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Rebuilding Relations and Countering Erasure through Community-Driven and Owned Science: A Key Tool to Inuit Self-Determination and Social Transformations
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Tagalik, Shirley; Baker, Kukik; Karetak, Joe; Rahm, Jrène – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This article explores the meaning of community-driven and owned science in the context of an Inuit-led land-based program, the Young Hunters Program. It is the foundational program of the Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society, situated in Nunavut, Canada, a community-led group dedicated to researching challenges to community wellness and designing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Eskimos, Canada Natives, Youth Programs
Physical Science Day: Design, Implementation, and Assessment
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Zeng, Liang; Cunningham, Mark A.; Tidrow, Steven C.; Smith, K. Christopher; Contreras, Jerry – Education, 2016
Physical Science Day at The University of Texas--Pan American (UTPA), in collaboration with the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, has been designed, developed and implemented to address an identified fundamental shortcoming in our educational process within this primarily (90+%) Hispanic serving border region. Physical Science Day…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Program Design, Program Implementation, Hispanic American Students
Student- Directed Projects: An International Case Study for Social Work Education
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Chowa, Gina A.; Ansong, David – Journal of Social Work Education, 2010
Student-directed projects are increasingly becoming a common phenomenon in schools of social work across the United States. Students acquire a great learning experience from these projects, which sharpen their skills in leadership, innovation, and practice. Social work practitioners who go through such a process emerge having acquired knowledge…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Learning Experience, Social Development, Social Work
The Role of the Project Management Office on Information Technology Project Success
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Stewart, Jacob S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The rate of failed and challenged Information Technology (IT) projects is too high according to the CHAOS Studies by the Standish Group and the literature on project management (Standish Group, 2008). The CHAOS Studies define project success as meeting the triple constraints of scope, time, and cost. Assessing critical success factors is another…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Information Technology, Program Administration, Science Projects
Requirements Engineering in Building Climate Science Software
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Batcheller, Archer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Software has an important role in supporting scientific work. This dissertation studies teams that build scientific software, focusing on the way that they determine what the software should do. These requirements engineering processes are investigated through three case studies of climate science software projects. The Earth System Modeling…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Design Requirements, Computer Science Education
Evaluation of the Alberta SchoolNet Project.
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Policy & Planning Branch. – 1994
SchoolNet is a Canadian national program designed to link electronically 300 schools in order to provide access to communications and information technology. Thirty schools in Alberta were selected as pilot sites to develop projects in science, mathematics, or technology which could use resources that enhance student learning experiences. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Educational Improvement