Building a Campaign for Reading Reform in Miami [PDF]
, 2009 Presents a case study of community organizing for school reform by Miami's People Acting for Community Together: how its campaign for a new literacy program shaped leadership development, district-level policy, school-level capacity, and student ...
Kavitha Mediratta +2 more
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Health literacy practices in social virtual worlds and the influence on health behaviour [PDF]
, 2018 This study explored how health information accessed via a 3D social virtual world and the representation of ‘self’ through the use of an avatar impact physical world health behaviour. In-depth interviews were conducted in a sample of 25 people, across
Cheater, Francine M. +2 more
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Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
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Engaging People, Engaging in Service: A Case Study of a Community Garden [PDF]
community garden, Slow Food, local food, agricultural literacy, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,
Hays, Lauren, Phillips, Jon C.
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Thanabots—AI‐generated digital representations of deceased donors—could enhance anatomy education by linking medical history with anatomy and fostering humanistic engagement. However, their use poses ethical questions and carries psychological risks, including issues around consent, authenticity, and emotional harm.
Jon Cornwall, Sabine Hildebrandt
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WOW Stories, 2011 Research on educational innovation indicates that when educators connect collaboratively around a focus, they are more likely to transform their practice and to sustain a particular innovation.
Janine M. Schall
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International approaches to literacy for gender empowerment : a review of the literature and analysis in relation to Timor-Leste : a research project presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of International Development, Development Studies, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2012 After 400 years of colonial rule and illegal occupation Timor-Leste gained independence (World Bank, 2004). However, in the wake of this, as they sought to rebuild the country, the newly founded government was faced with numerous development challenges ...
Martins, Sandra Gusmao
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping the research landscape and carries significant implications for Digital Humanities (DH), a field long intertwined with computational methods and technologies. This study examines how DH scholars are adopting and critically evaluating GenAI in their research. Drawing on an
Rongqian Ma, Meredith Dedema, Andrew Cox
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A Community Exploration of Global Literature and Social Justice
WOW Stories, 2012 The Vashon Island Literacy Community use global literature in teaching middle school students to explore social justice issues and oppressive social and political situation around the world to help students develop empathy for others and a vision of how ...
Merna Hecht, Tim Heryford, Lauretta Hyde
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Relating adults' lives and learning: participation and engagement in different settings [PDF]
, 2006 This report shows how an understanding of language, literacy andnumeracy as social practices can help practitioners to take account oflearners' lives.
Appleby, Yvon +4 more
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