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Gal, Adiv – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This study presents the perception of sixth graders of climate-change education after leading three activistic processes. The study addressed these questions: What is the attitude of students towards climate change education? What are the components of the educational program that were significant in promoting their activism? Qualitative analysis,…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Student Attitudes, Climate, Program Effectiveness
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Blythe, Charlotte; Harré, Niki – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
Make a Difference (MAD) is a sustainability leadership program for high school students in Auckland, New Zealand. It offers a residential camp and follow-up activities. This article documents a participatory, utilization-focused evaluation of MAD, based on a Theory of Change approach. We ran workshops with MAD coordinators and students and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, High School Students, Sustainable Development, Student Leadership
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Lewis, Robin A.; Kenerson, Mollie J.; Sorrentino, Carmen; Rowse, Tarah H. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
This article reports findings from the preliminary assessment of the Sustainable Living and Learning Community (SLLC) Programme, a yearlong and sustainability-focused living and learning programme. Using a multimethod approach that triangulates its findings based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys, pre- and post-programme…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Living Learning Centers, Experiential Learning
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Patterson, Donna R.; O'Connor, Susan Elizabeth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2018
College is the first special education licensure program in the country to require its candidates to participate in a year-long class which teaches grassroots organizing skills within a civic-agency curriculum known as Public Achievement. Interviews and survey data were conducted with alumni of the program and results are reported. Result from…
Descriptors: Special Education, Teacher Education Programs, Activism, Alumni
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Burke, Ann M. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
This study investigated changes in high school students' awareness of environmental issues and their intent to be involved with local environmental groups after attendance at an environmental fair that exposed them to local environmental groups. A comparison of prefair and postfair surveys given to students indicated a highly significant increase…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Student Attitudes, Conservation (Environment), Activism
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Kim, Grace; Ram, Maya; Taboada, Arianna; Gere, David – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2019
Although theater-based interventions have emerged as an innovative health education platform, more research is needed to understand how these interventions work and to identify factors that make them successful and replicable in adolescent populations. This paper discusses the first research project conducted on High School Sex Squads (HSSS),…
Descriptors: Health Education, Teaching Methods, Sex Education, High School Students
Davis, Cheron H.; Bush, Krystal – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study, rooted in the evaluation of a reading methods course, sought to determine the implications for preservice teachers (PSTs) who participated in literature circles that intentionally used multicultural literature to discuss social justice issues. Using an interpretative mixed-methods approach, we collected quantitative surveys and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Justice, Reading Instruction
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Liu, Amy; Toma, Shannon; Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc; Russell, Arlene A. – Berkeley Review of Education, 2020
This study aimed to better understand the role that an undergraduate teacher exploration program for STEM majors played in STEM teacher education and recruitment. Utilizing journal data from 126 undergraduate students engaged in an intensive and immersive four-day internship that took place in Summer 2015 and Summer 2016, this study examined how…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, STEM Education, Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students
Kudryavtsev, Alexey – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Urban environmental educators are trying to connect students to the urban environment and nature, and thus develop a certain sense of place. To do so, educators involve students in environmental stewardship, monitoring, activism, and outdoor recreation in cities. At the same time, sense of place has been linked to pro-environmental behaviors and…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Environmental Education, Activism, Outdoor Education
Frederick, Beth, Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
The NEAIR 2010 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Saratoga Springs, New York conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Institutional Research: A Model for the Successful Assessment of Students' College Experience (Michael N. Christakis and Joel D. Bloom); (2) Direct…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Student Personnel Services, Cooperation, College Students
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Disinger, John F. – Environmentalist, 1983
Summarizes selected environmental education research studies on: (1) values and activism; (2) perception and appreciating; (3) ecological paradigms; and (4) formal education. Selections were chosen as representative and reflective of studies reported in the literature in these areas. (JN)
Descriptors: Activism, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Land Use
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Peng, Samuel S.; Jaffe, Jay – National Center for Education Statistics, 1980
The primary purpose of this study is to develop composite variables for several sets of items included in the Second and Third Follow-Up Questionnaires of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The need for this study is derived from the following considerations: (1) reduction of data dimensions, and (2) provision…
Descriptors: Test Items, Questionnaires, High School Students, Student Characteristics