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Community Participation and Empowerment in Marginalised Contexts: Leveraging Parental Involvement, Adult Education, and Community Organising through Social Justice Leadership
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Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; DeMatthews, David; Spear, Anne; Hartley, Hilary – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
Based on research in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, this article argues that the globally popular reform of school-based management suffers from several shortcomings and is a partial, extractive, and technocratic means of engendering parental and community participation. Ultimately, this article demonstrates that it is necessary to move beyond SBM as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Involvement, Empowerment, Parent Participation
Poverty and Gender Perspective in Productive Projects for Rural Women in Mexico: Impact Evaluation of a Pilot Project
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Urquieta-Salomon, Jose E.; Tepichin-Valle, Ana Maria; Tellez-Rojo, Martha Maria – Evaluation Review, 2009
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a pilot study that promoted productive and capacity-building activities among deprived rural women of Mexico. The evaluation design is observational; 1,278 women are interviewed, and the comparison group is estimated by propensity score matching. The results show a positive impact on the…
Descriptors: Females, Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Programa de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades: Reflections on a Case Study of Community-Based Teacher Education Set in Rural Northern Peru
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Alsop, Steve; Ames, Patricia; Arroyo, Graciela Cordero; Dippo, Don – International Review of Education, 2010
This article explores distinctive features of a 5-year international education development project set in rural northern Peru (PROMEB, the "Proyecto de Mejoramiento de la Educacion Basica"). Grounded within a partnership between teacher educators from Peru, Mexico and Canada, and rural Peruvian teachers, students and their communities,…
Descriptors: Community Development, International Education, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries
Educational Planning and Social Responsibility: Eleven Years of Mega Planning at the Sonora Institute of Technology (ITSON)
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Guerra, Ingrid J.; Rodriguez, Gonzalo – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
The Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora (ITSON), a public and autonomous university in Cuidad Obregon, Sonora in Mexico has, since its inception, maintained a commitment to society and public service. To transform this commitment into valued results, it has used Mega Planning as its framework over the last eleven years. This article illustrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Planning, Social Responsibility, Technical Institutes