Recently, equine assisted learning (EAL) has emerged as a novel approach to building resiliency competencies in at-risk youth. This mixed-methods study presents evaluation results for an 8-week community-based EAL program with 83 young women (age 13-18 years) with a history of i…
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A local college in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates began a Bachelor of Education program in 2008 to train prospective teachers to deliver a bi-literate education in Arabic and English to students in Abu Dhabi schools. Because there had been no examination of preservice teachers'…
Problem: The fact that evangelism in the Unorganized Territories of the Chinese Union Mission was done mainly as personal evangelism and that public evangelism was limited to a one-day seed sowing meeting had led to a serious need for equipping pastors in effective public evange…
The purpose of this study was to explore experiences outside of institutional training that outdoor leaders perceive as contributing to their professional development as outdoor leaders and how outdoor leaders interpret these experiences. Seven master outdoor leaders possessing …
Students consistently report that they return from a study abroad experience with a new perspective of themselves, a greater respect and understanding of other cultures, a deeper commitment to lifelong learning, an enhanced understanding of their professional calling, and a new …
Professional development is usually pursued by providing adult professionals with opportunities to learn and update their knowledge and skills that will increase their productivity. Farmers representing 75% of the workforce in Senegal need to acquire and update farming skills th…
The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities…
The passing of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 has initiated rapid change to the post-16 sector. Focussing on the accreditation of prior learning, this book offers valuable advice on how to make colleges truly open and accessible.