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Perry, Lane; Farmer, Betty; Onder, David; Tanner, Benjamin; Burton, Carol – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
As a descriptive case study from Western Carolina University (WCU), this article describes the development of a measuring, monitoring, and tracking system (the WCU Community-based Activities Survey) for faculty engagement in, adoption of, and impact through community engagement practices both internal and external to their courses. This paper will…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Case Studies, Teacher Participation, College Faculty
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Watt, Willis M.; Ziegler, Andrew H., Jr. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Leaders emerge from some very unlikely situations. They come in all ages, sizes, shapes, and from both genders. In this paper we discuss the relationship between the theoretic and practical applications evidenced by the Institute for Community Leadership's (ICL) efforts to prepare people for civic leadership. We present background information…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Leadership Training, Community Leaders, Organizational Objectives
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Shenk, Dena; Davis, Boyd; Murray, Louise – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
In narrative constructed in conversations, older adults often present "small stories." These narrative fragments provide extensive information about their experiences, values, and aspects of their lives that can be used to help learners understand key concepts about aging and the life course. The authors provide an overview of approaches…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Gerontology, Older Adults, Graduate Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh. Div. of Parks and Recreation. – 1994
This curriculum guide was developed to provide environmental education through a series of hands-on activities for the classroom and the outdoor setting of Goose Creek State Park, North Carolina. This activity packet, designed for the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, meets established curriculum objectives of the North Carolina Department of Public…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Ecology, Environmental Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh. Div. of Parks and Recreation. – 1994
This curriculum guide was developed to provide environmental education through a series of hands-on activities for the classroom and the outdoor setting of Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, North Carolina. This activity packet, designed for grades 5 and 6, meets established curriculum objectives of the North Carolina Department of Public…
Descriptors: Activities, Botany, Class Activities, Classification
Bradley, Jack L., Jr. – 1994
This curriculum guide was developed to provide environmental education through a series of hands-on activities for the classroom and the outdoor setting of Mount Mitchell State Park, North Carolina. This activity packet, designed for grades 4 through 6, meets established curriculum objectives of the North Carolina Department of Public…
Descriptors: Activities, Botany, Class Activities, Conservation (Environment)
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Hardin, Belinda J.; Jones, M. Gail; Figueras, Olimpia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate timekeeping constructs of 4- and 5-year-old children in Campeche, Mexico, and North Carolina, United States, as well as the sociocultural conditions that shaped changes in their ideas about timekeeping (methods to mark and measure time) before, during, and after their kindergarten year.…
Descriptors: Time, Foreign Countries, Activities, Kindergarten