Reviews trade union education practices in the Netherlands, roles of volunteer tutors, and types of support they need. Develops a model for support environments ranging from structural (extra strong, medium strong, and strong support) to incidental (light support). (SK)

After receiving training and support materials, volunteer instructors with no previous subject matter expertise (n=4) were found to be as effective as subject experts (n=4) in teaching health and nutrition education classes in a Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies program. (SK)

Provides guidelines on the recruitment, training, and support of volunteer tutors and their students, drawing on the Student-Centered Individualized Learning model developed by Frontier College in Canada. The guidelines are intended for both community organizers and education professionals. (six references) (Author/LB)

College reunion success depends on careful planning, including (1) starting early; (2) documenting all planning efforts; (3) motivating, including, and communicating with volunteers; (4) using formal and informal meeting time effectively; (5) providing a program highlighting events planned; (6) freeing staff to be volunteer-reliant; and (7)…

Discusses ways to create partnerships between volunteers and child care programs. Focuses on recruitment and screening, empowering volunteers, and creating a positive climate by facilitating a team spirit. (KB)

Investigates long-term recidivism among a group of federal inmates trained as volunteer prison ministers. Inmates participated in a two-week seminar on religious faith and leadership. Seminars were most effective with lower-risk subjects, white subjects, and especially women. Findings suggest that religious programming may contribute to the…

Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected leaders and parents of children enrolled in public schools into committees and gives these groups powers…

Several studies have argued that learning a foreign language has the potential to increase the general cognitive ability and test scores of students. In this analysis, the Mormon missionary program is used to test whether or not students who were assigned to learn a foreign language performed better in college. The results indicate that the…

Despite findings indicating the importance of non-parental adults in the lives of youth, there is little research on these relationships, including those that occur in the context of youth mentoring. Compounding this problem is a positive slant taken towards youth mentoring in the media, often unsubstantiated by empirical evidence. This article…

In this article, the author investigates college students' volunteer teaching in Western China. A series of investigations were conducted in Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The results showed that teaching by volunteer college students played a positive role in the development of local education…

After the 2008 Olympics is concluded and commentators and journalists internationally begin the process of evaluating Beijing's performance as the host city, one of the primary elements to be analyzed will be the quality of visitor service provided by more than 70,000 volunteers. Given the large number of Chinese students who have chosen a Western…

Describes a study of the attitudes of 4-H volunteer leaders towards involving handicapped youth in their programs. (JOW)

Employed women are and will be the major source of 4-H volunteers, and increased planning is essential to meet their needs. The future of volunteerism will be limited only by the ability of professionals to tailor programs to the expanding population of employed women. (JOW)