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Peer reviewedOdebode, S. O.; Oladeji, J. O. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2001
Interviews with 120 rural Nigerian women found that 96% participate in self-help community development projects and 68% were engaged in farming. Constrains on participation included domestic responsibilities, lack of funding and resources, male domination, and politics. There was a significant relationship between their sociocultural beliefs and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Extension Education, Females, Foreign Countries
Riches, Graham – International Review of Community Development, 1971
This article is based on a recent study of community centres as agents of urban community development in Hong Kong and Singapore, and arose from the generalised claim that community centres in these two predominantly urban societies do act as tools of community development. (Author/RY)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Minority Groups, Participation
Peer reviewedLackey, Alvin S.; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1981
Presents a case study of participatory evaluation which suggests an evaluation method which not only provides meaningful data for decision makers but also provides important feedback to the community. Shows the steps leading to self-evaluation workshops and reviews the evaluation methods that were utilized. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development
Download full textGrudens-Schuck, Nancy; Hargrove, Tasha M. – 2000
Participatory adult education programs assist individuals to substitute interdependent, mutually beneficial relationships for unrewarding, dependent relationships. Indicators of changes in dependency, however, are absent or imprecise in evaluations of participatory projects. A study explored facets of dependency by relating practitioners'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Community Development, Community Education
