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Toso, Blaire Willson, Ed. – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2013
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) presents, alongside the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State University, these proceedings from the research strand at the 22nd National Conference on Family Literacy. Through these sessions, NCFL's conference continues to provide the latest research in family education…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Parent Participation, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2001
This paper details the work of Demos and the Learning and Skills Development Agency to examine how new institutional structures for supporting lifelong learning can develop in ways that best support community-based learning activities in the United Kingdom. Three seminar background papers and notes are provided, each followed by seminar notes.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community, Community Control, Community Development
CBE Report, 1985
This volume contains the texts of the papers and discussions presented at a conference on community-based development. The following materials are included: "Opening Remarks" (John Zippert); "Guest Speaker Remarks" (Colman McCarthy); "Community-Based Development" (Blandina Cardenas Ramirez); "Community-Based Colleges" (panel discussions moderated…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation
San Diego County Dept. of Education, CA. – 1984
The summary and proceedings of the San Diego County Partnership with Schools Forum held in San Diego on April 21-22, 1983 are presented. The forum was cosponsored by policy makers in education and industry for the purpose of sharing information and partnership planning opportunities for business, industry, the military, and government with the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Support, Conferences
Ledesma, Antonio L., Ed.; Ledesma, Angelita Y., Ed. – 1980
A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
The First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development reported that, while community facilities and housing are vital to the successful growth and renewal of New York's rural areas, these requirements are not being met for many rural communities. Rural population influxes have caused escalating costs for maintenance and improvement of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Community Services, Financial Support
Huitzing, D. A., Ed. – 1988
The efforts of national organizations, whether governmental or voluntary, to promote conservation and to develop public awareness and sympathy will be successful only in proportion to the extent that people identify these efforts with their own quality of life. This report focuses on the main theme of the conference held in May, 1985, by the North…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
Raack, Lenaya; And Others – 1992
The First Regional Early Childhood Forum was convened by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) to identify, develop, and promote linkages in the community that foster the healthy development of young children and their families. Participants were divided into collaborative work groups first according to affiliation, then across…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Community Services, Cooperative Planning
Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed.; Hylander, Joan W., Ed. – 1984
The keynote address before the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) Central Division Conference is presented in this publication along with a series of reports reflecting the activities of the CCHA for 1983-84. In his address entitled "Born Again Humanities or Here Comes the Sun," Landon C. Kirchner discusses the incipient…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Humanities, Professional Associations
Winsand, Jean – 1982
This document gathers together nine papers prepared in conjunction with a series of four seminars, held from January through May 1982, on the Role of Technical Assistance in the Long Range Plan for School Improvement. The seminars included participants from higher education, intermediate units, and public school superintendents. The following…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Consultants
Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen, Ed. – 1986
The symposium on Issues of Parent Involvement and Literacy marked the culmination of a collaborative project of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and the Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools to reach out to limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents. This was accomplished by providing cultural and language information so that parents could become…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement
Knopke, Harry J., Ed. – 1984
A public forum on community water quality was conducted by tenth grade students participating in the University of Alabama's Biomedical Sciences Preparatory Program (BioPrep). BioPrep was designed to provide rural high school students with an intensified education concentrating on mathematics, science, communication, rural life, health, and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Career Education, Community Characteristics, Community Surveys
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Supporting the premise that rural communities require functioning health care systems for their physiological, emotional, and economic well-being, the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development defined problems and established goals for rural health care in New York. Despite increases in New York's overall physician supply during…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Health Facilities, Health Needs
Keyser, John S., Ed. – 1985
This colloquium report presents four views on the future of student services in the two-year college. First, "Student Development Philosophy: A Perspective on the Past and Future," by Terry O'Banion, discusses the origins of the student development profession, the emerging "student development model," and the projected impact of the quality…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy, Student Development
Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed.; Hylander, Joan W., Ed. – 1985
A series of reports reflecting the activities of the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) are presented in these proceedings. The first article, "Teaching Professional Ethics: Proceed, But with Caution," by Richard A. Wright, argues that extreme care must be taken in developing and teaching professional ethics, discussing what…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Ethical Instruction, Humanities
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