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Sexual Health and HIV Prevention for Youth: A Survey of School Counselors' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Professional Behaviors
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J. Richelle Joe; M. Ann Shillingford; Sheldon Aaron; Tianka Pharaoh; Justin Gonner – Professional School Counseling, 2023
Through an exploratory descriptive study, we examined school counselors' attitudes and beliefs about their role in HIV prevention, and their professional behaviors in addressing HIV in their schools. Participants reported strong support of youth's sexual health rights, moderate agreement with school counselors' role in HIV prevention, moderate to…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention
Counselors as Leaders Who Advocate for Undocumented Students' Education
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Crawford, Emily R.; Aguayo, David; Valle, Fernando – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
Research has yet to fully explore counselor advocacy for undocumented students and the leadership they use in their advocacy. This study asks the following questions: (1) What motivates counselors to pursue educational access for undocumented K-12 students? and (2) How do school counselors advocate for undocumented K-12 students? We integrate…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Advocating for the Rights of the Child through Family-School Collaboration
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Miller, Gloria E.; Colebrook, Jessica; Ellis, Benjamin R. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2014 as the premier international human rights treaty focused on childhood rights and protections. In this article, we briefly review the 41 substantive principles embodied in the 54 Articles of the Convention and stress the need for educators, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Advocacy, Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Classroom of Hope: The Voice of One Courageous Teacher on the US-Mexico Border
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Munter, Judith; McKinley, Lyn; Sarabia, Kristine – Journal of Peace Education, 2012
In this study, the authors present peace education as a new model for twenty-first century educators that embraces both pedagogical changes and practical relationships between teachers and students and fosters universal human rights. This case study recounts the lived experience of one novice teacher in a classroom on the US-Mexico border. Her…
Descriptors: Caring, Civil Rights, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries
The Differentiation and Promotion of Students' Rights in Portugal
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Veiga, Feliciano; Garcia, Fernando; Neto, Felix; Almeida, Leandro – School Psychology International, 2009
This investigation includes a differential study (Study 1) and a quasi-experimental research (Study 2). In Study 1, the objective was to establish to what extent students' rights existed and analyse the differentiation between students' rights with Portuguese and immigrant mothers, throughout school years. The sample consisted of 537 students with…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Mothers
Autonomy, Self-Direction, and Self Access in Language Teaching and Learning: The History of an Idea.
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Gremmo, Marie-Jose; Riley, Philip – System, 1995
Identifies the ideas influencing the rise of autonomy and self-direction in educational milieus. Also discussed are the background of minority rights movements, shifts in educational philosophy, reactions against behaviorism, and wider access to education. Research into learning strategies has contributed directly to these changes. (73 references)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Counselor Role, Discourse Analysis