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Direct linkCooreman, Hanne; Debruyne, Lies; Vandenabeele, Joke; Marchand, Fleur – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2021
Purpose: It remains a critical question how to support farmers to develop towards more sustainable practices. Earlier experiences reveal that on-farm demonstrations (OFDs) can be part of the answer. Therefore, we investigate OFDs as potential transformative learning spaces. Methodology: We apply a mixed methods approach, using an observation tool,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Agricultural Education, Decision Making, Agricultural Occupations
Download full textHendra, Richard; Greenberg, David H.; Hamilton, Gayle; Oppenheim, Ari; Pennington, Alexandra; Schaberg, Kelsey; Tessler, Betsy L. – MDRC, 2016
This report summarizes the two-year findings of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the WorkAdvance model, a sectoral training, and advancement initiative. Launched in 2011, WorkAdvance goes beyond the previous generation of employment programs by introducing demand-driven skills training and a focus on jobs that have career pathways. The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Job Training, Program Implementation, Costs
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1995
Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and six small businesses used federal grant money to develop a model program of workplace literacy that would assist 600 adult workers with inadequate basic skills in performing their jobs. In analyzing the overall skills of the work force, the literacy audit identified these basic skills/literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Maurer, Steve, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The document makes up volume I of a report on the philosophy and activities of Project AMES (Actualization of Mainstream Experience Skills), a model program for vocational training and independent living skills instruction for 34 moderately and severely retarded students (6 to 21 years old). Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 briefly…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Lucas-McLean, Juanita – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report focuses on the initial design, implementation and baseline results of the five-year Longitudinal Educational Growth Study (LEGS) of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) being conducted by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP). The LEGS will be the first evaluation of the participant effects of the MPCP using…
Descriptors: School Choice, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Achievement Tests
Pasch, Marvin – 1981
A feasibility study was conducted to assess the level of interest by the Developer/Demonstrator (D/D) programs of the federally-supported National Diffusion Network in collaborating with Cleveland State University's College of Education in a program of professional development for educators in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Of the 100 D/D project…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Development
Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA. – 1977
Progress toward four stated objectives in a K-12 career education project was determined after examining the field testing results of students, interviews, and data analysis. Satisfactory progress was made toward objective 1: revising, expanding, and refining two computer retrieval career education units. On a developer questionnaire teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Roberts, Thomas G. – 1981
The final report summarizes activities regarding development of the Early Childhood Education for the Severely/Multiply Handicapped Project, a model demonstration program providing comprehensive and direct educational services to 0 to 6 year old children and their parents. The program and curriculum design is based on two phases--the early…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Individualized Education Programs
Johnson, Charlotte F.; Stepp, Adelaide A. – 1988
Project Exploration developed and pilot-tested a process for the career development of 21 learning-disabled (LD) women on the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas. The project focused on enlightened self-awareness as well as the development of essential academic and behavioral skills. The project helped the LD women to gain knowledge…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Partnership for Hope, Inc., San Antonio, TX. – 1991
This guide describes "Pequenitos en Accion" (Small Children in Action), the Edgewood (Texas) Independent School District (ISD) early childhood intervention program for Spanish-speaking 3-year-old preschool children. The program is an innovative early childhood education model involving educational programming, collaboration and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Zorfass, Judith; And Others – 1991
This report describes the development and field test of "Make It Happen!," a school-based approach to integrating technology into the middle school curriculum. This activity, conducted between October 1989 and May 1991, constituted Phase II of a 5-year study of technology integration for mildly handicapped students in four middle schools…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs
Davis, Karen R. – 1982
Results of the 1981-1982 Rutland Center project in Athens, Georgia, which assists agencies in improving services to seriously emotionally disturbed children (2 to 8 years old), are presented, as are program materials, survey forms, and a newsletter. Outcome data are presented regarding therapeutic classroom services provided to 549 severely…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Therapy, Emotional Disturbances
Lindskoog, Wayne – 1987
This final report details the activities of a project called VECTOR (Vocational Education, Community Transition, Occupational Relations). VECTOR sought to increase the employability of severely to mildly mentally handicapped students (aged 18-21) in transition from school to work in the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota, area. VECTOR's objectives…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Hamilton, James B.; And Others – 1978
The purpose of this project was to assist selected vocational teacher education institutions in progressing toward implementing more fully functioning and broadly based performance-based teacher education (PBTE) programs. PBTE implementation problems, strategies, and solutions were identified and documented for use as a resource by others…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Competency Based Teacher Education
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation. – 1990
This document reports on a project designed to customize training for employees of manufacturing industries in six western Pennsylvania counties. Project goals were to facilitate collaborative vocational and technical training programs between educational institutions and private sector companies and to establish demonstration sites, manufacturing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Electricity
