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Wilson, Gail; McAuley, Andrew; Ashton-Hay, Sally; van Eyk, Tina – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This article discusses the experiences and challenges of introducing a third-party learning support provider into the teaching and learning culture at Southern Cross University (SCU), a regional university with campus locations in New South Wales and Queensland. The provider was engaged to extend online study support after-hours to first year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Academic Support Services, Electronic Learning
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Szabó, Fruzsina; Abari, Kálmán; Balajthy, Dániel; Polonyi, Tünde – Teaching English with Technology, 2022
When it comes to language learning and teaching, one of the major issues that needs to be tackled is the large differences between students in terms of school performance, especially socially disadvantaged children who tend to lag behind their peers. Research on language teaching tends to focus on the average learner, thus leaving little room for…
Descriptors: Gamification, Economically Disadvantaged, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Karlsudd, Peter – Education Sciences, 2020
How the Swedish after-school leisure program pedagogy relates to special education is rarely the subject of research. The problematization of the special education concept in the after-school leisure centers will be the starting point of this analysis model. This has been constructed with the aim of investigating how actors in the Swedish…
Descriptors: Special Education, Leisure Education, Leisure Time, After School Programs
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Armstrong, Lyn; Power, Clare; Coady, Carmel; Dormer, Lynette – Journal of Peer Learning, 2011
Since its introduction at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia in 2007, the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) program has proved a very effective and popular methodology for increasing retention and enhancing student engagement. PASS is based on Supplemental Instruction (SI) which is an international program that provides peer led,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Engineering Education, At Risk Students, Supplementary Education
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Zhang, Ke; Hung, Jui-Long – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
As Taiwan's full-scale e-learning initiatives moved to the seventh year in 2009, the current status and challenges of e-learning development there are yet to be fully understood. Further extending Zhang and Hung's (2006) investigation on e-learning in all universities and colleges in Taiwan, this study investigated the after-school programs (ASPs)…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Continuing Education, After School Programs, Foreign Countries
Lee, Chuan – 1997
Despite government initiatives to foster lifelong learning, Chinese Taipei has yet to develop a truly comprehensive system of adult education. Despite high illiteracy rates, only 5% of all adults are currently enrolled in supplemental education, due in part to traditional ideas of formal education, and lack of governmental support. In 1994,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Stone, Marion E., Ed.; Jacobs, Glen, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
This monograph describes Supplemental Instruction, a student assistance program designed to improve the academic success of college freshmen based on the idea that if students are not being successful in courses then perhaps colleges should change the way courses are taught. Supplemental Instruction (SI) utilizes regularly scheduled, out-of-class,…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, College Freshmen, Success, Student Improvement
Pirozzo, Ralph – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
The Peninsula Enrichment Program in Queensland, Australia, organizes community-based enrichment/extension activities for disadvantaged bright children of preschool to high school age. The article describes funding made available by community service clubs, selection of program speakers, selection of children, and attitudes of parents. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Extension Education