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Direct linkVehabovic, Nermin – Multicultural Perspectives, 2020
In this personal perspective piece, I share my own refugee background and experiences, as well as stories about myself in the research context, in juxtaposition with stories about children, youth, and families from refugee backgrounds with whom I interacted as a volunteer tutor and researcher in an afterschool program. Drawing on San Pedro and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Children, Youth, Family (Sociological Unit)
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Tan, Edna; Barton, Angela Calabrese – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Minoritized youth from historically marginalized backgrounds continue to face systemic inequities in STEM. Existing strategies aimed at increasing diversity in STEM, which are guided by the STEM "pipeline" metaphor and are deficit-oriented, have yielded lackluster results. Purpose/Objective/Research Questions/Focus of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Minority Group Students, Equal Education, Student Diversity
Marttinen, Risto; Johnston, Kelly; Flory, Sara B.; Meza, Brianna – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Many girls do not want to engage in physical activity (PA) in places that do not provide feelings of safety, comfort, or protection. Nor will they engage in PA if it might compromise gender norms and place them at risk of being teased by peers. Media influences (e.g. social media, advertisements) target young girls and circulate gender…
Descriptors: Human Body, Females, Activism, Self Concept
Hennessy Elliott, Colin – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2020
Background: Scholars have analyzed the possibilities that robotics-centered learning programs offer, including opportunities for developing collaboratively and engaging in authentic STEM professional practice. This work adds a sociopolitical perspective, explicating a case of a newcomer to a robotics team that elucidates the nuances of…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning
Download full textParrott, Heather Macpherson; Cohen, Lynn E. – School Community Journal, 2020
This study offers a look inside one school community. The school implemented Let Grow Play Club and a recently expanded 40-minute recess period. Data are from observations of children's play periods, child interviews, and teacher interviews. We argue that play has significant cognitive, emotional, and social benefits for elementary school…
Descriptors: Play, Recess Breaks, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
Lauritzen, Solvor Mjøberg – Journal of Educational Change, 2020
The Roma are facing serious disadvantages in education in Romania, where segregated schooling and lack of quality education are two main factors contributing to de facto exclusion from the education system. In an effort to compensate for this missing commitment of the formal education system, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Nongovernmental Organizations, Educational Change
Pamela J. Petro-Ott – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The Out of School Learning landscape continues to be an emerging ecosystem of learning, particularly for the adolescent population. While the focus for elementary school-aged youth has often been on after-school programming offering safety, supervision, and homework help, research has indicated that this approach is not equally successful for the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Self Determination, After School Programs, Middle School Students
Leonard, Jacqueline; Djonko-Moore, Cara; Francis, Krista R.; Carey, Aylin S.; Mitchell, Monica B.; Goffney, Imani D. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2023
This paper examines the context for developing computational thinking (CT), computational participation (CP), and spatial reasoning among predominantly Black elementary students in grades 5 and 6, who attended a public school in the urban fringe of a large city in the Eastern United States. A case study is presented as the method to examine two…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Blacks
Collier-Meek, Melissa A.; Johnson, Austin H.; Farrell, Anne F. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2018
Implementation of research-based, Tier 1 behavior management strategies can be monitored to provide data-driven feedback and in support of integrity. The "Measure of Active Supervision and Interaction" (MASI) was developed to measure four behavior management practices (i.e., Praise, Correction, References to Behavior Expectations, Active…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Interrater Reliability
Klerfelt, Anna; Ljusberg, Anna-Lena – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2018
The aim of this article is to contribute to the discussion concerning the concepts used in the field of extended education by scrutinising different concepts that can contribute to research and guard the specific educational attitude of extended education as viewed from a Swedish perspective. The discussion will be based on a review of concepts…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Child Development
Meacham, Sohyun; Atwood-Blaine, Dana – Science and Children, 2018
Young children are full citizens. They have full rights to use their "hundred languages," hands, and thoughts to contribute to the field of science. The founder of the Reggio Emilia approach, Loris Malaguzzi, emphasizes in his famous poem that every child has a hundred ways of discovering the world and a hundred worlds to invent. Today's…
Descriptors: Robotics, Reggio Emilia Approach, Science Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Hathaway, Debra Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Schools in Vermont have followed a trend of partnering with out of school time afterschool and summer programs to address academic achievement gaps for students that are socioeconomically disadvantaged. The theoretical framework that informed this study was based in constructivist theory and experiential learning. The problem addressed in this…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Literacy, Disadvantaged Schools
Brown, Courtney A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Writing is a vital part of literacy development. It affords the opportunity for the expression and analysis of comprehensive thought, while simultaneously being a modality for unique and creative communication. In order for productive dialogue about the study of writing to be engaged, the contemplation of its many dynamic parts occurring across a…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Clubs, After School Programs, Boarding Schools
VanDerHeide, Jennifer; Marciano, Joanne E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
This article examines the teaching practices and pedagogical theories preservice teachers (PSTs) enacted in a newly designed after-school literacy club field placement. We draw from sociocultural and activity theories to analyze data collected in the qualitative study that examined the following research questions: (1) What teaching practices do…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, After School Programs, Clubs, Teaching Methods
