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Direct linkFred Brooks; Gloria Claudio – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2024
This article documents how an MSW student in an introductory community practice course took her class assignment and over the course of two years revitalized, democratized, and transformed a sclerotic, corporate-run Home Owners Association (HOA). While the community analysis assignment required the student to interview six of her neighbors, the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Social Work, Neighborhoods
Peer reviewedAptekar, Lewis – Journal of Thought, 1980
The author argues that direct citizen participation cannot influence educational policy or restore the power of lay boards in public education. Asserting that more can be accomplished by a technically trained organization working within the bureaucracy, he cites the accomplishments of the Education Clearinghouse, a nonprofit group of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Control, Community Influence, Community Organizations
Download full textFried, Robby – 1981
The monograph describes the Community Learning Center (CLC) model and process, which resulted from a University System of New Hampshire project conducted in six small New Hampshire towns between July 1973 and June 1974. The development involved a non-school, learner-controlled base, headed by groups of citizens called "core groups," who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Kraai, Ziki; And Others – 1979
The use of popular theatre to overcome community development problems in underdeveloped countries through adult education is introduced and its relationship to the concept of participatory research is explored. Material is arranged in four sections. The first of these presents an introduction to popular theatre and participatory research. Stemming…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Control, Community Development
Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1983
Indian-controlled education programs may be evaluated by involving community members/leaders; administrators/teachers/students; federal-provincial education officers. The advantages include heightening community awareness of strengths/weaknesses in education programs, allowing community control over nature/duration of evaluation, providing ongoing…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Citizen Participation, Community Control
Rogers, David – 1981
This report describes the New York City public school system's experiences with decentralization since 1970. The report includes an introductory chapter explaining the conditions that led to the adoption of decentralization; analytical case studies of eight New York City decentralized school districts; and two concluding chapters on findings and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies
