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Kimbrell, Grady; Vineyard, Ben S. – 1972
High school youth today typically spend all of their time within their own subculture. They identify with teenage youth more readily than with parents, teachers, or other adult influences. All too often, their careers are decided by chance or fate. Work experience educational programs allow the high school individual to make his own career choice.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
East Chicago City School District, IN. – 1970
The Junior Police program utilized non-academic youth interests as its foundation. The project filled the need for a youth organization, a youth clearinghouse, and more aid to delinquent and predelinquent youth to redirect them into ways of thinking and acting beneficial both to themselves and to the community. The objectives of the program were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Delinquency Prevention
Crosier, Heidi J. – 1972
In order to implement a cooperative career exploration program for Grade 9, a group of 50 Grade 9 students was interviewed concerning their self awareness with respect to vocational interests and planning. A lack of vocational knowledge indicated a need for career education programs. A 1-month pre-pilot program for six Grade 9 students was…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Berkowitz, Louis, Ed.; And Others – 1971
This demonstration project in New York City undertook to help potential dropouts remain in school through the introduction of a program which combined after-school work experience with group and individual counseling. Concomitantly, it sought to develop an effective intervention methodology for replication in other communities. The principal…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
Mallery, David – 1971
During the past few years a new trend in day to day schooling has developed, namely independent studies, that involves learning experience between people. This monograph presents the idea that there is a relation between independence in school programs and a desire for "community" (the coming-together of people) which is mutually nourishing.…
Descriptors: Community Study, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Afterschool Alliance, 2002
Sustainability seems generally thought to mean raising money. But money is only part of the equation. Money cannot be raised without a quality program, a quality program demonstrates results, effective results are based on sound management practices, etc. Sustainability therefore, is many things that in combination make something capable of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Workbooks
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. – 1997
This compilation of publications from the School-Linked Service Integration Research Project focuses on integrated services and includes the following papers: (1) "New Community Schools: Issues for Families in Three Streams of Reform" (Wayne Sailor), describes issues in special education reform, general education reform, and school/health services…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs
Crews, Robin J., Ed.; Weigert, Kathleen Maas, Ed.; Crews, Robin J., Ed. – 1999
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. This volume offers a collection of essays on the integration of service learning in the field of peace studies. After a Preface by Elise Boulding and an Introduction by Kathleen Maas Weigert and Robin J. Crews, titles in Part 1, "Conceptual…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism
Ball, Jessica; Pence, Alan – 2001
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) (Saskatchewan) and the University of Victoria (British Columbia) developed a bicultural postsecondary training curriculum in early childhood care and development that incorporated both Euro-Western and Aboriginal knowledge. Since the MLTC sought curricula using representative Cree and Dene cultures rather than…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, College Programs, Culturally Relevant Education
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1999
This book presents overviews of a wide variety of topics that are of priority concern to school district leaders. The topics deal with challenges and issues that are crucial to the success of public schools. The book is designed to get the reader up to speed quickly on important topics and issues, to learn where to get more information about areas…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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Ronau, Robert N. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes three educational efforts in Kentucky that address the issue of access to mathematics for all children: (1) Learning Algebra through Technology, Investigation, and Cooperative Experiences (LATTICE) (high schools); (2) the Kentucky K-4 Mathematics Specialist Project; and (3) Partnerships for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Algebra, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
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Casat, Charles D.; Sobolewski, Joanne; Gordon, John; Rigsby, Mary Beth – Psychology in the Schools, 1999
Reform efforts to improve educational quality and outcomes in public schools in the last decade have focused on improving curricula and teaching methods, with outcomes being gauged by demonstration of improved math and reading scores. This article suggests that outcomes must be assessed for improved outcomes in mental health and classroom…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Early Intervention, Elementary Schools
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Darling, Brad; Price, Ted – Journal of Correctional Education, 2004
Many research studies support using students' opinions to improve schools (Bechtel & Reed, 1998; Campbell, Edgar, & Halstead, 1994; Corbet & Wilson, 1995; & SooHoo, 1993). In these studies, Klingner & Vaughn (1999), noted researchers in the area of student inclusion, demonstrated that using student feedback to evaluate teachers…
Descriptors: School Activities, Educational Quality, Difficulty Level, Feedback
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Jones, Susan R.; Abes, Elisa S. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
This constructivist case study investigated student understanding about HIV/AIDS in the context of a service-learning partnership between a university class and local AIDS service organization. Analysis of data garnered from four organization staff, three teaching staff, and eight undergraduates suggests that interaction with clients and staff…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Constructivism (Learning), Service Learning, Communicable Diseases
Loewen, Jerry – 1996
This paper examines the definition and practice of intergenerational learning programs, and attempts to determine the characteristics of successful and meaningful programs of this type. The first section defines intergenerational learning and states its purpose: to bring young and old together for the purpose of learning from one another, under…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Apprenticeships, Children
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