Active citizenship and community learning / Carol Packham.
Material type:
TextSeries: Empowering youth and community work practicePublication details: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2008.Description: vii, 157 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781844451524 (pbk.)
- 1844451526 (pbk.)
- HM761 .P33 2008
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 302.14 PAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R19831JKRC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book explores the role of the worker in facilitating participation, learning and active engagement within communities.
Focusing on recent initiatives to strengthen citizen and community engagement, it provides guidance, frameworks and activities to help in work with community members, either as different types of volunteers or as part of self-help groups. Setting community work as an educational process, the book also highlights dilemmas arising from possible interventions and gives strategies for reflective, effective practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Carol Packham explores the role of youth and community workers in facilitating participation, learning and active engagement within communities.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- 1 The context of active citizenship and community learning (p. 1)
- 2 The role of the Youth and Community Worker as informal educator (p. 12)
- 3 Civil and civic involvement and 'active citizens' (p. 25)
- 4 Volunteers and active citizens (p. 42)
- 5 The role of the Youth and Community Worker in relation to volunteers (p. 56)
- 6 Enabling participation in communities (p. 69)
- 7 Inclusive and representative practice (p. 86)
- 8 Community based learning: learning by doing (p. 105)
- 9 The effective practitioner (p. 119)
- 10 Taking the work forward (p. 138)
- Glossary (p. 149)
- Index (p. 152)