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Hunt, Kevin P.; Griffin, Lisa M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Osteoporosis and osteopenia are conditions under which the bodies creation of new bone tissue does not sufficiently match the degradation rate of existing bone. Both conditions are characterized by low bone mineral density, deterioration of bone tissue, and disruption of bone microarchitecture. Osteopenia is often considered a precursor to…
Descriptors: Diseases, Females, Adults, Incidence
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Munoz-Rubke, Felipe; Almuna, Felipe; Duemler, Jaclyn; Velásquez, Eloísa – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that many countries have failed to provide the general population with the cognitive tools to thoroughly understand and cope with a global health crisis. While scientists and leaders worldwide have struggled to discover ways to contain the spread of the virus, this difficult task has become overwhelming due to the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics Education
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Quay, John; Gray, Tonia; Thomas, Glyn; Allen-Craig, Sandy; Asfeldt, Morten; Andkjaer, Soren; Beames, Simon; Cosgriff, Marg; Dyment, Janet; Higgins, Pete; Ho, Susanna; Leather, Mark; Mitten, Denise; Morse, Marcus; Neill, James; North, Chris; Passy, Rowena; Pedersen-Gurholt, Kirsti; Polley, Scott; Stewart, Alistair; Takano, Takako; Waite, Sue; Foley, Dorothy – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2020
This is an unusual article in that it brings together the perspectives of many on this journal's editorial board, around the issue of contending with COVID-19. Twenty statements showcase a range of thoughts and experiences, highlighting the differences and similarities in the way the pandemic is impacting on the educational practice of outdoor and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Educational Practices, Disease Control
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Zimmett, Jeremy – Education for Information, 2020
Faced with unprecedented challenges, students continue to learn during a global pandemic. This new atmosphere of learning comes with a host of challenges, ranging from financial hardships to mental and physical exhaustion. Students and faculty have had to make the shift to online learning, in some instances, in a matter of days. Despite the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, School Closing, Online Courses, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Ross, John – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
In this reflective piece, I consider the degree to which Australian universities have become financially dependent on income from foreign students, the reasons for that dependence, the risks it poses and the potential consequences now that COVID-19 has undermined this revenue stream.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Economic Impact, Foreign Students
Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
One of the unfortunate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the sharp downturn in tax revenues, in the absence of a federal bailout, likely foretells unprecedented cuts in state and local budgets. This will in turn mean large cuts in teaching positions across the country; indeed, some projections suggest that the number of teacher layoffs…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Disease Incidence, Public Health, Job Layoff
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Bouffard, Suzanne – Learning Professional, 2020
Ellie Drago-Severson and Mary Antón have known each other for more than 20 years and have worked together in different capacities to support educators through the lens of adult development. They spoke with "The Learning Professional" about how coaching can help leaders at all levels navigate the COVID-19 crisis and grow in ways that will…
Descriptors: Leaders, Coaching (Performance), Disease Control, Epidemiology
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Stellefson, Michael; Becker, Craig M.; Paige, Samantha R.; Spratt, Susannah – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Though the U.S. health care system is among the best in the developed world, access to chronic care remains a problem for many, in part, because the system is not ideally suited to treat long-term conditions. Consequently, economic and societal costs associated with chronic disease are rising rapidly. To complement traditional pathogenic chronic…
Descriptors: Public Health, Wellness, Health Promotion, Diseases
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Lederer, Alyssa M.; Oswalt, Sara B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
College students are an important priority population, and higher education is an opportune setting for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Yet many people do not understand why enhancing the well-being of college students is of value. In this commentary, we address 3 common misperceptions about college health promotion: (1) College…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Promotion, College Students, Higher Education
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Coates, Hamish; Xie, Zheping; Hong, Xi – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The year 2020 began with grand ideas about building future higher education. Thereafter universities have been through a constant swirl of uncertainties and confusions as they respond to a novel suite of radically reconfigured fundamentals and prospects. This essay charts this journey in order to document 2020 experiences and to clarify evolving…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Design, Global Approach
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de Boer, Harry – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this contribution to the Special Issue of Studies in Higher Education, I describe developments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Dutch higher education along three lines. First, the context is outlined in chronological order. It concerns the evolution of the pandemic in the Netherlands, complemented by the general situation at my own university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Cleary, Sabina; Kenton, Carmen – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2020
Christchurch-based science advisers Sabina Cleary and Carmen Kenton, from Kaha Education, talk about their experiences of supporting teachers during the COVID-19 lockdown. Insights from their experiences during a previous crisis guided them during COVID-19. They share their thoughts about useful learning to take forward as school life resumes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, School Closing, Disease Control
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Jones, Robin M. N.; Hays, Nancy Scheller – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
Ronald E. Hays is the former Director of the Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy Department at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the cofounder of the graduate art therapy program at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. At the age of 62 he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia. In…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Alzheimers Disease, Neurological Impairments, Quality of Life
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van Schalkwyk, François – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This paper is a personal reflection that seeks to capture most of the observable changes that have taken place in South Africa and in its public university system as a consequence of the sudden and global spread of the novel coronavirus. The purpose for doing so is to provide a record of how the South African university sector has responded to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Arnold, Mary E.; Rennekamp, Roger A. – Journal of Extension, 2020
In this thought leader commentary, we review the potential devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, including trauma, impacts on mental health, socioemotional distress, and changes in academic learning. Stating that 4-H is uniquely positioned to mitigate these effects through intentional positive youth development efforts, we…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, Disease Control, Public Health
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