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Forster, Daniella J.; Archer, Jennifer; Tajin, Rukhsana T. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Voluntary professional experience can be a powerful way for initial teacher education (ITE) students to develop an understanding of schools and their communities. Do ITE students make use of these opportunities? There is little Australian research that explores genuine volunteering that does not "require" students to engage with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Preservice Teacher Education, Online Surveys
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Harris, Donna M.; Kiyama, Judy Marquez – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This study documents the important role school and community-based programs have for sustaining the persistence of Latina/o high school students in an urban, low achieving school district. Consensus among student participants revealed these programs provided a safe space where students were able to develop "confianza" (mutual trust) with…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Urban Schools
Frazier, Barbara J.; Niehm, Linda S.; Stoel, Leslie – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
The Rural Entrepreneurship Teaching Unit (RETU) is designed to acquaint university retailing and hospitality majors with rural entrepreneurship opportunities. The unit is an outcome of a federal grant focused on the contribution of the local retail sector to rural community resilience. The RETU integrates knowledge regarding rural development,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Rural Education, Retailing