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Bronwyn Bevan; Deborah Moroney; Megan Brown – Afterschool Matters, 2023
Youth fields professionals create the conditions in which young people can thrive: They activate the vision for high-quality programs; develop tools, systems, and approaches for designing and sustaining such programs; and form relationships with and among participating youth. However while investments in afterschool programming have continued to…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Development, Youth Leaders, Youth Programs
Dauda Moses; Safiya Adamu; Barbara Crossouard; Máiréad Dunne – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study discusses the use of participatory visual methods with two groups of young women (coresearcher participants) in two distinct (Muslim and Christian) communities in rural northern Nigeria. These workshops addressed the challenges the young women faced in combining education with the multiple forms of work demanded of them in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Young Adults, Christianity
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Briscoe, Patricia – Journal of Leadership Education, 2022
This exploratory case study adds to the growing literature on leaders and leadership development in communities experiencing poverty in the global south. It explores how leadership is conceptualized among community-identified leaders in Muñoz, Dominican Republic. Drawn from semistructured interviews, the eight participant narratives provide…
Descriptors: Poverty, Case Studies, Leadership Training, Human Capital
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Williams, Montague R. – Religious Education, 2020
This article argues that listening to stories of community leaders and activists as well as writing a Eucharistic liturgy to practice together were effective elements of a pilgrimage that had the goal of educating Christian college students about racial justice. Together these practices helped students imagine new possibilities of building…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Activism, Community Leaders, Religious Factors
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Chinyowa, Kennedy C.; Sirayi, Mziwoxolo; Mokuku, Selloane – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2016
The Laedza Batanani Project has been regarded as the pioneering experiment that paved the way for other prominent African Theatre for Development (TFD) projects such as Kamiriithu in Kenya, Murewa in Zimbabwe, Kumba in Cameroon and Marotholi Travelling Theatre in Lesotho. Laedza Batanani (1974-6) aimed at awakening the creative potential of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Theater Arts, Secondary Schools, Case Studies
Hinton, Lee; Lucas, Erin; Zoubak, Ekaterina – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Leadership in infant and early childhood mental health must take into consideration issues of diversity, historical context, power dynamics, and difference in worldview and experiences. This article describes the importance of equitable and effective partnerships with rural/remote, underserved, and Indigenous communities in the United States and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rural Population, Geographic Isolation, Cultural Relevance
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Gjøtterud, Sigrid; Krogh, Erling – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2017
Coming from a Nordic environment, professionally working in teacher education, both authors engaged in developmental work and research in the Uluguru mountains in Tanzania. The research is carried out in a community-based organization for vulnerable youth, Mgeta Orphan Education Foundation (MOEF), which builds on principles of action learning and…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Sense of Community
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Green, Terrance L. – Education and Urban Society, 2018
For decades, reform has been a persistent issue in urban schools. Research suggests that urban school reforms that are connected to equitable community development efforts are more sustainable, and that principals play a pivot role in leading such efforts. Yet, limited research has explored how urban school principals connect school reform with…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Community Development, Educational Change, School Community Relationship
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Adekola, G.; Egbo, Nwoye Charles – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study examined the influence of traditions and customs on community development in Nkanu West and Nkanu East Local Government Areas of Enugu State. The study was carried out with three objectives and three null hypotheses. The research adopted descriptive survey design with a population of 2,125 members of community Based Organizations in the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Traditionalism, Community Organizations, Community Surveys
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Jacobs, Jennifer M.; Castañeda, Amy; Castañeda, Rob – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
Rob and Amy Castañeda, the co-founders of a sports/play-based youth and community development organization called Beyond the Ball (www.beyondtheball.org), cite the collaborative and dynamic nature of the TPSR Alliance as an important influence for their work. Beyond the Ball serves individuals between kindergarten and post-college, in the North…
Descriptors: Student Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Community Development, Partnerships in Education
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McHenry-Sorber, Erin; Provinzano, Kathleen – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
Hydraulic fracturing has altered the face of rural communities across the United States, creating new demands for educational leaders. This in-depth qualitative study explores how rural educational leaders in a heavily drilled community experience and respond to these challenges with a focus on increased local student transiency, homelessness, and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Community Development, Qualitative Research
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Kwauk, Christina Ting – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Drawing on ethnographic data collected over 12 months of field research, this paper contributes to the growing body of literature on sport for development (SFD) by giving voice to alternative constructions of the educative potential of SFD. It does this by exploring the social attitudes of youth, educators, community leaders and government…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Sport Psychology, Physical Education, Ethnography
Richard Dunfee Ed.; Ashish K. Vaidya Ed. – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2015
Student success is at the center of successful regional engagement. Thus, the relationship between institutional outreach through the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) "stewards of place" paradigm and meaningful student participation in the effort is fundamental to the success of regional engagement. The…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Student Participation, Labor Force Development, Technology
Thomas, Reine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the role a rural community college plays in the development of its community, using a holistic, community-based lens that considered college and community context, interactions and results to answer the question: "How does the rural community college impact the development of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Schools, Community Development, Community Leaders
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Green, Terrance L. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2015
Purpose: Improving urban schools of color and the communities where they are located requires leadership that spans school and community boundaries. The purpose of this study is to understand how principal and community leader actions support urban school reform along with community development at two community schools in the urban Midwest and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Change, Case Studies, Grounded Theory
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