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Djannah, Sitti Nur – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2017
Teens today have experienced a shift in morality, thought and behavior patterns because they are influenced by foreign cultures. This is due to lack of progress, especially in the field of transport and telecommunications that are spreading globally at youth culture. Negative attitudes towards adolescent health, such as sexual activity also tend…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Risk, Disadvantaged Environment
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Perumal, Juliet – Education and Urban Society, 2016
"Education Before Liberation" became the mantra of the struggle against apartheid oppression in South Africa. Apartheid policies predestined the Black majority to servitude and dehumanization. The advent of democracy heralded a plethora of transformative curriculum policies with the express intent to counter the destiny that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Democracy, Teacher Characteristics
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Smith, William A.; Mustaffa, Jalil Bishop; Jones, Chantal M.; Curry, Tommy J.; Allen, Walter R. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
Black males are scarce on White campuses. Still, they experience hypervisibility and are targets of hypersurveillance. This study used focus groups and semi-structured interviews to examine the experiences of 36 Black male students attending seven "elite" historically White Research I institutions. Two themes emerged: (a) anti-Black male…
Descriptors: Campuses, School Culture, Males, African American Students
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Gosine, Kevin; Islam, Faisal – School Community Journal, 2014
This qualitative study explored the perceptions and experiences of high school students from a diverse, low-income urban community in Toronto, Canada. Findings revealed a strong sense of community, reinforced by the interlocking racial and class oppression and stigmatization participants experienced within the broader society, including school.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Qualitative Research, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
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Kelly, Angela M.; Gningue, Serigne M.; Qian, Gaoyin – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This study explored the challenges facing 1st-year alternatively certified teachers of mathematics and science in urban middle schools. Four teachers, participants in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Robert Noyce Scholarship Program, were followed from preservice training through their 1st year of teaching, having taken part in…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Urban Schools, Mathematics Teachers
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Hilton, Timothy; DeJong, Cornell – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2010
This study examines coping behaviors and felt experiences of homeless adults in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Data from in-depth interviews with 55 homeless adults reveal 5 general coping pattern groups: shelter users, campers, couch hoppers, mixed users, and circumstantial homeless. Homeless adults within each group experienced similar levels of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Coping, Disadvantaged Environment, Rural Development