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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"community partnerships"”.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS
… method to increase student engagement is to use community partnerships to help enhance classroom instruction. This can be accomplished through work-based learning, problem-based learning, civic engagement, or service learning. While much research has been conducted on what public schools are …
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Challenges of Unequal Power Distribution in University -Community Partnerships
… works with the strongest groups within the community. My research supports the literature that states that lack of conscious attention to gender disparities will lead to products that are not inclusive of the needs of women and other minority groups, beyond the common good.
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University-Community Partnerships: An Action-Humanities Approach to Addressing Homelessness
This dissertation is a study of the function of the 21st century Canadian university and how it engages with communities to address social issues such as homelessness. The study looks at university projects that address homelessness, scholarly literature, websites, and primary data as collected …
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Leader Perceptions of Campus Community Partnerships in a Community College Setting
Given the mission of community colleges, their leaders are often responsible for developing resources to support student success and improve relationships with surrounding communities. To accomplish these goals, community college leaders sometimes participate in cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) …
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Ensemble cast: filling pedagogical gaps in theatre education with school and community partnerships
… gaps, arts education should not be outsourced to community arts organizations (Bowen & Kisida, 2017). Therefore, this concurrent mixed methods study focused on partnerships between K-12 schools and local arts agencies in Wisconsin, where only 2% of students enroll in Theatre Education courses …
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RELATIONSHIP POLICING: IMPLEMENTING A NEW MODEL OF THINKING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BUILD FORMAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
… using various enforcement models, such as community policing and evidence-based policing. Another method is the formation of formal partnerships among chiefs and key community stakeholders with the purpose of building public trust and reducing crime. This study aims to answer the question: …
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The Role and Structure of Mediating Entities in University-Community Partnerships: An Examination of Urban Routes
… in overcoming barriers found in many university-community partnerships, which arise out of unequal power, a lack of mutual understanding, and divergent agendas of the partners. In order to develop a theory or model of the functions and structure of these mediating entities, this thesis analyzes …
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Changing the Paradigm in Strengthening School-Community Partnerships: Culturally Relevant Afterschool Programs Providing Professional Development to Classroom Teachers
… a quality afterschool program in an underserved community. Three research questions guided this qualitative case study and the results were discussed according to the three themes that emerged through the theoretical frames of culturally responsive pedagogy (Erickson, 1987, Gay, 2000, 2002) and …
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The Role of the Principal in the Micropolitical Context of Secondary Schools in Establishing and Maintaining School Community Partnerships
… values and the dominant societal norms. School-community partnerships are a result of competing values, beliefs and visions of what can contribute to the success of the school from the perspective of the principal, the policy of the district school board and the teachers’ interests. …
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‘Rallying’ for Change: Examining the Engagement of Pre-Adolescents, Schools, A Community Partnerships Through Triple-Ball Volleyball Using and Appreciative Lens
… to rely on schools to provide many student and community needs, particularly where physical activities, athletic achievement, and social development are concerned (Larsen et al., 2013). Community leaders and youth advocates are asking the publicly-funded school system to help ensure that youth …
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A Study Of The Characteristics, Participant Perceptions And Predictors Of Effectiveness In Community Partnerships In Health Personnel Education: The Case Of South Africa
A community coalition is a formal alliance of organisations, groups and agencies that have come together for a common goal. Collaborative partnerships between the health professionals and the communities they serve have received attention as a strategy for achieving health gain and are spreading …
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Increasing Understanding of Referrals from Healthcare Professionals to Community-Based Exercise Programs with Healthcare-Community Partnerships Designed for Older Adults with Balance and Mobility Limitations
Referrals from healthcare professionals to community-based exercise programs with healthcare-community partnerships (CBEP-HCPs) are important for program sustainability; however, they are inconsistent. Little is known about referrals to CBEP-HCPs, including the referral sources, promotional …
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School, family, and community partnerships as pathways to support Vietnamese immigrant children's early learning in Saskatchewan: A case study within the Saskatoon Vietnamese community
… and practices related to school, family, and community partnerships that support their children’s early learning and development in a Canadian context. The study was guided by three research questions: In what ways do Vietnamese immigrant parents conceptualize school, family, and community …
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The Impact of Parental Involvement on the Reading Achievement of Fourth Grade African American Males in the Tidewater Region of Virginia
… centered on how programs of school, family, and community partnerships can be organized to improve schools and enable all families to support children's reading and literacy skills (Epstein et al, 2002-2009). This study examined the extent to which the reading achievement of African American male …
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In pursuit of continuity : engaged scholarship for personal and institutional transformation
… Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) grant program sought to provide colleges and universities an actionable means of integrating professionalism and service through collaborative work with communities into their institutional agendas. …
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Exploring the Impact of Personality Awareness and Personality-based Influencing Preferences on the Perceived Influence Capacity of New Leaders in Higher Education Community-engaged Practice
… needs of new administrators engaged in community-engaged scholarship (CES) within higher education institutions. As these individuals transition from entrepreneurial, autonomous roles to formal administrative positions, they often lack essential competencies in areas such as project …
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Considerations in Building an Elementary Makerspace Lab
… own makerspace lab. School leaders developed community partnerships with an engineering university, a Fortune 500 company, an education community foundation, and a large school district to make this work possible. Together, these educational and business collaborators created a model …
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Strategic Community Engagement as Perceived by Five Superintendents
… long-term mandates by engaging the greater community. Thus, any superintendent who is planning on improving student academic achievement and being employed in the district long-term will find it imperative to engage the community and develop community partnerships. This study utilized …
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