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Examining Youths' Culturally Sustaining Peer Interactions in a Community-Based Participatory Research Initiative
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Joanne E. Marciano – Urban Education, 2026
This paper examines how youth enacted culturally sustaining pedagogies in their interactions with peers as participants in a multi-year, community-based participatory literacy initiative in a subsidized housing community. Data include transcripts from 53 weekly Zoom sessions held with youth participants in "The Youth Voices Project" from…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Peer Relationship, Community Programs
Prioritizing Learners' Cultural Assets and Multimodal Literacies during Preservice Teachers' Community Literacy Experience
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Janine Bixler; Rebecca Norman – Reading Horizons, 2024
As teacher educators, we believe it is critical for preservice teachers (PSTs) to recognize the many cultural assets that learners bring to today's diverse classrooms and to use these assets in their instruction. It is key to the literacy success of all students, particularly children of low socioeconomic status, multilingual learners, children of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Multiple Literacies
Racially Just Policy Change: Examining the Consequences of Black Education Imaginaries for K-12 Policy
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Eupha Jeanne Daramola – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2024
This comparative case study examines two out-of-system education programs created by Black community organizers during the 2020-2021 school year. Applying a unique framework based on the Black radical imagination, I examine how the communities experienced these programs and the potential of the programs to shape advocacy and local policy reforms.…
Descriptors: Local Issues, Political Issues, Community Programs, Educational Change
Inclusion, Disabilities, and Informal Science Learning. A CAISE Inquiry Group Report
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Reich, Christine; Price, Jeremy; Rubin, Ellen; Steiner, Mary Ann – Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education, 2010
Informal science education (ISE) experiences can provide powerful opportunities for people with disabilities to experience and learn about science. When designed to be inclusive, such experiences can lead people with disabilities to feel competent and empowered as science learners, generate excitement and enthusiasm for science, and be equitable…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inclusion, Disabilities, Informal Education
Community Gardening in Rural Regions: Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition.
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Sullivan, Ashley F. – 1999
Community gardening projects can enhance community food security and improve the nutrition of project participants. However, limited information exists on the most effective models and methods for establishing community gardens in rural areas. A survey of 12 rural community gardening projects found a variety of program models: community gardens…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gardening, Nonschool Educational Programs
Community-Sponsored Heritage Language Programs and Personnel in Saskatchewan.
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Rincker, June – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Questionnaire responses of 154 Saskatchewan nonschool heritage language personnel regarding background, learning materials, cultural education, problem identification, and skill development suggested the need for increased opportunities to develop teaching skills, learning materials and resource guides, adequate funding, and program accreditation.…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries