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Cook, David P.; Steed, Kevin; Read, Chloe; Baysarowich, Renée; Redway, Tyler; Robineau-Charette, Pascale; Carnegie, Jacqueline – HAPS Educator, 2020
STEM-related educational outreach offers students enriching opportunities to become more familiar with science, in terms of how it relates to their daily lives and with respect to possible career paths that they might want to follow. At the same time, graduate student trainees providing that outreach act as important resources for elementary and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Graduate Students, College Graduates
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Kricsfalusy, Vladimir; George, Colleen; Reed, Maureen G. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Improving student competencies to address sustainability challenges has been a subject of significant debate in higher education. Problem- and project-based learning have been widely celebrated as course models that support the development of sustainability competencies. This paper describes a course developed for a professional Master's program…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects, Environmental Education
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Kalles, Susan; Ryan, Thomas G. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2015
Herein we identify and address promising practices, essential theories, and related cautions within service-learning. The argument that service-learning is an organized community service which is connected to curriculum in an effort to deepen learning around content was scrutinized and endorsed. We envisioned service-learning as more than a joint…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Postsecondary Education, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
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Yates, Thomas; Wilson, Jay; Purton, Kendra – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Best Practices
Ratsoy, Ginny R. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
In the 21st Century, Canadian universities are increasingly emphasizing the importance of student engagement. This research paper, by analyzing the reflections of undergraduate students on their experiences in a co-curricular service learning assignment--integrated into a course that included more traditional assignments--in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Canada Natives
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2012
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
Silcox, Harry C.; Leek, Torun E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
The service-learning movement is widespread in European international schools. The most comprehensive initiative presented at two recent European Council of Independent Schools conferences was the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) course that students must pass to graduate from International Baccalaureate schools. Exemplary programs in England…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends