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Andrew M. Clark; Monica Zhan; Justin T. Dellinger; Peggy L. Semingson – SAGE Open, 2023
The Professional Learning Community (PLC) model has been used to help faculty develop innovative teaching practices and diffuse effective strategies and resources throughout K-12 schools. Yet, whether and how PLCs influence research-focused higher education institutions remain unknown. Drawing on existing research on PLCs and the social network…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Higher Education, College Faculty, Program Effectiveness
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Radin Firdaus, R. B.; Mohamad, Osman; Mohammad, Taufik; Gunaratne, Mahinda Senevi – SAGE Open, 2020
The knowledge transfer program (KTP) in Malaysia was instituted to facilitate knowledge transfer, collaboration, and interaction between academics in public higher institutions and other stakeholders. These programs are divided into community or industry programs. Under the community program, academics collaborate with a community partner to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer, Public Colleges, School Community Relationship
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Bayram, Ilknur; Bikmaz, Fatma – SAGE Open, 2021
This qualitative case study carried out at a Turkish university with four English language teachers aims to explore what teachers experience in the planning, implementation, analysis, and reporting phases of the lessons study process and what the implications of lesson study for teacher professional development can be. Data in this four-month…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Cooperative Planning
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Doyle, Antoinette; Li, Ling – SAGE Open, 2021
Family-focused early learning programs aim to assist parents in supporting their young children language and literacy development. This study examined program access and learning opportunities for diverse families across a wide range of community-based settings in one eastern Canadian province. As well, the study examined practitioners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education, Community Programs
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Valaitis, Ruta K.; Wahoush, Olive; Murray, Nancy; Isaacs, Sandy; Derbyshire, David; Semogas, Dyanne; Rolfe, Steven – SAGE Open, 2016
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary undergraduate course embedded within a campus-community partnership initiative involving McMaster University School of Nursing, and three urban priority neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Students worked together with community residents and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Nursing Education
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Msengi, Clementine M.; Arthur-Okor, Helena; Killion, Lorraine; Schoer, Jennifer – SAGE Open, 2015
The purpose of this case study was to describe a single multicultural women's support program known as the Women of Care Project. The program was conducted in a community in the Midwest region of the United States and began in 2005 with a grant from the Open Meadows Foundation. Participants were volunteers who were recruited for the program…
Descriptors: Females, Immigrants, Social Support Groups, Program Effectiveness