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U.S. rural soldiers account for a disproportionately high share of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2006 A study by the Carsey Institute found that among U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, those who are from rural America are dying at a higher rate than those soldiers who are from cities and suburbs. According to U.S.
Bishop, Bill, O\u27Hare, William P.
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What’s a threat on social media? How Black and Latino Chicago young men define and navigate threats online [PDF]
, 2017 Youth living in violent urban neighborhoods increasingly post messages online from urban street corners. The decline of the digital divide and the proliferation of social media platforms connect youth to peer communities who may share experiences with ...
Crosby, Shantel +5 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha +4 more
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Measuring Malaysian youth leadership competencies: validation and development of instrument
Cogent Social SciencesA multi-stage approach to develop an empirically-validated instrument is developed in this study to assess the Malaysian youth leadership competencies through a multi-dimensional set of individual cognitive-affective constructs that have an influence on ...
Bahtiar Mohamad +4 more
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Community Change for Youth Development in Kansas City [PDF]
, 2001 Kansas City, Missouri, is one of six sites in Community Change for Youth Development (CCYD), a national demonstration project aiming to increase basic supports and opportunities available to youth aged 12-20. The lead agency is the YMCA of Greater Kansas
Bernardine H. Watson +2 more
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Making Ordinary: Recuperating the Everyday in Post-2005 Beirut Novels [PDF]
, 2017 I argue that young Lebanese novelists like Sahar Mandour and Hilal Chouman mobilize the ordinary as a way to 'write out' of the literary legacy of war and trauma writing that have characterized Lebanese fiction, without denying or suppressing Lebanon's ...
Ghenwa Hayek
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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Jambura Geo Education JournalThe participation of youth is difficult to perceive, considering the numerous influencing factors, diverse challenges, and environments they face. There are many factors that influence youth participation, one of which is where they live.
Hafzhi Nur Azmi +2 more
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Then You Fall Off : Youth Experiences and Responses to Transitioning to Homelessness [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: This study aims to broaden our understanding of the experience of homelessness and unstable housing in youth. While quantitative research highlights risk factors associated with experiencing homelessness as a youth, little qualitative ...
Bezette-Flores, Noel +3 more
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Urban Parks as Partners in Youth Development [PDF]
, 2004 Details how parks can contribute to the latest thinking about effective youth development programs, with a move beyond the traditional view of parks as venues for ...
Margery Austin Turner
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