The handbook is a text and organizational framework for developing and teaching a graduate level course on state geography. This paper describes how the handbook can be used in a geography course for teacher education. (Author/RM)

Describes the establishment of a community study centre in a century-old school building in Fringford, England and discusses some activities in which school children participated. (SDH)

Intended to help Future Farmers of America (FFA) members develop skills in improving their communities under the Building Our American Community Program, this publication provides guidance on how FFA chapter members can be active citizens and use democratic processes. Section I, Identifying and Analyzing Communities, consists of four chapters.…

This study used four major American cities as the experimental group. Results indicated that present drug education programs are not significantly effective in changing attitudes toward drug abuse. It was concluded that the drug abuse problem will exist as long as our society remains primarily drug oriented. (Author/BW)

Prepared for a symposium, "The Social Sciences in Japan Today, held at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (Chicago, March 22, 1967).

A DETAILED STUDY MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FOR COMMUNITY USE IN STUDIES OF AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THREE SPECIFIC STEPS WERE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS MODEL--(1) A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WHICH INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC DATA TO BE COLLECTED, AND DESIGN AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION…

Designed as a model for determining vocational education needs, the procedures recommended in this publication were tested in 20 Nebraska communities during 1965, 1966, and 1967. Data gathered by a study of local vocational needs can be beneficial to policy making groups in evaluating the entire educational program and in determining demographic…

Dawson, Fairfax County/U.S.A. is a hypothetical community developed by the authors as a teaching aid for undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental engineering, providing a context for problem solving and role playing. It was contrived to provide students opportunities to: (1) identify important community relationships, (2) appreciate the…

An emerging secondary school curriculum focus is on the study of the people and places closest to students themselves--their own families and the communities in which they live. These studies are popular because they start with the lives of students; help define students' self-concepts; focus student attention on areas for effective social action;…

The role of community developers as contributers to a behavioral science is analyzed. The author discusses the importance of this new science and suggests that more research and discipline in this field of action research is necessary. (RR)

Examines these questions: What are life histories? What problems and people are best suited for them? What motivates people to write them? Does the collection procedure affect the content? and How should the material be analyzed? (Author/SK)

Suggests methods and materials for class discussions of local water resources and conservation. (SJL)

Describes the use of geographic information systems (GIS) by a "local learning team" to map socioeconomic patterns in Jackson County, Kentucky, and to evaluate the distribution of local funding and the geographic equity of representation related to the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community program. Discusses advantages and disadvantages…

Utilising Nakata's (2007) description of the "cultural interface", two Indigenous researchers and one non-Indigenous researcher examine their development of Indigenous research in and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities conducted from within an institution of higher education. The authors reflect on their experiences in…