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Tamara Lee; Sarah Peters – Research in Drama Education, 2024
Co-authors Lee and Peters collaborated across 2019-2021 on a community-engaged project with Carclew's ExpressWay Arts. They ask, when your creative practice is premised on relationship building, belonging and care, how do you step away from projects responsibly, meaningfully and carefully? This article explores how establishing rituals of closure…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Program Design, Drama Workshops, Program Termination
Smathers, Carol A.; Lobb, Jennifer M. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Community coalitions play an important role in community-wide strategies to promote health and wellbeing, and Extension professionals may provide leadership, technical assistance, and other support to coalitions. Extension professionals across a Midwestern state were invited to participate in an online survey about their coalition involvement and…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Community Organizations
Seeger, Christopher J.; Lillehoj, Catherine J.; Jensen, Alan D.; Wilson, Suzy; Levinson, Lydia R. – Journal of Extension, 2014
One way of combating rising obesity rates and decreasing physical activity levels among children is to promote active transportation to and from schools. The award-winning I-WALK program provides a comprehensive framework for addressing community walkability and related infrastructure. The program uses a unique and innovative methodology that…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Health Promotion, Community Programs, Community Coordination
ExpandED Schools, 2014
Cross-sector cradle-to-career initiatives are increasingly central to communities' strategies to support children and youth. StriveTogether Cradle to Career Civic Infrastructure provides a framework for how a community comes together around a vision; improves and builds upon those efforts over time; and invests the community's resources…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Coordination, Youth Opportunities
Drake, Luke; Lawson, Laura – Journal of Extension, 2015
As community gardens expand across the U.S., Extension professionals can support them not only in horticultural education but also in planning and organization. Knowledge of community garden management is helpful in this regard. Existing research focuses on outcomes and criteria for successful gardens, but is less clear about how community gardens…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Gardening, Community Involvement, Outreach Programs
Jones, Susan; Hall, Christine; Thomson, Pat; Barrett, Andy; Hanby, Julian – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2013
In this article, we discuss the work undertaken in the first phase of a participatory theatre project which took place on a council housing estate in the Midlands of England, in which residents were invited to share their memories for a production which would present the history of the estate. This community is often characterised as deficient,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Participation, Community Coordination
Zeldin, Shepherd; Petrokubi, Julie – Prevention Researcher, 2008
Youth-adult partnership (Y-AP) in community decision making and collective action has gained momentum as a key element of prevention programming. There is now a solid body of evidence demonstrating that these partnerships have developmental benefits for youth. There is also an increasing awareness that Y-AP may also produce positive…
Descriptors: Community Development, Intergenerational Programs, Community Programs, Community Coordination
Kentish, Barry; Robottom, Ian – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
The discourse of sustainability is promoted internationally, with the United Nations declaring 2005-2014 as a Decade for Education for Sustainable Development. There is discussion concerning the nature, status and significance of Education for Sustainability and its relationship with the somewhat established discourse of environmental education.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ideology, Sustainable Development, Regional Characteristics
Yohalem, Nicole; Gross, Beth; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2006
This commentary explores the relationship between mentoring and after-school, two fields that have garnered significant policy attention and momentum over the past several years. The question is not which makes more sense--mentoring or after-school--but how can we utilize both strategies to increase the likelihood that young people have the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Educational Research, Educational Finance, Elementary School Students