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Wisconsin Bar Foundation, Madison. – 1979
The paper briefly describes a project to develop a model for law-related curriculum in grades K-12. The project was based on the cooperation of community professionals in law-related areas with teachers and school personnel. An outline for achieving effective results in the community team approach includes setting up the community team, procedures…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Educational Resources
Braden, Nancy – 1981
In this award winning project for incorporating economics study into the curriculum, a fifth grade class studied economic interdependence as it applied to their community (Barling, Arkansas). Class readings of several books dealing with the development of an economic community preceded the students' creation of a mini-Barling with elected…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Awards, Banking, Budgets
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Neuman, Susan B. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a parent volunteer tutoring program, called "Reading Together," that is run by members of the community, and that provides opportunities for kindergarten and pre-first-grade children to read and write in a playful environment. (SR)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
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Music Educators Journal, 1979
This article suggests that teachers make use of the special student performances offered by many city opera companies. It discusses advantages and disadvantages of these programs and what the teacher might expect of them. The educational programs of 22 American opera companies are described. Part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Services, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Schnack, Pat – English Journal, 2001
Describes the "Partners in Reading" project, which pairs adults from the community with eighth-grade students to read books together and journal together. Describes how the program has grown. Details the many positive reading/writing outcomes for students and for participating adults, how students feel more connected to adults in the community,…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
White, Charles, Ed. – 1981
This book will help elementary and secondary teachers make community involvement part of their legal education program. The authors believe that the active involvement of lawyers, police and probation officers, judges, and others from the community is an excellent way of making legal education real to students. There are five major sections to the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Legal Education
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Evans, Jane Turnbull – Art Education, 1984
The Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, provides an internship program for students enrolled in the art education program at the University of Regina. The gallery trains teachers in the concepts of aesthetic education and the use of art objects and gallery resources in the teaching of those concepts. (RM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Community Resources, Comparative Education
Denton, Thomas – 1985
This manual presents a sequence of assignments to encourage students to commit themselves to a writing project in which the content is derived from their own purposeful investigations of subjects within their local community. Introductory information explains how the instructional sequence works, indicating that: (1) students are asked to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Study, Program Descriptions, Relevance (Education)
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Prosser, Theresa M.; Levesque, Jeri A. – Reading Teacher, 1997
Describes a service learning program with a focus on literacy called the Student Literacy Corps. Describes how urban elementary school children, college students, professors, administrators, and community members worked, shared, and learned together. Includes a sample lesson. (SR)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Literacy
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Driskill, Gerald W. – Communication Teacher, 2007
The topic of international education continues to gain the attention of educators. However, the American Council on Education (ACE) spotlights a slow response from universities to make intercultural learning a critical part of the undergraduate education process. Nonetheless, intercultural components are common not only in intercultural…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Intercultural Communication, International Education, Assignments
Goldman, Eric; Langan, Terri – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes how the Civic Achievement Award Program, a new initiative of the Close Up Foundation, combines reading, writing, research, and community service in teaching citizenship to fifth through eighth grade students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement
Gregory, Martha Wille, Ed. – 1993
This training module was developed to introduce postsecondary personnel to the support services available for students with disabilities at Longview Community College in Missouri. The module covers the definition and philosophy of support services, including the development of rehabilitation services, independent living, and the disability rights…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Programs, Community Colleges, Community Services
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Banaszak, Mary K. – Social Studies Review, 1985
Business is rightfully concerned about the education of youth, for the schools are educating the workers of tomorrow. How businesses in California are reaching out to schools to provide help for economics education is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Business, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Kleinfeld, Judith; And Others – 1986
Designed to celebrate rural teachers' inventiveness and stimulate teacher thinking about opportunities that small schools offer, this booklet is a collection of ideas and resources that have worked in specific Alaska school settings. An introductory chapter challenges teachers to use small size to advantage. Chapter 2 shows what rural teachers are…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Creative Teaching, Educational Resources, High Schools
Smorodin, Calla; And Others – 1983
A five-chapter manual provides a model for involving the state attorney general and the business and professional communities in law-related consumer education at the elementary school level. Chapter I, introduction, describes the history and special features of the program as it was developed for the St. Louis (Missouri) public schools. Chapter…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Consumer Education, Cooperative Planning
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