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Student Perspectives On Proficiency-Based Learning In Vermont's High School Completion Program, Hayley J. Shriner
Student Perspectives On Proficiency-Based Learning In Vermont's High School Completion Program, Hayley J. Shriner
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This Independent Practitioner Inquiry Capstone (IPIC) paper examines student perspectives on proficiency-based learning at an adult education center in Vermont. Through Vermont’s High School Completion Program (HSCP), adults can earn their high school diplomas through proficiency-based Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs). This qualitative study focuses on high school-aged students who received referrals to the program from area schools within the context of the current shift toward proficiency-based learning mandated by Vermont Act 77. The study draws on resources specific to Act 77, as well as literature on the nationwide trend toward personalized learning and proficiency-based learning. The researcher uses holistic student …
Youth Media And Social Change: Using Digital Storytelling As A Tool That Engages Youth To Become Change Agents, Soufiane Khebbaz
Youth Media And Social Change: Using Digital Storytelling As A Tool That Engages Youth To Become Change Agents, Soufiane Khebbaz
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Today the importance of digital technology has significantly increased worldwide, as cameras, laptops, and easy-to-use applications and software have become available to educators and activists, enabling them to join the digital world. Through a digital storytelling workshop, I examined the use of digital storytelling as a potential means of empowerment for teenagers participating in the Access Micro-scholarship Program. Using qualitative methods, I looked at the students’ interactions with each other as well as with technology in the process of digital storytelling. The main purpose of this project was to investigate the opportunities that digital storytelling practices hold for youth in …
International Student Orientation: The Needs And Challenges Students Face Upon Arrival, Holly Schneidmiller
International Student Orientation: The Needs And Challenges Students Face Upon Arrival, Holly Schneidmiller
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In order to understand the international student experience and improve future orientation programming, international students attending the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Washington who attended the Fall 2015 Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) International Student Orientation shared their experiences regarding their arrival process. Through a series of post orientation surveys, focus groups, and individual interviews I attempted to answer the following questions: “What are the experiences of international students at the FIUTS Fall 2015 International Student Orientation?” and “What aspects of the orientation programming can be modified to address the needs and challenges that international students face …
Peer Advising 101: A Training Workshop For Peer Advisors In Study Abroad, Anna Marter
Peer Advising 101: A Training Workshop For Peer Advisors In Study Abroad, Anna Marter
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Peer advising and peer education programs have been prevalent in all areas of higher education. Recently, there has been growth in peer advising programs in study abroad offices to address the gap between student advising needs and the time constraints of professional staff. While initially intended to take pressure off understaffed offices, other benefits emerged from the use of students as paraprofessionals. Peer advisors were able to encourage students to go abroad, as well as provide valuable insider information about specific programs. While a lot has been written on the topic of peer education in other areas of higher education, …
Returning From Abroad: A Comparative Review, Denver W. Miller
Returning From Abroad: A Comparative Review, Denver W. Miller
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Reintegration into the once-familiar community after a sojourn abroad poses unique challenges to the undergraduate population and more could be done to help returnees process their experience. Seven institutions of varying size were surveyed using a qualitative data collection instrument to determine how this sample pool supports their undergraduate students emotionally once they have returned from a credit bearing semester abroad. This capstone examines how institutions are moving students toward the fourth stage of Kolb’s (1984) Experiential Learning Cycle: Active Experimentation. Through this lens, a multitude of reentry approaches are explored with the aim being a comparison of the several …