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Öztürk, Talip; Rapoport, Anatoli; Zayimoglu Öztürk, Filiz – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
Project Citizen is an interdisciplinary curriculum for students, youth organizations, and adult groups that encourages citizens' competent and responsible participation in local and state governments in about 35 countries worldwide. In this article, based on an example of Project Citizen activities done with university students, the application…
Descriptors: Civics, Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation
Warren-Gordon, Kiesha – Liberal Education, 2020
The author is a Black woman working and teaching within the field of criminology. Her students at Ball State University are predominantly White and have had few interactions with Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The author feels that it is important for her to disrupt stereotypes her students may have by introducing them to Black people who…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Trust (Psychology), Service Learning, Transformative Learning
Chrisman, Kent; And Others – 1993
This report assesses the need for and availability of child care services in the metropolitan area of Louisville, Kentucky, including Jefferson County and six surrounding counties in Kentucky (Bullitt, Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble) and three counties (Clark, Floyd, and Harrison) in southern Indiana. This assessment focused on 1990…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Day Care, Demography
Indiana Historian, 1993
Based on official reports, newspapers, the memories of citizens, and historical studies, a description of Gary, Indiana during the Great Depression shows how many people in Gary were affected by the Depression. Gary began to grow rapidly beginning in 1906 with the organization of two steel companies. Black, European, and Mexican immigrants came to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Change, Community Influence, Community Problems
Indiana Univ., Indianapolis. Medical Center. – 1967
Supported by the National Institue of Mental Health and Lilly Endowment, Inc., a demonstration program in continuing education for clergy and related professions in the field of mental health was conducted from 1964 to 1967. The purpose was to provide clinical pastoral education within the clergtman's home community where he could learn to work…
Descriptors: Clergy, Clinical Experience, Community Problems, Community Programs
Lasley, Paul, Comp.; And Others – 1986
The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Problems, Economic Status