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Reeves, Dory – Community Development Journal, 1997
The Sheffield (England) City Council used an advisory group approach to solicit citizen participation in community planning. Two important lessons were: ensuring that all target groups are represented and providing training and information to prepare citizen representatives for their consulting role. (SK)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Planning
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Arnott, Allan – New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, 1997
Investigation of the Rural Education Activities Program in New Zealand found that it provided broad, community-embedded service, but there was little capacity to measure these efforts, lessening their legitimacy and credibility. A range of actions remained unacknowledged or hidden, and ideological conflicts and tensions were apparent. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Petelo, Lorraine – New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, 1996
Twenty-three in-depth interviews with three women involved in leadership training and three "frentors" (mentor/supervisor/friend) revealed that issues of gender, ethnicity, and class affected their participation in training. The researcher faced several dilemmas: (1) having prior close connections with the interviewees; (2) disapproval…
Descriptors: Community Development, Females, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training
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Batchelor, S. – European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1996
A nongovernmental organization involved in community development in Cambodia adapted De Bono's six thinking hat model to build staff capacity and develop a framework for open-ended conversations. It proved useful for comprehensive analysis of problems and preventing conflicts. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Creative Thinking, Foreign Countries
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Gildin, Bonny L. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2003
Describes how the All Stars Talent Network, a youth development program, transformed a pilot donor-acquisition project into a combined site visit and evaluation that engaged youth participants, donors, and adult volunteers in a unique community-building partnership. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Donors, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support
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Newman, Tony; Curtis, Katherine; Stephens, Jo – Community Development Journal, 2003
A review of evaluations of community-based arts projects illustrates the methodological challenges of evaluating the arts and the issue of whether and how quantitative methods should be used. Eight studies revealed self-reports of personal, social, economic, and educational change, with few negative consequences. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Fine Arts
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Laursen, Erik K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2003
Discusses how service learning can play an integral role in reclaiming youth. Advocates service learning as an effective part of the reclaiming process because it engages a variety of senses and makes learning more accessible for students with different learning styles. (GCP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Development, High Risk Students, Prevention
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Aigner, Stephen M.; Raymond, Victor J.; Smidt, Lois J. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 2002
Whole-community organizing is a new approach to community change that is supported by theories of social relations and interaction. It uses an asset-based approach to community development. Empirical studies have identified ways to mobilize community assets and build community from inside out. (Contains 58 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement, Empowerment
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Pigg, Kenneth E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 2002
A literature review identified three perspectives on empowerment: self-efficacy derived from individual action and psychology; mutual empowerment through interpersonal relationships; and social empowerment, the removal of social, economic, and legal obstacles to individual influence. However, many community leadership education programs fall short…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Leaders, Empowerment
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Greer, Jane – College English, 2003
Believes that a historiographic inquiry into Meridel Le Sueur's work as a teacher of writing can extend conversations about textual property that are taking place in English studies today. Concludes that "Worker Writers" stands as Le Sueur's call to working-class women and men to strengthen their communal ties, to make their lives more visible…
Descriptors: Community Development, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Williams, Doris K. – Journal of Extension, 1997
Describes Idaho cooperative extension projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Decisions for Health Initiatives, focusing on community development and health. Explains how the projects succeed with limited funding and resources. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Decision Making, Extension Education, Federal Programs
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Donnermeyer, Joseph F.; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1997
Key informant interviews in 46 communities were conducted using a scale designed to measure community readiness to support drug prevention education. Readiness levels clustered around the stages of vague awareness and institutionalization. Ways to improve the scale and use it in community work were recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Drug Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Butcher, Catherine; McDonald, Brian; Westhorp, Victoria – Community Development Journal, 2003
Comparison of the sustainable livelihoods approach of a development agency and the British government's "healthcheck" approach to town regeneration found common emphasis on participation and community-led action. However, sustainable likelihoods emphasized a focus on poverty, building on strengths, and social capital as an asset.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Development, Foreign Countries
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Barney, Ian – Community Development Journal, 2003
Case studies of three Indian businesses showed they were engaged in different types of community development: defensive, narrow, and positive. Addition of a sustainable livelihoods approach could add depth to business-community relationships with an outward focus, ability to deal with complexity, and emphasis on corporate citizenship. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Community Development, Foreign Countries
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Shields, Martin; Deller, Steven C. – Journal of Extension, 2003
Outlines an educational process designed to help provide communities with economic, social, and political information using community economic impact modeling. Describes the process of community meetings using economic impact, community demographics, and fiscal impact modules and the local preconditions that help make the process successful. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Demography, Economic Development, Economic Impact
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