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Quintana, Roberto Diego – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
During the 80s and 90s in Mexico there was a boost in participatory strategies developed, in order to solve serious deficiencies in community development programmes and projects. The mere existence of such methodologies, "per se," does not guarantee the conscious and voluntary participation of rural inhabitants. The social energy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Rural Development, Participation

Rubio, Alfredo – Community Development Journal, 1978
The author reviews the "Cultural Missions Programme" of Mexico's educational reform after 1920, in which groups of teachers using Catholic missionary methods fought poverty and ignorance in rural Mexico. These mission programs embody most of the community development principles and are still needed. (MF)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Dropouts, Educational Change