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Fier, Harriet, Ed.; And Others – 1995
The educational objective of this user's guide is to provide parents, teachers, and administrators with a resource to catalyze a wide range of partnerships and projects. Schools work best when everyone is actively involved so as to demonstrate democracy first hand. This program is designed to promote the democratic process of active citizenship in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
Peer reviewedWhite, Aaronette M.; Potgieter, Cheryl A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Examines a community psychology course that stresses community empowerment, the myth of neutrality and objectivity in community psychology, and democratic accountability to the community. The course includes a brief history of race, class, and gender oppression in South Africa and concludes with a unit on converting social theory into practice.…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Development, Community Psychology, Community Responsibility
