Organizing Environments to Enhance the Development of Persons and Communities in Isolated Regions of Colombia: A Challenge to the Development of Human Potential.

Autor/inn/en	Arango, Marta; Nimnicht, Glen
Institution	Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.
Titel	Organizing Environments to Enhance the Development of Persons and Communities in Isolated Regions of Colombia: A Challenge to the Development of Human Potential.
Quelle	(1983), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Case Studies; Community Development; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Health Education; Individual Development; Leadership; Living Standards; Modernization; Quality of Life; Sanitation; Self Actualization; Social Science Research; Sociocultural Patterns; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Führung; Führungsposition; Lebensstandard; Modernisierung; Lebensqualität; Betriebshygiene; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Kolumbien
Abstract	Although self-actualization is often considered a need to be met after more basic needs are fulfilled, experience with a development project in four impoverished and isolated Colombian communities indicates that development of human potential can be an integral part of overall development. An environment that supports the development of human potential also has the ability to fulfill basic biological needs. The people in the four communities where Project PROMESA operated lived in an environment that met some of those needs, among them freedom from fear and opportunities for affiliation and love, but which did not satisfy basic biological requirements for a healthy environment or opportunities for self-actualization. The development projects designed to improve the health of young children by providing latrines, garbage disposal, clean water, and medical care were also designed to provide opportunities for adult community members to participate in planning and implementation and to develop their leadership abilities. This enabled community members to maintain and improve the environment after the project ended. (IS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC