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De Leon, Izaak J.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Although efforts have been made in the United States to increase diversity within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, the Latino population is still largely underrepresented. This novel study focused on Latino underrepresentation by exploring Latino parents' attitudes toward science. We organized 15 family science…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Hispanic Americans, STEM Education
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Morris, Ronald; Shockley, Denise – Childhood Education, 2023
Each August, prior to going back to school, all school-age students and their parents in the southeast Ohio community served by the Gallia County Health Department have an opportunity to visit the county health fair. This program, which draws 350 to 400 people each year, is a collaborative effort of the county health department, job and family…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, School Community Programs, Access to Health Care, Health Education
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Michele Capurso; Gaetano Catalano; Anna Calvaruso; Annalinda Monticelli; Calogero Taormina; Samanta Battiato; Francesca Paola Guadagna; Tania Piccione; Paolo D’Angelo; Delia Russo; Antonino Trizzino; Veronica Raspa – Continuity in Education, 2024
The quality of life for a child with a chronic illness depends on various factors, including the illness's severity, medical treatments, psychosocial and educational support, resource availability, and community involvement. These biopsychosocial factors become significant when the child receives care at home. This article presents and evaluates a…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Home Programs, Psychoeducational Methods, Family Programs
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Singh, Sunita – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This descriptive case study presents findings from a 2 year research study on an intervention program, "Reading with Animals," launched in a linguistically, ethnically, and racially diverse Central New York community. The local literacy coalition implemented the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (IL) program in two low-income zip codes…
Descriptors: Young Children, Books, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
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Kirmaci, Mehtap; Buxton, Cory A.; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Urban Education, 2023
Building upon a Freirean notion of dialogic education, the purpose of this multi-case study was to explore what happened when secondary science teachers came together with Latinx parents for their children's science learning in the context of a community-based science learning program. Constant comparative analysis of data revealed similarities…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science Education, Community Programs, Family Programs
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Kim, Soo Hyeon; Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how families' sociomaterial experiences in engineering programs held in libraries and a museum influence their creative engineering practices and the creativity expressed in their products derived from their inquiry-driven engineering activities. Design/methodology/approach: This research project takes a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Creativity, Inquiry, Family Programs
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Nixon, Jessie; Halverson, Erica; Stoiber, Andy; Garbacz, Andy – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how learners describe their experiences with short-term, introductory maker experiences and to test a method for assessing learners' experiences authentic to short-term learning. Design/methodology/approach: The authors collected written responses from participants at a two-day event, STEM Center…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Program Effectiveness
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Wee, Jongsun – Reading Teacher, 2020
This study introduces parents' roles in the community Korean-English bilingual family literacy program named Family Storytime. It was offered at the Korean church for 30 minutes during lunch time on Sundays over 3 months. The Korean parents played two major roles: facilitators and participants. As facilitators, the parents advertised the literacy…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Parent Role, Family Literacy, Literacy Education
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Taylor, Sarah; Xia, Yan – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2020
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals frequently work as advocates for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The purpose of this study was to explore IPV advocacy at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels of the Social Ecological Model (SEM) and to provide suggestions for FCS courses based on findings. This…
Descriptors: Home Economics Teachers, Family Violence, Advocacy, Higher Education
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Del Hierro, Victor; Saenz, Valente Francisco; Gonzales, Laura; Durá, Lucía; Medina-Jerez, William – Community Literacy Journal, 2019
This article introduces "La Escuelita," an after-school health literacy program for youth and families that currently meets in a community center one mile from a port of entry into El Paso, Texas. Through weekly activities that include mediums like art, community-based mapping, and collaborative cooking, participants at "La…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Health Promotion, Community Programs, Health Education
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De Leon, Izaak J.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2021
Diversity has been shown to improve the ability of groups to problem solve and make predictions, as well as guarding against groupthink and overconfidence. Marginalized groups within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields are still largely underrepresented despite various efforts to increase diversity in STEM. This…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parent Participation, STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation
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Skyhar, Candy; Nantais, Michael – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2020
Over the past decade, the international (PISA) and national (CMEC Pan-Canadian Assessment), standardized testing results have shown that students in Manitoba have relatively low results in the area of mathematics when compared to the rest of Canada. This article discusses a project that was devised as a means of reaching out to a school community…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Family Programs, College School Cooperation, School Community Programs
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Henne-Ochoa, Richard – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
This article promotes a grounded approach to Indigenous language revitalization that honours Indigenous peoples' desire to restore Indigenous language use in their daily lives. The approach offers a way of revitalizing Indigenous languages by reintegrating them into Indigenous social life and an Indigenous way of learning, thus also sustaining and…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Maintenance, Indigenous Populations, Informal Education
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Wisneski, Debora – Childhood Education, 2019
Access to play has been recognized as a universal right of children (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 31) and promoted by international and national organizations with a focus on children's well-being, such as Childhood Education International, the International Play Association, the US Play Coalition, and the Alliance for…
Descriptors: Play, Childrens Rights, Graduate Students, Early Childhood Education
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Backman, Desiree R.; Kohatsu, Neal D.; Padovani, Andrew J.; Dao, Crystie; Ritley, Dominique; Fleuret, Julia E.; McCracken, Camlyn R. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: To (1) determine the weight-reducing effect of the Koa Family Program (KFP), a community-based, telewellness obesity intervention and (2) examine the impact of the KFP on improving weight-related health indicators. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Community-based in Sacramento, California, USA. Methods: Seventy women with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Community Programs, Family Programs, Females
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