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Download full textRawson, Rebecca; Rhodes, Christine – Journal of Peer Learning, 2022
This research explores the different types of motivation that inspired students to engage in an online peer-assisted learning (PAL) leader role. An interdisciplinary online PAL pilot programme at a university in the United Kingdom was reviewed to investigate the experience and perceptions of voluntary online PAL leaders. The purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Student Leadership, Student Motivation
Direct linkMoloney, Grace; Ahern, Aoife – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
This thesis examines why, despite extensive research, women are underrepresented in engineering courses in many countries, including Ireland. The reasons for this underrepresentation are not well-understood. This study seeks to contribute to the understanding of women's decision-making regarding their studying engineering, through the application…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Differences
Kertesz, John Leslie; Downing, Jill – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This paper reports on a practicum partnerships pilot project between local schools and a teacher preparation program in a medium sized regional university. Whilst addressing recent governmental recommendations for improvements in the teacher education practicum, the project also sought greater suitability by connecting the professional skills of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Teacher Education Programs, Practicums
Hardin, Belinda J.; Bergen, Doris; Hung, Hsuan-Fang – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
The ACEI Global Guidelines Assessment (GGA) was developed to provide an international assessment tool that can be used by early childhood educators to develop, assess, and improve program quality worldwide. This pilot study was conducted in four countries to investigate the psychometric properties of the GGA within and across different countries.…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Children, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics
Bentley, Danielle C. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
This paper describes the inaugural success of implementing Inquiry Guided Learning Projects within a college-level human anatomy and physiology course. In this context, scientific inquiry was used as a means of developing skills required for critical thinking among students. The projects were loosely designed using the Information Search Process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Inquiry, Curriculum Implementation
Glazemakers, I.; Deboutte, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Many parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) want and/or need professional guidance and support to learn skills and strategies to prevent and manage child behaviour problems. However, the available support is rarely suitable, and suitable support is rarely available. The aim of this study was to determine whether a popular…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Program Improvement
Wang, Charles Xiaoxue; Song, Hongbo; Stone, David E.; Yan, Qiaoqiao – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Educational researchers and practitioners have paid considerable attention to the use of multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) in recent years in order to support learning across curricula. Among MUVEs, Second Life (SL) is one of the most popular environments, with over 18 million account-registered users as of May 2008. This paper reports a…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Researchers
Young, Carol A.; And Others – 1996
This report summarizes the results of the start-up phase of the Chilliwack Community Services Child Care Support Program, which tests ways of improving accessibility, quality, and accountability in British Columbian child care programs in which licenses are not required (LNR). Twenty-seven Child Care Support Programs in British Columbia completed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Salveson, Paul; And Others – 1994
Gateway to Learning is a British government initiative that aims to provide new guidance opportunities for adults through a voucher system. In Leeds (England), Gateway to Learning services are targeted toward the following groups: long-term unemployed; short-term unemployed; people facing redundancy; and Asian communities. The program's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Guidance, Counseling Effectiveness
Oswald, Donna M.; And Others – 1983
According to an evaluation symposium, the David Thompson University Centre (University of Victoria) pilot program in rural education, which includes a 14-week early field experience designed to help education students understand the relationship between rural communities and their schools, is "substantial and outstanding." Faculty,…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1981
Following recommendations published in a report by Britains' Further Education Unit entitled "A Basis for Choice" (ABC), a set of criteria was established to develop a coordinated, nationally recognized framework for a pre-employment course in further education geared for those over the age of 16. During the next 2 years, such a course…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Course Content
Strugnell, Ray – 1985
In 1982, a model was proposed for linking the services provided to 16-to 19-year-olds in Great Britain by local education authorities (LEAs), schools, and colleges. A study examined the operation of this model in the Oxfordshire LEA. The full-time educational opportunities available in the LEA were described and mapped. Next, of 1,419 persons in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
