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Keller, Sylvia D. "Validation of Peer-Teaching-Peer Paraprofessional Model in Teen Parenting Nutrition Education." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/390.
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Each year, teen pregnancy occurs in 750,000 15-to-19 year-old women in the United States (U.S.). Utah has the youngest population and the lowest teen abortion rates in the U.S. Approximately 73% of teen pregnancies in Utah result in live births. The prevalence of teen pregnancy and the nutritional risk to mother and child result in a much greater need for social support, such as nutrition education. Current literature shows that the paraprofessional model is effective in increasing positive behavior change through nutrition education. Presently, there is a lack of evidence that paraprofessional teens are capable of accurately and effectively teaching their peers nutrition information.
This pilot study aims to measure the effectiveness of the peer-teaching-peer paraprofessional model in teen parenting nutrition education, and to demonstrate that peer educators ages 18-22 are capable of teaching their peers accurate nutrition information as effectively as adult paraprofessionals.
In this pilot study, two females were trained to become paraprofessional peer educators. To supplement the training of peer educators, this pilot study developed and recorded a nutrition presentation for all six lessons of the paper version Missouri Extension Teen Parenting curriculum. Each trained peer educator taught 10 to 13 clients (ages 14 to 19) over three weeks. For evaluation, the study used pre/post comparisons. Assessment tools include teaching evaluations, pre-post test on nutrition knowledge, 24-hour dietary and physical activity recalls, and behavioral checklist.
There was a significant difference in pre-post tests in knowledge, behavior, and exit survey among participants, indicating that peer educators are able to teach their peers effectively. Although not significant, peer educators' teaching accuracy score was high and improved consistently. Eighty-three of participants like or very much liked to be taught by their peers. Findings from this study showed great potential in having adolescents teach their peers as effectively as older educators.
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Shepard, Rachel Elizabeth. "The Body and Soul Program : evaluation of a peer educator-led eating disorders education and prevention program /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9978600//.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-215). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Wolf, Kimberly. "Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999.
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Includes bibliographical references.Despite the popularity of sex(uality) peer education as an HIV prevention strategy within diverse contexts, an understanding of the experiences of those intimately placed within these programmes is limited. Instead, the majority of research in this field relies on hegemonic notions of rational human behaviour that operates under the assumption that knowledge leads to sexual behaviour change. This study explores peer facilitators, peer educators, and NGO staff experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in Cape Town, South Africa to understand meaning-making around sex(uality) peer education within the complex power dynamics of donor-NGO interactions. This study provides a critical case study of a schools-based sex(uality) peer education intervention, drawing on individual and focus group interviews. Using a feminist and gender lense, the study highlights a number of features of the programme and implementation, which reinforces gender inequalities and notions of a rational sexual being rather than creating channels for a new understanding of sex(uality) to emerge. These include peer facilitators’ and peer educators’ experience as change agents rather than sex educators, the preference for biomedical and socio-economic content over gender content, and the overall absence of a critical engagement with gender constructions and power dynamics in relationships. The study also points to the limits of donor-funded interventions, which tend to prescribe the content and scope of schools-based programmes, to the detriment of real engagement with issues that face and constrain the target group including the implications of what ‘sex(uality) education’ has come to mean for young men and women engaged in these interventions.
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Seibel, Megan M. "Community-Based Education through a Paraprofessional Model: An Experiential Learning Perspective of Peer Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26478.
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In community-based peer education models, it is necessary to understand the relationship between learning, context and paraprofessional identity construction. Social relations are important in community education program implementation (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007); impacting power structure within communities and organizations (Cervero & Wilson, 1994, 2006; Forester, 1989). This study explored the conceptual and practical role of experience in a paraprofessional educator model and focused on the situated, contextual experiences of paraprofessionals in the communities they work and live as unique, challenging, and potentially positive for learning outcomes. Schön's narrative dialogue of reflection (1983) proved to be the essential missing piece in working with community educators toward successful development and autonomy.
In-depth qualitative interviews with 19 paraprofessional community-based peer educators with a state level family nutrition program contributed to findings relevant to how social context, critical reflection, and identity development influence an understanding of experience and the ability to impact knowledge and behavior change in clients. Individual interviews and focus groups allowed narrative exploration of topics as they evolved throughout the study; giving voice to paraprofessional program assistants in a way not previously done. The findings of this study provide insight necessary for the assessment of new conceptualizations of practice for paraprofessional models in expanding community impact and highlight the need for assessment of contemporary program delivery in a way that fosters the continual development of lay educators through reflective practice. Recommendations are made for a reassessment of historically significant program models in order to embrace paraprofessionals as more broadly defined socially mediated and socially situated influential practitioners.Ph. D.
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Bunting, Bryce D. "Being Transformed by Being a Peer Mentor: An Examination of High-Impact and Transformative Peer Mentor Experience." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5628.
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This multi-article dissertation explores the potential for the undergraduate peer mentoring experience to contribute to transformative learning for those who serve in peer mentoring or peer leadership roles. While past research has established that peer mentors experience a variety of positive outcomes associated with their leadership experience, there are gaps in the literature with regard to how the peer mentor experience can be intentionally designed as a high-impact practice for student leaders. Through three qualitative studies, as well as a comprehensive literature review, this dissertation addresses this gap by exploring what peer mentors report learning through their mentoring experiences (Article #1), the types of experiences that contribute to transformative learning (Articles #2 and #3), and how transformative learning can be facilitated through a particular designed training intervention (Article #4). Based on the findings of these four studies, an emerging framework is proposed to describe the characteristics of high-impact and transformative PM learning environments. This framework suggests that transformative PM learning is most likely when (a) the learning of PMs themselves is an explicit objective of the program or initiative, (b) PMs are engaged in purposeful routines and structured practices that facilitate learning, (c) PMs are exposed to unfamiliar and challenging situations in their mentoring practice, (d) theoretical and conceptual understandings (e.g., selected readings) are integrated into PM development; (e) PMs are provided with frequent and structured opportunities for reflection on their experiences, and (f) PMs are part of a supportive mentoring community. Recommendations for the design of high-quality PM learning environments are made based on the elements of this framework. Additionally, directions for future research on peer mentoring as a high-impact practice are made.
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Gulston, Karel. "The challenges experienced by educators in primary schools regarding continuous professional development." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28302.
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The transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa, which began in 1994 led to a change in a plethora of policies and/or legislation. In recent years there has been much debate on how the standard of education provisioning in schools could be raised in the light of the introduction of the much debated Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) and thereafter the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). These reform initiatives have brought about confusion and a sense of unsettledness amongst educators, including principals as well as their School Management Teams. Furthermore, the abovementioned and other policies required educators to acquaint themselves with either the materials that are used or the content of the curriculum and the planning and presentation of lessons. This entails in some occasions that educators who are more experienced have to assist the less experienced ones since they understand the RNCS and more recently the NCS better than the others. According to me this emphasises the importance of educator development towards raising the standards in schools. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a process that fits the role of an educator as a lifelong learner. The aforementioned is captured in the Norms and Standards for Educators (2000). The need for more attention to be accorded to the professional development of practising educators is emphasised in the Report of the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education (2005). This report led to the development of the National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development which has as its aim to attempt to address the need for suitably qualified educators in South Africa. The National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development will be used in this study along with the Integrated Quality Management Systems (IQMS) as tools to achieve the continuous development of educators in South African schools. The Personnel Administration Measures (PAM) of 1999 are also used since they stipulate the roles and responsibilities of the educator, including those of the principal, deputy principal(s) as well as the heads of department. In particular it stipulates that the principal (Department of Education, 1999:10) is responsible for the development of staff training programmes, school-based, school-focused and externally directed, and to assist educators, particularly new and inexperienced educators, in developing and achieving educational objectives in accordance with the needs of the school. This research project deals with the challenges experienced by educators regarding their own Continued Professional Development (CPD). It thus aims at coming up with an empirical account of the challenges experienced by the said educators. The study will focus on, among others, the educators’ experiences in the implementation of the IQMS as a developmental tool for educators in schools. It looks at the roles that different staff members in senior positions in terms of the CPD of the educators. These include the developmental opportunities available in the sampled schools. Carefully selected and drafted interview questions assisted me in soliciting answers from the sampled educators.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Festa, Meire. "A (des) construção de um espaço e (re) construção de uma prática educativa: a jornada de uma professora de educação infantil num espaço reorganizado." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-27082010-161948/.
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi acompanhar a ação de uma educadora de infância num espaço reorganizado, verificando as alterações que realizou nesse espaço e em sua prática educativa no decorrer do processo de pesquisaação, observando ainda os efeitos dessas alterações nas crianças através do envolvimento nas atividades que realizavam. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se numa Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil (EMEI) que desenvolvia a proposta pedagógica de Reorganização dos Espaços e das Atividades. A escolha justifica-se por três fatores interligados: necessidade de investigação sobre a formação profissional dos educadores de infância; importância de buscar possibilidades de apoio a práticas educativas que se desvinculem de propostas escolarizantes; fragilidade dos processos de formação em serviço desenvolvidos pelos sistemas educacionais na cidade de São Paulo. O trabalho caracteriza-se como um estudo de caso único, na perspectiva da pesquisa-ação e da tutoria entre pares. Foi realizado o acompanhamento da prática pedagógica através de dois eixos complementares: um voltado ao processo formativo da educadora e o segundo relacionado aos efeitos desse processo na prática pedagógica e no envolvimento das crianças na atividade, com base no instrumento criado por Ferre Laevers Escala de Envolvimento da Criança (The Leuven Involvement Scale for Young Children - LIS-YC). Os instrumentos utilizados foram a observação participante, entrevistas semi-estruturadas, gravação e transcrição de áudio, registro e análise de imagens, documentos escritos. A avaliação dos resultados apontou que o processo formativo gerou mudanças efetivas na prática desenvolvida pela educadora, que foi capaz de responsabilizar-se pelos efeitos de sua prática nas ações das crianças, criando uma postura diferenciada da inicial como investigadora de sua própria prática, identificando problemas na ação, criando hipóteses sobre possíveis causas e buscando maneiras de transformar o que observava. Concluiu-se, com o processo de pesquisa-ação / tutoria entre pares, que a educadora pôde distanciar-se de uma pedagogia transmissiva, aproximando-se de uma pedagogia da participação, que valoriza a ação e o protagonismo da criança, ao mesmo tempo em que deixa para a educadora o real papel de mediadora do processo de construção de conhecimento da criança pequena.The purpose of this work was to follow the actions of a childrens educator in a reorganized space, and to determine the changes created by this educator in that space, as well as in her educational practice during this collaborative research-action process. The effects of such changes on the children through their involvement in the activities were also taken into consideration. The research was conducted in a childrens public school (EMEI) where the Reorganization of Spaces and Activities teaching proposal was developed. This choice was made based on three associated factors: the need to investigate the professional training of childrens educators; the importance of finding potential support for educational practices different from conventional ones; and the weakness of the educational processes currently developed by the educational system in the city of São Paulo. This work is a single case study from the perspective of a collaborative research-action and peer tutoring. The teaching practice was investigated based on two complementary axes: one was aimed at the training process of the educator and the other was related to the effects of such process on both the teaching practice and the childrens involvement in the activities, all according to the tools created by Ferre Laevers - The Leuven Involvement Scale for Young Children - LIS-YC. The tools in hand included participant observation, semi--structured interviews, audio recording and transcript, image recording and analysis, in addition to written documents. The assessment of results showed that the training process brought forth certain effective changes into the practice introduced by the educator, who was then able to hold herself responsible for the effects of her practices on the childrens actions. Through this process, the educator created a different stance as an investigator of her own practices, which enabled her to identify certain issues in the actions, develop hypotheses regarding potential causes, and seek ways to transform what was then observed. The conclusion is that the collaborative research-action and peer tutoring process enabled the educator to get rid of a transmissive teaching approach and become closer to a more participant teaching, thus promoting actions and childrens leadership while assigning the educator the true role of a mediator in the process of building up childrens early knowledge.
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Mphunga, Andile Elvis. "Peer educators' utilisation of information on recognition and referral to refer their peers appropriately /." Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/747.
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Victor, Marcy. "Peer health educators' motives." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 1999. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/95.
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Kidger, Judi Lois. "Young mothers as peer educators in school sex education : a beneficial approach?" Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/e2a5ba0d-7391-4fd5-b954-0937a72fc6ff.
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Tricio-Pesce, Jorge. "Peer-assessment within dental education." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/peerassessment-within-dental-education(67ae8c15-f9c1-4e89-9ddb-c955c3d023cc).html.
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Background: Formative assessment with its feedback component has a powerful effect on students’ learning. Aim: This research aimed to appraise how teaching and assessment practices were organised in dental undergraduate teaching institutions to inform the development and piloting of a novel peer-assessment protocol for undergraduate dental students’ pre-clinical competence and clinical performance. Subsequently, the protocol’s utility as a framework for immediate dialogic peer-feedback to boost students’ academic learning and achievement outcomes as well as their reflective skills, was evaluated. Materials and methods: An initial review of the literature on peer-assessment together with a scrutiny of the King’s College London Dental Institute undergraduate curriculum and assessment practices of 39 selected international dental teaching institutions was undertaken. This underpinned the development of a novel longitudinal, formative and structured peer-assessment protocol based on traditional Workplace-Based Assessment forms to be used as a framework for immediate peer-feedback and self-reflection. Subsequently, the protocol was piloted and later implemented in a larger trained sample to judge its utility towards fostering students’ academic achievements and reflective skills. Thus, following a baseline quantitative reflection skills evaluation, volunteer students assessed their peers’ pre-clinical competence (BDS year-2) and clinical performance (BDS year-5) across the whole academic year. Students’ previous end-of-year examination and baseline reflection skills scores from the study and control groups (those who did and did not exercise the peer-assessment protocol, respectively) were compared to their current end-of-year examination marks and a second reflection skills evaluation score. Students’ feedback narratives and their reasons to participate or not in the peer-assessment protocol, were also analysed. Results and Discussion: Peer-assessment was only used by 19% of the surveyed dental schools. Both pre-clinical and clinical peer-assessment participating students demonstrated a reliable ability to identify those domains where they performed better as well as those which needed improvement. They also detected progress over time. Additionally, students’ peer-assessment scores were positively correlated to their end-of-year examination. Inasmuch as students exercised ten or more peer-assessment encounters, they significantly increased their higher order thinking skills and final examination scores. Peer-feedback narratives from pre-clinical and clinical students differed in their content and sign, but corresponded in their specificity. Previous negative feedback experiences played a notable role in students deciding whether to participate or not. Conclusions: Longitudinal (≥10 encounters), formative and structured peer-assessment and peer-feedback to encourage self-reflection of undergraduate dental students’ pre-clinical and clinical skills, can reliably help them to improve their academic achievement and develop higher order thinking skills.
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Kalunga, Moto Jean Bosco. "The effect of a peer education programme on peer educators of the HIV/AIDS unit of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2337.
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Thesis (MTech (Environmental Health and Occupational Studies))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016Currently, the world faces many challenges such as a food shortages, fossil fuel depletion, floods, earthquakes, recession, wars, and climate change. It also faces diseases such as Human Immune Deficiency Virus /Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome /Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis (HIV/AIDS /STI and TB). This study focused on HIV/AIDS/STI and TB, and the impact of changes in sexual behaviours of student peer educators as a result of peer education programmes offered by the HIV/AIDS Unit at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Although young people today have a better understanding of risky sexual behaviours, HIV remains a health problem among the youth in South Africa. HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects all sectors of the population- rich and poor, young and adult, educated and uneducated. Tertiary institutions are places where many young female and male students live independently, unsupervised by their parents or guardians, in either private accommodation or student residences. Under these circumstances it may be expected that some students will explore and experience intimacy in their relationships. Hence, universities could play a vital role in shaping students’ attitudes and behaviours towards relationships, safer practices, and respect for others. Given the current absence of a cure or vaccine for HIV/AIDS, peer education should appear as an important tool in HIV prevention strategy. It draws on several well-known behavioural theories and many researchers view peer education as an effective behavioural change strategy. A formal structured Peer Education Programme was initiated and implemented at the HIV/AIDS Unit at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) since 2004. This initiative was in line with one of the twelve strategic objectives of the HIV/AIDS Unit at the CPUT. This study therefore, aimed to assess the reflexive effect that the Peer Education Programme had on student peer educators who volunteer their services at the HIV/AIDS Unit at CPUT. It further attempted to assess the effect of the Peer Education Programme on changes in sexual behaviours that could occur amongst student peer educators. The purpose of this programme was to explore peer educators who were based in the HIV/AIDS Unit applying their acquired knowledge and skills; so that they may become role models for their peers by practising what they taught, and not taught what they proposed to practice. The study furthermore, forms on how effective the Peer Education Programme of CPUT’s HIV/AIDS Unit is in changing sexual behaviours of the student peer educators.
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Mudau, Winnie Winnie. "Educators' experiences and perceptions of peer observation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62893.
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This study investigated how educators experience the peer observation component of the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS), a quality and performance management system that was introduced into South African schools in 2005. The extent to which the Integrated Quality Management System has contributed to the development of schools in their entirety has been largely unchartered. The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the perceived experiences of educators concerning the peer observation component of the Integrated Quality Management System. A qualitative research paradigm was employed in order to gather data for this study. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with educators; data collected from the interviews was compared and integrated with data collected from the documentsthat were studied. The data gathered was analyzed using the theory of collegiality in order to explore how educators experience peer observation as a component of the IQMS during its implementationas well as what impact it had on collegiality The findings revealed that teachers are given an opportunity to select their peers during peer observation implementation which, however, leads to an inconsistent and subjective allocation and rating of scores in order to get a 1% pay progression. The study found that the peer observation part of the IQMS is an effective tool for teachers‟ development as it helps them identify areas that need to be developed in order to improve on their teaching practice. The study‟s findings also revealed that if favourable conditions for peer observation are created, peer observation enhances collegiality among teachers.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Karlberg, Sophie, and Daniel Lundin. "Elevernas relationsskapande i leken på fritidshemmet : En studie om pedagogers barnperspektiv på elevernas förhållningssätt till varandra på fritidshemmet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38112.
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The aim of this study was to get a greater understanding of children´s approach to each other in the after school center. We used a qualitative method consisting of interviews to collect the material to our study. We interviewed five educators that worked in the after school center and focused on their child perspective. The outset for our study was a gender perspective as well as an intersectional perspective. In recent years gender norms have got a lot of attention in media and The National Agency for Education (Skolverket) has come up with policydocuments that intend to make the schools a more equal and accepting place. In our examination we asked the educators about their view on gender- intersectional areas and how they have changed and developed in the last few years. The result in our study showed that it has been a change in equality and gender norm areas at the after school center. According to the educators, the schools have become a more accepting environment and the schools work a lot with having the children to form their identities and that they should be able to be themselves. Another result of our study was that boys and girls play with each other more nowadays than they did before. The educators think that this is because it is more accepted to break and question the gender patterns. Group pressure among children has according to the educators a large role in the selection of friends, games, activities and who should be the leader of the peer group.Syftet med vår studie var att få en förståelse för barns förhållningssätt till varandra på fritidshemmet. För att samla in empirin till vår studie använde vi oss av en kvalitativ metod i form av intervjuer. Vi intervjuade fem pedagoger som arbetar på fritidshemmet och utgick från deras barnperspektiv. Vår studie utgick från ett genus- och intersektionellt perspektiv. Genusnormer har på senare år fått mycket uppmärksamhet i media samt att Skolverket har utformat styrdokumenten för att skolorna ska sträva efter en jämställd och accepterande skolmiljö. I vår studie frågade vi pedagogerna om deras syn på hur genus och intersektionella områden har utvecklats och ändrats i skolans värld under de senaste åren. Utifrån vår studie blev resultatet att det har skett en förändring när det kommer till jämställdhet och genusnormerna på fritidshemmet. Skolan har blivit en mer accepterande miljö och pedagogerna vi intervjuade menar att man arbetar mycket med att eleverna ska få forma sina identiteter och kunna vara sig själva. Vi kom även fram till att pojkar och flickor leker mer tillsammans nu än för några år sedan. Enligt pedagogerna har det att göra med att det är mer okej nu än då att bryta och ifrågasätta genusmönster. Grupptrycket bland barnen spelar enligt pedagogerna en stor roll i val av kamrater, lek, aktivitet och vem som ska vara ledare i kamratgruppen.
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Chan, Wai-sze, and 陳慧斯. "A comparison of the relations of adolescent's own and their peers' academic motivation within different peer relationships." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196509.
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The present study compares the relation of early adolescents’ academic self-concept, effort regulation and task value with their peer of three distinct relationships, which named as mutual friendships, frequent interactive pairs and social groups. Data was collected from a secondary school in Hong Kong with 135 form 1 students and 176 form 3 students. Moderating effect of adolescents’ own motivation on help-seeking and peer-learning in each type of peer relationship and developmental difference were also explored. Different correlation found in academic self-concept and effort regulation across forms proves the existence of three distinct types of peer relationship. Result shows that social group’s academic characteristic is most predictable for early adolescent’s own academic motivation. Result also suggests that motivation on help-seeking and peer-learning moderate the relation of adolescents’ academic effort regulation and task value mainly in dyadic relationships, such as mutual friendships and frequent interactive pairs.published_or_final_version
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Erickson, Christina. "Peer to Peer Sustainability Outreach Programs: the Interface of Education and Behavior Change." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2010. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/78.
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The current climate change crisis demands immediate and creative approaches for systemic shifts in our culture and actions. In the past several decades, education has played a role in bringing awareness regarding environmental issues, but has not necessarily resulted in all the needed behavior changes. A newer approach combines psychological theories with outreach and marketing techniques. This is the rationale behind a new kind of campus activism, peer to peer sustainability outreach programs – the subject of this research. This dissertation research aims to identify current peer to peer sustainability outreach programs and their operations; develop process and outcome evaluation protocols for the programs; clarify administrative procedures and their relationship to a program‘s success; and gain an understanding of how these programs contribute to the growing field of sustainability education and related human behavior change. Methods used include: case studies, peer surveys, interviews and focus groups, and program record analysis. These studies found that programs across the U.S. employ a variety of organizational models and delivery methods that are best suited to individual campuses‘ needs and resources with common motivations and desires for assessment techniques. An in-depth evaluation of one program found strong educational and cultural impacts, positive ecological and financial impacts, with a need for broadened outreach approaches and feedback loops. Combining findings and literature from social psychology, peer education, and program evaluation, this research concludes by identifying elements of successful and effective programs.
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Andersson, Emelie, and Emelie Lindström. "Ambassadörer inom tobaksprevention : en kvalitativ studie om peer education." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-17021.
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Inledning: I Länsstyrelsen Blekinges projekt TBU, som står för tobaksfria barn och unga i Blekinge, har ambassadörer från gymnasiet använts för att nå ut med information om tobak till ungdomar i högstadiet. Arbetet med ambassadörer relaterar till metoden peer education som innebär att jämlikar utbildar jämlikar. Att använda jämlikar som är lik målgruppen i exempelvis ålder eller erfarenheter innebär en annan inlärningssituation än den som sker mellan till exempel lärare och elev. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka ambassadörernas arbete med peer education som tobaksprevention samt hur ambassadörer kunde påverkas av arbetet som peer educators. Metod: Metoden som använts i studien är intervjuer med ambassadörer samt en fokusgruppsintervju med TBU:s projektgrupp. Det insamlade empiriska materialet analyserades genom innehållsanalys. Resultat: Resultatet visar att ambassadörerna hade, eller utvecklade, ett intresse för sitt arbete och en förmåga att kommunicera med sin målgrupp, vilket de även nämnde som viktiga delar i rollen som ambassadör. Ambassadörerna hade också påverkats av sitt arbete, bland annat i form av stärkta kommunikationsförmågor och ökad kunskap, vilket även ansågs bero till största del på att ambassadörerna fick genomgå en utbildning innehållande olika delar och perspektiv. Konklusion: Det viktigaste i ambassadörernas arbete för att förebygga tobaksbruket hos högstadieelever var den utbildning som ambassadörerna fick under den första veckan av sitt arbete. Vi föreslår därför att TBU utvecklar ett konkret underlag för utbildningen med tydliga metoder och mål som tar hänsyn till att utveckla ambassadörernas intresse för ämnet och kommunikationsförmågor. Fortsatta studier kan förslagsvis undersöka hur högstadieeleverna upplevde relationen mellan ambassadörerna och dem.Introduction: In the project known as TBU, tobacco free adolescents in Blekinge, ambassadors in the ages 16-19 have been used for spreading information about tobacco to adolescents in the ages 13-15. This approach is related to the method peer education. The use of peers who are close in age or have similar experiences represents another way of learning than the more common situation between a teacher and a student. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine how ambassadors use peer education as tobacco prevention and how the ambassadors could be affected by their work as peer educators. Method: The methods used in this study were interviews with the ambassadors and a focus group interview with the project group of TBU. The material was analysed with a content analysis. Results: The results show that the ambassadors had, or had developed, an interest for their work and an ability to communicate with their target group, which they also stated as important parts of the role as an ambassador. The ambassadors had also been affected by their work. Their communication skills had been improved and they had had an increase in knowledge, which was thought to be a result of their education containing different parts and perspectives. Conclusion: The most important in the work of the ambassadors to prevent the use of tobacco in adolescents was the education the ambassadors had the first week of their work period. Therefore, we suggest that TBU develops a concrete material for the education with well- defined methods and targets which would aim to develop the ambassadors interest for the subject and their communication skills. Further studies could examine the relationship between students and ambassadors from the student's perspective.
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Henning, Jolene Miller. "An exploration of peer education in athletic training clinical education." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1247889.
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The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of peer education in athletic training clinical education as well as assess entry-level athletic training students' (ATS) preferences and perceptions regarding peer education in the clinical education setting. The Athletic Training Peer Education Assessment Survey was developed and distributed at the Athletic Training Student Seminar at the National Athletic Trainers' Association's (NATA) 53rd Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia in Dallas, Texas on June 15, 2002. This survey contained demographic questions to assess gender, academic status, athletic training program status, and NATA district. Four questions were designed to assess the prevalence of peer education in entry-level athletic training education programs (ATEP). Participants were asked to indicate the percentage range that was representative of their clinical experiences. Seventeen statements regarding the entrylevel ATS preferences and perceptions regarding peer education were presented in a stem statement followed by a five point Likert scale. A convenience sample of 170 male and female entry-level ATS was surveyed. Participants represented all ten NATA membership districts, various levels of academic status, as well as CAAHEP accredited, JRC-AT candidacy, and internship programs. Data analyses consisted of descriptive statistics, non-parametric Pearson chi-square, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), as well as post-hoc tests. The majority (n=101) of students practice over 50% of their clinical skills with other ATS. Approximately 30% (n=48) indicated that they seek the advice of other ATS greater than 50% of the time. Most (n=111) of the students seek the advice of their clinical instructors (CIs) greater than 50% of the time. The majority (n=101) of students reported feeling less anxious when performing clinical skills in front of other ATS compared to in front of their CIs. Over half (56.4%) of students feel anxious when demonstrating skills in front of their CI. The majority (84.6%) view other ATS as valuable resources for learning and practicing clinical skills. Most (83.5%) felt they gain a deeper understanding of clinical knowledge when they teach it to other ATS. Peer education should be integrated into ATEPs to enhance student learning, improve collaboration, decrease anxiety, and enhance overall clinical performance.Department of Educational Studies
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Fink, Mark L. "Peer interaction in university-level distance education." Connect to Online Resource-OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1183500982.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Toledo, 2007.Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction." Bibliography: leaves 118-135.
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Hayhoe, Helen. "Peer integration in a further education college : evaluating the outcomes for mainstream students and their peers with severe learning difficulties." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10021951/.
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The research project is concerned with the effects of a peer integration project involving students with severe learning difficulties (SLD) and other students in a Tertiary College. The primary aim of the research was to investigate changes in attitudes. Of additional interest were the differential outcomes of process and motivational factors in terms of retention and social outcomes. The study uses both quasi-experimental and quantitative methods. Statistically significant results were obtained in the measurement of attitudes demonstrating that the project attracted volunteers who held more positive attitudes towards disability than a reference group. These attitudes became less idealistic and less neutral as volunteers engaged with ways of making integration work. Volunteers with intrinsic motivation had the best attendance. The qualitative study confirmed these findings. Volunteers described the development of positive and differentiated attitudes towards their peers and felt empowered by the experience to plan on-going involvement with people who have SLD, who they saw as unexpectedly capable, motivated and mature. The term 'inclusive behaviour' was coined to describe practical ways in which they supported students. Students who have SLD were able to identify students from other courses and averaged five integrated sessions per week compared with none prior to intervention. They described increasing normalisation of social relationships and positive feelings about mainstream peers. An analysis of social structures and relationships in both studies revealed differences in attitudinal and behavioural outcomes according to activity. Volunteers in 1:1 tutoring settings retained hierarchical relationships, while lessons with staff and leisure activities resulted in more egalitarian and social outcomes leading to further contact. Volunteers described linked, rather than co-operative social structures and roles that facilitated learning. Changes in attitudes were maintained over two years and behavioural outcomes were reported by ex volunteers. More than half of ex volunteers maintained contact with people with disabilities, albeit in a professional capacity.
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Linscott, Paula A. "Building Bridges: A Qualitative Analysis of Undergraduate Orientation Leaders’ Experiences." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1585911063727778.
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Roussouw, Janine Carmen. "The challenges that peer educators face at Stellenbosch University." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80465.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research study was to look at the challenges which student peer educators face at Stellenbosch University. Semi-structured interviews were done with male and female peer educators who are involved at the Office for Institutional HIV Co-ordination (OIHC), where the peer educators have been recruited and trained. Interviews were done to determine what the peer educators’ experiences are when they work on campus, go out into the community and even when they socialise with their friends. From listening to the peer educators’ experiences it was found that with safe sex messaging there are mixed responses from males and females. According to the peer educators, students would rather purchase another brand of condoms than the Choice condoms distributed on campus. It was also found that males did not have a problem with condoms being placed in their residences, while females had a problem with that. Regarding HIV testing, females are much more open and enthusiastic to go for an HIV test than males. Challenging someone’s risky sexual behaviour is a huge challenge for all peer educators, since behaviour change does not happen easily. Many students also used withdrawal as a form of contraception. In the community peer educators were faced with language barriers and married people were not very enthusiastic to go for an HIV test. Behaviour change is possible, but difficult to bring about.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die navorsingstudie was om te kyk na die uitdagings wat studente portuurgroep-opleiers ervaar by Stellenbosch Universiteit. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is gedoen met manlike en vroulike portuurgroep-opleiers wie betrokke is by die Kantoor vir Institusionele MIV Ko-ordinering, waar die portuurgroep-opleiers opleiding ontvang het. Onderhoude is gedoen om te bepaal wat die portuurgroep-opleiers se ervarings was wanneer hulle gewerk het op kampus, in die gemeenskap, of met hulle vriende gekuier het. Deur na die portuurgroep-opleiers se ervarings te luister is daar gevind dat deur die oordra van veilige seks boodskappe daar gemengde reaksies was by mans en vroue. Volgens die portuurgroep-opleiers sal studente liewer ander kondome koop en gebruik as die Choice kondome wat op kampus versprei word. Daar is ook gevind dat mans in die koshuise nie ’n probleem gehad het as daar kondome in hulle koshuis geplaas word nie, terwyl vroue wel ’n probleem daarmee het. Wat MIV toetse betref was vroue meer entoesiasties om vir ‘n MIV toets te gaan as mans. Om iemand se seksuele gedrag uit te daag is baie moeilik aangesien gedragsverandering nie so maklik gebeur nie. Baie studente gebruik ook “withdrawal” as ‘n tipe voorbehoedmiddel. In die gemeenskap was daar taal probleme wat portuurgroep-opleiers ondervind het sowel as getroude mense wat nie optimisties was om vir ‘n MIV toets te gaan nie. Gedragsverandering is moontlik, maar baie moeilik.
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Ehmann, Christa. "A study of peer tutoring in higher education." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401529.
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Pereira, Anabela Maria Sousa. "Helping students cope : peer counselling in higher education." Thesis, University of Hull, 1997. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4999.
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This study looks at the problems facing students in their University careers and considers how they may be helped and supported at this time. A University Nightline telephone befriending service (LUA-Linha da Universidade de Aveiro) was established in Portugal (where no such provision previously existed) in order to provide a research vehicle for examining these issues, as well as to meet students' needs. The primary focus of the research was on the experiences of the Student Helpers who staffed the Nightline and on the issues presented by their clients. The research method was one of co-operative inquiry.Through the training of Student Helpers and implementation of this service, insight was gained into the nature of students' problems. Consequently, it was possible to produce a taxonomy of student needs. A distinction was drawn between problems relating to 'inter-individual' (individual and academic) life and 'intra-personal' (personal and academic) life, with a course of action relating to each problem area being described as short or long-term. This taxonomy was used to analyse the calls received by the Nightline. Results indicate that most clients were seeking short term solutions to problems relating to 'intra-personal - personal life'. The experiences and problems of Students Helpers were assessed predominantly through the use of questionnaires and focus groups. An unexpected and pleasing outcome from this research was that in providing a peer counselling service, Student Helpers had facilitated their own personal growth. In most respects, their needs paralleled those of the clients they were trying to help.A central tenet of this thesis is that the provision of academic support alone is not sufficient to ensure academic success. The research suggests that greater consideration should be given to opportunities for personal development programs as part of the curriculum in higher education.
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Njovana, Rumbidzai. "An implementation evaluation of a peer education programme." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9043.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-64).Programme evaluation is a process whereby the effectiveness of a programme is investigated, in order to "inform social action to improve social conditions" (Rossi, Lipsey & Freeman, 2004,p.16). Hence the aim of this evaluation was to assess the implementation of peer education programme, in order to recommend areas of improvement for future implementation. As a response to problems associated with high-risk behaviours and HIV prevalence amongst young people in Sub Saharan Africa, the Generation of Leaders Discovered (GOLD) Peer Education Development Agency developed a model that aims to address these issues. The model consists of a number of services that GOLD offers to implementing organisations (IOs) and enables them to roll out the GOLD Peer Education Programme. The programme is currently implemented by IOs in the Western Cape, Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces of South Africa, as well as Botswana and Zambia. The programme aims to equip young leaders with the necessary knowledge,skills and attitudes to be role models of health-enhancing behaviours that will ultimately contribute to HIV prevention and develop young leaders. As there has been an evaluation conducted on the level of the services offered by GOLD to IOs (Gelderblom, 2009), the focus of this evaluation was on the implementation of the programme from the IOs to the peer educators. Focus was on service utilisation, service delivery and organisational support.
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Joscelyne, Trish. "Peer-tutored paired reading." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332012.
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Centone, Kayla. "INCREASING PEER-TO-PEER VOCAL MANDS IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/425623.
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Educational PsychologyM.S.Ed.
This study evaluated the effects of least-to-most prompting strategies to increase peer-to-peer vocal mands. Three preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participated in this study, which focused on increasing mands towards same age peers with ASD. Highly preferred tangibles were delivered from the peers to the target participants, contingent on a correct independent or prompted mand. Generalization was programmed within the study as peers were alternated and sessions were conducted both in a separate, discrete trial room and within the natural classroom setting. Results of the study suggest that the teaching package with least-to-most prompting increased peer-to-peer mands for the three target participants.
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Olivier, Joy. "Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14351.
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Includes bibliographical references.The following calls for research into the ways in which South African university students use technology for peer-to-peer learning (Czerniewicz and Brown, 2005). This study aims to explore the ways in which students mediate one another's learning and the ways in which they use (and don't use) information and communications technology (ICT) to do so. This study provides a snapshot of eleven University of Fort Hare students' peer-to-peer learning strategies. In exploring this phenomenon in context, the social and cultural factors are analysed using Activity Theory, most notably building on the work of Sharples et al (2007). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with students identified as early adopters of ICT for peer-to-peer learning, selected from 375 respondents to the Access and Use Survey questionnaire (Czerniewicz and Brown, 2007). An analytical framework was developed using categories developed from high-level Activity Theory concepts. Sub-categories were developed using key concepts from Sharples, Taylor and Vavoula (2007), Laurillard's (2003) work, as well as, inductively and deductively in relation to the data, following Hardman's (2008) approach. Three key peer-to-peer learning patterns were identified: A group of students preparing for an exam or a test were found to adopt cooperative learning strategies, while students working together towards a tangible output, such as an assignment, adopted collaborative learning strategies. Peer-to-peer tutoring was found to occur where one student is assisted by a moreable peer. Most interviewees' peer-to-peer learning activities were found to occur face-to-face, and the extent and level of interviewees' ICT use was less than anticipated. The findings are not generalisable beyond this small sample, but serve to advance understanding of the processes involved in students' peer-to-peer learning practices.
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Lochner, Olivia K. "EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF AUTISM AWARENESS INTERVENTIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS: A META-ANALYSIS." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/88.
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses are on the rise, increasing the likelihood of having a student with ASD in the general education classroom. Students with ASD may be included in the general education setting; however, inclusive educational experiences are negative for many students with ASD. ASD awareness interventions have been implemented to help general education students improve their attitudes, behavioral intentions, and understand their peers with ASD. In the current study, empirical articles evaluating the effectiveness of ASD awareness interventions were identified and quantified. Two research questions were addressed: (a)Are ASD awareness interventions effective for general education students? and (b) Do ASDawareness interventions increase general education students’ attitudes, behavioral intentions, orknowledge of students with ASD? In addition, the following moderators: (a) age (b) gender (c) school level, and (d) message were evaluated. Results showed that ASD awareness interventionsare effective for general education students, and that ASD awareness interventions improveattitudes, behavioral intentions, and knowledge of ASD. In addition, age, school level, andmessage moderate the effectiveness of ASD awareness intervention.
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Broad, Barbara Patricia, and n/a. "An analysis of peer drug education : a case study." University of Canberra. Education, 1992. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060613.132241.
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Drug use and misuse by young people is a problem and concern in
the Australian and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) communities.
There are concerns regarding illicit and licit drugs but licit drug use
has been identified as the major area of concern. Young people in
the ACT reflect the drug use/misuse patterns and trends of other
states. Commonly used drugs by young people are alcohol, tobacco,
cannabis and analgesics.
Strategies to address the problem of drug use/misuse by young
people include intervention and community drug education programs.
Peer drug education (as an example of community drug education),
trains young people as peer educators to implement drug education
programs with younger age groups.
A case study analysis based on qualitative, naturalistic and new
paradigm research is the research method used in this thesis.
An eclectic model of drug education including key components from a
variety of drug education models provides a comprehensive overview
of peer drug education. The literature review showed the complexity
of influences on drug use/misuse. These influences relate to
individual, peer, parental and family, community and societal factors.
Peer drug education is generally recognised as an effective drug
education strategy.
Peer drug education programs (Triple T: Teenagers Teaching
Teenagers) were conducted in the ACT from 1988-1990. Reports
documenting these programs (including evaluation data) and a
literative review are the main data analysed for the case study.
The case study analysis of five ACT peer drug education programs
and one interstate program showed the key planning issues for
effective peer drug education were:
collaborative decision making as a central concept;
detailed planning and liaison with target groups;
established structures within schools and communities to
support the trained peer educators;
team work and small group work as intrinsic and extrinsic
factors within the program;
clarification of responsibilities and roles of all personnel
involved in the program; and
facilitators/leaders with attributes and qualities that encourage
peer drug educators as social change agents.
Analysis of data from the case study reports showed young people
can be effective peer drug educators. Residential programs are
preferred over non-residential programs. Peer drug education
programs are effective in both school and community agencies.
The literature review and analysis of reports also indicated that peer
drug education needs to focus on establishing positive norms in
groups of young people. Collaborative decision making and positive
role modelling assist in the establishment of these norms. Peer drug
education links to the wider changes occurring in education and
health settings. Peer drug education is about collaborative decision
making, social justice, development of key competencies and social
change.
This thesis confirmed the complexity and dynamic nature of peer drug
education and there were many questions raised for further research
from the literature review and analysis of program reports.
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Phillips, Rosalyn May. "The impact of peer mentoring in UK higher education." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2290.
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The present thesis is an investigation into the impact and role of formal peer mentoring programmes as retention and enrichment strategies within UK Higher Education. Reviews of the literature highlighted several limitations within the empirical evidence for benefits of mentoring schemes. This thesis systematically evaluated the availability and impact of peer mentoring schemes within UK Higher Education. Firstly, a new measure of wellbeing was constructed and validated in student samples. A UK wide survey of 94 Universities supported the notion of increasing popularity of formal peer mentoring schemes and demonstrated the perceived benefits of peer mentoring as a retention strategy. Employing a theoretically driven longitudinal methodology a controlled comparison between first year students’ attending a UK university with a peer mentoring scheme versus a university without a peer mentoring scheme further substantiated the benefits of peer mentoring. Those within the peer mentoring university were three times less likely to think of dropping out of university, were coping better with the transition to university and were better adapted to university life: an important predictor in intention to leave. The relationship between peer mentoring and intention to leave was mediated by integration in university as proposed by Jacobi (1991). In support of the ‘buffering’ hypothesis existence of peer mentors moderated the relationship between predicted changes in social support, affect and self esteem during the transition to university. Within the fourth research study of first year students at a Scottish university; attitudes towards the introduction of a peer mentoring scheme within a university without such a scheme was investigated. Results indicated a positive perception of mentoring, with no student stating that they would not seek advice from a peer mentor if one was available. Although individuals who were experiencing greater levels of stress and homesickness were more likely to indicate they would use a peer mentor demographic variables did not differentiate between individuals who wanted peer mentors and those who felt less need. The most important attributes of a peer mentor for this sample of 158 first year students were commitment to the scheme and listening skills. Finally the impact of formal peer mentoring schemes within Higher Education was assessed from the perspective of the mentor, employing a qualitative (focus group) methodology at a university with an established peer mentoring scheme. Multiple benefits were indicated including personal, emotional, and academic advantages of becoming a mentor. All of the mentors within this study highlighted numerous motives for becoming a mentor although most important was their own previous experience (negative and positive) of the peer mentoring scheme. The results of each study are discussed in line with previous literature, limitations of the research and suggestions for future research. This thesis concludes that formal peer mentoring schemes can have a positive impact on the mentees, mentors and institutions involved and specifies nine recommendations for policy and practice.
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Kintigh, Monica R. "Peer Education: Building Community Through Playback Theatre Action Methods." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2230/.
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The primary purpose of this study was to use some of the action methods of playback theatre to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge through the experience of building community. The impact of action methods on group dynamics and the relationship among methods, individual perceptions, and the acquisition of knowledge were analyzed. The researcher suggested that playback theatre action methods provided a climate in which groups can improve the quality of their interactions. The Hill Interaction Matrix (HIM) formed the basis for the study's analysis of interactions. Since the researcher concluded there were significantly more interactions coded in the "power quadrant" after training, the researcher assumed that playback theatre action methods are a catalyst for keeping the focus on persons in the group, encouraging risk-taking behaviors, and producing constructive feedback between members. Based on session summaries, individual interviews, and an analysis of the Group Environment Scale (GES), the training group became more cohesive, became more expressive, promoted independence, encouraged self-discovery, and adapted in innovative ways. The experience of an interconnected community created a space where positive growth could occur. The researcher concluded that the process of community building is intricately connected with a person's ability to make meaning out of experiences. Participants in the study noted several processes by which they acquired new knowledge: (a) knowledge through internal processes, (b) knowledge through modeling, (c) knowledge through experiences, (d) knowledge through acknowledgment and application. Acknowledging and applying knowledge were behaviors identified as risk-taking, communication and active listening, acceptance of diverse cultures and opinions, and building community relations. The study suggested further research in the effects of these methods compared to other learning methods, the effects of these methods on other types of groups, the effects of the leader's relationship to the group, and the long-term effects on group dynamics.
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Derksen-Bergen, Tesia. "Divergent intersections : multicultural education and peer interactions in schools." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62499.
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For decades, Canadian multiculturalism policy has promoted a vision of integration in which all people have the right to practice and maintain their culture of origin while at the same time helping to build a diverse nation. Critics, however, argue that the policy tends to essentialize cultural identity and serves only to “manage” diversity. On a smaller scale, schools are a primary site for integration and identity negotiation for young people in Canada. In British Columbia, multicultural curricula in secondary schools aims to celebrate the contributions to society of “other” cultures, as well as acknowledge Canada’s racist past. Critical questions of privilege, power, and oppression are often left out of this discussion, and scholars have rightly asked whether multicultural education is able to address systemic racism and inequities. This research contributes to our comprehension of how and to what extent multicultural education in schools affects interactions among peers from many different ethnocultural backgrounds. I interviewed 30 students enrolled in a Grade 11 Social Studies course at a secondary school in Abbotsford, British Columbia to ask them how the process of multicultural integration materializes in their everyday lived experiences of identity formation, sense of belonging, and peer interaction. I find that students’ lived realities of multiculturalism, racialization, privilege, and oppression, both intersect with and diverge from the British Columbia Social Studies curricula. Their embodied experiences are far more complex than any simple definition or stated aim of multicultural education. These findings justify the implementation of critical multicultural education in schools, which might welcome students’ lived realities into discussions of multiculturalism and racialization, thus bringing the hidden curriculum to light.Arts, Faculty of
Geography, Department of
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Klein, Bette. "The Value of a Peer-led Nutrition Education Program for Second Graders Addressing the Importance of Breakfast." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1239361213.
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Powney, Janet. "Peer review of CNAA courses." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359935.
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Conklin, Kristen. "Peer Tutoring as an Academic Intervention." Thesis, City University of New York Queens College, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1691023.
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Learning can be defined as the process leading to relatively permanent behavioral change or potential behavioral change. In other words, as you learn, you alter the way you perceive your surroundings, the way you interpret any incoming stimuli, and as a result, you alter your interactions and behavior with others. Peer tutoring is an intervention which has been recognized by multiple research sources as a technique that when implemented appropriately, dramatic academic achievement may be achieved. Literature was collected from 1979 through 2012 using terms such as “peer tutoring,” “academic intervention” and “increase academic achievement”. The majority of participants that took part in the studies were at the elementary school level and many studies took place inside a classroom setting. However, some studies were geared towards private institutions and residences. Some studies focused their research on high school age students and adults. Interventions that were selected and incorporated into research were aimed towards an approach to increase student academics. The methods selected included play therapy, setting goals and peer tutoring. Multiple studies noted in their conclusion that there was a clear increase in academic achievement when peer tutoring is implemented into the classroom. Overall findings of the research have identified peer tutoring as one of the most effective intervention methods where students benefit positively in multiple areas. These areas include increased social approvals during unstructured free time as well as academic improvements across all subject areas. In the field of special education, Peer tutoring may be applied to collaborative classrooms in order to foster acceptance of all students. Research identified an increase in social approval when peer tutoring is used as an academic intervention. In a society where all students benefit from receiving a free and appropriate education it is essential to foster acceptance and a healthy learning environment. In turn, academic achievement will increase and the student will become more successful and attentive.
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Edelman, Brent Michael. "Classroom Peer Effects, Effort, and Race." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/91049.
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EconomicsPh.D.
This dissertation develops a theoretical model of educational peer effects and then empirically tests whether or not they exist. In the theoretical model, each student selects an effort level to maximize utility; this effort choice depends on his peer group's effort and race. The students' equilibrium effort expression results in hypotheses that can be directly investigated empirically, a definition of the social multiplier, and conditions under which a social multiplier exists. The empirical model uses student-level data with observations on complete classrooms and two measures of effort, self-assessed effort and time spent studying, to investigate whether or not peer effects exist. The estimation results of the empirical model, interpreted using a simulation-based technique, find a positive relationship between the amount of time a student spends studying and time spent studying by peers who share his race; for self-assessed effort, the results are ambiguous. Simulations of policy experiments show that effort is higher in more racially homogeneous classrooms and that a social multiplier exists for both a reduction in the time a student spends working at a part time job and an increase in the student's socioeconomic status.
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Price, Kristin L. "First-generation Peer Mentors' Engagement and Leadership Development." Thesis, California Lutheran University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3561417.
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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how lived experiences prompt first-generation college students to engage as peer mentors, and how they experienced leadership development. Participants included thirteen first-generation college students, who engaged in peer mentoring. An explanatory model that surfaced from data collection is presented, demonstrating the process of leadership development that some first-generation college students underwent through their participation as peer mentors. Family, service, and validation, emerged as the central phenomenon of the model, which also included emerging themes: (a) (dis)engagement, (b) peer mentor engagement, (c) intrapersonal development, (d) professional development, and (e) transformational learning.
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Hwung, Alex. "Peer Misbehavior Effects in the Classroom." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1345.
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This paper seeks to evaluate the effects of peer misbehavior in the classroom on student learning outcomes--namely, if there is any truth behind the old saying that “one bad apple ruins the bunch”. Using experimental data, I show that there is a strong initial relationship between the level of misbehavior in a given classroom and performance on a mathematics evaluation; however, the inclusion of lagged peer achievement in the model causes most of that relationship to be absorbed away, suggesting that the bulk of peer effects stem more from the academic performance of other students than from their behavior.
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McCloud, Jonathan David. "More Than a Sum of its Parts: Five Fundamentals for Formative Peer Observation of Classroom Teaching in Higher Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77875.
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This dissertation comprises two manuscripts formatted for publication, preceded by a brief introduction to the dissertation project. The first manuscript addresses the recent history and development of peer observation in the United States and synthesizes the body available peer observation scholarship. Five fundamental elements of peer observation (design, community, control, training, reflection) are put forth as a nexus at which meaningful and formative peer observation can be undertaken. A selection of empirically based methods for conducting peer observation is also presented. The second manuscript is a mixed-methods descriptive study of the five fundamentals of peer observation. Three academic departments at a large land-grant university were identified, via questionnaire, as having programs of peer observation that aligned with attributes of the five fundamentals. These academic departments participated in individual case studies designed to bring-about a description of the five fundamentals as they were and were not manifest in authentic university/college contexts.Ph. D.
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Caldwell, Elizabeth A. "TYPICAL PEERS’ PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/84.
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One in 59 children is identified as having an Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that students with disabilities be educated in the general education setting with typical peers to the maximum extent possible. This practice of inclusion has led to increased social-isolation and peer rejection among students with ASD. Research suggests inclusion alone without implementing peer intervention training is ineffective in fostering positive interactions between students with ASD and their typical peers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to contribute to the literature by evaluating a peer educational intervention designed to promote positive peer relations among students with ASD, as well as, examine the effects of a peer educational intervention on typical peers’ perceived level of self-efficacy in interacting with students with ASD.
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Morton, Charles Andrew. "The relationship among planning activities, peer coaching skills and improved instructional effectiveness in preservice special education teachers." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/471.
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This study is intended to examine the relationship between peer coaching skills and the improvement in instruction among preservice special educators. The study will examine: a) preservice teacher instructional skill before and after coaching, b) the effects of lesson planning activities by the preservice teacher on classroom instruction, and c) coaching methodologies and the use of systematic structured observation instruments during coaching. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of case studies were utilized to ascertain the effect of peer coaching and coaching on a preservice teacher's ability to plan and implement improved instruction to their students. This study is intended to assist the improvement of preservice special education teacher training by enhancing their ability to provide feedback regarding effective instructional skills to their teaching colleagues, and subsequently to improve classroom instruction.
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Antil, Laurence R. "Teacher receptivity to peer tutoring /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7927.
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Rodger, Fiona B. "Peer-coaching in higher education : an analysis of the peer-coaching service at the Institute of Education, exploring processes of learning and underpinning values." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1553975/.
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This research explores learning and democratic values in the peer-coaching service at the Institute of Education (IOE). The service, set up seven years ago, adopted a learning-centred model of coaching (Carnell, MacDonald and Askew 2006). An initial evaluation of the service focused mainly on benefits to the coachee (Hargreaves 2007). To date, there has been no study into how learning is understood and facilitated by the coaches. This study builds on the work of the initial facilitators of the coaching group, Askew and Carnell 2011, by providing a detailed study into how learning is interpreted in practice. The study is set in the context of Adult Learning. In particular, aspects of Mezirow’s Theory of Transformative Learning are applied to illuminate the learning process. Six audio-recorded coaching conversations are analysed. A system of analysis is borrowed and developed from Conversation Analysis. The conversations are presented and analysed sequentially, before discussing approaches to learning, and values that appear to underpin practice. Findings suggest that despite following the same programme of professional development, coaches seem to understand learning differently resulting in diverse practice. Some appear to facilitate reflection on self. Connections between current and previous behaviour patterns are explored together with developing an understanding of where embedded beliefs and attitudes have originated. In other conversations, a goal-centred approach, focusing on completing specific tasks, is dominant. This research advances the argument for a learning-centred model of coaching leading to individual development, fulfilment and possibly better working practices. The thesis addresses a gap in research by exploring the practice of coaching as a model for supporting adult learning, identifying democratic values that underpin and give strength to, the transformative learning model. The thesis concludes with suggestions for coaches’ professional development and thoughts for future research.
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Black, Jolene. "Peer Coaching & Change Implementation." TopSCHOLAR®, 1989. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2144.
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The process of change implementation and the measurement of concerns of those involved in change using the C.B.A.M. model have been the topics of many studies conducted during the past two decades. Peer coaching is a relative newcomer, yet has been the focus of several studies. To date, however, comparative information about the change process and its affect on the concerns of teachers involved in peer coaching has not been analyzed.
This study examines and compares the Stages of Concern regarding an innovation of teachers with and without peer coaching partners. After a review of significant research, the paper analyzes the effect peer coaching experience and peer coaching team configurations may have on the Stages of Concern about an innovation, and how development through the Stages of Concern differ between peer coaches and nonpeer coaches.
The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was mailed to all current peer coaches and to a randomly chosen sample of teachers not involved in the peer coaching project at Ft. Knox Community Schools at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. The data was collected and presented in tabular form to analyze the impact of peer coaching on the Stages of Concern regarding the innovation, process writing.
A comparative synopsis of the findings suggest that peer coaching teams may have a tendency to impact the development through the Stages of Concerns. The results were not statistically significant (chi square). No statistical significance was found in comparisons of the effect on the Stages of Concern regarding process writing between first and second year peer coaches and peer coaching team configurations.
It was recommended that further research be made into factors that relate to the peer coaching environment's affect on teachers' concerns while implementing change in schools. Six tables and three pages of references are appended.
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Williams, Natalie F. "Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Engaging in Peer-to-Peer Safety and Sexuality Training: A Case Study." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1363711423.
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Young, Anne Lynn Thomas Olinger. "A description of peer education programs in public institutions of higher education in Virginia." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040354/.
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Pesci, Angela. "Cooperative Learning and Peer Tutoring to Promote Students’ Mathematics Education." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-80833.
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On the basis of experiences and studies developed in the last ten years, the contribution aims to discuss some different peculiarities between Cooperative Learning and Peer Tutoring models in Mathematics lesson. These models are specific interpretations of a way of conducting Mathematics lessons which requires the activity of students, their personal participation in the construction of knowledge. In the description of the two teaching-learning models, the analysis will deal in particular with the social aspects these models involve.
Describing these two modalities of cooperation, also the importance of the care for the choice of suitable mathematical tasks and for different pedagogical setting they require will appear clearly. The issues described, together with the analogies and differences between the two models, could contribute to suggest more adequate didactical projects for teachers and deeper studies about students’ collaboration based models for researchers.
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Rainford, Karen J. "Understanding how faculty integrate peer assessment in project management education." Thesis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3725281.
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Peer assessment in higher education can contribute to students' domain knowledge, engagement, critical thinking, and self-assessment skills. This qualitative study explored how peer assessment fits within the teaching practice of project management faculty as they prepare students to lead empowered project teams. A substantive grounded theory was generated from analysis of surveys, interviews and course documents to examine the positions, practices, goals, and outcomes of integrating peer assessment in their practice. Integration of peer assessment is promoted by a constructivist orientation, online teaching, and teaching adult learners. Project management educators engage in an active learning cycle of seeking support, puzzling, experimenting, and adapting their integration of peer assessment. Connections to theory, and implications for enhancing the integration and sustainability of peer assessment in project management education are discussed.
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Gisi, Brittany A. "Influence of peer mentorship on nursing education and student attrition." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/383.
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Peer mentoring is the exchange of skills or knowledge from a more experienced individual to a novice in the same field. Due to the constraints placed on nursing education, many students struggle to complete the nursing curriculum. This leads to high attrition rates within colleges of nursing. Without maximizing graduate rates, the current nursing shortage is exacerbated. This integrated literature review examines the impact of more experienced nursing students mentoring their junior peers. With implementation of peer mentoring attrition rates were reduced. Additionally, the research showed that mentees experienced an enhanced feeling of support and were able to learn more efficiently. Mentors benefited from the arrangement with enhanced leadership and teaching abilities. Instructors of nursing programs also benefited from the arrangement by having decreased demand for review sessions, which could be taken over by the mentors, and could focus on enhancing their lessons or other educational obligations.B.S.N.
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