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Go-Along Interviewing with LGBTQ Youth in Canada and the United States
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Corliss, Heather L.; Wolowic, Jennifer M.; Johnson, Abigail Z.; Fritz Fogel, Katie; Gower, Amy L.; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Eisenberg, Marla E. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
Go-along interviews, which are interviews conducted while being in and moving within participant selected spaces, were conducted with 66 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer adolescents (14-19 years old) in their self-identified communities to explore perceived community attributes, including safe spaces, resources, and supports; this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
School-Community Partnerships, Friend or Foe? The Doublespeak of Community with Educational Partnerships
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Perkins, Tasha – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2015
In recent reform efforts, school-community partnerships have been touted as a means for promoting student success (Decker, Decker, & Brown 2007; Epstein 2010) and meeting student needs (Hands 2010). Yet, despite any accolades, the motives and results of school-community partnerships are contested. Gary Anderson (1998) points out that…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Concept Formation, Politics of Education
Partnerships with Our Communities.
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Clifford, Richard M. – Young Children, 1997
This column, the last in a series of articles dealing with partnerships in educating young children, focuses on partnerships developed with communities. Examples of the importance of community partnerships--including provision of comprehensive services to meet student interests--welfare reform issues, and the need to be politically active are…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Role
A Study of Community Impact and School Improvement.
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Gress, James R. – Action in Teacher Education, 1983
In the University of Toledo/Springfield Local Schools Project, school districts, community councils, and teacher education institutions collaborated to assess school improvement needs and design personnel development programs. Results of this Teacher Corps program are described. (PP)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education