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Kleese, Nick – Children's Literature in Education, 2022
Class and geography profoundly influence rural youth's opportunities and aspirations for social mobility (Carr & Kefalas, 2009). Neoliberalism insists this mobility is achievable individually through education, though education is also often antithetical to the rural lifeworlds and communities of youth pursuing it (Corbett, 2007). These…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Rural Youth, Social Mobility, Barriers
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Sifundo Nkomo; Walter Matli – Africa Education Review, 2022
Access to mobile gadgets has increased exponentially, altering social and educational conditions in Africa. This also applies to the reading habits of rural learners in secondary schools. This paper investigates how mobile gadgets could be embraced to nurture the reading habits of rural secondary school learners in Southern Africa. This…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Rural Youth, Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices
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West, Travis – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
Community engagement programs offer college students an opportunity to impact youth in rural, low-income communities. While in a rural setting where educational training and support is not abundant, college students learn about struggles that rural, low-income youth face in exploring and attending postsecondary education options. The Alternative…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Youth