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Steen, Sara J., Ed. – 1996
This guide provides descriptions of 1,810 summer and short-term academic and language study-abroad programs that range from one-week language study courses to full-summer or semester-length university programs. An introductory section provides information on the Institute of International Education (IIE), IIE publications, the use of the guide,…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Exchange Programs
Download full textHarris, Ian; And Others – 1996
During the summer of 1995 a group of educators in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) created an innovative program, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Summer Institute on Nonviolence, to help young people learn alternatives to violent behavior. The program was designed to train peer leaders in nonviolence so they could return to their schools and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences
PDF pending restorationSteen, Sara J., Ed. – 1997
This guide provides descriptions of 1,862 summer and short-term academic and language study-abroad programs that range from one-week language study courses to full-summer or semester-length university programs. An introductory section provides information on the Institute of International Education (IIE), IIE publications, the use of the guide,…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Exchange Programs
Roberts, David H., Ed.; Lebow, Jeanne, Ed. – 1986
This anthology presents materials associated with the five-week summer session of the South Mississippi Writing Project, 1986. The anthology begins with a position statement on teaching writing, and curriculum vitae of staff and teacher consultants followed by lists of group and committee members and a calendar of events in the session. Summaries…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Humor, Journalism Education
Wadham, Tim; Wadham, Penny – 1993
The 1993 Texas Reading Club theme is classic children's books, working from the premise that these are some books no childhood should be without. Each of the chapters focuses on a particular type of book. In each chapter, activities and handouts are presented for a toddler program, three storytimes, and two upper elementary school programs. At the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Books
Robinette, Martha – 1992
This booklet provides a brief overview of ideas, facts, and resources offered during a summer institute hosted by the Partnership for Academic and Career Education (PACE). Section 1 contains summaries of four industry tours taken by institute participants. Section 2 describes two technology demonstrations at Tri-County Technical College. Section 3…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
Tuss, Paul – 1993
This study utilized the flow theory of intrinsic motivation to evaluate the subjective experience of 78 academically talented high school sophomores participating in an 8-day summer research apprenticeship program in materials and nuclear science. The program involved morning lectures on such topics as physics of electromagnetic radiation, energy…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Apprenticeships, Enrichment Activities, Field Trips
Groff, Warren H. – 1992
The 1992 component of Emergence of Vocational, Technical, and Occupational Education (E-VTO) focused on preparing strategic thinkers in vocational, technical, and occupational education (VTO) for building learning communities. The E-VTO seminar was one of the two seminars that comprised the VTO specialization of Nova University's doctoral program…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Distance Education
Summerbridge National Project, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
A Summerbridge program is a comprehensive 2- to 3-year academic program with intensive summer and school-year sessions, year-round counseling, and family advocacy and is followed by continued support through high school. The tuition-free program targets talented students with limited educational opportunities who are taught by a faculty composed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Tyler, Margaret Daniels – 1993
A study was done of Summer Research Opportunity Programs (SROPs) sponsored by graduate schools across the nation to encourage minority undergraduate students to pursue academic careers. Eight United States colleges and universities were selected for the study: Purdue University (Indiana), University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Black Students
Miller, Michael F. – 1990
In 1990, Queensborough Community College (QCC) conducted a Pre Freshman Summer Program (PFSP) to improve first-time freshmen's basic verbal and mathematical skills and to ease students' transition from high school to college by orienting them to college life. PFSP services, which included remedial instruction, comprehensive counseling, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, Community Colleges
Johnson, Brenda K.; Crawley, Frank E., III – 1991
To what degree do teacher participants in one science enhancement institute intend to use the information in the classroom the next fall? What factors assist this extension of learning? What factors detract from teachers applying new knowledge in the classroom? Sixteen second- to eighth-grade science teachers from a physical and life science…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Beliefs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1982
Media specialists and educators considering implementation of child-oriented film programs are provided with useful guidelines and case studies. Following an editorial assessing the myth of the short attention span in children, 10 articles cover the planning, promotion, and implementation of a variety of museum film programs. Included are: large…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Documentaries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
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Direct linkShea, Kelly A.; Balkun, Mary McAleer; Nolan, Susan A.; Saccoman, John T.; Wright, Joyce – Across the Disciplines, 2006
This article describes a writing-across-the-curriculum project that was born of one university's commitment to writing and ubiquitous computing. Faculty members across the disciplines, seeing an opportunity to re-introduce WAC on its campus through a curriculum development initiative funded out of an internal teaching, learning, and technology…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Writing Instruction, Faculty Development
Ruzicka, Susan Helen – 1986
Research was conducted at Camp ASCCA (Alabama's Special Camp for Children and Adults) to investigate the effects of an 11-week outdoor residential camp experience with handicapped campers on their self-esteem, attitude toward handicapped individuals, and locus of control scores of first year counselors with no previous experience. Self-esteem was…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventure Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Camping
