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Direct linkFrance, Emma F.; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Uny, Isabelle; Duncan, Edward A. S.; Jepson, Ruth G.; Maxwell, Margaret; Roberts, Rachel J.; Turley, Ruth L.; Booth, Andrew; Britten, Nicky; Flemming, Kate; Gallagher, Ian; Garside, Ruth; Hannes, Karin; Lewin, Simon; Noblit, George W.; Pope, Catherine; Thomas, James; Vanstone, Meredith; Higginbottom, Gina M. A.; Noyes, Jane – Review of Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity of meta-ethnography reporting. Evidence-based policy and practice require robust evidence syntheses which can further understanding of people's experiences and associated social processes. Meta-ethnography is a rigorous seven-phase qualitative evidence synthesis…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Guidance, Evidence Based Practice, Program Improvement
Rodriguez, Eric; Rhodes, Kent; Aguirre, Geoffrey – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2015
Several factors contribute to a disproportionately lower Latino participation in college education. Foremost among those factors are policies that encourage quick job placement over career development, lack of understanding of the benefits of a college degree, lower expectations for Latino students, poor financial planning, and lack of guidance. A…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, Hispanic American Students, College Preparation
Loneck, Barry; Corrigan, Matthew J.; Videka, Lynn; Newman, Lucy J.; Reed, John Charles; Moonan, Kimberly E. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2010
Substance abuse prevention counseling can be found in two venues: school counseling and student assistance programs (SAPs). School prevention counseling is based on school psychology and guidance counseling. The authors of this article did not find any empirical studies of prevention counseling. Six criteria were used to assess the published…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Evaluation Criteria, Risk
White, Jeffry L.; Altschuld, James W.; Lee, Yi-Fang – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
The retention rates for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native-Americans in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are lower than those of White or Asian college students. In response, the National Science Foundation formed statewide partnerships of universities to develop programs to address this disparity. The deliberations…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Science Programs, Dropout Research, Academic Persistence
Maughan, Erin; Troup, K. D. – Journal of School Nursing, 2011
The purpose of this comparative review was to examine the legislative evolution of school guidance and school nursing over the past century, in hopes of identifying reasons why guidance counselors have been more successful in compliance to recommended ratios than school nurses. A literature review was conducted including CINAHL, MEDLINE, ERIC and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Nurses, Guidance Programs, School Guidance
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Fasih, Tazeen; Barrera, Felipe; Garcia-Moreno, Vicente A.; Bentaouet-Kattan, Raja; Baksh, Shaista; Wickramasekera, Inosha – World Bank Publications, 2007
Impact evaluations of school-based management (SBM) programs, or any other kind of program, are important because they can demonstrate whether or not the program has accomplished its objectives. Furthermore, these evaluations can identify ways to improve the design of the program. These evaluations can also make successful interventions…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Research
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1984
This guide provides information about various types of alternative education programs that address the educational and behavioral needs of disruptive students. The programs suggested are aimed at students whose behavior is so disruptive that they must be removed from classes or from the school for varying lengths of time. These programs provide…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Programs
Sork, Thomas J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
To someone who has been intrigued by the role of ethics in adult education for many years, it has been heartening to see how the field has responded to calls to address the ethical dimensions of practice. Although adult education may have been a little later than some in coming to terms with ethics, these developments occurred during a time when…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Ethics, Educational Practices, Literature Reviews
Download full textDesmond, Thomas C. – 1992
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) offer employees confidential, professional assistance for the kinds of personal problems that adversely affect their lives and their jobs. These programs started when acute worker shortages during World War II, coupled with the successes of Alcoholic Anonymous, prompted some companies in the 1940s to develop…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Counseling Services, Employee Assistance Programs, Employees
Campbell, Robert E., Comp.; Shaltry, Paul, Comp. – 1978
This monograph presents articles and materials which examine the relevant theoretical literature pertaining to career counseling services for adults. It reviews alternative ways to deliver career guidance to adults and identifies a set of researchable issues. The two articles in section 1, The Context, address the historical development of people…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Career Change
Dempsey, Beverly June Luke – 1985
The history of learning assistance (e.g., courses, tutorials, and counseling) in U.S. senior colleges is traced, starting with the period 1830-1875. With the establishment of New York University in 1830 came a growth of liberal education over classical training and a new emphasis on instruction in English and preparatory education. When the 1862…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Libraries, College Preparation, College Programs
Peer reviewedLevi, Marion; Ziegler, Suzanne – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
Research points to the increasing importance of career exploration as a component of effective guidance programs in the transition years. For such programs to be successful, however, they must be part of a guidance program which involves the total school staff and works in collaboration with the school board and community. (Author/LKS)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, Counselor Role
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Wolos, Cassandra – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This research brief reviews research on why and how family involvement matters for elementary school children's learning and socio-emotional development. Specifically, it summarizes the latest evidence base on effective involvement for elementary school children--that is, the studies that link family involvement in elementary schools to children's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parent Child Relationship
Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – Office of Special Populations' Brief, 1994
The National Center for Research in Vocational Education has developed a framework for identifying exemplary career guidance and counseling programs. The framework, which is to be tested at selected pilot sites during 1994, is designed for use in evaluating secondary- and postsecondary-level guidance and counseling programs targeting one or more…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Counseling Services
Assessing the Effectiveness of School Guidance Programs: Program, Personnel, and Results Evaluation.
Gysbers, Norman C. – 2001
Three forms of evaluation are required to fully evaluate comprehensive school guidance programs. First, the program must be reviewed using program standards, evidence, and documentation to establish that a written guidance program exists in a school district and that the written program matches the implemented program. Second, guidance program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Programs, Program Evaluation
