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Marina Baltikian; Sirpa Kärkkäinen; Jari Kukkonen – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
This quantitative study examined Lebanese secondary school students' attitudes toward socio-scientific issues (SSIs), focusing on climate change as a representative topic due to its social, economic, and political complexities. A sample of 130 students from grades 10 to 12 in Lebanese private schools completed the Attitudes Toward Socio-scientific…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Social Problems, Climate
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Morrison, Judith A.; Malone, Danielle; Sorensen Petersen, Sara – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
The project described in this article focused on the school's environment and students' connections with the school. The project took place in a large, comprehensive high school with eight 12th grade students, one with intellectual disabilities, three with learning disabilities, two with autism spectrum disorders, and two with health impairments.…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Data Collection
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Buchanan, Lisa Brown; Hilburn, Jeremy; Ward, Cara; Journell, Wayne – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
The plight of refugees has recently received considerable media coverage. Yet, little attention is given to groups who are internally displaced. The purpose of this article is to model one way to teach about internally displaced peoples, drawing on the Rohingya crisis as a specific example. We first provide a background of the Rohingya crisis, and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Social Problems, Social Change, History
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Krahn, Harvey J.; Chow, Angela; Galambos, Nancy L.; Johnson, Matthew D. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2018
This paper asks whether concerns about social problems decline with age. Unconditional growth models (without covariates) revealed a decline over 25 years (age 18 to 43) in concerns about racial discrimination, treatment of Aboriginal Peoples, female job discrimination, unemployment and environmental pollution. Educational attainment was not…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Young Adults, Late Adolescents, Adults