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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"marginalized youth"”.
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Art entrepreneurship afterschool: Providing marginalized youth toolkits for success
The following paper argues for arts-based afterschool programming that focuses on the creation of highly crafted objects and entrepreneurial behaviors. The researcher's interests in this topic stem from a life-changing experience as an art director at a non-profit leadership camp. From this …
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Critical Black feminist mentorship: A review of a middle school and university-sponsored program for adolescent Black girls
… to illuminate the creation of safe spaces for marginalized youth through mentorship initiatives. Likewise, the study examines the roles of mentorship programs in transforming the lives of Black adolescent girls by providing them with tools to change the narratives depicted by society. A …
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Just say no to 'just say no' : tensions in organizational approaches to youth and online privacy in the Americas
… organizational practices in the field of youth online privacy in the Americas. I describe harms created by protective, universalist, individualistic approaches that pose youth as conditional citizens, and make a case for approaches based instead on youth agency, intersectional views of …
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Basketball Court Counter-Stories from Youth in Public Housing: A Critical Race Approach
… significant knowledge to help better understand marginalized youth experiences, sport for development programs, and the impact of racialized micro-aggressions.
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Hip-hop is my passport! Using hip-hop and digital literacies to understand global citizenship education
Hip-hop has exploded around the world among youth. It is not simply an American source of entertainment; it is a global cultural movement that provides a voice for youth worldwide who have not been able to express their "cultural world" through mainstream media. The emerging field of critical …
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Reconceptualizing Social Capital Theory: Life Stories of Kazakhstani Youth from Rural or Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds
… employment opportunities and social mobility of youth. Little is known, however, about how marginalized youth use social capital to pursue education and career aspirations, particularly in countries with developing higher education systems. Drawing on life history narratives of prestigious …
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A "Responsibility to Speak Out": Perspectives on Writing from Black African-Born Male Youth with Limited or Disrupted Formal Education
… on writing of eight Black African- born male youth with limited and disrupted formal education enrolled at a secondary school in northeastern United States. Participants from Liberia, Sudan, and Somalia relocated to the U. S. through refugee services between 2003 and 2006. At the time of the …
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Entrepreneurial teaching in creating third spaces for experiential learning: a case study of two science teachers in low-income settings
… clubs. With both cases, the animation of marginalized youth in social action through science is explored through an entrepreneurial lens. David and Faith established new spaces for science learning to occur and gained financial support through external resources. They animated students, …
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“We Are Not Disorderly Kids”: Young Adult, Family, and Social Work Perspectives on Disrupting System Failures that Funnel Child Welfare Involved Youth into the Juvenile Legal System
Foster care, youth detention, and youth incarceration are all associated with long-term harms including lifelong trauma, physical health and mental health concerns, and significant challenges transitioning into adulthood. Youth involved in child welfare face disproportionately high risk of juvenile …
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Contradictions and Opportunities: Learning from the Cultural Knowledges of Youth with Histories of Domestic Violence
… its reality is front and center for children and youth whose lives are deeply shaped by it. At best, the school landscape is bleak for many, if not all, HDV youth (i.e. youth with histories of domestic violence and youth currently living with domestic violence). We know little to nothing about how …
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Does capability measurement enable aspiration during emergent adulthood? Examining 'Poverty Stoplight' as a poverty measurement and capability building instrument for youth in South Africa
In South Africa, the majority of youth entering emerging adulthood find themselves in a protracted struggle to access further education, training or to secure their first decent job. The purpose of this multi-case study is to deepen the understanding of how capability measurement approaches and …
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Dogged Optimism: Striving and Waiting in Rural Chinese Students’ Negotiations of Social Mobility
… has become a compelling imperative for rural youth in contemporary China. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from Global South youth studies and the sociology of education, this dissertation focuses on the role of education in shaping rural students’ life trajectories. It also …
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Experiences of YMCA Day Camp Counsellors and their Perceptions of Youth
A large body of research examines the benefits of youth programming for children and their families, yet there is limited research that specifically focuses on day camps and the experiences of camp counsellors. My MA thesis explores the experiences of YMCA day camp counsellors and their perceptions …
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Un camino de conocimiento: a marimacha's meditation on an LGBTQ inclusive charter school
… academic and non-academic outcomes for LGBTQ youth. Java High is located on the north west side of the Midwest urban city of Hatfield and was established in 2005 as a public instrumentality charter school that serves approximately 175 students who can enroll by choice or force. The vision and …
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Social Capital, Education, and Earning: The Important Role of Peer Relationships for Marginalized Tanzanian Youth
… secondary school completion rates, high rates of youth unemployment, and the importance of relationships in Tanzania, there is a need for nuanced and critical analyses examining the link between social capital, education, and earning for young people. This study drew on theories of social capital …
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Youth at risk: politics, crime; its accessories and youth justice in South Africa
Youth violence assumes several forms which may be attributed towards a complex set of causes inextricably linked to the oppressive past which provide an explanation towards the nature and frequency of violence incidents. Central to such causes are; the 'culture of violence' which remains firmly …
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Healing centered engagement via multimedia counter-storytelling: A framework for processing collective trauma and healing with placed-at-risk youth
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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“Dropouts” Drop In: Re-Visualizing the “Dropout” Stereotype
… program for 16 to 18 year-old out-of-school youth in the Bronx. The students’ journeys from out-of-school to and through college in some ways mirror my own. Having left high school on my 16<sup>th</sup> birthday, I slowly and circuitously made my way back to formal education. Watching my …