Teacher-Student Reflections: A Critical Conversation about Values and Cultural Awareness in Community Development Work, and Implications for Teaching and Practice
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. A Statement of the Problem
3. The Context
4. Community Development–A Student and a Teacher’s View
There Are Many Interpretations of Community Development, How Would You Define It?
5. Community Values and Day-to-Day Practice
Why Is It So Important to Take a Value-Driven Approach to Community Development?
6. Cultural Diversity and Community Development
We Live in a Culturally Diverse World, What Helps Community Development Workers to Celebrate This?
7. Critical Pedagogy and Community Development
How Relevant Are Freire’s Ideas in Contemporary Practice?
8. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Typology of Community Development Values | ||||
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Autonomy | Equality and Justice | Action for Change | Collective Working | Learning through Life |
The Community Learning and Development Standards Council for Scotland Values | ||||
Self-Determination | Inclusion | Empowerment | Working Collaboratively | Promotion of Learning as a Lifelong Activity |
Respecting the individual and valuing the right of people to make their own choices | Valuing equality of both opportunity and outcome, and challenging discriminatory practice | Increasing the ability of individuals and groups to influence issues that affect them and their communities through individual and/or collective action | Maximising collaborative working relationships in partnerships between the many agencies which contribute to CLD, including collaborative work with participants, learners, and communities | Ensuring that individuals are aware of a range of learning opportunities and can access relevant options at any stage of their life |
The National Occupational Standards for Community Development Values | ||||
Equality and Anti-Discrimination | Community Empowerment | Working and Learning Together | ||
Community development practitioners will work with communities and organisations to challenge the oppression and exclusion of individuals and groups | Community development practitioners will work with communities and organisations to work together | Community development practitioners will support individuals and communities working and learning together | ||
Social Justice | Collective Action | |||
Community development practitioners will work with communities and organisations to achieve change and the long-term goal of a more equal, non-sectarian society | Community development practitioners will work with communities to organise, influence and take action |
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Sheridan, L.; Mungai, M. Teacher-Student Reflections: A Critical Conversation about Values and Cultural Awareness in Community Development Work, and Implications for Teaching and Practice. Educ. Sci. 2021, 11, 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090526
Sheridan L, Mungai M. Teacher-Student Reflections: A Critical Conversation about Values and Cultural Awareness in Community Development Work, and Implications for Teaching and Practice. Education Sciences. 2021; 11(9):526. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090526
Chicago/Turabian StyleSheridan, Louise, and Matthew Mungai. 2021. "Teacher-Student Reflections: A Critical Conversation about Values and Cultural Awareness in Community Development Work, and Implications for Teaching and Practice" Education Sciences 11, no. 9: 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090526
APA StyleSheridan, L., & Mungai, M. (2021). Teacher-Student Reflections: A Critical Conversation about Values and Cultural Awareness in Community Development Work, and Implications for Teaching and Practice. Education Sciences, 11(9), 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090526