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Asian American High School Students' Self-Concepts and Identities
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Gao, Jing – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to explore Asian American students' identities and their perceptions about who they are within the Midwestern American high school setting. Design/methodology/approach: A naturalistic inquiry (Lincoln and Guba, 1985) is employed in this qualitative study. Naturalistic inquiry assumes that reality is constructed by…
Descriptors: Self Concept, High School Students, Asian American Students, Racial Identification
Teacher Ratings of the Social Validity of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Comparison of School Groups
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Vancel, Samantha M.; Missall, Kristen N.; Bruhn, Allison L. – Preventing School Failure, 2016
With over 14,000 schools implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS), it is important to consider factors that contribute to effective implementation--which may affect student outcomes. Social validity is one factor that may influence implementation. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Validity, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
Iowa Consumer Trends and Participation in Agritourism Activities
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Nasers, Melissa S.; Retallick, Michael S. – Journal of Extension, 2012
As the agritourism industry grows and develops in Iowa, it is important to identify the knowledge and participation levels of prospective agritourism consumers. This article focuses on current consumer trends and participation levels in Iowa agritourism activities. The results revealed a majority of Iowans believe they have at least some…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Tourism, Consumer Economics, Trend Analysis
Examining Whiteness as an Obstacle to Positively Approaching Immigrant Families in US Early Childhood Educational Settings
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Adair, Jennifer Keys – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
This article examines whiteness at the intersection of immigration and early childhood education as it was made visible during interviews with 50 preschool teachers in five US cities as part of the Children Crossing Borders (CCB) study. Findings show whiteness acting not only as a construct of privilege but also as an idea that manifests itself in…
Descriptors: Whites, Immigration, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Perceived Needs of At-Risk Families in a Small Town: Implications for Full-Service Community Schools
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Voyles, Martha M. – School Community Journal, 2012
Researchers agree that a needs assessment is a critical first step in designing a full-service school, but the large task of orchestrating the necessary community collaboration for such projects has occupied most of the literature to date. This study examines the process of planning and implementing a needs assessment for a rural school serving…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Integrated Services, Low Income Groups, Caseworkers
Being Young and Black: What Are Their Effects on Juvenile Justice Decision Making?
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Leiber, Michael J.; Johnson, Joseph D. – Crime & Delinquency, 2008
This study examined the extent to which race and age individually and jointly determined juvenile justice case outcomes at intake and judicial disposition among males in one county juvenile court in the state of Iowa. Using an interpretation of the symbolic threat thesis and the emphasis on stereotyping as the theoretical framework, we discovered…
Descriptors: Juvenile Courts, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice, African Americans