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Direct linkSango, Precious N.; Forrester-Jones, Rachel – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: A faith-based (pseudonym, Adam's House -- AH) and a non-faith-based care service (pseudonym, Greenleaves -- GL) were explored to find out if and how spiritual support was provided for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). Method: Six months were spent volunteering within each service and a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Volunteers
Ritscher, Alicia M.; Ranum, Nancy; Malak, Joel D.; Ahrabi-Fard, Susann; Baird, Jennifer; Berti, Andrew D.; Curtis, William; Holden, Marlena; Jones, Cheryl D.; Kind, Jennifer; Kinsey, William; Koepke, Ruth; Schauer, Stephanie L.; Stein, Elizabeth; Van Orman, Sarah; Ward, Brian G.; Zahner, Susan J.; Hayney, Mary S. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
A meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) outbreak at a large public university prompted an emergency response to immunize undergraduates. Objective: To report on a successful meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) vaccine clinic response at a large public university. Methods: We assembled the team leaders to write this case report. Results: Activation of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Communicable Diseases, Emergency Programs, Immunization Programs
Power, Sally; Frandji, Daniel; Vitale, Philippe – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
This paper examines the complex relationship between the state, civil society and education through comparative research with young people in France and the UK. Survey data derived from two cohorts of school students in South Wales and Lyon reveal strong differences in their levels of civic and political participation. While our Welsh students…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Government School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Download full textBoulaamane, Khaoula; Bouchamma, Yamina – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2021
We compared school-immigrant family-community collaboration practices based on the six dimensions of Epstein's influence model (2001). These three groups of stakeholders (N = 54) participated in this study by answering a questionnaire on their collaboration practices. Kruskall-Wallis analyses revealed a notable difference between the three groups…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Decision Making, Correlation, Teaching Experience
Legg, Eric; Karner, Erika – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
This study explores the meaning of inclusion among Black, Brown and Indigenous Persons of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQI+ volunteers of a national sport governing body. The study situates itself within socio-ecological and critical race theories to (a) examine the experience of inclusion (or lack thereof) for minoritized volunteers and (b) identify…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Minority Groups, LGBTQ People, Athletics
Coalition for Community Schools, 2021
The Coalition for Community Schools (Coalition), as an alliance of national, state and local partners that advocate for community schools, wanted to provide support and a space for community school leaders to share their challenges and successes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning March 17, 2020 through the present, the Coalition conducted…
Descriptors: Community Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change
Barton, Georgina; Ryan, Mary – Journal of International Students, 2020
Reflection, reflective thinking and reflexivity have received significant attention in the scholarly literature on higher education yet there is limited research that explores these concepts in relation to international students. This paper consequently explores what reflection and reflective thinking might look and feel like for international…
Descriptors: Reflection, Foreign Students, College Students, Employment Potential
Garry, Vanessa – American Educational History Journal, 2020
Ruth Harris, the first African American female president of the segregated teachers' college, Stowe, implemented the preservice teachers' volunteer program throughout her tenure from 1940 to 1954. The idea was likely the outgrowth from her dissertation study completed at the time of her appointment that supported teachers knowing the neighborhoods…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Women Administrators, African Americans, Black Colleges
Golumbic, Yaela N.; Fishbain, Barak; Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
Citizen science is transforming the ways scientific knowledge is created, in that citizens participate in active scientific research, and large scientific databases can be accessed online. However, data availability does not guarantee public use or the relevance of these resources. This paper addresses the ways in which non-expert adults involved…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Data Interpretation, Data Use, Lay People
Garcia, Patricia; Fernández, Cecilia Henríquez; Jackson, Ashley – Youth & Society, 2020
In this article, we examine diverse forms of youth participation among Black girls through an analysis of 390 application responses for a leadership and empowerment conference. Using a counternarrative methodological approach and intersectional analytical lens, we illustrate how Black girls (a) view participation as an empowering avenue for…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Youth, Participation
Colby, Anne; Malin, Heather; Morton, Emily – Journal of College and Character, 2022
Public discourse often frames the value of undergraduate education in financial terms--credentialing and increased earning power. Students must prepare to be self-supporting, but are financial prospects their only important goals? We asked 1,500 students from 11 U.S. colleges to write about their goals, the reasons their goals were important, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation
Willoughby, Louisa; Sell, Cathy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Social interaction, and the attendant negotiation of meaning, is of prime importance for developing second language (L2) skills. Yet how learners go about building L2 social networks -- and why some have more success than others in doing so -- remains underexplored. This article explores this phenomenon via a 12-month longitudinal case study of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sign Language, Foreign Countries
Kosewska, Bernadetta – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
This article covers an issue or the phenomenon of volunteering. The introduction is a recall of a definition of volunteering. Then it shows the distribution of voluntary activity in different countries of the European Union in order to look at some aspects of the phenomenon in the microscale of one country--Poland. It shows the percentage of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Motivation, Individual Characteristics
Motivations for and Psychological Benefits of Participating in the Florida Master Naturalist Program
Newberry, Milton G., III; Israel, Glenn D. – Journal of Extension, 2018
We explored the motivations for and psychological benefits gained from participating in the Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP). We surveyed 3,904 participants, and 1,983 participants responded with completed questionnaires, for a 50.79% response rate. Florida master naturalists participated to learn, help the environment, and act on…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Educational Benefits, Environmental Education, Extension Education
Da, Jingjing; Ran, Yan; Pi, Mingjing; Wu, Jing; Dong, Rong; Li, Qian; Zhang, Qian; Zhang, Xiangyan; Zha, Yan – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2018
Medical education paradigm has been questioned for the requirements of improving the quality and quantity of medical students. This study was to explore the efficiency of integrated-based learning (IBL) used mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) during physical diagnostics course. One hundred and eleven volunteered students were randomly…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Integrated Curriculum, Clinical Diagnosis
