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Akerson, Valari, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
"International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES) which took place on October 15-18, 2020 in Chicago, IL, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share your ideas, to discuss theoretical and practical…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
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Rosado, Luis; Amaro-Jiménez, Carla; Kieffer, Ivonne – School Community Journal, 2015
This article describes a unique program co-sponsored by a local public library, a university teacher preparation program, and a school district, created to support Latina/o parents as they produced authentic and culturally relevant literature representing multiple ethnic groups living in the Southwestern United States. A program like the one…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, School Districts, Public Libraries, Program Development
Inverness Research Associates, 2007
This module provides a set of quantitative snapshots of the Community Science Workshops (CSWs) to complement the other reports that comprise the CSW Evaluation Portfolio--the Description of CSWs, the Benefits to Youth, and the Evaluation Brief modules--and to build a solid representation of the scope and scale of the CSW's work and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Disadvantaged
Inverness Research Associates, 2007
This paper takes a descriptive look at Community Science Workshops (CSWs). This paper discusses what CSW is, how it arose and spread, how local CSWs are structured and led, and what programs and experiences they offer to youth. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Disadvantaged
Inverness Research Associates, 2007
The people at Inverness Research Associates spent 12 years studying Community Science Workshops (CSW) in California and in six other states. They gathered statistics on the scale, scope, and cost-efficiency of CSW services to youth. They observed youth at work in the shops--taking apart computers, repairing bikes, growing plants, and so on--and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Nontraditional Students
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Ater, E. Carolyn; Baugh, Carroll W. – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Reviews problems of the elderly consumer and describes efforts to provide consumer education to rural elderly individuals through two series of one-day workshops. Evaluations indicated that consumer education can be effectively provided to rural elderly with a high degree of perceived usefulness and sharing of information. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Gerontology, Interest Inventories, Money Management
Ramirez, Carol Anderson – 1975
This report summarizes the activities of a project to implement the group vocational guidance program of consortium C in Texas and to research and develop additional target populations. Project objectives were: (1) To provide a cadre of personnel to act as group guidance program workshop presenters and follow-up consultants, (2) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Needs, Educational Research, Group Guidance
Clark, Donald L.; And Others – 1993
The Tech-Prep Statewide Professional Development Consortium of Texas supplemented and complemented professional development activities done within 25 local tech prep consortia to assist in full implementation of the tech prep initiative. Needs analyses identified major areas of emphasis, assessed the current level of tech prep knowledge and…
Descriptors: Consortia, High Schools, Needs Assessment, Postsecondary Education
Kozak, Michael R.; and Others – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop a catalog of professional and technical competencies needed by a teacher to teach all areas of industrial arts given in the Texas State Board of Education-approved revised curriculum as well as to define and recommend guidelines for implementation of competency testing for industrial arts. Following a research…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Guidelines, Higher Education