This teaching guide and student text for Project Africa's curriculum program, "Africa South of the Sahara," deal with how four typical contemporary African peoples acquired their present way of life: (1) the Hausa of Northern Nigeria, (2) the Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, (3) the Mech'a Galla of Ethiopa, and (4) the Kikuyu of Kenya. Techniques of classification and an inquiry-oriented teaching strategy based on a scientific approach are emphasized. The teacher's guide contains...
Topics: ERIC Archive, African Culture, Area Studies, Community Characteristics, Cross Cultural Studies,...
A third paper of the first series (Community Backgrounds of Education in the Communities Which Have been Studied) contributes to the final report of a National Study of American Indian Education and relates to Pawnee (Pawnee County), Oklahoma. Economic, social, and demographic data are presented for Indian, Negro, and "White" subgroups of the population of Pawnee City. Additionally, the historical, educational, and developmental aspects of the community are delineated. The text...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Community Characteristics, Economic...
This volume of hearings relates to (1) a bill to establish a national commission on neighborhoods; (2) a bill to establish a commission to investigate the factors contributing to the decline of urban neighborhoods and the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization, and for other purposes; and (3) a bill to establish the national commission (as amended and submitted). Following the text of the three bills as introduced and reported, the testimony of various public officials,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Federal Government, Federal Legislation,...
A telephone survey was conducted by Diablo Valley College (DVC) in 1979 to determine the characteristics of community residents and their opinions concerning DVC's programs and services. In addition to demographic data (i.e., length of residence in Central Contra Costa County, age, size of household, head of household's employment and marital status, and sex), the survey sought to determine if residents were aware of DVC and its policies, programs, purposes, services, and extracurricular...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Needs,...
Materials and suggestions are provided for inservice activities to help elementary and secondary school teachers use community resources to enhance classroom experiences. Section I contains reprints of two articles promoting teacher involvement with community resources. This section also lists objectives and the rationale for using community resources in the classroom and discussion points that can be made into overhead transparencies. The second section includes five group interaction...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Elementary School Teachers,...
Studies conducted in specifically age-segregated housing for older persons suggest that such age-homogeneous settings encourage networks of friendships and mutual assistance. Since patterns of age segregation exist within communities, such segregation may result in similar social benefits. Interviews (N=1,185) assessing social networks were conducted with persons aged 60 and older. Two measures of neighborhood age structure were used to determine the age segregation of neighborhoods. Results...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Age Groups, Community Characteristics, Friendship, Helping...
This report presents the results of a community survey conducted to determine whether the Fort Bend schools were providing the kind of school services the community really wanted. The information was obtained by conducting a random opinion survey of community members, parents, teachers, and students. The report comprises a summary of attitudes expressed by the public on a wide variety of topics related to the Fort Bend schools and the observations and recommendations made for effective...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community...
The purpose of this paper is to outline a rationale and procedure for surveying and mapping the ethnic composition and community characteristics for local units both in the City of Detroit and neighboring suburbs. Both educational and practical benefits are claimed for this project. Data will be collected for a small section of the city. Generally such data are not available in published reports since data collection units usually are not at such a fine scale. The nature of the data it is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Surveys, Ethnic Distribution, Geographic...
As the second of 2 volumes reporting research on the social and educational development of 10 rural school districts prior to their involvement in the Experimental Schools program, this book is concerned with the impact of history on comprehensive educational improvement. Presenting 4 of the 10 histories, this volume includes: South Umpqua, Oregon; Lead-Deadwood, South Dakota; Quilcene-Brinnon, Washington; School District No. 2, Carbon County, Wyoming; and two chapters titled "Overview of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Books, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Comparative Analysis,...
Public elementary and secondary schools in Illinois that have remained stably racially mixed over time are identified in this study. The neighborhood characteristics, pupil assignment policies, instructional programs, and other circumstances that have contributed to that stability are also determined. Several alternative definitions of "stable racial mix" are given, and these definitions are then applied to enrollment statistics for every public school in Illinois. Illinois schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Assignments, Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Definitions, Desegregation...
The major objective of this pilot survey was to pretest questions for use in the development and design of a larger, more definitive survey of residents of rural communities in Appalachia, planned for the spring of 1981, and to obtain preliminary descriptive data about the area's residents. Telephone interviews covered respondents' family characteristics and attitudes toward their communities and potential new energy developments. Complete, usable interviews were obtained from 129 of the 151...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Satisfaction, Community...
Schools in two neighboring rural Kentucky counties ("West" and "East") were studied to determine the effect of differing school organization on school functioning and community-school relations. Data gathered from public sources, attendance at faculty, staff and school board meetings, interviews, and faculty questionnaires revealed similar growth and development patterns in the economy and schools of both counties, but historically greater prosperity and population in West...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Boards of Education, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community...
Applied community learning experiences for university students are promising endeavors in downtown urban environments. Past research is applied to help better comprehend a community engagement initiative conducted in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The initiative aimed to illuminate the socio-cultural diversity of the downtown area utilizing storytelling methods. The initiative leveraged three broad questions: Where is downtown, what is downtown, and who is downtown? Lessons learned from the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Urban Areas, Story Telling, College Students, Experiential Learning, Community,...
Examining the meaning of lifelong learning within the context of "community" (defined in terms of interests and locality), the author explores many learning resources and opportunities and identifies related research questions. The content of this study is presented in three sections. The first section on the community as a setting for lifelong learning discusses different ways of defining community and lifelong learning. Section 2 covers current happenings in the community and their...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community, Community Change, Community...
The communities that individuals have created are endlessly diverse. They have followed ancient patterns and have experimented boldly with innovative ideas. This publication and the exhibition it complements present only a few of the many ways that individuals have found to live together. It is divided according to the specific forces behind the creation of communities in the United States: "Family Ties" and "Ethnic Environment" show associations organized around those basic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Higher Education, History,...
To shape reform in rural education, it is necessary to understand the problems, as well as the strengths of rural social and educational communities. An analysis of demographic, economic, and educational trends shows that in rural areas in general, working populations are shrinking, economies are declining, and students are not competing well in college attendance and completion. For more than 85% of rural students nationwide, a college education culminating in a professional career remains out...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Community Characteristics, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary...
BeLieving In Native Girls (BLING) is a juvenile delinquency and HIV intervention at a residential boarding school for American Indian/Alaska Native adolescent girls ages 12-20 years. In 2010, 115 participants completed baseline surveys to identify risk and protective factors. Initial findings are discussed regarding a variety of topics, including demographics and general characteristics, academic engagement, home neighborhood characteristics and safety, experience with and perceptions of gang...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Substance Abuse, Delinquency, Females, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Adolescents,...
As part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this paper explores and compares the background of the rural Lumbee Indian with the urban Lumbee living in Pembroke, North Carolina. An interpretation for defining the American Indian in the tri-ethnic community is included, as well as a discussion of the economics of Robeson County as related to job availability. A comparison of the city education system of Pembroke and the rural Magnolia School of Robeson County...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indians, Community Characteristics, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors,...
Children in modern literate cultures often begin learning to write and read before they begin school, and continue to use written language, and to develop writing and reading abilities, in nonschool settings even as they attend school. It is often the case as well that the writing and reading demands of school differ from those of nonschool writing and reading activities, and that the literacy skills emphasized in school do not, moreover, coincide with those needed or desired in the working...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics,...
The distribution of Federal outlays within the United States in fiscal year 1970 is summarized in this report. Selected Federal programs (242 programs comprising 74.4% of all Federal outlays) were divided into 4 program categories: human resource development; community development; agriculture and natural resources, and Defense, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The counties affected by these programs were divided into 6...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agriculture, Community Characteristics, Demography, Economic Development, Federal...
This shortened version of the Curriculum Materials Analysis System (CMAS) was designed to serve as a helpful tool for social studies educators involved in the selection of materials for classroom use. It can be used by participants in short workshops of a few hours to a day in length and by the busy administrator or teacher who does not have time for more in-depth examinations of curriculum materials. It contains the same eight sections as the long form of the CMAS: product characteristics;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Content Analysis, Educational Objectives, Elementary...
The rationale and procedures of effective community service organization and administration are described and examples are given of comprehensive community service programs. Emphasizing the need for each college to set priorities and develop an administrative structure according to the unique conditions of both the college and its community, the author identifies several major service areas. These are special services, short courses, conferences, institutes, workshops, cultural programs,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Program...
The purpose of the research was to determine which community characteristics, among the 29 studied, were statistically most useful as predictors of per-pupil Federal aid to the 169 school districts of Connecticut. Three regression models were developed using community traits as predictors of Federal aid allocations. Community characteristics reflecting need -- as defined by law -- were found to be the best predictors in all three models. A judged rating of the town's organization and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Federal Aid, Models, State Federal Aid, Statistical...
The purpose of this institute was to prepare written materials that would aid local school supervisors in the development of community awareness through clinical experiences. Fifteen participants were selected from cities located in 10 different states and the District of Columbia. Institute members participated in at least two activities, the purpose of which was to develop guides to follow in arranging similar experiences and to increase their own sensitivity to the environment of poverty....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Clinical Experience, Community...
To test the assumption that relationships exist between student performance and certain measurable school, community and student characteristics, confidential questionnaires were given to students, teachers, and administrators in secondary and elementary schools across the state. This section of the Phase II Findings describes (1) the educational correlates obtained; (2) the procedures used to group them into meaningful scales and indices; (3) the distributions of Pennsylvania schools on these...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Data Analysis, Demography,...
Extensive research has been conducted on numerous factors influencing the academic achievement of school children. While many studies have emphasized individual factors to explain differences in social behavior and academic achievement, others have examined macro-level factors, including those addressing the role of parental socioeconomic status. The cumulative influences of structural factors on academic achievement, however, have not been adequately explored. Studies linking community,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Educational...
As part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this document depicts the demographic, socioeconomic, educational, and social aspects of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in and around Mission, South Dakota. Specific emphasis is given to recent history, economy, problems and issues, and the educational environment of the community as related to the Indian population. Additionally, the 2 existing local education agencies, St. Francis Indian School (private) and the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indians, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Demography, Early...
An extensive survey was conducted in 1965 by a team of white and Negro interviewers in an application of ecological theory to a study of the support relationship between the community and its school system. Findings are based upon interview data from a probability sample of 931 respondents selected from the population of persons 21 years of age and older living within the Detroit standard metropolitan statistical area. The study was conducted in all 94 school districts in the Detroit SMSA,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Support,...
Designed primarily for use in the intermediate grades, the teaching unit provides 11 lessons and related activities for teaching students to look at colonial architectural elements as a means of learning about 18th century lifestyles. Although the unit relies upon resources available in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, other 18th century cities or towns can be studied in the same manner. Lesson topics include identifying elements of colonial architecture, understanding the history of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Architectural Character, Architecture, Building Design, Colonial History (United...
Various characteristics of and information about the area comprising the Plainedge School District in Nassau County, New York, are compiled in this survey. The information is collected in the following categories: census data, history, school district, other educational facilities, the library, community groups, recreation, other governmental services, business, tax rate and valuation, transportation, utilities, and other services. (WH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Education, Community Organizations, Community...
As a field learning experience, 14 students at College of the Mainland (Texas) examined the structure and components of community leadership in Texas City, Texas. The students were divided into two groups, under the direction of a humanities staff member. The first group, using the reputational study technique, asked community residents to identify the leaders in the community. The second group, using the decision analysis technique, approached leaders in public health, planning, zoning,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Leaders, Community Study, Field Experience...
The use of multiple indicators of educational achievement is called for to replace a single measure of student achievement in order to identify the school context in which education occurs. School-level indicators have been identified, such as access to knowledge, press for achievement, and professional teaching conditions. These indicators are vital in understanding the context of schooling and in influencing the outcomes of the educational process. The school indicators, however, do not...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect,...
In an effort to better market the college's credit programs and services, Prince George's Community College (PGCC), Mayland, has employed its own tracking system which utilizes a socioeconomic segmentation of their serviceable target population. This approach utilizes U.S. Census data grouping neighborhoods into 24 natural socioeconomic, cultural and lifestyle "clusters" for which special marketing strategies can be developed. In 1990, a cluster analysis was undertaken of all 36,145...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cluster Analysis, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Credit Courses,...
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population, achievement, staff, finances, and a summary of the results of research reports completed in 2006-07. In addition, this document contains information on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education, Counties, Outcomes...
This paper examines the status and history of Chicano studies as an academic field of study. The paper describes the development of Chicano studies in terms of philosophical foundations, identifying the Chicano community, curriculum development, and institutional support. The genesis, shaping, and direction of Chicano studies were largely in the hands of college students. The history of Chicano studies indicates: (1) Chicano studies was more a result of a political ideology than of a solid...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, College Students, Community Characteristics, Curriculum...
Dealing with an analysis and evaluation of community action programs (provided for by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964) in Appalachia, this report presents 3 conditions for program success: (1) adequate community action leadership at the local level; (2) power holders at the community, county, or "local" level who are sympathetic, or at least neutral, to accomplishment of the goals of community action; and (3) involvement of the target population in the community action programs....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Characteristics, Community...
To show how a central idea shapes a monolithic society, this social studies unit focuses on the idea of God's "providence" as the motivational force in Puritan thinking and analyzes the idea's sources, its truth, its impact, and its evolution through three generations of Puritan living. Sections of the unit discuss (1) the religious, economic, and political uses that the first generation of Puritans made of the idea of God's providence, (2) the jeremiads that the second generation of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aspiration, Beliefs, Colonial History (United States), Community Characteristics,...
The study is situated within a national youth organisation called the Australian Air League Inc (Air League). We examine the recent progress of the Air League in South Australia, starting as a loose network of volunteers engaged in a sporadic array of activities, to become a learning community that worked collaboratively and then developed further as a potential community of practice. This process involved sharing across boundaries in a way that was previously construed as undesirable as local...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communities of Practice, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives,...
The purpose of the study was to make a qualitative assessment of the impact of school consolidation on several rural Nebraska communities that have recently lost their schools. This research uses a multiple-case study design with interviews conducted in three Nebraska communities. The data from this research fell into four broad themes: social capital changes resulting from consolidation, the effect of the consolidation on the children of the community, the future of the community, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consolidated Schools, Qualitative Research, Rural Schools, School Closing, Context...
Report cards on schools have become common in many states, but their contents and formats vary widely. To study the variations and to determine if the differences in presentation have anything to do with presenting valuable data or with educational policy, a study was undertaken of the report cards of Southeastern states. Five states (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee) provided report cards for review. These were analyzed for similarities and differences with regard...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Community Characteristics, Comparative...
The first issue of Riverside Community College District's (California) factbook, this report presents a composite view of the district; its community college, Riverside Community College; and its students and community as of 1995. Section 1 profiles the district's community, providing maps and tables summarizing demographic data related to racial and ethnic diversity, age, education, housing values, income, employment status, and poverty status. Section 2 focuses on district students,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities, Educational...
This handbook aims to help teachers use archaeological remains and historical evidence in and around Colchester (England). Investigations supplement studies at Key Stages 2 and 3 of the British National Curriculum and can also be used for cross-curricular topics. The book contains suggestions for work on the town walls, the British site at Gosbecks and the nearby dykes, and the development of the town after the end of the Roman period. The chapter titles include: (1) "Historical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Active Learning, Archaeology, British National Curriculum, Built Environment,...
Intended for use by decision makers involved in the planning and management of the College of the Canyons (CC) in Valencia, California, the eight sections of this fact book present information and data on the college, the college district, finances, and facilities. Section I discusses CC's mission, institutional values, planning assumptions, long-range goals, the academic management process, and the planning process. The second section focuses on the Santa Clarita Community College District,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Organization, Ancillary School Services, Budgets, College Planning,...
This report provides information on the relationships among students and community characteristics, fiscal and educational resources, and student outcomes at the school-division level. Data from the 1989-90 Outcome Accountability Project include 50 indicators of division-level student outcomes. The factors related to these outcomes were examined through background studies, a literature review, a database of division-level data, and a variety of statistical analyses. Eight categories of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Characteristics, Correlation,...
During March 1974, a telephone survey to determine television viewing patterns was conducted in a four-county area surrounding Nashville, Tennessee. Data were gathered concerning family characteristics and time spent watching WDCN, Nashville's public broadcasting station. Results characterized viewers according to total time spent watching television, types of program watched, sex, age, race, educational attainment, and family structure. Details of the survey design and tabular results are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Community Characteristics, Demography, Individual Characteristics,...
A range of hypotheses of varying specificity is examined in this paper in an attempt to account for the location of racial disorders. The initial sections consider what general assumptions must be met by any satisfactory explanation of the distribution of disorders. Mathematical models are constructed which embody the most prevalent assumptions as to the determinants of community riot-proneness, and their predictions are compared with empirical data. The specific assumptions considered are: (a)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Poverty,...
Intended for use by council and staff members as well as individuals in communities that are considering forming or joining an education work council, this report discusses the nature, function, and growth and development of work education councils and examines the collaborative processes that councils engage in. The education and work council concept, the Work-Education Consortium Project, and an independent study of work education councils are described. Analyzed next is the process of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement,...
The impact on the economy of 10 cultural institutions in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area was determined by measuring their 1978 direct and indirect fianancial effects. The institutions are the Children's Theatre Company, Chimera Theatre, Cricket Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Walker Art Center, and Science Museum of Minnesota. Data gathered from the 10 institutions include operating and financial...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Arts Centers, Audiences, Community Characteristics, Cultural Centers, Dance, Economic...
This document focuses on Texas 26 regional consortia that coordinate the delivery of services between secondary school districts and two-year colleges. It examines the professed effectiveness of these consortia by using a perception survey given to Texas Tech Prep consortia directors, community college technical administrators, and secondary technical program directors. The survey includes a section in which the respondents rate the success of the States Tech Prep initiative on a scale of 1-5...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Needs,...
Intermediate and junior high school students learn about the social history of Vermont by studying events and trends during a 30-year period of the life of a famous Vermont native, Calvin Coolidge. Although designed for students in Vermont, materials can easily be adapted for use in other states, particularly those in the New England area. In separate sections, students are introduced to life in smalltown Vermont at the turn of the century, early 20th century reform efforts, a major flood that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Biographies, Community Characteristics, History Instruction, Instructional Materials,...
