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Choosak Ueangchokchai; Nipat Limsangouan; Jitsopin Merakate – Higher Education Studies, 2024
The utilization of intergenerational relationship as the foundation for community development aligns with the expectations set forth by Thailand's national policies, particularly within the economic dimension. This research explores the outcomes of fostering intergenerational relationship and investigates the learning outcomes to create fresh…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Community Development, Young Adults
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Isaac Kofi Biney – Adult Learning, 2024
This paper reflects on Freire's discourse on liberating education and adult educators' educational roles with community groups in transforming communities. Mineral-rich communities in Ghana are in danger of losing water bodies, rich arable lands, and forest vegetation cover through "galamsey," which refers to the gathering of rich…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Transformative Learning, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Marklund, Ulrika; Marklund, Ellen; Lacerda, Francisco; Schwarz, Iris-Corinna – Journal of Child Language, 2015
This study compares parental pause and utterance duration in conversations with Swedish speaking children at age 1;6 who have either a large, typical, or small expressive vocabulary, as measured by the Swedish version of the McArthur-Bates CDI. The adjustments that parents do when they speak to children are similar across all three vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Language, Speech Communication
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Stephen, Lauer; Owusu, Francis Y. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Extension professionals facilitate community development through the strategic manipulation of learning and power in peer-to-peer learning partnerships. We discuss the relationship between empowerment and power, highlight relevant literature on the difficulties power presents to learning and the efficacy of service learning tools to facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Power Structure, Community Development
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Brinkel, Nico; van Rees, Floris; Ruis, Margit; Sloots, Florian – Honors in Practice, 2015
Many universities in the United States and Europe offer honors programs to meet the demands of gifted and intelligent students. One of the standard goals of these programs is to build an intellectual learning community. Establishing a community can be difficult because it requires that students show an active attitude and initiative. Many…
Descriptors: Community Development, Honors Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Interviews
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers