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Vincenza Ferrara; Flor Álvarez-Taboada; Gert-Jan Burgers; Eduardo Corbelle-Rico; Miguel Cordero; Eduardo Dias; Anneli Ekblom; Stefanos Georganos; Jeff Howarth; Maurice de Kleijn; Tommaso La Mantia; Niels van Manen; Giovanna Sala; Rafael da Silveira Bueno; Philip Verhagen; Anders Wästfelt – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2025
Current environmental crises call for an integrated knowledge of landscapes and their ecosystems in a broader sense. This article presents a pedagogical framework for cross-disciplinary landscape research at postgraduate level. The framework is grounded in the use of geospatial epistemic discomfort as a creative force to develop and enhance…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Ecology
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Heggland, Sara J.; Hovde, Carolyn J.; Minnich, Scott A.; Liou, Linda E.; Daniels, Richard L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Idaho Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) aims to build biomedical research capacity and enhance the scientific and technology knowledge of the Idaho workforce. A key INBRE Program at The College of Idaho, a primarily undergraduate institution of 1,100 students, is a 10-wk summer fellows…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
Forum for Youth Investment, 2021
From 2013 to 2016, the Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality and the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) partnered to design and test the Summer Learning Program Quality Intervention (SLPQI). The Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment, which defines quality as the presence of identified practices that benefit young people, was…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Üçgül, Memet; Altiok, Serhat – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
Creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration are thought to be the core skills that will enable students to be successful in the future. Economic and social development of a nation is associated with the individuals' such new skills, which are commonly referred as the twenty-first-century skills. However, the educational methods…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, 21st Century Skills, Camps
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Yin, Yue; Khaleghi, Soroush; Hadad, Roxana; Zhai, Xiaoming – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Computational thinking (CT) skills are critical for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, thus drawing increasing attention in STEM education. More curricula and assessments, however, are needed to cultivate and measure CT for different learning goals. Maker activities have the potential to improve student CT, but…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Learning Activities, Computer Software
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Tican Basaran, Semra; Dinçman, Basak – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine the professional development of preschool teachers during summer holidays, and to develop recommendations for professional development between teaching semesters. The study is built on the basic interpretive design, with a study group of 24 preschool teachers. The data were collected through semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Summer Programs
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Olson, Jennifer D.; Kotche, Miiri A.; Collins, Darrin; Shyjka, Andria; Cummings, Marlon I. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
This research examines teachers' perspectives of a summer research experience for urban science teachers at an urban university with an ongoing commitment to support under-resourced schools. The program is a collaboration between the Colleges of Engineering and Education, and was developed to support urban science teachers' understanding of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Research, Urban Schools, Science Teachers
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Kessler, Judd B.; Tahamont, Sarah; Gelber, Alexander; Isen, Adam – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022
Recent policy discussions have proposed government-guaranteed jobs, including for youth. One key potential benefit of youth employment is a reduction in criminal justice contact. Prior work on summer youth employment programs has documented little-to-no effect of the program on crime during the program but has found decreases in violent and other…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Selective Admission, Competitive Selection, Crime
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Merideth, Christopher; Cavanaugh, Beth; Romas, Sue; Ralston, Nicole; Arias, Eva; Tarasawa, Beth; Waggoner, Jacqueline – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Many school districts provide one-time transition events to help students prepare for the rigors of kindergarten; yet, research shows families desire additional information and opportunities to help their children thrive once school begins. Researchers for this study interviewed 39 parents whose children participated in a three-week structured…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Family Involvement, Summer Programs, Kindergarten
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Rager, Lexi; Hartup, Mollie – Honors in Practice, 2022
Authors describe how a summer respite introduces alternative ways and spaces in which to work, positing how collaborative discourse and dismantled hierarchies can affect positive change and productive outcomes for honors programs.
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Summer Programs, Nontraditional Education, Curriculum Development
Afterschool Alliance, 2022
More than two years into the pandemic, individuals and institutions alike have faced significant hardships caused by COVID-19, which has had a serious impact on the health, economic stability, and overall well-being of the country. For the afterschool field, the pandemic has caused disruption to services, increased operational costs, and put…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Federal Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics
Rashonne Founts-Saenz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Summer Bridge Programs (SBP)across the California State University (CSU) system vary in design and delivery. This mixed-methods study investigated six CSU SBP designs, delivery, and 4-year graduation rates of SBP participants during the 2015 through 2019 years. The qualitative portion of this study consisted…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, State Universities, Transitional Programs, Program Design
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Ng, Annie W. Y. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: This study investigated the usefulness of various communication means for providing university study information with prospective students before and during the pandemic for three consecutive academic years. Design/methodology/approach: Students who had recently taken undergraduate program admission indicated how useful communication…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Information Dissemination, Undergraduate Students
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Buzick, Heather M.; Robertson, Christopher; Findley, Jessica D.; Legg Burross, Heidi; Charles, Matthew; Klieger, David M. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2023
This study estimates the association of participation in a nine-week online educational program to prepare students for post-graduate (juris doctorate) education and law school grades. We collected registrar data from 17 U.S. law schools for participants and non-participants from the same year and a prior year. We compared first-semester law…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Summer Programs, Law Students, Program Effectiveness
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Ramirez, Brianna R.; Puente, Mayra; Contreras, Frances – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023
Chicana/Latina undergraduate students represent a significant and growing proportion of student enrollment in higher education institutions in the United States, particularly in states like California that have critical masses of Chicanx/Latinx communities. Despite their increasing enrollment rates, Chicana/Latina college students continue to…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Student Experience, Hispanic American Students, Females
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