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Peer reviewedFlint, Amy Seely – Primary Voices K-6, 2000
Notes that connecting the teachers' stories and experiences presented in this themed issue are such themes as using real life issues as the curriculum, risk taking, student ownership, and community building. Discusses how these teachers believe in the importance of making curriculum relevant and meaningful to the lives of the children by…
Descriptors: Community Development, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Risk
Download full textMcNutt, John G. – 1987
This paper discusses ways to make social work education more appropriate for the preparation of development practitioners to work with the people and communities of Appalachia. The current dominant theory developed by economists of Appalachian development is that of modernization. The theory emphasizes economic growth. Modernization sees society…
Descriptors: Community Development, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Educational Change
