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Peer-Assisted Learning Online: Peer Leader Motivations and Experiences
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Rawson, Rebecca; Rhodes, Christine – Journal of Peer Learning, 2022
This research explores the different types of motivation that inspired students to engage in an online peer-assisted learning (PAL) leader role. An interdisciplinary online PAL pilot programme at a university in the United Kingdom was reviewed to investigate the experience and perceptions of voluntary online PAL leaders. The purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Student Leadership, Student Motivation
"Conversations about Education": Professional Development through a Multi-Epistemic Lens
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Roland, Karen; Colella, Julia; Igbokwe, Blessing – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study involves the program evaluation of the "Conversations About Education" pilot, developed as a community collaboration to offer professional development involving participants from a Faculty of Education, local school partners, and community organizations offering programming to Newcomers to Canada. The program sought to provide…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, School Community Programs, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries
Program Evaluation: The Board Game--An Interactive Learning Tool for Evaluators
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Febey, Karen; Coyne, Molly – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
The field of program evaluation lacks interactive teaching tools. To address this pedagogical issue, the authors developed a collaborative learning technique called Program Evaluation: The Board Game. The authors present the game and its development in this practitioner-oriented article. The evaluation board game is an adaptable teaching tool…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Cooperative Learning
Implementing Critical Skills in UK Schools
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Martin, M.; Wilkinson, J. E.; Mcphee, A.; McQueen, I.; McConnell, F.; Baron, S. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
Cooperative learning, which is a relatively new form of pedagogy developed in North America, has recently been introduced into a number of schools in the UK. One such form of this pedagogy is referred to as Critical Skills. Two systematic evaluations of pilot projects which have implemented Critical Skills in UK schools have recently been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Pilot Projects
Learning Advanced Leadership: Findings from a Leadership Development Programme for New Superintendents
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Orr, Margaret Terry – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2007
Given the lack of preparation incoming school district superintendents receive and the many challenges they face, this article reviews the approach of the few existing programs for new superintendents and describes the leadership development strategies that would be beneficial. With this background, the article presents the findings from an…
Descriptors: Seminars, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Learning Strategies
Summer Telelearning for Academic Renewal. A Team-Taught Audiographic Distance Learning Program for At-Risk Eighth Graders.
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Delaware-Chenango Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Norwich, NY. – 1989
In July and August 1989 the Delaware-Chenango Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) piloted the Summer Telelearning for Academic Renewal (STAR) program, a telecommunications-based program aimed at reducing the potential for at-risk eighth graders to drop out of school. Students were selected for the program by their home schools on the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Dropout Prevention