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Building Equitable and Effective Partnerships with Rural and Indigenous Communities
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Hinton, Lee; Lucas, Erin; Zoubak, Ekaterina – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Leadership in infant and early childhood mental health must take into consideration issues of diversity, historical context, power dynamics, and difference in worldview and experiences. This article describes the importance of equitable and effective partnerships with rural/remote, underserved, and Indigenous communities in the United States and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rural Population, Geographic Isolation, Cultural Relevance
Wildfire Perception and Community Change
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Gordon, Jason S.; Matarrita-Cascante, David; Stedman, Richard C.; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2010
Given increasing political and financial commitments to wildfire preparedness, risk policy demands that risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities are balanced among diverse resident groups. Essential for this is the understanding of residents' perceptions of wildfire risks. This study compares wildfire-risk perceptions of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Land Use, Population Trends
The Politics of Communication: Information Technology, Local Knowledge and Social Exclusion.
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David, Matthew – Telematics and Informatics, 2003
Presents results from ethnographic fieldwork regarding a program to develop telematically delivered distance learning packages in Britain. Describes aims of the program, including building an infrastructure for distance learning and community development, to provide training software, and to identify limitations of attempts to break down economic…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Development, Computer Software, Distance Education
Responding to Isolation and Educational Disadvantage.
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Squires, Don – Education in Rural Australia, 2003
Australian rural communities often suffer from psychological isolation in addition to geographic isolation. Human and social capital are powerful antidotes to psychological isolation and are closely dependent on learning. Rural schools can reverse the negative effects of isolation on educational outcomes if they first work on building human and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Community Development, Disadvantaged
The Arizona Community Data Set: A Long-Term Project for Education and Research in Economic Geography.
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Vias, Alexander – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1996
Describes a long-term, Arizona field project that allows students to collect and analyze regional economic data and to apply theoretical techniques and applications. Discusses the history and evolution of the project that generally involves a series of economic base surveys and reports on small rural communities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Development, Data Collection, Economic Change, Economic Development
The Feminization of Teaching on the American Frontier: Keeping School in Otsego, Wisconsin, 1867-1880.
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Kliebard, Herbert M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Observes the changes in public education that occurred along the Wisconsin frontier. As the territory progressed, education changed from a winter-term only enterprise lead by male farmer/teachers to a full term lead by professionally trained women teachers. Identifies professionalization as the greatest influence on the feminization of teaching.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education