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Hunter, William J., Ed.; Austin, Roger, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2020
By showcasing international, European, and community-based projects, this volume explores how online technologies and collaborative and blended learning can be used to bolster social cohesion and increase students' understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. With the pace of technology rapidly increasing, "Blended and Online…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Citizenship Education
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Burtin, Anika Spratley; Fleming, Jeffrey S. – IGI Global, 2018
Outreach and engagement initiatives are crucial in promoting community development. This can be achieved through a number of methods, including institutions of higher education. "Changing Urban Landscapes through Public Higher Education" is a critical scholarly resource that examines the unique ways in which the faculty and students of…
Descriptors: Community Development, School Community Relationship, Higher Education, Urban Universities
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
Cuban, Larry, Ed.; Shipps, Dorothy, Ed. – 2000
This edited work brings several generations of Professor David Tyack's students and colleagues together to explore the purpose and structure of schooling for the common good. For most of the last century, school reformers have attempted to employ schools to solve nearly every social ill. Reforms since the 1980s have, in the main, emphasized using…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Citizenship Education, Community Attitudes, Community Development
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