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Nie, Alice Ying – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore the literacy practices of marginalized adolescent youth in India and the relationship of those practices to imagination and identity construction. More than just tools for communication, language and literary practices allow individuals to express their selves and identities as they voice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Females, Single Sex Schools
Gupta, Deepty; Thapliyal, Geeta – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2015
Adolescence is a vital period in social development, because adolescents can be easily influenced by the people they develop close relationships with. At the stage of adolescence peer groups offer the opportunity to develop social skills such as empathy, sharing, and leadership. A number of family characteristics are also related to the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Self Concept, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Shah, Payal – Comparative Education Review, 2015
Delving into the "black box" of schooling can help us better understand the paradoxical reality that schooling for girls can be simultaneously empowering and disempowering. Despite recent interest in developing innovative research methodologies within the field of comparative education, there has been less attention to and reflexivity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Females, Adolescents
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Noland, Carey M. – Journal of Research Practice, 2006
This paper explores auto-photography as a form of research practice in the area of identity and self-esteem research. It allows researchers to capture and articulate the ways identity guides human action and thought. It involves the generation and examination of the static images that participants themselves believe best represent them.…
Descriptors: Photography, Research Methodology, Questionnaires, Researchers
Scott, Gail – 1990
Intended to be a culminating activity after seventh grade social studies students have studied India, this week-long lesson features autobiographical sketches of six teenagers from India. The lesson has three objectives: (1) to provide actual life stories of teenagers as a springboard for further research about the customs and culture of India;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture