The International Conference on Academic Studies in Technology and Education (ICASTE) is set to take place at Amara Premier Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from November 16-19, 2023. Organized by the International Society for Research in Education and Science (ISRES) and the International Society for Academic Research in Science, Technology, and…

Background: Researchers, schools, and community organizations are increasingly interested in forming partnerships to improve health and learning outcomes for adolescents. School-based service learning programs with young adolescents have been shown to improve students' health and educational outcomes. Quality school-based service learning practice…

The 2020 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California is the comprehensive roadmap at the state level to ensure that all children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential. California has an obligation to tear down the structural barriers to all kids, especially kids of color, from growing up healthy, safe, and ready for college, career,…

Research has cited numerous advantages and benefits of K-12 collaborations with the larger university community (Castle, Fox, & Souder, 2006; Crocco, Faithfull, & Schwartz, 2003). Departments of kinesiology across the country are well positioned to establish partnerships with local school systems in order to advocate for quality, daily physical…

This paper explores the ethical issues involved when researchers attempt to study participants who are personally close to them. It describes a case in which two researchers decided to study the experiences respectively of their son and grandson, both with ADD. They had barely initiated the study when ethical concerns led them to abandon the…

Nursing students collaborated with urban high school students to identify adolescent health needs and to build and maintain a health information Web site. Student empowerment and ownership of the project were the keys to its sustainability. (SK)

A nursing school-middle school project included (1) health education for middle schoolers by teachers assisted by nursing students/faculty and (2) middle schoolers' community service in health facilities with student nurses/mentors. Compared with 95 controls, 57 nursing student participants showed increased skills, comfort with, and knowledge of…

Describes the experience of establishing collaborative school-based research with a school of social work, a school of education, and an inner-city middle school. A clinical intervention curriculum protocol to address specific adolescent developmental issues and problem behaviors was tested among a group of adolescent girls. Findings suggest that…

Teachers need to state clearly their commitment to students and subject matter, their definitions of teaching and school administration, their perspective on what is new about being an adolescent and what is new about teaching an adolescent in today's world. (MLW)

The need for the tertiary college, a post-16 institution offering a wide range of vocational and nonvocational, full-time, part-time and sandwich courses in preparation for work, leisure or higher education, is advocated. The tertiary college system can also provide opportunities for economies in operation. (MLW)

Examines the attitudes toward suicide of trainee teachers from a large metropolitan university. Results indicate that while trainees endorsed the metaphor representing suicide as a cry for help, they also perceived the communicative intent of suicide as being primarily manipulative in nature. Discusses results with reference to training and…

This document is comprised of the two issues in volume 4 of "Parent News Offline," a publication of the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) designed to introduce those without Internet access to the activities and information available through NPIN. The Spring 2002 issue contains the following articles: (1) "Middle College…

Eighty-three consortia of institutions of higher education were surveyed for the purpose of measuring organization effectiveness. Generalized satisfaction was reported. Satisfaction with goal attainment was significantly related to the presence of at least one "internal" goal for the consortium. (Author/KW)

The need to improve literacy in inner-city schools is a phenomenon at least a quarter-century old. Miami University of Ohio began the Teens for Literacy program in 1989. The program sets up, with the cooperation of a school principal, a team of middle school and junior high school students to promote literacy in their schools or communities. Five…

Describes a university and school collaborative project that provides a full range of counseling services to a secondary school population and the larger community of a rural locale. Discusses characteristics of the community, the structure of the counseling center, modalities of therapeutic interventions, the counseling center program, and…