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Chi Hong Nguyen; Tham Nguyen Van – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
In Vietnam, some universities develop a similar program to a practicum or an internship called an on-the-job training (OJT) program. However, this concept appears to be quite new to students, and its impacts on students' learning and growth remain under-researched. The current study explores how OJT programs impact students' future careers and…
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Individual Development, Career Development, Foreign Countries
Keiler, Leslie; Diotti, Raffaella; Hudon, Kara B. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2019
Supporting the growth and retention of teachers in urban classrooms poses significant challenges to the education community. Student-centered instruction has demonstrated positive impacts on student academic growth and social development, facilitating acquisition of 21st century skills. However, implementing student-centered instruction is…
Descriptors: Mentors, Feedback (Response), Faculty Development, Student Centered Learning

Niloo Bavarian; Kendra Lewis; Stephanie Holloway; David DuBois; Brian Flay; Carl F. Siebert – Grantee Submission, 2021
Background: Given its ability to exacerbate health inequities through its disproportionate impact on low-income communities, the need exists to better understand factors that influence substance use among adolescents. Moreover, given its multi-etiological nature, preventing adolescent substance use requires addressing intrapersonal, interpersonal,…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Soukup, Paul A. – 1999
Incorporating both educational assessment and service-learning prerogatives, a study examined a communications curriculum implementing service-learning to determine if the service-learning method was accomplishing its full potential. Through an evaluation based on six categories of service-learning objectives (intellectual-, skills, and affective…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Individual Development
Neill, James T. – 2002
This paper compares and summarizes empirical research on the outcomes of outdoor education (OE) and related programs. Most frequently, OE outcomes have been researched using post-program surveys of staff and participant attitudes. Such reports are vulnerable to many potential distortions. A second major approach to examining OE effectiveness…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Individual Development, Meta Analysis, Outcomes of Education
Eagle, Harlan; Gordon, Janelle; Lewis, Lindy – 2000
Beyond the Limits, a program of the Wicomico County school system (Maryland), conducts 1-day adventure experiences that use a challenge ropes course and classroom experiential activities to develop students' intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. Before the experience, all participants agree to the "full value commitment," which is a…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Carver, Rebecca – 1998
Community-based organizations that worked effectively with urban youth were found to resemble experiential education programs. The finding was remarkable because the organizations did not identify themselves as places where experiential education took place. A study of four organizations examined ways in which they help youth to become more…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Programs, Experiential Learning, Individual Development
Hall, Roger; Rowland, Caroline – 1999
This paper explores the relationship between experiential learning theory and outdoor management training, and describes a British outdoor management program grounded in adult learning theory. An introduction explores competing paradigms in management education: the managerialist perspective, which focuses on development of skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Administration Education, Corporate Education, Experiential Learning
Solomon, Daniel; And Others – 1989
Findings of an evaluation of the first 5 years of a longitudinal program designed to enhance children's prosocial development are reported. The program was offered for children in three elmentary schools in a suburban, middle-class district near San Francisco. Three schools in the same district served as a comparison group. Enrollment ranged from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Democratic Values, Elementary Education
Terchek, Mary E. – 1988
Placements in English departments' internship programs are problematic when writing opportunities lack range and/or depth, but at the same time students often have excellent internship experiences despite limited writing opportunities. An examination of the designs and assumptions of the writing skills internship program in the English Department…
Descriptors: College English, English Departments, Higher Education, Individual Development
Paxton, Todd; McAvoy, Leo – 1998
A study examined the effect of adventure programs on participants' self-efficacy immediately following an adventure program experience and whether increased self-efficacy transferred to the participants' daily lives after the adventure experience. Sixty-eight participants aged 18-29 in a series of 21-day Outward Bound courses were given a pretest…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence, Locus of Control
Boschen, Kathryn A. – 1981
A literature review is presented of client outcome measures in rehabilitation programs for the physically disabled in Canada and the United States. Following an introduction to the changing need for program evaluations and accountability, articles dealing with the traditional outcome measurement system are reviewed that deal with the traditional…
Descriptors: Accountability, Employment Potential, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Potter, Tom G. – 1992
This report discusses key components of the Wilderness Personal Growth Model that was designed to help practitioners attain maximum benefits through short-term wilderness programs accommodating large groups of students. The first component involves the successful transition of the students from their known and accepted everyday-life reality to the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Malcolm, Clifford K.; Owen, John M. – 1981
To enhance the professional development of teachers and encourage an ongoing climate of innovation and reform, while providing for direct benefits for students, Australia's Schools Commission instituted a program allowing funds for curricular innovation to be granted directly to teachers. Interviews with a random sample of 45 of these grantees,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Innovation, Faculty Development
Motiff, James P. – 1980
A 5-week, 12-hour course given to the community emphasized understanding and coping with stress. At the beginning of the course several inventories were administered to the students, who also completed the instruments in a follow-up procedure 10-12 weeks after the end of the seminar. The course focused on recognition of stress signals and the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Coping
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