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Angela Kolen; Natalie Houser; Dean Kriellaars – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
This 'teaching tip' shares the success of a service-learning opportunity created to work with university students in a meaningful way in the community. It describes a program called Fit 4 Tots that resulted in more toddlers, university students and community members benefiting from learning and movement experiences.
Descriptors: Toddlers, Physical Activity Level, Role Models, Program Implementation
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Lin, Li-Hui – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Since 2008, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has sponsored a number of short-term residential educational programs aimed at senior citizens and administered by local colleges and universities. In 2009, the Ministry of Education named a project the Elderhostel Program (notwithstanding the lack of involvement by the United States organization, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Programs, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Kline, Cathy C.; Godolphin, William J.; Chhina, Gagun S.; Towle, Angela – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2013
Communication between health care professionals and Aboriginal patients is complicated by cultural differences and the enduring effects of colonization. Health care providers need better training to meet the needs of Aboriginal patients and communities. We describe the development and outcomes of a community-driven service-learning program in…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Cultural Awareness, Health Education, Cultural Differences
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Mountford, Christine – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
The mission and values of Victoria University provide the underlying criteria for the development and implementation of the Community Gateways initiative, which aims to transform the lives of those living in the west of Melbourne through the power of further education. Community Gateways takes the university into the community by providing career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Prior Learning
Bunch, Tera; Stephens, Carrie; Hart, William – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influences of American agricultural education student teachers on a rural community in New South Wales, Australia. The study analyzed interviews with eleven participants of the American student teacher program in a rural New South Wales community. Results of the study were formulated by two…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Action Research, Agricultural Education
Kirschner Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1970
This pamphlet is a capsule commentary on the Kirschner field research project which attempted to obtain a greater understanding of Head Start's role in influencing community health and educational programs. The general goals for Head Start are summarized and expanded to include objectives unique to this survey. Specifically, the Kirschner project…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Benefits, Community Education, Community Health Services
Kirschner Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1970
The objectives of the research project described in this report are: (1) to determine if there have been changes in local educational and health institutions relevant to the objectives of Project Head Start; (2) to determine if local Head Start centers were influential in bringing about relevant changes in community institutions; (3) to analyze…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Benefits, Community Education, Community Health Services
Nussbaum, Claire A. – 1981
Community education programs have seldom presented quantitative data to validate the usefulness of the program. This study was an attempt to establish a beginning community education program while planning for quantitative evaluation from the initiation of the project. Based on a group process, community residents were involved in the development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes