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Community
Education is both an educational philosophy and a process that expands schools'
traditional role of K-12 education into one of being community learning
centers—of being "Community Schools." Educators are encouraged
to focus on the broad range of educational needs that exist in communities
today. Emphasis is placed on working in collaboration with business and
industry, public and private agencies and organization, parents and families,
and other community members to offer a wide variety of academic, extracurricular,
recreational, cultural, civic, health, social service, and work-force preparation
programs for people of all ages. Home-school-community relations, parent
and community involvement, educational public relations, and a variety of
partnership efforts are all part of a comprehensive Community Education
program.
For
over two decades, Florida Atlantic University has provided state and national
leadership in training, service, and research initiatives that focus on
the development of Community Education and Community Schools. FAU's Community
Education initiatives are housed in the Educational Leadership Department
of the College of Education. These initiatives and the collaborative team
of faculty members involved in them are highlighted in the Community Education
Home Page.
Contents
You
may want to visit other Community Education links and sites specializing
in one or more of the areas that are related to components of the community
education.
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