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Smith, Victoria Davis; Magill, Kevin Russel; Bauml, Michelle; Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this study, we aimed to understand the role of place in how young people come to understand civic life. We implemented and studied an action civics curriculum at two sites to explore the connections between place and youth civic identity. We found that (1) place informs students' conceptualizations of community responsibility and collective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civics, Place Based Education, Curriculum Implementation
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Latorre-Cosculluela, Cecilia; Vázquez-Toledo, Sandra; Liesa-Orús, Marta; Ramón-Palomar, Julia – Teacher Development, 2022
This study explores the experiences and perceptions of primary education teachers regarding the struggle for gender equality in schools located in an area in northern Spain. In addition, it analyses the measures carried out in classrooms and schools to achieve this objective that are influenced by social and cultural factors, and does so within a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education
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Ekstrand, Britten – Educational Review, 2015
Unauthorized absence from school, commonly labelled truancy, absenteeism, and dropout, is a problem that has been increasingly noted in recent years by the National Agency for Education, county councils, communities, and media in Sweden. It is also a prioritized issue in Europe and worldwide. Many students leave school without credentials or a…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Academic Persistence, Dropouts