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Module COMMUNITY EDUCATION; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Module code: AD260
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Quota: 40
Department: ADULT EDUCATION
International: Yes
Coordinator: Dr Camilla Fitzsimons (ADULT EDUCATION)
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This module sets out to introduce participation to concepts of community education linking it, in part, to concepts of community development - a practice which has critical education at its core.
Objectives:
1. Introduce a history of community education nationally and internationally locating this within concepts of social change and social movements and as connected to critical approaches to community development.
2. Offer an outline of models of community education; vocational, personal and socially transformative built on the needs of communities within which it is located.
3. Detail policy directives on community education both Nationally and EU led.
4. Provide insight to the core educational philosophies underpinning community education.

*Note: This module is required if you wish to take Module AD261 (semester two)

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