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Full-Text Articles in Education
Digital Storytelling With Refugee Youth: A Tool For Promoting Literacy And Youth Empowerment And A Catalyst For Social Action, Christina Chen
Digital Storytelling With Refugee Youth: A Tool For Promoting Literacy And Youth Empowerment And A Catalyst For Social Action, Christina Chen
Master's Capstone Projects
For my master’s project in the International Education concentration, College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, I chose to conduct an action research project where I worked with refugee youth aged twelve to fourteen in Springfield, Massachusetts, to facilitate them in creating digital narratives about their lives and experiences coming to the United States. From November 2014 through March 2015, I recruited seven students to participate in a 22-hour workshop I facilitated over twelve weeks. During the workshop, they learned about digital storytelling, wrote their stories, and created multimedia videos of these narratives. They shared their digital stories with each …
Recognizing Culture In Experiential Education: An Analysis And Framework For Practitioners, Valerie J. Kurka
Recognizing Culture In Experiential Education: An Analysis And Framework For Practitioners, Valerie J. Kurka
Master's Capstone Projects
Experiential education is an intentional educational process that relies on experiential learning theory. This paper categorizes common features of experiential education and analyzes them with a cultural framework. Common features of experiential education include individual development, student-centered teaching, individual challenge and learning, challenge-by-choice, “emotional safety”, and reflection/processing activities. The features of experiential education that I have analyzed have basic cultural assumptions of high individuality, low power distance, low uncertainty avoidance, high achievement, emphasis on internal control, and possible interaction with ascriptive dispositions and masculine characteristics. These assumptions may have implications for practitioners practicing cross-culturally. In an increasingly global world and …
Atlas Program Profile Analysis Framework Data From: Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study, Laura Gluck
Atlas Program Profile Analysis Framework Data From: Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study, Laura Gluck
Master's Capstone Projects
This paper explores the theoretical basis and past research exploring what helps adults to learn effectively in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) setting. Information on eleven ABE-to-college transition programs was compiled through the Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study (ATLAS) data collection. Statistical analyses of the resulting program-level variables were conducted to examine their effect on transition course participants’ college outcomes. Four of the twelve variables analyzed were found to significantly impact the likelihood of participants enrolling in college and successfully earning at least three credits: 1) whether the program uses grades versus pass/fail marks; 2) whether the program has a documented …
Non-Native English Speakers And Their Experience In College: A Study Based On Interview Conducted With International Students At The University Of Massachusetts In Amherst, Amadou Kamara
Master's Capstone Projects
This study explores the experiences of international students within their learning environment and the community at large from the vintage point of being second, third, or fourth language speakers of English. Six undergraduate participants ( three male and three female) were selected from five disciplines and·one undeclared major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A phenomenological interviewing process was used to explore the experiences of the non-native English speakers. Three sixty-minute interviews were conducted with each of the participants and later transcribed. The study explores the educational and social experiences of the participants in college, and also their experiences of …
''A Tree Bears Many Fruit'' Undergraduate Service Learning A Redefinition, Shekhar K. Regmi
''A Tree Bears Many Fruit'' Undergraduate Service Learning A Redefinition, Shekhar K. Regmi
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Students’ Dropout In Continuing Education: A Namibian Case Study, Vekaama Heroldt Murangi
Students’ Dropout In Continuing Education: A Namibian Case Study, Vekaama Heroldt Murangi
Master's Capstone Projects
This study was undertaken in Namibia, to determine causes for student dropouts m continuing education face-to-face centers. The utilized sample in the study consisted of one hundred and seventy learners (including both current & non-continuing learners), and sixty tutors. In this context, dropout refers to those students enrolling for a course (Grade 10, Standard 10) at face-to-face centers and discontinuing their studies before completing the entire course. It is required from all learners to attend classes regularly before they can sit for the final external examination taking place annually in October or November.
Chapter 1 of the study gives a …
Community Learning Groups: A Method In Adult Literacy For Community Participation And Learning, Sirkka Kapango Hamutenya
Community Learning Groups: A Method In Adult Literacy For Community Participation And Learning, Sirkka Kapango Hamutenya
Master's Capstone Projects
The study was done in the context of the Namibia National Literacy Program and was influenced by my working environment. While studying adult education, and by being exposed to a variety of philosophical views and ideas, I tried to reflect those views and ideas to the adult learner groups who graduated from the Namibia National Literacy Program as well as to those in the communities not attending any classes. The questions I had in my mind were the following: What can they do together to learn? How can they utilize their new skills to get involved in participatory community development. …
"From Snails To Alpha Males", A. Michael Marzolla
"From Snails To Alpha Males", A. Michael Marzolla
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Preparing Trainers To Work With Culturally Diverse Groups, Sara Deturk
Preparing Trainers To Work With Culturally Diverse Groups, Sara Deturk
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
A Basic Math Curriculum: Issues And Design, Eugenie Ballering
A Basic Math Curriculum: Issues And Design, Eugenie Ballering
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Manual Of Teaching Activities For Pregnant And Parenting Adolescent Mothers In Preparation For The G.E.D. Exam, Lucia Nunez
Manual Of Teaching Activities For Pregnant And Parenting Adolescent Mothers In Preparation For The G.E.D. Exam, Lucia Nunez
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Supplementary Reading Materials For Efl Secondary School Students In Cote D'Ivoire, Dagbassoue Cecile
Supplementary Reading Materials For Efl Secondary School Students In Cote D'Ivoire, Dagbassoue Cecile
Master's Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.