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Direct linkPazoto, Carmen; Duarte, Michelle; Silva, Edson – Journal of Environmental Education, 2023
Worldwide initiatives have been promoting awareness on marine environmental issues. In Brazil Maritime Mentality Program arises from political disputes over the right to use maritime spaces, Coastal Marine Environmental Education shares the same theoretical basis as Environmental Education and Ocean Literacy appears in the USA and became globally…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Environmental Education, Political Attitudes, Oceanography
Buckler, Alison; Chamberlain, Liz; Mkwananzi, Faith; Dean, Caroline; Chigodora, Obert – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2022
This paper focuses on the experiences of out-of-school girls in Zimbabwe. It draws on a research strand of SAGE (Supporting Adolescent Girls' Education), a UKAid programme funded through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) initiative. Using a digital storytelling approach the research…
Descriptors: Females, Story Telling, Out of School Youth, Public Policy
Izadi, Dena; Willison, Julia; Finkelstein, Noah; Fracchiolla, Claudia; Hinko, Kathleen – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Informal physics programs bring physicists together with youth and adults from local communities to engage with physics content outside of classroom settings. These public engagement or "physics outreach" programs are a significant endeavor of the physics community; however, we lack a systemic documentation of these efforts, which makes…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Equal Education, Inclusion
Download full textChoi, Jasmine; Choi, Ikseon – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Graduate education advances students' competencies and skills to prepare them as professionals and should provide various learning experiences to support their development as socially responsible professionals who meet role expectations. Learning experiences that support the development of students' professionalism are discussed in the research,…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Informal Education, Learning Experience, Social Responsibility
Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Diebold, Clara Léonie; Zimmermann, Anne Barbara; Fischer, Manuel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore how the boundary between science and society can be addressed to support the transformation of higher education towards sustainable development (HESD) in the sense of the whole institution approach. It analyses students' learning experiences in self-led sustainability projects conducted outside formal curricula…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Transformative Learning, Trust (Psychology), Learning Experience
Olivo, Marisa; Smith, Reid Jewett – New Educator, 2021
This article examines how the MAT [Master of Arts in Teaching] program in Earth Science at the American Museum of Natural History was conceptualized and enacted within its institutional context. We argue that the program was completely consistent with the museum's public and democratic institutional logic, as reflected in funding, staffing,…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Earth Science, Museums, Science Teachers
Broadening Participation in Computing: Promoting Affective and Cognitive Learning in Informal Spaces
Yang, Hui; Codding, Diane; Mouza, Chrystalla; Pollock, Lori – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
In this work we examine youth learning in an informal computing program implemented through a library-university partnership. In particular, we introduce and illustrate a culturally responsive computing framework which served as a foundation for the design of the program. Subsequently, we examine youth collaboration as well as affective and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Computer Science Education, Program Descriptions, Partnerships in Education
Groccia, Steven W.; Moosbrugger, Michelle E.; Mirando, Kevin M. – Physical Educator, 2021
Although the number of homeschool students in the United States has increased to approximately 2 million K-12 students as of spring 2010, there has been limited research on homeschool families and physical education. In particular, investigations of parent perceptions of homeschool physical education programs are lacking. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, Physical Education, Comparative Analysis
Leung, Bo-Wah – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2020
Transmission of traditional art forms in the modern world has been a major issue in the field of arts education. Different issues have been raised on how to preserve the traditional art forms for further development. Cantonese opera is a representative Chinese opera popular in south China including Hong Kong. However, the genre has been…
Descriptors: Opera, Music Education, Sino Tibetan Languages, Cultural Maintenance
White, Jeremy – Research-publishing.net, 2019
With smartphone saturation at 100% among Japanese university students, educators are developing new and innovative ways to bring them to the forefront of learning, ensuring students are as engaged with their technology in their formal learning as they are with their informal learning. Smartphones of today are small, portable, have high spec…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
Gerontology Education Offerings: Experiences of Iowa Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Educators
Meinertz, Naomi R.; Sellers, Debra M.; Schainker, Lisa M.; Lee, Jeong Eun – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Iowa State University Human Sciences Extension and Outreach (HSEO) provides informal educational opportunities to older adults and their families in rural Iowa within the subject areas of family life, family finance, and nutrition and wellness. The successful implementation of educational opportunities is partially determined by the knowledge of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Older Adults, Educational Opportunities, Informal Education
Marriott, Lisa K.; Link, Aaron Raz; Anitori, Roberto; Blackwell, Ernest; Blas, Andrea; Brock, Jennifer; Burke, Tracey; Burrows, Julia A.; Cabrera, Alexis P.; Helsham, Derek; Liban, Lorna B.; Mackiewicz, Marilyn R.; Maruyama, Mika; Milligan-Myhre, Kathryn C. A.; Pangelinan, Perry J. C.; Hattori-Uchima, Margaret; Reed, Russell; Simon, Benjamin E.; Solomon, Beylul; Trinidad, Alma M. O.; Wyatt, Letisha R.; Covarrubia, Alonso Delgado; Zell, Adrienne; Adrienne, Thomas E.; Morris, Cynthia; Crespo, Carlos J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
Research experience provides critical training for new biomedical research scientists. Students from underrepresented populations studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are increasingly recruited into research pathways to diversify STEM fields. However, support structures outside of research settings designed to help…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Medical Research, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education
Christiansen, Iben; Bertram, Carol; Mukeredzi, Tabitha – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Within teacher education, there is ongoing debate about the nature and extent of the propositional and conceptual knowledge that teachers need. In this paper we interrogate the learning tasks detailed in six learning modules offered in a formal qualification for South African Foundation Phase (grade R-3) teachers. Our purpose is to analyse to what…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Student Teachers, Informal Education, Elementary School Teachers
Boni, Alejandra; Calabuig, Carola – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
This article explores how three different learning spaces could be appropriate for developing a sense of global citizenship among university students. We draw on an interview study conducted at the Universitat Politècnica of Valencia (UPV) between 2010 and 2012. The spaces analyzed were two electives devoted to international cooperation, a…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Citizenship Education, College Students, Elective Courses
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2021
This year's report examines the critical role community plays in education. Integrating learning that takes place inside and outside of school has always been a powerful strategy to support student success, but it gained special relevance this year, as school closures made family and community members integral parts of students' daily learning.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
