Adapting to Community-Based Learning. (Benefits)[Squared]: The Exponential Results of Linking School Improvement and Community Development, Issue Number Four.

Autor/in	Boethel, Martha
Institution	Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX.
Titel	Adapting to Community-Based Learning. (Benefits)[Squared]: The Exponential Results of Linking School Improvement and Community Development, Issue Number Four.
Quelle	(2000), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Community Development; Educational Attitudes; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Elementary Secondary Education; Rural Areas; Rural Education; Rural Schools; School Community Relationship; School Policy; School Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Schulpolitik
Abstract	Building a rural community-school development project where students engage in community-based learning experiences requires changes in the way schools prepare rural youth for the future. This publication examines the kinds of changes a school system must make before planning and implementing community-based learning strategies. Changes in perspective and changes in policy and practice are needed, with changes in perspective the hardest to achieve. Changes in perspective include: expanding ideas about the school's function in the community; rethinking the nature of teaching and learning; changing ideas about students' capabilities; and believing that change can happen. Changes in policy and practice encompass curriculum planning and instruction, assuring academic credit for community-based learning activities, facilitating student access to the community and community access to the school, transportation issues, scheduling issues, and legal considerations. A brief look at school-community initiatives in Balmorhea (Texas), Marshall (Arkansas), and Mora (New Mexico) suggests that two critical factors in the success of these initiatives are a belief in each individual's capacity to make a difference, and good antennae for detecting opportunity. (SV)
Anmerkungen	Full text at Web site: http://www.sedl.org/prep/benefits2/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01