The post-basic education sector is critical to the achievement of the SDGs because this sector increase employability, helps build life skills, and most importantly, improves youth development. No doubt, if post-basic education improves, it will help in the actualisation of the seventeen goals of SDG. Findings reveal that Etisalat intervention in…

The case study research reported in this paper followed the iterative design trajectory of youth game designers (ages 11-17) in a week-long summer game design camp, focused on the fundamentals of video game design. Drawing on data from a daily conceptual pitch and feedback activity, the research team traced the iterative design trajectory for one…

Promoting child mental wellbeing is an important part of UK early intervention policy. Children with poor physical or mental health have significantly lower educational attainment and lower social status as adults. "Activity" projects are one form of early intervention used to try and help vulnerable children. Evidence relating to the…

Data science is emerging as a field that is revolutionizing science and industries alike. Work across nearly all domains is becoming more data driven, affecting both the jobs that are available and the skills that are required. As more data and ways of analyzing them become available, more aspects of the economy, society, and daily life will…

When the number of college access and success organizations in St. Louis, Missouri, began to grow, some leaders began noticing that organizations were not coordinating their services to reach students; rather, they were developing a tendency toward competition for limited financial resources. Student-focused organizations have the ability to…

Describes summer journalism workshops for high school students in 18 states.

A summer camp for gifted youth (13-16 years old) featured two field archaeology sessions in which students participated in excavation and field trips to nearby archaeological sites along with traditional camp activities. (CL)

The survey and suggestions for improvements are presented. (CH)

Extremely gifted participants in a university program were, for the most part, receiving special services in their schools prior to the university program, and a rather high-quality interface existed between the schools and the university program. Students seemed to be better served by schools as a result of participation in the university…

The New Jersey Governor's School is designed to foster global awareness, be forward-looking, emphasize certain generally accepted values, foster a sense of personal responsibility, provide an experience to enhance student growth and development, and emphasize student participation. The learning environment consists of four components: community…

The Duke University Precollege Program, Summer Residential Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youths, the By-Mail and Computer Programs are reviewed. These offerings allow brilliant young students to plan a multi-summer program beginning in the summer prior to grade 8 and culminating in the senior year of high school. (Author/CL)

This study suggests the need for several improvements in the summer vocational horticulture education programs. Knowledge of the summer program, its aims, and the teacher's responsibilities appears to be lacking in the groups studied. (SSH)

Describes student participation in sessions on news writing, interviewing, news reporting, yearbook production, and so on. (KS)

The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was used to assess self actualization in 266 gifted junior and senior high school students and a control group from urban and rural junior and senior high schools. Greater self actualization was noted for the gifted sample, whose POI scores most closely resembled those of college juniors and seniors. No…