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Simon Broek; Maria Anna Catharina Theresia Kuijpers; Judith Hilde Semeijn; Josje van der Linden – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
Adults must continually learn to navigate the challenges of society and the job market. This lifelong learning is vital, particularly for vulnerable adults, and should be fostered in their living and working environment. In this article, we present a literature review exploring the conditions of conducive learning environments at meso-level, being…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Community Programs, Community Education
Education Scotland, 2020
HM Inspectors evaluate and report on the quality of community learning and development (CLD) in line with "The Requirements for Community Learning and Development (Scotland) Regulations 2013: Guidance for Local Authorities." The guidance refers to the legislative and policy areas for local authorities that impact on the planning and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Development, Guidance, Municipalities
Krebs-Moberg, Julia; Ormsby, Alison – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
Many counties of Western North Carolina have high levels of food insecurity that may be addressed by training communities to grow, prepare, and preserve their own food. A curriculum was developed and tested in 2016 at a Section 8 housing development in Polk County, NC. Research investigated successful community agriculture projects and assessed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Food, Hunger, Gardening
Sipes, Laurel; Ruiz de Velasco, Jorge – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2017
San Francisco's Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN) is a federally-funded Promise Neighborhood initiative that supports community-based organizations, schools, and other public agencies to work in defined neighborhoods and build integrated supports for children and youth from cradle to college and career. Since 2013, the Gardner Center has…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Youth Opportunities, Neighborhoods, Community Programs
Brown, Robert; Jeanneret, Neryl – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2015
Many studies have highlighted the capacity of community arts programs to re-engage those young people considered at-risk of disconnection from future education and/or employment. "Evolution" is an artist-guided visual arts program established for young people challenged by mental health and social issues that aims to foster re-engagement…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Community Programs, Visual Arts, Mental Health Programs
Wells, Jaclyn Michelle – Community Literacy Journal, 2014
This article presents findings from a case study of an adult literacy program. The author conducted this IRB-approved study as part of a three-year, research-based, community-engagement project that partnered the literacy program with a writing center at a large public research university. The author argues that the participatory methods afforded…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Research Universities, Participatory Research
Hsu, Hui-Chuan; Wang, Chun-Hou; Chen, Yi-Chun; Chang, Ming-Chen; Wang, Jean – Educational Gerontology, 2010
This study evaluated the outcome and process of a community-based aging intervention program for the elderly in Taiwan. The program included education on nutrition and dietary behavior and on physical activities. Outcome and process evaluations were conducted. The program may have had some effects on decreasing some dietary behavioral problems and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Wang, Jianjun – Grantee Submission, 2013
On September 22, 2012, NSF announced its decision to fund a three-year project, "Models for Information Assurance Education and Outreach" (MIAEO). In the first year of grant operation, MIAEO has invited 18 high school students, two K-12 teachers, and two CSUB student assistants to conduct research explorations in the fields of…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Science Education, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1974
Three separate papers related to the Oregon Right to Read program are contained in this document. The first paper discusses the program and its objectives, considering such topics as staffing, preparation, organization and management of a quality community reading program, maintenance and dissemination of materials and information, the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Program Content, Program Descriptions
Fitzpatrick, Jody L.; Christie, Christina A., Ed. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
This article presents an interview with Katrina Bledsoe, a senior research associate with Planning, Research & Evaluation Services (PRES) Associates in Washington, D.C. Dr. Bledsoe was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at The College of New Jersey. She was trained under Stewart Donaldson at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Community Education

Staffo, Donald F. – Education, 1975
Article defined community education, which was intended to control the predicament of overlapping programs, designed to fill leisure time, to coordinate existing programs, and to get more and better use out of community facilities and state and federal funds. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives

Grazio, Thomas F. – Child Welfare, 1981
Critically reviews conventional community education programs on child abuse/neglect and describes a practice model used by the Supportive Child/Adult Network (SCAN), which is said to be effective because it encompasses specific goals and strategies. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Education, Community Programs

Nierman, Wayne H. – Community Education Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Assessment, Performance Criteria, Program Evaluation

Steele, Marilyn; Elzy, J. B. – Community Education Journal, 1973
Describes the circumstances under which the Wilmington, Delaware, community school program was born, its developmental plans, program objectives, and the procedure by which program performance could be evaluated. Specific objectives are evaluated and recommendations for program development are made. (DN)
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Objectives, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1976
A 55-item questionnaire was distributed to all of the Community School Programs in Michigan which were partially reimbursed by the State in 1975-76. Ninety-eight percent of the questionnaires were returned. Thirteen components existed in over 90% of the programs and are considered to be necessary for a viable Community School Program. The results…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Community Schools, Program Effectiveness