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Developing youth work: Chapter 5 - Beyond social education infed.org Mark Smith · infed.org 3 facts
quoteThe Fairbairn-Milson Report (1969) asserted that the primary goal of youth work is to help young people create their place in a changing society through critical involvement in their community, rather than focusing on basic education, economic needs, or the communication of an agreed value system.
claimThe German notion of social pedagogy, specifically the work of Hebart and others, influenced John Dewey and other American writers, leading to the reworking of themes around community in the North American social education tradition.
claimRennie et al. (1974) defined the goal of youth work as providing an enabling process through which children achieve a sense of identification with their community, become sensitive to its shortcomings, and develop methods of participation in activities needed to solve social problems.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts
claimShamanic exhibitions of power are typically carried out in public rituals to serve the community, and the reactions of the audience serve to enhance the prestige and efficacy of the shaman.
claimTerence McKenna proposed in 1992 that psilocybin's effects—stimulating visual acuity, sexual activity, and ecstatic/visionary experiences—influenced hominin foraging, sensitivity to community, and religious and spiritual concerns.
What Is Open Source Software and Why Use OSS? coursera.org Coursera Dec 31, 2025 2 facts
claimInvolving oneself in open source projects allows individuals to hone programming skills, build community, and showcase talent to potential employers.
claimOpen source projects are guided by philosophical principles including community, collaboration, and transparency.
Compendium Vol. 5 No. 1: The ecological role of native plants bio4climate.org Bio4Climate 2 facts
quoteAn association is a particular type of community, which has been described sufficiently and repeatedly in several locations such that we can conclude that it has: (a) a relatively consistent floristic composition, (b) a uniform physiognomy [appearance], and (c) a distribution that is characteristic of a particular habitat.
claimSynecologists attempt to determine the factors involved in the balance between all the species of a community and their environment.
The Role of Language in Shaping Social Identity and Cultural ... aithor.com Aithor Apr 24, 2025 2 facts
claimDialect serves as a mark of membership within a community or group, fostering a sense of 'us-ness' where shared speech forms define individuals as part of the same social group.
claimLanguage functions as a repository for the inherited wisdom of previous generations and carries the mutual beliefs and consensus culture that define a community.
Neurodiversity in Practice: a Conceptual Model of Autistic Strengths ... link.springer.com Springer Jul 25, 2023 1 fact
claimMulti-level interventions that engage multiple levels within an individual’s social ecology, such as families, peers, schools, and the community, have proven successful for autism interventions, as noted by Kohrt et al. (2018).
What is Open Source? - Revenera revenera.com Revenera 1 fact
claimThe community is vital for providing support, driving development, and fostering innovation in Open Source Software projects.
Exploring the Influence of Language on Identity and Perception thespanishgroup.org The Spanish Group Sep 20, 2025 1 fact
claimUsing a local dialect fosters intimacy and a sense of shared community among speakers who recognize the same linguistic markers.
Open source software best practices and supply chain risk ... - GOV.UK gov.uk Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Mar 3, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe research team defined 'Community' as the extent to, and manner in which, an organization engages with and contributes to the wider open source community.
Self, selfhood and understanding - infed.org infed.org infed.org 1 fact
referenceThe 'people in community' perspective defines humans as members of a wider community where individuality is socially based, posits that humans are always in social relationships from birth, focuses practice on the whole community, and seeks to develop the capacity of the community as a whole.
Ecology: Nature's Interactions and Ecosystem Dynamics scholarsresearchlibrary.com Lorelei Simmons · Annals of Biological Research 1 fact
referenceCommunity ecology studies the interactions between species in a community and how these interactions influence the community's structure and organization, with key interactions including predation, competition, symbiosis, and mutualism.