ERIC Number: EJ1285595
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Being a Meaningful Presence in the World: Applying Successful Agentic Practices among Youth in Distress
Amitay, Gila; Rahav, Giora
Preventing School Failure, v65 n2 p135-145 2021
This study was designed to elicit comprehensive information about drop-out youth's schooling experiences in a successful alternative school. We combined a triangular measurement design from the perspectives of the students, their parents, their teachers, and the researchers. The study is based on 82 semi-structured interviews with students (n = 49), their parents (n = 7), school staff (n = 26) and two focus groups consisting of school graduates. We identified a three-level process that comprised of: (1) enhancing a sense of belonging; (2) transmitting messages of a meaningful presence to the students; and (3) developing a sense of agency. This study has implications for theorizing the effective processes for rehabilitative work with youths in distress and for constructing pedagogical policies for effective working with drop-out youth.
Descriptors: Failure, Nontraditional Education, Student Empowerment, Dropouts, Student Experience, Student Needs, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Student School Relationship, Student Role, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Age Differences, Instructional Program Divisions, Gender Differences, Background, Interpersonal Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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