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Egan, John P. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter describes the intersection of colonization, disease, and community engagement, including the author's support for Aboriginal community-based HIV research.
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases
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Drew, Lara – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
In this paper I employ a narrative method to explore the learning processes of adult activists engaged in activism. Drawing on the story of one animal activist, I explain the embodied learning processes in a direct action environment. I explore how emotions and the body interplay with learning, which moves beyond a purely cognitive or rational…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Activism, Experiential Learning, Adults
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Nanayakkara, Samantha – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
This paper delineates the findings of a mixed methods study that investigated how Olympism education could strengthen competencies of human integration through delivery of physical, social, and critical literacy and conflict resolution literacy. The study introduced a curriculum model integrating Olympism values and conflict resolution strategies…
Descriptors: War, Mixed Methods Research, Critical Literacy, Conflict Resolution
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Conner, Jerusha O.; Cosner, Katherine – Democracy & Education, 2016
Although youth have long been at the forefront of social change, the last two decades have seen an upsurge in the number of organizations, agencies, and governmental bodies dedicated to supporting the idea of youth voice in public policy. Drawing on in-depth individual interviews with 32 youth in one major urban center, this study compares how…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Change Agents, Activism, Social Change
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Schneider, Barbara – Educational Researcher, 2016
This essay briefly describes some of the early AERA presidents who were empiricists, several of them directors of research, and how their work connects with some of the issues of design, measurement, analysis, and interpretation today. Beginning with the first president of AERA, a number of presidents through the late 1940s are highlighted, as…
Descriptors: Presidents, Professional Associations, Educational Research, Administrator Attitudes
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Artamonova, Ekaterina V.; Aytuganova, Jhanna I.; Grigoryeva, Elena V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the investigated problem is caused by the objective necessity of construction of the Russian examination practice, taking into account the leading trends in the education system development, where student-activity approach advocates the dominant, and insufficient development of this issue in both the theoretical and methodical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Tests, Testing Problems
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Lupeja, Thabita Lameck; Gubo, Qi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This paper examines the influence of secondary education in promoting; health awareness, gender awareness and civic awareness. The study sought to assess whether the education policy which considers secondary education as the key instrument in bringing social and economic transformation has been reflected in graduates' livelihood strategies once…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Economic Development
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Kokab, Rizwan Ullah; Hussain, Mahboob – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2016
Pakistan was bifurcated and Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign state in 1971 after the culmination of a separatist movement that was raised on the basis of Bengali nationalism claimed on ethnic and cultural grounds. Since the pronounced demand as well as well-defined goal of the movement changed from autonomy to the separation only after Pakistan…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Social Change, Political Attitudes, Nationalism
Selvaraj, Shivaani Aruna – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this institutional ethnography was to explicate the social relations of broadband adoption through the public programs implemented by the Media Mobilizing Project (MMP) between 2009 and 2013, when they operated for the first time in alignment with federal regulations that orchestrated the practice of the Broadband Technology…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Community Education, Adult Education, Educational Technology
Jeter, Natasha Harden – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Black men who have sex with men (MSM) on Historically Black College/University (HBCU) campuses face a unique set of challenges. In addition to being disproportionately affected by HIV, Black MSM are impacted by risk behavior, stigma, and environmental policies and practices that adversely influence their experiences. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Males, Homosexuality, Black Colleges, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Bird, Kisha – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2016
Youth of color are full of promise; they are courageous, intelligent, creative, curious, bold, and resilient. An investment strategy placing them at the center and addressing the structural barriers that keep them locked out of social, emotional, and economic prosperity because of their race/ethnicity, gender, and/or zip code is both fiscally…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Investment, Youth Opportunities, Social Justice
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Abkhezr, Peyman; McMahon, Mary; Rossouw, Pieter – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2015
Youth with refugee backgrounds face challenges in their journey towards successful integration in Australia. Some challenges relate to macro-level changes occurring in the world of work and some to their transition from an agrarian or industrial society to a post-industrial Western country. Addressing the future career development of youth with…
Descriptors: Refugees, Career Counseling, Social Integration, Social Change
Stonefish, Twiladawn; Lafreniere, Kathryn D. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
The social landscape has changed regarding public knowledge, perception, and acceptance of "alternative" sexual lifestyles. In recent years, public and political discourse around issues of non-heterosexual orientations has shifted significantly. Despite many legal milestones, society has not realized complete inclusion of individuals…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Attitudes, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Simbuerger, Elisabeth; Neary, Mike – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
This paper provides a report on the Chilean student movement, 2011-2014, from the perspective of the students themselves, based on the main research question: are the student protests for reform or revolution? The research data was collected during October 2013 before the Chilean Presidential and Parliamentary elections using the methodology of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Activism, Ethnography, College Students
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Stevenson, Howard – Journal of School Choice, 2015
This article provides a case study of union change in an environment in which radical school restructuring is taking place, and active strategies to weaken and marginalize organized teachers are being pursued by the state. The case study union is the National Union of Teachers in England. The article explores a number of different strategies open…
Descriptors: Teacher Associations, Unions, Case Studies, School Restructuring
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