| CODE | EDU5878 | ||||||
| TITLE | Adult Education, Community Action and Development | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is informed by a commitment to community development for social transformation. Starting with the everyday lives of people, the study-unit will provide participants with a context for ongoing reflection on their action within the community. The recurrent themes of the study-unit include: collective action for social justice; enhancing empowerment and participation within the community; critical consciousness; networking within and between communities; community activism; critical engagement with community; bridging the theory-practice divide; anti-discriminatory practices within the community; hegemony and community practices; and building international alliances. Outcomes By the end of the study-unit, participants will be able to distinguish between community action that reproduces hegemony and activism that counters common-sense discourse within the community; design a community action programme for social justice; critically analyse the implementation of a community-based adult education programme Recommended Texts - Barr, A. and Hashagen, S. (2000) ABCD handbook: A framework for evaluating community development, London: Community Development Foundation. - Craig, G. and Mayo, M. (eds.) (1995) Community empowerment: A reader in participation and development, London: Zed Books. - Etzioni, A. (1997) The new golden rule: Community and morality in a democratic society, London: Profile. - Fisher, W.F. and Ponniah, T. (2003) Another world is possible: Popular alternatives to globalization at the World Social Forum, London: Zed Books. - Freire, P (1972) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Harmondsworth: Penguin. - Gilchrist, A. (2004) The well-connected community: A networking approach to community development, Bristol: The Policy Press/Community Development Foundation. - Griffiths, M. (2003)Action for social justice in education: Fairly different, Mainhead: Open University Press. - Ledwith, M. (2005) Community development - A critical approach, Bristol: The Policy Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carmel P. Borg Isabelle Gatt |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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