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Steven M. Worker; Sally Neas; Dorina M. Espinoza; Car Mun Kok; Martin H. Smith – Journal of Youth Development, 2023
Youth development programs often provide young people with science learning experiences. We argue for reframing youth science learning from a focus on individual scientific literacy to an emphasis on collective scientific literacy--"community science"--to support young people in using science to address issues in their lives and…
Descriptors: Youth, Participatory Research, Action Research, Science Education
Lomeli, Raul S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Building positive relationships with students and employing relevant pedagogy informed by Community Cultural Wealth will undoubtedly contribute to a more engaged community of learners that are vested in their community and academics. Aronson and Laughter (2015) amongst many others, studied and analyzed over 200 studies on the topic of culturally…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Cultural Capital, Ideology
Murúa, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper discusses a collaborative inquiry (CI) that explored a California community college program known as Puente. The purpose of the inquiry was to bring together different stakeholders involved with Puente---students, mentors, counselors, and instructors---to engage in group dialogue and share their perceptions about the functions of the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Community Colleges, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Luster, Pamela T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
California Community Colleges face unique challenges and opportunities in serving the state's largest new majority students who are also the state's most at-risk students. These students are the primary driver of the new economy, however they arrive at college with significant educational and economic disadvantages (Woodlief, Thomas, & Orozco,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Action Research, At Risk Students
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Sanchez, Patricia – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2007
This article examines the lives of three transnational second-generation immigrant Latinas who reside in urban centers in California and maintain close ties to Mexico. Drawing from a participatory research and ethnographic study, I provide evidence of the out-of-school learning that they experience and how this shapes their notions of global…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Ethnography, Immigrants, Urban Schools
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Berta-Avila, Margarita Ines – High School Journal, 2004
Grounded in a Xicana/Xicano framework and critical pedagogy, this study utilizes the methods of participatory research and critical ethnography to understand how Xicanas/Xicanos perceive their role in the classroom when teaching Raza students. This three-month study focuses on three critical Xicana/Xicano educators who are in the teaching…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Minority Group Children