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Student engagement. Student engagement occurs when "students make a psychological investment in learning. They try hard to learn what school offers. They take pride not simply in earning the formal indicators of success (grades and qualifications), but in understanding the material and incorporating or internalizing it in their lives." [1]
Student raising a point in a Shimer College class, 1967. Student voice is the individual and collective perspective and actions of students within the context of learning and education. [1][2][3] It is identified in schools as both a metaphorical practice [4] and as a pragmatic concern. [5] Tech educator Dennis Harper noted that student voice ...
Youth activism is the participation in community organizing for social change by persons between the ages of 15–24. [1] Youth activism has led to a shift in political participation and activism. A notable shift within youth activism is the rise of “Alter-Activism” resulting in an emphasis on lived experiences and connectivity amongst ...
Youth engagement is the sentiment young people feel towards a particular person, activity, place or outcome. It has been a focus of youth development, public policy and social change movements for at least forty years. [1] According to a Cornell University program, "Youth engagement is one of the buzzwords in the youth development field.
Student development theory refers to a body of scholarship that seeks to understand and explain the developmental processes of how students learn, grow, and develop in post-secondary education. [1][2] Student development theory has been defined as a “collection of theories related to college students that explain how they grow and develop ...
Society portal. v. t. e. A students' union or student union, [note 1] is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, representation, and academic support of the membership.
Student-centered learning means inverting the traditional teacher-centered understanding of the learning process and putting students at the center of the learning process. In the teacher-centered classroom, teachers are the primary source for knowledge. On the other hand, in student-centered classrooms, active learning is strongly encouraged.
City University of Hong Kong students staging a sit-in during 2014 Hong Kong protests over blocking of electoral reforms Students demonstrating against university privatization in Athens, Greece, 2007 Shimer College students protesting threatened changes to the school's democratic governance, 2010 Tufts University students demonstrating for disinvestment from fossil fuels, 2013