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Wegemer, Christopher M. – Youth & Society, 2023
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,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Power Structure, Citizen Participation
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Li Ou; Jianchao Ni; Xiao Qiu; Dongchen Li – SAGE Open, 2023
With the increasing employment pressure of college students and the steady promotion of China's rural revitalization strategy, attracting college students to participate in rural revitalization has become an important issue. This study explores the relationship between rural volunteering, role identity, and career expectations of college students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Rural Areas, Student Volunteers
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Berce, Carmen Alina; Laurian-Fitzgerald, Simona; Fitzgerald, Carlton J. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2023
During the 2022 and 2023 school year, a group of eight college professors, 67 university education students, 27 primary school teachers and principals, and 200 primary school students participated together in a project titled, The Caravan of Friendship and Games. During the year, students suggested that they should also work with the elderly.…
Descriptors: Student Volunteers, Extracurricular Activities, Older Adults, Educational Benefits
Charlene Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Between 2013 and 2014, 25.2% of 10th grade algebra students who worked with 870,000 adult volunteers in after-school programs in the United States met their goals of improved math proficiency scores. A gap exists involving volunteer training strategies for after-school programs that are effective in improving math proficiency of 10th grade math…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Volunteers, Volunteer Training, Grade 10
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Main, Amanda M.; Plante, Jarrad D.; Bowdon, Melody – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
This study sought to examine how service-learning and student volunteer opportunities shape educational experiences for students by surveying 437 students currently enrolled in service-learning courses from nine participating Florida Campus Compact institutions. The researchers found several predictors that impacted student perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Predictor Variables, College Students
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Sapir, Adi – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
This study explores the historical construction of student volunteering in higher education (HE) and the implications of this process for present-day organisational structures and common understandings. This critical-historical analysis, which focuses on the Israeli HE field, draws from archival data spanning the 1970s-2000s, from two leading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Volunteers, College Students
Patrick James Radigan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For-profit colleges have long been a feature of the American higher education landscape and the quality of the education they provide has always been under question. This paper investigates the effects of attending a for-profit college on voting and volunteering as compared to individuals who attended a not-for-profit college or no college at all.…
Descriptors: For Profit Colleges, College Students, Voting, Volunteers
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Andrea Arnold – PRIMUS, 2024
Sonia Kovalevsky Days (SK Days) are nationally-held outreach events that are commonly organized by local chapters of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) to encourage young women to continue their study of mathematics. The AWM Student Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute hosted virtual renditions of SK Day for middle school girls…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Outreach Programs, Middle School Students, Females
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Susan T. Brand; Hyunjin Kim – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
This study aimed to explore the motivation for university students to become JumpStart AmeriCorps members (volunteers) and to examine the relationship between volunteers' participation in the program and their leadership skills development. A total of 46 participants were surveyed to identify their two main reasons for becoming a JumpStart…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Education Majors, Service Learning, Student Volunteers
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Andrea Buenano; Stacy Warner; E. Whitney G. Moore – Sport Management Education Journal, 2025
Short-term mega sporting events provide an opportunity for students to not only gain a memorable career experience but also enhance student skills and learning. However, very few (if any) researchers have explored students' confidence related to key skills before and after such an event. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Student Attitudes, Skill Development, Team Sports
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Winter, Jane – Primary Science, 2021
The logistics of finding and inviting STEM professionals (volunteers from science-based industries, universities, etc.) into the classroom can appear daunting, combined with fact-handing over control of some of the lesson. So, do the benefits make the effort worthwhile? In this article, the author describes the impact that STEM professionals could…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Volunteers, Professional Personnel, Elementary School Science
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Swanson, Kylie J.; Painter, Jason L.; Blanchard, Margaret R.; Gervase, Kimberly D. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023
Science Olympiad is a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competition that engages approximately 7,000 teams across the U.S. in individual and team challenges at regional, state, and national levels. Science Olympiad began expanding to include elementary students in 2008. Yet, little is known about the adults who…
Descriptors: Competition, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Motivation, Coaching (Performance)
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Shlomo, Haim; Oplatka, Izhar – Educational Studies, 2023
The research examined the adjustment process to retirement among teachers during the initial stages of retirement. The focus on the specific sector of teachers is drawn from a theoretical foundation which indicates a connection between the type of work and the process of adjusting to retirement. The aim of the study was to expose the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Retirement, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Kyle Miller; Jordan A. Arellanes – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
This community-based project explored levels of father-friendliness across local organizations, agencies, and schools. A community coalition of individuals from diverse backgrounds and roles created a community survey to gather quantitative and qualitative information from individuals who worked with children or families. An analysis of survey…
Descriptors: Fathers, Community Organizations, Parent Participation, Community Surveys
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Sauder, Molly Hayes; Davis, Dexter; Grove, Donna C. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Volunteering at short-term, high-profile sporting events has become an increasingly popular form of experiential learning within the sport management discipline. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of sport management student volunteers regarding outcomes of their participation in this endeavor. Data was collected via…
Descriptors: Student Volunteers, Experiential Learning, Athletics, Administration
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