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Engaging Youth as Community Leaders in Outdoor Education Research, Program Design, and Evaluation
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Schmidt, Alayna M.; Bobilya, Andrew J. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022
When considering community impacts of outdoor education (OE), youth are community members, leaders, and experts who can and should be meaningfully involved in the design and evaluation of OE programs and research that impact them. Ensuring youth have agency in these processes can create opportunities for building community (Brennan, 2008), making…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Leadership Training, Program Design, Program Evaluation
Thinking 3 Rather than 2 + 1: How a Coparenting Framework Can Transform Infant Mental Health Efforts with Unmarried African American Parents
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Gaskin-Butler, Vikki T.; McKay, Katherine; Gallardo, Gypsy; Salman-Engin, Selin; Little, Tara; McHale, James P. – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
More than half of poor African American infants are born into "fragile families" and nearly half grow up in single-mother families with little or no father involvement. However, most prenatal interventions fail to help unmarried mothers talk and plan together with their baby's father, especially when fathers are nonresidential. This…
Descriptors: African Americans, Child Rearing, Program Descriptions, Poverty
Bridging Brown County: Captivating Social Capital as a Means to Community Change
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Rasmussen, Catherine M.; Armstrong, Jessica; Chazdon, Scott A. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2011
As our communities strive to support community change efforts for survival and vitality, the importance of social capital has become evident in leadership development. Many researchers and practitioners realize that tapping into the inherent power of relationships and social networks is crucial. This paper provides an overview of the design and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Leadership, Human Capital, Social Capital
Using Participatory Analysis for Community Action: Idea Book. Information Collection and Exchange Publication No. M0086
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Peace Corps, 2010
This idea book addresses key concepts in two earlier Peace Corps' publications, "Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA) Manual" [ICE No. M0053], and the "Gender and Development Training Manual" [ICE No. M0054]. These previous resources were large training manuals that introduced PACA to staff and Volunteers in the context of the Peace…
Descriptors: Community Action, Foreign Countries, Community Leaders, Nongovernmental Organizations
An Analysis of the Effects of Program Structure and Content on Outcomes of Community Leadership Education Programs
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Apaliyah, Godwin Tayese – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined community leadership education programs employed in rural communities and organizations of several states to empower both local leaders and residents. In particular, the study investigated the relationships between community leadership education program design and structure (contact hours and content) and six outcome indices of…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Field Trips, Community Development, Program Design
Using a Comprehensive Leadership Framework as a Scholarship and Teaching Tool
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Boyce, Kim – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
Educators who work in community settings often encounter participants with a wide array of individual leadership beliefs, attitudes, and experiences. Given this situation, one of the challenges we face is to identify effective methods and tools to teach leadership in community and organizational settings. As an educator, it is important to…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Training, Extension Education, Teaching Methods