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Nelson, Nancy J. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
This article describes an education program initiated by African American prisoners in the Airway Heights Correction Center in Airway Heights, Washington. The purpose of the program was to help the inmates to make productive use of their time while incarcerated and to help lessen the high return rate of African American men to the prison. Although…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Literature, Correctional Institutions, United States Literature
Carson, Stephen – Educational Technology, 2007
OpenCourseWare (OCW) is one among several models for offering open educational resources (OER). This article explains the OCW model and its position within the broader OER context. OCW primarily represents publication of existing course materials already in use for teaching purposes. OCW projects are most often institutional, carrying the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Resources, Courseware, Shared Resources and Services
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Rosenberg, Michael S.; Boyer, K. Lynn; Sindelar, Paul T.; Misra, Sunil K. – Exceptional Children, 2007
This study describes special education alternative route (AR) teacher preparation programs. The authors developed a national database of programs and collected information on program sponsorship, length and intensity, features, and participant demographics. Most of the 235 programs in the database were in states that had significant shortages of…
Descriptors: Program Length, Program Development, Participant Characteristics, Databases
Marks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life
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Curry, Susan J.; Mermelstein, Robin J.; Sporer, Amy K.; Emery, Sherry L.; Berbaum, Michael L.; Campbell, Richard T.; Carusi, Charles; Flay, Brian; Taylor, Kristie; Warnecke, Richard B. – Evaluation Review, 2010
Although widely available, little is known about the effectiveness of youth cessation treatments delivered in real-world settings. The authors recruited a nonprobability sample of 41 community-based group-format programs that treated at least 15 youth per year and included evidence-based treatment components. Data collection included longitudinal…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Program Evaluation, Youth Programs
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Hubball, Harry T.; Burt, Helen – Innovative Higher Education, 2006
There is growing recognition of the complexity of academic work and the need for university and college faculty members to develop scholarly approaches to teaching and learning. While structured programs of study have been initiated for faculty to address these issues in various higher education contexts, very little research has investigated the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Development, College Faculty, Scholarship
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Ennis, Catherine D. – Quest, 2006
This paper highlights events and issues in the development of physical education as a school subject. From the origin of physical culture in the German and Swedish "Battle of the Gymnastics Systems" to the advent of the New Physical Education in 1927, physical education curriculum has been a contested terrain. This remains true today as physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Course Content, Curriculum, History
Protheroe, Nancy – Principal, 2006
Academically oriented after-school programs can be an effective way to provide extra help to students who need it. Research points to the importance of well-designed programs established to meet specific goals. The report lists and describes the elements of successful after-school programs. (Contains 4 online resources.)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Success, Program Effectiveness, Program Development
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Schlesinger, Warren; Cohen, Alan – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2009
The Foundation for Excellent Schools supports a nationwide project, the Century Program, to link 100 rural and inner city schools middle schools with 100 colleges and universities. The TDP goal is to increase college going awareness among middle school students from families where going to college is not a family or community tradition. This paper…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Development, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills
Gismondi, Brian C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Traditional parent-teacher conferences and student-led conferences are tools schools employ to convey student progress with parents. The student-led conference offers a valuable means for increasing student responsibility which allows students to take ownership in schooling, which in turn helped improve parent involvement and student motivation.…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Participant Observation, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Participation
Arden-Ogle, Ellen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The research's purpose was to examine how exemplary community college study abroad programs assisted student participants in acquiring global competence. Three research questions were explored: (1) What issues need to be anticipated when planning a study abroad program for community college students in order to effectively incorporate…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Web Sites, Communication Problems, Community Colleges
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
This paper considers noncredit instruction in the California Community College System. It identifies three related concepts: a state need for increased levels of education that noncredit instruction is well placed to supply, several changes that begin to facilitate that response, and additional changes that are needed to ensure success. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Pinto, Teresa Almeida; Marreel, Iris; Hatton-Yeo, Alan – Online Submission, 2009
This version of "Guide of Ideas for Planning and Implementing Intergenerational Projects," written in Portuguese, is for all professionals that are or wish to be enrolled in the development of intergenerational activities. This "Guide" is the main product of the Project MATES--Mainstreaming Intergenerational Solidarity,…
Descriptors: Program Development, Guides, Employment Potential, Housing
Pinto, Teresa Almeida; Marreel, Iris; Hatton-Yeo, Alan – Online Submission, 2009
This version of "Guide of Ideas for Planning and Implementing Intergenerational Projects," written in Spanish, is for all professionals that are or wish to be enrolled in the development of intergenerational activities. This "Guide" is the main product of the Project MATES--Mainstreaming Intergenerational Solidarity,…
Descriptors: Program Development, Guides, Employment Potential, Housing
Gent, Pamela J. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Classrooms across the country are discovering the power of service-learning--the ideal way to help students develop social and academic skills while giving back to their community. Now for the first time, there's a practical how-to guide on using serving-learning to promote inclusion and differentiate instruction for students with and without…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Individualized Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
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