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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Black youth"”.
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Educating Black Youth Moral Principles through Black Art
This study examined the connection between Black youth moral behavior and the aesthetic value of Black art. Today's Black youth are impressed with elements in the media, their schools, and other social surroundings that have been a little less than upstanding. This exploration of moral relevance of …
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From barriers to bridges : tackling the employment problems of Boston's Black youth
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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Power through Black community and unity: Examining processes of resilience among Black youth
Black youth and communities continuously demonstrate resilience to adverse life circumstances, including challenges such as gun violence. Gun violence—one form of community violence—is a public health issue that affects thousands of individuals, particularly Black youth; yet, they are able to …
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Black youth in vocational education: further education, labor market, civic and political participation
… to the value of vocational education for Black youth. This study, using data from the "High School and Beyond 1980 Sophomore Cohort Third Follow-Up (1986)" survey, investigated three basic areas, namely: (a) the demographic, personological, and educational profile of Black youth enrolled …
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Exploring the Mental Health Experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Youth in London, Ontario
… health experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) youth in London, Ontario, investigating how the factors of race, gender, culture, and place have shaped their perceptions and experiences of mental health. The data collection and analysis were conducted using a phenomenological approach …
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Conceptualizing Black Restorative Practices: Through the lens of Black Teachers who teach Black youth in schools
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONCEPTUALIZING BLACK RESTORATIVE PRACTICES: THROUGH THE LENS OF BLACK TEACHERS WHO TEACH BLACK YOUTH IN SCHOOLS Carlos A. Williams, Doctor of Philosophy, 2026 Dissertation directed by: Jennifer Turner, Ph.D.Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Ebony Terrell …
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Parental Racial Socialization and Emotion Dysregulation: Associations to Internalizing Symptoms & Sleep Difficulties Among Black Youth
… between parental racial socialization and Black youth’s internalizing symptoms and sleep difficulties. Method: 100 Black youth ages 7-16 years (N = 100; Mage = 11.77 years; SDage = 2.64; 73% male) and their primary caregivers (Mage = 43.57 years; range = 28-73 years; SDage = 7.75; 91% …
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Racial Socialization, Racial Identity, and Internalizing Symptoms: The Underlying Role of Emotion Suppression in Black Youth
… communicate the barriers and adversity faced by Black Americans have been shown to both confer and buffer against risk for internalizing symptoms in Black youth. Likewise, negative public regard—a form of racial identity which describes the extent to which a Black individual believes others view …
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(Re)Imagining Black Youth: Negotiating the Social, Political, and Institutional Dimensions of Urban Community-Based Educational Spaces
Literature on community-based youth programs generally depicts these spaces as valuable settings that support the academic, social, and emotional development of young people (Eccles & Gootman, 2002; Ginwright, 2009; McLaughlin, 2000). However, little research has explored how these organizations …
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Resilience Following Adversity: The Role of Religious Coping and Social Support Among Black Youth After Traumatic Events
… impacted more than others such as Black Americans. Research has shown that Black individuals are more susceptible to experiencing traumas such as domestic violence in the home, living in violent neighborhoods, food insecurity, and maltreatment. Religious coping and social support …
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Performing Ethnographic Inquiry into America's Black Youth Culture: The Impact of Hip Hop and Rap Music on Today's Youth Society
<p>This is an ethnographic inquiry into America's black youth culture. It is an exploration of how the "hip hop culture" influences black youth culture. Drawing on the works of Rose (1994a, 1994b), Dimitriadis (2001), and Kitwana (2002), I explored impact of the hip hop culture in the areas of …
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Fragmented lives: A qualitative study of the experiences of black youth who have aged out of the foster care system
<p>Each year, growing numbers of black foster youth, ages 18 and older, are emancipated from the child welfare system. Prior to termination, they are provided with a montage of independent living services aimed at teaching self-sufficiency skills. Nevertheless, many of these youth find themselves …
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An exploration of gamification as a teaching method for entrepreneurship education amongst black youth entrepreneurs in townships and periurban areas
Due to the increase in youth unemployment, one of the suggestions has been a move to encourage young people to pursue entrepreneurship. But entrepreneurship requires certain skills and knowledge that some individuals might not possess. This sequential embedded mixed method research investigated the …
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The effects of a short term career education program on selected aspects of career maturity of rural senior high black youth
… program was developed specifically for rural Black youth taking into account economic, social, and geographical factors of the population. Non-commercial activities such as music adapted from the culture, multi-ethnic scrapbook, developed by the participants in the short term career education …
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The Capacity to Aspire: Perceptions of Unattainable Success and Processes of Identity Formation among Marginalized Black Youth in the Greater Toronto Area
… and inequality that low-income, marginalized Black youth experience affect their success. There may be a correlation between trauma and the limitations experienced, presenting as low self-esteem and unwillingness to succeed. My research is based on first- and second-generation Black youth …
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Black Women and the Struggle for Education as the Practice of Freedom: Embodying an Ethic and Pedagogy of Liberation
<p>This dissertation explores the ways in which Black women across the Syracuse community embody an ethic and pedagogy of liberation for Black youth and their families within and beyond the school setting. The purpose is to understand in more nuanced ways Black women’s activation of their own lived …
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The roles and experiences of Black school social workers: are they prepared to fill in the gaps for Black youth in K-12 school settings?
… disciplinary action taken against Black students and the persistent academic achievement gap that remains between Black and white students continue to plague many schools. Historically, Black social workers have stepped in to fill in the gaps suffered by poor and disadvantaged …
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Black Youth Educational Under-Achievement Problem: How Peer Influence, Social Attitudes, Education Policy, & Family Circumstance Unite to Maintain this Problem in the Ontario Public School System
… research paper is concerned with the problem of black youths educational underachievement in Ontario public schools. The general aim of the thesis is to demonstrate that this problem is not one that education policy makers are interested in finding a fix for, even though it has been a mainstay on …
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