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Applying the Post-Modern Double ABC-X Model to Family Food Insecurity
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Hutson, Samantha; Anderson, Melinda; Swafford, Melinda – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2015
This paper develops the argument that using the Double ABC-X model in family and consumer sciences (FCS) curricula is a way to educate nutrition and dietetics students regarding a family's perceptions of food insecurity. The Double ABC-X model incorporates ecological theory as a basis to explain family stress and the resulting adjustment and…
Descriptors: Models, Food, Consumer Science, Nutrition Instruction
Motivators of University and College Leaders in the Integration of Sustainable Practices
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Peterson, John J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Today, as our society faces economic and environmental crises, educational institutions occupy a strategic position to assist in solving these predicaments, by carrying out research and offering teaching in sustainability literacy. However, only a small portion of the total number of colleges and universities in the United States has fully pledged…
Descriptors: Colleges, Universities, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Modeling Earth's Climate
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Pallant, Amy; Lee, Hee-Sun; Pryputniewicz, Sara – Science Teacher, 2012
Systems thinking suggests that one can best understand a complex system by studying the interrelationships of its component parts rather than looking at the individual parts in isolation. With ongoing concern about the effects of climate change, using innovative materials to help students understand how Earth's systems connect with each other is…
Descriptors: Climate, Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning
Perspectives in Understanding the Schooling and Achievement of Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
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Chu, Szu-Yin – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2011
The U.S. is comprised of many different cultural and linguistic groups, and this diversity is reflected in every state and local school district. However, the ongoing underachievement and high dropout rate of some racial/ethnic groups is still of major concern. This paper focuses on a discussion of three powerful factors related to the schooling…
Descriptors: Social Class, Dropout Rate, Ethnic Groups, Underachievement
The Efficacy of Ecological Macro-Models in Preservice Teacher Education: Transforming States of Mind
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Stibbards, Adam; Puk, Tom – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
The present study aimed to describe and evaluate a transformative, embodied, emergent learning approach to acquiring ecological literacy through higher education. A class of teacher candidates in a bachelor of education program filled out a survey, which had them rate their level of agreement with 15 items related to ecological macro-models.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Ecology
The Case of the Stinking River: A Role Playing Exercise.
Dahler, Alfred – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1981
This is an in-depth description of a role-playing exercise designed to help students explore the problems of community decision making in the face of an environmental crisis. Within simulated city council meetings students consider alternative models of economic and political trade-offs and their social, political and environmental consequences.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Ecological Factors, Economics
The Challenge of Partnership: Working with Parents of Children in Foster Care.
Maluccio, Anthony N., Ed.; Sinanoglu, Paula A., Ed. – 1981
The 11 papers assembled in this volume reflect the readiness of professional social work to develop practice approaches for working with parents of children in foster care. The papers were written from different perspectives, emphasize diverse aspects of foster care, and disagree on many issues. A unifying theme exists, however, in the shared…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Biological Parents, Caseworker Approach, Ecological Factors