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Spinelli, Angela – Research on Education and Media, 2023
Participation is a key issue in understanding didactic dynamics. On the one hand, youth participatory cultures are described as incorporating gaming, multitasking, transmedia navigation and networking; on the other hand, the pre-digital meaning of participation retains a political value related to individual commitment for the common good and to…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Teacher Role, Group Dynamics, Training
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Pill, Shane; Agnew, Deborah; Abery, Elizabeth – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: The need to generate empirical evidence regarding the nature of coach development in sports coaching to inform more meaningful coach education programmes is recognised. Understanding the professional development of sport coaches is a developing and growing area of scholarship, with calls for the implementation and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, Professional Development, Athletic Coaches
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Elizabeth A. Jach; Teniell L. Trolian – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2023
While previous research has examined the association between various forms of applied learning and effects on student outcomes, the present study examines engagement in forms of applied learning and three distinct measures of student success. Using longitudinal data from the Wabash National Study, this analysis examined the relationship between…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Graduation
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Nabeel Nisar; Ellisha Nasruddin; Yen Nee Goh – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This practitioner paper intends to explore how Public Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs) in Pakistan could strategize alumni to encounter the financial sustainability challenges and achieve their organizational potential relevant to academic, research and public services. Design/methodology/approach: Employing a hermeneutic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Public Colleges
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Lauren Irwin; Lindsay Jarratt; Alex C. Lange; Jodi Linley – About Campus, 2024
Linley's (2017) article on peer socialization agents (PSAs) defines PSAs as undergraduate students charged with the socialization of new students on campus (e.g., resident assistants, orientation leaders, and peer mentors). PSAs have complex jobs, and student affairs educators contend with several forces in the design and implementation of PSA…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Orientation, Student Personnel Services, Resident Advisers
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Ian Pepper; Colin Rogers; James Turner; Nick Louis; Bronwen Williams – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to explore perceptions and provides insights, from students who volunteer in policing whilst also studying the college of policing licenced professional policing degree (PPD) in Wales. It examines issues that act as enablers and blockers to volunteering in this public service, which also provides opportunities to develop…
Descriptors: Student Volunteers, Employment Potential, Police, Foreign Countries
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Gabriella Pusztai; Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi; Eniko Major; Marcell Puskás – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
Researchers in the 1980s identified strong school-parent relations as a significant potential in the church sector, but this potential has not received enough attention in the European context. However, a serious obstacle to this partnership can be the unpreparedness, overwork, and deficit orientation of teachers, as well as their…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Religious Schools, Religious Education, Partnerships in Education
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Lobley, Jennifer; Edwards, Harriett C.; Vettern, Rachelle; Lesmeister, Marilyn K.; McKinley, Steve – Journal of Extension, 2019
The National 4-H Volunteer e-Forum is an alternative to multistate, face-to-face volunteer forums. Building on the success of regional e-forums, a collaborative group planned and offered three webinars that were relevant, economical, consistent, and convenient to attend. A blended learning strategy can successfully be used for focusing on both…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Volunteers, Extension Education, Seminars
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Burrow, Anthony L.; Ratner, Kaylin; Porcelli, Sabrina; Sumner, Rachel – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2022
Most youth development programs strive to promote thriving, but scientific inquiry into "how" they achieve this aim is rare and often complicated by nuanced program structures and delivery. Across two studies, we explored how one thriving indicator, having a sense of purpose in life, may be cultivated by a statewide 4-H program. In Study…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Self Concept, Quality of Life, World Views
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Mashino, Takeru – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2022
Service learning (SL) in higher education has been developed in various forms, mainly in the US, with an emphasis on linking services and learning, universities and communities. Many people view higher education as a means to a career which, in turn, renders education a subject of private interest. Owing to this, SL is expected to encourage civic…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Education
Asker, Erdal; Brunner, Eric; Ross, Stephen – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
A primary rationale for public provision of K-12 education and state financing of school spending is that education fosters civic engagement and the development of social capital. However, limited evidence exists on whether and how school spending affects civic engagement. Virtually all studies focus on the impact of educational attainment (as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Social Capital, Citizen Participation
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Benge, Matt – Journal of Extension, 2023
Understanding and identifying the professional development needs of 4-H youth development professionals should be the first step in developing the Extension workforce. However, 4-H professionals find it challenging to use the Professional, Research, Knowledge and Competencies (PRKC), which consists of 348 unique competency items, to guide…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Agents, Competence, Professional Development
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Pitti, Ilaria; Mengilli, Yagmur; Walther, Andreas – Youth & Society, 2023
Existing understandings of youth participation often imply clear distinctions from non-participation and thus boundaries between "recognized" and "non-recognized" practices of engagement. This article aims at questioning these boundaries. It analyzes young people's practices in the public sphere that are characterized by both…
Descriptors: Youth, Citizen Participation, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries
Gafarian, Dylan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Nationwide, institutions are adding elements of volunteerism, civic engagement, and service-learning to both their mission statements and degree completion curriculum (American Council on Education, 2022; Campus Compact, 2022; Niehaus & Kavaliauska Crain, 2013, Reed, et al, 2015). However, very little research has looked specifically at the…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Vocabulary, Language Usage, Community Services
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Jenni Mölkänen; Päivi Honkatukia – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Mentoring has been regarded as a promising way to reach at-risk youth and to strengthen the protective factors. This article focuses on emotions, reflections, and challenges that adult volunteers face in trying to establish and maintain a friend relationship with young adults in a multicomponent mentor setting in Finland. Based on our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Volunteer Training, Mentors
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