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Why community matters : connecting education with civic life
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Why community matters : connecting education with civic life

Author: Nicholas V Longo
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: Providing a new perspective on the undeniable relationship between education reform and democratic revitalization, Nicholas V. Longo uncovers and examines practical models in which communities play an essential role in teaching the art of democracy.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nicholas V Longo
ISBN: 9780791471975 0791471977 9780791471982 0791471985
OCLC Number: 77476479
Description: xv, 176 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Acknowledgments --
1: Introduction: Ecology of civic learning --
2: Education writ large --
3: Hull house --
4: Highlander folk school --
5: Neighborhood learning community --
6: Community practitioners --
7: Conclusion: Taking it home --
Notes --
Index.
Responsibility: Nicholas V. Longo.
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From the Publisher: Providing a new perspective on the undeniable relationship between education reform and democratic revitalization, Nicholas V. Longo uncovers and examines practical models in which communities play an essential role in teaching the art of democracy.

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