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Burrows, Lisette; McCormack, Jaleh – European Physical Education Review, 2011
This article draws on ethnographic work undertaken with 21 students and several members of staff at an elite girls' school in New Zealand to investigate the relation between school culture, pedagogical practices and discourses of physical education and school sport. It explores what and who contours the participation of these young women in sport,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Womens Athletics, School Culture, Females
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Guesno, Erin – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2012
Elementary school students at a suburban K-12 charter school are facing a difficult transition into the secondary program. In an effort to ease this transition and retain students, the principal requires the secondary teachers to implement a study skills program into the daily curriculum. Initially, the teachers do not voice any objections to the…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Charter Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Negative Attitudes
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Mattessich, Paul W.; Mueller, Daniel P.; Holm-Hansen, Cheryl A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
The authors tell about their heterogeneous 91 person research and evaluation unit at an operating foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota. They focus on evaluation for program improvement, one of several purposes of studies they work on. The three authors write from their different manager positions within the unit. Included are the context of the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Research Administration
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Marthers, Paul – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
During her presidency (1988-2001), Claire Gaudiani reconnected Connecticut College with New London, the college's home city, whose citizens through grassroots fund raising and donations of land established the college in 1911. Through an emphasis on service-learning, community outreach, and an education not for oneself as well as economic…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Service Learning, School Community Programs, Community Development
Ciaglia, Edmund R.; And Others – 1973
This historical case study of the Ridgeway Elementary School from initial community contact through the completion of the first year of Individually Guided Education (IGE) assesses the attitudes of the parents; evaluates the cost factors associated with implementing the program; assesses the effects of IGE implementation on the local community;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Educational Programs, Individualized Instruction
Nutt, Diane, Ed.; Calderon, Denis, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2009
Students around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions across the globe provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues. Based on the successful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Studies, Program Attitudes, College Freshmen
Owens, Thomas; And Others – 1975
Evaluation conducted during the 1974-75 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education (CE)2, and various EBCE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills