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Heather C. Kent – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Volunteer engagement is critical to achieving the mission of volunteer organizations (Boone et al., 2002). Fogarty et al. (2009) found that 4-H volunteers are a mediating factor in achieving positive youth development outcomes and are responsible for teaching at least 50% of the life skills youth gain from participation in the organization. For…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Volunteers, Performance, Independent Study
Russell Lee Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Pre-apprenticeship programs are a very effective tool to help youth and adults enter a Registered Apprenticeship program. Participants can also use the experience to pursue further training or enter the workforce. The pre-apprenticeship is designed to help youth or adults take a snapshot of their current skills and use that data to address gaps in…
Descriptors: Youth, Apprenticeships, Partnerships in Education, Program Development
Stacie M. Gomez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this project is to determine if the development and implementation of an independent living skills workshop would improve the perceived competence of unhoused youth in performing independent living skills. Methods: The Casey Life Skills Short Assessment was used as a pre-test and post-test. It was found that unhoused young…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Youth, Homeless People, Daily Living Skills
Hall, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines a case of an international development initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the United States and implemented in North Macedonia. The specific initiative was a youth development program including a substantial career counseling component called the Macedonia Youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Counseling, Networks, Design
Maria Jose Anderson-Coto – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the development and implementation of a community-based educational program, iDREAM, aimed at teaching minoritized youth about Artificial Intelligence (AI) with an emphasis on ethics and social justice. Partnering with two NGOs, this study integrates Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) and Critical Computational…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Minority Group Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Community Education
Bianca Inirio – ProQuest LLC, 2021
"Yogatise" is a home-based, online yoga program that was specifically developed for children and youth with disabilities between 6 and 17 years of age to create a meaningful occupation outside of school and to increase their social, emotional and physical well-being. It has been found that children and youth with disabilities experience…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Students with Disabilities, Children, Youth
Kolin Ebron – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Sport participation has been limited in marginalized communities due to socioeconomic factors such as access to facilities, cost of participation, and the overall lack of opportunity to engage in physical activity (The Aspen Institute, 2019). Sport Based Youth Development (SBYD) programs have been one avenue of providing sport and physical…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Student Athletes, Student Participation, Cooperative Learning
Sean Arthurs – ProQuest LLC, 2016
America's schools were founded on the principle that a democratic nation needed informed, active, and knowledgeable citizens in order to realize the promise of democracy. Over the last 400 years, we have lost our way. Today's schools do a poor job of preparing our students to be engaged, open-minded, and purposeful participants in a system of…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Best Practices
Perez, Salvador – ProQuest LLC, 2017
An initiative to coordinate early learning programs across a major city in the Midwestern United States was undertaken in 2013. The opinions of teachers regarding effects on instruction and children were not included in the development and implementation of the program. This omission is important because multiple scholars have pointed to the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, Urban Schools, Public Schools
Meadows, Farah Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, it sought to add to the body of research and literature on youth leadership development in secondary schools, filling a critical gap in the literature. Second, it aimed to help determine the essential elements of successful youth leadership development programs in the areas of content, pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Secondary Schools, Youth Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Bowers, Jill R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although many practitioners have turned to the Internet as a viable means of reaching youth with their programs, there is little research on how and when youth engage with online educational resources. The present study employed a grounded theory design to gain an understanding of how practitioners can develop online programs that engage youth.…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Development, Internet, Grounded Theory
Cole, Samuel Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The following dissertation presents findings from a year-long evaluation of informal scientific education programs at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. Science identity, rather than scientific knowledge, was the analytic lens through which the programs' effectiveness was assessed. A goal of the Museum generally, and the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Development, Museums, Science Teaching Centers
Campbell, Johnavae E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation offers a case study of the YMCA of the USA's pilot Higher Education Service Project (YHESP) with 61 local YMCAs on how the collaborative evaluation approach functioned to facilitate an organizational culture around evaluation and reinvention strategies of YMCAs as college access service providers. Multiple data collection sources…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Access to Education, Youth Programs, Pilot Projects
Swatzell, Kelly J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Formalized mentoring programs have found a place as both a preventative measure and as a direct intervention in the lives of youth. Previous literature and studies of mentoring programs show mixed support for positive outcomes for participants. Literature also suggests that positive outcomes are most likely to occur in relationships that foster…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Development, Grade Point Average, Prevention
Craig Rushing, Stephanie Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2010
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth are disproportionally burdened by high rates of sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancy, heightening their need for sexual health interventions that are aligned to their unique culture and social context. Media technologies, including the Internet, cell phones, and video games, offer new…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Video Games, American Indians, Alaska Natives