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Churning or Lifeline? Life Stories From De-industrialised Communities
Get PDFOne of the key features of the economic history of North East England was its dependency on large scale heavy industries such as coal mining, iron and steel and ship building. Fowler et al, (2001, p.120-135), argues ‘that communities were created around these industries and became dependent on them’. The working class was employed in these traditional industries with the insurance, according to Friedman (1980, p.158), of ‘cradle to grave’ employment and the respect and self-esteem that accompanied it was actively dismantled. These industries employed tens of thousands of workers, mainly men and their decline has had an immense effect on individuals, families and communities. According to Pimlott (1981, p.51), the ‘speed of economic change’ that took place from 1973 has caused deprivation and ‘psychological problems’ and a ‘loss of self-esteem’ in North East industrial working class communities
Ethics in Youth Work: A Retreat From Politics?
Get PDFIn the articles that follow, both writers make arguments inviting us to think about why this interest has arisen, and how it might be understood. Tony Taylor argues from an activist professional perspective for the primacy of politics as the lens through which to understand the issue. Approaching the problem as a moral philosopher, Sarah Banks offers analysis and commentary rather than direct counterargument, suggesting that: ‘The challenge is not to divert attention from ethics to politics, but rather to promote a radical ethics that also acknowledges the connection with politics.
Rethinking the Relationship with the State.
Get PDFThis article explores the relationship between community work and the state in the UK in particular. By exploring the relevance and limitations of the book `In and against the state´, the article presents the idea that practitioners of community development can play a role in re-defining the role of the state by changing the discourse from `working in and against the state´ to `working for and as the state´. In this sense, constructing an ideological position regarding what the state should be and which role it should play could be equally as important as developing new approaches to practice in response to the influence of the state.
Deschooling Virtuality 2.0
Get PDFBack in early 1970s, radical thinkers including Ivan Illich (1971), Everett Reimer (1971), and Paul Goodman (1973) criticised institutional schools and called for their abandonment. For many of these thinkers, deschooling was just a distant and vague dream. For Ivan Illich, however, it was a viable alternative (Atasay, 2013: 58). Admittedly, Illich’s alternative was based on a utopian technical infrastructure. However, as information technologies have advanced to a stage where they are surprisingly close to Illich’s imagined infrastructure, his works have started to attract renewed interest from contemporary thinkers in diverse fields from technology (Hart, 2001; Jandrić, 2010) to pedagogy (Hern, 1998)
Celebrating 25 Years of Concept: The First Issue, Autum 1990
No full textThis is the first every copy of concept, autum 1990. reproduced here to celebrate the 25th year of publicatio
Plusone Mentoring, YMCA Kirkcaldy: Sharing Practice
Get PDFThis is a discussion paper about the work of Plusone Mentoring, YMCA Kirkcaldy, which focuses on the successful key elements of the practice approach. The authors suggest that their review processes have contributed to the development of a community of practice, the sharing of professional knowledge and the enhancement of practice.
Informal Learning Experiences of Young People During the Scottish Independence Referendum
Get PDFIn the aftermath of the independence referendum of September 2014 we decided to conduct research on how people learned and educated themselves informally leading up to the vote. Given the range of information and issues people faced, particularly over the final six months of the process, hearing how people made sense of it all is clearly an area of interest – particularly for academics, community educators and politicians. Through an online survey conducted in December 2014, we asked people a series of questions to ascertain, amongst other things, how and where they gained information, how they interacted with that information and how they utilised social media (if they did so)
Review: Anthony B. Atkinson, Inequality: What can be done?
Get PDFThis book tells the narrative of the fall in social inequality after the second world war and its subsequent and continuing rise. It then proposes a set of policies to reverse the current trend, which could be implemented in the UK without undermining its capitalist economy. They include a more progressive income tax, with a top rate of 65%, a capital endowment paid to all citizens on their reaching adulthood and guaranteed public employment for job-seekers at the level of the living wage
Theory and Practice: A Student’s Reflections on Their Learning on a Community Education Degree Programme
Get PDFThis article has been adapted from the notes of a presentation given by Thomas as part of an assessment for a 3rd year course on the BA in Community Education at the University of Edinburgh. In it Thomas identifies and explores a number of relevant key tensions in the field and discusses how his learning across the programme of study and his engagement with literature has helped him make sense of these tensions. It is a personal reflection on his professional development as a Community Educator, but it also makes some useful insights that the editorial board thought would be of interest to a wider audience
