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Direct linkMutongi, Kenda – History of Education Quarterly, 2023
This article argues that the "airlift" language often used to describe the eight hundred Kenyan students who attended US and Canadian universities between 1959 and 1963 is misleading. It assumes that the students were being plucked out of substandard education, yet these youth had received some of the most rigorous education in the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Educational History, Advantaged, Colonialism
Download full textNdeke, Grace C. W.; Barmao, Anne C. – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This paper reports the results of a study that investigated secondary school learners' perceptions of the influence of their science and mathematics teachers' nonverbal communication on their aspirations to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related courses in institutions of higher learning. The study further…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Nonverbal Communication, Academic Aspiration
Bellino, Michelle J. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
This study documents the aspirations and apprehensions of youth as they complete secondary schooling in Kakuma Refugee Camp. Navigating contradictory discourses about the value of education, school-leavers approach postsecondary opportunities with attention to social status hierarchies, economic viability, and collective expectations for…
Descriptors: Refugees, Nationalism, Secondary School Students, Educational Opportunities
