Community Education is an anachronism
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:49 pmProposition
Community education is now an anachronism in its present form. Academics and on the ground community work is changing so rapidly that the main topics of conversation centre around questions such as 'What is comm ed?'. Is this simply due to policies introduced by the Thatcher and New Labour governments or is it time to admit to the fundamental flaws in the way comm ed is taught within institutions 'training' the new workers. Does the focus on the 'political' in comm ed courses simplify what political means in every day lives?
Community education courses do not equip students with an understanding of people in society and therefore does not equip them in how to empower people. Theories are just theories until you test them and if you don't know how to test them methodically and inexorably they remain untested theories and not grounded in fact or experience. Theories in this state are self indulgent.
Community education is now an anachronism in its present form. Academics and on the ground community work is changing so rapidly that the main topics of conversation centre around questions such as 'What is comm ed?'. Is this simply due to policies introduced by the Thatcher and New Labour governments or is it time to admit to the fundamental flaws in the way comm ed is taught within institutions 'training' the new workers. Does the focus on the 'political' in comm ed courses simplify what political means in every day lives?
Community education courses do not equip students with an understanding of people in society and therefore does not equip them in how to empower people. Theories are just theories until you test them and if you don't know how to test them methodically and inexorably they remain untested theories and not grounded in fact or experience. Theories in this state are self indulgent.