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More Hard Times Ahead for American Families.
Forster, Michael; Linton, Thomas E. – Pointer, 1989
This essay considers the worsening plight of the American family from the perspective of major social-structural dynamics, such as decline of community, corporate-induced consumerism, invasion of professionals into family life, etc. Proposed is an invigorated vision of community life and the supportive political-economic conditions that can…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Stimulating Human Services Reform. Human Services Monograph Series, Number 8, June 1978.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Project Share. – 1978
This monograph discusses how to bring about changes and reforms in the area of human services. The introduction defines human services and briefly discusses some reform movements and whether or not viable change methods are available. Section I discusses the roles of various change participants including the change agent, lobbyist, ombudsman,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation
Teaching Community Psychology in Postapartheid South Africa.
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White, Aaronette M.; Potgieter, Cheryl A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Examines a community psychology course that stresses community empowerment, the myth of neutrality and objectivity in community psychology, and democratic accountability to the community. The course includes a brief history of race, class, and gender oppression in South Africa and concludes with a unit on converting social theory into practice.…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Development, Community Psychology, Community Responsibility
El Poder de Cambiar: La Experiencia del Proyecto Costa Atlantica de Colombia (The Power To Change: The Experience of the Atlantic Coast Project in Columbia, 1977-1989).
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Chetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
The Power To Change: The Experience of the Costa Atlantica Project in Colombia (1977-1989).
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Chetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
Native American Career Education Unit. The Community in Transition.
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1977
One of twelve instructional units in the Native American Career Education (NACE) program, this unit is intended to help Indian junior high school students understand some of the principles which govern cultural change and to show how it is possible to adapt to change while retaining essential cultural elements. The five activities in the unit…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Career Awareness, Career Education