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David A. Delaine; Sarah Redick; Dhinesh Radhakrishnan; Amena Shermadou; Mandy McCormick Smith; Rohit Kandakatla; Linjue Wang; Claudio Freitas; Casey L. Dalton; Lina Dee Dostilio; Jennifer DeBoer – Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Background: Scholars agree that reciprocity is a cornerstone of service-learning and community engagement (SLCE); however, engagement with this concept varies widely in practice and across disciplines. To enhance the potential of SLCE to fulfill its promise for societal impact, engineering education must understand how reciprocity is achieved,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
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Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Schweig, Jonathan; Opfer, V. Darleen – RAND Corporation, 2022
Social labs have recently been gaining traction in a wide range of sectors internationally, and have been applied to many complex social problems, including food system security, poverty and labour market revitalisation. Social labs convene participants to collaborate and work collectively on developing prototypes that are iteratively refined and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laboratories, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
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Wei Li; Jiahe Bian; Chanam Lee; Anatol Bologan; Theodora Chaspari; Tyrene Calvesbert; Jaimie Masterson; Jacqueline Stillisano; Kim Wright; Samantha Shields; Debra Fowler – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2023
Higher education institutions are increasingly interested in innovative pedagogies that offer hands-on, project-based learning experiences in interdisciplinary settings and enable students to address real-world challenges with emerging technologies. To address this demand, a team of educators, in collaboration with community and industry partners,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Service Learning, Student Projects, Technology Uses in Education
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Levkoe, Charles Z.; Kepkiewicz, Lauren – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2020
As community-campus engagement (CCE) continues to gain momentum, impact has increasingly been evaluated through qualitative measurements rooted in community-based perspectives. However, for CCE to have meaningful impact, it must challenge dominant power structures and work to create equitable relationships. This article explores efforts to better…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
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
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Baldwin, Cheryl K.; Lander, Rachel – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
This case study examined the functional role activities of developmental evaluators in a school and community partnership employing a collaborative program model to improve an urban underperforming public school. Program implementers' assessments of program developments and their experience with developmental evaluators were also examined. Data…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Role, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Cousins, J. Bradley; Whitmore, Elizabeth; Shulha, Lyn – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
In this article, we critique two recent theoretical developments about collaborative inquiry in evaluation--using logic models as a means to understand theory, and efforts to compartmentalize versions of collaborative inquiry into discrete genres--as a basis for considering future direction for the field. We argue that collaborative inquiry in…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Models, Educational Principles, Inquiry
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McKinnis, David R.; Sloan, Mary Anne; Snow, L. David; Garimella, Suresh V. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
The Purdue Technical Assistance Program (TAP) offers a model of university engagement and service that is achieving technology adoption and performance improvement impacts in healthcare, manufacturing, government, and other sectors. The TAP model focuses on understanding and meeting the changing and challenging needs of those served, always…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technical Assistance, Health Services, Manufacturing
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Ampartzaki, Maria; Kypriotaki, Maria; Voreadou, Catherine; Dardioti, Antonia; Stathi, Iasmi – Educational Action Research, 2013
This study explores the integration of two key ideas and working frameworks: a community of educational practice formed by the synergy between a natural history museum and a university department of pre-school education, which undertook participatory action research aimed at the creation of innovative museum programmes for young children. Data…
Descriptors: Museums, Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Communities of Practice
Clark, Donald M. – 1981
This handbook was designed to assist adult basic education (ABE) program operators in developing and implementing programs responsive to local needs and resources. The handbook was prepared based on information gathered during a search of related literature, contributions of ABE practitioners, input from the project advisory committee, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Planning
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O'Meara, Peter; Chesters, Janice; Han, Gil-Soo – Rural Society, 2004
The Alberton Project was a three-year community capacity building project that ran from 1999 until 2002. It aimed to revitalise the local community surrounding the small Victorian town of Yarram. Evaluation of the project involved participant observation, monitoring of media reports, surveys and interviews. Outcomes are reported with reference to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Community Development, Community Programs, Program Evaluation
Herman, Joan; Bain, Josie – 1989
This document presents a set of ten steps that can be used by a wide range of concerned people to mobilize a community to solve problems connected with the growing population of underachieving minority youth. Step I, "The Initiation," outlines how to develop a coalition to assure a strong foundation for mobilization efforts. Step II,…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Community Action, Community Development, Community Programs
Bucy, Harriet Hanauer – 1990
This manual was developed to provide businesses with practical and easily implemented ways to meet the needs of local schools. It provides ideas and approaches for developing partnerships focused on school dropouts by exploring problems and pitfalls and offering solutions. The document has five chapters; a 21-item reference list; a description of…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1980
The two monographs contained in this volume are concerned with analyzing the consequences of policy choices affecting the interrelationships between schools and their environments. The first study, "The Relationship between the School and the Community," shows that the character of school-community relationships varies systematically on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Parks, Gail Armstrong – 1979
Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Services
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