Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 29 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 143 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 378 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 949 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Falk, Ian | 14 |
| Baldwin, Fred D. | 8 |
| Beaulieu, Lionel J. | 8 |
| Kilpatrick, Sue | 8 |
| Lovett, Tom | 7 |
| Bhola, H. S. | 6 |
| Ewert, D. Merrill | 6 |
| Barnett, Lynn | 5 |
| Boethel, Martha | 5 |
| Cawley, Richard | 5 |
| Coppedge, Robert O. | 5 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 203 |
| Community | 99 |
| Policymakers | 87 |
| Teachers | 84 |
| Researchers | 51 |
| Administrators | 48 |
| Students | 26 |
| Parents | 4 |
| Support Staff | 4 |
| Media Staff | 3 |
Location
| Canada | 220 |
| Australia | 162 |
| India | 95 |
| United Kingdom | 78 |
| United States | 70 |
| California | 55 |
| Africa | 54 |
| Nigeria | 54 |
| South Africa | 53 |
| New York | 50 |
| Asia | 45 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| General Social Survey | 1 |
| International Adult Literacy… | 1 |
| Massachusetts Comprehensive… | 1 |
| National Adult Literacy… | 1 |
| National Assessment of Adult… | 1 |
| Principles of Adult Learning… | 1 |
| Program for International… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Blakely, Robert J. – Adult Leadership, 1974
The sense of unity, of community, is lost because we have gone far beyond the human scale in which the individual can contain the social will and the social will can be an instrument ofpersonal fulfilment. Decision-makers need to move toward multi-purpose planning embracing the full spectrum of human needs. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Community Attitudes, Community Development
Peer reviewedLeighton, Alexander H.; And Others – Human Organization, 1972
Eight projects were filmed as part of a program of social change in a rural disintegrated neighborhood. The films were shown to local residents and to the wider community. (NQ)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Cultural Isolation, Films
Peer reviewedMidwinter, Eric – Urban Education, 1973
Describes the intervention strategies adopted in the Liverpool Priority Project and presents a case for closer relationships between education with the social, economic, and political institutions of the neighborhood in which the community school could form the integrating hub. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedAhlgren, Henry L. – Journal of Extension, 1973
Special Urban Issue. Former Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture defines rural development and urges leadership in the area to assure balanced growth in the nation. (DS)
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropouts, Federal Legislation, Population Distribution
Knopf, Terry Ann – Civil Rights Dig, 1970
The Lemberg Center studied youth patrols in twelve cities during 1967 to discuss why and how they were formed, their part in restoring or maintaining order, and their effect on community relations. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Youth, Community Development, Community Involvement
McDaniel, Clyde O., Jr. – College and University Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Development, Community Programs, Community Relations
Peer reviewedLong, Norton E. – Public Interest, 1971
The old city remains, finding new specialties to justify its persistence. Most noteworthy of these is a role as an Indian reservation for socially undesired persons, and for those who manage them for the rest of society. (JM)
Descriptors: City Government, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Ghettos
McMurtry, Gene – Extension Service Review, 1971
Urges the development of community leaders whose performance can skillfully and sensitively deal with the needs of the community. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Community Study
Peer reviewedGwyn, Robert J. – Journal of Communication, 1983
Examines the programing and audiences of two small rural commercial radio stations in the Jordan and Punata provinces. Shows how these stations have interacted with the local culture and how they offer significant potential for development. (PD)
Descriptors: Audiences, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development
Peer reviewedGollattscheck, James F. – Community Services Catalyst, 1982
Explores community analysis as a community resource development base. Examines and classifies community elements necessarily included in community improvement plans: associations, institutions, agencies, businesses, constituencies, and individual effecters. Lists questions involved in determining the community's state of health and the uses of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Resources
Peer reviewedWilliams, Gareth – Higher Education, 1981
When the OECD was established in 1961, one of its main concerns was technological progress. Equality and economic growth have been the cornerstones of OECD's work on educational policy. OECD gave enormous impetus to the intellectual development of educational policy studies and to the organization of educational planning for expansion. (MLW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedPorter, Robert A.; And Others – Social Work, 1982
Presents community development as a strategy for achieving goals of prevention in small communities in Appalachia. Emphasizes the organization of social structures and collective efforts in problem and enhancing levels of physical and mental health in these vulnerable communities. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods, Mental Health
Peer reviewedShelhav, Moshe – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Analyzes the strains that result from an intensive community renewal and development project that was accompanied by intensive process-and-outcome evaluation research. The case study, which took place in an Israeli kibbutz, illustrates a dynamic development of an alternative interaction model with split-role differentiation. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Interaction
Davenport, Joseph III; Davenport, Judith Ann – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Communities experiencing rapid growth due to energy development have serious and predictable social and human service problems, especially concerning women, the aged, and other minorities. The Wyoming Human Services Project, a model of impact mitigation, might be emulated elsewhere to modify the effects of such growth now and in the future.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Problems, Dropouts, Energy
Peer reviewedWeisner, Stanley; Silver, Michael – Social Work, 1981
Examines the principles of social-learning theory and their application to community practice. Two diverse case examples to illustrate behavioral modeling in social action and the use of behavioral goals as criteria for evaluating outcomes of community intervention are presented. Other possible applications of social learning are also suggested.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Organizations


