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Anita Blakstad Bjørnerås; Aud Elisabeth Witsø; Lisbeth Kvam; Arne Henning Eide; Lisbeth Jahren; Sissel Horghagen – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Succeeding at university can be a complex matter, and the barriers are manifold for students with disabilities (SwDs). Accommodations are available for those with needs, but these alone do not meet the political goals of inclusive educations. Student ambassadors act as experienced representatives on campuses, supporting others and gaining…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Barriers, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Inclusion
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Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah; Mamat, Mohd Zufri; Muhamad Noor, Muhamad Faisal – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The notion of students as change agents have widely been used in the campus sustainability literature, but very little has been done to unpack what it really means in practice. This paper aims to critically investigate university students' perspectives on their role as a change agent for campus sustainability in the context of Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Change Agents, Student Participation
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Lundquist, Brooke; Rubel, Deborah; Ng, Kok-Mun – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2020
We explored the mothering experiences of 11 counselor education doctoral student mothers who have at least one young child under the age of 5. Six themes emerged from the study, including ambivalence, increased use of coping mechanisms, striving for balance, "superwoman syndrome," indistinguishable roles, and leading by example.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Mothers, Doctoral Students, Child Rearing
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Brewster, Kendra R. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2018
Critical service learning requires that students grapple with power even as they negotiate with discourses that frame service as transformative for others, without the reciprocal effect of service learners being transformed. To highlight microprocesses in power, this article uses figured worlds to explore the positional identities of service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Power Structure, Identification, College Students
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Kubberød, Elin; Fosstenløkken, Siw M.; Erstad, Per Olav – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the contributions of peer mentoring as a learning support for mentee students in higher entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents a single embedded case study focussing on mentee students' perceptions of peer mentors' support of their entrepreneurial learning…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Teaching, Entrepreneurship, Student Attitudes
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Cuenca, Alexander; Zaker, Jessica – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
The importance of the early field experience in the curriculum of teacher education is often underappreciated. Ostensibly, the early field experience provides teacher candidates with the first opportunity to look closely at teaching and learning from the perspective of a classroom educator. Yet, little is know about what kinds of early field…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Field Experience Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
McCall, Fred – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While the numbers of African American and Latinx students have increased in higher education over the last several decades, African Americans and Latinx students experience college different from their peers. A specific area where African American and Latinx students experience college in distinct ways is around their co-curricular involvement and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, African American Students, College Students, Mentors
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Gartland, Clare – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Employing students to market higher education (HE) and widen access is established practice in the United Kingdom and other developed countries. In the United Kingdom, student ambassadors are held to be effective in aspiration and attainment-raising work and cited as "role-models" for pupils. The focus of this paper is student ambassador…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Models, Student Role, STEM Education
Morningstar, Mary E.; Lattin, Dana L.; Sarkesian, Sue – Transition Coalition, 2009
Successful transition planning is a lifelong process in which the student, family members, friends, and professionals come together to develop and act upon a plan that will lead to a successful adult life. For this reason, transition planning has become a part of several federal laws. The most encompassing of these laws, the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Cooperative Planning, Federal Legislation