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Richi Simon – Higher Education for the Future, 2024
Field action projects are a distinguishing feature in social work education and practice and can serve as a live lab for social work students. Many renowned social work educational institutions began with the field action projects and developed them to a significant level. The state of Madhya Pradesh, India has several problems, and field action…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Counselor Training, Field Studies
Hurry, Lynn – Environmental Education Bulletin, 1992
Discusses the issues involving the work of development and environmental education agencies. Presents definitions for the terms development and environmental education; the process of developmental education; the concept of developed communities; and proposes the need for future debate to clarify the issues. (MDH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Daines, Jeanette; Hittman, Laurie – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1981
Discusses various aspects of a human development curriculum: constructing a conceptual framework; using the framework to build a teaching strategy; and learning experiences related to human development (reciprocity in relationships, family and community development, impact of technology, and effects of roles on personal identity). (CT)
Descriptors: Community Development, Curriculum Design, Family Life, Individual Development
Lynn, Joyce – Day Care and Early Education, 1979
Provides a catalogue of federal programs and gives the key sources of federal funds for child development, social services, nutrition, education, health, community development, etc. (MP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Development, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Campbell, Cathy – Momentum, 1985
Describes the Archdiocese of Chicago's Sharing program, in which affluent parishes link up with their poorer counterparts to form friendships, solve problems, and overcome the anonymity of charitable work. Reveals outcomes including the annual sharing of $2 million among parishes. Offers examples of parish-to-parish support and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Catholics, Church Programs, Community Development
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Munzer, Martha E. – Nature Study, 1985
Describes a simulation game which introduces concepts and problems associated with community planning. Initial activities include a role-playing exercise focusing on decisions related to a vacant lot; implications for various decisions are noted. Also gives suggested questions to address when planning a town. (DH)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, John F. – Momentum, 1985
Looks at the respective roles of the diocese, parish, and school in creating good fund-raising and development programs. Considers what each has to offer, what each has to gain, and how their efforts can be coordinated. (DMM)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Church Programs, Church Role
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Craig, Robert P. – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 1993
Argues that public schools can be a means of developing and nurturing community. Discusses two forms of community: rule-oriented, contract-bound (gesellschaft) and personal-sharing oriented (gemeinschaft). Suggests modes of skill development necessary for educational leaders. Reflects on ways of integrating homeless children and new immigrants…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People, Immigrants
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Kopecek, Robert J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Advocates a leadership role for community college presidents in regional, nonprofit economic development organizations. Reviews the types of economic development, ways of becoming involved, and elements of community economic growth and development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development
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Hill, A. David – Journal of Geography, 1980
Describes a problem-solving instructional unit which utilizes a simulation gaming method to help students in an introductory college-level geography course understand rural community development in a developing nation. (DB)
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economic Development
Cufaude, Jeffrey B. – Campus Activities Programming, 1997
Discusses the concept of community as it applies to the college campus, focusing on community as a place to be, identifying implications for space utilization; a way of being, offering suggestions for community development; and both a place to be and a way of being, examining the implications for creating community interactions through campus…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Campus Planning, College Programs, Colleges
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Parnell, Dale – Community Services Catalyst, 1991
Perceives the community college's image as distorted by the provision of hobby and recreation courses. Advocates linkages with other community organizations offering adult and community service programs. Calls for college involvement community development and the solution of urban and suburban problems. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education
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Hirshberg, Diane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC materials on the role of community colleges in economic development, including general articles, services to businesses, state economic development activities, and local economic development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
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Boone, Edgar J. – Community College Review, 1992
Defines community-based programing as a cooperative process in which the community college serves as leader and catalyst in effecting collaboration among community members, leaders, and groups. Recommends 15 tasks for community college leaders involved in community-based programing, including environmental scanning and coalition building. (DMM)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Coordination
Ayers, Marion; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Describes study of boomtown characteristics of Park City, Utah, a rural community affected by recreational development since 1970. Finds that residents experienced stresses and social problems similar to those of energy-development boomtowns, including declining quality of life, higher cost of living, and family, social and drug problems. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Satisfaction, Community Surveys
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