They Just Respect You for Who You Are: Contributors to Educator Positive Youth Development Promotion for Somali, Latino, and Hmong Students
| Autor: | Rebekah Pratt, Mikow Hang, Maira Rosas-Lee, Shannon Pergament, Michele L. Allen, Luis Ortega |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Community-Based Participatory Research Adolescent Somalia Community-based participatory research Emigrants and Immigrants Academic achievement Somali Youth studies Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pedagogy Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Students Asia Southeastern Qualitative Research School Health Services 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050301 education Hispanic or Latino Focus Groups Focus group Faculty language.human_language Health psychology language Female Positive Youth Development Psychology 0503 education Qualitative research |
| Popis: | Youth from immigrant communities may experience barriers to connecting with schools and teachers, potentially undermining academic achievement and healthy youth development. This qualitative study aimed to understand how educators serving Somali, Latino, and Hmong (SLH) youth can best promote educator-student connectedness and positive youth development, by exploring the perspectives of teachers, youth workers, and SLH youth, using a community based participatory research approach. We conducted four focus groups with teachers, 18 key informant interviews with adults working with SLH youth, and nine focus groups with SLH middle and high school students. Four themes emerged regarding facilitators to educators promoting positive youth development in schools: (1) an authoritative teaching approach where teachers hold high expectations for student behavior and achievement, (2) building trusting educator-student relationships, (3) conveying respect for students as individuals, and (4) a school infrastructure characterized by a supportive and inclusive environment. Findings suggest a set of skills and educator-student interactions that may promote positive youth development and increase student-educator connectedness for SLH youth in public schools. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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