The next four sections offer a variety of case studies on community work education experience in the United States and other countries drawn primarily from programs of community and organizational development and community education.

Preface Theories, Definitions and Origins of Experiential Education Experiential Education for Community Development by Ian M. Harris, Paul S. Denise, and Richard M. Thomas Learning about Japan: Some Theoretical Bases by Glen A. Eyford Citizens and Citizen Groups in Communities A Ray of Hope for the Farmers of San Filipe by Edwin L. Duckles Community Development Skills Training: A Collaborative Approach by Vickie Braglio Luther and Gregory P. Spencer The Service Civil Service International in West Africa by Dorthea E. Woods VISTA as Experiential Education by Linda A. Sunde Leaders in Community Organizations Sunnyslope by John E. Walker Managing Change for Public Institutions and Community Change Agents by Fred Fisher A Case Study from Zaire by D. Merrill Ewert The Kitwe Story: Change Agent Training for Zambian Urban Settlements by Richard M. Thomas A Model Curriculum for Mental Health Paraprofessionals by Jerome Seliger Innovative College and University Programs The University's Role in Promotion Community Services by Alec Dickson The Antioch Experience by Thomas Haugsby and Andrew Winnock Evaluation: The Key to a Successful International Program by Michael Belsky Granting College Credit for Prior Community Work by Ian M. Harris University Year for Action: A Community Service- Learning Program by Raymond Lenzi Innovative College and University Courses The Navajo Cultural Immersion Project by Richard G. DeGraw Learning in the Community: An Undergraduate Training Program by Edward W. Gondolph The Rural Community Development Learning Center by Hilda R. Heady Action-Oriented Experiential Education: The Case of Land-Use Plans by Lorraine Garkovich and Michael J. Greene Afterword Bibliography Index

These 20 essays illustrate teaching strategies that can be incorporated into community-based practicums and internships. The book explores the innovative uses of experiential education in community work. Useful techniques for community problem-solving and ways in which groups can learn to work together more effectively are provided. Practitioners will find they can have power in an increasingly interdependent society and world.

This series of monographs addresses subjects related to education, particulary higher education. It favors intensively researched analyses that take a comparative historical or international perspective. The series includes studies of the impact of education on non-educational institutions such as government, labor organizations, foreign policy, or civil rights.