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Dauda Moses; Safiya Adamu; Barbara Crossouard; Máiréad Dunne – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study discusses the use of participatory visual methods with two groups of young women (coresearcher participants) in two distinct (Muslim and Christian) communities in rural northern Nigeria. These workshops addressed the challenges the young women faced in combining education with the multiple forms of work demanded of them in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Young Adults, Christianity
Guajardo, Francisco; Guajardo, Miguel; Oliver, John; Keawe, Lia O'Neill M. A. – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
This article uses story as a process to highlight the work in a South Texas community that focuses on the education of youth and the development of community. The work is guided by a new consciousness of place, community engagement, and identity formation. The work is local, but breaking the isolation of youth, families, and ideas has been part of…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Praxis, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
Oraison, Mercedes; Perez, Ana Maria – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
This article reflects on the school's role in the building of citizenship, especially in socially vulnerable contexts. We argue, and try to show, that effective participation in decision-making processes is a key tool to promote conditions that help in social transformation and the formation of active citizenship. We offer a brief description of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Community Development, Social Integration, Social Change

Lee, Anna – Community Development Journal, 2003
In the last decade, community development in Ireland has emphasized social and economic inclusion, regeneration, and civic participation. Continuing challenges include designation of diverse community representatives, demand for increased administrative efficiency, and management of mandates and accountability. There are more community development…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Public Policy

Gittell, Marilyn; Ortega-Bustamante, Isolda; Steffy, Tracy – Urban Affairs Review, 2000
Interviewed women leaders of community development organizations in low income neighborhoods, investigating their attributes, motivations, leadership styles, and the barriers they faced. Respondents felt tremendous urgency for meeting human needs and improving neighborhoods. Their activities were political in nature. They created social capital…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Development, Community Involvement, Females

Winwood, Michael G. – Community Development Journal, 1977
Discusses the Gulbenkian Rhetoric (which sees the purpose of community work as inducing and enabling people to adapt to changed circumstances), outlines different models of change in respect to policy, social relations, and politics, discusses middle-range factors which influence change, and outlines the relevance of the 'social movements'…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Involvement, Policy
Clifford, Gerald M. – 1974
American Indian rejection of the assimilation process coupled with recent positive Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO) experiences have given birth to new Indian ideologies which encompass regeneration of the internal forces in the Indian community. Local control of education provides the key to regenerative action and total development,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Control, Community Development, Community Involvement
Dasgupta, Sugata – 1968
This was an empirical study of actual processes of change as they were induced and as they occurred in a number of Indian communities. The tools were: a questionnaire composed of a number of schedules prepared for this purpose; case studies of leaders and of action situations; case histories of community institutions; an attitude study; and an…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Stommes, Eileen S. – Rural Sociologist, 1990
Describes current changes in rural transportation services. Describes general thrust of innovative efforts to provide rural passenger transportation despite declining resources. Describes public-private transportation cooperation, human-service agency coordination, linking state and local bus services, mixed passenger-package functions, community…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Bus Transportation, Community Coordination, Community Development
Forster, Michael; Linton, Thomas E. – Pointer, 1989
This essay considers the worsening plight of the American family from the perspective of major social-structural dynamics, such as decline of community, corporate-induced consumerism, invasion of professionals into family life, etc. Proposed is an invigorated vision of community life and the supportive political-economic conditions that can…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education

Hudson, Grace – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1980
Describes the efforts of women of the Cree-Ojibway Nation in Northern Canada to increase their participation in the development of their communities. Outlines a proposal for participatory research that will develop a picture of community status and needs from the women's perspective. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Elsner, Paul A.; Clift, Janet Beauchamp – 2002
This book highlights the community building experience at Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) in Arizona. Sixty-five percent of upper division transfers at Arizona State University come from MCCD, and 80% of The University of Phoenix's graduates have done a major portion of their lower division work at MCCD. At any given time, 50 to 60…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Development
Wileden, Arthur F. – 1970
The approach in this book focuses on the process involved in the area of concern recognized as community development. The first three chapters give background on the village community and the farmstead community. The remaining 11 chapters are given to developing an understanding of community development and its dynamics. The bibliography lists the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Change Agents, Community Development, Community Involvement
Moultrie, Lisa, Ed.; Regelbrugge, Laurie, Ed. – 1994
Hitachi grantees promote social responsibility through efforts supporting effective participation in a global society. Meeting participants explored issues in global and multicultural education and in community development. Among the contents of this compilation are pre-meeting reflections on cultural change and developing multiculturalism…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Haas, Toni – 1994
This paper addresses the nature of educational reform and recommends strategies to better reflect the needs of rural schools and their communities. The furor over education reform is largely produced by those who stand to gain from it, including politicians who promote their own agendas and consultants, professors, and experts who make a good…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources
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