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The Impact of Field Experiences in Paleontology on High School Learners
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Taormina J. Lepore; Lisa Lundgren; Daniel Lawver – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Field experiences are an important element of paleontological knowledge building. However, there is little information about the effects field experiences have on science stewardship and personal growth in high school learners. This pilot study analyzed the reflections of a group of female and male 9th grade U.S. high school students (N = 72) on…
Descriptors: Paleontology, High School Students, Field Experience Programs, Comparative Analysis
Examination of a Successful and Active Science Club: A Case Study
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Behrendt, Marc – Science Educator, 2017
This qualitative evaluative study explores the views of two science club advisor/educators of an active 122-member rural high school science club program that is thriving in spite of increasingly busy student schedules, decreasing school budgets, and a demanding standardized curriculum. It is essential to understand the teacher-advisors'…
Descriptors: Success, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, High Schools
A Grounded Theory of Experiential Group Training of School Counselors to Engage in Psychoeducational Group Lessons with First-in-Family Students
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Finnerty, Sean; Luke, Melissa; Duffy, Jason T. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2019
This study reports a qualitative grounded-theory investigation that explored school counselor trainees' experiences engaging in psychoeducational group lessons with first-generation college-going (first-in-family) high school students. As part of this semester-long, group-based experiential training, counselor trainees developed and implemented…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, School Counselors, Counselor Training, Psychoeducational Methods
Using Agriculture to Make a Difference
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Kidwai, Sabrina – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
Growing up in Philadelphia, Jenna Moser always wanted to be like her dad, who was a member of FFA and grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania. She took a big step in emulating her father when she enrolled at the W. B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences, and became a member of FFA herself, going on to serve as president during her senior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Study Abroad, Field Experience Programs
Listening to the River: Final Evaluation Report
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Robles, Dawn; Mitchell, Heather; Horsch, Elizabeth; St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2010
"Listening to the River" (LTTR) is a watershed science education project funded by the National Science Foundation. The project aims to deliver watershed education experiences in and around Traverse City, Michigan, and also to develop a model that can be replicated in other locations. Inverness Research was contracted by the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, School Community Programs, Program Effectiveness, Science Education
"The Hardest Thing to Turn From": The Effects of Service-Learning on Preparing Urban Educators
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Andrews, Dorinda J. Carter – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2009
In this article, the author describes her use of service-learning as a pedagogical strategy for developing preservice students' dispositions for urban teaching. Twenty-one students were enrolled in a multicultural education course with a service-learning requirement. This was the students' first teacher education course in a two-year,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Teaching, Education Courses