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Anelise Leal Vieira Cubas; Ana Paula Provin; Ana Regina de Aguiar Dutra; José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra; Clarissa Carneiro Mussi – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a pivotal role in global sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to assess the QualEnv Consortium's contributions (QualEnv, a cooperative network of 16 universities across several countries, aimed to promote sustainability within HEIs). This paper focuses on three key objectives:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Consortia
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Vegneskumar Maniam; Veronica McKay; Robert Boughton – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2025
In 2008 the South African Government launched the "Kha Ri Gude" mass literacy campaign to address the country's adult illiteracy problem. The Campaign drew upon the Cuban "Yo, Si Puedo" campaign model. In 2012, an Australian non-governmental organisation, Literacy for Life Foundation, likewise informed by the Cuban "Yo, Si…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Models
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Mtawa, Ntimi N.; Fongwa, Samuel N. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2022
Service-learning has, arguably, gained significant currency as a pedagogical and engagement mechanism within the broader discourse of universities and their role in community development. However, less emphasis has been placed on the human development dimensions of service--learning for community members, with the focus largely being on students'…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Universities, School Community Relationship
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Moraes, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de; Fischer, Bruno Brandão; Guerrero, Maribel; Rocha, Anne Kathleen Lopes da; Schaeffer, Paola Rücker – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2023
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of university ecosystems on entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy of Brazilian undergraduate students. The empirical exercise relies on Structural Equations Modelling based on data of 468 students from 70 universities across the country. Results indicate that traditional approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Entrepreneurship
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Ti, Clarence B. W.; Tang-Wong, Joyce; Bringle, Robert G. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Senior leadership at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore decided to make service-learning the signature pedagogy of the polytechnic and to infuse at least one service-learning module (i.e., course) in every diploma so that all students would have a service-learning experience. Evidence is provided that, in 3 years, the rapid institutionalization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Technical Institutes, Program Implementation
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C. Nadine Wathen; James Shelley; Makayla N. Gomes; Aya Mohamed; Jennifer C. D. MacGregor – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Finding ways to move knowledge-to-impact is a key priority for research funding agencies, universities, and academics. However, academic engagement with the broader community is not without tensions and challenges, including arriving at mutual benefit and relevance, and addressing power dynamics and often incompatible communication practices. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, College Faculty
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Ginsburg, Mark; Haugen, Valerie; Lokong, Francis; Ong'uti, Seth – African Educational Research Journal, 2017
This article examines an initiative by the USAID-funded Room to Learn South Sudan project (2013 to 2016) to encourage and enable community participation in improving education access, quality and safety. Project staff engaged parents and teachers as well as women, youth, and other community members in developing and implementing school improvement…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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Van Tran, Cong; Pham, Muc Minh; Mai, Phuong Thi; Le, Tam Thi; Nguyen, Dan Trong – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
In Vietnam, the number of children identified as experiencing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has rapidly increased. Inclusive education (IE) has been implemented with children with ASD for more than 20 years. The effectiveness with which IE has been implemented to date with children with ASD has previously not been assessed. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Ranahan, Patti; White, Jennifer – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2019
Suicide prevention gatekeeper training is designed in order to enhance participants' recognition of persons in distress, enhance skills in responding, and referrals to help. In response to rising suicide rates in British Columbia, Canada, two standardized gatekeeper training programs were implemented by the Canadian Mental Health Association…
Descriptors: Suicide, Prevention, Foreign Countries, Community Involvement
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Abate, Samuel Getnet; Adamu, Abebaw Yirga – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
The implementation of adult education in Ethiopia is the responsibility of different sectors. Studies indicated that the collaboration among these sectors is unsatisfactory, but the main factors that deter the collaboration are not well studied. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess major factors that deter intersectoral collaboration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Barriers, Agency Cooperation
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Bouvet, Eric; Cosmini, Daniela; Palaktsoglou, Maria; Vanzo, Lynn – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2017
This article discusses a community engagement pilot program for language students offered at Flinders University. For a number of years, the "Language in Action" program has provided placement opportunities for language students in a range of community settings such as aged-care agencies and cultural associations. From an educational…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
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Rees, Donna; Mills, Rachel; Paatsch, Louise – Deafness & Education International, 2020
Otitis Media (OM) is an important global issue that can have a long-lasting impact on a child's life. There is no easy fix! For a family who has a child with OM, the ramifications can be short term and have minimal consequences, or they can be very complex and involve medical, educational, behavioural and wellbeing issues, and may even be…
Descriptors: Diseases, Child Health, Health Promotion, Indigenous Populations
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van der Kleij, R. M. J. J.; Crone, M. R.; Reis, R.; Paulussen, T. G. W. M. – Health Education Research, 2016
Several intersectoral community approaches targeting childhood obesity (IACOs) have been launched in the Netherlands. Translation of these approaches into practice is however arduous and implementation. We therefore studied the implementation of five IACOs in the Netherlands for one-and-a-half years. IACO implementation was evaluated via an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Program Implementation, Community Involvement
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Akel, Marwan; Fahs, Iqbal; Salameh, Pascale; Godeau, Emmanuelle – Health Education Journal, 2019
Introduction: The concept of the health promoting school offers a coherent approach to promoting health and well-being within a whole school community. This study sought to evaluate the health programmes and policies adopted by different Lebanese schools, and their appropriateness for this role as part of health promotion. Methods: Our research…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Education, Well Being, Program Evaluation
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