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Social change, public policy, and community collaborations : training human development professionals for the twenty-first century /

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With Social Change, Public Policy, and Community Collaborations, the editors present new and innovative scholarship aimed at changing the character of graduate and undergraduate education in human development-related disciplines. Not merely an academic exercise, the book provides a new vision for re...

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Other Authors: Ralston, Penny A. (Editor), Lerner, Richard M. (Editor), Mullis, Ann K. (Editor), Simerly, Coby B. (Editor), Murray, John P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2000]
Series:Outreach scholarship ; 3.
Subjects:
Human services > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses.
Human services personnel > Training of > Congresses.
Social policy > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses.
Community and college > Congresses.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:With Social Change, Public Policy, and Community Collaborations, the editors present new and innovative scholarship aimed at changing the character of graduate and undergraduate education in human development-related disciplines. Not merely an academic exercise, the book provides a new vision for reforming the nature of higher education by promoting co-learning and collaboration between universities and the communities they serve. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with training human development professionals for the twenty-first century. The volume is derived from the papers and discussions from the Third National Conference on Applied Developmental Science.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 163 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781461546535 (electronic bk.)
1461546532 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1566-7081 ;