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Smith, Justin G.; DuBois, Bryce; Corwin, Jason – Journal of Extension, 2016
This article presents a method for using mind mapping to assess social learning outcomes in collaborative environmental restoration and participatory natural resource management initiatives. Using mind mapping for preassessment and postassessment can reveal changes in individual and collective thinking about critical social and ecological issues.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Cognitive Processes, Natural Resources, Conservation (Environment)
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Ruglis, Jessica – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2011
This article will put forth an introductory argument and evidence for school non-completion as a form of biopower, and school dropout to be considered a form of biopolitical youth resistance in the United States (US). Beginning with a brief overview of the empirical relationship of education to health and current graduation rates in the United…
Descriptors: Action Research, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Focus Groups
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Howell, William G. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004
Much of the controversy surrounding school vouchers, and privatization schemes generally, stems from concerns about social stratification. This paper identifies the form and magnitude of selection effects in a means-tested New York City voucher program. It compares students who applied for vouchers, with the eligible population of public-school…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Social Stratification, Privatization, Educational Vouchers
Rowe, Deborah Wells, Ed.; Jimenez, Robert T., Ed.; Compton, Donald L., Ed.; Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Kim, Youb, Ed.; Leander, Kevin M., Ed.; Risko, Victoria J., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2007
This publication offers the 56th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). This Yearbook begins with a preface and presents profiles of three awardees, Michael C. McKenna, Douglas K. Hartman, and Michael Kamil. Included in this Yearbook are the following papers: (1) What's It All About? Literacy Research and Civic Responsibility (Victoria…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Popular Culture