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Cincera, Jan; Maskova, Veronika – Environmental Education Research, 2011
The article presents results of the evaluation of the GLOBE program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) in the Czech Republic. The evaluation explores the implementation of the program in schools and its impact on research skills. Four hundred and sixty six pupils, aged 13, from 28 different schools participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Research Skills, Program Development
Weiss, Heather; Lopez, Elena; Rosenberg, Heidi; Brosi, Evelyn; Lee, Diana – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
One-fourth of all ninth graders in the United States will not graduate from high school within four years, despite the fact that the 21st Century workplace requires more advanced knowledge and skills than ever before. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive strategy to keep teens in school and ensure that they graduate prepared for the future,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Models, High School Students, At Risk Students
Jayaramaiah, Karagada M.; And Others – 1972
A study was conducted to identify, examine and suggest a set of broad principles effective in the development of 4-H club programs in the United States and Tennessee. Eighty principles of successful 4-H Club work gleaned from related literature were tested in terms of: their acceptance as principles by two panels of experts; panel agreement to the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Extension Agents, Guides, Interviews
National Council on Disability, 2008
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, together with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, set in motion policy changes that have allowed many thousands of children and youth with disabilities in the United States the opportunity to gain the educational and vocational skills needed to transition to living, working, and participating as…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Disabilities, Young Adults
Campbell-Thrane, Lucille, Ed. – 1979
This publication presents a data collection system useful in measuring the success of vocational programs for special needs populations as well as current descriptive/demographic information on special needs populations nationwide. The first of four chapters provides a general characterization of special populations and specific definitions for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Bilingual Students, Data Collection, Disadvantaged
Peace Corps, 2004
"Community Content-Based Instruction" grew out of several development initiatives and field needs. It began to take shape in a Gender and Public Health Education for Teachers Workshop and an In-Service Education Workshop for Volunteers and their counterparts, in the spring of 1996 in Eritrea. Since that time, the concept has been further…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Workshops, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods