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Miller, Gill – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
This paper discusses a fieldwork exercise in development geography undertaken by students in the UK. Based on community engagement in partnership with refugee and black minority communities in Liverpool, it explores how such fieldwork can deepen understanding of development geography, contribute to global citizenship and nurture personal skills.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
MONTEZ, PHILIP; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN CALIFORNIA, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT IS TWO YEARS BEHIND THE NEGRO STUDENT AND THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEHIND THE ANGLO-AMERICAN IN SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. SINCE HE REPRESENTS TWO DISTINCT AND OFTEN DIVERGENT CULTURES, ENGLISH-SPEAKING, MIDDLE-CLASS ORIENTED SCHOOLS MAKE ASSIMILATION VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. A HEAD START AND A FOLLOW THROUGH…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Rodgers, Frederick A. – 1970
This document reports on an evaluative study of New York City's community education centers. Initiated in 1968, the Community Education Centers (CEC) Program is designed to coordinate and concentrate educational services for disadvantaged persons with low educational achievement and restricted social mobility. By involving citizens in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Annual Reports, Community Control, Community Cooperation
Agger, Robert E.; Fashing, Joseph J. – 1969
A random sample of the population in each of five Oregon cities was interviewed in 1964 and 1966, to assess the impact on citizen support for the schools of a series of innovative educational programs for the culturally deprived. In general, a change to more favorable attitudes toward the programs was found among both the citizens at large and the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Involvement, Community Support, Community Surveys