| Description |
377 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: ch. Five Using theory -- Jurgen Habermas -- Herbert Marcuse -- Paulo Freire -- Myles Horton and Highlander -- Horton and Freire -- the similarities -- Antonio Gramsci -- Some questions -- ch. Six More useful ideas -- Abert Camus -- Rogers and Alinsky -- Leaders and residents -- Contested values -- Local Educational and Economic Initiatives -- pt. FOUR ACQUIRING ACTION LEARNING SKILLS -- ch. Seven A communal learning overview -- Reflection tools -- The GURU process -- Espoused theory and theory in use -- Phenomenological reflection -- More action tools -- Learning from experience -- Listening skills -- ch. Eight Group development processes -- Task and people elements -- Being assertive -- Some sports psychology strategies -- A simulation exercise -- Role playing -- Some problem solving models -- Managing conflict creatively -- Dialogue, music, poetry and insight -- Contrary conversations -- pt. FIVE TALKING ABOUT POWER -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. Nine Different types of power -- Some practical strategies -- Luke's 3 dimensions -- Foucault's ideas -- A personal example -- Some contrary views on power -- ch. Ten More conversations about power -- Integrating near and distant concepts -- Dr Massey's Value Programming -- Uses of a sociological imagination -- A messy outcome -- A three-dimensional model -- The midwife method -- ch. Eleven Collective knowledge and action -- Raising political awareness -- Taking action - the majority view -- Taking action - the minority view -- A locally focussed regeneration strategy -- Taking local action - an update -- Remember the planet, too -- pt. SIX EVALUATING THE PROGRAMME -- ch. Twelve Methodology -- Student perspectives -- New thinking or old thinking? -- Viewing oneself -- Tutor teaching methods -- Tutor-student relationships -- pt. SEVEN TUTOR'S OVERVIEW -- ch. Thirteen The programme - the pedagogy -- The programme - a wider view |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE COLLECTIVE BELIEFS & INDIVIDUALISTIC ATTITUDES -- ch. One Four Beliefs -- The Neo-Liberal Context -- pt. TWO PLANNING FOR LEARNING -- ch. Two A course for change masters -- Going against the grain -- Encouraging reflective learning -- Intuitive versus analytical thinking -- Analytical and reflective thinking - solving a problem -- Enjoyment and fear -- "A collision of reflections" -- Discussion and learning -- Group processes and learning -- A brief opinion of competency learning -- ch. Three An alternative vision -- chaos and questions -- Controlled chaos, ground rules and creative conversation -- Accepting subjectivity -- Enjoyment and open learning -- Assessing and researching -- ch. Four Developing critical thinking -- Provocative problems -- Using formal language -- Telling stories -- Public stories and mega-stories -- An overview -- Reviving community conversations -- pt. THREE THEORY AND REALITY -- MAKING CONNECTIONS -- |
| Summary |
'This is a book about giving people power. It is written in a style that makes community developement, adult education and collective action accessible to community workers, adult education tutors and students as well as committed citizens. The author, with extensive experience of adult education and community action, examines how teaching via logical discourse, storytelling, critical thinking- and the linking of the ideas of social theorists such as Freire, Alinsky and Gramsci with community concerns about the changes driven by neoliberal policies- can generate political awareness and collective change. By providing examples of group development processes, listening skills, constructive conversation, question posing, and group focused analyzes of community work problems, the author delivers an understanding of how educators and students can learn effectively together to stimulate insight, combat power structures, assess and realize community needs, manage conflict, generate leadership and work in partnership to implement successful regeneration strategies'-- Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography and index |
| Subject |
Adult education.
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Community development.
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Teaching.
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| ISBN |
1846945178 |
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9781846945175 |
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