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Kitawi, Alfred Kirigha – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2014
This research examined the issue of community capacity development in a university. The main way communities were empowered was through the education management programmes offered at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. The research is among the first to examine the issue of community capacity development through university programmes. The…
Descriptors: Community Development, Capacity Building, Universities, Foreign Countries
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Waltermaurer, Eve; Obach, Brian – Teaching Sociology, 2007
In this article, the authors describe a cross course collaborative research project designed to provide students with an opportunity to integrate aspects of sociological study that are typically addressed in a compartmentalized course by course manner. They used this approach on two separate occasions. The first involved collaboration between a…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Cooperation, Sociology, Statistics
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Reeder, Charles W.; Kunce, Joseph T. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the applicability of a "vicarious behavior induction" (VBI) strategy to a residential treatment program for heroin addicts. Subjects who participated in the videomodeling group had substantially better vocational outcomes 30, 90, and 180 days after treatment than those who participated in the videolecture…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Models, Pilot Projects
Wollert, Richard – 1984
This paper describes the Self-Help Information Service (SIS), and summarizes data evaluating the program. Associated with a generally focused information and referral service (I&R), SIS was designed to facilitate research on self-help groups. Its specific goals were to develop and maintain a telephone referral service disseminating self-help…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Models, Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness
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Jeffrey, D. Balfour; And Others – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1973
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of a behavioral program and a therapist manual that have been developed from a series of research projects conducted at the University of Utah Counseling Services over the last three years. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Followup Studies
Suppes, Patrick – 1971
Programs for computer-assisted instruction (CAI) which were developed at Stanford University from 1963-70 are described, and prospects for CAI in the 1970's are considered briefly. The programs include ones in arithmetic, logic, and reading for elementary grades and in basic Russian and remedial algebra for college students. Of these, the logic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Algebra, Arithmetic
Bokhari, Khalid H.; Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1977
Successfully field tested in four villages in the Federal Capital Area, Pakistan, the model is designed to: identify and prioritize village concerns and educational needs; validate and analyze the needs with respect to village values and goals; and select, develop, implement, and evaluate a best solution. Major steps in the model are: data…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Action