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Community Education and Consciousness Raising
Postgraduate | CUR-CHRE503 | 2019
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Tackle education's power to transform deeply held beliefs.Discover how personal and social prejudices like racism and homophobia can be challenged. Learn to create dialogues in community groups. Gain an understanding of progressive learning theories.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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Community Education and Consciousness Raising
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- describe and critique theories of community education and consciousness raising
- use appropriate technologies to locate and critically appraise relevant community education literature
- analyse and communicate theories of community education and consciousness raising
- critically analyse political, policy and moral issues using community education and consciousness raising theories.
- Introduction: key ideas, key concepts and key thinkers
- Processes of oppression: education and de-schooling and institutionalisation
- Democracy, education and freedom
- Critical pedagogy, progressive learning and progressive engagement
- Teaching practicalities and passions
- Spirituality informing consciousness raising
- Feminist pedagogy and praxis
- Socio-economic disadvantage, poverty and inequality: why class matters
- Race, ethnicity and racism in education
- Refugees, rights and education
- Consciousness raising and Indigenous peoples: (post) colonial identities, critical literacies and critical education
- Education in the global south and transitioning democracies
This subject explores the potential power of education to transform both personal and social-political realities. It looks at education as a tool for changing deeply held (and sometimes denied) prejudices such as racism, sexism or homophobia. It covers theories and examples of consciousness-raising, dialogue and non-traditional community education; techniques which can be used in working with community groups; and theatre, storytelling, problem posing education, critical pedagogy, sentimental education, dialogue.
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- Readings report (30%)
- Community education program evaluation (30%)
- Essay (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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