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Lifelong learningLifelong learning Community responsibility and Community responsibility and
inclusioninclusion Shared leadership and decision-Shared leadership and decision-
makingmaking Self-DeterminationSelf-Determination Broad-based educational Broad-based educational
partnerships and collaborationspartnerships and collaborations Learning to include formal, Learning to include formal,
informal and indigenous informal and indigenous experiencesexperiences
Efficient, varied and cost-Efficient, varied and cost-effective serviceseffective services
Principles of Community Education
Use of community Use of community resources including resources including volunteersvolunteers
Democratic processesDemocratic processes Leadership developmentLeadership development Institutional Institutional
ResponsivenessResponsiveness Integrated delivery of Integrated delivery of
servicesservices Emphasis on specific Emphasis on specific
populationspopulations Learning opportunities to Learning opportunities to
impact cross-sector impact cross-sector community issues and community issues and needsneeds
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Community Education advocates
and supports the creation of
innovative programs and
collaboration between all
members of communities for the
purposes of advancing
community learning and
sustainability.
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The strength of
community education is
also its weakness.
Community education’s
strength is that it deals
with many different and
varied components of
education within the
community. It’s weakness
is that this makes it very
hard to describe what we
do.
Tony Townsend
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The aim of 'Community Education' is to equip communities with the skills they need to undertake the activities they wish to undertake; it is essentially about educating communities or groups, not just individuals.
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Defining Community Education
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Adult and Community Education (ACE) is a response to the lifelong learning needs of the community. Key features are:
it is learner-centered. it is for everyone. it covers a wide variety of learning. it responds to the community.
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A process whereby learning is used for both individual and community betterment. It is characterized by:
Involvement of people of all ages. The use of community learning, resources
and research to bring about community change.
The recognition that people can learn through, with and for each other to create a better world.
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The field of Community Education is about providing the knowledge and
skills for people to not only be self-sufficient and independent, but to
create and utilize the interdependencies that must also exist in civil
society. It is about creating a participatory learning culture that
incorporates principles and practices of respect, mutual aid,
inclusiveness, lifelong learning, skill building, self appreciation,
entrepreneurship, and leadership development – the puzzle pieces that
make up community life and learning.
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Who are Community Who are Community Educators?Educators?
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We are the learning strands of communities.
We are the youth workers and the youth leaders.
We are the preschool and out-of-school time instructors and supporters who work with children and their care-givers.
\We are the adult education counselors, teachers and volunteers
in continuing education programs,
in workforce development programs,
in workplaces,
in colleges,
in prisons,
in museums,
in immigrant serving agencies
in family resource centers,
in senior centers,
and in other community-based agencies.
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We are those who inform the public about the risks to the environment and its beauties, and what we need to do to sustain healthy lifestyles.
We are muralists and local media producers that educate and engage people about local issues.
We are change agents adept at working with community members to identify needs and resources, and then to meet those needs through educational services.
We facilitate cooperation and collaboration among those involved in the participation and delivery of multiple resources.
We provide training in leadership and curriculum development that tie formal to informal learning.
We offer help in strategic planning, communication development, public relations, and program evaluation, among other transformational activities.
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We are so many people addressing the multiple
needs of individuals, families, organizations, and
communities - providing an array of
academic, recreation, health, social
services, using the common thread of learning, to
prepare people of all ages for active and healthy
community life.
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RecommendationsRecommendations
Build the linkages
between the myriad
incarnations of
Community Education
and ensure that the
mission is about
sustaining communities
through education and
learning.
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Build partnerships with all
institutions, (education,
government, businesses,
cultural, service
organizations,
neighborhoods, families,
philanthropy and civic
associations), locally,
regionally, nationally, and
internationally, and guide
where we are welcome the
process of creating
collaboration.
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Reach out to and engage groups not currently being
supported by formal education institutions or who would
benefit from training and other learning opportunities.
Learn from informal and indigenous learning systems so
that we are informed about the traditions and knowledge
that shape people’s lives and values.
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Tap into the knowledge and expertise of community
educators throughout the world. Set up structures
to share this knowledge with one another so that we
benefit collectively what we each individually have
experienced.
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Constantly review,
evaluate and adapt to
the political, economic,
societal, technological,
environmental, and
demographic shifts
occurring in our
communities, nationally
and internationally.
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Community Education is a vibrant and ever changing
field, unique and interdependent,
adapting to the needs of communities by responding
with programs and/or processes specific to the
local area.