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Fredericks, Lynn; Utter, Jennifer; Tang, Lucille; Shah, Anjuman; Wilson Lofts, Casey; Parry, Jade; Koch, Pamela A. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: To assess whether adolescents who appeared in an after-school cooking nutrition programme (Teen Battle Chef) sustained healthful food behaviours in the ensuing years into young adulthood. Design: Interviews involving a short verbal survey assessing six health behaviours coded dichotomously and open-ended questions coded for themes…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Food, Eating Habits, Behavior Change
Audant, B.; Kirby, C. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Integrated academic skills instruction was one of the core elements of the CareerPATH consortium that provided math, reading, writing, and English language skills instruction "contextualized" to occupational training. Its goal was to engage adult learners and accelerate their progress in college and careers. The focus of this brief is…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Educational Change, Consortia, Integrated Curriculum
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Bauer, Denise; Beaulieu, Elizabeth; Wobbe, Kristin – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2017
Creating meaningful professional development opportunities for general education faculty can be particularly challenging at professionally-focused institutions where teaching liberal arts courses is sometimes viewed merely as a service requirement. Committing to sustained professional development for general education faculty can lead to…
Descriptors: Faculty, Development, Communities of Practice, Liberal Arts
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Smyth, Thomas J. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
Culinary Arts training at the associates level presents a set of challenges to the instructor. It has been my experience that as the work environment is changing, students face new challenges in the kitchen, including a new mix of skills, both technical and social in nature. In this piece, I reflect on a promising learning community model at our…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Communities of Practice, Learner Engagement, Lifelong Learning
BASSECHES, MAURICE – 1966
THE HISTORY OF AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS CHILDREN ARE DESCRIBED AND ANECDOTALLY ILLUSTRATED. FIFTEEN SCHOOLS NOW PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH ORIGINATED IN 1942 AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED ARE (1) THE ROLE OF…
Descriptors: Children, Community Relations, Cooking Instruction, Disadvantaged