their beliefs in to action with only 42% reporting as "engaged" in service. Although a majority of participants (60%) reported as engaged in activities related to four CST principles, in reality only 25% are significantly engaged in service in the past 12 months. Catholic educators are invited to examine their service pedagogy and address factors that contribute to low level of service engagement. Further research is suggested to identify factors that would raise the level of service engagement in alumnae’s young adult life.

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Itaman, Theophilus Idebaneria. "School Leadership in a High Performing Rural Catholic School in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4294.

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Researchers have observed that effective leaders are essential to achieving and sustaining high student achievement in disadvantaged poor rural areas. Poor leadership may negatively influence the academic performance of students. The poor performance of students in disadvantaged rural areas has been a continuous concern for Catholic educators in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the leadership practices that a rural Catholic school principal implemented to improve the academic standards in a disadvantaged environment in Nigeria. This qualitative case study sought to explore the practices of a principal in a Catholic school in the Diocese of Auchi that have improved student performance significantly in a disadvantaged rural area. Leithwood and Riehl's core leadership practices framework served as a conceptual basis for understanding the leadership practices of an effective school principal. The collection of data was through semistructured interviews with 12 participants (principal, 6 teachers, and 5 parents), a focus group with 5 teachers, field notes from direct observations, and documents from the school. Data analysis was thematic and flexible as guided by an interpretative framework. The findings suggest that Catholic school principals in disadvantaged areas need to set direction, have professional development for teachers, focus on the teaching and learning, and create an enabling climate with a positive culture, building Catholic character, good relationships, and stakeholders' collaboration. This study may contribute to positive social change in building best leadership practices in helping students learn in the midst of poverty, sustaining and improving student academic achievement.

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Hui, Nga-man Jasmine. "Sex education programme in a catholic boys' school." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37261071.

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Parker, Pauline Frances, and paulinefparker@gmail com. "Girls, Empowerment and Education: a History of the Mac. Robertson Girls' High School 1905-2005." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080516.164340.

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Despite the considerable significance of publicly funded education in the making of Australian society, state school histories are few in number. In comparison, most corporate and private schools have cemented their sense of community and tradition through full-length publications. This history attempts to redress this imbalance. It is an important social history because this school, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School can trace its origins back to 1905, to the very beginnings of state secondary education when the Melbourne Continuation School (MCS), later Melbourne High School (MHS) and Melbourne Girls' high School (MGHS) was established. Since it is now recognised that there are substantial state, regional and other differences between schools and their local communities, studies of individual schools are needed to underpin more general overviews of particular issues. This history, then, has wider significance: it traces strands of the development of girls' education in Victoria, thus examining the significance and dynamics of single-sex schooling, the education of girls more generally, and, importantly, girls' own experiences (and memories of experiences) of secondary schooling, as well as the meaning they made of those experiences. 'Girls, Education and Empowerment: A History of The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School 1905-2005', departs from traditional models of school history writing that tend to focus on the decision-makers and bureaucrats in education as well as documenting the most 'successful' former students who have made their mark in the world. Drawing on numerous narrative sources and documentary evidence, this history is organised thematically to contextualise and examine what is was like, and meant, to be a girl at this school (Melbourne Continuation School 1905-12; Melbourne High School 1912-27; Melbourne Girls' High School 1927-34, and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School from 1934) during a century of immense social, economic, political and educational change.

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Morris, Andrew Bernard. "School ethos and academic productivity : the Catholic effect." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36338/.

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This thesis is a study of the comparative academic effectiveness of Catholic schools in England. It uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigate the hypothesis that, pupils who attend Catholic comprehensive schools will, all things being equal, achieve higher levels of academic attainment in GCSE examinations at the age of sixteen than similar pupils attending other maintained comprehensive schools. The study reviews the published findings of research in this field in England and the United States of America and reports previously unpublished analysis of the results of school inspections made under Section 9 of the Education Act 1992 by OFSTED. There has been very little empirical research into the academic effectiveness of Catholic schools in England. Findings that have been reported have arisen from studies which were focused on other issues and this facet of the results has not been investigated further. In contrast, in the USA there has been a significant quantity of large scale research indicating the academic superiority of schools in the Catholic sector. The research uses a simple form of multi-level modelling as the main analytical tool to compare the performance of pupils (n = 2335) attending eighteen comprehensive schools in a medium sized shire county. In addition, a case study approach is used to compare two different models of Catholic school in the sample to highlight factors which may contribute to their differing levels of academic productivity. The findings partly confirm previous research that has indicated the superiority of Catholic schools in England and extends understanding of the possible causes of that superiority. The study suggests areas for further research and possible applications of the findings for Church authorities and other providers of maintained schools.

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Hui, Nga-man Jasmine, and 許雅雯. "Sex education programme in a catholic boys' school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37261071.

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Whittle, Lindsay. "Exploring Achievement Motivation of African American Girls in High School." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1371221048.

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Parsons, Elizabeth M. "Sports participation, self-objectification, and instumentatlity among high school girls /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488202171198422.

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Meel, A. "Teenage pregnancy among high school girls in Mthatha, South Africa." Thesis, Walter Sisulu University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1006969.

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Teenage pregnancy is an important health and social problem in South Africa. Despite declining trends of fertility rates in last two decades, the pregnancy among school girls remains steadily high in South Africa. Teenage pregnancy had negative impacts on various aspects of socio-economic well being of school girls. Aim: To determine the proportion of teenage pregnancy among high school girls and to identify the possible factors that influence teenage pregnancy in Mthatha region during the year 2009. Materials & Methods: This is an observational cross sectional, analytic study of teenage pregnancy conducted among high school teenage girls in the Mthatha region of South Africa. Result: A total of 1150 teenage girls from 15 to 19 years of ages responded from seven high schools in the Mthatha region of South Africa. In total 113 (10%) of teenage high school girls were currently mothers or had previously been pregnant. The proportions of those who had ever been pregnant increased significantly with age. The risk of falling pregnant among public high school teenage girls had two times higher compared to private high school teenage girls. Condoms were the most common method of contraception whereas the oral pills were the least common in practice. About half of teenage girls who had ever been pregnant had an abortion and of this one-third had had a backstreet/illegal abortion. The frequency of substance use was significantly higher among teenage girls who had ever been pregnant. A significant correlation was found between low socio-economic status, public schools and teenage pregnancy in this study. Conclusion: Teenage pregnancy is common among high school girls from 15 to 19 years of age in the Mthatha Region, South Africa. Poor socio-economic family conditions, lack of contraceptive use, early sexual maturation, risky behaviour, lack of knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health, multiple sexual partners and substance use were the common contributing factors of teenage pregnancy.

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Davis, Paul W. "A historical study of American Catholic education and the oral histories of Archbishop Elder High School teachers." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1083700873.

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Moore, Peter Joseph, and n/a. "Two school-based evaluations at a Catholic high school in the ACT a review." University of Canberra. Education, 1986. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061019.091214.

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The completion of two school-based evaluation reports at a Catholic High School in the ACT highlighted the need for support structures both for evaluating staff and for the management of an evaluation report. The writer (a school principal) felt a need to review school-based evaluations in a more professional manner, and to ensure that evaluations were managed with greater support for the staff involved. In the absence of known Australian checklists, designed to review school-based evaluations, two recognised evaluation checklists, those of Russell and Maling-Keepes, are tested as instruments of review, by applying them to the two school evaluation reports. Four evaluation reviews are documented, in all. The main purposes of this research were: (1) to determine the merits of the completed evaluations by applying the checklists of Russell and Maling-Keepes, (2) to test the relevance of the evaluation checklists of Russell and Maling-Keepes as instruments of review at the school level, (3) in the light of this research, to be in a better position to recommend a) a suitable review method for use by Catholic School Principals, b) support structures, both at a system level and a school level, to assist the development of school-based evaluations.

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Hollis, Lanny K. "Catholic schools and student academic performance Does the urban catholic school experience mitigate ethnoracial disparity? /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1266877069.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cleveland State University, 2009.
Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Mar. 11, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-291). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center and also available in print.

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McQuillan, Paul, and res cand@acu edu au. "The limit experience of senior high school students: A study across four catholic high schools." Australian Catholic University. Shool of Theology, 2001. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp9.25072005.

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The purpose of the research reported in this thesis is to investigate the occurrence and recognition of limit experience among some Catholic High School students in their final year at selected secondary colleges in Brisbane. Limit experience was defined as an experience that reveals a reality of life beyond the self, beyond the here and now. It may be recognition of our own fragility and vulnerability as much as a joyous awareness of a reality beyond our normal encounter with life. The research work of the Alistair Hardy Research Centre and of Hay (1987) in particular has centred on the question, asked in various ways: Have you ever been aware of, or influenced by, a presence or power, whether you call it God or not, which is different from your everyday life? The survey instrument for this research was designed to divorce questions on such experiences from the direct reference to the term religious, although individuals might indeed interpret them as religious. To approach the issue, an extensive open-ended survey was administered to senior high school students. It was designed first to determine the extent of recognition of such experiences among the students and second to examine whether factors such as home background, regular religious practice, type of school, subject choice or co-curricula activities may make a difference in enhancing the awareness of such experience. This research has also been designed to enable comparison with similar studies. Major research in Australia by Flynn (1975, 1985, 1993) highlighted the factors above as influencing student achievement. Flynn also made connections to religious practice and attitudes to church but not to religious experience as such. Robinson and Jackson (1987) had undertaken extensive research on religious experience in Great Britain that also has important parallels to this research. Some of the techniques of both studies and in some cases actual questions have formed part of this research instrument. This research has gone further than both studies by incorporating the Hay (1987) categorisation of types of religious experience to form the basis for direct questions on student experience. The data gathering, treatment and analysis focused on four catholic secondary schools in the Brisbane Archdiocese. While the research focus was by definition limited, and while the results have of necessity to be treated with some caution before wider generalisation, the outcomes of the research do illuminate some of the important issues identified in the literature. The results of the survey showed that over 90% of the respondents could affirm some association with a limit experience along the lines of the Hay (1987) framework. With significant strengthening of criteria to allow for meaningful statistical analysis, this reduced to 76% of respondents. Results for this smaller group were shown to be essentially independent of home background, type of school attended, co-curricula programs and level of religious practice. With the significant exception of religious education, their recognition of limit experience was also independent of subject choice. This last is in contrast to the earlier work of Robinson and Jackson (1987). Exploratory analyses of the data enabled comparisons to be made with a suggested framework for spiritual sensitivity and the context of relational consciousness, both of which were first proposed by Hay and Nye (1998). This suggests some possible directions for further research into adolescent spirituality. The exploratory analyses also highlight some of the conflict between the reality of these experiences for students and their experience of dissonance with institutional religion.

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Weiss, Shira. "Letting God in : the spiritual development of modern orthodox high school girls /." Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3267742.

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Carre, Nancy Catherine. "The Effects of Education Narratives on High School Persistence among Navajo Girls." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3869.

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Dropout rates among American Indian students have not shown significant improvement since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. While extensive research exists on the dropout phenomenon, no studies were found that addressed why some Navajo girls leave school and the role education narratives play in their decision. Accordingly, this study examined the narratives shaping federal and Navajo education policies in order to understand how these influence school programs. The research questions dealt with three elements that could induce Navajo girls to leave school, the institutions and programs offered by federal and tribal government entities, and the dichotomies between school and home environments. The narrative policy analysis, grounded in social construction theory, included provisional and secondary coding of the NCLB of 2001 and the Navajo Sovereignty in Education Act of 2005. Interviews with administrators from the Department of DinÃ© Education, and a young Navajo woman who had left school, supplemented the documentary analysis. The data were triangulated and a modified network analysis conducted to glean areas of convergence and discrepancy between federal and Navajo policy constructs, based on problem statements and proposed solutions. Results indicated that school programs aligned with federal imperatives might not engage or interest many Navajo girls, leading them to abandon their studies early. The implications for social change include the need to develop programs that increase self-direction and engagement among Navajo girls, and granting indigenous peoples autonomy in deciding which educational approaches most closely align with their cultural norms and long-term objectives.

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Ndlangamandla, Sibongile Buyisile. "The development of a prototype uniform for high school girls in Swaziland." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25798.

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A study was carried out to:

Determine and describe all the stakeholders’ preferences and problems with regard to high school girls' uniform; and
To make recommendations for the prototype uniform that could be tested amongst stakeholders.

A survey was conducted through three questionnaires for the three different groups, namely the Form-3 girls, parents (represented by the mothers), and the teachers at the school, to determine the functional and aesthetic preferences and problems experienced with the current school uniform. Form-3 girls were selected because it was assumed they had passed the spurt of growth between the ages of 15 and 17 years. Their mothers had the experience of purchasing the family’s clothes, while the teachers spend most of the time with the girls observing the quality features of the uniform. Purposive sampling was used to select the girls, their mothers and five teachers from each school, resulting in a total sample of 150 girls, 150 mothers and 84 teachers. Fifteen (15) schools were selected from two highly populated urban areas, namely: the Hhohho region (Mbabane) and the Manzini region (Manzini). `The analysis starts with the descriptive characteristics of the demographic information of the stakeholders in the uniforms used in the school. Data was expressed in frequencies and percentages. Means and standard deviations were ranked in descending order, the most preferred functional and aesthetic features placed at the top. The functional and aesthetic performance problems were also ranked, with the feature giving most problems placed at the top. The study revealed that Swazi high school girls rated both their functional and aesthetic preferences high. Amongst the performance preferences, sensory-aesthetic dimensions were rated as very important, followed by durability (that the tunic should not fade in colour), comfort and ease of care. Performance preferences that were considered less important by the girls were the wearing of the tunic in summer and winter and using the tunic for class and sports. Mothers were not asked about comfort preferences because they do not wear the tunic; however, amongst the functional performance qualities tested on them, durability, care and cost were considered important. As was the case with the girls, mothers also considered symbolic preferences less important, for example that the tunic should show family and cultural values. The comparison of the combined functional dimensions to the combined aesthetic dimensions indicated that the girls and their mothers rated the functional performance preferences of the tunic higher than the aesthetic performance preferences. Teachers were only asked to respond on end-use and symbolic qualities of the tunic. Teachers considered the wearing of the tunic in winter and summer more important than the symbolic preferences. Symbolic preferences were also seen to be less important with the girls and their mothers. From the problems it can be concluded that the mothers and the girls did not experience major problems, except that the tunic fades. Mothers saw the cost of the tunic to be too expensive, as the same tunic could not be worn for sports. All the preferences relate to choice of style and fabric. Consumers preferred a panelled style of tunic with a waistline; however, in order to accommodate for growth, a semi-fitted princess style was recommended.
Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
Consumer Science
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Marlatt, Eva Strohm. "Effects of accelerated instruction on achievement gains of underprepared Catholic high school freshmen." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3570376.

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Educational leaders have many choices of organizational, curricular, and instructional interventions for academically underprepared high school freshmen. In the past decade, doubled instructional time in core subjects has become an increasingly popular intervention in large public school districts. Results so far have been mixed and there are no studies investigating the effects of this strategy in the private school sector. The purpose of this retrospective, pretest-posttest quasi-experiment with nonequivalent groups was to examine whether significant differences existed in the academic achievement gains of academically underprepared Catholic high school freshmen who received double-dosed mathematics and/or English instruction during ninth grade compared to equally underprepared peers who did not. The study used a dataset of 493 cases from an urban Catholic diocese in the San Francisco Bay Area. Academic achievement data consisted of archived mathematics and reading scores from two standardized, norm-referenced batteries with a published predictive validity metric of r = .83 (pretest: HSPT, posttest: PLAN). Independent t-test, ANCOVA, and ANOVA analyses were conducted to identify differences between group means and variances. Analyses revealed no statistically significant differences in posttest scores in mathematics or reading between the groups, challenging existing assumptions from previous effectiveness findings in the public school sector. The results indicate that, as a stand-alone intervention, doubled instructional time in the core subjects does not accelerate achievement gains for academically underprepared freshmen at urban Catholic high schools.

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Campbell, Michele Ray. "Diversity Deprivation Overcome: A Predominately Caucasian Catholic High School Addresses Societal Racial Prejudice." ScholarWorks, 1995. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/19.

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This study examines Monsignor Donovan High School, Toms River, Trenton Diocese, New Jersey's situation as a predominately Caucasian environment seeking to prepare students to adapt successfully to an increasingly diverse society. The author identifies the need for the students to gain a broader view of the world than evidenced by their school's population, examines the societal situations that led to the problem of prejudice in American society, explores the role of Catholic education in addressing prejudice and reports on polls of the MDHS Classes of 1994 and 1997 relative to their racial attitudes. Through a qualitative case study, the researcher reveals the objective and subjective results of student surveys and their implications. The entire study includes suggestions for improving students' views of minorities through multicultural literature and concludes with two annotated bibliographies designed for Catholic school educators striving (1) to learn more about their educational system and (2) to improve their schools' social atmosphere through multicultural studies.

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MacDonald, Terri L. "Long-term effects of a junior high school science retention program for girls." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0017/MQ55158.pdf.

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Henry-Keon, Nadene A. "Hailing the hero, critical cultural studies, subjectivity and girls in vocational high school." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0021/MQ57122.pdf.

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Curci, Juliet DiLeo. "Understanding student engagement: Insights from an all-girls urban neighborhood public high school." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/155573.

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Urban Education
Ph.D.
Students in a large mid-Atlantic city graduate from the public district high schools at an average annual rate of fifty-six percent. This low rate of high school completion predicts future financial and social instability for not only those individuals who drop out of school, but also for their surrounding community. The research on dropouts highlights the significance that students' low levels of academic and social engagement in school have on their decisions to leave school. Advocates for single-sex education argue that students engage and achieve at high levels when learning in this educational model. According to the current literature, students' success in single-sex schools is primarily a result of the proacademic choice that they and their guardians make when electing to attend a single-sex school. Through focus groups, interviews, and observations, this study explores what student engagement looks like at an all-girls urban neighborhood public high school that is non-selective and where the proacademic choice of students is not a factor. With new federal policy measures advocating innovation in public education, single-sex schools - historically inaccessible to minority students from low-income communities - are finding a foothold in urban public school systems across the country. This study aims to illuminate the extent to which a single-sex school serves as a "site of transformation" for young women of color from a low-income neighborhood. The realization of the school's mission, to interrupt the social reproduction of the neighborhood through the education of its young women, depends on its students' graduation from high school and their access to and success through college. Data related to various features of the school are analyzed to highlight how student engagement is promoted and inhibited at the school and ultimately results in transformative and/or reproductive educational experiences for students.
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Yang, Zijian. "May's Journey: a serious game to teach middle and high school girls programming." Digital WPI, 2016. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/454.

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Mayâ€™s JourneyÂ is a game where you help a video game character,Â May, finding her friend and repairing the broken game world. This is a 3D puzzle game in which players solve an environmental maze by using the gameâ€™s pseudo code to manipulate the environment. The game is aimed at 12 to 18 year old girls and the purpose is to attract them into Computer Science fields by teaching them basics of programming by focusing on logics and concepts while still asking them to type simple instructions in our programming language. Players do this in a compelling environment, with characters they can identify with, embedded in a relevant story. Our design process was based on our research on young female preferences in games and current teaching techniques for programming. Each decision we made whether for the teaching content, the art style, or the game mechanics and the techniques used to develop this game are motivated by the goal of making programming more appealing and interesting for girls. For this we developed our own pseudo-code language in order to provide an interface that bridges the gap between drag and drop approach and real programming and introduce typing as part of the experience. We tested our game with 10 teenagers aged from 14 to 17 years old for educational content. We were pleased to see how engaged with the game they were. Overall, the testing results were mostly as expected. The players liked the game (rated 4.8 out of 6) and all of them wanted to play more of it. They all felt that they learned something and 8 of them expressed the will to learn more about programming. Unfortunately, the sample of players is too small to generalize our results so we plan to take the feedback into account, iterate and test it again with a larger study group and get conclusive results. Working on this project has allowed us to understand the importance of iterative design and early play test feedback. We have also learned the importance of tutorials in games and how that might completely change the usersâ€™ experience. Finally, a crucial point was the importance of the UI helpers and targeted feedback in serious games.

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Jemmali, Chaima. "May's Journey: A serious game to teach middle and high school girls programming." Digital WPI, 2016. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/455.

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Mayâ€™s Journey is a game where you help a video game character, May, finding her friend and repairing the broken game world. This is a 3D puzzle game in which players solve an environmental maze by using the gameâ€™s pseudo code to manipulate the environment. The game is aimed at 12 to 18-year-old girls and the purpose is to attract them into Computer Science fields by teaching them basics of programming by focusing on logics and concepts while still asking them to type simple instructions in our programming language. Players do this in a compelling environment, with characters they can identify with,embedded in a relevant story. Our design process was based on our research on young female preferences in games and current teaching techniques for programming.Each decision we made whether for the teaching content, the art style, or the game mechanics and the techniques used to develop this game are motivated by the goal of making programming more appealing and interesting for girls. For this, we developed our own pseudo-code language in order to provide an interface that bridges the gap between drag and drop approach and real programming and introduce typing as part of the experience. We tested our game with 10 teenagers aged from 14 to 17 years old for educational content. We were pleased to see how engaged with the game they were. Overall, the testing results were mostly as expected. The players liked the game (rated 4.8 out of 6) and all of them wanted to play more of it. They all felt that they learned something and 8 of them expressed the will to learn more about programming. Unfortunately, the sample of players is too small to generalize our results so we plan to take the feedback into account, iterate and test it again with a larger study group and get conclusive results. Working on this project has allowed us to understand the importance of iterative design and early playtest feedback. We have also learned the importance of tutorials in games and how that might completely change the usersâ€™ experience. Finally, a crucial point was the importance of the UI helpers and targeted feedback in serious games.

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Haverkos, Kimberly A. "Does Going Green Wear a Skirt? High School Girls, Sustainability, and Ritual Critique." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1342665267.

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Henry-Keon, Nadene Anne. "Hailing the hero: Critical cultural studies, subjectivity and girls in vocational high school." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9040.

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Language allows us to narrate our stories. Creating ourselves as subjects is a function of language practices mobilized in complex and contradictory negotiations of the texts we engage, in the contexts in which they appear. This qualitative, interpretive study examines how seven, grade nine, female adolescent girls engage popular culture texts and practices to constitute themselves subjectively in vocational high school. The study shows that discursive representations of gender, desire, race and class critically inform and are informed by female adolescents' negotiation of their everyday lived experiences. In particular, it finds that female adolescents engage the discursive practice of anger to name their being and becoming.

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Montie, Mary L. "Where are all the gifted Black girls? Giving high school girls voice via qualitative research approach and Black feminist theory." Thesis, Wayne State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3558200.

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Gifted programs in the United States under-represent African American (Black) children (Phi Delta Kappan, 1992). In 1993, African-American students were under-represented by 50% in gifted education, and 60% in 1998 (Grantham & Ford, 2003). Further, some speculate that gifted education programs are the most segregated educational programs in the nation (Ford, 1995). This proves especially true for Black gifted girl in urban educational arenas, where gifted Black girls are rarely recognized. The purpose of this research was to examine the circumstances surrounding how urban black girls—identified as showing academic promise—come either to be overlooked as qualified for gifted education or seem not to take up a sense of themselves as gifted, that is they see themselves as not fitting among those who are in gifted education. Three scholarly arenas frame this study: Feminist thought and theory, with an emphasis on Black feminist thought, notions of "giftedness" and gifted education, and policies and processes for identification of gifted Black girls. Eight gifted Black girls were individually interviewed twice, three teachers were individually interviewed, and three parents were interviewed in a focus group session. Four interview guides were constructed to focus on students' perspectives of GS1 (pseudonym) and gifted education, parent strategies, and teachers' roles in the identification of these gifted Black girls. Qualitative analysis strategies (Spradley1980) were utilized for data analysis. The curriculum of the gifted programming at GS1 (pseudonym) ultimately contributed greatly not only to how girls saw themselves as gifted, but also how they understood stereotypes about young Black women. The feminist curriculum and the "feminist lens" provided in the gifted programming at GS1 provided outlets for girls' voices. Teachers interviewed not only understood the gifted Black girls' culture, but also strengthened their relationships with the girls and with their parents by presenting and enforcing clear expectations for the gifted programming. Parents interviewed not only understood their gifted daughters' uniqueness, but also the importance of their independence and security as young Black women.

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Mead, Susan Virginia. "Achievement of public and non-Catholic private high school students within a matched sample." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45818.

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Over the past six years, analyses of the National Center for Education Statistics' High School and Beyond data have primarily focused on the differences in achievement between public and Catholic high school students. Valuable data on non-Catholic private school students have been virtually ignored. Based on a strategy proposed by Althauser and Rubin (1970), in this study non-Catholic private schools are matched with public schools similar in school average base year student achievement levels, school average base year student socioeconomic levels, geographic region and racial composition. T-test results show that, among students in the most similar matches, non-Catholic private school students score significantly higher on vocabulary, reading, and a test composite of vocabulary, reading and general math scores. Public/non-Catholic private differences in basic and advanced math, science and civics are not significant although all but the civics tests show a small non-Catholic private advantage. The multiple regression analyses suggest that, for the most closely matched pairs, non-Catholic private school students have a small statistically significant advantage over public students on the 1982 reading test and test composite. However, the non-Catholic private advantage on general math, science, vocabulary and writing tests, and the public advantage on the advanced math and civics tests, are not significant. Thus, the null hypothesis stating that there are no differences between the 1982 achievement test scores of students in public schools and the tests scores of students in non-Catholic private schools is generally refuted. Yet, the differences, primarily favoring non-Catholic private school students, are small and in many cases not significant.
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Voss, Kenneth E. "Perceptions of the Correlates of Academic Achievement in Selected Union and Non-union Catholic Secondary Schools in Pennsylvania." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1181565305.

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Burfitt, Helen, and n/a. "Girls and science : a study of the attitudes to science of high school students." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060619.171839.

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In a case study of over three hundred students in one Canberra high school, the attitudes to science of boys and girls in Years 7-10 were investigated using the Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA). From this survey population, forty students were selected and interviewed to explore in more detail students' attitudes to science. Parents of the interviewed students were also surveyed to explore possible relationships between students' attitudes and parental expectations and aspirations. For the seven areas of attitudes investigated, students had positive attitudes to science in the areas of social implications of science, normality of scientists, attitudes to scientific enquiry and adoption of scientific attitudes. They displayed neutral to negative attitudes in the areas of enjoyment of science lessons, leisure interest in science and career interest in science. There was a significant difference between boys and girls in two of the seven areas with girls being more negative than boys to a leisure interest in science, and girls more positive than boys towards the normality of scientists. When analysed for year at school and achievement in science, the data indicates that older students and those with higher grades in science generally have a more positive or less negative attitude to science. However, as a group, Year 8 girls were more negative than other groups about the enjoyment of their science lessons, about a leisure interest in science and about a career interest in science. The interviews with students revealed that in general, they liked science and their science teachers but that they would not choose science for leisure activities or for a career. Parents are shown to have high aspirations and somewhat lower expectations for the career prospects of their children. Both parents and students display stereotypical views about certain careers based on gender. Strategies to improve the attitude to science of boys and girls are suggested. These strategies focus on activities for teachers, parents and the students themselves.

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Suico, Theresa Go. "Privileged high school girls' responses to depictions of femininity in popular young adult literature." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/11058.

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Young adult literature has been a subject of contention for educators, adolescent psychologists, and critics for decades. Although some commentators maintain that young adult literature can be educationally and developmentally beneficial for adolescent readers, others argue that it often contains negative and potentially harmful messages that could influence its readers during a time when they are most vulnerable. Despite the claims on both sides, little substantive research exists on how older adolescent girls, the intended audience for these books, respond to the texts. This qualitative study examined three popular works of young adult literature to identify the overlapping messages they have regarding the depiction of adolescent females. Five adolescent girls, ages 14-17, read the books and met with the researcher in a series of one-on-one interviews to discuss their responses to the books, specifically the depiction of female characters. The participants also completed journal entries on the books and surveys on their reading habits and responses to the specific characters from the books in the study. The findings indicate these participants interpreted the books in distinctive ways based on their experiences and in keeping with prior research on adolescent development and reader response. The participants also took a critical approach to the books to find parallels to their own lives.

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Chau, Wai-fan Gladies. "The adjustment made by S1 girls in the primary-secondary school transition : a case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22278813.

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Carlson, Cameron B. "A case study of a pilot one-to-one laptop initiative in a high performing catholic high school." Diss., Wichita State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1476.

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Encouraged by technology advocates outside of schools, high schools throughout the country are introducing technology initiatives, such as providing students with laptops with 24-hour access to computers and the internet, without considering how the technology will affect the school personnel and the students. Little empirical research explains this phenomenon, yet schools continue to adopt these initiatives. Through the theoretical framework of Organizational Sensemaking, the researcher explored the context in which he worked to determine how participant groups in a comprehensive diocesan Catholic high school made sense of the introduction of a one-to-one laptop pilot. This embedded case study spanned three semesters from the fall of 2005 through the fall of 2006. Data collection involved activities with four participant groups: “laptop insiders” consisting of the first year pilot students and their teachers, laptop “outsider/insiders” consisting of students and teachers who joined the initiative after the first year, and “laptop outsiders” consisting of the high school’s department chairs, and the researcher/leader of the pilot. Data collection activities included: focus groups, open-ended electronic surveys, the Right and Left Hand Column Case Method, a document review of emails and student reflections, and a review of the researcher’s activity and reflexive journals. Detailed findings from the study are organized by participant group and reflect the how each group experienced their involvement with the pilot. Conclusions drawn from this study’s findings provide insights into how participants made sense, or did not make sense, of the laptop initiative that disrupted the school and challenged traditional school structures. Findings revealed four main incongruous observations of divergent sensemaking between laptop teachers and department chairs: different perceptions of teaching and learning, different understandings of the role that technology plays, or can play, in the classroom, different understandings about who should control information in the classroom, and different understandings about the Catholic school mission. Additionally, findings and conclusions describe how participants made sense of the initiative as they constructed narratives of the future to understand the present and how pilot participants constructed identities for themselves and for others in an effort to make sense of their involvement. Findings and conclusions also explore the difficulties of conducting research in the researcher’s own context. Implications for theory and practice include encouraging time for reflective dialogue, transitioning between years in the pilot, and leading sensemaking processes when introducing initiatives that challenge school structures. Implications also include recommendations for the school within which this study was conducted.
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership
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Carlson, Cameron B. Patterson Jean A. "A case study of a pilot one-to-one laptop initiative in a high performing catholic high school /." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1476.

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D'Ignazio, Catherine M. "History of High School Girls' Sport in the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia, 1890-1990." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/55935.

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Urban Education
Ph.D.
This study is an investigation of the development and one hundred year history of high school girls' sport in the city and suburbs of Philadelphia. Its focus is on how and why, over time, the experiences of schoolgirl athletes in the city of Philadelphia were different from the experiences of schoolgirl athletes in the surrounding suburbs. Using place, gender and race critical perspectives, high school yearbooks, augmented by oral histories, were used as primary resources to determine the origins of sport programs in public high schools throughout the region, the uneven impact of national professional standards on city and suburban schoolgirl sport programs, the creation of a unique city sport culture, the changes in school sport as a result of the suburbanization in the region and finally, the impact of suburban school district reorganizations on black schoolgirl athletes. Along with an examination of newspapers and other secondary sources this study suggests that suburban schoolgirl experiences emerged as the normative expression of schoolgirl sport.
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Hoyle, John Christian. "Black Girls Matter| An Ethnographic Investigation of Rural African-american Girls Experiencing a Specialized Stem High School for Gifted and Talented Students." Thesis, University of South Alabama, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10786688.

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High-ability adolescent African-American females from rural communities face many challenges when attempting to access science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career pathways. This research study focused on seven high-ability adolescent African-American females from rural communities who attended a public STEM-focused boarding high school in the southern United States.

This study used ethnographic methodology to examine race, gender, and giftedness together to explain how and why a selected population of seven African-American girls from rural environments who attended a southern, state-sponsored residential math and science high school successfully navigated STEM career trajectories. Despite encountering pervasive gender and racial discrimination, the young African-American women in this study persisted on STEM career trajectories because they were supported by a role model or mentor; accessed prolonged and meaningful exposure to STEM concepts, including attending a STEM-focused boarding school; and demonstrated a blend of resiliency, high self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy. Although the sample size is small, this research provides encouraging results that show young African-American women can successfully pursue STEM careers despite facing substantial barriers (English, Lambert, & Ialongo, 2016; Ghodsee, 2016).

This research is significant because high-ability African-American females represent an untapped opportunity to expand STEM employment in America. Expanding the contributions of young African-American women in STEM-related fields would also help safeguard the economic vitality of a robust STEM workforce.

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Naelitz, Samantha L. "Girls just want to have fun connecting girls in grades six through eight with reading materials they want to read /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1206150164.

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Navarro, Candy. "Exploring Latinidad| Latina Voice and Cultural Awareness in a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School." Thesis, Loyola Marymount University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10157571.

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This study focused on the perceptions of 16 Latina students regarding their cultural school climate as well as the thoughts of two administrators and six teachers at an all-female Catholic high school. Students revealed that, while they felt very supported by the school’s faculty and administration, they revealed that their culture was not fully embraced and/or represented in their educational curriculum and school’s practices. Students also alluded to deliberately choosing and valuing to spend their free time with their family over their classmates. Further, they felt disconnected from their school’s mission, which emphasized sisterhood among students. Furthermore, bicultural students provided a unique perspective often not fitting the Latina and/or dominant culture at the school.

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Fikwamo, Rodgers K. "Leaders' Perceptions of the Role of Leadership in Catholic High Schools Through a Generational Lens." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2009. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/550.

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Up until the 1950s, Catholic school principals were mainly priests, sisters, and brothers who were well grounded in theology, scripture, catechesis, and the Catholic social teachings they received during their formation. Conversely, lay principals who currently staff most Catholic high schools may not have this same Catholic formational training that helped to form the religious mission of schools in earlier years. Hence, this study was developed to investigate current Catholic school leadership models and the way principals' perceptions of leadership may impact the religious missions of Catholic schools. Additionally, the factor of generational diversity may contribute to differences in principal's perceptions of leadership. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate how current lay principals from two generational cohorts perceive their roles as leaders and how such perceptions impact the religious mission of their schools. To accomplish this investigation, the researcher employed three elements of the Catholic school leadership framework designated by the United States Catholic Conference (USCC), including educational, managerial, and spiritual leadership. These concepts constitute the framework through which this study examined the principals' perceptions of leadership in Catholic high schools. To collect the data and answer the research questions, this study utilized a qualitative methodology consisting of document analysis, observations, and interviews. To conduct the study, six principals from two generations were selected from Catholic high schools in a large diocese on the West Coast of the United States. Based on the research results, differences were discovered between the generational cohort known as the Baby Boomers and those known as the Xers, where Baby Boomers exhibited more future-focused perspectives and Xers demonstrated a strong focus on values. Baby Boomers also connected the religious mission of the school to the charisma of the founding order or congregation of their school, while Xers relied exclusively on the identity of the diocese. However, despite these generational differences, the study results show that the current principals have not only maintained and preserved the religious mission to a new level of forming peer Christian leadership among students and teachers.

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Olivieri, Lisa M. "The Effect of the High School Environment on Encouraging Girls to Major in Computer Science." NSUWorks, 2004. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/758.

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Women are severely underrepresented in high school and college computer science programs and in the computer industry. One prominent reason for girls not enrolling in high school and college computer classes is the overwhelming presence of boys in the classes. The male dominance causes many girls to become less confident in their ability to be successful in computer science. Recently, renewed interest in single-sex education has encouraged research in the value of all-female learning environments. All-girls schools tend to encourage girls to pursue areas of study that are typically male dominated. In particular, studies have shown that, in a coeducational school setting, boys often dominate computer labs which discourages girls from learning about computers. The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to determine if there is a difference in the computer curriculum offered in all-girls high schools and in coeducational high schools. The second purpose was to determine if girls attending all girls’ high schools have a different attitude towards computing and are more interested in majoring in computer science than girls in coeducational settings. The study consisted of two parts. The first part examined the computer curriculum of several all-girls and coeducational non-public high schools. Information was collected about each school's demographics, computer course offerings, and any school-sponsored computer-related activities. The second part of the study examined the computer attitudes and computer background of about 300 junior level girls enrolled in top-level math classes. About half of the girls were students in all-girls non-public high schools and the other half of the girls attended coeducational non-public high schools. The girls completed a questionnaire about their educational background in computers, their interest in majoring in computer science, and their attitude toward computers. The results of the study indicated that there was no significant difference in the number of different computer courses offered at the two types of schools. However, the all-girls schools tended to offer more basic application courses than the coeducational schools while the coeducational schools offered more computer science courses. Few girls from either type of school considered majoring in computer science, even though the girls in the all-girls schools had a significantly better attitude towards computers. Neither school environment impacted the girls' interest in majoring in computer science, but a positive attitude towards computers is a first step in enabling young women to pursue this field.

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Chiang, Ying, and 姜穎. "The Implications of Teenage Girls' Cellular Phone Usage: The Escape of Disciplines and the Shaping of Identity －Using Female Students in a Catholic Girls' High School as an Example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u5n4j3.

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世新大學
新聞學研究所(含碩專班)
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The thesis is about how the cellular phone communication influences the disciplined discourse in the Catholic girls’ high school and shapes the identities of its students. In order to respond to my aims of the thesis, I would take participant observation and in-depth investigation as my major methods. The thesis finds out that diploma-oriented education, taboo of romantic love and life education compose the disciplined discourse in the Catholic girls’ high school. The religious sphere in the school is the camouflage of discipline. Cellular phone communication elevates the communicational ability of teenage girls and let them advance their relationship network and challenging the taboo of romantic love. These school girls are able to broaden their inter-person relationship and break free from the taboo of romantic love. Eventually, they develop a more reflexive and empowered way of social interaction and an identity of their own generation and gender.

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Ruan, Bi-Hua, and 阮碧華. "High School Performance Evaluation-The Case of a Private Catholic High School." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b22xh8.

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中華大學
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In the face of economic globalization, and the era of informationization, school education is impacted by the market economy, accountability, service quality, parent education options, the phenomenon of low birth rate and the implement of 12-year compulsory education. Schools face more competitive threats than in the past The establishment of high schools operating performance evaluation system and adaptive education talent, the development of characteristics, the improvement of educational performance, the high quality of homogenization, become a private high schools and most important topics to work on. This study uses data envelopment analysis, focusing on Catholic private high school performance evaluation. The study shows that: in the overall efficiency of the analysis - which reached a relatively efficient division; in technical efficiency analysis , there are 4 DMUs; variables in the analysis of differences – there are items in the input 5 DMUs number of teachers , there are 15 DMUs classroom configuration area, there are 16 DMUs invested number of master's degrees and 19 DMUs for teacher salaries are to be reduced. There are items in the outputs 18 DMUs number of students, there are 15 DMUs obtain a number of national, 7 DMUs awards to students and 20 DMUs tuition fees have to be increased; in cross efficiency analysis - there are 4 DMUs performance best; in Bilateral Model analysis - vocational programs than general.

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WEI, TIEN-LIN, and 魏天舲. "Analysis of Impact Factors of Smart Phones Addiction for Girls High School Students：An Example of Jinou Girls High School." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84jus2.

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華梵大學
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With the advance of science and technology, smartphones have become a kind of indispensable necessities of our life. Enjoying the convenience and entertainment which brought by new communication devices, at the same time, easily make us to rely too much on smartphones, moreover to cause the smartphone addiction. So that “Smartphone addiction” has become a focus topic, and “Smartphone addiction” is widespread among teenagers. Subjects of 387 students of girls’ senior high school in Da’an district of Taipei city were evaluated by students smartphone addiction behaviors scale. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation. According to the results of this research, the main findings were as follows: 1.The subjects’ 5 behavior related to smartphone addiction, as the occurring frequency from high to low were seeking entertainment, peer group recognition, following trend, anxiety, and virtual achievement. 2.Analyzing the smartphone addiction behavior, virtual achievement, there was significant addiction proneness among different grades. Research analysis showed that, depending on their family condition, students seeking entertainment had significantly difference. The data also showed that there was significant differences in different grades, family condition depending on their peer group recognition. Otherwise, there was not significant addiction proneness among grade, department, grades, family condition, and family incomes depending on their anxiety. 3.There were correlations between each behavior related smartphone addiction. Wherein peer group recognition had the highest correlation in anxiety. Besides, seeking entertainment had lowest correlation in virtual achievement.

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Pan, Tai Yu, and 潘玳玉. "School cultural leadership : A case study on a Catholic high school." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62649841012125946180.

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This study used literature research, observation, interview and the School Culture Survey and selected a missionary school to research. The purpose of this study was to probe the theoretical basis for cultural leadership, to probe situation of applying cultural leadership, to probe leaders use which methods and play which roles to shape school culture. Finally based on the findings and discoveries that were obtained from this study, conclusions and proposals were offered to school leaders to develop and shape school culture. Based upon the analyses and discussions of case study results, conclusions have been obtained as followed: 一、The dimension of theoretical basis for cultural leadership (一)Cultural leadership intergraded the theoretical basis of traditional and new leadership. (二)There were innovation and maintain in cultural leadership. 二、The dimension of current situation of applying cultural leadership. (一)The cloud high school showed” create leadership”,” turnaround leadership”,” reform from within” in the culture innovation. (二)The cloud high school showed” group leadership” and ”Heroic leadership” in the culture maintain. (三)The principal and the president used collaborative leadership to lead the development of the cloud high school together. (四)The school member identify cultural leadership. 三、The current situation of the cloud high school (一)The results of School Culture Survey showed the school culture of cloud high school was straight and positive. (二)The leaders enhanced the spirit of Catholic assembly” love and care”, established system of administration”,created”study in night” new tradition, recommend “teachers of a Master’s degree” to promote further education climate to shape the school culture. (三)The thinking of the leaders embodied on shaping school culture, for example, to love dogs to show love life, to embody the thinking of care weak and young to graduate contribution. 四、The influence of cultural leadership to shape school culture (一)Cultural leadership cloud enhance the effect of shaping school culture. (二)The leaders cloud play “a potter”,” a visionary” to match up” transformational leadership”,” reform from within” and ”Heroic leadership” to reform the school culture. According to the results of this study, following proposals are offered: 一、The proposals for the cloud high school (一)The collaborative leadership of the leaders should continue. (二)The leaders should pull junior and senior high school students more close. (三)The plan to renew whole schoolyard should more fast. (四)The leaders should balance the devotion and harvest of teachers. 二、The proposals for further study should (一)To increase the schools from different types. (二)To increase study time. (三)To increase the sample of students. (四)Consult the steps of shaping school culture to reform the school culture.

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jan, liao juo, and 廖若然. "A comparative study of motor skills between junior high school team girls and non school team girls." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65401852493848118970.

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國立高雄師範大學
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A comparative study of motor skills between junior high school team girls and non school team girls ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences on basic athletic ability between junior high school team girls and non-school-team student girls. The subjects were selected from a junior high school located in Pintung County, which includes 13 players from school girl basketball team, 9 players from school girl tchoukball team, and 120 girls randomly chosen from normal classes. All subjects were measured and tested their BMI, flexibility(sit and reach test), muscular endurance (1-minute-sit-up), lower limbs explosive power (standing long jump and high jump), cardiovascular fitness (800 meters run-walk exercise), agility (10m × 4 zigzag run), speed (80-meter dash), and handgrip strength. The test results were processed by SPSS 19.0 and one-way ANOVA was adapted to compare means of each group in different test items. The original values of motor ability tests show other than BMI and flexibility (sit and reach test), there were significant differences in the following basic motor ability items including muscular endurance (1-minute-sit-up), lower limbs explosive power (standing long jump and high jump), cardiovascular fitness (800 meters run-walk exercise), agility (10m × 4 zigzag run), speed (80-meter dash) among three groups (P>0.5). Further comparison between girl basketball team and tchoukball team, it showed no significant difference in all testing items according to research data (P&;lt;0.5). It is concluded that physical training to basketball team and tshouball team does help improve motor ability of junior high school girl students. Keywords: non-school-team student girls, junior high school team, junior high school girls, basic athletic ability

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