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Chitvan Trivedi; Sarah M. Ray – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2024
The high incarceration rate and systemic racism in the United States, along with entrenched social barriers, highlight the need for creative solutions to help formerly incarcerated individuals (FIIs) reintegrate successfully. This paper highlights social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs) as powerful agents of social change, underscoring the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Empowerment, Social Justice, Institutionalized Persons
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Gerhardt, Trevor, Ed.; Annon, Paulette J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to as work integrated learning. However, there is a…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Apprenticeships
Piccardo, Enrica; North, Brian – Multilingual Matters, 2019
This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-oriented/action-based teaching, and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach (AoA). It discusses the concepts and theories that paved the way for the AoA and explores their relevance for the way language education is conceived and implemented…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
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Padilla Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia, Ed.; Armellini, Alejandro, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Active blended learning (ABL) is a pedagogical approach that combines sensemaking activities with focused interactions in appropriate learning settings. ABL has become a great learning tool as it is easily accessible online, with digitally rich environments, close peer and tutor interactions, and accommodations per individual learner needs. It…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Blended Learning, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning
Witt, Peter A., Ed.; Caldwell, Linda L., Ed. – Sagamore-Venture, 2018
Out-of-school time (OST) settings are powerful contexts for youth development when programs and services are intentionally designed. "Youth Development Principles and Practices in Out-of-School Time Settings" increases the capacity of students and professionals to facilitate youths' optimal transition to adulthood through maximizing the…
Descriptors: Student Development, Adolescent Development, Youth Programs, After School Programs
Dochy, Filip; Gijbels, David; Segers, Mien; Van den Bossche, Piet – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Workplace and professional learning, lifelong learning, adult learning, learning in different contexts have become of more and more interest and now dominate all aspects of 21st century life. Learning is no longer about "storing and recall" but "development and flow". "Theories of Learning in the Workplace" offers fascinating overviews into some…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Learning Theories, Informal Education, Educational Psychology
Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
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Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Activities are presented that focus on the topic of problem solving using the strategies of: (1) patterning; (2) working backwards; (3) making a chart, table, or graph; and (4) diagraming and elimination. (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Mathematical Logic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. – 2000
Space Shuttle Glider is a scale model of the U.S. Space Shuttle orbiter. The airplane-like orbiter usually remains in Earth orbit for up to two weeks at a time. It normally carries a six- to seven-person crew which includes the mission commander, pilot, and several mission and/or payload specialists who have specialized training associated with…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Science Activities
Murphy, Pat; Lambertson, Lori; Tesler, Pearl – 2003
This book offers games and mathematics activities using a hands-on approach for middle school students and features games, puzzles, experiments, and projects. Contents include: (1) "Boxed In!"; (2) "Oddball"; (3) "Pig"; (4) "Madagascar Solitaire"; (5) "Fantastic Four"; (6) "Eratosthenes' Sieve"; (7) "Hopping Hundred"; (8) "Tic-Tac-Toe Times"; (9)…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education
White, Caryn – 1987
This document, designed to introduce all ages to a selection of popular Chinese games, describes these games and provides instructions and materials for making the items needed to play most of them. Section 1 suggests class activities that can be related to some of the games. Section 2 presents instructions for the physical or outdoor games of:…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Converse, Terry John – 1995
This comprehensive guide for instructors and students is designed for both beginning and advanced courses in directing for the theater. The guide presents the basic concepts of directing progressively and is the only directing text that combines theory with "hands-on" participation units. The exercise-driven guide's approach is totally…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Drama Workshops, Experiential Learning
National Park Service (Dept. of Interior), Manassas, VA. Manassas National Battlefield Park. – 1999
This curriculum-based program uses activities in language arts, mathematics, art, and history to introduce upper elementary students to the events and people of the Civil War's first major battle, Manassas Junction (Virginia). The resource guide, video, and park visit components of the program provide students with a better understanding of the…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Military Personnel
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Sutherland, Ross – Journal of Geography, 1994
States that drainage basins, stream discharge, and sediment discharge are fundamental concepts in physical geography and integral parts of other cognate disciplines. Presents two exercises about these concepts. Includes a set of field-based exercises and a set of exercises for students who are unable to conduct field monitoring. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction, Geographic Concepts
Chrystie, Richard; Susoeff, Steve – 1984
These instructional materials involve secondary students in simulating a criminal trial concerning teenage drinking. Included are all materials necessary for participation in the 1984 California Mock Trial Competition. Part I of the document describes a hypothetical situation involving a high school senior who faces state felony charges for…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Courts, Criminal Law, Drinking
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