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Szpara, Michelle Yvonne; Ahmad, Iftikhar; Pederson, Patricia Velde – Social Education, 2007
The article profiles Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank (an independent financial institution in Bangladesh), as well as an economics professor at the University of Chittagong. In his birthplace of Bangladesh, 49.8 percent of people exist below the poverty line, and 73.2 percent of the women are categorized as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Development, Banking, Economics
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Armstrong, David G.; Savage, Tom V., Jr. – Social Education, 1976
A model is provided which shows how the community can become a laboratory in which the learner studies data and makes decisions. In the community laboratory, learners are both participants and observers, helping them understand why they live as they do and how citizens work together to improve community life. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Models
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Buggey, JoAnne – Social Education, 1976
This article examines social studies in the primary grades and shows how community resources can facilitate social learning. A three-stage model is examined which addresses the issues of citizenship and community involvement in the primary grades. It provides for teacher/school, parent/community, and learner involvement in all stages of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Educational Resources