This booklet contains summaries of workshop presentations at the conference on community development. This conference brought local community officials and leaders together with interested citizens to learn about successful rural community development activities occurring in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Sessions covered four main…

Ways in which schools and communities collaborate to create a learning community are described in this fifth guidebook in a series of nine video conferences on school restructuring. Extended school and community roles include enrichment of the learning environment, coordination of a learning support network, and expansion of the community of…

The booklet, developed at Red School House for Indian communities, demonstrates visually in a cultural context the series of actions constitute a needs assessment. The illustrated text tells the story of a traditional community that is in need of food for the survival of its people. The question of how to cross the river to see if food is…

This document is the final report of the Community Leaders' Training in Environmental Studies Project conducted at Florida State University. The project sought to increase community environmental awareness and to expand the educational uses of the Tallahassee Junior Museum through the cooperation of museum staff, a variety of community groups, and…

This book, written by the national advisor of the Pre-school Playgroups Association, outlines the history of the development of the playgroup movement, offers recommendations for its future, and serves as a practical handbook for mothers, teachers, and playgroup organizers. (CS)

This learning module focuses on the role of the community coordinator in the Teacher Corps and is designed to provide the student with knowledge about the role of the community coordinator and about community-based education. The module is divided into two sections, the first of which consists of written test/exercises on (a) the organizational…

Modern society as it has evolved is fragmented, but its ever increasing complexity has developed so many interfaces that reintegration has become mandatory. Cable television (CATV) can serve as an integrating force which can help members of the community to pool their resources in a variety of problem-solving efforts. This can only happen,…

This study surveyed high school English teachers, supervisors of English, and English Education professors in Florida as to the "feasibility" of community oriented English instruction. The model for this curriculum was the Parkway Program of Philadelphia, where students take courses from business and professional people. The results show that all…

Factors tending to inhibit the development and efficacy of Mexican American interest-oriented political activity, Anglo-Mexican American political relations, and other related factors are examined in this Master's thesis. The stated objective of the study is to provide insights as to how these factors influenced the political situation on 2…

Stresses the importance of community assistance to local schools in the Soviet Union in light of meeting the universal secondary education goals set by the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Topics discussed include family and school assistance councils in Moscow, interaction of schools and production collectives, and development of systems…

Extension education and its components (the methods and techniques of education and subject matter know-how) are defined and their interrelationships are analyzed. (EM)

Child abuse and neglect is a community concern. Each community has a legal and moral obligation to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, which includes responding effectively to child maltreatment. At the State and local levels, professionals assume various roles and responsibilities ranging from prevention, identification,…

Between 1999 and 2000, 7 British Columbia communities participated as demonstration sites for suicide prevention initiatives. The goal was to identify planning and communication requirements, local leadership characteristics, community level partnerships, and infrastructure needs that best facilitate a comprehensive and community-wide approach to…

This report documents the archaeological investigations conducted at the former site of the Altaville Schoolhouse in Calaveras County, California. These investigations were carried out through the cooperative efforts of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Calaveras County Historical Society, and the local community. The…