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Wagg, Sharon; McKinney, Pamela – Journal of Information Literacy, 2020
Research shows that students starting higher education (HE) often lack an essential level of information literacy (IL). To address this issue, a growing number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) engage with schools through Information Literacy Outreach Programmes (ILOPs). This paper explores the forces and motivations behind how and why HEIs…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Outreach Programs, College School Cooperation, Case Studies
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Vergés Bosch, Núria; Freude, Leon; Camps Calvet, Clara – Teaching Sociology, 2021
Service learning (SL) is growing in our universities and in Spain. However, still much action and research are needed with a gender perspective. This article aims to evaluate an SL project that consisted of workshops in schools on gender and technology. We evaluated the experience with a mixed-methods approach and a gender perspective. This…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Sociology, Gender Differences
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Ylizarde, Natalie Harr; Kiorpes, Lolita Cariaso – Science Teacher, 2018
Climate change is complex, requiring critical thinking on both local and global scales. Its effects vary dramatically around the world and require new strategies to help students grasp its complexity, scale, and interrelatedness. This article describes a project to help biology students think critically about climate change from a global…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Environmental Education, Science Instruction
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Byram, Michael; Perugini, Dorie Conlon; Wagner, Manuela – Learning Languages, 2013
Teachers and students can have ambitious educational goals, including critical reflection on the world around them, both that which is "home" and that which is "foreign." The environmental questions which face us all can be part of the elementary school curriculum, and the Foreign Language Elementary School (FLES) contribution…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, FLES
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Burdette, Rebecca; Galeucia, Annemarie; Liggett, Sarah; Thompson, Melissa – Across the Disciplines, 2016
This article provides background on Louisiana State University's Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) program and details the history and logistics of its experiential learning and community outreach event--TEDxLSU. In particular, the authors provide details on the Student Creative Communications Team (SCCT) which conceptualizes, plans, and…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Mentors, Communication (Thought Transfer), Online Surveys
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Ingmanson, Dale E.; Basile, Donald D. – 1986
The San Diego High School Science Teacher Development Program was designed to address the lack of skills in communication and analytical reasoning and the need for increased scientific literacy at seven urban high schools in San Diego whose student populations from minority ethnic backgrounds exceed 50%. Among project objectives were: to improve…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation, Counseling