Diverse Applications of Sociological Imagination: A Qualitative Study of Service-Learning Mentoring

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110213
Author(s):  
Laura C. Atkins ◽  
Shelley B. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Reflection Data ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Media And Crime

This project expands discussions regarding critical ways that students’ diverse backgrounds and experiences intertwine with service-learning and social justice. Educators need to empower the next generation to explore their views, apply their skills, and engage with social issues. The research intersects with complex conversations about students’ perspectives regarding media representations, justice system responses, and views of at-risk youth. The project spanned four semesters of a sociology of media and crime course with service-learning mentoring. Qualitative reflection data drawn from 104 participating student mentors provided insights into how service-learners’ unique personal histories and sociological imaginations inform their views of youth, the mentoring experience, and social justice. The findings focus attention upon diversity within classrooms and expand the conversation about social justice praxis and service-learning pedagogy. Through reflexivity, the researchers consider their own social justice and service-learning practices, and add to the call for greater reflexivity within community-engaged sociology classrooms.

The Application of Peer Mentoring to Improve Fitness in Older Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandor Dorgo ◽  
George A. King ◽  
Gregory D. Brickey
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Peer Mentors ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Peer Mentor ◽  
Fitness Program ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Fitness Measures ◽  
Mentor Model

Purpose:To investigate the effectiveness of a peer-mentored exercise program, this study compared the program perception, retention and participation rates, and physical improvements of older adults trained by peer mentors (PMs) with those of a group trained by student mentors (SMs).Methods:After a 30-week peer-mentor preparation, 60 older adults (M±SDage: 68.7 ± 6.1 yr) were recruited and randomly assigned to either the PM or the SM group. Both groups completed an identical 14-week fitness program. Pre- and posttraining assessments of fitness were completed, and the efficacy of the PMs and SMs was surveyed.Results:High retention was observed in both groups, but the SM group had higher participation. Both groups improved their fitness significantly, with no significant posttest differences between the groups in most fitness measures or in program perception rates.Discussion:Findings suggest effectiveness of the peer-mentor model in an older adult exercise program.

The Role of Student Support in the Implementation of the Russian-Finnish Program “Skilful Class”

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
D.V. Ivashkova ◽  
K.M. Sagova
Keyword(s):  
Student Support ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
State University ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Step Algorithm ◽  
Supportive Community ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
Positive Effect

The article is devoted to the consideration of the role of student support in the adaptation of the Finn-ish short-term program of skills formation “Skilful Class” on the territory of Russia. The program is realizing in Russian educational organizations within the framework of joint projects of Moscow State University of Psychology & Education and Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute. The implementation of projects is realizing with the accompaniment of student-mentors, whose participation, presumably, has a positive effect on the effectiveness of the “Skilful Class” program. The article considers the in-teraction between children and student-mentors from the point of view of their generational commu-nity, as well as the creation of a supportive community in the process of skill formation. Information about the methodological basis of the program is given and the 15-step algorithm of its action is de-scribed, with the rationale for the participation of student-mentors in its implementation. A number of psychological problems for the prevention of which the program is used by foreign and Russian specialists are indicated.

scholarly journals Peran Dosen Penasehat Akademik (PA) Prodi Perbankan Syariah Jurusan Syariah dan Ekonomi Islam STAIN Curup Dalam Menangani Permasalahan Mahasiswa

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Busra Febriyarni
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This paper raises the issue of how the role of PA lecturers in solving problems of students of Islamic banking study programs majoring in Sharia and Islamic Economics. The method used in this study is field research with a qualitative descriptive approach. The source of important data in this study is the PA lecturer in the Sharia Banking study program which is also called the research informant. The results showed that students had many academic problems, including the problem of taking courses every semester there were pre and no conditions, shortages and excess credits, less cooperative or less familiar with their respective PA lecturers, problems, economics, family there are even personal problems that consult with PA lecturers. The role of PA lecturers in solving the problem of the students in the Islamic Banking study program is quite well, this can be seen from the role of PA lecturers as their student mentors in academic matters that lead to taking courses, as advisors who always remind students in several ways, such as ethical issues , not yet fluent in reading Al-Quran, and as a motivator who always gives motivation to a better future career, their parents' economic problems and their relationship to the late payment of semester fees and others. In general, PA lecturers in the Sharia banking study program have played a role as PA lecturers both as mentors, directors, advisors and motivators in the academic, social, economic and career fields.

Career implications for college student mentors through their contribution to a climate film outreach program for adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kathryn J. Boyd ◽  
Christine Okochi ◽  
Megan K. Littrell ◽  
Rebecca L. Batchelor ◽  
Anne U. Gold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Student Mentors

Cooperative Learning and Student Mentors in a Hybrid Teacher Preparation Program

2018 ◽  
pp. 386-405
Author(s):  
Carmen Alina Popa ◽  
Laura Nicoleta Bochis ◽  
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald ◽  
Carlton J. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Hybrid Program ◽  
Living Circumstances

In this chapter, professors employed cooperative learning techniques that included assigned student mentors to assist students in their learning, assignments, and final project. The students enrolled in this weekend hybrid program are usually considered to be alternative university students. About 25% of the students in the program would be considered to be standard university students in age and living circumstances. The results indicated that the leadership roles of the student mentors made the process complex and rewarding. In spite of the issues associated with diverse students, the majority of whom work, with a significant percentage who are married and have families of their own, and the issues of distance and difficulty of getting to class, most students felt positively about their experiences and achieved well in the process.

Student Mentors and Protegés Learning Together

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Burrell ◽  
Susan J. Wood ◽  
Theodore Pikes ◽  
Connie Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Student Mentors ◽  
Learning Together

University Students’ Relationship-Based Mentoring in School Settings

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 2271-2291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abu K. Mboka
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Criminal Justice Majors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Goals And Objectives

How university students perform the tasks of mentoring, and the kinds of activities that are successful and unsuccessful in relationship-based mentoring interactions when mentors are instructed to “first establish relationships and then use the relationship to promote prosocial thinking and behaviors,” remains an unfamiliar area of youth mentoring. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop some understanding of steps criminal justice majors took and the behavioral goals and objectives they pursued during their semester-long mentoring interactions with primary, middle, and high school pupils within a local school district. Conventional content analysis methods were used to systematically identify, classify, and code themes and patterns of self-reported activities. Results show that student-mentors overwhelmingly engaged in activities that addressed known risk factors associated with antisocial thinking, attitudes, and behaviors. The results provide insights into the dynamics of this form of mentoring that emphasizes the importance of healthy relationships between protégés and mentors and advance reasons for further investigation of the effectiveness of a relationship-based mentoring approach.

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