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Owen, Christine; Pollard, Jennifer; Kilpatrick, Sue; Rumley, Diane – 1998
Research into indicators of learning occurring in e-mail discussion groups investigated how to maximize factors that enhance learning and networking using e-mail and how to minimize factors that inhibit learning using this medium. Data from a range of e-mail discussion groups formed the basis of the research, with focus on e-mail discussion that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Montagu, Ashley; And Others – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
This section contains six articles on the following topics: (1) friendship and love in the early childhood curriculum; (2) creating a stimulating classroom environment; (3) encouraging children's sense of joy; (4) learning from nature and people outside the classroom; (5) language experiences for young children; and (6) what children need to feel…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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Fisher, Maisha T. – English Education, 2005
In the two high school writing communities described in this article, literacy is strategic, purposeful, and always linked to meaning. The foundation for literate practices in these communities is Freirian in nature. Teachers, in a very serious way, work to liberate language and prepare students to be in control of words; they do this by allowing…
Descriptors: Poetry, Educational Environment, Context Effect, Discourse Communities
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Hanstock, Robyn – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2004
This case study examines the life journey of a self-directed adult learner who has made remarkable achievements in overcoming a difficult educational beginning in early childhood, as well as personal trauma in adulthood. The subject has shown determination in seeking out his own opportunities to learn in spite of major drawbacks, chief of which…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Neurological Impairments, Adult Students, Literacy
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Thacheen, Piyaporn; Lauzon, Allan C. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
Rural areas in both developed and developing countries are being increasingly marginalized through structural changes. Furthermore, the disinvestment in state-provided supports and services means that rural people are left to their own devices to cope with these changes. Numerous authors argue that the most effective way of dealing with these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Forestry, Rural Development, Case Studies
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the 11th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2014), October 25-27, 2014, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
Fieldhouse, Roger – 1996
The purpose of this book is: to set the historical development of British adult education in its wider policy and ideological context; to examine its various forms and formulations; and to identify what purpose or purposes it has served. The 16 chapters are as follows: "Historical and Political Context" (Roger Fieldhouse); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Education, Educational History
Brouwer, Jani; Martinic, Sergio – 1991
The Bernard van Leer Foundation sponsors nontraditional, nonschool programs designed to improve the chances that preschoolers will enroll in school. In these programs and other informal education efforts, the community facilitator plays an important role. Typically, the facilitator is a member of the community who works without remuneration as a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Development, Community Education, Developing Nations
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1980
Designed for media specialists and educators, this issue includes five articles exploring the contributions of children's films to museum programs. Following a brief editorial encouraging the use of films in museums, the first article outlines a picture storybook model for evaluating children's films. Several storybook models are identified, and a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Family Involvement
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Findsen, Brian; Carvalho, Lucila – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This article provides a preliminary analysis of issues and challenges associated with a qualitative participatory research project conducted in Auckland, New Zealand. It traces the history of the development of the project in two selected urban areas which entails an investigation of a full range of learning for older adults--formal, non-formal…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Older Adults, Qualitative Research, Research Projects
Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL. Dept. of Environmental Education and Instructional Development Services. – 1989
The environment encompasses all of the external and internal stimuli that affect people in their daily lives. How they are interpreted and how people react are as varied as the stimuli themselves. One of the major objectives of environmental education is to form positive reactions and attitudes toward the environment. The concepts and basic…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Cox, Dorothy A., Ed.; Stapp, William B., Ed. – 1986
The proceedings of the first International Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE), which was also the 13th annual conference of the National Association of Environmental Education as the NAEE was formerly known, provides as complete a record as possible of the conference activities. Papers and reports are…
Descriptors: Conferences, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations
Lundgren, Kathy – 1983
Designed to supplement a short course for parents and their middle school children, this document provides organized, cooperative learning activities to be done at the zoo and at home. It is intended that the course be a vehicle for promoting positive attitudes toward the study of science in parents and their children and to increase their levels…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animal Facilities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2003
A questionnaire asked citizens their views on lifelong learning, including participation in, experiences of, and motivations for learning. Findings indicated 9 in 10 European citizens think lifelong learning is important to some extent; lifelong learning is important for social and economic reasons; the majority think lifelong learning is for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Developed Nations
Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian – 2001
Social capital helps communities respond positively to change. Research into managing change through learning in communities and in small businesses, particularly farm businesses, has highlighted the importance of relationships between people and the formal and informal structure of communities to the quality of outcomes experienced by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Change, Community Development, Community Resources
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