Literatura científica selecionada sobre o tema "Play School (Television program)"

The study aims to describe (1). The role of parents fostering interest in reading elementary school age children through television programs. (2). The positive impact of the TV program "Tau Gak Sih" on the development of reading interest in elementary school age children. The research is objecting to a comprehensive detailed study of the main content, the role of parents in assisting watching television programs to foster interest in reading. The scope of the study includes analysis-based analysis activities, focusing on the role of managing elementary school children's interest in reading by assisting learning. Analysis requires realistic critical thinking to apply conceptualization, so that it uses a historical approach characterized by realistic critical inquiry into the development of a thought. Primary information sources are used as primary data. The technique of collecting data utilizes library research, which is reading various kinds of literature. The analysis was conducted descriptively qualitative, sourced from theoretical reading material, research and not research. The validity of the research can be achieved by utilizing content analysis, in order to analyze the meaning, the role of parents, the function of the family in developing interest in reading elementary school-age children through TV programs. Observation is used as an element to support the construction of the theory. The results of the study include; (1) Parents play an important role in providing assistance in fostering elementary school-age children's interest in reading through television programs. (2) The positive impact of the TV program "Tau Gak Sih" on the development of reading interest in elementary school age children is as a medium of learning, expanding knowledge and motivating reading activities

Television has been a household fixture in Philippine homes for over 50 years. While the medium’s contributions to education and information delivery are undeniable, concern regarding its negative effects on audiences, particularly on children, has been recurring theme of media research. This study on the connection between children’s exposure to animated programs and resulting play behaviors considers family as a complementary influence. It focuses on a particular sub-group which has been quite understudied, i.e. Filipino pre-school children. Results reveal that television viewing influences play behaviors, and that parental interventions are crucial in honing the children’s ability to distinguish between bad and good, especially when play behaviors are concerned. Recommendations for parental and school interventions conclude the article.

The first case of coronavirus infection was recorded in 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan.The virus is easily transmitted by droplets, which soon leads to a pandemic. The first case in our country was recorded in March 2020. The aim of this paper is to describe the implementation of the preventive program (health-educational work) in the Dental Service of the Valjevo Health Center, in the newly created and so far unknown circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic. The health and educational work play a key role in prevention when it comes to the work of dentists with children of preschool, school, and high school age, as well as with pregnant women and mothers. Through Powerpoint presentations, in pictures and words, dentists tried to pass on their knowledge about the importance of proper nutrition and oral and dental hygiene to preschool patients. Through platforms designed for online teaching, students of all grades of primary schools in urban and rural areas, as well as high school students, are provided with all the important information related to the preservation and improvement of oral health. Through the School of Parenthood, and in cooperation with the Patronage Service of the Valjevo Health Center, educational work with pregnant women and mothers-in-law was conducted. The Week of Oral and Dental Health was marked by the guest appearance of the head of the service on local television, on the show "Serbia Today" and on the "Morning Program" of the Radio Television of Serbia. Thanks to the exceptional cooperation of the Dental Service with the management of the Valjevo Health Center, the Patronage Service, and their cooperation with the preschool, primary and secondary schools, the planned preventive program for 2020 was implemented. The program was supported by school principals, teaching organizers, and educators from the preschool institution, who highly rated our work. A comprehensive approach to the control of dental disease in children and adolescents is extremely important for laying a solid foundation for good oral health. Even in the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is necessary to carry out health-educational work whose development is to develop healthy living habits and preserve oral health.

Family is the foundation stone of society. Education is very important for the health of the family and therefore society. A value-oriented family education program is designed to support families. The aim of this research is to determine the basic education needs of families for a value-oriented family education program. The study group of the research consists of 205 families who enrolled in 4 kindergartens in the city center of Gümüşhane in the 2020-2021 Academic Year. In the research, "Family Education Needs Assessment Form" and Personal Information Form given to families during registration were used as data collection tools. This study, which was carried out in accordance with the descriptive scanning model, was analyzed by document analysis method. Percentage and frequency distributions were used in the analysis of the data. In the research, it is important to determine which issues families attach more importance to in value-oriented family education, what they need and to create the program content accordingly. Subjects such as communication with the child, child-rearing attitudes and positive discipline methods, adjustment and behavioral problems observed in pre-school children, school-family cooperation, sexual education, teaching basic habits, books and children's books, play, preparation for primary school, television-internet and their effects on the child have been examined and it has been determined which of these the families need more in terms of family education. It is also seen that most of the families want to receive education in the morning and twice a week on weekdays. In addition, it was determined whether the educational needs of families differ according to the age of the child, the age of the mother, the age of the father, the education of the mother, the education of the father, the profession of the father, the family togetherness and the family income level.

This article aims to identify and analyze the factors that cause elementary school children's interest in football to increase. This study uses a qualitative approach with a literature review method. The data collection process is carried out through scientific journals, books, and research reports that focus on research. The search was conducted through academic databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, and other online journal portals Using relevant keywords such as "popularity of elementary school football", "influence of media on elementary school children", "early childhood football coaching", and "social aspects of children's football". Data analysis is carried out qualitatively consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results of the analysis showed that media influence, such as games aired on television or soccer content that went viral on social media platforms, gave elementary school children greater access to the sport. Coaching from an early age, both through school programs and local football clubs, provides opportunities for children to start learning and loving the sport from an early age. In addition, social aspects such as peer relationships and the experience of playing in a team can increase elementary school children's interest in football, as this sport not only provides an opportunity to play, but also strengthens the social bonds between them

ANALYSIS TO THE APPLICATION OF STUDENTS ONLINE LEARNINGAnalysis to the Application of Students Online Learning . This study was a qualitative research with an analytic descriptive approach.This was a Thesis of the Elementary School Teacher of Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Pakuan University, Bogor, 2020. The purpose of this study was to analyze the application of online learning of grade III-A students at Cilubang 04 Elementary School, Bogor Regency which was carried out on the odd semester of the 2020/2021 Academic Year. The subjects of this study were all students of grade III-A. Data collection technique were conducted using observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study indicated that students who followed online learning were facing several obstacles and difficulties. The obstacles and difficulties happened whenever the internet network connection was facing problems for several times or difficult to access the internet that prevents students from participating the program. There was also the lack of understanding of students' parents about the online program and some parentsdid not have cellphones, that preventing. students to follow online learning activities. Student concentration was disturbed whenever they were getting bored with the ongoing online learning and wanted to play with friends or watching television program that broadcasted variety interested entertainment program. And that was why it was hard to the students to understand the learning material. When students started to get bored and indolent to pay attention, teachers and parents should give motivation so the students enthusiasticallyfollowed the onlinet learning and more diligent. Whenever students got difficulty in understanding the subject matter provided, students directly asked the teacher or ask their parents to guide them during taking online learning. The learning or teaching method that utilizing by teacher during conducting online learning was by sending the subject matter through WhatsApp groupcompleted with instructional videos that attracted students' learning interest. Teacher also gave an assignments or questions through the WhatsApp group so the students must work on time as specified by the teachers.

In December 1969, Governor John Bell Williams of Mississippi, one of the most notorious southern segregationists, proposed a $1 million program financed by the Mississippi state legislature to file school desegregation suits in northern states. “For fifteen years we have been on the defense,” Williams said. “Now we are going on the offense.” Williams's campaign was just one example of an odd but familiar trend that had emerged by 1970. Some of the most determined southern segregationists became enthusiastic supporters of northern school desegregation. In January 1970, the attorneys general in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida announced plans to intervene as friends of the court in a Pasadena, California, school desegregation case. In February 1970, the governor of Louisiana appealed to citizens of his state to fund a nationwide television campaign calling for equal treatment between northern and southern schools. Most important, that same month, U.S. Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi carried the fight to the floor of the Senate. He introduced an amendment to a federal education bill that called for equal desegregation efforts in both the North and the South, regardless of whether the segregation resulted from state action or residential patterns. Stennis complained that the federal government was pursuing a regional desegregation plan. His ostensible goal was to bring about “one uniform policy” on school desegregation, “applicable nationwide.” But the real motivation, which almost every southern official conceded, was the hope that accelerated desegregation in the North would spark a broader, national backlash against school desegregation.

Dengue fever (DF) is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. Several confirmed dengue cases occurred in Jazan region in the last decade. Current study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of dengue fever among students of secondary schools in Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among students of six secondary schools in Jazan. Multistage stratified random sample method was used and seven hundred forty two (742) were taken as respondents in study. We collected information on the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents about their knowledge, attitude and practice towards DF using a prestructured and self administered questionnaire. findings illustrate a poor DF knowledge among the secondary school students in Jazan. As to attitudes towards DF prevention and control, the majority of the respondents were having good attitudes and believed that DF could be controlled and prevented (93.2%), DF control is the responsibility of government and community (83.1%) and they themselves have an important role to play in DF prevention (78.5%).The most common practice to prevent mosquito breeding were found to be the disposing of water from breeding containers (85.5%) and covering of water containers (68.6%). A significant association between the practice of DF preventive and control measures and the gender of the respondents was found (P<0.005).The top two common sources of DF knowledge were identified as primary health care centers and television (48.1% and 44.5%, respectively) Low prevalence of sufficient knowledge was evident among secondary school students in Jazan. Government authorities should strengthen its programs on massive educational campaigns to increase awareness and knowledge regarding dengue and preventive measures to reduce mosquito and prevent dengue. Knowledge of dengue epidemiology may be incorporated into the school curriculum.

Background For too many youths, school has become a place for students to withstand and kill time until they can leave and learn about things that matter to them. Instead, schools should be inviting and exciting places to learn but also nurturing spaces where all students feel they belong. Drawing upon expanded definition of literacies that include play and making, this study examines how the maker literacies—media production where multimodal, digital, and artifact-based literacies converge—creates opportunities for youth to critically engage their favorite toys and media in school. While the preponderance of research on media literacy has focused on critical consumption of multimedia, research on play-based literacies has focused largely on early childhood (K–2) spaces. This article examines student engagement in the intersection of critical media production and play-based literacies for older youth, specifically play, toymaking, and filmmaking in classroom makerspaces. Purpose The goal of the ongoing Literacy Playshop studies is to explore the meaning-making and participation that youth experience through production-oriented maker literacies (e.g., toy(re)making, filmmaking) in P–12 settings. Maker literacies enable students to critically respond to pervasive stereotypes in popular media by producing their own films by “toyhacking” or remaking physical features of toys that also enable revised character identities and alternative storylines. The research within this article aimed to understand how preservice and in-service teachers approach play-based media production as a participatory literacy for students in classroom makerspaces. Research Design Using mediated discourse analysis, toy remaking and filmmaking is examined to unpack the tangles of meanings, bodies, and toys in the action texts and imaginary contexts of play. Researchers looked across three sites, including a third-grade classroom, a literacy methods course for preservice elementary teachers, and a methods course for secondary English/Language Arts preservice teachers, all of which implemented a curricular framework for play-based makerspaces. Using ethnographic methods, multimodal video analysis, and mediated discourse analysis, researchers compared critical media literacy strategies in these three sites. Data sources included: video data of students’ toyhacking, hacked toys, student-created films centering toys, researcher fieldnotes, written reflections of preservice teachers, and interviews with the in-service teacher. Findings Findings suggest student engagement was significantly increased through the collaborative digital film process, which often gave preservice and inservice teachers the chance to expand their conception of literacy. Teaching children and preservice teachers to engage in play-based literacies allowed participants to more actively participate in their own education, assisting them in creating their own media, responding critically, productively, and multimodally to a world filled with popular animated films, television, video games, and digital media texts. Conclusions Overall, findings align with calls to reconceptualize and update literacy curricula across K–12 and teacher education programs to center student meaning-making, agency, and critical response. More research is needed to understand the intersections of participatory literacies, mass media, critical literacy, and social justice.

AbstractAstronomical education in Cuba is not widespread in the educational system; nevertheless the public interest in sciences in general but particularly in Astronomy issues is very high, as it has become reflected by the attention paid to educational and scientific program broadcasts in the national television channels. The “Planetario Habana” Cultural Centre for Science and Technology, which is under construction, is aimed at guiding the interest towards basic sciences and astronomical formation of the people, in the most populated and frequented area of the country. A key objective of this project shall be serving as an instructive motivation and entertainment for the casual or habitual visitors to these facilities, offering them the possibility to enjoy vivid representations, play with interactive amusement equipment and listen to instructive presentations on astronomy and related sciences, all guided by qualified specialists.Another fundamental purpose shall be the establishment of a plan for complementary education in coordination with schools, in order to allow children and young people to participate in activities enabling them to get into the fascinating world of Astronomy, Exploration of Outer Space and Life as a Cosmic Phenomenon.The setting up of the Planetario Habana Cultural Centre for Science and Technology is under the general administration of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, and methodologically is being led by the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, and will show in operation the GOTO Planetarium G Cuba custom, obtained under a Japanese Cultural Grant Aid. It will develop into a an unparalleled centre in the national environment for scientific outreach and education of these sciences.Surrounded by the attractiveness of the colonial “ambience’, it shall become a centre for dissemination of information about new discoveries and scientific programs developed at national and international level. Here we present a general view of the project, and its present and future development.

This research project attempted to determine whether play therapy used to treat elementary and junior high school children in a School-Based Counseling program is effective. There is conflicting evidence in the literature as to the effectiveness of therapy with children, especially play therapy. This project used a qualitative design to evaluate play therapy used in a School-Base Counseling program (SBC). Randomly selected case files from the 1998-99 academic year were analyzed using questions considering demographic information for each child, the reason the child was referred to the program, the intervention used by the therapist, and the outcomes of therapy. The results of this project are inconclusive, but support the need for more research to be conducted in the area of play therapy.

This study explores parents' views on the importance of free play when it pertains to what their children do after school. By studying this information, teachers, childcare providers, and administrators can use these perceptions in an attempt to discover why children are no longer engaging in unstructured play as frequently as they once were. Through the responses of 59 parents who participate in a large afterschool program, this study revealed that although 81% of parents ranked free play as valued in their own childhoods, free play ranked low in terms of parents' acknowledgement of play in after school programs of their own children. Future research might focus on how best to inform parents of the benefits of unstructured play and how to effectively incorporate unstructured or free play into the daily schedule of after school programs.
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The purpose of this study was to add to the limited amount of information on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions in a school-based counseling program. The study focused on examining the reasons why clients were referred to counseling, the frequency and duration of their behavior, the clients' academic performance at the beginning and end of treatment, the total number of sessions received, and the type of play therapy that was used to determine how effective play therapy interventions were during treatment.

This descriptive study utilized semi-structured interviews and observations to examine the experiences of hospitalized school-age children, and explore the potential of a live, closed-circuit television program as a psychosocial intervention. Among findings, Phase I data from 16 subjects indicates a) concern with painful medical procedures, particularly intraveneous (IV) injections, b) a desire for more information, especially concerning medical equipment, c) a variety of responses to social issues among subjects, d) the importance of activities, and e) the central role of the hospital playroom. Phase II data indicates that live, closed-circuit television can provide ambulatory and room-bound children opportunities for making choices, social interaction, participation, and information on their environment. Conclusions and implications are included.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a play-based teacher consultation (PBTC) program on individual teachers’ interpersonal classroom behaviors and teacher-child relationships. The research questions addressed the application of child-centered play therapy principles and PBTC increasing teacher responsiveness, decreasing teacher criticism, and enhancing teachers‟ perceptions of the teacher-child relationship in elementary school classrooms. Single-case design was utilized to examine eight teachers‟ perceptions over 16 weeks. The sample included 8 White female teachers from three local elementary schools. Teacher ages ranged from 28 to 59 years old. There were 5 kindergarten, 1 first grade, and 2 second grade teachers. The teachers participated in one educational training session followed by play sessions with children of focus and interactive modeling sessions. Trained observers, blind to the study’s purpose, utilized the Interaction Analysis System in classroom observations of the teachers, three times per week, to examine teachers’ interpersonal skills. Additionally, the teachers completed the Student Teacher Relationship Scale for the children of focus before and after the play session phase to examine change in the teacher-child relationship. Visual analysis of the data indicated the PBTC’s overall positive impact. 5 out of 8 teachers demonstrated increases in teacher responding scores at mildly to very effective criteria levels. All 8 teachers demonstrated decreases teacher criticism at effective to very effective criteria levels. The teacher-child relationships indicated mixed results, with 5 out of 8 teachers indicating positive changes in teacher-child relationships. Discussion includes implications for future research regarding single-case design, measurement of teacher change, and modifications of the PBTC model.

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The invention of television is one of the most important events of the last century and the programming of their distribution channels are exerting strong influence on modern life, especially if we consider its impact in the sphere of formation of attitudes, values and human behavior. This study is part of the research line of New Technologies in Education, and intends to present and analyze the program "Escola 2.0" conceived and produced by public television - TV Cultura of Padre Anchieta Foundation (APF) - whose mission is to prioritize education and strive for quality of educational topics covered in your schedule. To realize this task, the FPA has the Cultural Education Center that is designed to accompany the contemporary technological advances, integrating media to produce and disseminate content in education within this context, whose production methodology in educational multimedia is described and analyzed in this research. The program Escola 2.0 follows a policy of education which aims at improving the quality of teaching and learning within the public school. To this end, this paper examines whether the program "Escola 2.0" as an educational program offered by public television, constitutes a learning space of values, teacher training and valorization of knowledge, contributing to the improvement of public education. The research aims to evaluate critically the messages conveyed - through their scripts, actors, their interaction with the viewer and through the image of the school - and to verify its importance in the formation of values in contemporary society in view of the media cross - TV and WEB. This study was guided by three specific guidelines: the languages of the program, its general contents and learning contents. From the categories listed on the goal of this work, "Construction of Knowledge" and "Learning Exchanges", five subcategories were chosen to print effectively the concern with the quality of education, these being: "Curriculum," "Technology" and "Integration of Knowledge "and" Dialogue "and" Freedom. " Within this context of public television compromised with the quality of school subjects that the researcher examines the episodes shown last season [2010] of the program Escola 2.0 . At the end of the study, it is concluded that the program is able to bring an effective contribution to education as the main aspects raised in this study show a commitment to public policy curriculum, technology and training allowing them to consolidate a better education for all
A invenção da televisão é um dos acontecimentos mais importantes do século passado e a programação de seus canais de difusão vem exercendo forte influência na vida moderna, sobretudo se for considerado seu impacto na esfera da formação das atitudes, dos valores e dos comportamentos humanos. Este estudo insere-se na linha de pesquisa Novas Tecnologias em Educação e se propõe a apresentar e analisar o Programa Escola 2.0 , idealizado e produzido por uma televisão pública - a TV Cultura, da Fundação Padre Anchieta (FPA) - cuja missão é priorizar a educação e primar pela qualidade dos temas educacionais abordados em sua programação. Para dar conta dessa tarefa, a FPA conta com o Núcleo Cultura Educação, que foi concebido para acompanhar os avanços tecnológicos contemporâneos, integrando mídias para produzir e disseminar conteúdos na área educacional dentro desse contexto, cuja metodologia de produção educativa em multimídias é descrita e analisada nesta pesquisa. O Escola 2.0 resulta de uma política de educação que objetiva a melhoria na qualidade do ensino e da aprendizagem no interior da escola pública. Este trabalho analisa se o programa Escola 2.0 enquanto um programa educativo oferecido pela televisão pública, constitui-se em um espaço de aprendizagem de valores, de formação de professores e de valorização do conhecimento, contribuindo para a melhoria da educação pública. A pesquisa tem como foco avaliar criticamente as mensagens veiculadas por meio de seus roteiros, atores, de sua interação com o telespectador e por meio da imagem da escola - e verificar a sua importância na formação de valores na sociedade contemporânea tendo em vista as mídias cruzadas TV e WEB. Este estudo foi guiado especificamente por três diretrizes: as linguagens do programa, os seus conteúdos gerais e os conteúdos escolares. A partir das categorias elencadas no objetivo deste trabalho, Construção de Conhecimento e Aprendizagem de Valores , foram eleitas cinco subcategorias que imprimem efetivamente a preocupação com a qualidade da educação, sendo elas: Currículo , Tecnologia e Integração de Saberes e Diálogo e Liberdade . Dentro desse contexto de televisão pública comprometida com a qualidade dos temas escolares, a pesquisadora analisa os episódios apresentados na última temporada [2010] do Programa Escola 2.0. Ao final da pesquisa, conclui-se que esse programa é capaz de trazer uma contribuição efetiva à educação, pois os aspectos primordiais levantados neste estudo denotam um compromisso com políticas públicas curriculares, tecnológicas e formativas, permitindo que se consolide uma educação de melhor qualidade para todos

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The research investigates the portrayals of the Bahian and of Bahia on television in the context of television fiction, from local marks of the oral culture and the thematic approaches. The corpus is the TV series called "Ó Pai Ó" aired by the Globo network during two seasons, in 2008 and 2009. The analysis focuses on the whole series, but especially on the episodes called "White Market (Mercado Branco)", "Tacky (Brega)" and "Crooked Business (Negócio Torto) of the first season, and "I Want to see the Bahia Tremble (Quero ver a Bahia Tremer"), of the second season because they are considered emblematic of the issues studied. The research examines the script, the dramatic situations and the themes, linking them with the video performance - from the actors to the montage - besides the discourses construction of the press. The research problematic presented is how the representations of the Bahian and of Bahia are constructed, with the aim of identifying its semiotic and cultural mechanisms. It was concluded that the thematic approach is given in a complex way, using the portrayal types, environments and recurring situations from the imagery of Bahia for comic effect and the critical irony of stereotypes and political issues. Regarding a esthetics, there is a difficulty to transpose elements of the local culture to the audiovisual language, which was mainly analyzed from the point of view of the rhythm in Meschonnic. The analysis dialogues with researches of television play-writing, portrayal, history and culture of Bahia as well as orality. As a theoretical basis, we rely on semiotic studies related to culture and language, starting from concepts of Iuri Lotman, as a semiosphere - delimited space where the meanings happen as well as the orality concept in Paul Zumthor. It is taken into account the history of the texts and their relation to the theater and cinema, considering the object as the product of intersemiotic translation, concept worked by Julio Plaza. Likewise, it is an approach with authors of the Bahian anthropology, as Ubiratan Castro and Milton Moura, among others. The methodology used is an analytical study based on semiotics and on the other mentioned theories. It is a transdisciplinary perspective between language studies and communication studies
A pesquisa investiga as representações do baiano e da Bahia na televisão no contexto de teleficção, a partir das marcas locais da cultura oral e de abordagens temáticas. O corpus é a série de TV Ó Paí, Ó , exibida pela Rede Globo em duas temporadas, em 2008 e 2009. A análise centra-se em toda a série, mas especialmente nos episódios Mercado Branco , Brega e Negócio Torto , da primeira temporada, e Quero Ver a Bahia Tremer , da segunda temporada por serem considerados emblemáticos das questões centrais. A investigação examina o roteiro, as situações dramáticas e os temas, relacionando-os com a performance em vídeo - desde a dos atores até a de montagem - além da construção de discursos na imprensa. Apresentou-se como problema de pesquisa o modo como são construídas as representações do baiano e da Bahia, com o objetivo de identificar seus mecanismos semióticos e culturais. Concluiu-se que a abordagem temática se dá de modo complexo, usando a apresentação de tipos, ambientes e situações recorrentes do imaginário da Bahia para efeito de comicidade e ironia crítica de estereótipos e temas políticos. Em relação à estética, há um apuro no sentido de transpor elementos da cultura local para a linguagem audiovisual, o que foi analisado principalmente do ponto de vista do ritmo em Meschonnic. A análise dialoga com pesquisas de teledramaturgia, representação, história e cultura da Bahia e oralidade. Como base teórica, apoiamo-nos estudos semióticos ligados à cultura e à linguagem, partindo de conceitos de Iuri Lotman, como a semiosfera - espaço delimitado onde acontecem as significações - e também o conceito de oralidade em Paul Zumthor. É levado em conta o histórico dos textos e suas relações com o teatro e o cinema, considerando o objeto como produto de tradução intersemiótica, conceito trabalhado por Julio Plaza. Do mesmo modo, faz-se uma aproximação com autores da antropologia baiana, como Ubiratan Castro e Milton Moura, entre outros. A metodologia utilizada é de estudo analítico com base na semiótica e nas demais teorias citadas. Trata-se de uma perspectiva transdisciplinar entre os estudos da linguagem e da comunicação

While much has been written on the Australian film and television industry, little has been presented by actual producers, filmmakers and technicians of their time and experiences within that same industry. Similarly, with historical documentaries, it has been academics rather than filmmakers who have led the debate. This thesis addresses this shortcoming and bridges the gap between practitioner experience and intellectual discussion, synthesising the debate and providing an important contribution from a filmmaker-academic, in its own way unique and insightful. The thesis is presented in two voices. First, my voice, the voice of memoir and recollected experience of my screen adventures over 38 years within the Australian industry, mainly producing historical documentaries for the ABC and the SBS. This is represented in italics. The second half and the alternate chapters provide the industry framework in which I worked with particular emphasis on documentaries and how this evolved and developed over a 40-year period, from 1970 to 2010. Within these two voices are three layers against which this history is reviewed and presented. Forming the base of the pyramid is the broad Australian film industry made up of feature films, documentary, television drama, animation and other types and styles of production. Above this is the genre documentary within this broad industry, and making up the small top tip of the pyramid, the sub-genre of historical documentary. These form the vertical structure within which industry issues are discussed. Threading through it are the duel determinants of production: ‘the market’ and ‘funding’. Underpinning the industry is the involvement of government, both state and federal, forming the three dimensional matrix for the thesis. For over 100 years the Australian film industry has depended on government support through subsidy, funding mechanisms, development assistance, broadcast policy and legislative provisions. This thesis aims to weave together these industry layers, binding them with the determinants of the market and funding, and immersing them beneath layers of government legislation and policy to present a new view of the Australian film industry.

Abstract Among television programs aired in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, those that have most influenced how Americans understand the Holocaust are, arguably, dramas. These include original plays by such pioneering television playwrights as Paddy Chayefsky, Reginald Rose, and Rod Serling, and they feature performances by John Cassavetes, Charles Laughton, Robert Redford, and Maximilian Schell, among other renowned actors. These productions offered to American audiences some of the first portrayals of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Anne Frank’s diary, and life and death in concentration camps.

The media had a far-ranging influence on the play of both white and African American South Louisiana children during the period 1967 to 2011. The movies, television, music videos, break dancing, radio, and specific performers like Prince and Michael Jackson electrified school children and gave them new fuel for play. MTV, VH1, and BET all hit the television screen in the early 80s and impacted the young. Black video artists provided African American youth with a sense of “this is us!” and video messages entered play, dance routines, cheerleading, and classroom behavior. Michael Jackson influenced children’s dance and play from 1969 on. His songs inspired all. The media continue to inspire and influence play as television sets proliferate and children watch and imitate even more.

Abstract Schools have an important role to play in suicide prevention. Universal prevention models are based on a public health approach. They help limit stigma, increase help seeking, and promote strategies to reach out to those at risk. A Comprehensive School-Based Suicide Prevention Program, with 10 component pieces, includes developing a Core Team, universal prevention (training staff, teaching students, helping parents, engaging peers, lowering stigma through advocacy and anti-stigma campaigns, screening students); selective and intensive prevention (refer and consult, reintegration); and Postvention. Although the research on these types of programming varies significantly, all of these types of interventions have initial empirical support as methods to reduce suicide risk in schools.

This chapter explores environmental issues related to the school grounds, provides background information regarding critical terms, site sustainability theories, and the concept of ecosystem services, and includes a review of current sustainable site rating systems such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES). The chapter also provides an overview of the issues related to site selection and discussion of the most useful and relevant sustainable programming and practices for both new and existing schools. Site program and amenities are discussed in the six categories of process, play, gardens, water, habitat, and energy; examples of schools where such programs have been implemented are provided. The chapter concludes with recommendations for educational leaders who are tasked with conceiving, renovating, or managing a school campus.

School counselors play a crucial role in the personal, academic, and career development of all students. With the delivery of a developmental, comprehensive counseling program, school counselors respond to a wide variety of student needs while supporting the school's academic vision. According to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), school counselors should spend the vast majority of their time at school providing direct and indirect services to students. However, school counselors are often given responsibilities that do not fall under the umbrella of appropriate activities for school counselors and have little to do with counseling. Trauma-informed school counselors must be prepared to advocate for appropriate role responsibilities with their administrators. The goal of this chapter is to prepare school counselors to establish a clear professional identity through role advocacy. Ultimately, unambiguous role definition serves to advocate for students who need the services that professional school counselors are uniquely trained to provide.

Abstract This chapter explores the use of group therapy as a solution to the mental health accessibility issues experienced by Black students, as well as a way to alleviate the workload on overworked school mental health staff and teachers. It discusses the advantages of group therapy and suggestions for creating the optimal group dynamics for Black students to process racial stressors. The chapter identifies the phases of group therapy and offers group play therapy interventions to use with Black students of all ages. Group play therapy approaches such as Child-Centered Group Play Therapy (CCGPT), Theraplay, Adlerian group play therapy, and sand tray are applied as effective ways to promote empowerment and healthy coping in Black students. A case study of an innovative group play therapy program for Black teens, the Heritage Youth Connection, is also included.

In 2003, the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University (Japan), established the e-School, Japan’s first complete undergraduate program enabling students to earn their bachelor degrees solely through e-learning. Supported by the widespread availability of high-speed Internet connections, it has become possible to economically transmit videotaped lectures with an image quality close to that of television across Japan and throughout the world. In addition, lecture contents are transmitted with an image quality that allows students to easily read what is written on the blackboard. Waseda’s e-School has many features that contribute to its success, among these are the coupling of online and on-campus courses enhancing students educational experiences. In addition, online classes are relatively small—most are capped at 30 students—and new classes are created to respond to students’ needs and interests. This chapter outlines the e-School’s history, curriculum, administration, and management learning system. Various data are presented for the first four years of the e-School’s operation (2003-2006), when the newly-created program was under the Ministry of Education’s mandatory supervision period.

This chapter documents how a group of 14 academically at-risk Primary 5 students have been engaged in academic related tasks in an after-school program mediated by a game-like 3D multi-user virtual environment (MUVE), Quest Atlantis (QA). The case study explores the possibilities and potentials of using the game-like 3D MUVE for the re-engagement of this group of academically at-risk students. From the observation notes, interviews with the studentsand students’ activities in the MUVE, the two main elements in the MUVE that have been found to engage thestudents are: ‘play and fun’ and ‘recognition and affirmation of performance.’ However, these engaging elements alone could not purposefully engage thesestudents. Non-ICT activities such as orientation tasks, support by teachers, and the careful selection of authentic assignments are necessary to further enhance their engagement with their learning.

This chapter examines the student mariachi program in Las Vegas and explores how and why young people participate in this music education program housed in the Clark County School District. Mariachi contributes to a unique and compelling process of musical place making, as this music scene offers possibilities and connections for young Mexican American/Latino musicians and Las Vegan community members in general. The mariachi music scene in Las Vegas is not necessarily taking place in the dazzling settings of the Strip but in school classrooms and auditoriums, restaurants, airports, parks, and private homes where people live, sing, play, and love.

During the transition from preschool institutions to schools, chil- dren still possess an intense need for play. In this period of internalization of practical actions, playing has a special function. Although it does not represent a basic activity in the teaching system in schools, as was the case in the orga- nized activities in preschool institutions, the organization of teaching activities through play contributes to an easier adaptation of students to school obligations, to a more successful linking of teaching contents and knowledge acquisition. These statements represent the starting point for the analysis of program con- tents related to the adoption of mathematical concepts in preschool institutions and the content of mathematics in the first primary school grade. The goal of our research was specified in two directions: 1) to examine the possibilities for the realization of these teaching activities through play, by means of comparative analysis of the mentioned program contents; 2) to determine the possibilities for achieving continuity in the system of preschool and school education, by organiz- ing teaching of mathematics through play, for first grade primary school students. The research was carried out by using the descriptive method and the procedure of content analysis of primary research sources, program documents. The results of the research have confirmed that the program contents of mathematics, for first grade primary school students, do offer possibilities for the realization of teaching contents through play. This also confirms the possibility of achieving continuity in the system of institutional preschool and school education.

The changes in digitalized society are reflected in the family and school environment. Nowadays children are characterized as “Homo zappiens” (Veen & Vrakking, 2011) or “digi” generation (Gold, 2016) because they are growing up using modern technology (mobile phone, computer, iPod etc.) since early childhood. The use of new communication technologies by children induced major changes in play, learning and parenting. They learn and play in a global and digital culture. This could lead to huge discrepancies between generations, especially between parents and children, children and educators. This is because homo zappiens are digital, whereas parents are analogous sometimes. If we add to these characteristics of society the values that dominate postmodernism (hedonism, individualism etc.) we will have a clearer picture of the challenges of education today and especially, in parenting. We need to redefine the children-parents-educators relationship through a new set of criteria. Wellbeing is an important aspect of the family environment which determinates school integration and success. This article focuses on research in parents` perception regarding the parenting in digitalized society and children`s wellbeing. The research was embedded in a constructivist-interpretivist paradigm, which employed both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. This study included a number of 100 participants, children and their parents. Conclusion: The parents need to develop a new mind, set on children`s wellbeing and rethinking the parenting in digitalized society. A training program for parents must be a solution for develop children`s well-being at home as a condition for school.

A training program was designed and developed for school-going children of 7-12 years old in order to help them improve their understanding of safety rules at critical street-crossing scenarios. The training is constructed of two modules that take place on two different platforms. The first one is a bilingual instruction-based video presentation that demonstrates street crossing safety rules and is viewed on a digital display. The second one (virtual "game" ) takes place in a virtual environment (VE), and the trainee wears a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted device (Oculus Quest) to physically walk on 30-ft long marked and unmarked crosswalks to put the lesson into practice. Eight types of scenarios called "levels" were developed to test and improve the player's decision-making ability. In addition, an experiment was designed to test the efficacy of the program. Trials were run, where a participant watched the video presentation between the two times they were allowed to play the game. The process required an average of 40 minutes per participant to complete. No participants went through simulation sickness according to the Simulation Sickness Questionnaire provided, and an experience survey conducted at the end of the trials showed that all participants found the training program natural and informative.

This article discusses the possibilities of the PowerPoint program, which allow you to gamify the process of learning a foreign language at school, as one of several ways to stimulate interest in learning. The principle of gamification is to use the natural desire to play as a key to engaging the individual in the transfer and use of information. Gamification can improve the efficiency and quality of education, encourage students to learn, as well as develop communicative competence, goal-setting skills and cognitive activity. Gamification is applicable at any stage of the training session. Gamification and play are not identical concepts. The game is built according to certain rules, the participants play different roles, and the result they arrive at is usually not related to either educational or work goals. Gamification involves the use of game elements to solve educational problems, while reality does not turn into an abstract situation (as in a game), but remains a reality, while the student is given game settings. The PowerPoint software application fully meets this goal and can be successfully used as one of the teacher's tools that support his methodical work.

The Australian Government and industry groups have been discussing the projected “skills shortage” for a number of years. This concern for the future is mirrored in many countries including the USA and the UK where the risk is not having sufficient skilled people to realise the projects being proposed. Growing tertiary qualified practicing engineers takes time and commitment but without the excitement of the possibility of such a career being seeded in the youth of the world, school leavers won’t be attracted to engineering in sufficient numbers. In response, one successful model for exciting school children about engineering and science careers is the international F1inSchools Technology Challenge which was created in the UK in 2002 and implemented in Australia in 2003. It is now run in over 300 Australian Schools and 33 countries. In the Australian context, the program is managed and promoted by the Reengineering Australia Foundation. It is supported and fostered through a range of regional hubs, individual schools and some exceptional teachers. Presented in this paper are some perspectives drawn particularly from the Australian experience with the program over 10 years — which by any measure has been outstanding. The F1inSchools model has been designed specifically through its association with Formula One racing to attract the intrinsic interests of students. It is based on the fundamentals of action learning. Role models and industry involvement are utilised as motivation modifiers in students from Years 5 to 12. While immersing children in project based learning, the program explicitly encourages them to engage with practicing mentors taking them on a journey outside their normal classroom experience. In this program, students have the opportunity to use the design and analysis tools that are implemented in high technology industries. Their experience is one of reaching into industry and creative exploration rather than industry reaching down to them to play in a constrained and artificial school based environment. Anecdotally F1inSchools has been very successful in positively influencing career choices. With the aim of objectively assessing the impact of the program, doctoral research has been completed. Some key findings from this work are summarized and reported in this paper. The children involved truly become excited as they utilise a vehicle for integration of learning outcomes across a range of educational disciplines with a creative design focus. This enthusiasm flows to reflective thought and informed action in their career choice. As a result of F1inSchools, students are electing to follow engineering pathways and they will shape tomorrow’s world.

Linguistic and Cognitive skills play an essential role in the development of communication, language and literacy. Therefore, their assessment of school children is crucial since it allows the child's cognitive and linguistic profile characterisation, according to the school year she attends. This study intended to describe the adaptation and validation process of the instrument – Cognitive and Linguistic Skills Assessment Protocol. This Protocol was adapted from a Brazilian (Portuguese) version to a European Portuguese version to evaluate the cognitive-linguistic skills of school children (1st to 5 th grade). It consists of two versions, the collective version and the individual version. The collective version consists of writing, arithmetic, auditory processing and visual processing skills; the individual version consists of reading, metalinguistic, auditory processing, visual processing and processing speed skills. After adapting the linguistic aspects (morphosyntactic and semantic), a pilot study was carried out to verify whether the instrument was well-adapted and easy to understand for the study’s target population. The sample consisted of a class for each school year, excluding children with special educational needs or intellectual/auditory deficits. A total of 75 children were evaluated: 12 children of the 1 st grade; 18 of the 2 nd grade; 15 of the 3 rd grade; 15 of the 4 th grade; and 15 of the 5 th grade. The results showed that the protocol was, in general, well adapted. The instrument was then applied to a larger sample (2 classes per school year) in a total of 157 children (without special educational needs or intellectual/auditory deficits), and the data were processed in the statistical program IBM SPSS. In general, the mean values were the expected ones in all subtests of the Protocol Collective Version and some tests of the Individual Version, from the 1 st to the 4 th grade, but not the 5 th grade, which showed non-expected mean values. This work provided the possibility for developing the subsequent phase of the study, where percentiles will be calculated to obtain the standard/normalised values to classify children’s performance as standard, above average or lower than expected.

Objective: To see the awareness about cancer in women among ASHA workers. Place of Study: Awareness Sessions at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Background: ASHA workers are the first point of contact for women in the community & bridge the back between the hospital and women. They have been instrumental in the success of the family planning programme & polio eradication program in India. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about educational status, awareness about breast & cervical cancer statistics, methods of screening and diagnosis was distributed to Accredited Social Health Activists appointed by the government at two educational sessions organized at Safdarjung hospital. Results: Of the 200 ASHA workers attending, 188 completed the questionnaire. Their educational status ranged from 7th standard to post-graduate, majority had studied up to 10th standard. Their sources of information were mostly television and mobile phones, 23% had knowledge about internet, 36% were using Whats app. Only 28% knew about the commonest cancer in Indian women. Regarding breast cancer, 63% were aware of self examination of breasts, 41% knew the frequency of self examination; awareness about symptoms of breast cancer was prevalent in 46%, 24% knew about risk factors of breast cancer. Regarding Cervical Cancer, 28% knew about risk factors, 22% knew about symptoms of cervical cancer; 19% knew about screening methods for cervical cancer, 9.5% knew the screening intervals. Conclusion: Health education about cancer prevention should start at the primary school level. Special educational & motivational sessions for ASHA workers could help in cancer prevention programs.

ABSTRACT Background: Estrogen and progesterone hormones have been hypothesized to play a role in the cause of depressive symptoms in female. Clinical studies have indicated that changes in estrogen levels may trigger depressive episodes among women at risk for depression. A previous study found that use of combined oral contraceptives among women who previously had experienced emotional adverse effects resulted in mood deterioration and changes in emotional brain reactivity. This study aimed to examine the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on the risk of depression in women of reproductive age. Subjects and Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. A sample of 200 women of reproductive age was selected by purposive sampling. The dependent variable was depression symptom. The independent variables were age, education, duration of contraceptive use, type of contraceptive use, employment, and family income. Depression symptom was measured by Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II). The other variables were collected by questionnaire. The data were analyzed by a multiple logistic regression run on Stata 13. Results: Depression symptoms increased with hormonal contraception (OR= 3.74; 95% CI= 1.61 to 8.65; p= 0.001) and duration of contraceptive use ≥36 months (OR= 6.33; 95% CI= 2.36 to 16.97; p <0.001). Depression symptoms decreased with age ≥29 years (OR= 0.12; 95% CI= 0.04 to 0.34; p <0.001), family income ≥Rp 1,571,000 (OR= 0.10; 95% CI= 0.04 to 0.24; p <0.001), education ≥Senior high school (OR= 0.18; 95% CI= 0.07 to 0.45; p<0.001), and working at home (OR= 0.37; 95% CI= 0.16 to 0.83; p= 0.016). Conclusion: Depression symptoms increase with hormonal contraception and duration of contraceptive use ≥36 months. Depression symptoms decrease with age ≥29 years, family income ≥Rp 1,571,000, education ≥Senior high school, and working at home. Keywords: hormonal contraceptive, depression Correspondence: Neta Afriyanti. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: neta.friyanti16@gmail.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.121

"Interdisciplinary learning of mathematics and arts is often acknowledged as supporting the development of students' problem-solving skills, encouraging student involvement in learning, and fostering students' creativity. However, for teachers to acknowledge the benefits of interdisciplinary learning of mathematics and arts, and express willingness to apply it in their classrooms, they must first experience such learning for themselves. To that end, they have to take part in dedicated training courses. The study described in this paper followed the experience of twenty-seven elementary school mathematics teachers who participated in an annual professional development program that took place once every two weeks and was designed to qualify them to implement an interdisciplinary approach to teaching mathematics and arts. The course included four interdisciplinary modules: math-music, math-painting, math-photography, and math-dance. None of the teachers had prior knowledge of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The mathematical topic chosen was fractions, as this topic entails numerous difficulties of various kinds both for the teachers and the students. In what follows we focus on the teachers' experience with module no. 1, math-music. Before we explicitly exposed the teachers to the rationale of interdisciplinary learning of mathematics and music, they were asked to design learning activities that integrate fractions and music. No specific instructions were given, as we aimed at allowing the teachers to examine their initial perceptions and interpretations regarding interdisciplinarity, and then adapting the contents of the professional development program to the teachers' early perceptions and knowledge. After completing the design of the activities, the teachers presented them, explained their considerations, and provided mutual feedback. They also rated the extent to which interdisciplinarity was expressed in the activity, according to criteria they had developed themselves. The study indicated that teachers who knew how to play a certain musical instrument and read notes produced more mathematically significant content. Moreover, activities based on considerations relating only to common student mistakes in performing arithmetic operations in fractions did not lead to the design of activities characterized as having a high extent of interdisciplinarity. In case the considerations included general mathematical knowledge and knowledge of the mathematics curriculum, the extent of integration increased. Following these findings, the professional development program focused on deepening the teachers' mathematical knowledge and musical knowledge relevant to the subject of fractions. This approach has proven to be effective in terms of teachers' ability to produce meaningful interdisciplinary math-music activities, thus indicating the feasibility of teacher training for implementing an interdisciplinary approach."

Aim/Purpose: This paper provides the results of the preliminary analysis of the findings of an ongoing study that seeks to examine the social media use, cultural and political awareness, civic engagement, issue prioritization, and social activism of Gen Z students enrolled at four different institutional types located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The aim of this study is to look at the group as a whole as well as compare findings across populations. The institutional types under consideration include a mid-sized majority serving or otherwise referred to as a traditionally white institution (TWI) located in a small coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean, a small Historically Black University (HBCU) located in a rural area, a large community college located in a county that is a mixture of rural and suburban and which sits on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and graduating high school students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs in a large urban area. This exploration is purposed to examine the behaviors and expectations of Gen Z students within a representative American region during a time of tremendous turmoil and civil unrest in the United States. Background: Over 74 million strong, Gen Z makes up almost one-quarter of the U.S. population. They already outnumber any current living generation and are the first true digital natives. Born after 1996 and through 2012, they are known for their short attention spans and heightened ability to multi-task. Raised in the age of the smart phone, they have been tethered to digital devices from a young age with most having the preponderance of their childhood milestones commemorated online. Often called Zoomers, they are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation and are on track to be the most well-educated generation in history. Gen Zers in the United States have been found in the research to be progressive and pro-government and viewing increasing racial and ethnic diversity as positive change. Finally, they are less likely to hold xenophobic beliefs such as the notion of American exceptionalism and superiority that have been popular with by prior generations. The United States has been in a period of social and civil unrest in recent years with concerns over systematic racism, rampant inequalities, political polarization, xenophobia, police violence, sexual assault and harassment, and the growing epidemic of gun violence. Anxieties stirred by the COVID-19 pandemic further compounded these issues resulting in a powder keg explosion occurring throughout the summer of 2020 and leading well into 2021. As a result, the United States has deteriorated significantly in the Civil Unrest Index falling from 91st to 34th. The vitriol, polarization, protests, murders, and shootings have all occurred during Gen Z’s formative years, and the limited research available indicates that it has shaped their values and political views. Methodology: The Mid-Atlantic region is a portion of the United States that exists as the overlap between the northeastern and southeastern portions of the country. It includes the nation’s capital, as well as large urban centers, small cities, suburbs, and rural enclaves. It is one of the most socially, economically, racially, and culturally diverse parts of the United States and is often referred to as the “typically American region.” An electronic survey was administered to students from 2019 through 2021 attending a high school dual enrollment program, a minority serving institution, a majority serving institution, and a community college all located within the larger mid-Atlantic region. The survey included a combination of multiple response, Likert scaled, dichotomous, open ended, and ordinal questions. It was developed in the Survey Monkey system and reviewed by several content and methodological experts in order to examine bias, vagueness, or potential semantic problems. Finally, the survey was pilot tested prior to implementation in order to explore the efficacy of the research methodology. It was then modified accordingly prior to widespread distribution to potential participants. The surveys were administered to students enrolled in classes taught by the authors all of whom are educators. Participation was voluntary, optional, and anonymous. Over 800 individuals completed the survey with just over 700 usable results, after partial completes and the responses of individuals outside of the 18-24 age range were removed. Findings: Participants in this study overwhelmingly were users of social media. In descending order, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Tik Tok were the most popular social media services reported as being used. When volume of use was considered, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Twitter were the most cited with most participants reporting using Instagram and Snapchat multiple times a day. When asked to select which social media service they would use if forced to choose just one, the number one choice was YouTube followed by Instagram and Snapchat. Additionally, more than half of participants responded that they have uploaded a video to a video sharing site such as YouTube or Tik Tok. When asked about their familiarity with different technologies, participants overwhelmingly responded that they are “very familiar” with smart phones, searching the Web, social media, and email. About half the respondents said that they were “very familiar” with common computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite or Google Suite with another third saying that they were “somewhat familiar.” When asked about Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Blackboard, Course Compass, Canvas, Edmodo, Moodle, Course Sites, Google Classroom, Mindtap, Schoology, Absorb, D2L, itslearning, Otus, PowerSchool, or WizIQ, only 43% said they were “very familiar” with 31% responding that they were “somewhat familiar.” Finally, about half the students were either “very” or “somewhat” familiar with operating systems such as Windows. A few preferences with respect to technology in the teaching and learning process were explored in the survey. Most students (85%) responded that they want course announcements and reminders sent to their phones, 76% expect their courses to incorporate the use of technology, 71% want their courses to have course websites, and 71% said that they would rather watch a video than read a book chapter. When asked to consider the future, over 81% or respondents reported that technology will play a major role in their future career. Most participants considered themselves “informed” or “well informed” about current events although few considered themselves “very informed” or “well informed” about politics. When asked how they get their news, the most common forum reported for getting news and information about current events and politics was social media with 81% of respondents reporting. Gen Z is known to be an engaged generation and the participants in this study were not an exception. As such, it came as no surprise to discover that, in the past year more than 78% of respondents had educated friends or family about an important social or political issue, about half (48%) had donated to a cause of importance to them, more than a quarter (26%) had participated in a march or rally, and a quarter (26%) had actively boycotted a product or company. Further, about 37% consider themselves to be a social activist with another 41% responding that aren’t sure if they would consider themselves an activist and only 22% saying that they would not consider themselves an activist. When asked what issues were important to them, the most frequently cited were Black Lives Matter (75%), human trafficking (68%), sexual assault/harassment/Me Too (66.49%), gun violence (65.82%), women’s rights (65.15%), climate change (55.4%), immigration reform/deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) (48.8%), and LGBTQ+ rights (47.39%). When the schools were compared, there were only minor differences in social media use with the high school students indicating slightly more use of Tik Tok than the other participants. All groups were virtually equal when it came to how informed they perceived themselves about current events and politics. Consensus among groups existed with respect to how they get their news, and the community college and high school students were slightly more likely to have participated in a march, protest, or rally in the last 12 months than the university students. The community college and high school students were also slightly more likely to consider themselves social activists than the participants from either of the universities. When the importance of the issues was considered, significant differences based on institutional type were noted. Black Lives Matter (BLM) was identified as important by the largest portion of students attending the HBCU followed by the community college students and high school students. Less than half of the students attending the TWI considered BLM an important issue. Human trafficking was cited as important by a higher percentage of students attending the HBCU and urban high school than at the suburban and rural community college or the TWI. Sexual assault was considered important by the majority of students at all the schools with the percentage a bit smaller from the majority serving institution. About two thirds of the students at the high school, community college, and HBCU considered gun violence important versus about half the students at the majority serving institution. Women’s rights were reported as being important by more of the high school and HBCU participants than the community college or TWI. Climate change was considered important by about half the students at all schools with a slightly smaller portion reporting out the HBCU. Immigration reform/DACA was reported as important by half the high school, community college, and HBCU participants with only a third of the students from the majority serving institution citing it as an important issue. With respect to LGBTQ rights approximately half of the high school and community college participants cited it as important, 44.53% of the HBCU students, and only about a quarter of the students attending the majority serving institution. Contribution and Conclusion: This paper provides a timely investigation into the mindset of generation Z students living in the United States during a period of heightened civic unrest. This insight is useful to educators who should be informed about the generation of students that is currently populating higher education. The findings of this study are consistent with public opinion polls by Pew Research Center. According to the findings, the Gen Z students participating in this study are heavy users of multiple social media, expect technology to be integrated into teaching and learning, anticipate a future career where technology will play an important role, informed about current and political events, use social media as their main source for getting news and information, and fairly engaged in social activism. When institutional type was compared the students from the university with the more affluent and less diverse population were less likely to find social justice issues important than the other groups. Recommendations for Practitioners: During disruptive and contentious times, it is negligent to think that the abounding issues plaguing society are not important to our students. Gauging the issues of importance and levels of civic engagement provides us crucial information towards understanding the attitudes of students. Further, knowing how our students gain information, their social media usage, as well as how informed they are about current events and political issues can be used to more effectively communicate and educate. Recommendations for Researchers: As social media continues to proliferate daily life and become a vital means of news and information gathering, additional studies such as the one presented here are needed. Additionally, in other countries facing similarly turbulent times, measuring student interest, awareness, and engagement is highly informative. Impact on Society: During a highly contentious period replete with a large volume of civil unrest and compounded by a global pandemic, understanding the behaviors and attitudes of students can help us as higher education faculty be more attuned when it comes to the design and delivery of curriculum. Future Research This presentation presents preliminary findings. Data is still being collected and much more extensive statistical analyses will be performed.

The Learning Through Play (LTP) at School Research Study Ukraine was a four-year intervention study funded by the LEGO Foundation and implemented by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Ukrainian Educational Research Association (UERA). The intervention was a two-year professional learning program that blended online, and face-to-face learning called the Teacher Innovative Play Program (TIPP). The TIPP was designed based on documented evidence that reports that teachers need opportunities to experiment and reflect to change practice. The study was guided by three research questions which were revised following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces on February 24, 2022. The revised questions were as follows: 1. What are the barriers and enablers that limit and/or support effective implementation of LTP in intervention school classrooms? 2. How do teachers in intervention schools implement LTP and adjust their classroom practices to promote learners’ literacy and social and emotional development? 3. How do children’s literacy and social emotional skills compare between testing time points including prior to and during the invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces?

Many students struggle with mathematics in late elementary school, particularly on the topic of fractions. In a best evidence syntheses of research on increasing achievement in elementary school mathematics, Pelligrini et al. (2018) highlighted tutoring as a way to help students. Online tutoring is attractive because costs may be lower and logistics easier than with face-to-face tutoring. Cignition developed an approach that combines online 1:1 tutoring with a fractions game, called FogStone Isle. The game provides students with additional learning opportunities and provides tutors with information that they can use to plan tutoring sessions. A randomized controlled trial investigated the research question: Do students who participate in online tutoring and a related mathematical game learn more about fractions than students who only have access to the game? Participants were 144 students from four schools, all serving low-income students with low prior mathematics achievement. In the Treatment condition, students received 20-25 minute tutoring sessions twice per week for an average of 18 sessions and also played the FogStone Isle game. In the Control condition, students had access to the game, but did not play it often. Control students did not receive tutoring. Students were randomly assigned to condition after being matched on pre-test scores. The same diagnostic assessment was used as a pre-test and as a post-test. The planned analysis looked for differences in gain scores ( post-test minus pre-test scores) between conditions. We conducted a t-test on the aggregate gain scores, comparing conditions; the results were statistically significant (t = 4.0545, df = 132.66, p-value < .001). To determine an effect size, we treated each site as a study in a meta-analysis. Using gain scores, the effect size was g=+.66. A more sophisticated treatment of the pooled standard deviation resulted in a corrected effect size of g=.46 with a 95% confidence interval of [+.23,+.70]. Students who received online tutoring and played the related Fog Stone Isle game learned more; our research found the approach to be efficacious. The Pelligrini et al. (2018) meta-analysis of elementary math tutoring programs found g = .26 and was based largely on face-to-face tutoring studies. Thus, this study compares favorably to prior research on face-to-face mathematics tutoring with elementary students. Limitations are discussed; in particular, this is an initial study of an intervention under development. Effects could increase or decrease as development continues and the program scales. Although this study was planned long before the current pandemic, results are particularly timely now that many students are at home under shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19. The approach taken here is feasible for students at home, with tutors supporting them from a distance. It is also feasible in many other situations where equity could be addressed directly by supporting students via online tutors.

The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented surge in the emphasis given to the role of vocational education and training in Brazil. This has been characterized by an increasing flow of resources from the government to vocational education and training and a substantial increase in the number of enrollments. Particularly from 2011 onwards, with the launch of the PRONATEC program as one of the main flagship initiatives of President Dilma Roussef's government, VET has gained even more visibility.The coverage of vocational education and training in Brazil is low, but it has an increasing trend. When compared to general education courses over time, the path is clear: VET education is gaining momentum, attracting more students that would otherwise follow a purely general track. Enrollment in VET courses still represents a small portion of total secondary education in Brazil but it has notably increased over the past years. The Federal government's spending on vocational education has risen from 0.04% of GDP in 2007 to around 0.2% of GDP in 2013. As a result, in 2007, 9% of total students enrolled in general secondary education were also enrolled in a VET program whereas in 2013, this number reached 17%. Regarding VET provision, although private institutions still enroll less students than public ones, their importance is far from negligible. Such institutions play an important role in VET in Brazil, with special attention to the so-called S System, which is privately managed but receive public funds through taxes over firms' payrolls. The S System is responsible for the provision of approximately 43% of professional and technical education in Brazil. Alongside of undeniable advancements pertaining to the recent surge of VET in Brazil, there are also several challenges. The challenges related to VET students and providers in Brazil are multidimensional and stretch over the entire student experience from a student's entry in a VET program, passing through school retention until the transition of students to the labor market. Among the main challenges pertaining VET in Brazil are the mismatch between supply and demand of professional skills, school evasion and lack of transparency by the government and VET providers.

As national education programs incorporate HIV prevention into school curriculums, policymakers and educators need to know what they can expect from these initiatives. Can such courses influence the behavior of students and improve their knowledge and attitudes? If not, what can these courses reasonably be expected to accomplish, and what part can they play in overall HIV programming for youth? To help answer these questions, the Mexican Institute of Family and Population Research (IMIFAP), the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (SEP), and the Horizons Program examined the effects of a school-based HIV-prevention program on Mexican secondary-school students. All public schools in Mexico must implement sexuality education and teacher-training programs, although the content is left to each state’s discretion. Students must pass this class just as they would other courses in the curriculum. With approval from SEP, a leading Mexican NGO (IMIFAP) experienced in designing sex education courses developed the curriculum and the teacher-training program used in this study. The 30-session student curriculum, described in this brief, focuses on a broad range of topics that aim to equip students with information and skills to prevent HIV infection.

As national education programs incorporate HIV prevention into school curricula, policymakers and educators need to know what they can expect from these initiatives. Can such courses influence the behavior of students as well as their knowledge and attitudes? If not, what can these courses reasonably be expected to accomplish, and what part can they play in overall HIV programming for youth? To help answer these questions, the Medical Research Council of South Africa and the Horizons Program studied the Life Skills Grade 9 Curriculum, a school-based HIV/AIDS initiative, as it was introduced in the Pietermaritzburg region of KwaZulu Natal Province in 2001. The 16-hour Grade 9 Curriculum is taught at least once a week over two school terms as part of the Life Orientation subject. The national and provincial South African departments of education, health, and social welfare collaborated on the curriculum design, teacher training, and course introduction. Horizons assessed the life skills program in KwaZulu Natal using both a population-based survey and an evaluation of the course curriculum. This brief focuses on the impact of the curriculum that was being introduced to ninth-grade students.

As national education programs incorporate HIV prevention into school curricula, policymakers and educators need to know what they can expect from these initiatives. Can such courses influence the behavior of students as well as their knowledge and attitudes? If not, what can these courses reasonably be expected to accomplish, and what part can they play in overall HIV programming for youth? To help answer these questions, the Thai Ministry of Education, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), and the Horizons Program embarked on a study to examine the outcomes of a school-based HIV/AIDS program for Thai college students. The curriculum for the “Teens on Smart Sex” Program consists of eight two-hour sessions conducted once a week among college-age students. As noted in this brief, the program successfully improved students’ HIV-related knowledge and attitudes about people living with HIV/AIDS. It also improved female students’ attitudes about condom use and increased actual use. There was no evidence, however, of the adoption of other protective behaviors, such as abstinence, among males and females. Evaluation findings are being used to strengthen course activities so that course impact can result in greater behavior change.