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Si, Euna; Lee, Gyungjoo – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Recently, the high prevalence of problematic digital media use among youth has become a public concern. Therefore, this study investigated digital citizenship's moderating effects on a supportive school environment, parental pressure to achieve, academic stress, problematic digital media use, and happiness in school-aged children.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Psychological Patterns, Information Technology, Incidence
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Mayes, Eve; Mitra, Dana L.; Serriere, Stephanie C. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
This article explores how two elementary school students responded to their teacher's invitation in a civic classroom to make a difference to the world. We consider how the teacher framed the construct of civic efficacy and how the students refracted these ideas in their navigation of a civic education project. Closely analyzing these students'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Change Agents, Student Empowerment, Citizen Participation
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Kus, Zafer – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2014
The social studies curriculum was recently revised in Turkey, running in a pilot scheme in the school year 2004-05. It was then implemented in primary schools all over Turkey from 2006. This study describes the kind of citizen it aims to form by analysing all of the documents relating to social studies teaching. The social studies curriculum for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools
Whitlock, Annie McMahon – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation is a qualitative case study focused on describing and analyzing the student and teacher experience with One Hen, a project-based learning unit specifically designed to teach civic engagement. In this study I address three questions: 1) Do fifth-grade students' knowledge and skills in economics change after participating in a…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Citizenship Education
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Mitra, Dana L.; Serriere, Stephanie C. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
The present research examines the developmental outcomes of elementary-aged students engaged in student voice efforts. Using a case study of fifth-grade girls, the authors compare their experiences to research examining secondary school. The authors find marked similarities in the growth of agency, belonging, competence--the ABCs of youth…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Change, Grade 5, Females
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Carr, Wendy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This article examines why students participated in British Columbia's first intensive French (IF) program between 2004 and 2008 and what they achieved as a result, with a particular focus on the effect on the French and English language proficiency of English as additional language (EAL) students. Qualitative case studies found that students and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 5, French