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Who Takes the Cake in Community and Economic Development? 'Going Along' with Metaphor to Problematize the Collective Impact of a Place-Based Promise Programme
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Bruna, Katherine Richardson; McNelly, Carla A.; Rongerude, Jane – Ethnography and Education, 2020
Linguists understand metaphors to be shortcuts to an individual's tacit knowledge about the world. As ethnographers and planners building a university-school partnership and seeking to understand residents' perceptions of their urban neighbourhood, attention to use of metaphor allowed us insight into an insider's mental model of who is in the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Place Based Education, College School Cooperation, Needs Assessment
A Community Caring for Gifted.
DeVries, Arlene R. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
This article describes a Des Moines (Iowa) program in which approximately 100 people or organizations have given 600 hours of time to gifted students. It identifies creative ways to use community resources, where to find community resources (professional organizations, service clubs, school staff, retired persons, parents, students, and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Creating Cross-Cultural Connections.
Fairbairn, Shelley – ESL Magazine, 2002
Describes collaborative concerts between local schools and their community that were designed to build cross-cultural understanding in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb with a growing immigrant population. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Music