Postsecondary education is any education that occurs after high school. Postsecondary education includes trade school and vocational school as well as community colleges, four year institutions, and postgraduate institutions. Community involvement is what individuals do to be involved within their community. It can include participation in day…

This bibliography is an inventory of relevant materials in planning and related disciplines. It draws on research and theoretical perspectives from planning literature, economics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology. Section one suggests references that offer general and theoretical perspectives useful in the…

This annotated bibliography is designed to help individuals investigate some of the essential literature about citizenship, service-learning, character education, and national service. Each category in the bibliography includes references that cover levels of theory and practice ranging from introductory to advanced. While the lists are not…

Social studies courses which do not include a global dimension are not properly preparing students for effective participation in their communities or within their nation. Resources and materials for teaching with a global perspective are listed. The multidisciplinary goals of global education are also included. (SR)

Items in this bibliography were taken from the 1976-78 "Current Index to Journals in Education,""Resources in Education," and the "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature." The original articles and documents were examined and the best ones selected and annotated for inclusion in the bibliography. The entries are…

This bibliography has been compiled as a result of a large study focusing on the behavioral aspects of fluoridation within a Canadian context. The bibliography is divided into three sections. The first section, entitled Background, presents a variety of references that provide insights into the debates about fluoridation in the United States and…

This information packet presents five readings about community participation and social networks of people with developmental disabilities and an annotated bibliography. The first paper, "Building Stronger Communities for All: Thoughts about Community Participation for People with Developmental Disabilities" (Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor),…

This annotated reference list is organized for a quick review of citizen participation information sources. Resources and readings are intended to be a starting point for researchers, practitioners, and others who are looking for information about citizen participation. The document includes the following sections: (1) "General Links to Citizen…

This resource is to provide the initiate to service-learning with a condensed list of the most frequently cited books, articles, and authors in service-learning bibliographies. The references in this bibliography were compiled by cross-referencing seven bibliographies on service-learning. Each of the references is identified by two or more of the…

This bibliography of materials on home school cooperation was compiled to meet the literature needs of the project on Ways to Improve Education in Desegregated Schools (WIEDS), of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas. It covers a range of areas including parents as volunteers, citizen participation in decision making,…

Efforts in Latin America to promote public access and participation in mass communication associated with socioeconomic development are summarized in this report. Section one of the report provides a context for the material in the subsequent sections of the report. Section two examines the role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…

This bibliography lists publications relevant to the topic of advocacy planning, with a view toward encouraging and facilitating initial or staging research in that policy area. Entries are organized into separate sections for articles in professional journals, books, articles in contemporary periodicals and newsletters, articles in legal…

This document is composed of two parts: a bibliography of community organizing and support materials and a directory of community organizing resource centers. The 25 bibliographic entries are grouped according to subject, and include author, title, publication date, publisher, number of pages, annotation, and ordering information. Subjects…

Critical reasons for frustration and circularity in the formulation and implementation of mental health policy are analyzed. The primary reason proposed is the lack of equal, systematic and structurally-reinforced participation of mental health services consumers and their communities in the planning and implementing of policy and programs. This…

This bibliography presents 17 annotated citations dealing with various aspects of advisory committees. The documents and journal articles, all from the ERIC system, offer guidelines for administrators who are organizing and working with advisory councils, comment on strengths and weaknesses of advisory committees, examine principal-advisory group…