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Quick, Sam; And Others – 1985
Kentucky's SOS (Sharing Our Selves) Learning Networks are community-owned, volunteer-run, informal learning/development programs incorporating community needs and the skills/knowledge/experience of individuals regardless of academic credentials. The Cooperative Extension Service administers the programs. Interested community members list subjects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Committees, Community Action, Community Development
Download full textBrouwer, Jani; Martinic, Sergio – 1991
The Bernard van Leer Foundation sponsors nontraditional, nonschool programs designed to improve the chances that preschoolers will enroll in school. In these programs and other informal education efforts, the community facilitator plays an important role. Typically, the facilitator is a member of the community who works without remuneration as a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Development, Community Education, Developing Nations
Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI. – 1982
Summaries of 361 grants made in 1982 by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation are presented. The guide contains fact sheets on grants for $15,000 or more; all grants for amounts under $15,000 are listed with brief descriptions. Most of the fact sheets provide information on how the grants meet the objectives of the Foundation, what they might…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Citizenship Education, Community Development, Community Education
Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI. – 1983
Summaries of 349 grants made in 1983 by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation are presented. The guide contains fact sheets on grants for $15,000 or above; all grants for amounts under $15,000 are listed with brief descriptions. Most of the fact sheets provide information on how grants meet the objectives of the foundation, what they might…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Citizenship Education, Community Development, Community Education
Vella, Jane – 1995
This book, which is designed for trainers responsible for training other trainers, outlines and illustrates the principles of a program in which trainers are prepared to promote adult learning and change. Part 1: "Training That Respects the Learner," presents insights from popular education and a model for training trainers in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Galaway, Burt, Ed.; Hudson, Joe, Ed. – 1994
This book contains 27 papers that were originally developed for a research and policy symposium at which Canadian community economic development (CED) was examined in terms of research and policy requirements. The book contains the following papers: "Community Economic Development Practice in Canada" (Brodhead); "Community Economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development
