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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Student empowerment"”.
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Finding Hope: Student Empowerment in a Segregated School District
<p>This study seeks to understand how students are self-empowered in a racially and economically diverse school. A literature review revealed a body of peer reviewed research in relation to student empowerment through educational, sociological, and psychological theories. Within the literature …
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Changing the Narrative: Student Empowerment in Unequal School Contexts
… 2016). In particular, the life trajectories of students who attend high-poverty schools are not the same as youth who attend schools with greater resources (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2013; Taylor, 2005). In this dissertation, I provide a brief background on current rates …
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Student empowerment in a primary school classroom : a descriptive study
Empowering students to take control to lead functional and fulfilling lives should help them meet their needs for power and belonging, and enable them to realise their social goals. Such an outcome should positively affect students' achievement motivation. However, there is little understanding and …
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When Urban Education Meets Community Activism: A Case of Student Empowerment in New Orleans
… where schools serve a higher proportion of students of color facing greater incidences of poverty, underemployment and economic distress. As education policymakers and business leaders look to improve education, many of the solutions put forth to reform schools focus on meeting state …
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Teachers’ Perspectives on Nutrition and Physical Education Teaching Practices
… Nutrition and Physical Education and its role in student empowerment as a precondition for subsequent healthy habits and lifestyle, drawing on teachers’ perspectives in the province of Ontario, where the researcher is based. The teacher perspective is distinguished, as it is these ground level …
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An exploration of empowerment amongst final-yearundergraduate nursing students while onclinical placement in Ireland usingSocial Domain Theory
… study of the factors that enhance or inhibit empowerment development during the clinical placement of final-year undergraduate nursing students in Ireland. Empowerment is a topical concept used not only in health care but also in business and education. However, few studies have looked at the …
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Perceptions on Learning: A Study of at -Risk Middle School Students, Their Parents, Teachers, and Administrators
… toward the impact of learning for the at-risk student. Visible connections among these elements of hands-on learning, cooperative group work and technology use were clearly identified. Furthermore, when these elements were integrated through authentic tasks and assessment in a non-traditional …
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AWARE: Analyzing the Impact of an Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Curriculum using Sixth Grade Students in Colorado
… key in preventing human trafficking and American students lack proper knowledge of the issue. This study seeks to bridge this shortcoming through the creation and implementation of a holistic anti-trafficking advocacy curriculum that not only informs and motivates students and educators toward …
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Exploring Public Elementary School Educator Perceptions Of Student Goal Setting In The Classroom
… success of elementary (Kindergarten–Grade 8) students is closely correlated to their persistence, perseverance through challenges, and meaningful engagement in learning. The motivation crisis in today's elementary classrooms is evident through rising absenteeism, increased disengagement, and …
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Giving a Shit: The Intersection of Trait Mindfulness and Social Justice Orientations in K12 Educators (A Mixed Methods Study)
… in schools serving strategically undervalued student populations, the study investigates how educators’ dispositional mindfulness relates to justice-oriented intentions and how this relationship is enacted in practice. The quantitative data in this mixed-methods design were collected from 104 …
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Experiential e-learning for engagement, belonging and social change: a study on the use of social justice pedagogy in entrepreneurial business literacy for high school students in Mexico.
… and business literacy (EBL) to high school students drawing on social justice pedagogy as an emancipatory approach to promote engagement, belonging and social change. There is a recognized gap in the Mexican education system around entrepreneurial and business literacy (EBL) for high school …
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Black School Leader Truth: How Black School Leader Epistemology Influences Liberatory Mindset Development in Their Staff
<p>Black students in the United States have consistently been denied access to empowering, culturally affirming, and responsive learning experiences in the traditional public system. The epistemological and pedagogical beliefs embedded in a liberatory mindset can subvert this pattern of …
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The Rule of Law In Times of War: A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of War On High Court Decision-Making
… and that aim to reform disruptive behavior in students, usually over a limited period of time. This was a comparative case study of two type II alternative schools in the Upstate of South Carolina. The findings contributed to the research base regarding the practical implementation of the …
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Teacher social justice advocacy for children: a scale development and preliminary validity
… teachers to increase social advocacy efforts for students (Athanases & Larrabee, 2003; Bemak & Chung, 2005; Gallagher & Clifford, 2000; McCabe & Rubinson, 2008; Rogers & O'Bryon, 2008). There is limited empirical research and no known instruments measuring teacher advocacy orientation. This …
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A historical/legal analysis and case study of a high school art classroom as a least restrictive environment for students experiencing disabilities
… and (c) the art classroom as a whole (including students with "typical" abilities). A theoretical framework including the values of equality, liberty, and efficiency guided data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the relationships and/or disparities that exist between the legal statute's …
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Intertwined Cultural Journeys: An Autoethnography of Learning, Teaching, and Affirming Diversity through Multicultural Music
… I explore aspects of reflective teaching and student empowerment through the medium of multicultural music education. Connections between my own cultural heritage and the cultures of my students were made through a critical evaluation of my current approach to multicultural music education. …
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An investigation of portfolio assessment with fifth grade teachers and students: a case study
… fifth grade teachers and twenty-four fifth grade students were selected as the participants for this case study. The dual role of teacher as instructional leader and assessor was examined. Data were collected from classroom and team observations, formal and informal interviews, document analysis, …
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Understanding and Engaging in Equity Work: A Phenomenological Action Research Study of Community College ESOL Instructors
… English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students in adult education; however, CC ESOL students face lower rates of degree completion and transfer compared to their non-ESOL peers (David & Kanno, 2021; Fink et al., 2023; Raufman et al., 2019). While research has examined factors …
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