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Gilbert, Beverly Boals; Grace, Cathy – Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, 2020
In their research- and narrative-filled article, Dr. Beverly Boals Gilbert and Dr. Cathy Grace call for action in providing resources to people living in the rural Mississippi Delta. Dr. Grace draws from personal stories growing up and teaching in rural Arkansas, describing the moment she recognized her own learning gaps, the impact of the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Caregivers, Equal Education, Rural Areas
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Means, Darris R.; Blackmon, Sydney; Drake, Elizabeth; Lawrence, Paris; Jackson, Angel; Strickland, Anna; Willis, Jenay – Rural Educator, 2020
The purpose of this article is to highlight a critical approach for practice, youth participatory action research, that can be used to invite rural youth to collaborate with school administrators, educators, and community leaders to identify and examine challenges, while building upon the strengths of a school and community to address challenges.…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Participatory Research, Action Research, High School Students
Madison Marilyn Dell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Empirical evidence unambiguously asserts that a college education provides robust benefits to both individuals and societies. However, disparities in college enrollment and completion persist and limit opportunities for marginalized students to enjoy the advantages a college education affords, impeding progress toward equitable outcomes for all.…
Descriptors: College Students, College Bound Students, Disadvantaged, Power Structure
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Gibbons, Melinda M.; Hardin, Erin E.; Taylor, Anna Lora; Brown, Emily; Graham, Danielle – Journal of Career Development, 2020
Students underrepresented in higher education often require unique support throughout their career and college planning. Rural Appalachian youth characterize a large population of underrepresented students. This article describes a theory-based multiweek career education curriculum aimed at increasing career and college readiness that was…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Education, Rural Areas, Rural Youth
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Massey, Carissa – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
Through an examination of the visual rhetoric of identity presented by reality shows, especially "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," this paper explores ways in which American reality television and related media images construct, deploy, and reiterate visual stereotypes about whites from rural regions of the United States. Its focus is the…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Rural Youth, Rhetoric, Television Viewing
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Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Nickerson, Amanda B. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
The Bystander Intervention Model proposed by social psychologists Latané and Darley has been used to examine the actions of peer bystanders in bullying. The five-stage model consists of notice the event, interpret event as an emergency, accept responsibility for intervening, know how to intervene, and implement intervention decisions. The current…
Descriptors: Audiences, Intervention, Bullying, Role
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Ritchwood, Tiarney D.; Luque, John S.; Coakley, Tanya M.; Wynn, Mysha; Corbie-Smith, Giselle – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
African American youth in the US rural South are at elevated risk for poor sexual health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancy. Historically, the southeastern USA has lagged behind in providing comprehensive sexuality-based education in secondary school, which may contribute to poor reproductive and sexual…
Descriptors: African Americans, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Early Parenthood
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Gelber, Scott – American Journal of Education, 2017
This article employs historical analysis of a unique collection of essays to examine the college aspirations of rural high school students. Although researchers attribute the low educational attainment of this population mainly to poverty and poor school quality, many scholars continue to believe that historically rooted cultural norms and kinship…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Postsecondary Education
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Hao, Jun; Hsueh, Yeh – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2018
Unintentional injury has been a leading threat to Chinese children. Children's risk-taking is influenced by their evaluation of risky behavior and related safety knowledge, which also vary considerably by child and family characteristics. In light of the Health Belief Model, the current study (1) proposes and tests a tripartite relation among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Student Behavior, Risk
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Walker, Melanie; Mathebula, Mikateko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
In order to understand how students from low-income rural backgrounds in South Africa experience higher education and the opportunities and obstacles they encounter, the paper draws on two waves of interviews with 30 students currently studying at three large urban universities. Using concepts of capabilities and functionings, monetary resources…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, College Students, Student Experience, Rural Youth
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Koricich, Andrew; Chen, Xi; Hughes, Rodney P. – Review of Higher Education, 2018
This study seeks to update past studies of rural youth by examining college attendance and choice decisions for students who graduated from rural high schools, while also conducting an examination of how the effects of socioeconomic status manifest differently by locale. Logistic regression is used to study the postsecondary attendance and…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Socioeconomic Status, College Attendance, School Choice
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Shah, Rachael W.; Troester, Jennifer Selting; Brooke, Robert; Gatti, Lauren; Thomas, Sarah L.; Masterson, Jessica – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
The continuing expansion of digital service-learning is bringing emergent dynamics to the field of community engagement, including the challenge of fostering asset-based views of community partners in online spaces. "Online disinhibition" ("Suler," 2004) can prompt harsh critique or insensitive language that would not have…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Development, Case Studies, Electronic Learning
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Corbett, Michael – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
This piece responds to the content of each of the articles in this issue and raises questions in response to some explicit and implicit themes including particularly the way that differently positioned rural youth are "oriented" in the course of their educational experience. These articles are read as accounts of people in place that…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural Education, Orientation, Rural Schools
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Jiang, Lei; Liao, Mingyue; Ying, Ronghua – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2020
Objective: To explore the relationship between loneliness, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with life of Left-behind middle school students in China. Methods: A cluster random sampling method was used to study students from Left-behind middle schools in Binhai County of Jiangsu Province. The loneliness scale, general self-efficacy scale, and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Life Satisfaction
Leonard, Sarah E. – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2017
Research on narrowing the academic achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth tends to focus on the inputs provided by schools. Little attention, however, is paid to extracurricular activities, both structured and unstructured, even though extracurricular participation and employment can have positive impacts similar to in-school…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, Secondary School Students, Socioeconomic Status
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