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Cho, Sung Ran – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This article discusses how the current Korean lifelong learning, led by citizens, is connected with cultural learning, citizenship learning, and community engagement, rooted in the community and combination of active community building projects. It also introduces the structure and policies of lifelong education in Korea, the background and recent…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Community Involvement
Guenther, Karl J.; Swanstrom, Todd; George, Thomas F. – Metropolitan Universities, 2019
Increasingly, suburban universities find themselves in communities facing challenges that inner cities have had to deal with for decades, including concentrated poverty, housing vacancy, and underperforming school districts. While the problems are similar, the institutional context is different. Compared to central cities, suburban municipal…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Suburban Schools, Universities, School Community Relationship
Gillard, Spring; VanWynsberghe, Rob – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
This research paper is based on a broader exploratory case study of a sustainability tour that the authors undertook. The larger study explored "the concept of learning application through the case of a sustainability tour" (Gillard, 2016, p. 226 ). The tour was part of a certificate program for sustainable community development offered…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Community Development, Environmental Education, Professional Continuing Education
Forray, Katalin R.; Kozma, Tamas – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2021
What happens, if a university moves to a town that never had a higher education institution previously? What is the impact of this development both on the community and the institution? The aim of this paper is to answer this question. The authors use the concept of 'social innovation' for understanding the developments. An institute may initiate,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Universities, Institutional Mission, Participatory Research
Tschurenev, Jana – Comparative Education, 2021
This article discusses the 'Indianisation', 'nationalisation', and 'ruralisation' of the Montessori method in India at the eve, and in the aftermath of the country's political independence (1947). From 1914 onwards, Indian nationalists received Montessori's ideas through publications, the networks of the new education movement, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Educational History, Rural Education
Hecht, Marijke; Nelson, Taiji – Environmental Education Research, 2021
In this paper, we describe an informal science program where specific program elements were designed to support youth development of a 21st century naturalist identity, which we call out as an important subtype of environmental and scientific identity. As part of a research-practice partnership, we conducted a case study of a teen youth program…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Place Based Education, Environmental Education, Science Education
Ocansey, Sylvia; Adusei, Aaron – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2022
This research explored the power of dominant partnerships in promoting community development. Two local communities sited in a coastal West African town, recorded notable transformation as a result of their members' long-standing interaction with a famous close by higher education institution. With a sample of three hundred and seventy-two…
Descriptors: Community Development, School Community Relationship, Reputation, Health
Smith, Hilary; Pryor, Leanne – Waikato Journal of Education, 2022
The reawakening of the Indigenous Gamilaraay language in northern inland New South Wales, Australia involves righting two centuries of prohibition and mistreatment after invasion by English-speaking settlers. Gamilaraay is no longer used as an everyday language in the community, although it has strong emblematic value for the Gamilaraay community.…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Languages, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
Ji Ying – Educational Review, 2024
Based on semi-structured interviews with Tibetan teachers in Qinghai Province in Northwest China, this article explores how the teachers, who hold subject positions as pedagogical professionals and local intellectual elites, understand the value and implications of education for Tibetan people, and how they navigate their profession in the local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sino Tibetan Languages, Culturally Relevant Education, Local History
Lamm, Alexa J.; Rabinowitz, Adam; Lamm, Kevan W.; Faulk, Kisha – Journal of Extension, 2020
Extension program participants tell story after story of the impact of Cooperative Extension on their lives, their families, and their businesses. Despite huge amounts of qualitative data, very little quantitative data exist showing the aggregated public value of Extension programs--especially across program areas. The lack of data leaves…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Public Opinion, Value Judgment, Program Effectiveness
Panke, Stefanie; Harth, Thilo – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2019
The paper discusses design thinking as a conceptual framework and methodological approach for fostering discussion and facilitating ideas that promote diversity and inclusion. We provide a theoretical overview of design thinking and related approaches to then discuss our case study, a workshop on inclusive community development that brought…
Descriptors: Design, Diversity, Inclusion, Teamwork
Baroroh, Kiromim; Wahjoedi; Wahyono, Hari; Utomo, Sugeng Hadi; Lestari, Febriyanti – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Village tourism is a type of tourism which integrates nature, culture, education, and the active participation of the local. It is intended to improve the community's prosperity. This model aligns with the Community Economy (CE) concept which advocates for people's well-being. This paper aims to describe the ways in which village tourism is…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Tourism, Community Development, Rural Economics
De Silva, Nilantha; Wijeratne, Mahinda – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
Mushroom production is a small-scale business unit in rural areas. The Life Long Learning for Farmers (L3F) Programme aims to enhance the socio-economic conditions for them, increasing their access to and use of knowledge and technology. This study evaluates the outcomes of the L3F Programme at the community level. Data were collected through a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Rural Extension, Agricultural Occupations, Food
Bhattacharyya, Rani; Templin, Elizabeth; Messer, Cynthia; Chazdon, Scott – Journal of Extension, 2017
Engaging communities through research-based participatory evaluation and learning methods can be rewarding for both a community and Extension. A case study of a community tourism development program evaluation shows how participatory evaluation and learning can be mutually reinforcing activities. Many communities value the opportunity to reflect…
Descriptors: Tourism, Community Involvement, Program Evaluation, Case Studies
Iguodala, W. A.; Igbineweka, V. O. – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2018
The objective of Nigerian universities among others, and very important too, is to relate their activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria. This presupposes that the Nigerian society expects the universities to continuously adjust curriculum, teaching, and research to meet the needs of society. More than five…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, School Community Relationship, Community Development, Community Needs