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The Role of Parents, Other Adults, Peers and Informal Learning Communities in Shaping Positive Social Media Use in Adolesent Girls
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Charmaraman, Linda; Delcourt, Catherine Grevet; Durrani, Sidrah; Kapoor, Jyontika; Richer, Amanda M.; Xiao, Le Fan – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to introduce the concept of communities of social media practice where more experienced users provide guidance to female novice users, enacting a form of legitimate peripheral participation to "onboard" newcomers. Design/methodology/approach: Through surveys with 968 early adolescents (average age was 13), the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Social Media, Novices
Training Youth Development Practitioners to Be Organizational Change Makers: Lessons Learned from the Student Success Network's Continuous Improvement Fellowship Pilot. Practice Brief
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Merrill, Lisa; McGuinness, Sophie; Lafayette, Camille – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2018
The Student Success Network (SSN) consists of about 60 youth development organizations and schools in New York City that are dedicated to improving students' social and emotional learning (SEL) and academic and career success. For organizations to systematically practice continuous improvement, SSN thought perhaps they needed a champion who could…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Change Agents, Social Development, Emotional Development