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Walberg, Herbert J.; Haertel, Geneva D. – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1984
This review concerns the influences of the community on learning. These influences are numerous and complex, and include family, culture, and local customs. This review analyzes representative cross-sections of the literature within three domains: community constructs, the program literature, and the research literature. (BW)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Role, Cultural Influences, Family Influence
Peer reviewedHoneyghan, Glasceta – Language Arts, 2000
Traces the author's own literacy development to her girlhood in a village in rural Jamaica. Looks at storytelling, singing, and rhymes in the rhythm of the village; reading from the Bible and stories told at home; rhythms of song and language in church; and the rhythm of poems and stories in school. Looks at implications for literacy instruction.…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Influence, Community Role, Cultural Influences
