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Leveraging Epistemic Data Agency with Data Visualizations to Bridge the Gap between Data Trends and Personal Experiences
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Jennifer Kahn; Shiyan Jiang – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: While designing personally meaningful activities with data technologies can support the development of data literacies, this paper aims to focuses on the overlooked aspect of how learners navigate tensions between personal experiences and data trends. Design/methodology/approach: The authors report on an analysis of three student cases…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Trend Analysis, Data Science, Secondary School Students
Challenges, Opportunities, and Adaptations of a College Preparatory 4-H Youth Development Program during COVID-19
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Emily M. Davis; Ann P. Sansing; Jasmine R. Harris-Speight; Mary Nelson Robertson; David R. Buys – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has proliferated across the United States, and in the process, it has disrupted all sense of normalcy. Because adolescents are in a critical period for growth and development, youth are particularly susceptible to negative impacts of disruption from COVID-19. Therefore, sustaining youth development programs is essential to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Youth Programs, Barriers
Adapting a Hands-On Youth Development STEM Program in the Age of COVID-19: The LEAH Knox Scholars Program
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Morgan, Brandon; Gaitan, Erika; Polletta, Valerie; Cheung, Chloe; Aslan, Lisa; Wolff, Lisa; Cheung, Vanessa; Sassanfar, Mandana; Wallace, Laurie Jo – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape for out-of-school-time STEM programs. The LEAH Knox Scholars (LKS) program is a five-week, in-person molecular biology research experience for low-income high school youth of color who are underrepresented in the sciences. The program is organized and implemented by Health Resources in Action, a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, STEM Education, Molecular Biology
Using a Camp to Bolster Youth-Driven Community Change. REACH Issue Brief Series. Number Five
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Fabionar, James; Campbell, David – Sierra Health Foundation, 2010
Over the course of three summers, Sierra Health Foundation hosted a weeklong summer youth development camp for REACH coalitions at its Grizzly Creek Ranch retreat facilities in Portola, California. Located 130 miles east of Sacramento, Grizzly Creek Ranch is set in the mountains of Plumas County and encompasses 1,500 acres of forests, streams and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Community Change, Youth Programs, Conferences (Gatherings)
Growing Together: Boston Area Youth Follow Food from Field to Table.
LeVaux, Ari – Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, 2001
The Food Project brings together Boston-area youth to grow and distribute food for the hungry and in the process, develop leadership and job skills. Summer crew workers (high school students) grow vegetables, distribute them to food pantries, and sell them at farmer's markets. Crew leaders learn more about sustainable agriculture and hone…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Experiential Learning, Food, Gardening
Sizzling Summer Reading Programs for Young Adults: Second Edition
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Kan, Katharine L. – ALA Editions, 2006
Summer reading programs are a staple in libraries nationwide and provide a valuable service: keeping teens productive and occupied when they are no longer busy in school. Producing creative programs at the library can be challenging when faced with this easily distracted teen demographic; that's where "Sizzling Summer Reading Programs" steps in.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cultural Education, Reading Programs, Police