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Geoffrey Borman; Trisha Borman; Cong Ye; Lauren Stargel – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: To combat stereotype threat, several school-based field trials have leveraged self-affirmation theory (Steele & Liu, 1983; Liu & Steele, 1986), wherein affirming one's important beliefs and values can buffer against identity threats. Self-affirmation theory posits that individuals are motivated to maintain a positive overall…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing Assignments, Self Advocacy, Self Determination
Alexis Duggan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this research study was to understand the role of self-advocacy for students with mental health conditions (SWMHC) by exploring their perspectives. Participants in this study were enrolled students at a public 4-year university within the United States who were registered with student disability services, have a mental health…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Role
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Miller, Sara Michelle; Ludwick, Julie; Colucy Krcmar, Cassandra – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2020
Therapeutic services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) often follow a medicalized narrative, focusing on treatment of the individual without attending to social and political factors. Drawing from disability theory and relational framework, art therapists can address and rebalance the therapeutic relationship. Three professional…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Intellectual Disability, Guidelines, Personal Autonomy
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Williams, Sarah Carver; Militello, Matthew; Majewski, Diane – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Students with learning disabilities seek postsecondary education at rates comparable to their peers yet lag behind on retention and graduation rates. This research used InQuiry methodology to analyze 44 individual perspectives from multiple K12 and postsecondary stakeholders. Quantitative data analysis generated a four-factor solution, identifying…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, College Students, Stakeholders, Q Methodology
Kateri Stein Quinonez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the students' perspectives of attending and participating in their own Individual Education Program (IEP) meeting. The conceptual frameworks of disability theory and empowerment worldview highlight the need to better understand perspectives from the students themselves with regard to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Individualized Education Programs
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Couture, Juliann; Bretón, Jimena; Dommermuth, Emily; Floersch, Natasha; Ilett, Darren; Nowak, Kristine; Roberts, Lindsay; Watson, Renae – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Although extensive research has looked at first-generation college students' experiences, little has examined the role of the library in their academic lives. This article reports the results of an exploratory study to better understand the experiences of first-generation college students at three universities. Key findings of this study focus on…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Libraries, Student Experience, Self Advocacy
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Nowakowska, Iwona; Pisula, Ewa – Qualitative Research in Education, 2021
The paper presents the opinions of self-advocates with mild intellectual disability about their work as social educators -- public self-advocates raising disability awareness. Six semi-structured individual interviews were conducted. Data was analyzed within the framework of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The themes which emerged from…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Teachers
Ordonez, Julia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
High school students with mild to moderate disabilities are being educated in the full inclusion classroom. As inclusive settings increase, the importance of determining a structured way to implement full inclusion programs has risen. Currently, there are no structured plans to follow when implementing a full inclusion program. Narrative methods…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Program Implementation
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Yeager, Kristopher Hawk; Gandara, Gabriela Alejandra; Martinez, Cecilia – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2022
As the number of college students with disabilities continues to grow, self-advocacy programs have become an increasingly important tool to help students access disability-specific and general student services. Yet, few studies have explored processes surrounding the development of self-advocacy for students with disabilities, in particular the…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Social Support Groups, Self Advocacy
Nguyen, Julie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative study examined how undergraduate engineering students studying in the U.S. experienced failures during their cooperative education (co-op) and how they recovered from them. Six students attending a private research university in the Northeast participated in two semi-structured interviews via Zoom. The narrative inquiry approach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Academic Failure, Cooperative Education
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Nicola Robertson – Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory & Practice, 2022
There is no denying that the influence and use of technology in relation to teaching and learning increased significantly during the Co-Vid-19 periods of isolation and lockdown. The screen became the classroom; the teacher (and the students), rendered as apparitions of virtuality. Nevertheless, despite the barriers of distance and screen, there…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Electronic Learning, Robotics, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Sally Robinson; Jan Idle; Karen R. Fisher; Kathleen Reedy; Christy Newman; Christiane Purcal; Gianfranco Giuntoli; Sarah Byrne; Ruby Nankivell; Gavin Burner; Rebeka Touzeau; Tim Adam; Paige Armstrong – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Negative attitudes remain a major barrier to the equality of people with disability, especially when coupled with the lack of autonomy imposed on many people. This paper analyses how disability self-advocacy groups seek to change community attitudes and work towards systemic change by mobilising knowledge from their lived experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Organizations, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Teaching
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Kate Jones; Jeong IL Cho – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
This survey study investigated understanding and use of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), self-advocacy, self-determination, and campus resources by college students with disabilities. Thirty-one students registered with a student disability office at a Midwestern state university completed an anonymous survey. Thirty-two percent of…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Laws, Self Determination
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Sara Ucar; Jacqueline Anton; Maryssa Kucskar Mitsch; Mayumi Hagiwara; Amber Friesen – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Self-determination is a dispositional characteristic, expressed when people act as causal agents in their lives. It develops throughout the life course, starting in early childhood. Causal Agency Theory defines three self-determined actions that lead to self-determination, which are (1) volitional action: including making conscious choices based…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Young Children, Decision Making, Preferences
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Jason Rich; Lauren Lieberman; Melanie Perreault; Pamela Beach; Sean Flanagan – American Annals of the Deaf, 2024
Accessible and inclusive participation in sport can provide significant physical, psychological, and social benefits to Deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) athletes. To understand how to facilitate these benefits, the researchers explored the lived physical education and sport experiences of D/HH collegiate athletes. Six athletes representing six…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Athletes, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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