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Ong, Elsie Li Chen; Chu, Sam Kai Wah – Higher Education Quarterly, 2022
Residential halls are an important component of college education, and the benefits for holistic personal development have been documented by previous research. The majority of studies, however, have focused on Western universities. The current research therefore assessed the academic, social and independent development of students attending…
Descriptors: College Housing, Student Experience, College Students, Student Development
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Frances Harris – Education 3-13, 2024
Forest school is a pedagogical practice widely used in the U.K., and increasingly in other parts of the world. This paper contributes to the growing body of research on forest school by focussing on how children engage with and respond to forest school. It draws on practitioners' experience of working with children to examine their perspectives on…
Descriptors: Forestry, Learner Engagement, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries
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Michael Riley; Jim Sibthorp; Shannon Rochelle – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2024
Research has articulated the benefits of autonomy in outdoor programming (e.g., Chang, 2017), and the independent student expedition (ISE) is one type of autonomous experience that has received attention across the literature. Research suggests that ISEs have the potential to foster personal growth and promote group development (e.g., Daniel et…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Young Adults, Adventure Education, Outdoor Leadership
Ozmen, Kemal Sinan – Online Submission, 2011
This study follows three pre-service teachers during three academic semesters in which they took an acting course for teachers and participated in practicum with a special focus on rehearsing and developing their teacher identities. In order to create the necessary context for them, an acting course for pre-service teacher education was designed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Development, Acting, Professional Identity
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McDonald, Sharyn; Ogden-Barnes, Stephen – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013
Service learning and problem-based learning (PBL) are distinct, yet related educational approaches. When collaborative learning events which encourage the application of the PBL principles to real world challenges faced by Not-For-Profit organizations (NFPs), these learning approaches become potentially synergistic. However, there is limited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Expectation
Mary Stuart Hunter; Jennifer R. Keup; Jillian Kinzie; Heather Maietta – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
Increasing pressures on colleges and universities to ensure degree completion and job placement as measures of success make it imperative that the path to graduation is clear and that seniors receive the support needed to earn a degree and make a successful transition to life beyond college. This new edited collection describes today's college…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Student Experience, Transitional Programs, Academic Support Services