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Tauni L. Grossklas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In Florida, civic illiteracy among middle and high school students is a pressing concern despite state initiatives to increase civic competence (Florida House of Representatives, 2019; FLDOE, 2023b; Florida Department of State, 2023). Recent scores on state civics and social studies standardized assessments reveal a disheartening fact--an average…
Descriptors: Civics, Social Studies, Charter Schools, Teacher Attitudes
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Mesa, Jennifer – Science and Children, 2018
As an instructional framework, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can guide science teachers to purposefully apply evidence-based instructional practices to increase engagement and learning of students with disabilities (Israel, Ribuffo, and Smith 2014; Marino et al. 2014; Ok et al. 2016). This article describes how to use the Universal Design…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Access to Education, Barriers, Student Needs
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Berman, Rochel Udovitch – Religious Education, 2019
"The Final Journey: How Judaism Dignifies the Passage" is a trailblazing curriculum developed to teach Jewish death rituals to high school seniors. For the students, it served as a transformative experience. They emerged more reflective, more spiritual, and with a greater sense of the importance of community involvement. The article…
Descriptors: Judaism, Curriculum Development, Religious Education, Death
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Closson, Rosemary; Mullins Nelson, Barbara – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This research was motivated by our desire for our students to achieve a deeper appreciation for the social justice aspect of our field, adult education, and also to engage them with the community. We sought to accomplish these ends as students at two different state universities volunteered to build a home with Habitat for Humanity. Data was…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Too Good for Drugs and Violence" is designed to promote high school students' prosocial skills, positive character traits, and violence- and drug-free norms. The curriculum consists of 14 core lessons and an additional 12 lessons that can be infused into other subject areas (such as English, science, and social studies). Students engage…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum, Role Playing, Community Involvement
Cross, Alice – 1983
A practicum project was designed and implemented to improve and increase kindergarten through third-grade students' awareness of responsible citizenship. To attain this goal, efforts were made to (1) insure that teachers became knowlegeable about teaching strategies that impart an awareness of law-related concepts; (2) increase students' awareness…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Crime
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Too Good for Drugs"[TM] is designed to promote life skills, character values, resistance skills to negative peer influence, and resistance to the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The program, which targets elementary and middle school students, is based on classroom discussions and structured activities that center on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Narcotics, Community Involvement, Peer Influence
Rozelle, George R.; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Reviews characteristics of rural drug abuse and general considerations for rural service delivery. Describes the Prevention Project, a rural drug abuse program in Florida, and explains its development, philosophy, and teaching techniques, including a basic educational module for use with rural youth. Includes recommendations for similar programs.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse