Using a longitudinal mixed methods approach, this study examined Chinese American youth's experiences and coping with racial discrimination. Participants included 25 second-generation Chinese American youth who participated in an 8-year, three-wave longitudinal study. The participants' average age at Time 1 was 15.5 years. Participants were…

Purpose: This study will examine the school principals' ethical decision-making processes and to explore gender-related differences. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a mixed-method research design, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with a sample of 10…

In their nascent stages, charter schools formed under competing ideologies. In academic circles, charter schools were envisioned as pedagogical laboratories that would allow for educator- and community-driven school improvement. In other circles, charter schools emerged as a free-market reform driven by accountability, choice, and growth. Amid the…

This study examines the outcome of incongruence between home and school religious environments on predicting adolescent identification with religious values and worldview in Israeli religious high schools, and the possible mediating effects of general and identity-related aspects of school climate. The study compares Jewish students from religious…

Values are central for life choices, including vocational and academic decisions. Importantly, vocational choices begin within the school system, where selecting specific study tracks can impact later career development. How do values relate to adolescents' academic track choices? Study 1 focused on Israeli students who chose exact science tracks…

Different methods are needed in the field of vocational education to ensure that students associate the knowledge they have learned with real-life situations. Considering that problem-based learning (PBL) techniques also have important effects in the context of human values, this study aimed to investigate the effects of PBL models on high school…

The relationship between time preference and high school students' career choices was analyzed using the cross-lagged effects model. A significant relationship was found between time preference in the first year of high school and educational expectations in April of the third year. Furthermore, time preference in the first year of high school was…

Understanding an institution's culture helps new students develop accurate expectations for their college experience. This study explored how colleges and universities communicate their culture to students through emails. Analysis of institutional emails to incoming students uncovered taken-for-granted beliefs about the institution's culture and…

The purpose of this qualitative study is to expound upon the research conducted by R.L Brown (2004), W. Dygert (2000), J.T. James (2009), M. Daniels (2013) and B. Regan (2015). Their focus was to look carefully at the President-Principal Model (PPM) in order to better understand the efficacy of introducing this administrative team structure to…

The present study advances a model of critical civic motivation grounded in expectancy-value theory and highlights diverse manifestations of motivation among marginalized adolescents. The participants were 447 high school youth (85.0% Latinx; 62.9% low-income). Two complementary methodological approaches were employed to examine civic motivation,…

This study is part of a larger qualitative research study being conducted by a research team in order to understand the experience of stress and the factors that maintain it within a high achieving American high school community. 30 stakeholders (including students, parents, teachers, support staff, and administration) in a high achieving high…

Perception of self-efficacy is the judgment of ability, while self-esteem is judgment about self-worth (Bandura, 1993). Self-efficacy beliefs play a key role in shaping one's life by influencing the environment and activities in which a person wishes to enter. This study tests the relationship between the personal values of adolescents and their…

Catholic schools are founded upon distinctive values; they shape school leaders' leadership approaches, which in turn influence the school community experienced by students. Yet, research is sparse where leaders' intentions intersect with the actual community. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine how school leaders' approaches…

This article proposes and illustrates a framework for thinking about how the school-to-work transitions of young people not intending to go to university can be made more equitable. This framework seeks to enrich sociological readings of VET by building on the considerable strengths of existing research on ecologies of VET provision and the…

Objectives: The paper explores how students' values and food choices change or adapt depending on the social environment and how students navigate the resulting tensions in food choices and practices when balancing nutrition against social and cultural preferences and sensory experiences. Design: The study analysed students' discussions about food…