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Race and Discipline at a Racially Mixed High School: Status, Capital, and the Practice of Organizational Routines
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Diamond, John B.; Lewis, Amanda E. – Urban Education, 2019
In this article, we study a diverse suburban high school to illustrate how racial inequality is embedded in school disciplinary routines. Focusing primarily on the experiences of Black and White students, we theorize about the relationship between race and students' experiences with school discipline. Drawing on organizational theory, contemporary…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Differences, Racial Bias, Discipline
A Curriculum of the Borderlands: High School Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies as "Sitios y Lengua"
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de los Rios, Cati V. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2013
Drawing from a nine-month critical teacher inquiry investigation, this article examines the experiences of eleventh and twelfth grade students who participated in a year-long Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies course in California shortly after the passing of Arizona House Bill 2281 (HB 2281). Through a borderlands analysis, I explore how these students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Hispanic American Students, Grade 11, Grade 12
Civilization III and Whole-Class Play in High School Social Studies
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Lee, John K.; Probert, Jeffrey – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2010
This study examined an 11th grade high school class as they played the game Civilization III. Over nine class sessions students played the game in support of other activities related to several predetermined and emergent topics in U. S. history. Gameplay was whole-class oriented and involved students taking turns at the computer controlling…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, High Schools, Social Studies
Amplifiers of Developmental and Negative Experiences in Organized Activities: Dosage, Motivation, Lead Roles, and Adult-Youth Ratios
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Hansen, David M.; Larson, Reed W. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study evaluated four sets of factors hypothesized to amplify adolescents' developmental and negative experience in organized youth activities. A representative sample of 1,822 eleventh grade students from 19 high schools completed the computer-administered Youth Experience Survey. Findings indicated that amount of time, motivation, holding a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Student Experience, Grade 11, Activities
An Integrated Programme from the Students' Perspective: The Bronte Creek Project.
Jupp, Jennifer – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1995
Students who participated in the Bronte Creek Project, an integrated outdoor education program in Ontario that involves 11th-grade students in outdoor experiences and leadership opportunities, found the program to be authentic, felt empowered as a result of the program, became more responsible, and reported improved personal relations. (LP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Grade 11
The Boeing Company's Manufacturing Technology Student Internship. Final Evaluation Report for 1996.
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Owens, Tom – 1997
A study evaluated The Boeing Company's Student Internship Program for students enrolled in a manufacturing technology program. The programs in the Seattle (Washington) and Portland (Oregon) areas provided students with three progressive internship levels offered in the summers of grades 11, 12, and 13 (the first year of community college). The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Experiential Learning, Grade 11, Grade 12