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Intergenerational Learning Practices--Digital Leaders in Schools
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Passey, Don – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
This paper explores the management and outcomes of a specific model of intergenerational learning, concerned with student digital leader support in a number of secondary schools in England. A local educational partnership set up a student digital leader project late in 2011, which aimed to develop a range of skills and outcomes for both the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Educational Practices, Technology Education
Produce Your Own: A Community Gardening Program
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Miller, JoLynn; Arnold, Shannon – Journal of Extension, 2012
Many County Extension offices offer an adult Master Gardener Program, which includes advanced gardening training, short courses, newsletters, and conferences. However, with the comprehensive training provided comes a large time commitment. The Produce Your Own program was created to introduce adults to gardening in a similar manner, but with…
Descriptors: Gardening, Community Programs, Extension Education, Outreach Programs
Promoting Diversity in the Field of Evaluation: Reflections on the First Year of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluation Fellowship Program
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Christie, Christina A.; Vo, Anne T. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
In this paper we describe an evaluation training program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Duquesne University and OMG Center for Collaborative Learning designed to meet the challenge of developing a cadre of diverse evaluation professionals, specifically those from traditionally underrepresented or underserved…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Training, Fellowships, School Community Programs
Cooperative Services for the Rural Frail Elderly.
Neely, Margery A.; And Others – 1981
These three papers describe a cooperative outreach program designed to counsel older rural residents about available community services through use of a door-to-door information effort. The packaging and delivery of the training conference for the outreach workers involved in the outreach project are described in the paper highlighting the work of…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Community Health Services, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Evaluation of a Lay Health Adviser Training for a Community-Based Participatory Research Project in a Native American Community
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Watts, Vanessa M.; Christopher, Suzanne; Streitz, Jana L.; McCormick, Alma Knows His Gun – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2005
Community-based participatory research directly involves community members and community-based service providers as partners in the research process. It is especially important in Native American communities, where egregious research practices have led some communities and individuals to be wary of researchers. Messengers for Health uses a lay…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Females, Participatory Research, Health Education
Assisting Black and Rural Caregivers of Elders with Dementia: Progressive Training through Trusted Resources. Final Report.
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Coogle, Constance L., Ed.; Finley, Ruth B., Ed. – 1994
A program was developed in Virginia to train Black and rural family caregivers of persons with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. This final program report begins with project briefs that summarize major products and findings, program objectives and accomplishments, and dissemination activities. Chapter 1 addresses issues related to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alzheimers Disease, Blacks, Community Resources
Community Development and Extension Education Training in Support of NORRIP Implementation.
Gill, Dhara S. – 1984
This report proposes a training framework for community development and extension education in support of Integrated Rural Development Programmes in the Northern Region of Ghana. The first chapter clarifies the basic concepts of the Northern Region Rural Integrated Programme (NORRIP) and discusses the role of community development and extension…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Action