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Cox, Genevieve R.; Tucker, Corinna Jenkins – Carsey Institute, 2011
This brief explores the link between rural youths' identification with their community, their self-esteem, and their future plans. The panel study of New Hampshire's Coos County youth offers a snapshot into the dynamics of a population that is developing its identity in a region that is undergoing an identity transformation of its own. Place…
Descriptors: Identification, Adolescents, Community Programs, Self Esteem
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Myers, Martin; Bhopal, Kalwant – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2009
This paper examines understandings of community and safety for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) groups in schools in a metropolitan borough. One school in particular was identified as being the "Gypsy school" and was attended by the majority of GRT children in the borough. The school was recognised as a model of "good practice"…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Safety, Holistic Approach, Immigrants
Wang, M. C.; And Others – 1993
Educational resilience is defined as the heightened likelihood of success in school and in other life accomplishments, despite environmental adversities. This paper summarizes the concept of resilience as it has been advanced in developmental psychopathology and discusses educationally relevant research that is consonant with the definition of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Community Influence, Educational Practices
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Morrow, Virginia – Health Education, 2004
This paper discusses some of the health implications of data produced in the course of a research project that explored the usefulness of the concept of "social capital" in relation to the health and well-being of children. The research used qualitative methods to explore 12-15 year olds' subjective experiences of their neighbourhoods,…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Social Environment