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Vessels, Gordon G. – 1998
This handbook describes ways to prevent and resolve social problems in schools and communities. The book explores the possibility that identifying character as the ultimate goal for children will give a new perspective on child development and education that is needed in order to reform schools and strengthen communities. Concerns with respect to…
Descriptors: Community Development, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Belenky, Mary Field; Bond, Lynne A.; Weinstock, Jacqueline S. – 1997
This book focuses on grassroots projects and organizations for people, especially women, who have been stigmatized as "Other." An introduction discusses the concept of "Other"; Listening Partners, a short-term project for bringing isolated mothers living in rural poverty into voice; and the leadership tradition. Chapter 1 considers dualism, such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Empowerment