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Brookfield, Stephen – Adult Education Quarterly, 1983
The author discusses the concepts of community most appropriate to adult education, integrating various theoretical perspectives. He presents a conceptual typology of three dimensions of community practice: adult education for the community, adult education in the community, and adult education of the community. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classification, Community, Community Development
Stewart, Brian – Adult Education, 1976
Article discusses the importance of the democratic process of involving people in thinking and making decisions about and in planning and playing an active part in the development and operation of services that affect their daily lives; and the value for personal fulfillment of belonging in groups. (WL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community, Community Development, Community Education
Long, Huey B., Ed.; And Others – 1973
Six approaches to community development are presented by several authors in this booklet. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to the community development concept. In chapter 2, L. J. Cary emphasizes three distinctive features of the community approach: (1) popular or broad-based participation, (2) community as an important concept, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Community, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2001
This paper details the work of Demos and the Learning and Skills Development Agency to examine how new institutional structures for supporting lifelong learning can develop in ways that best support community-based learning activities in the United Kingdom. Three seminar background papers and notes are provided, each followed by seminar notes.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community, Community Control, Community Development
Charnley, A. H.; And Others – 1983
The twelfth in a series of research reviews investigating adult education in Great Britain, this paper focuses on adult education activities in local geographic areas and on the concept of "community" and its enhancement of adult education services. After part 1 summarizes the other reviews in the series, part 2 discusses the role of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community, Community Characteristics
Education and Primary Development in Malaya 1900-1940; A Study of the Malay Community. Final Report.
Radcliffe, David J. – 1968
This study investigated low-level primary education of rural village schools in Malaya to determine the influence of education in the development of the Malaysian community during the period from the 1890's to 1941. In addition, the concept that the "mass" can develop into an "audience" with specific interests and demands was…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Community, Community Characteristics