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Kachchhap, Sandeep Lloyd; Horo, Wilson – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
An educational organization includes a variety of people from different backgrounds, which may include culture, language, tradition, custom, belief and so on. They all work at different levels to meet the distinct goals and objectives of an organization. By extension, schools fit the same profile, in that they are educational organizations. To…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Case Studies
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Elliott, Timothy J.; Driskill, David A. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2021
This article details the ways a series of architecture graduate classes partnered with a nonprofit youth sports organization and other community groups to design a shelter to accommodate those experiencing homelessness in Lubbock, Texas. The researchers use a case study approach to discuss how graduate students repeatedly engaged with the public…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Architectural Education, Partnerships in Education, Design
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Medved, Primož; Ursic, Matjaz – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
This article demonstrates and explains the benefits accruing to communities that involve universities in their local community-based projects from the context of community-based work taking place in Europe. We include concrete arguments intended to stimulate the transfer of the universities' accumulated knowledge to local (urban) community…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Universities, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Potter, Phillip D.; Pavlakis, Alexandra E.; Roberts, J. Kessa – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2021
Natural disasters can negatively impact students' educational outcomes and well-being. After a natural disaster, families and communities often rely on schools to foster stability and serve as a conduit to resources. Yet, school principals face many challenges, often with little guidance, in how to best respond to natural disasters. This case…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Crisis Management, Leadership, Principals
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Maher, Michelle; Farrell, Tara – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2021
In March 2020 the See Her Elected (SHE) programme moved its political education platform online in an initiative named SHESchool. The purpose of this case study is two-fold. Firstly, it provides an account of how an ability to adapt swiftly to the COVID-19 crisis created a successful online element to a project with a strong community education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change
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Mero-Jaffe, Irit; Altarac, Haia – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
The article recounts the development of a five-stage model for the professional development of school principals and school leading teams. An instrumental qualitative case study methodology was utilized, based on seven in-depth interviews with the instructors who directed professional development for school staffs. The model reflects both…
Descriptors: Models, Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Principals
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Green, Terrance L. – Education and Urban Society, 2018
For decades, reform has been a persistent issue in urban schools. Research suggests that urban school reforms that are connected to equitable community development efforts are more sustainable, and that principals play a pivot role in leading such efforts. Yet, limited research has explored how urban school principals connect school reform with…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Community Development, Educational Change, School Community Relationship
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Stewart, Tricia J.; Finnigan, Kara S. – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2017
This article is a historical case study of an attempt to build a citywide coalition in Rochester, NY. The coalition wanted to improve urban education by implementing community based wrap-around supports in a similar form as the well-respected Harlem Children's Zone. Our study found that groups had difficulty creating buy-in for this reform effort…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Urban Areas, Community
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Otaka, Kendo – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
The central aim of this article is to explore the role of social enterprises in relation to providing a space for dialogical learning amongst people with different backgrounds and cultures, and hence with different perceptions towards community development practice. The case studies are based on the experiences of the Japan Workers' Co-operative.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cultural Differences, Case Studies, Cooperatives
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Mbah, Marcellus – Journal of Environmental Education, 2019
Against the backdrop of Africa's quest for development, there have been emerging demands for its universities to do more in contributing to development drives beyond their immediate sphere of operation. Drawing on an instrumental case study within an African community, this article heartens a reconsideration of African universities' community…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, School Community Relationship, Universities, Case Studies
Walker, Laurie A.; East, Jean F. – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Laurie A. Walker, the 2017 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Montana. Together with her co-author, Dr. Jean F. East, Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, they have raised, in this piece, an…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Urban Universities, Neighborhoods, Urban Renewal
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Kovacs, Maria – Peabody Journal of Education, 2020
If judged against prevailing understandings of community schools (CSs) in the scholarly literature, all Romanian schools should qualify as CSs in light of the regulatory framework. However, few Romanian schools are genuinely CSs. This article describes a recent NGO-led initiative to assist Romanian schools in becoming CSs and explores the nature…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Bennett, Danielle – Journal of Museum Education, 2020
In this article I make the case for including queer narratives in historic house museums, both because including queer history in public history settings is important in its own right and as a way to invigorate museum interpretations and appeal to wider audiences. I dispel concerns about "outing" historical actors and describe some…
Descriptors: Historic Sites, Museums, Housing, LGBTQ People
Olivar, Sarah Mae – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In this qualitative study, the author used case study research methods to explore school practices for engaging racially, ethnically, linguistically, socioeconomically, and structurally diverse families in their children's education. In addition, this study explored how families perceive their roles in their children's education and provided space…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Background, Family School Relationship, Case Studies
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McCauley, M. P.; Ramanadhan, S.; Viswanath, K. – Health Education Research, 2015
This study demonstrates a novel approach that those engaged in promoting social change in health can use to analyze community power, mobilize it and enhance community capacity to reduce health inequalities. We used community reconnaissance methods to select and interview 33 participants from six leadership sectors in "Milltown", the New…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Opinions, Community Leaders, Community Attitudes
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