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Anita Hartikainen; Marja Ahola; Erkki Sutinen – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
In the online implementation of immigrant integration training, there are areas that receive limited attention in the pedagogical studies of Finnish language and literature subject teachers. Using the Design Science Research method, an artifact of socially significant online integration training is studied. By participating in the evaluation and…
Descriptors: Finno Ugric Languages, Immigrants, Student Teachers, Program Design
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Stephanie L. Carnes; Lindsey Disney – Children & Schools, 2025
Spanish-speaking immigrant students, particularly those from Central America, constitute a rapidly growing subpopulation in U.S. public schools. As primary institutions for socialization, cultural learning, and academic knowledge development, schools often offer immigrant students their first experience of U.S. cultures and the English language.…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Immigrants, English Language Learners, Acculturation
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Kloubert, Tetyana; Hoggan, Chad – Adult Learning, 2021
The process of migration to a new country brings with it a host of challenges, and therefore also learning needs. Some countries have systems in place to facilitate the transition of migrants into society, often including adult education programs. Those programs, however, cannot be effective if blithely designed in ignorance of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Labor Market, Adult Education
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Krsmanovic, Masha – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
This research examined the role of a first-year seminar course in promoting international student learning and academic transition. Through interviews with international students representing different countries and majors, the author investigated how the course can best be designed and taught to overcome the common learning barriers encountered…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes
Hofstetter, Jacob; Cherewka, Alexis – Migration Policy Institute, 2022
State adult education systems, which receive significant funding from the U.S. government, are the primary source of many key integration services for adult immigrants--from English classes and literacy programs to civics courses and some workforce development activities. Although such programs have existed for decades, the passage of the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Immigrants, Citizenship Education, Labor Force Development
Murray, Donell Cochran – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Peer mentoring is a way to help guide and form valuable relationships between two or more students and plays an important role in the success, both academically and socially, of students. At Morehead State University (MSU), the International Peer Mentoring Program (IPMP) was designed and implemented in the Fall of 2016 to assist in the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Program Design, Peer Groups, Mentors
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Bajwa, Jaswant Kaur; Kidd, Sean; Abaim, Mulugeta; Knouzi, Ibtissem; Couto, Sidonia; McKenzie, Kwame – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2020
This paper describes how various community partners collaborated to design and implement a student-centred, trauma-informed educational program that addresses the personal and systemic barriers identified by refugees who are survivors of trauma as obstacles to accessing higher education, and consequently social inclusion, in Canada. This 14-week…
Descriptors: Trauma, Refugees, Student Centered Learning, Program Design
Ó Tuama, Séamus; O'Sullivan, Siobhán – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
Cork, the Republic of Ireland's second most populous city, is one of 12 UNESCO Learning Cities globally. Becoming a learning city requires a sophisticated audit of education, learning and other socio-economic indicators. It also demands that cities become proactively engaged in delivering to the objectives set by the "Beijing Declaration on…
Descriptors: Neighborhood Improvement, International Organizations, Program Design, Program Implementation
Hatley, Issac – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of the Doctoral Capstone project was to examine the effects of a community-based program on adults with disabilities. For many years, individuals with disabilities have been socially excluded from the community for many years. Individuals with scholarly handicaps are unequally defenseless against social rejection, destitution and abuse…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Adult Education, Self Esteem, Quality of Life
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Doikou-Avlidou, Maro; Dadatsi, Katerina – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
The present study aimed to explore the outcomes of a small-scale social and emotional learning (SEL) intervention programme regarding the social behaviour and the social position of pupils from culturally diverse backgrounds. Seven primary and secondary education teachers participated in the study along with the pupils attending their classes;…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Immigrants, Program Design, Intervention
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Fennick, Ellen; Royle, James – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Activity coaches from university teacher education and health education programs were trained to use individualized accommodations to help six children (ages 6-13) with developmental disabilities participate in community recreation activities. Children participated in swim classes or gymnastics at individualized levels, expressed enjoyment, and…
Descriptors: Autism, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education
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Brown, Roy I. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
This paper analyzes the philosophy and goal strategies of transition programs, focusing on criteria for success, needs of the disabled, training of personnel, staffing, client controls, the pre-transition school environment, the adult transition environment, and integration into adult society. Several recommendations for improved transition…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
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MacLeod, Fiona – British Journal of Special Education, 2001
This article describes the design and outcomes of a project to promote the reintegration of pupils with emotional and behavioral difficulties at transfer to secondary school. It reports on a series of successful placements and discusses the factors that have helped sustain the inclusion of the pupils. (Contains four references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Inclusive Schools
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Larson, Reed; Eccles, Jacquelynne; Gootman, Jennifer Appleton – Prevention Researcher, 2004
There is very little research that directly specifies what programs can do to facilitate positive adolescent development, or how to tailor these programs to the individual needs of adolescents. However, there is a broad base of knowledge about how development occurs that can be drawn upon. Research demonstrates that certain features of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Community Programs, Adolescents, Program Design
Pritchard, Joanne – Education Canada, 1980
The article is a progress report of the first semester of a junior high level ESL program in Calgary, Canada. The article explains the three components of the program: English skills instruction; content area instruction; and social and academic integration of the ESL students into the regular program. (SB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Family School Relationship, Immigrants, Junior High School Students
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