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Katherine Dix; Shani Sniedze; Tamara Van Der Zant – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the reach and impact of Children's University in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Council for Educational Research compiled available evidence to consolidate the evidence of the Children's University outreach program's extent and influence across the Australasian partnership. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Evidence Based Practice, Best Practices
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Fulton, Beverley – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
A comparison of the skills and qualities required in entrepreneurship and those expected in event management suggests similarities between the two disciplines and similar challenges for educators. While there has been increased interest in the education of entrepreneurs, discussion of events management education remains scarce. This account of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Hospitality Occupations
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Horton, Karla B. – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2022
This article describes the use of service-learning--with a focus on civic engagement, academic performance, and personal growth- using a mock organization. This format of service -learning is utilized in an undergraduate macro-level practice social work course. This article describes the application of the mock organization and provides insight…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Civics, Social Work
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Jordan, Alvaro; Knochel, Aaron D.; Meisel, Nicholas; Reiger, Kelsey; Sinha, Swapnil – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2021
Combining the excitement from the maker movement and the novel creation of deployable makerspaces, we review the development of the Mobile Atelier for Kinaesthetic Education (MAKE) 3D. MAKE 3D is a mobile makerspace platform that can be deployed anywhere there is electricity to create a curricular spectacle of digital fabrication in particular…
Descriptors: Art Education, Shared Resources and Services, Learning Activities, Technology Uses in Education
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Rob Horowitz – Visions of Research in Music Education, 2024
Dr. Hal Abeles is a foundational leader in developing music performance assessments, conducting program evaluations of arts partnerships, and publishing basic research on the effects of arts instruction on learning in and across cognitive, social and personal domains. This article explores the theoretical and practical issues in music performance…
Descriptors: Music Education, Program Evaluation, Music Activities, Performance
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Cheeptham, Naowarat; Mahara, Star; Antoine, Misty; Insuk, Chadabhorn; Loy, Kara – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
Over the past ten years, a western-Canadian university has offered an annual on-campus summer science and health science camp for Aboriginal youth. The goal of this camp has been to enhance pathways to science and health science careers for high school students aged 13-15 years-old. The camp's core curriculum exposes youth to science and health…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Camps, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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Dorothy E. Nary; Kim Bruns – Inclusion, 2019
To address health disparities of adults with intellectual disability (ID), the Kansas Disability and Health Program developed the "Stoplight Healthy Living" program to promote good nutrition and increased physical activity. The program is based in part on the Stoplight Diet, which uses a color-coded system to teach healthy food choices.…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Program Development, Program Evaluation
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Kemp, Kyeorda; Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Kamel-ElSayed, Suzan; Grogan, James; Williams, Tiffany; Reed-Hendon, Caryn – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
Pipeline programs in health and biomedical sciences have gained attention as students who engage in these programs are more likely to enter into associated fields. In 2012, to support the mission of Oakland University William Beaumont (OUWB) School of Medicine, the Future Physicians Summer Enrichment Program (FPSEP) was launched for regional high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Summer Programs, STEM Education, Health Sciences
Harris, Barbara; Petersen, Dana; Wulsin, Claire Smither – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2017
The brief explains how exposing young children to early math concepts supports their development of reasoning and problem solving skills and later success in and out of school. It describes the unique ways each of five family engagement programs funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation developed, tested, and integrated early math learning into…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Family Involvement
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Stotz, Sarah; Sanville, Laurel; Cotwright, Caree; Reed, Rachelle; Habibi, Mona; Lee, Jung Sun – Journal of Extension, 2019
Food Talk: Better U (FTBU) is a healthful weight management curriculum developed by the University of Georgia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) team. FTBU addresses the high burden of obesity among low-income Georgians by focusing on healthful weight management practices. Topics include practicing portion control,…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Health Behavior, Nutrition Instruction, Curriculum Development
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Rowe, Anna D.; Nay, Cherie; Lloyd, Kate; Myton, Nicola; Kraushaar, Niree – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018
Universities are increasingly investing in work-integrated learning (WIL) as a mechanism by which to enhance graduate employability. However, with such investment comes more pressure to demonstrate impact. Program evaluation can be undertaken for a diverse range of purposes including quality assurance, program improvement and accountability. Many…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Workplace Learning, Integrated Activities, Holistic Approach
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Zoi Simopoulou; Alette Willis; Lorena Georgiadou – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
Opportunities for working, volunteering, and studying abroad have become popular in higher education as vehicles for the development of cultural awareness and global citizenship. However, such experiences on their own do not guarantee the development of such attributes. What appears to be essential to maximizing the benefits of educational…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Global Approach
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de Rosa, Cecilia; Nadeau, Andrew; Hernandez, Emilio; Kafeero, Fred; Zahiga, Jacques – International Journal of Training and Development, 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) utilizes training as a major component of the support it provides to its member countries in Africa. In the past, stand-alone training events targeting individual actors were the norm. However, an external evaluation indicated that this type of training scores low in terms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, International Organizations, Delivery Systems
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Baker, Geoffrey; Frega, Ana Lucía – Music Education Research, 2018
A powerful and eulogistic narrative has evolved around the Venezuelan National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras, better known as El Sistema. Recently, however, critical perspectives have begun to emerge from the academic sphere. Nevertheless, researchers have faced an acute shortage of documentary resources relating to the programme's…
Descriptors: Musicians, Music, Music Education, Social Change
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Erikson, Malgorzata; Erikson, Martin G.; Punzi, Elisabeth – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Conventionally, quantitative surveys are used for student evaluations in higher education, but the validity of this practice has been questioned. In the present study, we investigated a qualitative method for evaluating a bachelor's programme. Forty-one first-year students and twenty-eight third-year students on a bachelor's programme in Public…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students, Public Administration Education
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