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Amy J. Anderson; Hannah Carson Baggett; Carey E. Andrzejewski; Sean A. Forbes – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
The aim of this paper is to explore high school students' critical consciousness development in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR) focused on food security at an alternative school in Alabama. The YPAR project took place in an elective agriscience class with 10 students (Seven Black, two white, one Latino) who were in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Wilson-Lopez, Amy; Mejia, Joel Alejandro; Hasbún, Indhira María; Kasun, G. Sue – Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Background: According to a growing body of research, many Latinas/os experience dissonance between their everyday cultural practices and the cultural practices prevalent in engineering. This dissonance contributes to many Latinas/os' sense that engineering is "not for me." Purpose: This study sought to explore the meaning in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Hispanic American Students, Engineering Education, Community Problems
Wright, Dana E. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Community change approaches have increasingly involved participatory practices in which community members directly impacted by an issue participate in implementing change efforts. However, community participation as a practice and approach does not always include youth participation. Within the field of youth organizing, young people are…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Citizen Participation, Activism, Capacity Building
Yusop, Farrah Dina; Correia, Ana-Paula – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
This ethnographic study took place in a graduate course at a large research university in the Midwestern United States. It presents an in-depth examination of the experiences and challenges of a group of four students learning to be Instructional Design and Technology professionals who are concerned with the well-being of all members of a society,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Civics, Problem Solving, Social Problems
Yang, Evelyn; Foster-Fishman, Pennie; Collins, Charles; Ahn, Soyeon – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Community problem solving is believed to help coalitions achieve community changes and subsequent population-level reductions in targeted community health problems. This study empirically examined a community problem solving model used by CADCA, a national coalition training organization, to determine if the model explains how coalitions become…
Descriptors: Public Health, Substance Abuse, Change Agents, Problem Solving
Yaghi, Abdulfattah; Alibeli, Madalla – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
In order to achieve their course learning outcomes, public affairs instructors can train students to solve real community problems (SRCP). This approach focuses on the learners themselves and aims to transform the role of college professors from traditional teaching (lecturing) to facilitating and coaching students' learning activities. This study…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Problem Solving, Public Affairs Education, Instructional Improvement
Fehrman, Darwyn; Schutz, Aaron – Democracy & Education, 2011
This study examines a two-year effort to engage groups of inner-city students in community engagement projects at Social Action Charter High School, SACHS, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this project, graduate student volunteers coached small groups of students working on community change projects, collecting data on what happened over time. Kahne…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Community Problems, Social Action, School Community Relationship
Benimmas, Aicha; Kerski, Joseph; Solis, Patricia – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Basic education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) seems to be characterized by lecture methods of instruction, a lack of interdisciplinary approaches and a disconnection with local community problems. During 2008, a "My Community, Our Earth" (MyCOE) workshop was organized in the MENA region and involved teachers of geography,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Basic Skills, Workshops
Cheong, I. P.-A. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
The paper reports on an initiative to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for a sustainable environment. The initiative involved the training of pre-service teachers to not only be aware of, or know about environmental problems and want to act for the environment, but also to be able to act for the environment. Small group community…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Preservice Teachers, Community Problems, Sustainable Development
Romano, Beatrice M. – 1975
A communi-site -ed approach to speech fundamentals attempts to teach speech communication in interpersonal situations and to alert students to the importance of retaining democratic principles in a society which is pluralistic. It is assumed that college students need and desire the kind of learning whereby theory becomes functional in their…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Problems, Higher Education

Hay, Gloria A.; Apps, Jerold W. – 1981
Three discrete but related studies contribute to the larger research question of how adult educators can help community problem-solving group members gain new skills and compentencies as they work together on community problems. The first study addresses defining individual growth in the context of rural community problem-solving groups and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Citizen Participation, Community Problems
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1978
Third-party intervention is increasingly recognized as an effective means of settling social, institutional, community, and interpersonal disputes. Traditionally, mediation efforts have been directed toward conflicts involving labor/management relations. Since the 1960s, however, mediation efforts have also been applied to situations involving…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Attitudes, Case Studies

Stephenson, Larry K. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
One way geographical educators can help local communities understand their environment is to offer a course focusing on local regional geography using the concept of regional synthesis. Describes specific mechanics and evaluates short-term outcomes of such a course in Hawaii. Discusses potential uses. Journal availability: see SO 507 262.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Area Studies, Case Studies, College Faculty
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1983
Following a brief introduction, chapter 1 of this study seeks to establish a framework for building stronger links between school and the workplace by calling attention to the need for (1) an ongoing analysis of the local economy in the context of the regional, national, and global economy; (2) a standing representative community consultation,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems