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Curricular Content on Women: Gender Equity in Social Work Education
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Greubel, Amanda D. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Although the majority of social work practitioners, students, and clients in the 1970s were women, social work education curricula at the time did not accurately reflect women's capabilities or concerns. In 1972, the Council on Social Work Education appointed the Task Force on Women in Social Work Education to examine the content of program…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Course Content, Females
Co-Development of an Interactive Digital Intervention to Promote the Well-Being of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Vereenooghe, Leen; Westermann, Kristian – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Digital technologies have great potential in offering interventions for people with intellectual disabilities. In this study, we aimed to co-develop a digital psycho-educational intervention, using a positive resource-oriented approach, to improve the mental well-being of people with intellectual disabilities. Using a two-phase design process, we…
Descriptors: Well Being, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Psychoeducational Methods
The Making of California's History-Social Science Standards: Enduring Decisions and Unresolved Issues
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Fogo, Brad – History Teacher, 2015
In 1995, California officially adopted standards-based reforms for public education when the Governor signed the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act into law. The legislation called for a new state system of standards-based tests and created the Academic Standards Commission to develop content and performance standards…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Social Sciences, State Standards, Educational Change
Obtaining High-Quality, "Low-Maintenance" Stakeholder Input: How to Create a Virtual Statewide Extension Program Advisory Committee
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O'Neill, Barbara – Journal of Extension, 2010
Effective advisory committees are the cornerstone of relevant, quality Extension programs. They provide stakeholder input to Extension personnel, which is required under the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act (AREERA) of 1998. This article describes the implementation of a virtual statewide Extension program advisory…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Advisory Committees, Extension Agents, Program Content
Advisory Boards in Technical Communications Programs and Classes.
Brockman, R. John – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Describes a survey designed to discover (1) why technical communications programs need advisory boards, (2) how to find members and keep them productive, and (3) how boards can mutually benefit both the academic and the business-world members. Includes the questionnaire and a bibliography of materials on advisory boards. (HTH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, College Faculty, Education Work Relationship
A Proposal to Build Evaluation Capacity at the Bunche-Da Vinci Learning Partnership Academy
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King, Jean A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2005
The author describes potential evaluation capacity-building activities in contrast to the specifics of an evaluation design. Her response to the case of the Bunche-Da Vinci Learning Partnership Academy is developed in three parts: (1) an initial framing of the Bunche-Da Vinci situation; (2) what should be done before signing a contract; and (3)…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Action Research, Program Content