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Mahalingam, Mahalakshmi R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Food insecurity is a global concern and is acute in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as well as pockets in the global North. In the lush green spaces of "God's Own Country", the state of Kerala in India, about 379,000 women are engaged in farming in about 75,800 groups. Spearheaded by Kudumbashree, the State Poverty Eradication Mission…
Descriptors: Hunger, Females, Agricultural Occupations, Poverty
Hetzell, Leah B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As calls for institutions of higher education to educate globally competent citizens have intensified over the last two decades, the field of international service learning (ISL) has responded resoundingly. ISL programs have been implemented at many institutions and there have been countless studies that demonstrate the great power for student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Reentry Students, Service Learning
Ulrich, Mary Eileen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
How does higher education contribute to finding workable and lasting solutions to complex social issues that face communities globally today? How does higher education contribute to global sustainable development goals? The scholarship of engagement encourages faculty, scholars, and students to work together with communities on solutions to…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Global Approach, Sustainable Development, Community Development
Dodson, Leslie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a gender-inclusive information system linking rural women in Agni Hiya, Morocco and water project managers from the Association Dar Si-Hmad. This research was motivated by an interest in exploring the linkages between information and communication technologies (ICT), climate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Females, Information Systems
Dias, Mary Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research contributes to efforts in assessment studies related to science and technology interventions. The work presented in this thesis focuses on understanding the effects of policies that influence science and technology interventions, and determining the impact of science and technology interventions themselves. Chapter 1 explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
Hansen, Lexine Tallis – ProQuest LLC, 2010
International community development is a fertile area of research for environmental education scholars and practitioners. Although the community development field is well established, there is relatively little focus on education and learning in community development literature, especially in developing country settings. Particularly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Global Approach, Scholarship
Jones, Lauren Ila – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In this dissertation, through semi-structured interviews with 36 female social movement participants and 3 male participants in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Argentina, I ask, "How do women in Latin American social movements perceive the influence of theology on these movements' pedagogies?" I argue that through this work, the…
Descriptors: Community Development, International Education, Action Research, Females
Waite, Paul Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork, including more than 65 in-depth interviews with Chinese university students and higher education administrators, this study examines the roots of an emerging community service learning movement in mainland China. The dissertation focuses on a case study of a pioneering Chinese Party State-sponsored…
Descriptors: Caring, Community Development, Social Control, Service Learning