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Velasco, V.; Cominelli, S.; Scattola, P.; Celata, C. – Health Education Research, 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a huge effect on adolescents' health and learning. Health promotion strategies should be valued, and life skill education is a potential approach in this direction. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of an evidence-based life skill education programme during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
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Print, Murray – Journal of Social Science Education, 2014
The global financial crisis has impacted upon the way of life of young Europeans with great severity. Across most European countries youth unemployment has remained stubbornly high for many years, compounding the effects of the crisis on the social and psychological well-being of young people. Given that crises are highly likely to occur in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Citizenship Education, Unemployment
Haynes, Gene C. – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this capstone project was to design a course description on gelotology, the study of laughter, at a XYZ Institute. The course provides a detailed analysis of the background of gelotology, how the course was designed and how to put the course into application at the capstone site. The course was designed using a sample curriculum as…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Elective Courses, Humor, Educational Theories
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2016
The creation of this document has been driven by an intensive review process by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs to assure the credibility of its scientific content. Over the past 12 years, the Council's ongoing work to bring science to bear on public policies for…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Public Policy, Child Development, Young Children
Njeng'ere, David – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2014
Curriculum planning emphasizes that education should serve to enable society to achieve its needs and aspirations. One such need in Kenya, which has remained largely elusive, is national cohesion and integration. Research has revealed that education contributes to the development of social capital by increasing individual propensity to trust and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Social Values
Cunningham, E. G.; Brandon, C. M.; Frydenberg, E. – 2000
This paper examines the effectiveness of a universal school-based prevention program designed to increase coping resources in preadolescents through the modeling and teaching of optimistic thinking skills in response to real and hypothetical events. Six classroom teachers implemented the program in grades five and six within the regular school…
Descriptors: Coping, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Lofaro, Gregory A. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1982
Recommends curricular change for experiential and didactic training to increase a counselor trainee's sensitivity, skills, and knowledge regarding disability. Discusses the need to team trainees from school and rehabilitation counseling training programs so that these professionals can work cooperatively for the benefit of the client with a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training
Kapp-Simon, Kathy A.; Simon, Dennis J. – 1981
This paper presents an overview of a systematic primary prevention program for promoting social competency in junior high school students, including a summary of goals, method, techniques, leadership requirements, and evaluation research. The Social Skills Training Program is described as a curriculum-based, small group program which teaches…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Coping, Curriculum Development, Empathy
ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services, Greensboro, NC. – 1993
Phoenix Elementary School District #1 began implementing its Competency Based Guidance Program (CBGP) during the 1991-92 school year after being awarded a U.S. Department of Education Drug Free Schools and Communities Programs Grant. The purpose of CBGP was to provide middle-school students with a developmental and proactive guidance program.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Coping, Curriculum Development
Molek, Carol; Woodruff, Barbara – 1992
This document describes a project conducted to develop and use a curriculum of basic skills as applied to life coping areas. The target group were students of adult basic education (ABE) who lacked basic survival skills. Within the project year, 27 students participated in the program with the curriculum that was created. The document consists of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Coping
Pilgrim, Mark T. – 1981
The Army has given to the Training and Doctrine Command the task of developing four Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) curricula to provide functional, job-related basic skills training. These would be Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Baseline Skills, English-as-a-Second Language (ESL), Military Life Coping Skills, and Learning Strategies.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Coping