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Duncan, Judith, Ed.; One, Sarah Te, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
This edited international collection re-conceptualizes the place of early childhood education and care services (ECEC) within communities and challenges traditional approaches to family involvement and partnerships in ECEC. Using a range of theoretical positions, the authors present research-based discussions from five countries which challenge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Integrated Services, Early Childhood Education
Kirner, Joan; Mukherjee, Dev; Semmens, Robert; Stokes, Helen – 1998
This collection includes three perspectives on "full service schools" and "school linked services." The first paper, "Schools and Social Change" by (Joan Kirner), highlights the role of Full Service Schools in Australia in recreating a sense of community in the face of global change and global decisions. This paper…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
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Miller, Chris; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1990
Includes "Community Work in the U.K.: Reflections on the 1980s" (Miller, Bryant); "Multiplication and Divisions: Trends in Community Development in Ireland since the 1960s" (Cinneide, Walsh); "Reconstruction to Deconstruction: The Transformation of Community Work in Australia" (Meekosha; Mowbray): "Community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Cultural Pluralism, Feminism
Falk, Ian, Ed. – 2001
This book illustrates the benefits of integrating different approaches to community and regional development for rural Australia. The key theme is community capacity building through lifelong learning, seen as integration of formal, nonformal, and informal education and training at all levels. Other foci include the local-global context, issues…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Community Change, Community Development, Education Work Relationship
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
The basic theme of this yearbook, "The Role of the Schools in the Improvement of Community Life," is open to a variety of interpretations. Many factors determine what role the schools will play in a particular country or area, and consequently, what part they may have in community improvement programs. Among the factors are the history…
Descriptors: Community Education, Instructional Materials, Foreign Countries, Educational Change