Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Community Involvement | 36 |
Foreign Countries | 36 |
Rural Development | 36 |
Developing Nations | 17 |
Community Development | 14 |
Rural Areas | 13 |
Rural Education | 12 |
Nonformal Education | 9 |
Change Agents | 7 |
Community Education | 7 |
School Community Relationship | 7 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Falk, Ian | 2 |
Findlay, E. Weldon | 2 |
Johns, Susan | 2 |
Kilpatrick, Sue | 2 |
Mulford, Bill | 2 |
Baker, Victoria J. | 1 |
Barrett, Hazel R. | 1 |
Black, Maggie, Ed. | 1 |
Boes, Jan | 1 |
Browne, Angela W. | 1 |
Cameron, J. M. R., Ed. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Adult Education | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 2 |
Teachers | 1 |
Location
India | 6 |
Asia | 5 |
Australia | 5 |
Indonesia | 5 |
Bangladesh | 4 |
Philippines | 4 |
Sri Lanka | 4 |
Nigeria | 3 |
Brazil | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
South Korea | 2 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Xueyin Wang; Metta Sirisuk – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
This study focuses on the design and revitalization of cultural tourism spaces and educational role in Shifosi Village, Shenyang, against the backdrop of the rural revitalization strategy. Integrating art application and spatial narrative theory explores the modern transformation path of cultural heritage. Through field research, literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Rural Areas, Cultural Background
Egwemi, O. P.; Salifu, Peter Ogohi – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This article recounts our field experience and research in TfD in the Ofabo community, Kogi State, Nigeria. Through socially engaged performance and participant observation, this study finds that the poor state of drinking water in the Ofabo community results from government negligence, inadequate awareness, and the inactivity of community…
Descriptors: Drama Education, Community Development, Water, Rural Areas
Myende, Phumlani E.; Hlalele, Dipane – Africa Education Review, 2018
In this paper, we suggest strength-based approaches for the creation of sustainable rural learning ecologies. We have framed the creation of rural learning ecologies with appreciative inquiry (AI) as a framework and argue that it begins from understanding rurality from positive psychology. The premise within AI has been seen to be the shift from…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Sustainability, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries

Barrett, Hazel R.; Browne, Angela W. – Community Development Journal, 1994
Introduction of cereal mills in Gambian villages affected the lives of women and their communities in terms of women's access to the technology, the time and energy it saves, its sustainability, and their level of control. The energy saved enabled greater participation in the community, but they were still constrained by illiteracy and poverty.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Females, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
Kilte, S. B. – New Frontiers in Education, 1975
Describes how the staff and students of Ahmednagar College Center for Studies in Rural Development, Maharashtra, India, worked with the villagers of Pargaon to solve their irrigation problems. (JT)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Dropouts

Youngman, Frank; Maruatona, Tonic – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1998
Evaluation of a project in which Botswanan extension agents used participatory rural appraisal showed that agents can develop attitudes for adopting more participatory approaches, but they are hindered by institutional and contextual constraints, such as government bureaucracy and the political economy. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bureaucracy, Community Involvement, Extension Agents

Lowdermilk, Max; Laitos, W. Robert – Rural Sociology, 1981
Details essential elements of any rural development program, describes a seven-stage project development strategy which has proved successful in water management projects in Pakistan and Egypt, delineates the key concepts in each of the seven stages, and recommends integration of the client system into rural development programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries

Sheil, Helen – Education in Rural Australia, 1996
Debunks common myths about rurality and rural Australia. Calls for a change in perspective, putting person and place at the center of learning. Local involvement is key to the proposed Centre for Rural Communities, which would promote community sustainability through networking and training. Describes the Rural Women's Programme in Victoria and a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement, Foreign Countries

Colletta, N.J.; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1982
Reports results of a study of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. Sarvodaya is a nonprofit, nongovernment community education-cum-development movement working in nearly 3,000 villages in Sri Lanka. "Sarvodaya" means universal awakening and "Shramadana" means sharing of one's time, energy, and thought for the good of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Involvement, Comparative Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1980
A summary of educational planning methodologies tested in Argentina, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia, the document offers opinions and proposals about integrated rural development. Integrated rural development is seen as a social, economic, political, and cultural process in rural areas, designed to improve living conditions. Chapters…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
McLellan, Iain – Media in Education and Development, 1987
Discusses the use of video and local television for community development in developing nations, taken from his report, "Television for Development: The African Experience." Highlights include the use of media by untrained people, the importance of communication, the need for political support, and the advantages and disadvantages of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Community Development, Community Involvement
Wilson, Geoff A. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2004
This paper analyses whether the Australian Landcare movement complies with notions of "post-productivist rural governance." The paper argues that Landcare has been a vast improvement on previous approaches to the management of the countryside in Australia, and that it has managed to mobilise a large cross-section of stakeholders.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Governance, Community Involvement
Baker, Victoria J. – 1990
This paper examines the notion of reciprocal school-community development in Third World countries. Information on village schools in Sri Lanka and Senegal were gathered from interviews and observation. Tanzania is an example of a country that took radical steps to integrate schools within their respective communities in order to foster rural…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Postlethwaite, T. N.; King, K. – 1975
Section I of this paper discusses assumptions about ruralization of the educational curriculum in developing nations (both problematic and exemplary); Section II reviews the achievements of selected African countries in the school, community, and the student's post-primary work life and presents relative implications for curriculum reform. Major…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Johns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Mulford, Bill – 2000
A case study exploring the relationship between local leadership and the school-community partnership was conducted in a small, isolated Australian mining town. Data were generated from written materials such as the local newspaper and interviews with 8 school staff members and 11 community members involved with the schools or representing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Elementary Secondary Education