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Bilson, Andy; Price, Joanna; Stanley, Nicky – Children & Society, 2011
This article describes an action research project carried out in North West England that aimed to assist Children's Services Departments and Care Trusts in developing their strategies for supporting care leavers into employment and training. The study found a range of models and approaches that can be utilised to develop local and regional…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Action Research, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2009
This paper outlines a possible approach to implementing the Social Entrepreneurship initiative, focused on building a body of research-proven program models/strategies, and scaling them up, so as to produce major progress in education, poverty reduction, crime prevention, and other areas. The paper summarizes the rationale for this approach, then…
Descriptors: Poverty, Crime, Models, Crime Prevention
Wallace, Merle; Athamesara, Raynou – International Education Journal, 2004
The notion of a community curriculum in Thailand comes from widespread recognition that Thai society has been greatly influenced by the west in its development and modernization. According to many Thais, community curricula are needed to encourage young people to preserve Thai culture and revive local ways of thinking about "development"…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Teacher Researchers