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Ensuring success in higher education among historically underserved students is integral to social equity and mobility in the United States today. Scholars have called for research examining the complexity of factors determining educational pathways of students encountering circumstances that hinder progress toward a college degree in the context o...
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... than an explanatory theory, ecological systems is a methodology for conducting developmental research that holds "person-in-context" as the primary unit of interest in examining links between protective factors and positive outcomes in groups identified as vulnerable to risk in a specific domain (Luthar, Ciccheti, & Becker, 2000). Resilience researchers favor social-ecological models (see Figure 2, above) because they consider important contextual influences that reciprocally link over time to potentiate development, such as family, peers, neighborhood, school, community, and culture (Zimmerman & Brenner, 2010). It is in these social contexts individuals develop assets and draw on resources to adapt and function despite experiencing risks to positive development, particularly proximal contexts where ongoing, everyday interactions occur (Bronfenbrenner, 1979;Luthar & Zelazo, 2003). ...
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The #Openteach project team are based
in the Open Education Unit (OEU) at Dublin City University (DCU). Formally known as
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... The ecological perspective (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) was chosen as a theoretical framework, as factors that could play a role in the negative behaviours by adolescents manifest on different levels. Although some authors (McCallen, 2016;Gilstrap & Ziertan, 2018) also include exo and chrono levels, for this study only the micro, meso and macro levels were utilised to analyse the data. On a micro level, adolescents' genetic and biological make-up needs to be taken into consideration, as some people are more prone to forming an addiction than others (Fisher & Harris, 2013;Winters & Arria, 2011). ...
The increase of criminal behaviour and substance misuse amongst adolescents is of great concern for social service providers. According to the ecological perspective, several factors could contribute to substance misuse and criminal activity amongst adolescents, impacting negatively on their lives. A qualitative study was done to explore and describe the perceptions of social service providers of the factors that could contribute to substance misuse and criminal activity amongst adolescents. Twenty participants took part in this study and certain criteria for inclusion applied. The data were categorised into three themes, namely micro, meso and macro level. Relevant conclusions and recommendations were made.
... The ecological perspective (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) was chosen as a theoretical framework, as factors that could play a role in the negative behaviours by adolescents manifest on different levels. Although some authors (McCallen, 2016;Gilstrap & Ziertan, 2018) also include exo and chrono levels, for this study only the micro, meso and macro levels were utilised to analyse the data. On a micro level, adolescents' genetic and biological make-up needs to be taken into consideration, as some people are more prone to forming an addiction than others (Fisher & Harris, 2013;Winters & Arria, 2011). ...
The increase of criminal behaviour and substance misuse amongst adolescents is of great concern for social service providers. According to the ecological perspective, several factors could contribute to substance misuse and criminal activity amongst adolescents, impacting negatively on their lives. A qualitative study was done to explore and describe the perceptions of social service providers of the factors that could contribute to substance misuse and criminal activity amongst adolescents. Twenty participants took part in this study and certain criteria for inclusion applied. The data were categorised into three themes, namely micro, meso and macro level. Relevant conclusions and recommendations were made.
