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Bridging Natural and Digital Domains: Attitudes, Confidence, and Interest in Using Technology to Learn Outdoors
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Hougham, R. Justin; Nutter, Marc; Graham, Caitlin – Journal of Experiential Education, 2018
Background: The current study, Project EARPOD (Engaging At-Risk Populations Outdoors, Digitally), addressed two questions: First, does the use of technology in environmental education detract from students' experiences outdoors? Second, can these technological interventions be expanded to provide access to students and schools across the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education, Technology Integration
An Exploration of the Importance of Piloting and Access as Action Research
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Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjork; Brock-Utne, Birgit – Educational Action Research, 2010
In this article we illustrate how the piloting process has influenced two widely different studies within the educational sciences. These studies differ in design but have as a common denominator that they used piloting methods in their preparatory process. They are also similar in the intention of the main researchers of conducting research with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
From "Cultural Deprivation" to Cultural Capital: The Roots and Continued Relevance of Compensatory Education
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Spencer, John – Teachers College Record, 2012
This article is a case study of compensatory education as it was developed and implemented by an innovative urban school principal in the early 1960s. I argue that while the compensatory education movement was often marred by pejorative-sounding language and inegalitarian ideas, especially as it was shaped and expanded by policy makers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Charter Schools, Pilot Projects
Watching, Creating and Achieving: Creative Technologies as a Conduit for Learning in the Early Years
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McDonald, Susan; Howell, Jennifer – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This paper describes the use of robotics in an Early Years classroom as a tool to aid the development of technological skills in a creative environment rich with literacy and numeracy opportunities. The pilot project illustrates how a three-phase process can result in the development of: (1) emergent literacy and numeracy, (2) digital access for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Numeracy, Engineering
PROJECT GATEKEEPER, THE REDUCTION OF JOB DISCRIMINATION BY THE USE OF SELF-CONFRONTATION AND FEEDBACK TO THE DISCRIMINATOR.
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DAILEY, CHARLES A. – 1967
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PILOT STUDY WAS TO DESIGN A PROGRAM FOR TRAINING DECISION-MAKERS (EMPLOYERS) TO INTERACT WITH DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND TO EVALUATE THEIR "CAREER POTENTIAL" MORE APPROPRIATELY. TRAINING METHODS INCLUDE THE USE OF VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS AND PLAYBACK, AUDIOTAPE RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWS AND PLAYBACK, SENSITIVITY TRAINING,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Case Studies, Decision Making, Disadvantaged
A PILOT PROJECT TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING FOR SCHOOL ALIENATED YOUTH. INTERIM REPORT AND STATISTICAL EVALUATION.
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Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1967
A TOTAL OF 272 SCHOOL ALIENATED YOUTH--DROPOUTS AND POTENTIAL DROPOUTS--WERE SERVED BY THE CENTER BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1965 AND JUNE 1967 IN THE FOLLOWING VOCATIONAL AREAS--AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, CHILD CARE, FOOD SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, RETAILING SERVICES, OFFICE OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND LANDSCAPING AND…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classification, Counseling