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Download full textBrook, Les, Ed. – 1993
This book contains 15 articles about various aspects of community further education (FE) programs in Great Britain, including program rationales/benefits, administration, and delivery. The following articles are included: "Foreword" (Bradshaw); "Commitment to Community Is Good Business and Practical Politics" (Brook); "Can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Direct linkYang, Cheng-Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The expansion of higher education has become a significant trend in the East Asia region, and Taiwan has proven no exception. The driving forces of higher education expansion in Taiwan include enhancing national competitiveness and human capital, responding to social and industrial needs, and reducing educational inequalities among social groups.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Family Income, Academic Achievement
Li, Guofang, Ed.; Edwards, Patricia A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
In this work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K-12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Writing Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, American Indians
Hastie, Peter A.; Casey, Ashley; Tarter, Anne-Marie – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
This paper reports on the incorporation of wiki technology within physical education. Boys from two classes at a school in the United Kingdom were divided into small teams and given the task of creating a new game in a same genre as football, hockey, netball or rugby. Each team had a wiki on which were recorded all the plans and developments of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Learning Experience
Jones, Gwendolyn; Hall, Robert A. – Online Submission, 2007
The primary purpose of the study was to identify successful electronic and manufacturing engineering programs at two-year colleges that Northeast Community College (a pseudonym) programs can be benched marked against. The project examined two-year college programs for increased enrollment and the number of graduates for the academic years 2000 to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, College Programs, Engineering Education
Wilcox, K. Campbell – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2007
This article reports on a study investigating ways students from Japan studying English as a second language at an American community college encounter cultural dissonance in their classroom interactions. I take a sociocognitive view rooted in the work of Bakhtin and Vygostky to explore the ways language, culture, and cognitive processes interplay…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes
Farrell, Elizabeth F. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The road to a college degree is often littered with potholes of self-doubt, and sometimes those are deep enough to discourage even the most ambitious students. If the transition from high school to college were easy, the average six-year graduation rate at four-year institutions in the United States would probably be higher than 63 percent. To…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Transfer Students, Summer Programs, Positive Reinforcement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
Dropout prevention programs are school- and community-based initiatives that aim to keep students in school and encourage them to complete their high school education. To be included in the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) review, programs have to operate within the United States and include dropout prevention as one of their primary objectives.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dropouts, School Restructuring, Incentives
Prokopec, D. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1979
Outlines the historical roots and purposes of the community college, from its development in the United States to the present system in Canada. Describes briefly each purpose of the community college: preparation for advanced study, occupational education, general education, guidance services, continuing education, and community services. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Educational Development
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
OHLIGER, JOHN – 1968
A LISTENING GROUP IS A GROUP OF ADULTS MEETING TOGETHER REGULARLY TO DISCUSS RADIO OR TELEVISION PROGRAMS, USUALLY UNDER LAY LEADERSHIP, SOMETIMES ASSISTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL PRINTED MATERIALS, WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION (FEEDBACK) BETWEEN THE LISTENERS AND BROADCASTERS. GROUPS APPEAL TO CLIENTELE NOT ORDINARILY ATTRACTED TO ADULT…
Descriptors: Community Development, Feedback, Group Discussion, Listening Groups
Macias, Reynaldo Flores, Ed.; Gomez-Quinones, Juan, Ed. – 1974
An attempt at compiling information on Chicanos in the United States who are involved in academic and research activities, the directory lists alphabetically over 300 responses, 600 names, 25 states, 2 countries, 87 four-year institutions, and 43 two-year institutions. Organized by states and institutions, it gives the respondents' academic…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Directories, Faculty
Peer reviewedKelley, Joseph B.; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1986
Describes a model of professional intervention for community workers. The various roles of the community worker are also examined. These include the role of researcher, social policy analyst, enabler, social planner, program developer, organizer, rehabilitator, coordinator, educator, and mediator. Differences between community work theory and…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Intervention, Models, Program Development
Rozario, E. D. – Teacher Today, 1972
Author participated in several trips taken by classes in America and is enthusiastic about the technique, giving suggestions to classroom teachers in India
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Education, Field Trips, Museums
Frank, Russell – Rural Sociology, 2003
An examination of big-city newspaper coverage of violent crimes in small towns during a recent five-year period reveals a remarkable degree of uniformity in the language reporters use to characterize life in these places. The cliches signal an underlying set of stereotypes of small-town life: They are safe, close-knit communities where bad things…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Crime, News Reporting, Newspapers
