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Mitcham, Karen – English Journal, 2009
The purpose of having fun in the English language arts (ELA) classroom is twofold: (1) build community; and (2) alleviate the monotony, drudgery, and anxiety that reading, speaking, and writing often produce, especially in struggling students and any and all who are future members of Garrison Keillor's Lake Woebegone Professional Organization of…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Motivation, Community Development, Participative Decision Making
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Zeldin, Shepherd – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
Scholars theorize that engaging young people in organizational governance promotes positive youth development and organizational effectiveness. To explore this prediction, the study discussed here, based on interview data from 16 youth and 24 adult organizational leaders representing 8 organizations, mapped the developmental processes that occur…
Descriptors: Community Development, Adolescents, Teamwork, Adults