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Çakir, Zehra; Yalçin, Sema Altun; Günsel, Seyma Güvenç – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
In the research, the effect of engineering design-based STEM activities on the school belonging to seventh-grade refugee students was examined. A mixed-method was used in the research. The research sample consists of 32 Syrian refugee students studying in the 7th grade in the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. The study lasted for ten…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Refugees
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Lisette DeSouza; Linda Charmaraman; Emily Vargas; Georgia Hall – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Positive youth development has been extensively documented in contexts such as the family, school, and afterschool. Emerging theory and research indicate that digital contexts such as social media may also be venues through which young people develop skills and attributes associated with the 5 Cs model of positive youth development and thriving.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Friendship, Individual Development, Middle School Students
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Opstoel, Katrijn; Chapelle, Laurent; Prins, Frans J.; De Meester, An; Haerens, Leen; van Tartwijk, Jan; De Martelaer, Kristine – European Physical Education Review, 2020
This review provides an overview of the existing literature on school-aged children's and youth's (i.e. 6- to 18-year-olds) personal and social development within the context of physical education and sports. A total of 4359 non-duplicate articles were retrieved from six databases. After the title, abstract and full text screening, 88 articles met…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Social Development, Physical Education, Athletics
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Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale – Global Studies of Childhood, 2018
This article explores how the Disney Company scripts what it is to be a tween through the "High School Musical" trilogy. While children's perspective is of pivotal concern within childhood studies, it has traditionally left out the material aspects and rather focused too narrowly on the subject and the social. I found that the trilogy…
Descriptors: Films, Self Concept, Social Development, Audiences
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Sandholm, Ditte; Simonsen, Julia; Ström, Kristina; Fagerlund, Åse – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2023
Positive education is the teaching of both traditional school skills and skills for enhancing well-being. This study examines teachers' (N = 72) experiences with training in positive education.Qualitative content analysis was used to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences, and quantitative measures investigated teachers' well-being.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Parker, Maggie M.; Das, Bagmi; Kelly, Catherine T. – Journal of School Counseling, 2021
This article explores 210 Latinx high school student's perceptions of school counseling activities. Using content analysis, researchers analyzed students' written answers regarding their perceptions of school counseling activities. The researchers found that Latinx students believed academic and career interventions as most important, while those…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Females, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Mukwambo, Patience – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
While some studies in Zimbabwe have examined the relevance of education in rural settings, very few have done so using a human development-oriented framework such as the capabilities approach, as this paper does. In linking education and human development, the capabilities approach facilitates an examination of intersecting individual contexts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Developing Nations
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Dogan, Soner – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2020
This study aims to find answers to the question: What kind of person should the Turkish education system raise? To evaluate the participants' responses thoroughly, the phenomenology method has been used. The study group includes 185 teachers and school administrators working in Sivas city centre. To reach out to more participants, the data have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Development, Individual Development, Ethics
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Cassidy, Claire; Santoro, Ninetta – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2020
This article reports on a study that investigated the effectiveness of one out-of-school activity: "China Club". China Club, an initiative of Scotland's National Centre for Languages and the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools, was established with the central aim of teaching Mandarin language and Chinese culture to young people…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, Confucianism
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Simonsz, Heleen; Leeman, Yvonne; Veugelers, Wiel – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to gain insight into the content and sources of the educational ideals of beginning student teachers. We interviewed twenty-four beginning student teachers within the disciplines of history and the English language from three teacher education institutes in the Netherlands. The student teachers were selected using the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, History Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Aderholdt, David; Oliveri, Christy; Clark, Jennifer; Seifert, Tricia – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
Peer mentorship at colleges and universities is often thought of in the context of formal programs. This paper examines mentorship from an informal lens as the everyday advice students give their peers. This study utilized focus groups to see how students responded to questions their peers asked about their experiences. Four themes emerged that…
Descriptors: Social Development, Skill Development, Academic Achievement, Individual Development
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Falzon, Ruth; Frendo, Clarisse; Muscat, Maud – Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation, 2019
This study explored whether Personal and Social Development (PSD) teachers, school-based counsellors, and students in Maltese secondary schools perceived processing experiences as empowering to seek counselling, if and when needed. The study investigated if processing techniques within PSD methodology helped develop self-awareness. The research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counseling, Social Development, Individual Development
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Smith, Lorna – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
It is now five years since the introduction of the current National Curriculum for English in England; it is just over 50 years since the Dartmouth Conference drew together American and English educationalists. This paper reports on a hermeneutic study that presents voices from the field of English teaching in England. It asks questions of today's…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Creative Teaching, National Curriculum, Hermeneutics
Curry, Marnie W. – Teachers College Press, 2021
As the population of Latinx students grows in U.S. public schools and our nation seeks to address systemic inequities, racism, and xenophobia, this counternarrative provides inspiration to those wishing to reinvigorate schools and build a more caring and just world. "Authentic Cariño" documents the innovative practices, successes, and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Students, Racial Bias
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Moynihan, Joseph A. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
Transition Year is a unique and exciting programme situated in the middle of the six year second level education system in Ireland. Since its introduction in 1974, the programme has experienced unprecedented growth now being offered in over 80% of schools on the island. Transition Year seeks to emphasize alternative learning methodologies…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Social Development
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