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Choi, Hye Lim – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2011
This study examined the effectiveness of the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree program in terms of transfer of knowledge and leadership practices. Based on a review of literature related to adult learning theories, EMBA programs, the importance of evaluation practices, and leadership practices, this study was designed to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Program Effectiveness, Urban Education
Lawson, Laura; McNally, Marcia – Children's Environments, 1995
Including teens' needs in the planning and maintenance of urban space suggests new methods of layering utility and maximizing benefit to teens and community. Discusses the Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) Youth Employment Landscape Program and BYA Community Garden Patch. Program descriptions and evaluation provide future direction. (LZ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Planning, Environmental Education, Gardening
Alexander, Jacquelyn; And Others – Children's Environments, 1995
The Master Gardener Classroom Garden Project provides inner-city elementary school children in the San Antonio Independent School District with an experiential way of learning about horticulture, gardening, themselves, and their relationships with their peers. Qualitative interviews indicate that participation in the gardening project had many…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Brown, Elissa J.; McQuaid, Jennifer; Farina, Lana; Ali, Rehana; Winnick-Gelles, Amy – Education and Treatment of Children, 2006
The primary goal was to develop and implement a school-based, trauma-specific intervention program for inner-city children exposed to the World Trade Center attacks on September 11th, 2001. The feasibility and acceptability of the program, and its research component, were examined. The efficacy of the program was evaluated in a pilot study.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Needs, Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Thurston, Linda P.; Greenwood, Charles R. – 1981
Survival Skills for Urban Women is a series of 10 3-hour workshops designed for low-income minority women. The workshops cover the following topics: (1) assertiveness; (2) personal health; (3) nutrition; (4) money management; (5) child management; (6) legal rights; (7) self-advocacy; (8) crisis coping; (9) community resources; and (10) re-entry to…
Descriptors: Coping, Daily Living Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Females
Guerrero, Frank; Abbott, Lori – 1990
This second volume of a four-volume evaluation of the 1988-89 New York City School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program) comprises reports evaluating nine innovative elementary school projects on social, ethnical, and environmental studies, four of which included staff development workshops. Evaluation sources included…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cultural Awareness, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education

Franchet, Chi Nguyen – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
The current status of street children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is characterized by marginalization from society through street vending, begging, theft, and prostitution. Evaluation of a drop-in center serving children without family linkages indicates need for needs assessments, follow-up activities, measurement of individual child progress,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Burnout, Children

Ravitz, Mel – Social Policy, 1988
Examines the effect of community development projects on Detroit (Michigan) over the past decade. Concludes that community development has failed to increase the number of jobs available and has contributed to neighborhood deterioration. (FMW)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Development
Frerichs, Allen H. – 1976
The Urban Leadership Program, funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was carried out among sixth graders at the Albert Einstein School in Chicago, Illinois. The primary purpose of the program was to develop skills and competence to prepare participants for survival and success in a large urban environment. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education

Milton, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1995
Describes a pilot project of the Park/School Program which involved graduate students in environmental studies conducting field studies in ecology with 46 fifth graders. Provides an overview of the project's potential for effecting change inside and outside the classroom, and presents recommendations for future programs and research. (LZ)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Bennett, Roger V. – 1979
The paper focuses on development and implementation of the curriculum phase of an urban environmental studies program entitled Project Environmental Action Community Education (P.E.A.C.E.) The curriculum model developed for P.E.A.C.E. was based on the premises that it should be created by relevant consumer groups as well as educators,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Development