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Direct linkStrawn, Clare; Monama, Geraldine – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
Adult literacy is a crucial element of community and economic development in South Africa and many developing countries striving to meet Millennium Development Goals. However, few governments invest the recommended 6% of education budgets on programmes for adults. Without resources, volunteer educators and international supporters rely on their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Community Development
Greenberg, Daniel J. – History Teacher, 2008
For educators, the anti-globalization movement has created a literature of opposition which offers enhanced opportunities for teaching critical analysis of neo-liberal political economy. The movement also aids those who wish to teach how First World wealth and privilege is functionally related to Third World poverty and underdevelopment. The…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Travel, Citizenship
Download full textBoethel, Martha – 1999
The future of rural schools is inextricably linked to the future of their surrounding communities, and service learning is a powerful tool for capitalizing on those links. Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that respond to community needs while furthering the academic goals of students. Service learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools
Olson, Paul A. – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1997
Addressing the "death of hope" in rural Nebraska during the 1980s farm crisis, the "School at the Center" project engages rural schools and communities in active learning projects: housing or historic-building repair, environmental repair, microenterprise development, exploration of local cultural heritage, and technology…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Development, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Larson, Rick; McCullough, Gair – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1996
The Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) program is a network of teachers from 150 high schools, colleges, and universities in 23 states and 2 foreign countries. The program uses experiential learning to link rural schools with rural development by drawing on schools' resources to revitalize the community, while using the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Business Education, Community Development
Boethel, Martha – 2000
In many rural areas, both communities and schools are threatened by decreasing population and changing economic conditions. To boost both the local economy and student achievement, a growing number of rural schools are turning to entrepreneurial education. In school entrepreneurship programs, students create small businesses under the guidance of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Basic Business Education, Community Development, Economic Development
