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Inverness Research Associates, 2007
This paper takes a descriptive look at Community Science Workshops (CSWs). This paper discusses what CSW is, how it arose and spread, how local CSWs are structured and led, and what programs and experiences they offer to youth. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Disadvantaged
Tunckan, Ergun – Online Submission, 2007
The Open Education Faculty Students Centers have been offering many services to students in Turkey since 1982. Building up bridges between students and faculties, student centers have had technological improvements since 1998 and thereafter quality of services have been increased and services given to students at the student center have been…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Computer Networks
World Bank Publications, 2007
School-based management (SBM) is the decentralization of authority from the central government to the school level. SBM has become a very popular movement over the past decade. The World Bank's work program emerged out of a need to define the concept more clearly, review the evidence, support impact assessments in various countries, and provide…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Program Effectiveness, Administrative Organization, Expository Writing
Clarke, Suzanne – Educational Research Service, 2007
In October 2006, the U.S. Department of Education introduced the so-called "single-sex regulations," which brought the issue of single-sex education to the forefront of discussion among educators, policymakers, and parents. Anecdotal evidence suggests that single-sex education can have a positive impact on student achievement. However,…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Single Sex Classes, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment
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Black, David R.; Routson, Sue; Spight, Damon L.; Tindall, Judith A.; Wegner, Carolyn – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2007
The Indiana Department of Education, at the direction of Phyllis Lewis, commissioned the National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP: formerly known as the National Peer Helpers Association) and the authors listed above to develop a rubric for peer helping programs. Development of the rubric began with a review of the NAPP Programmatic Standards…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Peer Influence, Helping Relationship, Scoring Rubrics
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Hines, Samantha Schmehl – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2007
Many programs for mentoring of librarians exist within organizations, for specific areas of librarianship, or for particular groups of librarians. These programs generally depend on face-to-face contact and some organizational commonalities or similarity in positions. With the advent of online communication, could a more general program matching…
Descriptors: Mentors, Librarians, Computer Mediated Communication, Library Associations
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Ormsby, Alison – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
Environmental education programs for schools in the peripheral zone of protected areas in Madagascar are still needed in numerous locations. My research investigated the status of environmental education and communication (EE&C) programs at Masoala National Park, Madagascar, as well as the attitudes of local residents toward the park and park…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Focus Groups, Parks, Interviews
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VanderVen, Karen – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
Formal programs covering the time young people are not in school (only 20 percent of the time) have burgeoned rapidly in the past few decades as a result of profound societal changes. Although the need of all children for out-of-school-time programs has not been met, millions of youngsters do participate in out-of-school-time programs sponsored by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Leisure Time, Program Effectiveness, Antisocial Behavior
Jones, David – Principal Leadership, 2007
When a survey of students at Eisenhower Middle School in Everett, Washington indicated that they spent a good part of the school day feeling tired and hungry, that they felt unsafe in some areas of the school, and that worn-down facilities left many of them feeling depressed, the author and his staff concluded that, in order to improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Wellness, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Holburn, Steve; Cea, Christine D. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
This paper illustrates the positivistic nature of person-centered planning (PCP) that is evident in the planning methods employed, the way that individuals with disabilities are described, and in portrayal of the outcomes of PCP. However, a confluence of factors can lead to manifestation of excessive positivism that does not serve PCP…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Planning, Social Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Devine, Sharon Mayne; Daly, Kerry; Lero, Donna; MacMartin, Clare – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, which is offered at the University of Guelph, is an interdisciplinary department that previously offered three undergraduate majors: child, youth, and family; applied human nutrition; and gerontology; as well as graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels. Several factors have precipitated a review…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Gerontology, Nutrition Instruction, Family Life Education
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Young, Michael – European Journal of Education, 2007
The aim of this article is to contribute to realising the progressive and democratic opportunities that National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) can offer. In doing so it will be critical of many of the ways that NQFs have been interpreted to date and the claims that have been made for them. The article has six sections. Section 1 considers some…
Descriptors: Informal Education, National Standards, Vocational Education, Certification
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Coffey, John W. – Computers and Education, 2007
Novak and Iuli [Novak, J. D. & Iuli, R. J. (1991). The use of meta-cognitive tools to facilitate knowledge production. In "A paper presented at the fourth Florida AI research symposium (FLAIRS '91)," Pensacola Beach, FL, May, 1991.] discuss the use of Concept Maps as meta-cognitive tools that help people to think about thinking. This work…
Descriptors: Courseware, Metacognition, Conferences, Concept Mapping
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Abels, Eileen G.; White, Marilyn Domas; Kim, Soojung – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
This article is a case study of the Virtual Business Information Center (VBIC), a collaborative effort since 1998 of the College of Information Studies, Robert H. Smith School of Business, and the University of Maryland Libraries. The case study traces its development, implementation, and evaluation and addresses collaboration among academic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Academic Libraries, Business Administration Education, Web Sites
Farrell, Glen M. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
Results-based management (RBM) is an approach to programme planning and management that integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency and accountability. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began the adoption of a RBM model with its 2003-2006 Three-Year Plan. This led to a significantly…
Descriptors: Models, Partnerships in Education, Strategic Planning, Guides
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