A5064076628- Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Education Systems and Policy
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Data Analysis and Archiving
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
University of Otago
2023
University of Ulster
1997-2016
The terms community development and lifelong learning have been in use for several decades refer to different areas within the field of adult education. This paper sets out explore relationship between these two concepts. It examines ways which work contributes an overall system Recent writing on idea society points towards a more holistic view education, acknowledges all its forms venues values many varied people learn. nature this rapidly changing demands that individuals communities take...
Although, arguably, the origins of social work in UK have been closely aligned to community development past few decades, has occupied a bureaucratic landscape focusing primarily on individual risks and needs, leading both fields drifting further apart. Dismantling shared values practices was fueled by layers government policy legislation, driven neoliberal agenda public management reforms. However, horizon hope emerged when university staff Social Work Community Development Departments...
This article tracks the engagement of university faculty in academic and community activism during thirty years conflict-affected Northern Ireland. Over time, team three academics who wrote developed programs to help tackle educational disadvantage a deeply divided society riven with violent conflict. Our pedagogical approach was driven by social justice principles practice. In process, students became what Ledwith & Springett (2010) describe as participative activists academy their own...
Border communities suffer greater degrees of poverty and disadvantage than other areas, linked to their peripherality. In particular, where the border is contested, on either side are less likely take advantage facilities opportunities across border. Lifelong learning has recently been suggested as a means attracting adult learners return education in order tackle unemployment socio-economic disadvantage. Through case study approach, this paper examines difficulties possibilities developing...