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Akutarasatatikoon Somdet; Sastra Laoakka – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
The role of monks in managing education in Northeastern Thailand has been historically significant in local educational development. This study aimed to: (i) examine the history of educational management by monks in the Northeastern region, and (ii) investigate the roles of monks in educational management. This qualitative research employed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Buddhism, Educational Development, Local Issues
Alobiedat, Ammar Abdelkarim – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As the tourism industry continues to grow and the desire to visit heritage sites becomes a popular pursuit, heritage has turn into a commodity in the marketplace. This dissertation analyzes the economic, sociocultural and environmental implications of tourism in Gadara, northwest Jordan. It also elaborates on the changing force of tourism and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Heritage Education, Cultural Awareness
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Ferrie, Gina M.; Bettinger, Tammie L.; Kuhar, Christopher W.; Lehnhardt, Kathy; Apell, Peter; Kasoma, Panta – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
Although there are many conservation education projects working in Uganda, there is currently little evaluation of educational initiatives in the communities. A survey was developed to better understand the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of people in 2 districts of Uganda. The main environmental problem listed by the respondents…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conflict, Wildlife, Environmental Education
Bok, Vincent – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
Schools have always been recognized as an integral part of the community and the challenge is to ensure this vital component of social infrastructure is delivered in such a manner that long term benefits for local children, families and the broader community are realized. The Western Metropolitan Region in Victoria has experienced rapid…
Descriptors: School Role, Community Attitudes, Population Growth, School Community Relationship
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Bond, Hilary – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2010
This paper explores, with a qualitative framework, critical social theory and thematic analysis, the narratives of many Aboriginal elders of Mornington Island (Kunhanhaa) about their history and their potential to form productive kin-based relationships with visiting teachers in order to influence the curriculum and pedagogy delivered at the local…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Social Theories, School Community Relationship, Participatory Research
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Hall, Peter V.; Stern, Pamela – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
Recently, scholars have begun to explore questions of regionalism and regionalization in rural contexts. Regionalism is often understood and presented as a pragmatic solution to intractable problems of fragmentation, inefficiency, accountability, spillover and neglect in the face of economic restructuring and other external threats. These…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
Brennan, Roslin E.; Brennan, Mark – 1990
This study identified the needs, aspirations, and hindrances defining and delineating adult literacy education in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. Information sources were policy, opinion, memories, literature, and statistics. A profile of the region showed that the population was basically white and of Anglo-Saxon heritage.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes
Sage Inst. of Canada, Inc., Edmonton (Alberta). – 1986
Sage Institute of Canada, Inc. measured the priorities for improving education that are held by professional staff, the boards, and the public in the Alberta counties of Newell, Vulcan, and Warner. Over 1,800 people participated in identifying issues, conditions, and suggestions for improvement. They then assisted in validating the information and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes, Delivery Systems
Webb, Chris – Journal of Outdoor Education, 1982
Discusses the history of Notting Dale (an overcrowded, working class area), housing redevelopment there, facilities/program of the Notting Dale Urban Study Centre (West London), study of processes (urban planning juxtaposed with reality), people's problems in a changing urban environment, and examples of local studies leading to action on issues…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged Environment