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Smith, Leslie – 1989
Teachers of writing are well trained to take the lead in inspiring a change in communication and behavior within the classroom to create more positive schooling experiences for gay and lesbian students. Many gay teenagers become aware of their sexuality at an early age; however, by the time most of them reach college composition, they have still…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Context, High Schools, Homosexuality
Download full textTaylor-Dunlop, Korynne; Norton, Marcia M. – 1997
Few schools provide an equitable environment for female and minority students. This paper examined the culture of a high school as it was perceived and experienced by female, at-risk students in grades 9-12. Interviews were conducted with 11 female at-risk students at a high school in the greater New York metropolitan area, their parents,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Environment, Females, High Risk Students
Oxley, Diana; Croninger, Robert G.; DeGroot, Elisabeth – 2000
High schools organized into schools-within-schools (SWS) have the capacity to create social capital, a sense of trust and connection among teachers and students that can be used in the service of teaching and learning. These differentiated social groupings, or subunits, can influence members' sense of identity during the transition to high school,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Educational Environment, High Schools, House Plan
Ready, Timothy – 1982
Both Mexican American and Anglo students in four Corpus Christi (Texas) high schools seek membership in various subcultures according to which one recognizes them as being socially competent and respectable human beings. Data consist of life history interviews, observations, and questionnaire responses from over 600 youth. Mexican American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Educational Anthropology
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1987
This paper presents selected research findings from Monitoring the Future, an annual series of national surveys focusing on lifestyles and drug use among representative samples of American high school seniors that has been conducted every year since 1975. The presentation focuses on two issues: aspects of lifestyle currently associated with drug…
Descriptors: Demography, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, High School Seniors
Bucholtz, Mary – 1997
A study examined patterns of language use, including intonation, in a single social group of high school students, six "nerd girls." The group formed an "anti-club" to celebrate the individuals' disparate interests. Student narratives and group exchanges are analyzed for expressions of nerd group affiliation and identity,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Females, High School Students, High Schools
