scholarly journals Training Peer Educators

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber R. Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Educator Training ◽  
Peer Educator ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Incoming Students

Peer educators have become increasingly common on college campuses across America. Peer educator programs have primarily been created to help incoming students transition from high school to college by connecting incoming students to knowledgeable, helpful, and experienced peers. During my time as the first year experience coordinator at a public institution in the Midwest, I was primarily responsible for preparing a group of students to serve as peer educators. One of the highlights of my duties in this position was to create a training program specifically designed to prepare students to serve as peer educators in classrooms across campus. In this paper, the approach to the training program I developed will be outlined, and some of the materials used in training will be made available. Support for the training program is provided through feedback from student evaluations of the training. Existing literature regarding peer educators is somewhat limited and focuses primarily on the benefits of using students in the classroom and the importance of training these individuals. Most of the literature does not specifically address how to train students to successfully navigate their role as peer educators. The purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in peer educator literature by offering practical guidelines for use in peer educator training programs and to offer suggestions for training improvements based on the information gathered from the program I was responsible for.

scholarly journals Social Networking Phenomena In The First-Year Experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay R. Corwin ◽  
Rosa Cintron
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Education Administrators ◽  
Student Relationships ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Education Administrators

The transition from high school to college is never an easy process. New freedoms and new independence provides for an exciting first year. There is no debate as to the importance of starting college off well. However, juggling these new opportunities with increased academic rigor is not an easy process. Several authors have described the importance of peer relationships and participation in social networks as key to reducing some of the stress involved in the transition process. Employing a phenomenological method of analysis, this study investigated the composition of those social networks. Having an increased understanding of who comprises these groups provides higher education administrators with more opportunities to alleviate transition difficulty. This study combines interviews and observations, conducted in various campus locations, to identify potential phenomena within these student relationships. Unique occurrences are presented in text, as well as graphic representation when possible.

The Buffering Effect of Character Strengths on Depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Beatrice Lee ◽  
Cahit Kaya ◽  
Xiangli Chen ◽  
Jia-Rung Wu ◽  
Kanako Iwanaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Negative Attributional Style

Abstract. The transition from high school to college can be very stressful for Turkish students because they may experience value conflicts and adjustment issues, which can trigger the development of mental health problems. Character strengths can serve as a buffer against psychopathology. The aim of the study was to examine perceived stress and negative attributional style as mediating factors between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. Bootstrap testing approach was implemented to compute direct and indirect effects and total effect in the mediation analysis. Altogether 235 students from two Turkish universities participated in the study. The results showed that character strengths were associated with lower levels of depression and it was negatively associated with perceived stress and negative attributional style. The results also indicated that perceived stress and negative attribution style completely mediated the relationship between character strengths and depression among Turkish college students. These findings suggested the need to develop empirically supported interventions that can promote character strengths toward reducing stress, negative attributions, and depression in this population.

scholarly journals Behavioral risks during the transition from high school to college.

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1497-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Fromme ◽  
William R. Corbin ◽  
Marc I. Kruse
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School

scholarly journals Strategi Peer Educator untuk Peningkatan Kesadaran Pekerja Seks Perempuan terhadap Kesehatan Reproduksi

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lidya Febrina
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Peer Educator

This article presents the results of research on peer educator strategies to raise female sex workers' awareness of reproductive health. The objectives of this study were 1) to describe the strategies used by peer educators to build sex worker awareness of workers' reproductive health; 2) Identifying barriers to peer educators in providing education on reproductive health to female sex workers. To achieve the research objectives, the theory used is the Social Exchange Theory of George C, Homans and the research approach used is qualitative with descriptive research type. To obtain data, researchers used in-depth interviews and observation techniques. The results showe that the strategies used by peer educators in providing education about reproductive health were: coercion, giving advice, and persuasion. Meanwhile, the obstacles found by peer educators in providing education on reproductive health were: the imbalance of exchanges between peer educators and female sex workers and the distrust of female sex workers in peer educators.

The School Counselor Caseload and the High School-to-College Pipeline

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenoa S. Woods ◽  
Thurston Domina
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
School Level ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
The Relationship

Background Advising students on the transition from high school to college is a central part of school counselors’ professional responsibility. The American School Counselor Association recommends a school counselor caseload of 250 students; however, prior work yields inconclusive evidence on the relationship between school counseling and school-level counseling resources and students’ college trajectories. Focus of Study This study evaluates the relationship between access to school counselors and several critical indicators of student transitions between high school and college. Research Design The study utilizes the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to explore the relationships between the school counselor caseload and students’ progress throughout the high school-to-college pipeline. The key indicator is the counselor caseload for students at a given high school, measured as the number of 10th graders per counselor at the high school at which each student is enrolled. The outcome variables are students’ college expectations, whether students spoke with a counselor about college, taking the SAT, and college enrollment. Logistic and multinomial logistic regression analyses are applied to examine the relationships between these variables. Findings Students in schools with small counselor caseloads enjoy greater success at navigating the high school-to-college pipeline. Controlling for student- and school-level characteristics, students in schools where counselors are responsible for advising a large number of students are less likely to speak with a counselor about college, plan to attend college, take the SAT, and enroll in a four-year college. Conclusions The findings support the claim that a smaller school counselor caseload may increase students’ access to key college preparation resources and raise four-year college enrollment rates.

scholarly journals Determining Academic Success in Students with Disabilities in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Bain De Los Santos ◽  
Lori Kupczynski ◽  
Marie-Anne Mundy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Faculty Involvement ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
College And University ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Institutional Support Services

Students with disabilities have not been fully welcomed in higher education in spite of litigation, court cases, and positive shifts in public perceptions. The transition from high school to college is challenging for students without disabilities. Students with disabilities often get overlooked by their institution and overwhelmed during this transition, contributing to an achievement gap for these students. Student success is measured by retention, academic achievement, and on-time graduation. This research study examined how student success was impacted by a student’s registration with the campus disability office, use of accommodations, and use of institutional and social support systems. This study explored a new frontier of research that dispels the myth that students with disabilities are a homogenous group. The results of this study can be used to increase knowledge regarding students with disabilities and their success in higher education. The results will assist college and university administrators as well as staff in disability services offices in tracking the success of accommodations for students with disabilities. This study can help university administration to better understand the benefits of institutional support services as well as encourage faculty involvement in implementing accommodations and helping students see the benefit of student registration with the campus office of disabilities.

scholarly journals Audio-Visual Materials in an Integrated Literacy-Mechanical Skills Training Program for Young Unemployed Adults

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orest Cap ◽  
Odarka S. Trosky ◽  
Barbara Wynes ◽  
Robin Cutts
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Visual Materials

This article describes how audio-visual materials were selected and used for a group of thirty unemployed young adults, ranging in ages (17-21), attending an integrated literacy-mechanical skills program. This program consisted of an initial two months of class activities followed by approximately seven months in the field and a final two weeks in class. The audio-visual materials which met Vander Meer's (1973) criteria of appropriateness, to reflect the curriculum and to elicit expected and desired behavior in the learner, were selected on the basis of the Von Mondfrans and Houser six step paradigm (1973) to relate to performance-based objectives. The selected materials did not necessarily reflect the very best nor the most recent in the field, rather they represented the best and most recent from those readily available. Evaluation through questionnaires, reports, observations and participant comments indicated that the audio-visual materials used in the program closely related to the three main functions of audio-visual materials in vocational instruction.

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