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Ademola Olumuyiwa Omotosho; Kimanzi Mathew; Alfred Modise; Ayansola Ayandibu – Cogent Education, 2024
South Africa's public sector has launched a variety of gender-focused schemes aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs over the years. However, emerging literature suggests that the efficacy of these programmes is constrained. Consequently, alternative approaches might be needed to address women entrepreneurs' concerns. Previous studies have not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
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Malhotra, Ruchika; Massoudi, Massoud; Jindal, Rajni – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
In recent years, universities have been developing more robust competency-based classes for students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Competency-based education (CBE) is based on outcomes and is student-centred, creating a better learning experience. This paper provides context for competency-based education over a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Competency Based Education, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
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Trisnowati, Heni; Ismail, Djauhar; Padmawati, Retna Siwi – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aimed to review globally the empowerment programs for the prevention and control of smoking behavior among youths, to examine the role of empowerment in health promotion, to explore the stages of health promotion through community empowerment strategies including planning, implementation and evaluation. Finally, this paper will…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Student Empowerment, Smoking, Health Behavior
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Massó-Guijarro, Belén; Pérez-García, Purificación; Cruz-González, Cristina – Educational Research, 2021
Background: Applied Theatre (AT) is a relatively recently-created interdisciplinary field that includes investigation of the social and educational uses of its practices. Since its emergence as a discipline in the 1990s, research has proliferated. However, to better understand the breadth and depth of AT's social and educational applications,…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth
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Saran, Ashrita; White, Howard; Kuper, Hannah – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background: There are approximately 1 billion people in the world with some form of disability. This corresponds to approximately 15% of the world's population (World Report on Disability, 2011). The majority of people with disabilities (80%) live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where disability has been shown to disproportionately…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Disabilities
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Dawson-Squibb, John-Joe; Davids, Eugene Lee; de Vries, Petrus J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
EarlyBird and EarlyBird Plus are parent education and training programmes designed by the UK National Autistic Society in 1997 and 2003, having been delivered to more than 27,000 families in 14 countries. These group-based programmes aim to (1) support parents immediately after diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, (2) empower parents,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Education
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White, Howard; Saran, Ashrita – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
This research brief is one of a series of six briefs, which provide an overview of available evidence shown in the Campbell-UNICEF Mega-Map of the effectiveness of interventions to improve child wellbeing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Five of the six briefs summarize evidence as mapped against the five Goal Areas of UNICEF's…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Strategic Planning, Evidence, Synthesis
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Dispenza, Franco – Journal of Career Development, 2021
A narrative literature review was conducted with the intention of providing practitioners with foundational knowledge regarding the career development trajectory of persons with disabilities (PWD). The author selected scholarship from various disciplines including rehabilitation, psychology, and special education. In the article, the author…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Career Development, Disabilities, Barriers
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Rios, Kristina; Burke, Meghan M. – Exceptionality, 2021
Family-professional partnership is an essential component of the special education process for children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). However, many families face barriers to participation in the special education process. Latino families especially face systemic barriers when participating in educational…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Barriers
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Banks, Tachelle; Dohy, Jennifer; Petty, Nicholas; Moore, Jason; Fish, Cullin; Mukenge, Meghan; Hawkins, Jasmine; Grill, Leah – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2021
The present literature review explores research on characteristics of effective Living Learning Communities as a means to inform the continued development of a new LLC at Cleveland State University, a large urban, Predominately White University (PWU). Research on retention and persistence is explored with respect to students' strengths and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Minority Group Students
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Temin, Miriam; Heck, Craig – Population Council, 2021
Programs increasingly use community-based girl groups (CBGGs) to address risks and empower adolescent girls, but evidence on their impact is not always accessible to decision makers. A closer look at 30 CBGG programs in low- and middle-income countries found that CBGGs had the greatest reported success in improving health and gender attitudes and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Females, Adolescents, Empowerment
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Aguilar, Olivia M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE's current development of the Community EE Guidelines for Excellence. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to: (1) provide a review of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Environmental Education, Community Education, Sustainable Development
Sleeter, Christine E. – National Education Association Research Department, 2011
Ethnic studies includes units of study, courses, or programs that are centered on the knowledge and perspectives of an ethnic or racial group, reflecting narratives and points of view rooted in that group's lived experiences and intellectual scholarship. Supporters say ethnic studies promotes respect and understanding among races, supports student…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, Units of Study, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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Thompson, Mildred; Minkler, Meredith; Bell, Judith; Rose, Kalima; Butler, Lisa – Health & Social Work, 2003
Presents findings from a multisite case study of consortia in the federal Healthy Start Initiative to reduce infant mortality in high-risk communities. Examines the facilitators of well- functioning consortia in a framework of empowerment theory and community organizing with women of color. Implications for social work practice and for policy are…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Consortia, Empowerment, Infant Mortality
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Breault, Rick A.; Lack, Brian – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2009
In this paper we examine the degree to which recent research and writing about professional development school activity indicates progress toward fulfilling the professional development school model's commitment to providing equitable educational opportunities and outcomes, especially from a critical pedagogy perspective. Our review of 95 papers…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Professional Development Schools, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
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