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Sustainability Education as a Catalyst for University and Community Partnerships
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Lishawa, Shane; Schubel, Adam; Varty, Alison; Tuchman, Nancy – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
Universities are uniquely positioned to lead society toward sustainability and their collaborations with community organizations are essential to this transition. The Biodiesel Program at Loyola University at Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy provides a case study of course-based service learning projects facilitating…
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Service Learning, Community Organizations, Sustainable Development
P.E.A.C.E. (Project in Environmental Action/Community Education).
Bennett, Roger V.; And Others – 1978
This research project on environmental education was designed to implement and evaluate a community action curriculum development model concerned with the preservation and enhancement of environmental quality and ecological balance within an urban area. It sought, furthermore, to involve students, teachers, parents, community representatives,…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design
Social Skills Training To Promote Resilience in Urban Sixth-Grade Students: One Product of an Action Research Strategy To Prevent Youth Violence in High-Risk Environments.
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Meyer, Aleta L.; Farrell, Albert D. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1998
Describes efforts to apply the action-research process to design and evaluate a theory-based program of intervention to reduce and prevent youth violence in high-risk urban environments. Twelve objectives were developed to design and evaluate "Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways," a violence-prevention curriculum for sixth graders.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders