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McKenzie, Jon – Digital Education and Learning, 2019
This book sets forth a pedagogy for renewing the liberal arts by combining critical thinking, media activism, and design thinking. Using the StudioLab approach, the author seeks to democratize the social and technical practices of digital culture just as nineteenth century education sought to democratize literacy. This production of transmedia…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Critical Thinking, Activism, Design
Telles, Arien B. – Metropolitan Universities, 2019
The literature on the transformation of higher education institutions into engaged institutions identifies the great potential this transformation can have on higher education's ability to address pressing social issues. However, engagement work frequently operates in White racialized spaces and within systems that perpetuate racial oppression. A…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Higher Education, Social Problems
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May, Helen – Global Education Review, 2022
Miss Isabel Little was a Scottish infant teacher who immigrated to New Zealand in 1912. She was described as a "Froebel trained Scot from Edinburgh" and known around Wellington education circles for her "modern methods". In contrast to known Froebelian pioneers, Miss Little's historical footprint is light but the few glimpses…
Descriptors: Educational History, Early Childhood Education, Strategic Planning, Foreign Countries
Ramsay, William – 1978
Due to industrialization, urban growth and an increase in the migrant population, Australia has been transformed from a mono-cultural to a multi-cultural society. The inadequate response of the society to dealing with multi-culturalism has reached a crisis state. Social and educational changes must be instituted to resolve the tensions and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
Harlacher, Ervin L. – 1972
The community college should be the catalyst to reverse the downward trend of community change. A community renewal college would serve as a change agent for the betterment of life conditions at the local level. Such a college would unite and improve the community by bringing its residents together and teaching them the attitudes, skills, and…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Involvement
Atkinson, Dick – 1994
This analysis considers the urban and educational crises in modern Britain, outlining and explaining the problems and suggesting interrelated solutions. Included is an indepth analysis of the social, economic, and educational revitalization of one inner-city community in Birmingham (England). The first six chapters of this book discuss "The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Theories