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Larson, Kenneth L. – 1977
Designed for elementary school teachers in Santa Cruz, California, this book outlines an experiential approach to community study. Because the term community can encompass a scope as narrow as the school or as wide as the region, these guidelines are adaptable to several elementary grade levels. The book is arranged in six sections. The first…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Community Study, Elementary Education

Silverman, Carol J. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1986
Examines a dimension of neighboring that need not assume friendship as the role model. When the model assumes only a sense of connectedness as defining neighboring, then the residential correlation, shown in many studies between urbanism and neighboring, disappears. Theories of neighboring, study variables, methods, and analysis are discussed.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences

Hepburn, Kenneth; Sachs, Steven Mark – 1980
A study was conducted by East Los Angeles College (ELAC) to determine the economic, demographic, and ethnic composition of ELAC's service district. The study involved the examination of community data collected from a variety of sources, including the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, the Los Angeles Times Marketing Research…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Hill, Roscoe, Ed.; Feeley, Malcolm, Ed. – 1968
This book contains abbreviated accounts of eight community case studies and various reviews of a cluster of recent studies relating to race and education. The foreword discusses three phases of school integration, and the introductory chapter relates law, violence, and civil rights. The eight case studies on Evanston, Berkeley, New Haven,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Community Characteristics, Community Study, De Facto Segregation