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Hong, Sunggye; Erin, Jane N. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Although most teachers of students with visual impairments spend time in internships prior to teaching, they often begin teaching without firsthand contact with capable adults who have visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision). As a result, they may be unfamiliar with the daily planning and adaptation undertaken by those…
Descriptors: Mentors, Visual Impairments, Adults, Interviews
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Díaz-Gibson, Jordi; Zaragoza, Mireia Civís; Daly, Alan J.; Mayayo, Jordi Longás; Romaní, Jordi Riera – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
Educational Collaborative Networks (ECNs) aim to achieve educational goals at the community level and base their actions on collaborative partnering between schools and community organizations. These approaches are an emergent and innovative leadership and policy strategy being used increasingly across the globe, given the interconnected and…
Descriptors: Leadership, Networks, Educational Cooperation, School Community Relationship
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Sorensen, Mark – Childhood Education, 2017
Too often, global education focuses on places far and foreign, and this can make the quest to create a peaceful and sustainable world seem overwhelming and unattainable. Mark Sorensen reminds us that we need not look any farther than our own place, right here and right now. By engaging students in their own context and looking to the existing…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Navajo, Global Education, Sustainability
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Brewer, Hannah J.; Nichols, Randall; Leight, Joanne M.; Clark, Gary E. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
We live in a dynamic educational world. Physical and health education teacher preparation programs must examine what society needs and consider a new model for teacher preparation that is based on inspiring youth to build healthy behaviors that last a lifetime. One university created a new School Wellness Education (SWE) program that prepares…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Adshead, Maura; Quillinan, Bernie – Educational Action Research, 2017
There are increasing demands on universities to develop more meaningful linkages with local communities--from government, from citizens and taxpayers, and from students. But the incorporation of community-oriented praxis into the university mission is not straightforward and requires a significant re-orientation away from "traditional"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship, Universities, Case Studies
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Hartman, Sara L.; Stotts, Jenny; Ottley, Jennifer R.; Miller, Rebecca – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
Challenging conditions put young children at risk for maltreatment around the world, including in rural, southeastern Ohio. To combat these situations, several strategies are helpful in facilitating positive outcomes for young children. Specifically, when community entities and local school professionals work together, there is a greater…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Rural Areas, At Risk Persons
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Lacorte, Manel – Hispania, 2017
This essay addresses key challenges that Spanish and Portuguese programs in higher education institutions will face over the coming years. First, we present options to position Spanish and Portuguese as an integral part of institutional efforts concerning interdisciplinarity, community engagement, and global awareness. Next, we discuss curricular…
Descriptors: Spanish, Portuguese, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction
Hess-Taylor, Chantal – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in how educators view the use of instructional time, the availability of instructional resources, and the quality of parent/community relations at schools with very low and very high percentages of students categorized as learning disabled (LD). Secondary data extracted from…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Time on Task
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Budge, Kathleen M.; McHenry-Sorber, Erin – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This article challenges researchers and practitioners to reconsider the utility of insider/outsider constructs of the rural school superintendency. We draw on case studies of two diverse rural Rust Belt communities and the school superintendents to demonstrate the new demands placed on rural superintendents given changing social and economic…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Community Characteristics, Superintendents, Rural Areas
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Kenner, Charmian; Ruby, Mahera – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2013
Children from minority-language backgrounds have multiple sites of learning: home, community, mainstream school, and in some cases complementary school where they study their mother tongue after school or at weekends. However, due to the institutional constraints of an education system based on monolingual principles, mainstream teachers are often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Teacher Collaboration, Curriculum Development
Lawrence-Hughes, Dorine Lynelle – ProQuest LLC, 2014
More colleges and universities are expanding to attract more students, to increase their academic standing and to generate revenue. Recent court decisions and negative publicity concerning large university real estate development projects, coupled with the entrenched ambivalence and even distrust that may characterize town-gown relationships,…
Descriptors: Universities, School Community Relationship, Urban Areas, Educational Facilities Planning
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Higgins, Lindsey M.; Litzenberg, Kerry K. – College Teaching, 2015
While team teaching has its difficulties and is used relatively infrequently, research suggests potential benefits. An innovative team teaching approach was designed where faculty and industry professionals coordinate instruction and are in the classroom at the same time. Students associated this approach with greater depth of knowledge and a…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Teaching Experience, Instructional Innovation, Partnerships in Education
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Ludlow, Amy; Armstrong, Ruth; Bartels, Lorana – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2019
This paper engages with challenges of localism, collaboration and reflexivity in thinking about the conceptualisation and development of partnership learning communities between higher education and criminal justice institutions. Grounded in experiences of partnership working in the UK and Australia, our arguments are twofold: First, drawing on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education
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Johnson, Matthew; Danvers, Emily; Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Atkinson, Kate; Bowden, Gareth; Foster, John; Garner, Kristina; Garrud, Paul; Greaves, Sarah; Harris, Patricia; Hejmadi, Momna; Hill, David; Hughes, Gwen; Jackson, Louise; O'Sullivan, Angela; ÓTuama, Séamus; Perez Brown, Pilar; Philipson, Pete; Ravenscroft, Simon; Rhys, Mirain; Ritchie, Tom; Talbot, Jon; Walker, David; Watson, Jon; Williams, Myfanwy; Williams, Sharon – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
How should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional concern for widening participation, graduate employability and research impact in an era of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Faculty, School Community Relationship, Barriers
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Bigelow, Nathan; Rodgers, Donald – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2019
This article describes the Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Alleviation (SEPA) grant-writing program at Austin College. The SEPA program provides a service-learning experience in which students spend a summer writing grants with local nonprofit agencies. In the hope that others might choose to emulate our efforts, what follows is a detailed…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Grantsmanship, Grants, Proposal Writing
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