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Caravita, Silvia; Valente, Adriana; Luzi, Daniela; Pace, Paul; Valanides, Nicos; Khalil, Iman; Berthou, Guillemette; Kozan-Naumescu, Adrienne; Clement, Pierre – Science Education International, 2008
Knowledge about ecology and environmental education (EE) constitutes a basic tool for promoting a sustainable future, and was a target area of the BIOHEAD-Citizen Project. School textbooks were considered as representative sources of evidence in terms of ecology and environmental education, and were used for comparison among the countries…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Textbooks, Ecology, Textbook Content
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Wozny, Darren A.; Porter, Julia Y.; Watson, Joshua C. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2008
Campus students are most likely to confide with other students (Brownson, 2007). Thus, the student peer program's rationale is that it is a vital component of our campus suicide prevention project's purpose to early identify at-risk students, engage at-risk students, and utilize appropriate helping interventions (may include referral to the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Prevention, At Risk Students, Suicide
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Ayers, David F.; Miller-Dyce, Cherrel; Carlone, David – Community College Review, 2008
Researchers asked 17 participants in a job-training program to describe their personal struggles following an economic restructuring. Examined through a critical theoretical lens, findings indicate that the learners enrolled in the program to reclaim security, dignity, meaningful work, and caring relationships. Program planners at community…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Program Development, Job Training
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Janczewski, Colleen; Dutch, Nicole; Wang, Kathleen – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
Guided by research and the experiences of judges nationwide, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges made a commitment in 1998 to improve community response to families experiencing domestic violence and child maltreatment. A year later, the council's work culminated in a set of recommendations commonly called the "Greenbook,"…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Demonstration Programs
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Hodson, Peter; Connolly, Michael; Younes, Said – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the introduction of a quality assurance system in a new, private university in Syria, and considers the extent to which the theoretical model based on institutional theory and isomorphism is reflected in practice. Design/methodology/approach: A five year longitudinal study which reviews the design,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Luppicini, Rocci – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The purpose of this qualitative research study is to gauge the current state of the academic developments in Educational Technology in order to identify pivotal issues and offer suggestions for future planning in Canada. This article explores the professional literature and the views of 25 senior faculty members from the twelve Canadian…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Estaville, Lawrence E.; Akiwumi, Fenda A.; Montalvo, Edris J. – Journal of Geography, 2008
The discipline of geography in the United States has not done a good job of attracting people, other than Asians, from underrepresented ethnic groups. This article examines undergraduate geography programs in the United States to understand better the status of their ethnic diversity, particularly regarding Hispanics and African Americans, and to…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Geography, Student Diversity, Undergraduate Study
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Caspi, Jonathan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
One strategy for addressing the persistent challenge of advancing empirically based social work practice is to engage practitioners in the formulation of empirically developed practice guidelines. Although this approach is promising, there has been relatively little work to guide practitioners, and perhaps consequently, few examples of…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Guidelines, Social Work
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Ayala, Carlos C.; Shavelson, Richard J.; Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Brandon, Paul R.; Yin, Yue; Furtak, Erin Marie; Young, Donald B.; Tomita, Miki K. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2008
The idea that formative assessments embedded in a curriculum could help guide teachers toward better instructional practices that lead to greater student learning has taken center stage in science assessment research. In order to embed formative assessments in a curriculum, curriculum developers and assessment specialists should collaborate to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Alignment (Education)
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Richards, Derek; Tangney, Brendan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2008
As a potential solution to increasing demands on mental health services at universities, this project seeks to develop an informal online learning community for mental health support and education. Students' use of the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), especially to access health information, provides a supporting…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Mental Health Programs, Internet, Counseling Techniques
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Vickio, Craig J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
If colleges and universities are truly committed to promoting the well-being of their students and fostering their academic success, they must attend to the needs of grieving students. One way to do this is to invite students to use the university's counseling services following the death of a loved one. However, although grief counseling can be…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, College Students, Social Support Groups, Grief
Barnes, Neil H. – Educational Broadcasting International, 1975
A discussion of a new program in Great Britain, the adult literacy program. BBC broadcasts along with tutorial support, classes, and schemes for individual support are detailed. (HB)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Television, Program Development
Singleton, Tom – Educational Broadcasting International, 1975
A discussion of the evolution and recent changes in educational media in the British Commonwealth countries. (HB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Media, Program Development
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Cruickshank, Donald R. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1974
The author defines protocol materials, discusses their development, then examines how the initiation of U.S. Office of Education (USOE) support modified the original definition. (The USOE Master Coordinate System is included as an appendix.) (JA)
Descriptors: Definitions, History, Program Development, Protocol Materials
Addison, Linda – 1985
In this digest identification and development of leadership skills in gifted and talented students are examined. Leadership is analyzed and its scope expanded from qualities of one who leads to a more complex view of how a person exerts influence. Conceptions of task-oriented versus relationship-oriented leaders are considered. Ways in which…
Descriptors: Gifted, Leadership Training, Program Development, Talent
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