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Download full textDe La Torre, Corina; Dobis, Corrie – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2022
This paper seeks to explore how rural Latinx students' STEM identity development can be fostered by utilizing their cultural capital. By both a community cultural wealth and science identity model, this paper reviews previous literature to conceptualize how and why rural Latinx youth are continuously underrepresented within STEM education and…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Hispanic Americans, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept
Westbrook, Elaine – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2023
Rural youth may have a distinct vantage point on STEM issues in their community, and if STEM interest is developed at a young age, the likelihood of solving these in adulthood may occur. Therefore, a place-conscious informal STEM program was developed to be delivered to youth ages eight to twelve in rural communities. Qualitative methods,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Rural Youth, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Direct linkWolfe, Melissa Joy – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
The capacity to aspire for young people is significant, as they cannot choose to be what they cannot experience or imagine becoming. Student exchange programmes that expand experiences of STEM may increase opportunities, interests, and participation for rural young people in the STEM subject field. This paper creates a cartography with data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Aspiration
Kim, Surin; Taylor, Sarah; de Guzman, Maria Rosario T. – Journal of Extension, 2018
Population decline, outmigration of youths, and dwindling job prospects have challenged the vitality of rural economies in the United States for decades. Previous rural youth programs have been criticized for failing to address the social underpinnings of flight, attend to the unique features of rural contexts, and encourage youths to develop a…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Youth Programs, Extension Education, Extension Agents
Gibbons, Melinda M.; Hardin, Erin E.; Taylor, Anna Lora; Brown, Emily; Graham, Danielle – Journal of Career Development, 2020
Students underrepresented in higher education often require unique support throughout their career and college planning. Rural Appalachian youth characterize a large population of underrepresented students. This article describes a theory-based multiweek career education curriculum aimed at increasing career and college readiness that was…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Education, Rural Areas, Rural Youth
Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Clubs
Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Youth Clubs
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Chiang, I-Tsun, Ed.; Ozturk, O. Tayfur, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 1-4, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, STEM Education
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Chiang, I-Tsun, Ed.; Ozturk, O. Tayfur, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 1-4, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, STEM Education
