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A Case Study Of Student Leadership And Service In A Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jill Patricia Bickett
A Case Study Of Student Leadership And Service In A Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jill Patricia Bickett
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The purpose of this study was to research student perspectives about, and participation in, leadership and service at Catholic female single-sex high schools. This study draws data from a Catholic female single-sex high school in a metropolitan area of the United States. Data collection included school document review, site observation, and interviews of current students (n=10), young alumnae (n=5), mature alumnae (n=5), and current faculty and staff (n=6). The data was analyzed using an adapted theoretical framework of Wenger's (1998) social theory of learning, informed by Lave and Wenger's (1991) concept of communities of practice. This study addresses how the …