Principle-centered Education Through Community Development

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A caring and ethical education and community is possible! </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Dr. Tedla has worked in the community and in student affairs and academic affairs providing student development programs - ultimately creating outreach programs that brought together students parents teachers and professors from diverse cultural racial religious and national backgrounds. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Drawing the best from these years of practical experience Tedla wrote </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Principle-centered Education Through Community Development</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> (1) for community people and (2) for teachers administrators and educational program organizers who work with students at all levels in formal and informal educational settings. This developmental program is flexible enough to tailor to the needs of different community places and work settings.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Unique to Tedla's work is a conceptual framework for student development and community development that includes programmatic elements. The work is founded on </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>T</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>he </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>P</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>rinciple </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>T</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>ruth</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>L</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>ove</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>P</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>eace as an important way to actualize our benevolent potentials and respect the Community of All (i.e. Nature). To this end 11 Community Fostering Qualities have been introduced to serve as practical expressions of </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>T</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>he </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>P</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>rinciple </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>T</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>ruth</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>L</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>ove</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>P</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>eace.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Here is an opportunity to place integrity and character at the center of learning so that all learners can actualize more of their benevolent potential and abilities. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p>