2. 1 Community Education & Development B.Sc. Rural Development - Level Two Michael Kenny Department of Adult & Community Education, NUI Maynooth Jointly delivered by NUI, Cork, Dublin, Galway & Maynooth

3. 2 Community Education & Development In this module you are introduced to a number of ideas related to adult and community education, and especially to the link between community education and community development.

4. 3 Community Education & Development The core of the module consists of a three units, four academic papers on topics related to adult and community education written by theorists and practitioners in the field, two units related to rural literary writers, and the assignment.

5. 4 Community Education & Development In this presentation I will address community education

6. 5 What is Adult Education Learning for Life: the White paper on Adult Education (2000) Complete Paper: http://odtl.dcu.ie/mirror/irlgov/educ/adult-ed-wpaper.pdf http://odtl.dcu.ie/mirror/irlgov/educ/adult-ed-wpaper.pdf Summary: http://odtl.dcu.ie/mirror/irlgov/educ/adult-ed-execsummary.html http://odtl.dcu.ie/mirror/irlgov/educ/adult-ed-execsummary.html Discussion: http://eprints.nuim.ie/1068/1/Pages_from_adult_learner_01.pdf http://eprints.nuim.ie/1068/1/Pages_from_adult_learner_01.pdf Plus readings in this module See Fleming, T., 1998. The Role Of Adult Education In Ireland, Institute of Guidance Counsellors: Journal. 22, (), pp. 58-61. See http://eprints.nuim.ie/335/1/Aded1.pdf http://eprints.nuim.ie/335/1/Aded1.pdf

7. 6 What is Adult Education ‘Learning for Life’ is set with in a context of LIFELONG LEARNING Separates Education and training

8. 7 What is Adult Education ‘Learning for Life’ defines adult education as; “Systematic Learning undertaken by adults who return to learning having concluded initial education or training” “Systematic Learning undertaken by adults who return to learning having concluded initial education or training”

9. 8 What is Adult Education Adult Education Composed of Further Education Higher Education Continuing Education & Training & Community Education

10. 9 What is Adult Education Role of Adult Education is: Consciousness Raising CitizenshipCohesionCompetitiveness Cultural Development Community Building

11. 10 What is Adult Education ‘Learning for Life’ proposes that adult education be underpinned by three principles; A Systematic Approach EqualityInter-culturalism

12. 11 What is Adult Education ‘ Learning for Life’ notes that adult education policy incorporate: Personal, cultural and social goals as well as economic goals Flexible mechanisms of accreditation Equality for part-time and mature students Structures to implement coherent adult education strategies

13. 12 What is Community Education Variety of Definitions & Perceptions 1. An extension of the service provided by second & third level education institutions in to the wider-community

14. 13 What is Community Education 2. A process of Communal Education towards empowerment, both at an individual and a collective level.

15. 14 Community Development Vs Community Education (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 … Share a common goal of the collective empowerment of the participants based on an analysis of the structural barriers to people’s life chances (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 )

16. 15 Community Education … has evolved in Ireland in recent years as an ideologically driven, highly innovative and large scale adult education provision consisting mainly of self- directed women's groups.

17. 16 Community Education … There are approx 1,000 day- time women’s education groups throughout Ireland (30,000 participants) (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 … also flourished in a range of other disadvantaged contexts (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 )

18. 17 Community Education Overview see “Community Education: Listening to the voices”, Brid Connolly (2003). (see http://eprints.nuim.ie/1073/1/Pages_from_adult_learner_03.pdf) http://eprints.nuim.ie/1073/1/Pages_from_adult_learner_03.pdf And … ‘ REALLY USEFUL KNOWLEDGE': LINKING THEORY AND PRACTICE, 1996, Jane L. Thompson, Dean of Humanities, Ruskin College, Oxford. Paper presented as Keynote address at the Maynooth/Aontas/NCDE Conference Empowerment and Action: A New Agenda for Lifelong Learning, Dublin. And.. Published in In B. Connolly, T. Fleming, A. Ryan & D. McCormack (Eds.). (1996). Radical learning for liberation. (pp. 15-26). Maynooth: Adult and Community Education.

19. 18 Community Education Feminist education is “…where women decide what they need to know and how they want to use that knowledge” (Smyth)

20. 19 Community Education Feminist Community Education Consists of: Openness to alternative structures/critique of existing ones Emphasise sharing learning rather than competing in it Blur distinction between the ‘teacher’ and the ‘taught’ Locate personal experiences within a broader context Elimination of hierarchy Orientation to progression Challenge the dominant models of assessment and accreditation

21. 20 Community Education … assumes a different character to all other forms of formal education in Content Relationships of participants Relationship with tutors Learning process Learning outcomes Modes of assessment

22. 21 Characteristics community education sector; Non-statutory Rooted in community Flexible problem solving focus Respect for participant lived experience Communal values and matching provision to need Learning groups Support for successful access and learning Collective social and critical learning process Participative democracy & transformation

23. 22 Local development (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 Area partnerships have networked up to 3,000 community & voluntary sector groups with a social inclusion focus (‘Learning for Life’ 2000 )

24. 23 Community Education Poetry So much of our culture and all that is unseen can be captured in poetry. Poetry is a great underused continuous stream of education Let us look at the the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh and what he says about rural life http://www.tcd.ie/English/patrickkavanagh/poems.html

25. 24 Community Education Shancoduff : Patrick Kavanagh My black hills have never seen the sun rising, Eternally they look north towards Armagh. Lot's wife would not be salt if she had been Incurious as my black hills that are happy When dawn whitens Glassdrummond chapel.

26. 25 Community Education Prose We are yet uninfomred about the great rural writings of Ireland. In this module I invite you to explore the writings of John McGahern and to follow where it brings you. See; http://www.johnmcgahern.com/about.htm

27. 26 Community Education Prose For a good synopsis of irish books including those on rural life in Ireland see; http://www.currach.ie/catalogue.ph p?&ISBN=9781856079679http://www.currach.ie/catalogue.ph p?&ISBN=9781856079679 for Book Title ‘Des Kenny’s Choice: 101 Irish Books You Must Read’ 2008, Curragh Press.