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Learning from the past; thinking for the future: reflections on STEM and its integration in formal and informal settings

International Journal of STEM Education
We discuss opportunities to integrate STEM across both formal and informal settings. Our reflections begin with looking back to Making Science Matter: Collaborations Between Informal Science Education Organizations and Schools, an influential report ...
Justin Dillon, Victoria Wong
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Using the report on the training of elders and deacons of Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ to illustrate the attributes of informal education

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The ineffectiveness of some elders and deacons of Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ to implement their functions and duties contributed to the deterioration of the spiritual and material sustainability of the church.
Alfred M. Rivombo
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Informal, Non(-)formal, or Free-choice Education and Learning? Toward a Common Terminology for Agriscience and Ag-STEM Educators

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2015
Education professionals must re-examine the use of labels for education and learning in diverse settings in light of new understandings of how people learn and updated goals for broader interdisciplinary work.
Kathryn A. Stofer
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Information Theory in Education

Social Sciences & Humanities Open
This paper explores the application of information theory in education. Shannon's theorems, originally developed to optimize the transmission of signals in telecommunications, is now central to modern digital technologies. Shannon's first theorem concerns the coding of data and suggests that it is always possible to adopt a language that is ...
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
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NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
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Information science education and library and information studies education: Transnational conversations

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019
ABSTRACT The panel/round‐table will explore the status of the education of information professionals internationally, with a focus on a review of the status of Library and Information Studies, Information Science, and Information Professional education programs in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Terry L. Weech, Clara M. Chu, Sandra G. Hirsh, Heidi Julien, Mary Anne Kennan, Diane L. Velasquez, Bhuva Narayan   +6 more
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
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Facilitators’ champion behaviors for delivering an evidence‐based parenting program

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective implementation of parenting programs relies on multiple factors, particularly the role of facilitators who actively deliver and support the intervention. Facilitators’ champion behaviors or the efforts they make to encourage implementation, can positively impact the outcomes of these programs.
Camila Regina Lotto, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, Dana Charles McCoy, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares   +3 more
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STUDY ON THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE ATTENDANCE TO INFORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: DANCESPORT [PDF]

Annals of the “Ştefan cel Mare” University: Physical Education and Sport Section - The Science and Art of Movement, 2018
The current study aims the Dancesport subject, within Children’s Palace in the Municipality Suceava. The curiosity was to find out how often do these young students attend to this type of informal physical activity, what are the reasons for choosing ...
Aida Petrea
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