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Erin Viggiano Conley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this single descriptive case study was to describe how an externship program in the central United States impacts K-8 teachers' investment in and integration of work-based learning (WBL) practices in the classroom. The need to investigate how best to encourage teachers to buy into WBL is driven by misalignment among teacher…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Brooks, Randall H.; Moroney, Jillian – Journal of Extension, 2014
The Clearwater County Sixth Grade Forestry Tour is a unique 3-day, 2-night program that provides participants an objective view of the importance and impact of natural resource-based industries while promoting an understanding of issues regarding natural resource uses. The targeted audience is 6th grade youth, but others interested in natural…
Descriptors: Forestry, Extension Education, Grade 6, Natural Resources
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Chingos, Matthew M.; West, Martin R. – Education Finance and Policy, 2012
We examine earnings records for more than 130,000 classroom teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001-2 and 2006-7 school years, roughly 35,000 of whom left the classroom during that time. A majority of those leaving the classroom remained employed by public school districts. Among teachers in grades 4-8 leaving for other…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Salaries, Teacher Effectiveness, Grade 4
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Dunn, Paul H.; Davidson, Timothy M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2010
The ocean provides humanity with many services and goods, including clean air, minerals, and food. Sustainable use and management of our marine resources are important to ensure that these resources are available for future generations. The turn-based activity presented in this article teaches students the challenges of managing a sustainable…
Descriptors: Animals, Ecology, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
Jarvis, C. D. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The investigation reported in this bulletin was undertaken for the purpose of making available a volume of evidence on questions concerning the early elimination of children during out-of-school hours. The inquiry was confined to the children of sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Information concerning the following points has been presented: (1)…
Descriptors: Children, Child Labor, Grade 6, Grade 7
Dunn, Arthur W. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
This description of the plan of civic education in the Indianapolis elementary schools has been prepared because of a growing, general interest in the subject, and because of the numerous inquiries as to existing methods of organized elementary civic training. The Indianapolis teachers and school authorities would be the last to claim that they…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Life, Civics, Elementary Schools