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Snow, Kathy; Tulk, Janice – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2020
Grassroots organizations have a critical role in supporting learning within many urban communities (Sobeck, Agius, & Mayers, 2007). Unfortunately, many informal organizations are short-lived as funding disappears and volunteer participation wanes. The Unspun Heroes, an informal fibre arts group committed to learning and developing skills…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Community Action, Handicrafts, Communities of Practice
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Massey, Kyle D.; Massey, Jennifer – Journal of College and Character, 2017
Research on hazing in higher education has primarily focused on Greek-letter organizations and athletes, with little research beyond these two subsets of college students. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the attitudes of students from the general student population at a Canadian university with regard to hazing and identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Fraternities, Sororities
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Ullyot, Michael; O'Neill, Kate E. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This article explores the degree to which student collaborations on research and writing assignments can effectively realize learning outcomes. The assignment, in this case, encouraged students to contribute discrete parts of a research project in order to develop their complementary abilities: researching, consulting, drafting, and revising. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Research, Research Projects, Writing Assignments
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Mudrack, Peter E. – Small Group Behavior, 1989
Claims that group cohesiveness has proven to be astonishingly difficult to define precisely and consistently, although it remains a critical group-level variable. Notes that some researchers rely on classic definitions while others leave it undefined. Suggests that greater focus on the definitional issue should improve the quality of future…
Descriptors: Definitions, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics