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Santoro Lamelas, Valeria – Educational Action Research, 2020
Action research is an important methodology that promotes participatory processes in the community, enhancing community networks and empowering people to define their own health and generate actions. Here, we performed a systematic review using the Scopus, Web of Science (WoS) and SciELO databases to identify the studies carried out on health in…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Action Research, Participatory Research, Public Health
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Kasza, Paul; Slater, Timothy F. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2017
Specialized secondary schools in the United States focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are becoming commonplace in the United States. Such schools are generally referred to by U.S. teachers as Academies. In a purposeful effort to provide a resource to educators building new STEM Academies, this study provides both a…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Student Educational Objectives, Secondary Schools, High School Students
Warden, John W.; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this collection of papers is to define and explain the concept of process orientation, especially as applied to community education. The major presentation begins by tracing the central importance of process orientation through a review of literature within community education. Then a variety of different perspectives on process…
Descriptors: Citizens Councils, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
Ediger, Marlow – 1999
This paper discusses the need for a quality written constitution for student government. The thought process involved in implementing democracy in the university setting is outlined in 10 steps. Members of the student government need to realize the tremendous potential of using the democratic process to resolve disagreements. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Von Hahmann, Gail – 1978
The paper examines collaborative program development in participatory nonformal education, emphasizing the process of programming based on field experiences of the Center for International Education of the University of Massachusetts. The objective is to serve as an initial step in the development of collaborative programming theory and practice.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cooperation
Zerchykov, Ross – 1982
This review of the literature focuses on the effects of enrollment and fiscal decline on local school district management and also looks at the effects of local districts' policy responses to decline. The review's five sections include an overview of the kinds of literature available on decline; a summary of the main policy issues identified in…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Annotated Bibliographies, Board of Education Policy