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Matthew Sterling Kreifels – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation investigates work-based learning as a method to prepare students for agricultural careers through three interconnected studies. The first two studies investigate secondary education programs in the United States, while the third study explores postsecondary education in Rwanda. In Study 1, a philosophical research approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
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Boyd, Evelyn Abagayle; Lazar, Kelly Best – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
Recruitment and retention are critical for geoscience and the need for innovative ways of building these bridges to the geosciences is growing. Field experiences are a common attractor for students to the field sciences such as geoscience, but many research- and field-based experiences are limited to those who are already majors. Innovative,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Earth Science, Science Education, Experiential Learning
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Salem, Heba – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter describes the my experience as the instructor for a course rooted in community based learning theory that was forced to move online in spring, 2020, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The course, titled 'CASA Without Borders', allows Arabic language students in the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) program at The American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses
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Kimura, Harumi; Hayashi, Brenda – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This study investigated three Japanese L2 learners who joined a government-funded, short-term study abroad program in the USA during their first year of college. Four years after the program, we interviewed the learners about their overseas experiences. We also asked what they had done during their university years after the program. We then…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, College Students
Excelencia in Education, 2024
Institutions and community-based organizations that serve their communities are creating positive opportunities for students and families. Over 20 years, "Excelencia" in Education has prioritized bringing national attention to the programs, institutions, and people making a positive difference for Latino students and their communities.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Success, Associate Degrees
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Oh, Kevin; Nussli, Natalie – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
This qualitative study was conducted with teacher candidates studying in a Masters program at a university on the west coast in the United States. The main goal was to capture if immersion in a foreign culture and the short-term teaching of primary and secondary school students in South Korea had any sustainable impact on the participating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Awareness
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Landa, Melissa; Levi, Doly; Meishar, Michal Ganz; Albro, Jennifer – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study demonstrates how to simulate intercultural immersion while in a domestic setting to offer opportunities for teacher candidates to enhance their abilities to teach in culturally diverse settings, to develop cultural knowledge, and to reflect on their roles as educators. The paper presents a comparative case study of intercultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Immigrants, Preservice Teacher Education
Wiest, Lynda R., Ed.; Sanchez, Jafeth E., Ed.; Crawford-Ferre, Heather Glynn, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines play a pivotal role in societal progress and economic prosperity, in addition to enhancing individual lives. However, U.S. students lack strong STEM performance in an international context. The pool of STEM-proficient workers is thus insufficient to fuel the nation, with females…
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Females, Program Effectiveness
Pomerance, Laura; Walsh, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2020
While teachers continue to learn and grow as they gain experience, the foundation for their skills is provided by their initial teacher education program. And of all the parts of teacher education, none is more important than clinical practice. In general, the field of education has long recognized and championed the importance of practice. A 2010…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Education Programs, Experiential Learning, Teacher Effectiveness
Digital Promise Global, 2017
Recent years have seen the emergence of design-thinking and maker learning initiatives across formal and informal learning environments. A variety of offerings, from museum and afterschool programs, to STEM challenges and entrepreneurship courses, create opportunities for young people to develop skills relevant to today's workplace. Design-based…
Descriptors: Design, STEM Education, Experiential Learning, Problem Solving
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Mann, Anthony; Rehill, Jordan; Kashefpakdel, Elnaz T. – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
This study, commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), is designed to review current evidence on the most effective ways in which employers can support schools to improve pupil educational and economic outcomes. It is a study in three parts. It aims, first, to conceptualise employer engagement in education as a strategic tool,…
Descriptors: Employers, School Business Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Alexa J. Lamm; T. Grady Roberts; Amy Harder; Nicole Stedman; Marta Hartman – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2013
Universities are being called upon to internationalize curriculum as the need for a globally competent workforce increases. Without globally-competent faculty, international integration within higher education cannot occur. Literature indicates that participation in short-term international agricultural education experiences is important to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Best Practices, Global Approach, Experiential Learning
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Clyde, Carol – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact that involvement in an experiential learning programme for Holocaust education had on college and university participants' worldviews and civic leadership development. Results indicate that involvement in specific elements of the programme did have an impact. The student-focused, experiential…
Descriptors: Death, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Fields, Andrew R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
University educators are concerned with student leadership development in order to generate much-needed leaders in every aspect of society. This sequential mixed methods study found that students who participate in a university co-curricular outdoor education leadership training program, combined with the experience of leading a wilderness…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Self Efficacy, Leadership Training, Student Leadership
Moss, Felecia – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the reflections of preservice teachers in relation to their experiential knowledge gained through active learning of African American culture and their perceptions and beliefs concerning the home life of these students and their lives in the community. This action research study presents the results of a qualitative analysis of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reflection, Experiential Learning, Active Learning
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