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Choosak Ueangchokchai; Nipat Limsangouan; Jitsopin Merakate – Higher Education Studies, 2024
The utilization of intergenerational relationship as the foundation for community development aligns with the expectations set forth by Thailand's national policies, particularly within the economic dimension. This research explores the outcomes of fostering intergenerational relationship and investigates the learning outcomes to create fresh…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Community Development, Young Adults
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Romero, Rachel – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2023
In this paper, I examine an implementation of "gracious space" and its influence on student learning. "Gracious space" is a facilitation model for group meaning-making that promotes vulnerability and connectedness, "a spirit and a setting where we invite the 'stranger' and embrace 'learning in public'". The course in…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Risk, Social Emotional Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Isaac Kofi Biney – Adult Learning, 2024
This paper reflects on Freire's discourse on liberating education and adult educators' educational roles with community groups in transforming communities. Mineral-rich communities in Ghana are in danger of losing water bodies, rich arable lands, and forest vegetation cover through "galamsey," which refers to the gathering of rich…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Transformative Learning, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Marklund, Ulrika; Marklund, Ellen; Lacerda, Francisco; Schwarz, Iris-Corinna – Journal of Child Language, 2015
This study compares parental pause and utterance duration in conversations with Swedish speaking children at age 1;6 who have either a large, typical, or small expressive vocabulary, as measured by the Swedish version of the McArthur-Bates CDI. The adjustments that parents do when they speak to children are similar across all three vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Language, Speech Communication
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Stephen, Lauer; Owusu, Francis Y. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Extension professionals facilitate community development through the strategic manipulation of learning and power in peer-to-peer learning partnerships. We discuss the relationship between empowerment and power, highlight relevant literature on the difficulties power presents to learning and the efficacy of service learning tools to facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Power Structure, Community Development
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Brinkel, Nico; van Rees, Floris; Ruis, Margit; Sloots, Florian – Honors in Practice, 2015
Many universities in the United States and Europe offer honors programs to meet the demands of gifted and intelligent students. One of the standard goals of these programs is to build an intellectual learning community. Establishing a community can be difficult because it requires that students show an active attitude and initiative. Many…
Descriptors: Community Development, Honors Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle; Vetor-Suits, Cristina; Herbert, Katharine; Weiss, Lois; Murray, Jennifer; Rhodes, Amy; Shelby-Mitchell, Diane; Turner, Melanie – Journal of Transformative Education, 2016
In 2009, Preskill and Brookfield published "Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggle for Social Justice" that describes nine learning tasks characterizing organic leaders. These include being open to the contributions of others, critical reflection, supporting the growth of others, collective leadership, analyzing…
Descriptors: Females, Recognition (Achievement), Awards, Transformational Leadership
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Yates, Lynda – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
While first language social networks offer immigrants practical and emotional support in the early period of their settlement in a new country, the development of social networks through English is crucial at this time not only for the acquisition of the linguistic and social capital vital to their long-term advancement, but also for the…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Networks, Social Capital, Immigrants
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Herrera, Monica; Hoelting, Joyce – New Directions for Higher Education, 2010
In January 2003, the Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) contacted land grant universities in Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington to involve them in a program initiative to address rural poverty. After a strategic planning process, NWAF had shifted from traditional grant making to operating programs that…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Poverty, Land Grant Universities, Extension Education
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Watterson, Nancy L.; Rademacher, Nicholas; Mace, Darryl C. – Journal of College and Character, 2012
This article examines relational ways of knowing--a concept both broad and deep--as a strategy we have infused throughout our design of one first-year Living and Learning Community (LLC). As outlined here, the authors teach faith as relationship; justice as being in just relationship with others, research as the concept of putting ideas in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Communities of Practice, Metacognition, Citizenship Responsibility
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Newbrough, J. R.; McMillan, David W.; Lorion, Raymond P. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
Newbrough's Third Position is discussed in terms of its utility as a framework within which to understand and resolve interpersonal differences, seemingly irresolvable diametric differences, and conflictual situations. The framework's essential elements and its application is illustrated through the presentation of a series of fictitious scenarios…
Descriptors: Community Development, Psychologists, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Floden, Robert E. – Educational Researcher, 1993
The "Educational Researcher" is a forum for extended conversation among researchers about their common endeavors. Articles are models for reasoning about educational issues as well as arguments for particular conclusions. A call is issued for articles that present diverse perspectives and challenging critiques of topics of interest. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Discussion, Editorials, Educational Research
Stephens, Karen; And Others – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Contains a series of short, experientially oriented articles on circle time entitled "You Can Make Circle Time Developmentally Appropriate"; "Using Circle Time as a Hub of Curriculum"; "Working It Out Together in Circle Time"; and "Starting with Stories: Building a Sense of Community." (SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Development, Conflict Resolution, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Kelly, James G. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Discusses common themes in five papers on rural community psychology: myth that rural life is naturally supportive, importance of community needs in designing prevention programs, risks of labeling diseases, rural psychologists as developers/advocates, using advice/direct suggestion, thinking in systems/ecological terms, role/boundary conflicts,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Coordination, Community Development
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Fanslow, Alyce M. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1982
Knowledge and skills needed by lay participants in community development (CD) were proposed by 14 consultants around 10 topical areas. One hundred knowledge and skills statements resulted. The importance of these statements was judged by CD youth leaders and adult specialists. Judgments were factor analyzed, and nine factors emerged. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Development