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Hoessler, Carolyn; Godden, Lorraine; Hoessler, Brian – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
As conceptions of academic development expand to encompass a more diverse and flexible set of supports, traditional approaches to evaluation, including impact studies of formal programming, become insufficient. A program may appear ineffective when evaluation ignores additional supports that interact to counteract implementation or alternatively…
Descriptors: Student Development, Academic Achievement, Informal Education, Graduate Students
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Broom, Catherine A. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2016
This paper reports upon the findings of a research study conducted with British Columbian university youth in Canada, investigating youth beliefs about, and actions towards, civic life and the connections between these factors and youths' personal conditions and surrounding contexts. The findings illustrate the complexity of connections between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizen Participation, Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities
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Stibbards, Adam; Puk, Tom – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
The present study aimed to describe and evaluate a transformative, embodied, emergent learning approach to acquiring ecological literacy through higher education. A class of teacher candidates in a bachelor of education program filled out a survey, which had them rate their level of agreement with 15 items related to ecological macro-models.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Ecology