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Ensuring Teacher Education Program Success through Formative Assessments: An Overview of the Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program
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Lane, Jennie F.; Mollica, Jamie; Windjue, Sara – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2013
The Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) is a statewide education program located in the Midwest of the United States. The goal of the program is to leverage teacher education to improve and increase energy literacy in Wisconsin's K-12 schools as a means of contributing to statewide energy savings. Created in 1995, the program continues…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teacher Education Programs, Success, Program Effectiveness
Internationalization and Faculty-Led Service Learning
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Bradshaw, Geoffrey W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
In 2010, Madison Area Technical College (Madison College), a comprehensive community college in Madison, Wisconsin, was selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to head a consortium project to expand the capacity of community colleges to offer study-abroad programs. The project focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Best Practices, Sustainable Development
Afterschool in Action: Innovative Afterschool Programs Supporting Middle School Youth
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Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
A Green Campus Culture in Wisconsin
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Jorgensen, Haley – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
This article features information about the Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin for preserving the environment as a school-wide initiative. In 2003, Nicolet became the first of the state's 16 technical colleges to embrace a campus-wide focus on renewable energy. In cooperation with the Wisconsin Technical College System…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technical Institutes, Conservation Education, Energy Education
Communication and Energy Conservation.
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McLeod, Jack M.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1987
Reports on the results of a survey of homeowners in two Wisconsin communities which examined the relationship of media use to a set of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral components of energy conservation. Suggests that conservation campaigns take into account communication patterns and energy use of specific groups of consumers. (TW)
Descriptors: Communications, Energy Conservation, Energy Education, Environmental Education
Recent Wisconsin Initiatives in Environmental Education.
Engleson, David C. – 1986
Wisconsin was one of the first states to establish statutory requirements for teaching about natural resources and conservation. This paper describes some recent developments and initiatives that have been undertaken in Wisconsin since 1980. A new teacher certification rule was officially promulgated in October 1983, and went into effect on July…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Education