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Boon, Gordon S. – Review of Environmental Education Developments, 1985
Stresses the role of the local authority in environmental education policy formation and educational programing. Presents guidelines for a 10-year, in-service training program for primary and secondary level educators. Advocates and explains the advantages of a council policy for environmental education that emphasizes community involvement. (ML)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Educational Policy
Yarber, William L.; McCabe, George P., Jr. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984
This article examines school sex educators' views toward selected topics and their importance to the sex education curriculum. Findings indicate that teachers feel the topics were necessary, with biological aspects and sexual health care being most important. Details of the methodology used in the study are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Biology, Community Influence, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Evaluation
Baker, Spencer, R.; Robinson, Jack E.; Danner, Mona J. E.; Neukrug, Edward S. – 2001
This study used community contextual variables to investigate adolescent academic achievement, examining school districts and individual schools with 8th grade students. The first analyses were conducted for school year 1997-98. The school district model was replicated for 1996-97. Data came from the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Context Effect, Early Adolescents
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Nosow, Sigmund; Robertson, Stephen R. – College Student Journal, 1973
A longitudinal study of Michigan State University students compared the mean scores on ten political items for graduating seniors, 1971, with their mean scores as entering freshmen, 1967. Comparisons were also drawn between the responses of entering freshmen in 1967 and entering freshmen in 1971. Comparisons made between the 1971 group and the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Community Influence, Longitudinal Studies
Wirt, Frederick M. – J Educ Admin, 1970
Employs a systems analysis framework to categorize the available research literature on the politics of education and draws future research suggestions from this analysis. (JF)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Influence, Educational Policy, Political Influences
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Baca, Desi – National Elementary Principal, 1970
Describes how an Albuquerque, New Mexico, community became involved in a bilingual school program. (JF)
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Community Influence, Community Involvement
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Hester, Ronald D. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1981
Examines the effects of Title VI and the Social Security Amendments of 1965 on public health policy and on equal access to hospital and physician services. Explores the implications of federal health budget reductions on access to medical care by the poor and the elderly. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Community Influence, Disadvantaged
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Jones, David J.; Gordon, Heather; Caddy, Julie; Kahlert, Maureen; Johnson, Carolyn; Holdstock, Fiona – inCite, 1997
More frequently, community connections are being expressed in library design briefs and reflected in the completed buildings. This collection of brief articles discusses community involvement in library design and services and describes library construction projects in Australia and Malaysia. Also, discusses community art programs, integrating…
Descriptors: Art, Building Design, Community Centers, Community Influence
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Hoffmann, John P. – Social Forces, 2003
Using national longitudinal data on 10,860 adolescents, a comparative analysis of community contextual effects on delinquency examined variables derived from three theories. Youths in areas of high male joblessness who experienced stressful life events or little parental supervision were especially likely to be involved in delinquency. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect
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Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline C. C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
Discusses the demographic realities of children of color in the U.S., with a focus on health care needs and access issues that have an enormous influence on health status. An ecologic model is presented that incorporates cultural values and community structures into the school health center. (Contains 50 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Children, Community Influence, Health Needs
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Searcy, Sheri; Meadows, Nancy B. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
Social structures of home, school, and community environments that impact the types of peer relationships formed, types of activities friends engage in, and depth of interactions of children and adolescents with behavior disorders are discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Community Influence
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Law, Bill – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1999
DOTS (decision learning, opportunity awareness, transitions learning, and self-awareness) analysis has dominated the rationale of guidance counselors and career educators. This article describes practical implications for more progressive career learning that establishes a viable base for both choice and change of mind. The new-DOTS…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning
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Werner, Walt – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Believes that it is important to teach about controversial issues in social studies but contends that not all controversial issues are suitable for the classroom. Suggests three categories of selection criteria (curricular, student, and community considerations) in order to decide on what types of issues are appropriate for the classroom. (CMK)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Decision Making, Educational Benefits
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Garbarino, James; Kostelny, Kathleen – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed 150 Palestinian mothers and their children living amidst the Intifada uprising in what was then the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Found that the number of risks present in a child's life was significantly correlated with the number of behavioral problems the child exhibited. Under conditions of high accumulated risk, boys evidenced more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
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Shoffner, Marie F.; Vacc, Nicholas A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2002
During recent years, there has been increased interest in the relationship between neighborhood environments and social deviancy. This article reports on the development of an index of neighborhoods, which is built upon community features of social and physical incivilities (Wandersman & Nation, 1998). Factor structure and internal consistency…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Evaluation Methods
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