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Angela Kolen; Natalie Houser; Dean Kriellaars – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
This 'teaching tip' shares the success of a service-learning opportunity created to work with university students in a meaningful way in the community. It describes a program called Fit 4 Tots that resulted in more toddlers, university students and community members benefiting from learning and movement experiences.
Descriptors: Toddlers, Physical Activity Level, Role Models, Program Implementation
Leslie Abell; Dennis J. Downey; Pilar Pacheco – Metropolitan Universities, 2023
Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students, community partners, and universities. Yet on our campus (and many others), CBR remains less common than other high-impact practices (HIPs) such as service learning and undergraduate research due to lack of effective institutionalization. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Cooperation, Research
Payam Sheikhattari; Jummai Apata; Gillian Beth Silver; Shiva Mehravaran; Emma Mitchell; Shervin Assari – Metropolitan Universities, 2023
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective approach for addressing health disparities by integrating diverse knowledge and expertise from both academic and community partners throughout the research process. However, universities and funding agencies have not done enough to invest in the foundational infrastructure and resources…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Research
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Jones Harden, Brenda; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Raikes, Helen; Vogel, Cheri – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Home visitation has emerged as a key strategy for promoting child and family well-being in the current policy context. This article examines the effectiveness of the Early Head Start (EHS) home-based program for children and families at the end of the program and 2 years later, with a particular focus on the role of program implementation in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Home Visits, Family Programs
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Poon, Patrick; Chan, Tsang Sing; Zhou, Lianxi – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2011
This paper examines the issues and challenges in the implementation of service-learning in undergraduate business education. It also provides an assessment of the students' learning efficacy and outcomes over time through the service-learning participation. Service-learning is a pedagogical approach that integrates academic learning and community…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Responsibility, Business Education, Program Implementation
Apley, Alice; Frankel, Susan; Goldman, Elizabeth; Streitburger, Kim – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2011
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's museums. Museums for America (MFA) is the largest IMLS grant program for museums; it supports institutions by investing in high-priority, high-value activities that are clearly linked to the institution's strategic plan and enhance its value to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Cultural Background, Library Services
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Riggert, Steven C.; Ash, Daniel; Boyle, Mike A.; Kinney, John; Howarth, David A.; Rudy-Parkins, Carolyn – Innovative Higher Education, 2004
Metropolitan College is a distinctive and innovative business-education partnership that provides educational opportunities to many Kentucky residents who would otherwise be unable to attend college. The program also provides significant, tangible benefits to the business and education partners, as well as to the local and statewide community.…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Partnerships in Education, Higher Education, Access to Education
Nussbaum, Claire A. – 1981
Community education programs have seldom presented quantitative data to validate the usefulness of the program. This study was an attempt to establish a beginning community education program while planning for quantitative evaluation from the initiation of the project. Based on a group process, community residents were involved in the development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes
Holdsworth, Roger; Stafford, John; Stokes, Helen; Tyler, Debra – 2001
Student Action Teams (SATs) were established in 20 Victoria, Australia, secondary schools in 1999, with 11 of those schools continuing with their teams in 2000. The Student Action Teams are comprised of groups of students who identify a school or community issue, research it, make plans and proposals about it, and take action on it. Such…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Benefits