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Valencia-Forrester, Faith; Backhaus, Bridget – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Studying in a foreign country can be a valuable experience for international students, but it may also involve uncertainty, loneliness, and questionable graduate outcomes. Given the importance of the international student market to higher education institutions, there is a clear incentive to find ways of engaging international students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Foreign Students, College Students
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Power, Anne; Costley, Debra – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2014
This article reports on a collaborative venture between Autism Spectrum Australia and the University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Social Club network was formed for children and adolescents to provide structured opportunities for positive peer interactions in safe, stimulating and nonjudgmental environments. The Social Clubs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clubs
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Kenworthy, Amy L. – Journal of Management Education, 2010
Negotiation is one of the most popular elective business courses offered across tertiary educational programs today. Yet, in many undergraduate and graduate programs, the "practice" of negotiation takes place solely through role-plays and simulations. The purpose of this article is to provide a "how to" template for negotiation…
Descriptors: Business Education, Service Learning, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods
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da Silva, Lisa; Sanson, Ann; Smart, Diana; Toumbourou, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The development of civic responsibility is considered to be an important component of healthy adolescent development. However, the study of its development has been relatively neglected and few studies have attempted to ground understanding of its development in a theoretical framework. The present study operationalized civic responsibility as…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Causal Models, Service Learning, Adolescents
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, Carlton South (Australia). – 2000
In April 1999, the Australian Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training, and Youth Affairs established a subgroup to develop a national youth development strategy. Youth development is about helping young people make the transition to happy, productive, and successful adulthood through the guided provision of opportunities to try new…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship
Holdsworth, Roger; Stafford, John; Stokes, Helen; Tyler, Debra – 2001
Student Action Teams (SATs) were established in 20 Victoria, Australia, secondary schools in 1999, with 11 of those schools continuing with their teams in 2000. The Student Action Teams are comprised of groups of students who identify a school or community issue, research it, make plans and proposals about it, and take action on it. Such…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Benefits