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Claire Kathryn Barrett – ProQuest LLC, 2019
During the past decade, college students have experienced increasing levels of anxiety, depression, and substance use, which impacts both academic performance and daily functioning. At the same time, declining levels of civic engagement among young adults highlights the importance of higher education's explicit goal of fostering the development of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Well Being
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Closson, Rosemary; Mullins Nelson, Barbara – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This research was motivated by our desire for our students to achieve a deeper appreciation for the social justice aspect of our field, adult education, and also to engage them with the community. We sought to accomplish these ends as students at two different state universities volunteered to build a home with Habitat for Humanity. Data was…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory
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Dubovoy, Silvia C. – NAMTA Journal, 1996
Emphasizes the intrinsic unity of all the intelligences as well as the inseparable nature of the interpersonal and intrapersonal. Emphasizes the theories of both Gardner and Montessori as a whole, and looks at common features in intelligence profiles and educational environments described by both. (MOK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Community Involvement, Educational Environment
Mohan, Madan; And Others – 1975
Purpose of the program was to provide each migrant child the educational treatment that would be most effective in developing his potential. Consisting of a reading component which provided remedial reading instruction using tutors, and the LEAD (Learn, Experience, and Develop) component which involved parents and the community in bringing about…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Learning Experience
Maine School Administrative District 51, Cumberland Center. – 1976
This final report on Project GIVE (Guidance in Vocations and Education) consists of a report by project staff and a third-party evaluation report. The staff report summarizes major activities undertaken to achieve the project's eight basic objectives, anticipated changes and problems, and dissemination and special activities. The evaluation report…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Light, Richard L., Ed.; Osman, Alice H., Ed. – 1978
This volume contains the following papers: (1) "Linguistics, TESOL, and Bilingual Education: An Overview," by J.E. Alatis; (2) "TESOL: Meeting a Social Need," by M. Galvan; (3) "Bilingual Education, TESL, and Ethnicity in New York State," by E.B. Nyquist; (4) "Control, Initiative, and the Whole Learner," by…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication