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Thorburn, Malcolm; Allison, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
The new "Curriculum for Excellence" in Scotland outlines a policy vision of a more integrated and holistic form of education; a commitment which offers considerable prospects for increased levels of outdoor learning in schools. With reference to Fullan's theorizing on achieving educational change, this study investigated four main…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Excellence in Education, Educational Policy
Studdert, Thomas Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Using an innovation adaptation of the gap analysis approach of Richard Clark and Fred Estes, the collegiate First-Year Experience (FYE) consisting of comprehensive and intentional curricular and co-curricular initiatives was examined. Conceptualization and operationalization of the goal for a FYE program was based on 3 student development theories…
Descriptors: Universities, Program Development, First Year Seminars, Problem Solving
Darrow, Rob; Friend, Bruce; Powell, Allison – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2013
This roadmap was designed to provide guidance to the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) school administrators in implementing blended learning programs in their own schools. Over the 2012-13 school year, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) worked with 8 NYCDOE Lab Schools, each with its own blended learning…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Blended Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Uses in Education
Kost, Charles P., II. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the number of students living in poverty increases, schools need to employ proactive measures to ensure student success and reduce dropout rates. The freshman year of high school is a pivotal year for the success of the students, as ninth grade students are more likely to have low grades, be absent from school, and be suspended or expelled.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Evaluation, Correlation, Poverty
Holleran, Stephanie Elise – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student Study Teams (SSTs), a type of collaborative pre-referral team comprised of multidisciplinary members, are used to exhaust all potential interventions within the general education setting and resolve a student's academic or behavior issue prior to suggesting and/or initiating a referral for special education assessment. Current…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Teamwork, Communities of Practice, Intervention
Beatty, Lisa Louise Riley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Concerns about the value and quality of higher education have led to increased scrutiny of the U.S. system of peer accreditation. Public policy-makers have begun to question the extent to which accrediting agencies achieve their quality assurance and quality improvement objectives in the colleges and universities they accredit. Some have begun to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Accreditation (Institutions), Peer Evaluation
Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Fay, Maggie P.; Trimble, Madeline Joy; Pheatt, Lara – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2013
Based largely on interviews with stakeholders in California, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia, this report describes how these states have established initiatives related to early college readiness assessments and transition curricula. It then compares the development of these interventions across states and identifies factors that have…
Descriptors: Interviews, Stakeholders, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Stewart, Shelley; Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre; Shircliffe, Barbara J. – Journal of Educators Online, 2013
Transforming a face to face course to a computer mediated format in social foundations (interdisciplinary field in education), while maintaining pedagogical integrity, involves strategic collaboration between instructional technologists and content area experts. This type of planned partnership requires open dialogue and a mutual respect for prior…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Design
National Literacy Trust, 2011
The RTG (Reading The Game) consultation of partners, beneficiaries and other stakeholders was carried out to: (1) conduct a needs analysis; (2) identify priority areas for development; and (3) discover any barriers regarding sports-related literacy issues. The aim was to develop a strategy of how RTG could help target areas of need, fulfil…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Literacy, Reading Programs, Program Attitudes
Lubell, Ellen – Children's Aid Society, 2011
Community schools have always rooted their work in a solid body of research about what it takes to promote student success, including parental involvement in children's education, rich and engaging out-of-school experiences, student wellness and family stability. Because the community schools strategy, on its face, makes sense--and because the…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Integrated Services, Educational Change, Public Education
Rodriguez, Kim – Library Media Connection, 2011
Librarians might remember that day, whether it was a month ago or over ten years ago. They may have asked themselves what they needed to know, how they should do it, how they could improve it, and, if change was needed, whether they could effect change with ease or would be met with opposition? Did they go in like lambs and become lions, or learn…
Descriptors: Library Services, Librarians, Change Strategies, Organizational Change
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Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2011
This paper explores how global aid agendas impact NGO responsibility for Violence Against Women (VAW) community education programmes. VAW is a critical issue in the Pacific region. A reconfiguration of the NGO sector is taking place whereby larger NGOs receive more resources than smaller, more diverse NGOs. This paper examines a regional-national…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Community Education, Foreign Countries
Paris, Ruth; Acker, Michelle L.; Ross, Abigail M.; DeVoe, Ellen R. – Zero to Three (J), 2011
The long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have presented unique challenges to military-connected families with very young children, yet few evidence-based services are available to support these families through deployment and reintegration. Although many military families have shown remarkable resilience throughout the intense demands of the wars,…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Young Children, War, Family Relationship
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Limber, Susan P. – Journal of School Violence, 2011
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) is a comprehensive, school-wide program that was designed in the mid-1980s to reduce bullying and achieve better peer relations among students in elementary, middle, and junior high school grades. Key program elements are described and a number of cultural adaptations to U.S. schools are noted. Several…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Foreign Countries, Program Development
Ratnapradipa, Dhitinut; Brown, Stephen L.; Wodika, Alicia B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2011
Background: Environmental health, a crucial part of our everyday lives, is a multidisciplinary field with many discrepancies as to what encompasses the core areas. Purpose: This study intended to establish core areas and corresponding topics of environmental health as a preliminary step to identifying knowledge, attitude and behavior questions for…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Health Education, Needs Assessment, Job Skills
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