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Direct linkHasford, Julian; Loomis, Colleen; Nelson, Geoffrey; Pancer, S. Mark – Youth & Society, 2016
This comparative study examined how participation in an early childhood development (ECD) program, "Better Beginnings, Better Futures," for children (ages 4-8) relates to sense of community (SOC) in later adolescence (ages 18-19). Youths' stories (N = 96) about community experiences, collected by semistructured, open-ended interviews,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Sense of Community, Children, Late Adolescents
Butler, Des; Coe, Sandra; Field, Rachael; McNamara, Judith; Kift, Sally; Brown, Catherine – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
This paper discusses the principle of "Transition" as it has been conceptualised by the Curriculum Renewal in Legal Education project. The project sought to develop a principled framework for renewing the final year of tertiary legal education in Australia. Capstone experiences were chosen as the most appropriate mechanism for assisting…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Legal Education (Professions), Transitional Programs, Student Needs
Download full textShimoni, Rena; Barrington, Gail; Wilde, Russ; Henwood, Scott – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Two interrelated studies were undertaken to assist Alberta post-secondary institutions with meeting challenges associated with providing services to diverse distributed students that are of similar quality to services provided to traditional classroom students. The first study identified and assessed best practices in distributed learning; the…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Special Needs Students, Student Diversity, Best Practices
Peled, Maya; Smith, Annie – Education Canada, 2010
Education plays a key role in young people's healthy development. Research conducted by the McCreary Centre Society (a British Columbia non-profit organization concerned with youth health) has shown that even the most vulnerable youth who feel connected to school are more likely to report better health and above average marks, and to engage in…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Student Experience
Caspar, Emma, Ed. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2008
The purpose of "Focus" is to provide coverage of poverty-related research, events, and issues, and to acquaint a large audience with the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty by means of short essays on selected pieces of research. This issue contains the following articles: (1) The new global labor market (Richard B. Freeman);…
Descriptors: Poverty, Child Welfare, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2005
This guide supports the central objective of ensuring that young people enjoy the best possible introduction to, and experience of, work-related learning through strong partnerships between schools and colleges. The process of self-evaluation using quality indicators has already had a
significant and positive impact on the quality of provision in…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Self Evaluation (Groups), Learning Experience
