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Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1989
Discusses a study of burnout among 25 community development practitioners. Indicates that those experiencing more severe forms of burnout were employed in grassroots staff positions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Burnout, Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1994
Interviews with 27 "outsider" community development workers explored such issues as who benefits from outsider intervention, raising unrealistic expectations, and differing levels of risk. Workers must be aware of their considerable power (information, connections, and expertise) and the values that shape their use of it. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Expectation, Foreign Countries
The Directiveness/Non-Directiveness Dilemma: A Recurring Debate among Community Development Workers.
Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1988
Explores the directiveness/nondirectiveness dilemma as experienced by community development practitioners. Discusses strategies used in attempts to deal with this dilemma and concludes with implications for practice. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Decision Making, Organizational Climate
Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1994
The Antigonish Movement, Farm Radio Forum, and Centre for Community Studies were three Canadian community development programs that supported adult education's social change mission. Current extension practice focuses on cost recovery and marketing courses to those who can pay; these historical examples show a way to renew the mission and vision…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Extension Education, Foreign Countries
