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Cox, Jill N.; Corbin, Marilyn – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2011
For decades, family and consumer sciences (FCS) Extension educators have provided health related education to consumers through Cooperative Extension programming at land grant universities. However, offering diabetes education can be extra challenging due to the complicated nature of the disease and the multi-faceted treatment required. Faced with…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Extension Education, Consumer Science, Diabetes
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Whalley, Margy; Chandler, Rachel; John, Karen; Reid, Lindsay; Thorpe, Sheila; Everitt, John – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
In 2004, the UK government launched a new programme for early years leaders in England--the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL). In collaboration with the National College for School Leadership, Pen Green led the development, pilot and rollout of this M-level training programme, which by 2006-07 involved 17…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Public Policy
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Geller, Alan C.; Oliveria, Susan A.; Bishop, Marilyn; Buckminster, Marcia; Brooks, Katie R.; Halpern, Allan C. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: We describe the planning, recruitment, key challenges, and lessons learned in the development of a study of the evolution of nevi (moles) among children in a school setting. Methods: This population-based study of digital photography and dermoscopy of the child's back (overview, close-up, and dermoscopic images) and genetic specimens…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Genetic Disorders
Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops