NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Silva, Bethany – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Theories of writing process have informed the teaching of writing for the past forty years, providing writing mentors with a language of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing that broadens ways to invite young writers to approach composition. In the past forty years, new technologies for composition have impacted the products,…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Parks, Summer Programs, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Powell, Robert B.; Vezeau, Susan Lynn; Stern, Marc J.; Moore, DeWayne D.; Wright, Brett A. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Understanding the development of pro-environmental behavioral intentions and behaviors remains one of the greatest challenges for environmental educators worldwide. Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model as a theoretical foundation, we developed surveys to evaluate the influence of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Junior Ranger program on…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Parks, Youth, Residential Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mathis, Keri E.; Hartline, Megan Faver; Boehm, Beth A.; Sheridan, Mary P. – Community Literacy Journal, 2016
From our perspectives at the University of Louisville, we address the need to provide structures for graduate student participation in community-engaged scholarship. Architectures of participation such as the ones we describe in this piece--the Community Engagement Academy and the Digital Media Academy--offer graduate students the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Universities, Barriers, Graduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stewart, Victoria C.; Schlemper, Beth; Shetty, Sujata; Czajkowski, Kevin – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Student participation in real-world problems promotes "a sense of their own agency andcollective capacity to alter their neighbourhoods or communities for the better" (Smith, 2007).This paper describes student engagement in a two-week summer workshop conducted in June2016, where they used geospatial technologies and community mapping to…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Place Based Education, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Ability