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Download full textJohns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Mulford, Bill – 2000
A case study exploring the relationship between local leadership and the school-community partnership was conducted in a small, isolated Australian mining town. Data were generated from written materials such as the local newspaper and interviews with 8 school staff members and 11 community members involved with the schools or representing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Elementary Secondary Education
Falk, Ian; Golding, Barry; Balatti, Josephine – 2000
The 10 portraits, or case studies, in this book are intended to show how locally-owned adult education turns everyday learning into social and economic well-being. Taken alone, each portrait tries to give a particular insight into the daily transformation of adults and their local communities. Together, the group portrait shows how strongly adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Benefits, Community Development
Johns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Mulford, Bill – 2000
A case study of a rural community in Western Australia examined factors responsible for the progress made in breaking down barriers between youth and adults and building community cohesiveness. Community documents and interviews with school personnel, students, and community members revealed that the high school worked with the community to build…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Johns, Susan; Kilpatrick, Sue; Mulford, Bill; Falk, Ian – 2001
A qualitative research approach was used to examine how one vocational education and training (VET) school in rural Australia contributed to its community and the complex role of leadership in the process. The study focused on the VET in Schools program in Cooktown in Far North Queensland. The following data collection activities were conducted:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Falk, Ian – 2001
The model currently used to represent the impacts of Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) programs implies a one-way flow of impact from TAFE to student to community. It may be argued that TAFE could better serve its clients by developing a social capital-based, two-way, reciprocal dynamic of vocational education and training (VET)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Development, Definitions, Economic Development
Toms, Jon; Golding, Barry; Falk, Ian; Kilpatrick, Sue – 1999
A study examined the question of how one Australian non-metropolitan community consolidates and develops sustainable economic and social activity through the learning of community members. The research used a focused interview process with open-ended questions with these 2 major sub-groups in the community and explored their interrelatedness: 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Developed Nations, Economic Development
