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Peer reviewedGentry, Theartice; Brisbane, Frances Larry – Children Today, 1982
Discusses a community-based child abuse prevention program successfully operating for the past three years in the borough of Queens in New York City. (MP)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Action, Delivery Systems, Parent Education
Download full textPeck, Wayne Campbell; And Others – 1994
Defining "community literacy" as literate acts that could yoke community action with intercultural education, strategic thinking and problem solving, and with observation-based research and theory building, this paper articulates this "generative and tension-filled" vision of community literacy. The paper begins by examining…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Involvement
Peer reviewedLovett, Tom – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1978
The author discusses the growth of community action in Northern Ireland and the significance of adult education to further social change during a time of conflict. He describes two different approaches to community education: adult education as the "education arm" of the activist movement, and adult education as a general community…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Community Action, Community Development
Peer reviewedHill, Brenda – Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 1992
Offers statistics on family violence in the United States. Indicates that, although the concept of family violence is diametrically opposed to the philosophical and spiritual beliefs of indigenous peoples, it is pervasive in Native American communities. Urges tribal colleges to acknowledge its presence and confront its causes. (DMM)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Battered Women, College Role
Solorzano, Sylvia M., Ed. – 1993
This compilation presents edited manuscripts of presentations from a community education conference held in Illinois. Summaries are provided for the following presentations: (1) "Leadership for Diversity," by Theodore L. Gross, outlining classroom goals to lead students out of prejudice; (2) "Building Coalitions," by Pat Kaye Edwards, reviewing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Education
Theilheimer, Ish, Ed.; Eisner, Kathy, Ed. – Transition, 1996
This issue of the Canadian quarterly "Transitions," in French and English language versions, examines the prevention of youth crime, with a specific focus on activities, trends, and research dealing with Canadian families. Major articles in this issue are: (1) "A Snowball's Chance? Communities and Families Working to Prevent Youth…
Descriptors: Accountability, Aggression, Community Action, Community Involvement
