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Sana Kim; Roberta Comunian – Industry and Higher Education, 2024
This article examines the role creative and cultural higher education plays in the top-down development of Astana -- the new capital of Kazakhstan. Drawing on a mapping of higher education institutions in Kazakhstan's old (Almaty) and new capital cities as well as qualitative interview data with creative and cultural practitioners, academics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Cultural Education, Creativity
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McGrath, Simon; Ramsarup, Presha; Zeelen, Jacques; Wedekind, Volker; Allais, Stephanie; Lotz-Sisitka, Heila; Monk, David; Openjuru, George; Russon, Jo-Anna – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
The SDGs mark the clearest global acceptance yet that the previous approach to development was unsustainable. In VET, UNESCO has responded by developing a clear account of how a transformed VET must be part of a transformative approach to development. It argues that credible, comprehensive skills systems can be built that can support individuals,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Transformative Learning, Educational Change, Economic Development
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Frolova, Elena V.; Vinichenko, Mikhail V.; Kirillov, Andrey V.; Rogach, Olga V.; Kabanova, Elena E. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the article is conditioned by the exceptional importance of the social infrastructure for the development of the state, society and each individual. Social infrastructure ensures the development of the municipal unit, satisfaction of the basic needs and interests of the population, creation of the conditions for its subsistence…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Municipalities
Mottura, Giovanni – International Review of Community Development, 1971
This essay is based on the discussion of the paper by S. Cafiero, previously appearing in this journal. The author wants to underline that some of the same themes which appeared in the discussion of Italian community development projects appear to come back when problems of administrative decentralization are discussed today. (Editor/RY)
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Community Development, Decentralization, Participation
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
Lovett, Tom – Adults Learning (England), 1994
The Ulster People's College continues the tradition of radical adult education by seeking to assist both Catholic and Protestant communities with social and economic problems and by attempting to bridge cultural and political divisions by fostering communication between communities. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Peace
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Hoatson, Lesley – Community Development Journal, 2001
Interviews with 55 British and 40 Australian community development practitioners identified common phases experienced under New Right governments: retreat/isolation, adaptation/defense, and rebuilding. Britain's experiences suggest that community development practice is resilient, but reliance on government funding may restrain activism. (Contains…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Development, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries
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Hayes, Susan E. – Community Development Journal, 1981
Attempts to discover how and why community development has been used in the past, and to formulate some ideas on prospects for community development in the future. (CT)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations
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Mok, Bong-ho – Community Development Journal, 1993
Despite contrasts between capitalist Hong Kong and socialist Guangzhou, the two cities' community work is similar in terms of superficial emphasis on citizen participation, maintenance of status quo, and consensus orientation. The imminent changeover in Hong Kong's sovereignty will change social welfare services in both cities. (SK)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Services
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Downie, Alex; Elrick, Deirdre – Community Development Journal, 2000
Political changes in Scotland offer opportunities to integrate community development practice and environmental concerns. Community development practitioners who lack expertise in sustainable development could collaborate with environmental experts in the Community Learning Strategies initiative. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Conservation (Environment), Decentralization
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Gould, Kerin – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
Indigenous peoples' current relationship to community development has evolved in connection to their places, cultures, and histories. Along with this experience, their own worldviews have adapted and shaped some outstanding strategies for surviving and thriving. In the very best of these cases, the communities are able to heal old social…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Holistic Approach, Community Development, American Indians
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
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O'Gorman, Frances – Community Development Journal, 1994
Reviews community development in Latin America (self-help local improvement projects, popular education, nongovernmental organizations). Identifies challenges--increasing the participation of all levels, reorganizing priorities, and supporting the development of economic democracy. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
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Winwood, Michael G. – Community Development Journal, 1977
Discusses the Gulbenkian Rhetoric (which sees the purpose of community work as inducing and enabling people to adapt to changed circumstances), outlines different models of change in respect to policy, social relations, and politics, discusses middle-range factors which influence change, and outlines the relevance of the 'social movements'…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Involvement, Policy
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Collin, Robert W. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1992
Recent government reports and court cases document the disproportionate siting of landfills in communities with high populations of African Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans. More research at the community level is necessary to explain the complex nature of this pattern of land use decision making. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Court Litigation, Land Use, Minority Groups
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