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Bennett, Cathryn B.; Ramos, Delma; Wyatt, Rod – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2022
This paper highlights Latinx youth's community engagement and activist identities during their participation in CHANCE ("Campamento Hispano Abriendo Nuestro Camino a la Educación"), a college access program at UNC Greensboro. We examined Latinx youth's activist identities using critical qualitative inquiry. Findings reveal collective…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Empowerment, Activism, Access to Education
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Logan, Charles W.; Chapman, Amy L.; Krutka, Dan G.; Mehta, Swati; Vakil, Sepehr – Grantee Submission, 2022
Students often have limited opportunities in school to grapple with the ramifications of the increasing influence technology companies exert over their lives. Digital citizenship curricula could be the exception, but they typically emphasize personal safety and respectful behavior online, ignoring more participatory or justice-oriented notions of…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Technological Literacy, Critical Theory, Social Justice
Naimsamphao, Phongwasu; Katwibun, Duanghathai – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
This study aims to investigate 10th grade students' agency and authority in a mathematics problem-based learning (PBL) classroom. The participants were 40 Grade 10 students. The data were collected during January-February of 2019 from twelve PBL lesson plans, Agency and Authority Observation Forms, Teacher's Notes, Students' Reflections and…
Descriptors: Grade 10, High School Students, Student Empowerment, Secondary School Mathematics
Restani, Rachel – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2018
Shifting classrooms towards places where students' ideas are at the centre of the discussions has been challenging for teachers to put into practice (Hiebert & Wearne, 2003). This study explores the attempts I made as a researcher-teacher to promote equitable student-driven whole class discussions in a racially and socioeconomically diverse…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Stallworth-Clark, Rosemarie – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study, conducted in a Business/Technology course in a large public high school in Southeastern USA, Fall Semester, 2014, supports the use of Service-Learning in the schools for empowering students to serve the public good. Ninety-two students created classroom "DREAM TEAMS" for researching and seeking solutions for selected…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Student Empowerment, Civics
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Weiss, John – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Over four years the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) led efforts across the state to implement the Safe and Supportive Schools (S3) initiative. This federally funded school reform effort targeted the 22 lowest performing high schools in Michigan. One of the primary objectives of the initiative was to implement interventions to increase…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Educational Change, High School Students, School Safety
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Goines, John Jordan; Jiang, Ying Hong; Yau, Jenny Y. P. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Obstacles faced by African-American Males' present barriers to their academic success. The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program is successful in helping African-American Male students transcend barriers. Studies reveal that AVID's success is based on its ability to form successful relationships among participants.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Academic Achievement, Self Determination