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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Outreach programs"”.
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The need for outreach programs for African American men in inner city areas
This thesis sought to analyze the need for outreach programs for African-American males in inner city areas. This study identified societal issues that pose as potential barriers for African-American males. These included issues like unemployment, high school drop-out rates, lack of male role …
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Technology outreach programs : their impact on middle-school students and their families from underserved communities
… provide a better understanding of the impact of outreach programs designed to impart technology skills to middle-school students from underserved communities, on both participants and their families. An outreach program, called Hi-Tec CompNow, was chosen for this study. This program was conducted …
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Decoding STEM: The Impact of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Programming on English Language Learners
… to investigate how school partnerships with STEM outreach programs model alternative pedagogical strategies through hands-on inquiry models to effectively engage ELLs, as well as support STEM learning and second language acquisition (SLA) concurrently. Findings indicate that STEM outreach programs …
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Designing a resource guide for horticultural therapy programs at botanical gardens and arboreta
Outreach programs in horticultural therapy at botanical gardens and arboreta are valuable resources to the community and to ongoing HT programs in nursing homes, special education classes, hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and other institutions and agencies. These outreach programs furnish …
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The Impact of Zoo Live Animal Experiences on Students' Propensity to Engage in Conservation Behavior
Zoos frequently deploy outreach programs, often called "Zoomobiles," to schools; these programs incorporate zoo resources, such as natural artifacts and live animals, in order to teach standardized content and in hopes of inspiring students to protect the environment. Educational research at zoos …
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Writing Center Outreach: What it is and Why it Matters
… argues that writing centers need to enact outreach programs that show faculty and students what goes on in writing centers and the ways writing centers benefit from the university community. She presents a description of the current situation of writing centers, an explanation of how …
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Doing Dignity at the Grace Café: An Ethnographic Exploration of a Homeless Outreach Program
Homeless outreach programs vary widely in their approaches to client treatment. At the Grace Café, an organization that serves daily meals to people who are homeless, the concept of dignity is central to guest treatment. According to the café's ideology, the importance of providing food is …
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The role of entomology in environmental and science education: Comparing outreach methods for their impact on student and teacher content knowledge and motivation
<p>Outreach programming can be an important way for local students and teachers to be exposed to new fields while enhancing classroom learning. University-based outreach programs are offered throughout the country, including most entomology departments as few individuals learn about insects in …
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Academic Dreamers to Leaders: The Emergence of the Mathematics and Science for Minority Students ((Ms)(2)) Program at Philips Academy Andover
… and shred additional light on how certain outreach programs might help along the pipeline in regard to improving minority representation in mathematics and science fields. Also, this narrative hopes to not only paints a more complex pictures of the experiences of minorities in schools, but …
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Teachers and Science Museums: Are Valuable Connections Being Made
… have developed standards, initiatives, and programs that seek to support science educators in their quest to teach more effectively.</p> <p>Community resources such as science museums and technology centers have embraced the goals of science education reform and are attempting to connect …
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Second-Generation Thai American Women's Perceptions on Cervical Cancer Screening
… healthcare providers, friends, the internet, or outreach programs.</p> <p>Implications: Cervical cancer focused educational outreach programs for second-generation Thai American women should occur in college or sooner. Healthcare providers need to be sensitive to the generational differences of …
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Analyzing Locational and Socio-economic Factors to Determine Efficacy of TRIO Programs in Metropolitan New Orleans
… predict the on students participating in TRIO programs at the University of New Orleans. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration identified low-income and first-generation students as the most under-served population needing attention as well as those most “at-risk.” Educational Talent …
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"Contesting Islam: ""Homegrown Wahhabism,"" Education and Muslim Identity in Northern Ghana, 1920--2005"
… contact through pilgrimage, but especially outreach programs and educational provision only provided the ideological justification, the grammar, for reinterpreting the ""common good"" and for contextualizing localized forms of Islam. The study concludes that the notion of a general Muslim …
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The Need for Arts Education and Alternative Assessment in Light of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
… each student. Harvard University's Project Zero programs: Artful Thinking, Art Works for Schools, and Arts PROPEL are examined. A+ Schools Program (North Carolina), and various schools and school districts around the United States having arts-rich curricula and high student academic and social …
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Implementing Multifactorial Education Modules with Older Adults: Individualized and Interactive Fall Prevention Education
… to identify gaps in fall prevention community outreach programs and found that many interventions lack an interactive or individualized approach. Based on the gap analysis and current literature, seven education modules were developed to address key risk factors including home safety hazards, …
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Role of Executive Function and Alcohol-Sex Schema in the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Sexual Assault
… for interventions on college campuses. Campus outreach programs may educate students on the risk of heavy alcohol use following sexual assault and the cognitive skills, such as information processing, which may mitigate such risks.</p>
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A Typology of Homegrown Terrorists
… travel, cyber regulation, and community outreach programs to address the unique threats posed by subgroups of offenders. Efforts to prevent future terrorist plots and attacks may be more effective if the type of offender is considered.</p>
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Examining Impact of Parenting Styles on Children Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools: Experience from Nyamagana District in Mwanza
… and governmental organizations should convene outreach programs to educate the society mainly parents on the effects of parenting styles upon children academic performance.
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Bureaucratizing Participation: Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Administrative Rules Governing Public Participation in the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization
… leader, this administrator began to adopt outreach programs, which stakeholders considered successful. By unpacking the notion of stakeholder red tape, guided by the attributes of stakeholder red tape and green tape, this study found that stakeholders perceived the rules more positively …
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