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Schwartz, Allan J. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2005
Stephenson, Belesis, and Balliet (2005) urge that future research on college student suicide should not continue its historical emphasis on completed suicide nor on the contrast between students and non-students. But their paper does not provide an adequately complete and accurate summary of our present knowledge of completed student suicide. This…
Descriptors: Suicide, At Risk Persons, College Students, Weapons
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Sarnoff, Susan – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2005
Many course websites and much of the literature about them address the delivery of distance education. However, course websites are also useful for bringing the world to campus-based social work students, as well as for communicating between classes and making up for missed sessions. Course websites can incorporate synchronous or asynchronous…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Course Content, Educational Technology, Social Work
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Gitterman, Alex – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2004
The subject of the paper is andragogy. In social work education (as in all education), complex issues emerge regarding the nature of learning and teaching. One pervasive and persisting issue is the relation between subject matter, i.e., what is to be taught, and teaching methodology, i.e., how it is to be taught. The paper discusses and…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Social Work, Instruction, Relationship
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Brown, Keith; Fenge, Lee-Ann; Young, Natasha – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
Recent concern over the standard of social work practice, as evidenced by inquiries into child abuse cases, have led to something of a crisis in trust in the profession. As a result, there is now an emphasis on increasing practitioners' competency to practice in complex situations. Critical reflection is seen as key to achieving this increase in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, National Standards, Social Work, Thinking Skills
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Flynn, William J. – Community College Journal, 2002
The rapid rise of the information technology industry, with its need for highly skilled technicians, programmers and support personnel, has accelerated the demand for education and technology training throughout the world--and has accelerated the rise of credentialing and certification programs. Two affiliate councils of the American Association…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Information Technology, Educational Demand, Technology Education
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Bunn, Joanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
In a series of focus groups, past and present distance students of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, were interviewed to establish which factors they believed enabled them to persist with their program. Related issues, such as reasons for enrolling, expectations, and barriers to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Focus Groups
David L. Burgin – ProQuest LLC, 2004
The history of incorporating students with disabilities in the general education classroom is driven by parents and advocates of children with disabilities. The push has been to educate all children in the least restrictive environment (LRE), changing the role of general education teacher from a subject matter specialist to include the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Barriers, Students with Disabilities, Secondary School Students
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Franklin, Teresa J. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Higher education and in particular Colleges of Education are viewed as falling behind in the use of technology for teaching and learning (Lederman & Niess, 2000). With today's student population identified as digital natives and the evening news discussing the potential of virtual worlds as new learning environments, an examination of the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Social Systems, Internet, Social Media
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
A review of research on fathering and research on men employed in work with young children in centers and in elementary schools emphasises the importance of positive male engagement with young children for their optimal development. Research also reveals the complexity of studying these relationships and the barriers in families and in society…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Young Children, Males, Child Care
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Park, Thomas – South African Journal of Education, 2006
Any strategic plan to address the predicted shortage of teachers will have to include the promotion of the teaching profession as an attractive career. This will, however, depend largely on how successfully the campaign takes into account the favourable and less favourable opinions and perceptions of learners about the education system as a whole…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Career Choice, High School Students
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Smith, Andrew – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2006
In a specialist further education college, it was recognised that students aged 16/17 transferring to vocational study after their compulsory schooling were refusing to take up their entitlement to additional learning support. This created a shortfall in the college's predicted units of funding; also, course managers reported that several of these…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Vocational Education, College Transfer Students, Interviews
Blagman, Amanda; Rice, Cynthia; Seplocha, Holly – Association for Children of New Jersey, 2006
More states are recognizing that preschool is a vital first step toward helping children succeed in school. Ensuring that preschoolers have a high quality early learning experience provides them with the skills they need for later school success. In New Jersey, the poorest school districts have been collaborating with community-based child care…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Learning Experience, Preschool Education
Rudd, Rima E.; Anderson, Jennie E. – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
The "health literacy environment" of a healthcare facility represents the expectations, preferences, and skills of those providing health information and services. Some of these demands are in the form of physical aspects of the hospital or health center, such as signs and postings. At the same time, access to and navigation of health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Literacy, Health Materials, Access to Information
Smithgall, Cheryl; Mason, Sally; Michels, Lisa; LiCalsi, Christina; Goerge, Robert – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2006
This report explores the need for and barriers to the use of mental health services among grandparent-caregiver families. Specifically, this study sought to determine: (1) how children in their grandparents' care are doing, and what their grandparents see as their service needs; (2) how the caregivers' needs--particularly unmet health or mental…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs, Child Welfare
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Burridge, Nina – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2006
This paper draws on findings from a major research project conducted between 1998 and 2000 on meanings of reconciliation in the school education sector. Using data collected from surveys and drawing from the community context in which schools exist, it explores and analyses meanings of reconciliation within school communities when the discourse of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Indigenous Populations, Community Attitudes, Educational Change
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