NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Miller, Kate Helen; McIntyre, Ronald; McKenna, Gary – Open Praxis, 2018
This paper outlines a collaborative approach to the design of open educational resources (OER) with community stakeholders so they can be shared with other community practitioners openly, online and repurposed for other contexts. We view curriculum not as something that educationalists provide but rather something that emerges as learners engage…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Practices, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Verharen, Charles C. – Ethics and Education, 2020
Philosophy confronts two existential crises: the threats to its existence from scientists like Stephen Hawking who claim that philosophy is dead; and the threat to life itself from catastrophic climate change. The essay's first theoretical part critiques Nietzsche's claim that philosophy's primary function is to guarantee the future of life. The…
Descriptors: Ethics, Philosophy, Models, Educational Philosophy
Portillo, Danelia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The high percentage and the steady growth of Hispanic/Latino students in Arizona demand that special attention be placed on improving academic achievement and attainment. The need to support Hispanic/Latino parents in becoming meaningful positive contributors to their children's schooling continues to surface as a critical issue in school…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parent Attitudes, Models, Attitude Change
Grimes, George P., Jr. – 1975
The study was designed to collect and analyze data for a needs assessment of the Uptown Community of Chicago. Baseline data about the people residing and/or living in Uptown, their needs, fears, hopes, and expectations, and information regarding the causes and remedies of Uptown problems are given. Participants included persons from virtually…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Education, Community Problems
Zachariadis, C. P. – 1976
A project to develop a field-based, competency-based training program for community development practitioners was undertaken in the Central Coast Region of California. Competency objectives were identified from a literature review of community development practice and information obtained from field practitioners and community members. Four…
Descriptors: Community Development, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Ball, Jessica; Pence, Alan – University of British Columbia Press, 2006
"Supporting Indigenous Children's Development" challenges and offers an alternative to the imposition of best practices on communities by outside specialists. It tells the story of an unexpected partnership initiated by an Aboriginal tribal council with the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care. The partnership has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Canada Natives
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers