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It Takes an Ecosystem: Understanding the People, Places, and Possibilities of Learning and Development across Settings. Current Issues in Out-of-School Time
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Akiva, Thomas, Ed.; Robinson, Kimberly H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
"It Takes an Ecosystem" explores the idea and potential of the Allied Youth Fields--an aspirational term that suggests increased connection across the multiple systems in which adults engage with young people. Recent research and initiatives make a strong case for what developmentalists have argued for decades: A young person's learning…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Adults, Youth, Interpersonal Relationship
Learning to Focus on Adult Social and Emotional Learning First in Tulsa: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners. Lessons from the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative. Volume 2, Part 7. Research Report. RR-A379-10
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Christianson, Karen; Gomez, Celia J.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L. – RAND Corporation, 2022
The Wallace Foundation's Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative is a six-year initiative that The Wallace Foundation launched in 2017 to explore whether and how children benefit when schools and their out-of-school-time (OST) programs partner to improve social and emotional learning (SEL), as well as what it takes to do this…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Empathy
Pedagogical Relationships in Times of Sexual Violence: Constituting Intimacy and Corporality at the Limits
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Bittner, Martin; Wittfeld, Meike – Ethnography and Education, 2018
The article takes its starting point from the current debate on sexual violence in educational institutions. It follows an ethnographic perspective without observing sexual violence directly, arguing that doing so is ethically impossible. Instead it suggests deducing risks for sexual violence through the limits of pedagogical practices. Discussing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Striving for a Better World: Lessons from Freire in Grenada, Jamaica and Australia
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Hickling-Hudson, Anne – International Review of Education, 2014
The author of this paper considers the influence of Paulo Freire's pedagogical philosophy on educational practice in three different geographical/political settings. She begins with reflections on her experience as a facilitator at Freire's seminar, held in Grenada in 1980 for teachers and community educators, on the integration of work and study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Case Studies
Adult Education and Learning Disabilities.
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Price, Lynda; Shaw, Stan – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2000
This article applies theories of adult education, as conceptualized by Malcolm Knowles, to best practices for adults with learning disabilities in vocational and academic settings. Three examples demonstrate that learning disabilities are not just a "school-based" disorder but are a cluster of unique strengths and challenges that require on-going…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Andragogy, Case Studies
Assessing and Certifying Occupational Skills and Competencies in Vocational Education and Training.
Bertrand, Olivier – 1996
This document contains the analytical reports and case studies presented at a 1992 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development policy seminar that focused on assessment, certification, and recognition of skills and qualifications in vocational education and training. The following papers are included: "The Issues" (Hilary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis