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Enhancing School Connectedness through Recreation-Based Learning: Practical Strategies Guided by Theory and Practice
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Ramella, Kelly J.; Poulos, Allison; Perlman, Dana – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Creating school connectedness can enhance the overall development and academic progress for youth. The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with both a theoretical and applied understanding of how to develop and support school connectedness with students through recreation-based learning activities. The theoretical concepts grounded…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Student School Relationship, Evidence Based Practice, Community Programs
Service-Learning with Tibetan Refugees in India: A Small University's Experience
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Brown, Betty G.; Chaudhari, Lisa Shanti; Curtis, Eric K.; Schulz, Leslie – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
In response to requests for assistance from a Tibetan refugee community in Mainpat, India, Northern Arizona University developed a unique service-learning experience, the Mainpat Project, to provide health and other services. The project continued for 4 years despite the limited infrastructure and resources of a small public university and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Refugees, Service Learning
Methods and Strategies: Greenteam--A Community Collaboration Celebrates Environmental Science
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Walters, Debi Molina; Oliver, Jill – Science and Children, 2013
When teachers, parents, and community members work together, children benefit (Henderson and Mapp 2002). This is especially true when the collaboration is coordinated and focused as it was for the Greenteam, a science ecology club and an event created by a network of educators, elementary students, and science professionals. The club and a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
Early Intervention in Rural Northern Arizona.
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Lenz, Diane; Contrucci, Linda – 1992
This report describes an outreach program that provides service coordination and home-based early intervention for disabled infants and toddlers on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. Developed by the Institute for Human Development (IHD), the outreach program uses paraprofessional instructional aides that are based in six northern…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Should We Cheat the Rural Vocational Education Student? Model Programs for Rural Vocational Education.
Kerwood, Robert V.; Starsen, Melle – 1988
This project was conducted to determine how best to serve the needs of rural vocational education students in Arizona. The study examined the literature on delivering instruction in such a manner that graduates of all vocational programs have equal opportunity, equal access, and equal competitiveness in the marketplace. Problems in supplying…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Media
An American Indian Training, Placement, and Human Development Project. Center for Employment Training (CET) Final Report, February 1977.
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Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA. – 1977
Beginning July 1, 1975 the San Jose, California based Center for Employment Training (CET) was granted funds to assist communities with sizeable American Indian populations to develop training and placement programs modelled after itself. These funds enabled three community interest groups in Tucson (Arizona), Guadalupe (Arizona), and Bellingham…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Community Programs