"Swimming in the Swamp"--Inquiry into Accreditation, Community Development, and Social Change

Autor/inn/en	Fitzsimons, Camilla; Dorman, Peter
Titel	"Swimming in the Swamp"--Inquiry into Accreditation, Community Development, and Social Change
Quelle	In: Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, (2013), S.44-58 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8040
Schlagwörter	Accreditation (Institutions); Social Change; Community Education; Community Development; Correlation; Program Development; Role; Outcomes of Education; Equal Education; Social Justice; Inquiry; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Sozialer Wandel; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Korrelation; Programmplanung; Rollen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Irland
Abstract	Drawing from extensive experience as community educators, this paper discusses accreditation and its relationship to community development as informed by a cooperative inquiry conducted by tutors. Beginning with our rationale for undertaking the inquiry, it details our approach to community development and the centrality of education within this. It offers a review of some literature pertinent to both concepts before presenting findings from the inquiry itself. It concludes by emphasising the positive features of the awarding of credits for set-learning periods but expresses concern about difficulties with contemporary models of practice including a degree of discordance between accreditation and education for social change. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10