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II: The Bigger Picture
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Rosenfeld, Malke; Conarro, Ryan; Schwartz, Michael B. – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
As seen in the previous section (EJ1039315) writing about teaching practice is more than simply reporting about what was done and in what order. When teachers zoom in closely to highlight the feel and tone of one particular classroom moment, lesson, or project, they create a microcosm in which many aspects of the individual teaching values,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Writing (Composition), Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
ComputerTown: A Do-It-Yourself Community Computer Project. [Computer Town, USA and Other Microcomputer Based Alternatives to Traditional Learning Environments].
Zamora, Ramon M. – 1982
Alternative learning environments offering computer-related instruction are developing around the world. Storefront learning centers, museum-based computer facilities, and special theme parks are some of the new concepts. ComputerTown, USA! is a public access computer literacy project begun in 1979 to serve both adults and children in Menlo Park…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Microcomputers
Science Learning Experience Involving Adults and Their Preadolescent and Adolescent Children.
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Gennaro, Eugene D.; And Others – Science Education, 1980
Describes a five-week course in animal behavior for parents and their middle-school-aged children offered at the Minnesota Zoological Garden. Course activities included discussions, film viewing, demonstrations, zoo observations, and home studies of gerbils or zebra finches. Results of the course are discussed. (CS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Animal Behavior, Community Programs
Family Resource Coalition Report. Voices and Issues: A Celebration of Hispanic Diversity.
Aranda, Mario J., Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1987
This issue of the Family Resource Coalition Report focuses on Hispanic families. The articles and authors are the following: (1) Voices and Issues: A Celebration of Hispanic Diversity, M. Aranda; (2) Some Facts in Understanding Latino Families, J. Hernandez; (3) Invisibility in the Data, Invisibility in the Policy: The Latino Family and Public…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Community Programs, Cultural Differences, Family Financial Resources
A Matter of Time: Risk and Opportunity in the Nonschool Hours. Report of the Task Force on Youth Development and Community Programs.
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Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report stresses the importance of creating networks of community support for young adolescents during nonschool hours. It pays special attention to the needs and interests of youth from low-income families and of diverse backgrounds. The first part of the report deals with the risks and opportunities faced by youth today at home and school…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Athletics
Promoting Community-Based Programs for Socialization and Learning. New Directions for Child Development Series, Number 63.
Villarruel, Francisco A., Ed.; Lerner, Richard M., Ed. – 1994
Chapters in this volume describe and analyze distinct types of programs that seek to promote knowledge, competence, and a sense of belonging for diverse youth in environments that permit children's socialization and learning. The following chapters are included: (1) "Development and Context and the Contexts of Learning" (Francisco A. Villarruel…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Education, Community Programs, Computer Uses in Education