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Abdal-Haqq, Ismat, Ed. – 2002
Families and communities can be valuable allies for professional educators and policymakers working to ensure high levels of student achievement. This publication emphasizes the use of technology to develop sustainable approaches and strategies that fit into a coordinated, comprehensive, and coherent family and community engagement program. It…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Greathouse, Betty; Young, Barbara Goldman – Social Studies, 1979
Presents a rationale for introducing multiethnic studies into elementary and secondary social studies classrooms and explains how community resources can help students understand themselves and others. Learning activities based on the televised version of Alex Haley's "Roots" are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Swan, James – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1989
Offers guidelines for planning fund raising events for small public libraries, with examples of activities that have been used successfully. Areas discussed include involving librarians and trustees as fund raisers; group discussion activities to encourage brainstorming; developing strategies based on community resources; and capital fund drive…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Donors, Fund Raising
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 2000
This guide for locating local resources to support a literacy program is designed to help program directors or organizers identify partners and stakeholders in their community--those that may not have been thought of as a resource. In the context of this guide, resources refers to any organization, initiative, or individual who supports…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Support
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Irwin, Martha; Russell, Wilma – Childhood Education, 1975
Suggests ways to help put students in touch with their world, especially the school and local areas. The use of "webbing" to stimulate series of learning activities is also presented. (SDH)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Design, Community Involvement, Community Resources
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Kitzmiller, Bob – Art Education, 1995
Provides a photographic essay describing the Los Angeles (California) Museum of Contemporary Art outreach education program. Describes three components of the program: (1) community outreach; (2) museum/artist studio visits; and (3) return visits. Outlines how participants engage in interactive discussions and art-making during the eight sessions…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Class Activities, Community Involvement
Bowman, Paddy; Zeitlin, Steve – 1993
This conference report argues that folk arts, which are transmitted informally by community word of mouth and example, represent the core culture of the community. Since a central goal for education is to prepare students to understand, live in, and contribute to their culture, the traditional folk arts represent valuable classroom resources. They…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Office of Community Education. – 1986
Intended to provide educators and community leaders in Massachusetts with an overview of the ways in which community education practices can strengthen K-12 education, this document explains community education, describes three community education projects in detail, gives implementation models, and lists organizational and printed resources.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Coordination, Community Education
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Ruck, Carolyn L. – Science and Children, 1992
Students discover science resources in their neighborhood that help them see the relevance and long-term applications of concepts learned in the classroom. Students explore people, objects, and geographic resources beginning in the school and extending out into the community. (MDH)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Surveys, Concept Formation
Langstaff, Deborah G. – 1991
This manual describes Teens As Community Resources, Incorporated (TCR) in Boston (Massachusetts) for those interested in how to start youth-run philanthropic efforts, using a peer leadership model or for those wanting to incorporate youth leadership and empowerment in a youth services organization. The introduction provides a brief description of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Resources
Kussrow, Paul G. – 1988
This module was developed to help preservice and inservice teachers understand the rationale behind the community education movement, its development in North Carolina, and how to infuse at least one of its components (use of community resources) into classroom instruction. The module consists of three units. The first unit is designed to help…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Resources
AEL, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 2000
This packet contains resources on five topics relevant to rural school administrators. "Assessing Parent Involvement: A Checklist for Rural Schools": discusses educator beliefs that support successful parent engagement programs, challenges and advantages of rural schools attempting to involve parents and community, and aspects of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Educational Facilities Planning
Osborn, Nancy A. – 1994
This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit is for teacher workshop facilitators who want to help use community resources in EE. The introduction begins with the definition of community resources. The unit is presented in six…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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Kelly, James G. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Discusses common themes in five papers on rural community psychology: myth that rural life is naturally supportive, importance of community needs in designing prevention programs, risks of labeling diseases, rural psychologists as developers/advocates, using advice/direct suggestion, thinking in systems/ecological terms, role/boundary conflicts,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Coordination, Community Development
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Guay, Doris M. – Art Education, 1995
Maintains that Phillip Evergood's painting, "Sunny Side of the Street," is an appropriate metaphor for full inclusion of students in art education. Describes a model for collaboration among students, teachers, administrators, and community members to create an inclusive art education program. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Community Involvement, Community Resources
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