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Georgia Hyde-Dryden; Emma Andersen; Bethan Peach; Nikki Luke; Bonnie Butler; Alice McDowell; Alun Rees; Andrew Brown; Judy Sebba; Leon Feinstein – UK Department for Education, 2024
From October 2021, the government introduced a pilot in 30 local authorities to support 16 to 18-year-old children looked-after (CLA) and care leavers (CLs) in general further education (FE) colleges through the extension of Pupil Premium Plus funding to post-16 (PP+ Post-16). The 6-month pilot was completed between autumn 2021 and spring 20221 ,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education
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Munadi, Muhammad; Khuriyah – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2023
Islamic education (Madrasah) mostly accepts students with economic backgrounds whose parents are poor. their psychological performance is low as they lack self-confidence, and also lack achievement motivation. In strengthening psychological performance, it can be intervened through students' participation both in student organizations and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Student Development, Secondary School Students
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Kimberly Sterin; Katie Mathew; Ague Mae Manongsong; Ayana Allen-Handy; Jacqueline Genovesi; Kim Godfrey; Dominique Thomas; Janai Keita; Ian Marcus; Nancy Peter; Hilary Blecker; Sharon Walker – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2023
The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have a well-documented racialized and gendered participation gap between males, particularly white males, and women of color (WOC). Through a Critical Race Feminist lens, this qualitative research study uses life-story narrative analysis to understand the experiences of eleven WOC who…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Group Students, Extracurricular Activities, STEM Education
Arendale, D. R. – Online Submission, 2021
Too often student services have become a provider of discrete assistance in which one-way information transactions take place between the staff/student paraprofessionals providers and the students receiving the services. Students attend academic advising appointments, listen during tutorial or small groups study meetings, and read computer screens…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Student Organizations, Student Development, College Students
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Martinez, Nicholas; Sowcik, Matthew J.; Bunch, James Charles – Journal of Leadership Education, 2020
Socially responsible leadership (SRL) is a "purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social change" (Komives, Wagner, & Associates, 2009, p. xii).This approach to leadership focuses on creating leaders that are capable of tackling the predicted wicked problems the world will face in the next few…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Extracurricular Activities, Social Responsibility, Student Development
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Fakhrou, Abdulnaser A.; Ghareeb, Sara A. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
The present study aimed to explore the effectiveness of a proposed program titled (creativity lamp) in improving students' thinking skills and academic achievement and promoting creativity among them in Kuwait. This program involves several enrichment activities. The experimental group consists from 26 students. The control group consists from 25…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Enrichment Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Creative Thinking
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Rianawaty, Ida; Suyata; Dwiningrum, Siti Irene Astuti; Yanto, Bagus Endri – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study aims to analyze the implementation of holistic education and determining its supporting and hindering factors at a boarding high school in Malang, Indonesia. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive with a case study approach in the State Senior High School 10 Malang, Indonesia. The data collection technique was done…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Boarding Schools, High School Students, Student Development
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Hubbard, Ann; Rexeisen, Richard J. – Intercultural Education, 2020
This paper draws on an analysis of 2600 study abroad alumni responding to a survey that spans more than 25 years. Our inquiry focuses on evaluating how programme length, housing arrangements, number, and type of co-curricular activities impact alumni's attributions of personal growth and their attitudes towards global engagement and future social…
Descriptors: Alumni, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Program Effectiveness
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Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Luo, Jiahui; Lee, Katherine K. W.; Wong, Hannah Y. H.; Liu, Emma K. Y. – Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
Scholars are calling increasingly for educational reform to embed meaningful out-of-class events in the current curriculum, in order to enhance students' generic competency development. Towards this goal, featuring self-confidence as an important generic competency, this mixed-method study explores key characteristics of extracurricular activities…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Learner Engagement, Extracurricular Activities, Secondary School Students
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Daddow, Angela; Cronshaw, Darren; Daddow, Newton; Sandy, Ruth – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
The impetus to ensure Australian students, once enrolled, complete their university qualification has become more pressing. Student retention impacts funding in a tight fiscal environment and is used as a benchmark for quality performance. Evidence of increased levels of psychological distress in university students threatens this retention. Risks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Extracurricular Activities, Program Effectiveness
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Diley Hernandez; Marion Usselman; Shaheen Rana; Meltem Alemdar; Analia Rao – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2018
The purpose of this study is to thoroughly describe a program designed to strengthen the pipeline of Latino students into post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and present evaluation data to assess multiyear effectiveness. The program includes a suite of interventions aimed at students and families, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Guided Pathways, STEM Education, College Preparation
Hicks, Katrina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study gathered from former students during grades 6th through 12th who had actively participated in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) program, sought to build on existing research on the benefits of participating in extra-curricular activities. The purpose of the research was to examine the extent to which participation in the BPA…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Fields, Andrew R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
University educators are concerned with student leadership development in order to generate much-needed leaders in every aspect of society. This sequential mixed methods study found that students who participate in a university co-curricular outdoor education leadership training program, combined with the experience of leading a wilderness…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Self Efficacy, Leadership Training, Student Leadership
Browne, Daniel; Syed, Sarosh; Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2013
These "Stories From the Field" describe five Wallace-funded programs working to expand learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children, so they can benefit from the types of opportunities their wealthier counterparts have access to, from homework help to swimming classes. The report details each program's approach, successes and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Educational Improvement, Homework
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Muldoon, Robyn – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
It has long been recognized that students who participate in peer support programs as peer supporters or mentors develop valuable skills and attributes while involved in the support of others. The University of New England, NSW, Australia, has recently introduced an award for extra-curricular achievement of students while at university to support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Relationship, Student Development, Surveys
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