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Peer reviewedSheil, Helen – Education in Rural Australia, 1996
Debunks common myths about rurality and rural Australia. Calls for a change in perspective, putting person and place at the center of learning. Local involvement is key to the proposed Centre for Rural Communities, which would promote community sustainability through networking and training. Describes the Rural Women's Programme in Victoria and a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement, Foreign Countries
Direct linkWilson, Geoff A. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2004
This paper analyses whether the Australian Landcare movement complies with notions of "post-productivist rural governance." The paper argues that Landcare has been a vast improvement on previous approaches to the management of the countryside in Australia, and that it has managed to mobilise a large cross-section of stakeholders.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Governance, Community Involvement
Download full textJohns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Mulford, Bill – 2000
A case study exploring the relationship between local leadership and the school-community partnership was conducted in a small, isolated Australian mining town. Data were generated from written materials such as the local newspaper and interviews with 8 school staff members and 11 community members involved with the schools or representing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Elementary Secondary Education
Cameron, J. M. R., Ed.; Griffith, D. A., Ed. – 1992
This document summarizes the proceedings of a national forum for persons with an interest in and commitment to research into issues affecting people living in rural and remote areas across Australia. The six sub-themes of the conference were: (1) the role of the community in teacher preparation; (2) the quality of education in rural Australia; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Johns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Mulford, Bill – 2000
A case study of a rural community in Western Australia examined factors responsible for the progress made in breaking down barriers between youth and adults and building community cohesiveness. Community documents and interviews with school personnel, students, and community members revealed that the high school worked with the community to build…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Parks, Gail Armstrong – 1979
Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Services
