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Lewis, Elaine; Baudains, Catherine – Open Review of Educational Research, 2015
Many threats face the freshwater turtle, Chelodina colliei, also known as the oblong turtle. A community education project, Turtle Watch, focused on this target species and enabled effective conservation action to be implemented. Turtle Watch was conducted in the Perth Metropolitan Area of Western Australia, as the oblong turtle inhabits the…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Climate
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O'Meara, Peter; Chesters, Janice; Han, Gil-Soo – Rural Society, 2004
The Alberton Project was a three-year community capacity building project that ran from 1999 until 2002. It aimed to revitalise the local community surrounding the small Victorian town of Yarram. Evaluation of the project involved participant observation, monitoring of media reports, surveys and interviews. Outcomes are reported with reference to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Community Development, Community Programs, Program Evaluation
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Pretty, Grace; Rapley, Mark; Bramston, Paul – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2002
A comparison of 14 Australian adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities and 13 typical adolescents found no significant differences between the groups on community usage and lifestyle patterns. The discussion promotes the inclusion of community factors when investigating community integration of adolescents with a disability. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Satisfaction
Peace, Brian, Ed.; Foster, Keith, Ed. – 1986
The following papers are included: "Setting the Scene" (Brian Peace); "Different Training for Different Adult Educators?" (Michael Newman); "The Training of Part-Time Teachers in Adult Education: The UK Experience" (Brian Graham); "Adult Education Tutor Support" (Aileen Kelly); "Six Category…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Case Studies, Community Programs
Dale, Allan – 1994
This paper examines specific problems facing community service delivery in rural Australia and efforts to overcome these deficiencies. The generic term "rural" is advantageous in that it delineates particular problems facing rural communities, aids in resource allocation, raises public awareness of rural disadvantage, and provides an…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Programs, Community Services, Day Care
Plane, Karen – 2001
In a competitive market training economy, vocational education and training (VET) and small business in Australia face a number of challenges. They need to qualify the extent of lifelong learning skills being used in the small firm workplace, define the range of learning partnerships both within VET and the wider informal learning community in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Neilson Associates Pty. Ltd., Melbourne (Australia). – 1988
This report recommends a 10-year plan for changes in services to people with intellectual disabilities in Victoria, Australia. Intended key outcomes of the plan include: increases in the numbers of clients receiving direct residential support in community-based accommodations; reductions in numbers of adult clients resident in large scale…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Day Care, Community Programs, Community Resources