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Homan, Dustin M.; Epley, Hannah H. – Journal of Extension, 2018
Youths not only participate in Extension services but also can be equipped as facilitators to extend information about a critical topic to new audiences. Our interdisciplinary team of Extension professionals created a program to equip youths as peer educators, increase youths' awareness and understanding of a new topic (local foods), promote…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Peer Teaching, Food
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Kuban, Adam J.; Purcell, Jennifer W.; Jones, Brytnie D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
The purpose of this reflective essay is to encourage the discussion of community-engaged scholarship (CES) that does not progress as planned. Insufficient attention is given to lessons gleaned from missteps and outright failures experienced by scholars in the field, which results in a paucity of documented cases and recommendations for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Faculty Development, Reflective Teaching, Scholarship
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Jones, Jeffrey N.; Bench, Joshua H.; Warnaar, Bethany L.; Stroup, John T. – Afterschool Matters, 2013
Educators, policymakers, and other concerned adults share an interest in promoting lifelong patterns of community service in youth. Practitioners and researchers alike highlight the importance of youth participation in afterschool service activities so the author's focus in this paper is on youth involved in PeaceJam, an innovative…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Youth Programs, Service Learning, Social Action
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Ferguson, Dick – New Directions for Youth Development, 2009
When Dayton Public Schools committed to return to neighborhood K-8 schools, the community organized to refocus many youth programs in schools and neighborhoods. This article describes the planning and implementation of Dayton's Neighborhood School Centers. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the University of Dayton, especially the Fitz…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Public Schools, Neighborhood Schools, Youth Programs