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Georgia Hyde-Dryden; Emma Andersen; Bethan Peach; Nikki Luke; Bonnie Butler; Alice McDowell; Alun Rees; Andrew Brown; Judy Sebba; Leon Feinstein – UK Department for Education, 2024
From October 2021, the government introduced a pilot in 30 local authorities to support 16 to 18-year-old children looked-after (CLA) and care leavers (CLs) in general further education (FE) colleges through the extension of Pupil Premium Plus funding to post-16 (PP+ Post-16). The 6-month pilot was completed between autumn 2021 and spring 20221 ,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education
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Haley, Jennifer; Kennedy, Tammi Kohl; Pokhrel, Richa; Saunders, Abrahm – Learning Assistance Review, 2021
As Black Lives Matter unfolded in 2020, many universities were the sites of organized protests, and in response, many institutions of higher education began (or continued with) the critical work of building diversity and social justice on campus. For many students, this issue was in the forefront as they prepared for fall semester and began to…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Student Employment, College Students, Training
Russell, Arlene – National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2018
This evaluation report describes the findings from a multi-year evaluation of the Youth Service Professionals' Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Professional Development Demonstration and Evaluation Project (YSP/KSA Demo). The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD)/Youth conducted the YSP/KSA Demo to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs, Professional Development, Labor Force Development
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Dean, Paul; Kelly, Claudia – Teaching Sociology, 2020
Research on educational travel has shown significant student outcomes for personal, academic, and professional growth. However, there are financial and cultural barriers that make it harder for some groups of students to participate in programs such as study abroad and shorter-term educational travel. This article examines the unique challenges…
Descriptors: Travel, Study Abroad, First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students
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Galloway, Robin; Bourdeau, Virginia; Arnold, Mary; Nott, Brooke D. – Journal of Extension, 2013
As experience camp directors, we've seen the challenges faced by young camp counselors and inexperienced staff. Evaluations from staff at many camps motivated us to help our people be more effective with their campers. In response we created a comprehensive camp staff training. Lessons showed staff what we wanted them to do and say as they…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Counselors, Staff Development, Training
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Serriere, Stephanie C. – Social Studies, 2014
Drawing on a three-year multimethod study of civic engagement within "Dewey Elementary," this article identifies the contextual supports of civic efficacy. In particular, it works to map the role of the teacher in supporting the civic action and efficacy of six fifth-grade girls who requested changes to the school's existing lunch plan.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Role, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Students
Dretzke, Beverly J.; Yap, Shannen – Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2015
Transforming Education Through the Arts and Media (TEAM) is an arts integration program based on the concept of the 21st century transliterate learner who acquires knowledge and interacts across a range of tools, platforms, and media. Over a period of four years, TEAM was implemented in seventh- and eighth-grade classrooms by the Center for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Effectiveness
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Kilpatrick, Bob G.; Wilburn, Nancy L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
This paper describes two co-curricular career development activities, mock interviews and speed networking that we provide for accounting majors at our university. The driving force behind both activities was to increase comfort levels for students when interacting with professionals and to enhance their job interview and networking skills.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Accounting, Employment Interviews, Networks
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Iyer, Rupa S.; Wales, Melinda E. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
The increasingly interdisciplinary nature of today's scientific research is leading to the transformation of undergraduate education. In addressing these needs, the University of Houston's College of Technology has developed a new interdisciplinary research-based biotechnology laboratory curriculum. Using the pesticide degrading bacterium,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Scientific Research, Biotechnology, Undergraduate Study
Lin, Li Li – Online Submission, 2010
Professional graduate program curricula are consistently evaluated for their efficacy as they relate students' needs and achievement. Particularly, teachers in the TESOL field are challenged to become effective in their profession by adapting and developing learning materials and designing successful curriculum that imparts all relevant concepts…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, English (Second Language), English Teachers
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Levintova, Ekaterina; Johnson, Terri; Scheberle, Denise; Vonck, Kevin – Journal of Political Science Education, 2011
Globalization, global citizenship, and political engagement have become such buzzwords and cliches that we often lose the sense of their meaning. Global citizenship in particular is an elusive concept to operationalize. This article proposes to look at three dimensions of global citizenship: legal (rights and obligations), psychological…
Descriptors: Assignments, Political Science, Introductory Courses, Citizenship
McIntosh, Hugh; Berman, Sheldon; Youniss, James – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2010
In September 2003, Hudson High School in Hudson, Massachusetts, launched two new civic development efforts--clustering and schoolwide governance--that provide an opportunity to study the influence of schoolwide democratic deliberation on students' civic knowledge and participation. The intervention involved, in part, organizing the school into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Citizenship Education, Grade 12, Citizen Participation
Mattera, Shira Kolnik; Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Fishman, Mike; Bangser, Michael – MDRC, 2013
Low-income preschool children face many risks to their social-emotional development that can affect their school experience and social outcomes for years to come. Although there are some promising approaches to improving young children's social-emotional competence, the evidence base is limited, particularly on the effectiveness of these…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Social Development
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Klein, Gerald D. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2009
As a significant percentage of students in higher education today have one or more disabilities, it is important for instructors to be aware of what disabilities, and how disabilities, impact student performance. Students with a wide range of disabilities can encounter significant obstacles when experiential instructional methods are implemented…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Experiential Learning, College Students, Access to Education
Locke, Terry; Cawkwell, Gail; Sila'ila'i, Emilie – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This Teaching and Learning Initiative (TLRI) research project explored ways of teaching literature effectively in multicultural and multilingual classrooms. It involved primary and secondary school teacher-researchers working in partnership with university-based researchers over two years on a series of case studies, within an action research…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Action Research, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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