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McCann, Claire; Prest Talbot, Anna Lindiwe; Westaway, Ashley – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2021
South Africa faces an education crisis that has significant implications for the freedom of citizens and development of the country. A context of government incapacity necessitates that other modes of improving the education system be explored. This paper examines the Nine Tenths Mentoring Programme to gauge the potential of community-based…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Social Change, Social Justice, Mentors
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Tagalik, Shirley; Baker, Kukik; Karetak, Joe; Rahm, Jrène – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This article explores the meaning of community-driven and owned science in the context of an Inuit-led land-based program, the Young Hunters Program. It is the foundational program of the Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society, situated in Nunavut, Canada, a community-led group dedicated to researching challenges to community wellness and designing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Eskimos, Canada Natives, Youth Programs
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Bates, Christine – International Journal of Community Music, 2012
This article examines learning outcomes in relation to the pedagogical methodologies employed in a community music project involving families. The research was designed with three stages. In the first stage case studies of existing family music projects were undertaken. In the second stage findings from the case studies were applied in the design…
Descriptors: Music Education, Social Environment, Music, Foreign Countries
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Manners, Eric; Wake, David; Carlisle, Rachel – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2009
Smogbusters was a national, community-based, government-funded community education program promoting clean air and sustainable transport in Australia from 1994 to 2002. Smogbusters aimed to improve air quality primarily by raising awareness about motor vehicle transport and its negative impacts on health, the environment and communities, and by…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Community Education, Motor Vehicles, Social Change
le Roux, Braam – 1998
The Kuru Development Trust is a development support program that is owned and controlled by the communities in which the organization operates, the majority being San, or Bushmen, communities in the Kalahari region of Africa. Following a holistic approach to development, Kuru is involved in a wide range of activities, including income-generating…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Control, Community Development, Community Involvement
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Brandt, Elizabeth A.; Ayoungman, Vivian – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1989
Reviews critical factors in successful language transmission and acquisition, factors responsible for language maintenance and renewal. Considers theoretical issues underlying communities' maintenance and renewal efforts and the reflection of those issues in practical goal-setting plans that outline desired plans that outline language maintenance…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Planning, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
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Fleras, Augie – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1989
Describes establishment of language renewal program, Te Kohanga Reo, for Maori preschool children. The plan reinforces a sense of community through local collaboration and promotion of Maori cultural values. Examines the influence of Maori social and cultural values in the program's organization, content, and style. Contains 36 references.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Planning, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
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Blondin, Georgina – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1989
Describes an oral Slavey language program that drew on knowledge of the Elders, a traditional source of knowledge and wisdom for language instruction. Describes community action for course and materials development and effective use of political support to develop and establish this community based language renewal program. Contains 21 references.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Community Programs
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Kyle, Irene J. – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 2000
Reviews current thinking about the optimal organization and delivery of child care and other family support programs, focusing on how child care services in selected Canadian provinces and other countries have been coordinated with other services. Presents theoretical and conceptual frameworks informing current thinking about organization and…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Renard, Rosamunde – 1994
This booklet advocates and describes the establishment of community run preschool and day care centers. The type described is based on the Laborie Community Education Centre in Saint Lucia, West Indies. Chapter 1 advocates establishing small, local institutions that are community managed, community owned, concerned with quality, and sustainable.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Day Care Centers, Family (Sociological Unit)
Kugel, Robert B., Ed.; Wolfensberger, Wolf, Ed. – 1969
Facts about public residential facilities for the mentally retarded in the United States introduce the following subjects: personal reactions by an American and by a Scandinavian visitor to typical state institutions for the retarded; the history of U.S. institutions and the theoretical constructs of role and role perception; service concepts…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Programs, Educational Philosophy, Educational Programs
McAllister, Ian – 1996
Asking the question, "What might a good university international development project look like?" this book examines a number of university international development projects, encompassing foreign student intakes, student exchange programs, faculty research and teaching, extension education, and business and public service advisory…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Chamberlin, Robert W., Ed. – 1988
A conference held in 1987 at Dartmouth explored the design and implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated community-wide approach to promoting the health of families and children. This publication provides: (1) conference presentations; (2) reports of delegations from Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire; (3) participants' discussion of issues;…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Children, Community Programs
Semmens, Bob, Ed.; Cook, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 19 papers presented at an international forum on education in penal systems. The following papers are included: "Burning" (Craig W.J. Minogue); "The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills as a Means of Recidivism Reduction: A Former Prisoner's Perspective" (Trevor Darryl Doherty); "CEA (Correctional…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Gaikezheyongai, Sally – 2000
Ways of increasing awareness of and access to literacy programs for Native people in Toronto, Ontario, were examined. Data were collected through the following activities: a literature review; meetings with stakeholders and the public; surveys of learners, Native literacy workers, executive directors, and steering committee members; and focus…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators