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Berglund, Jenny; Gent, Bill – Intercultural Education, 2019
This article focuses on the reported experiences of Muslim students that regularly shift between Muslim 'supplementary education' (including its traditional confessional focus on learning to read Arabic and then memorise and recite the Qur'an) and mainstream school education (including its 'inclusive' form of religious education'). The aim has…
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Education, Muslims, Educational Experience
Cheng, Stephen; Johnston, Susan – Journal of Peer Learning, 2014
Supplemental instruction (SI) has proven highly effective at improving success rates in high-risk first and second-year courses, in part because peerled SI sessions inculcate best-practice study skills in a specific learning context which provides opportunities for skill mastery. A successful SI program in the Faculty of Science at the University…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Academic Support Services, College Faculty, Student Participation
Van Ginkel, Stan; Van Eijl, Pierre; Pilot, Albert; Zubizarreta, John – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012
In Europe, there is a growing interest in honors education, not only in the bachelor's but also in the master's degree. The Dutch government, for instance, is actively promoting excellence in both bachelor's and master's degrees through honors programs (Siriusteam). Most Dutch universities have honors programs at the bachelor's level or are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Honors Curriculum, Masters Programs, Comparative Education
Kliucharev, Grigorii Arturovich – Russian Education and Society, 2010
Today the system of supplementary professional education (SPE) is the main institutionalized subunit that is oriented toward "adult learners". Surveys have shown that in many cases investment in SPE is more profitable, predictable, reliable, and short term than that in any other form of education. Data on supplemental professional…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Supplementary Education
Doman, Evelyn – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2014
Supplemental Instruction (SI) has widely been used in university classrooms around the world. However, many obstacles face SI -- including low student attendance, lack of faculty support, and recognition of today's online generation. This research helps to fill the gap in SI by posing to solve the problems mentioned above by extending SI into the…
Descriptors: Tutors, Supplementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Langager, Mark – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
This paper is an exploratory study of the childhood academic language environments (CALEs) of bilingual Japanese expatriate students. Student (n=28) and parent (n=67) surveys were adapted from the Life History Calendar (Caspi et al. 1996) to gather retrospective CALE data at a Japanese-English bilingual high school. Principal Components Analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Credentials, Research Needs, Intervention
Zhang, Ke; Hung, Jui-Long – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
As Taiwan's full-scale e-learning initiatives moved to the seventh year in 2009, the current status and challenges of e-learning development there are yet to be fully understood. Further extending Zhang and Hung's (2006) investigation on e-learning in all universities and colleges in Taiwan, this study investigated the after-school programs (ASPs)…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Continuing Education, After School Programs, Foreign Countries
Stone, Marion E., Ed.; Jacobs, Glen, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
This monograph describes Supplemental Instruction, a student assistance program designed to improve the academic success of college freshmen based on the idea that if students are not being successful in courses then perhaps colleges should change the way courses are taught. Supplemental Instruction (SI) utilizes regularly scheduled, out-of-class,…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, College Freshmen, Success, Student Improvement
More, Arthur J., Ed. – 1989
This catalog describes 263 Indian education projects in British Columbia schools from kindergarten through grade 12. The information was gathered from previous editions of the survey supplemented by the responses of coordinators of projects, including projects in provincial, Indian Band, federal, private, and parochial schools. Indian education…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Ast, Harley J. – 1987
Background information on Wascana Institute's (Regina, Saskatchewan) existing learning assistance programs is presented along with a proposal for a readily-accessible, one-stop learning assistance center (LAC) that will furnish the information and services underprepared adult learners require to achieve academic success. First, introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students

Kingsland, Ross – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Describes the objectives and the impact of the Double Helix Science Club upon students, teachers, and the nonschool community. This club, which has become a major concern in Australia with a membership of over 16,000 and a magazine distribution approaching 30,000, provides an effective vehicle for many teachers and public servants looking to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Periodicals, Postsecondary Education
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1971
The Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centers, held during September, 1971 in Bombay, was attended by individuals representing United Nations agencies, Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Phillippines, Singapore, South Vietnam, and Thailand. Seminar objectives included…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Education, Conference Reports
Rey, Micheline – 1985
Based on the visit of an international team studying the education and cultural development of migrants, this report describes school re-integration for children of Greek migrants returning to their home country. Part 1 outlines the purpose and itinerary of the three-day visit. Part 2 characterizes Greece as having a long and complex tradition of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), After School Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1973
Major adult literacy and adult education programs in India are described in the brochure, which covers a wide sector of interests and target groups. Major programs described are: (1) mass literacy programs, discussing demography and various strategies; (2) Kisan Saksharta Yojana, discussing various strategies for farmers' functional literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Briody, P. M. – 1979
Evaluation of the Mobile Classroom Project, which provided complementary and supplementary educational experiences not available through the Primary Correspondence Schools (PCS) for 58 isolated country children in Central Queensland during 1978 and 1979, used personal observations; comments from parents, home supervisors, and key educators…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communication Skills, Correspondence Study, Elementary Education