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Sumaryanta; Mardapi, Djemari; Sugiman; Herawan, Tutut – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2019
Teacher empowerment is a central issue in relation to the efforts to improve the quality of education. However, teacher empowerment will remain an abstract idea if its implementation is not supported by an appropriate strategy. The demands for a quality education will be unreciprocated if teachers do not have the opportunity to empower themselves.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Teacher Empowerment, Educational Quality
Lauren Seale Fischbacher – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This community-partnered participatory study explores the outcomes of adult alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) users who qualified for special education under autism and/or intellectual disability. This multiple case study examines outcomes, the transition to adulthood, K-12 and special education experience, and the diagnosis and AAC…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Special Needs Students
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Schoorman, Dilys; Zainuddin, Hanizah; Sena, Sister Rachel – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2020
This study investigates the role of a family literacy program in facilitating critical literacy among Maya immigrant parents as evident in their ability to navigate inhospitable institutional structures, re-writing their role as advocates for their children in school decision making. The study highlights the conscientization that emerged among…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Maya (People), Immigrants, Family Literacy
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Kourgiantakis, Toula; Sewell, Karen M.; Lee, Eunjung; Adamson, Keith; McCormick, Megan; Kuehl, Dale; Bogo, Marion – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
Social workers play a critical role in assessing and treating individuals and families with mental health and addiction concerns. Although social workers are key professionals in the mental health workforce, there are gaps in the training and education of mental health, addictions, and suicide, and many students are inadequately prepared for field…
Descriptors: Social Work, Mental Health, Addictive Behavior, Suicide
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2018
With state funding and student enrollment on the decline, community colleges are looking for creative ways to grow revenue. To meet this challenge, community colleges are becoming more entrepreneurial in nature. Successful colleges understand their strengths, recognize the needs of their community and develop programs that marry these for…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Staufert-Reyes, Ericka; Wan, Claire; Thakurta, Ankhi; Winsch, Jackie; Sykes, Zion; Luong, Quinn; Ghiso, Maria Paula – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2022
In this paper, we examine the nature and impact of coalitional work within a research-practice partnership (RPP) between university-based researchers, families, and youth as we navigated shared investigations into educational equity within a digital mediated space. We conceptualize our community and collaboration using Montoya's metaphor of…
Descriptors: Researchers, Family (Sociological Unit), Cooperation, Equal Education
Shena D. Kiper – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study provides an overview of the literature of Florida's only Community Partnership Schools™ model, as a strategy to enhance family and community engagement in low performing high poverty elementary schools. More specifically, the focus of this study was to determine to what degree parents perceived the effectiveness of family and community…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
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Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten – Research in Drama Education, 2019
Community collaboration is essential to the survival of theatre and performance labour in the neoliberal university. This evidentiary document describes one project of a successful collaboration between Hul'q'umi'num' Elders and teachers, community organisations, and a range of Canadian West Coast universities, including the University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Community Programs, Older Adults
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Kearns, Kevin – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh provides an extra-curricular leadership development experience called the Leadership Portfolio Program. The Leadership Portfolio Program uses both classroom and community-based experiences to develop and refine leadership skills in graduate students who are preparing…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Leadership Training, Public Affairs Education, Student Attitudes
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Griffiths, Lisa A.; Griffiths, Mark A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: Public health professionals advocate school-based and community physical activity (PA) interventions as an effective method to increase PA levels and improve physical fitness. Purpose: This evaluation independently assessed a school-community linked PA intervention by exploring the provision, process, and impact of the program and its…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Physical Activities, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Crane, Phil; Brough, Mark; Fisher, Tarita – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Although there is a substantial literature critical of the colonising discourses of higher education in both teaching and learning and research, there has been relatively little commentary about work integrated learning (WIL) from an Indigenous perspective. Currently, the higher education discourse of WIL is dominated by a teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Individual Characteristics
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Ingalls, Dana – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
Seed libraries are a relatively new innovation in the library field, offering seeds, gardening information, and the opportunity for community and ecological engagement to members. While they are increasingly popular in public libraries, they have not yet established a foothold in academic libraries. This paper defines the nature and role of seed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Library Services, Outreach Programs
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Wright, Roxanne; Wang, Tianyue; Goldstein, Casey; Thibodeau, Danielle; Nyhof-Young, Joyce – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
The Role Model Moms (RMM) program supports low-income mothers completing their General Equivalency Diplomas. Postsecondary education (PSE) can break cycles of intergenerational poverty; however, existing PSE orientation resources were not designed for this group. A need existed for a new university resource utilizing a collaborative and…
Descriptors: Role Models, Low Income Groups, Mothers, High School Equivalency Programs
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Harper, Erin A.; James, Anthony G.; Curtis, Chamina; Ramey, Demoni' – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2021
This article describes the first year of a partnership between a university and a community organization working to improve and expand a community-based multigenerational mentoring program for African American adolescent girls ages 12-17. The mentoring program, set in an urban Midwestern city, is a collaboration between university…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Adolescents, Mentors
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Thomas, Christopher L.; Tancock, Susan M.; Zygmunt, Eva M.; Sutter, Nathan – Journal of Negro Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a 16-week program of community-engaged teacher preparation on preservice teachers' perceived efficacy in enacting culturally responsive teaching and their beliefs in the outcomes associated with such practice. Participants responded to the Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Self Efficacy
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