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Direct linkStrohschen, Gabriele I. E., Ed.; Lewis, Kim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Education for adults ought to consider a both-and mindset when it comes to selecting approaches, values, and program models in today's multi-sector, multi-diverse, and cross-cultural environments of teaching and learning. Experiences from educational professionals can lead to recommendations for these instruction and mentoring approaches of adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Situated Learning, Active Learning
Smith, Stephen M. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Discusses service industries' role in developing economies of rural areas. Describes ways service industries generate employment and local income and blend with a local economy. Summarizes survey of contributions to local economies and what attracted them to their communities for 385 service firms in nonmetropolitan Wisconsin. Tables provide…
Descriptors: Community Development, Municipalities, Rural Areas, Rural Development
Download full textHarris, Thomas R. – 1985
The paper addresses the importance of developing a rural community's commercial sector for economic development by providing some analytical tools. Procedures are outlined to estimate commercial sector activity in a community, to estimate commercial sector activity for various counties within a state (Nevada is used as an example), and to develop…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Development, Community Planning
Beaulieu, Lionel J.; Molnar, Joseph J. – 1984
Findings from current literature form the basis for this examination of five critical elements of change and development within the local community setting which impact on agriculture: population, employment, land, water, and environment. Renewed rural population growth during the 1970's has reversed small farm trends but placed strains on local…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Change, Community Development, Employment Opportunities
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1985
In fiscal year (FY) 1985 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) was engaged in 24 major activities that responded to the rural problems of the region and supported the community development efforts of 29 land-grant universities in 13 southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The work of the SRDC Business Management Network…
Descriptors: Community Development, Computer Oriented Programs, Conferences, Extension Education
Rooth, Edna – 2000
The Lifeskills Project in South Africa provides services to communities in lifeskills facilitation training. Empowerment and capacity building in course and workshop participants is an underlying theme, with emphasis on self-concept enhancement for community enhancement. Aims of the Lifeskills Project include: (1) training facilitators in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Community Development
