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Ketting, Evert; Brockschmidt, Laura; Ivanova, Olena – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
The purposes of this paper are: to assess how comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is implemented in schools in the World Health Organisation's European Region; and to investigate the evidence supporting its effectiveness. Data were collected in 2016-2017, using a validated questionnaire sent to representatives of governmental and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods
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Collins, Christopher S. – Review of Higher Education, 2017
In 2012, the United States Agency for International Development allocated $137 million to fund seven universities to create "development labs" to advance social/economic progress and reduce poverty. International economic development has become a booming field and industry but is also highly contested. The function of the university as a…
Descriptors: Poverty, Qualitative Research, Universities, Economic Development
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Lin, Tzu-Bin; Chen, Peiying – Chinese Education & Society, 2018
The authors aim to present a case study of a three-year professional development program for school leaders with a specific focus on cultivating curriculum leadership. This program is funded by the Ministry of Education Taiwan and its goal is to empower school leaders' curriculum leadership under the second wave of curriculum reform in Taiwan.…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, School Administration
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Pinto, Rogério M.; Witte, Susan S.; Filippone, Prema L.; Choi, C. Jean; Wall, Melanie – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions project has disseminated HIV behavioral interventions (EBIs) across the United States since the 1990s. In 2011, the CDC launched the High-Impact HIV Prevention (HIP) project, providing EBIs plus high-impact services (HIV testing, primary care,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Health Behavior, Prevention
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Slattery, Peter; Cherry, Joan; Swift, Aaron; Tallon, Mary; Doyle, Ian – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2012
The Baseline Project provided an assessment package and treatment for juveniles (aged 16-21 years) serving sentences for sexual offences, and was the only such programme available in Ireland (ROI). It was a venture between the Northside Inter-Agency Project and the Psychology Department of the Irish Prison Service and worked with juveniles on a…
Descriptors: School Security, Crime Prevention, Correctional Institutions, Risk
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Walters, Jim; Davis, Patricia H. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2011
Human trafficking and various other forms of child sexual exploitation on the United States-Mexico border are described from social science and law enforcement perspectives, including current laws and definitions, case examples, and descriptions of victims and traffickers. The Southern Border Initiative of the AMBER Alert Project is outlined as…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexual Abuse, Crime, Slavery
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Lange, Jean W.; Mager, Diana; Greiner, Philip A.; Saracino, Katherine – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
The purpose of the ELDER (Expanded Learning and Dedication to Elders in the Region) Project was to address the needs of underserved older adults by providing worksite education to individuals who provide nursing care to older adults in community health centers, home health agencies, and long-term care facilities. Four agencies located in a Health…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Educational Needs, Nurses, Focus Groups
Kirlin, Mary; Shulock, Nancy – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
The challenge of producing the systemic changes that are needed to boost educational attainment and economic competitiveness across the country falls heavily on entities that coordinate public postsecondary institutions. Coordination of postsecondary education, whether of a single system of institutions or across an entire state, requires…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Technical Institutes, Governance, Program Effectiveness
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Bodilly, Susan J.; Orr, Nate; Scherer, Ethan; Constant, Louay; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, After School Programs, Grants, Data
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Orr, Nate; Bodilly, Susan J.; Naftel, Scott; Constant, Louay; Scherer, Ethan; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Management Information Systems, Financial Support, Data
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Parsons, Carl; Hailes, Jean – Journal of Education Policy, 2004
Partnerships are seen as vital to the functioning of many social institutions and the contribution that the private and voluntary not-for-profit sector organizations can make to the provision of statutory services is particularly valued. The Church of England Children's Society Genesis project worked for nearly 5 years in one urban, secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Justice, Ethics, Case Studies
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Reeve, Joanne; Peerbhoy, Denise – Health Education Journal, 2007
Objective: Organizational learning, underpinned by evidence-based health care, and greater user involvement in planning and delivery were key objectives of the NHS Plan. Evaluation, and specifically participatory evaluation, offers the potential to address these elements of the NHS modernization agenda. We discuss the strengths and limitations of…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Program Evaluation, Case Studies, Public Agencies
Stoyanoff, Karen, Comp.; Klehm, Jeanette, Comp. – 1981
Summaries are presented of 15 case studies conducted at Illinois Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) regions to determine the kind of credentialing mechanisms that exist for awarding academic credit or some other record of achievement to those eligible participants who complete CETA training programs. Introductory material describes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Credits, Credentials, Credit Courses
Jalling, Hans; Carlsson, Marten – Studies of Higher Education and Research, 1995
This report documents the founding and evolution of the Council for the Renewal of Undergraduate Education, established by the Swedish government in 1990 to enhance the quality of undergraduate teaching at Swedish higher education institutions and improve the status of university teaching vis-a-vis research. It discusses the state of Swedish…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Trends
Davis, Frank W., Jr.; LeMay, Stephen – 1980
This guide is designed to assist administrators of human service agencies in developing and implementing driver selection and training programs. Examined in the first half of the guide are the following aspects of designing a transportation training delivery system: understanding the training mission, identifying the program target group, training…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Driver Education
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