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Lamm, Carol; And Others – 1986
Interviews conducted in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District sought answers for improving educational quality in the district, which has the highest dropout rate, the lowest holding power, and the lowest standardized test scores in Kentucky. Members of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development interviewed 155 people from 15 of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
Download full textSyracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1967
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 30 INDEXED AND ABSTRACTED ENTRIES ON NUMEROUS ASPECTS AND CONCERNS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION NEEDS, DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1966
DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN OF MANY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT STATES. THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES--INTERPRETING AND APPLYING THE INTENT OF ESEA, DEFINING ATTENDANCE AREAS, RECRUITING PERSONNEL, AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS--ARE DISCUSSED. AN APPENDIX INCLUDES INFORMATION ON FUND ALLOCATIONS,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Compensatory Education, Directories, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoyt, Kenneth B.
In this monograph, a view of the basic nature of the career education effort is discussed under the following topics: the basis of need for career education; the meaning and goals of career education; the difference between career education and vocational education; career education and basic academic skills; career education and career…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1992
This series of 16 fact sheets provides information on topics related to coalition development. Each ends with a summary and list of references. The fact sheets cover the following topics: (1) understanding of the terms and some reasons for building coalitions; (2) a coalition facilitator guide with information on the role and qualities of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Action, Community Services, Conflict Resolution
Obermiller, Phillip J.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes the Lower Price Hill Community School, located in a low-income neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, suggesting that the school's history and operation offer practical steps for improving education for Appalachian people. Conditions faced by urban Appalachians, many of whom migrated to cities following World War II are described…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Change
Stokes, Bruce – 1978
The booklet maintains that the key to meeting basic human needs is the participation of individuals and communities in local problem solving. Some of the most important achievements in providing food, upgrading housing, improving human health, and tapping new energy sources, comes through local self-help projects. Proponents of local efforts at…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Cooperation, Developed Nations
Slinski, Margaret D. – 1990
This manual explains how to implement the Master Teacher in Family Life (MTFL) Program. This training model is designed to teach natural leaders within poor communities the information and skills to create an effective internal communication system to educate fellow residents about important issues and create and sustain a network of support for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Communication Skills, Community Action
Knox, Alan B. – 1993
This book shows leaders in adult and continuing education how to use the principles of strategic planning and cooperative leadership to strengthen and improve programs. Chapter 1 covers why it is important to strengthen agency planning and impact and how a comparative perspective can help agency leaders improve contextual analysis and recognize…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Anderlini, Lyn Starr; Dougan, Patricia – 1982
This training guide is designed to provide strategies and resources for involving work experience education (WEE) coordinators and special educators in the cooperative development and improvement of WEE for students with exceptional needs. Addressed in the guide are the following topics: an overview of the training program, why students with…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordinators
Blackburn, Donald J., Ed. – 1994
This book contains the following papers about processes and practices in extension education in Canada: "Historical Roots" (Blackburn, Flaherty); "Transitions and Directions in Extension" (Blackburn, Flaherty); "Applying Learning Theory in Extension Work" (Griffith); "Understanding and Applying Motivation…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Citizen Participation
Boeren, Ad, Ed.; Kater, Adri, Ed. – 1990
This book documents the experiences that were gathered in project DELSILIFE, Development of a Coordinated Educational Intervention System for Improving the Quality of Life of the Rural Poor through Self-Reliance. The project was carried out by the Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) for the South-East Asian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Education
Holdsworth, Roger; Stafford, John; Stokes, Helen; Tyler, Debra – 2001
Student Action Teams (SATs) were established in 20 Victoria, Australia, secondary schools in 1999, with 11 of those schools continuing with their teams in 2000. The Student Action Teams are comprised of groups of students who identify a school or community issue, research it, make plans and proposals about it, and take action on it. Such…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Benefits
Abbott, John; Ryan, Terry – 2000
This document cites theoretical works and actual cases to examine the notion of community as the web of learning. The first half of the document explores the different perspectives about the concept of community and traces the evolved nature of community through an overview of how humans have banded together to form communities from the early days…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Community Action
Irish National Association of Adult Education, Dublin. – 2000
Ireland's economic and social problems in the 1980s spawned a new kind of community education. Key characteristics of the new community education are as follows: (1) it is a learning environment and located in the community; (2) it provides learning programs based on identified needs; (3) its control remains in the local community's hands; (4) its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Role
