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Jordan M. Lukins; Susan Szendrey – Journal of Museum Education, 2024
Organizations such as zoos and museums offer educational experiences, along with opportunities for leisure and enjoyment, which should not be denied due to lack of access. In this case study, we present a process through which professionals in disability-related fields collaborated with a local community zoo to improve accessibility and inclusive…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Inclusion, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Facilities
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Ryan, Mary; Carrington, Suzanne; Selva, Gitta; Healy, Annah – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
The outcomes of a two-pronged "real-world" learning project, which aimed to expand the views of pre-service teachers about learning, pedagogy and diversity, will be discussed in this paper. Seventy-two fourth-year and 22 first-year students, enrolled in a Bachelor of Education degree in Queensland, Australia, were engaged in community…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes, Consciousness Raising
Ryan, Thomas P. – 1980
The implementation guide for special education administrators and teachers provides a review and synthesis of programing in experienced based career education (EBCE) for the handicapped, describes exemplary programs, and gives implementation guidelines. The first chapter provides background information, an overview, and summaries of legislation…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1993
This 22-minute videotape explains that it takes a whole community to educate a child. The first section describes how one high school uses the Foxfire Formula, with teachers acting more as facilitators than bosses. Students created a student magazine. Six Foxfire core practices were used in developing the magazine (student involvement in decision…
Descriptors: Camping, Creative Teaching, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Telepak, Theodore A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1995
The Community Observation Project in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) has helped more than 100 secondary students with disabilities to learn prevocational skills and behaviors through observation and hands-on experience at 20 local businesses. Details of program implementation, including recordkeeping forms, are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Business, Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Csapo, Marg – 1991
This book chapter puts community-based rehabilitation and community-based instruction in an historical perspective by describing a number of influential social, political, legal, technological, and philosophical factors that have shaped contemporary special and regular education. The characteristics of community-based instruction, community-based…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Programs, Curriculum, Disabilities