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Bruce, Robert; And Others – 1980
This report presents an overview of research objectives, sampling approaches, data collection procedures, and instruments and plans for analysis used in assessing the impact of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports on different types of fitness programs. Surveys were conducted of: (1) community fitness programs; (2) employee…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Bellamy, G. Thomas, Ed. – 1976
Presented are 11 reports resulting from applied research of the Specialized Training Program at the University of Oregon, a subcontract workshop for 15 severely and profoundly retarded adults which focuses on the areas of vocational potential and community program development. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Habilitation of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Employment Potential, Group Homes
Williams, Walter, Ed.; Elmore, Richard F., Ed. – 1976
This book seeks to stimulate inquiry into the area of implementation in three social policy areas: education programs; community-oriented programs; and transfer-payment*programs. It is intended for government groups and social science researchers, including analysts, who carry out programs, researchers who are engaged in social policy studies, and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Programs, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Tkachuk, Henry T. – 1980
In describing the "communiversity" program for adults and nontraditional students in the Fargo-Moorhead (Minnesota) area, this paper notes how the program developed from education programs of local churches to an expanded offering of adult continuing education in the liberal arts and sciences, personal and family life development, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Communication Problems, Community Education, Community Programs
Joyce, Bruce, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This book describes the efforts of 10 state projects, funded by the Youth Advocacy Projects of the Teacher Corps, which brought students, teachers, school administrators, community members, youth service agencies, state education officials, and university personnel together to create more effective services for troubled youth. The first two…
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Cooperation, Nontraditional Education
Committee on Evaluation of the City-Schools Project, Denver, CO. – 1957
THIS REPORT IS AN EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PROJECT ESTABLISHED IN 1953 (1) TO GUIDE THE SPANISH-NAMED POPULATION IN DENVER IN DEVELOPING SELF-HELP AND COMMUNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TO SERVE AS A CONSULTANT TO CITY AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN PROMOTING INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION. DATA WERE GATHERED BY OPINIONNAIRES,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Organizations, Consultants, Cultural Awareness
Reshkin, Mark – 1973
The objective of this program was to increase the awareness of locally-elected public officials, who must be considered among the key decision-makers of northwest Indiana, to the impacts of their decisions on environmental quality in this heavily industrialized region. Conferences and workshops were held to accomplish this objective and the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Conservation Education, Consultants
Army Recruiting Command, Fort Sheridan, IL. – 1975
Project AHEAD (Army Help for Education and Development) is a program carried out by hundreds of participating colleges and universities to aid veterans and current military personnel in completing their education. The project can be used by recruiters to encourage volunteers to prepare for their personal futures as well as for their military…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Opportunities, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1972
Project Upswing is a pilot study sponsored by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development, U.S. Office of Education, designed to determine whether first grade children with minimal learning difficulties can be aided by volunteer tutors. A major goal is to determine whether children receiving this personalized assistance make more progress than…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 1, Learning Problems, Primary Education
Zapata Independent School District, TX. – 1974
One of the expressed aims of the Teacher Corps project is to encourage community members to develop their own potential for self-development. The present course on Community-Based Education (CBE) has been constructed with this goal in mind. The central issues of the course are presented in modularized format in an attempt to guide the first steps…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Barnhardt, Ray – 1973
The program known as the Alaska Rural Teacher Training Corps (ARTTC) was established in 1970 as a 4-year experimental program to train Native elementary school teachers for rural Alaskan native communities or for any school in the country where an Alaskan teaching certificate is acceptable. The beginning group included an even distribution of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Curriculum Design, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Programs
Rosenfeld, Michael; Wilkes, Ronald – 1971
The specific focus of this document is on the evolutionary development of the Neighborhood Educational Center Project supported under Title III, 1965 Elementary Secondary Act, which was marked by continual evaluation and appropriate modification. Application of the concepts of individualized instruction was one of the basic means by which the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cluster Grouping, Community Centers, Compensatory Education
Omaha Public Schools, NE. – 1971
Contents of this evaluation include: general information; program evaluation; dissemination of information; Media Center; Extended Opportunities including Supervised Study, Career Opportunities, Saturday Speech, instrumental and vocal music, Teacher Intern, projects "Read" and "Math," and kindergarten language development;…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities, Information Dissemination, Instructional Materials
Zurcher, Louis A., Jr. – 1970
This book presents some of the experiences of men and women, poor and not poor, who participated in a community's OEO poverty program. The research upon which this book was based focused upon those subcomponents of the program which best revealed the process experiences of the participants. The study was concerned with three major components of…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Hooper, Richard – 1976
The results of the evaluation of the community education program of the Nashville-Davidson County (Tennessee) Metropolitan Public Schools are contained in this volume. Evaluation questionnaires were sent to participants in all seven Nashville-Davidson County community schools, as well as to school administrators and to community organizations…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
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