Summary
Contents
Subject index
Education Studies continues to grow as a popular undergraduate area of study. This core text addresses themes common to all Education Studies courses. It benefits from a large list of chapters from key contributors at key institutions. This third edition has been completely revised and updated with the addition of seven new chapters. Themes newly explored include gender, research, the power of money and status and alternatives to schooling. This fully comprehensive text is accessibly written, with learning features throughout to encourage students to approach issues critically. Fully up-to-date and covering a huge range of themes for Education Studies students.
Community Education: Innovation and Active Intervention
Community Education: Innovation and Active Intervention
Introduction
This chapter is concerned with education that occurs in the broader community rather than in a formal educational institution. It highlights the theoretical aspects of community education and considers its roots, function and importance. Set alongside the philosophical exposition will be a number of illustrations to place community education within a drama and theatre context as we perceive a constructive and vibrant connection between the two. There is a strong tradition of using drama and theatre in active community projects and a coherent theoretical basis which explains its usefulness and illustrates its effectiveness. The chapter introduces interventionist techniques designed to enable communities to recognise and negotiate external restrictions. Distinctions are drawn ...
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