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ISBN-13: | 9781846945175 |
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Publisher: | Collective Ink |
Publication date: | 10/07/2013 |
Pages: | 390 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction 3
Part 1 Collective Beliefs & Individualistic Attitudes 7
Chapter 1
Four Beliefs 8
The Neo-Liberal Context 12
Part 2 Planning for Learning 19
Chapter 2
A course for change masters 20
Going against the grain 23
Encouraging reflective learning 26
Intuitive versus analytical thinking 28
Analytical and reflective thinking - solving a problem 33
Enjoyment and fear 37
"A collision of reflections" 39
Discussion and learning 44
Group processes and learning 53
A brief opinion of competency learning 59
Chapter 3
An alternative vision - chaos and questions 62
Controlled chaos, ground rules and creative conversation 65
Accepting subjectivity 69
Enjoyment and open learning 71
Assessing and researching 74
Chapter 4
Developing critical thinking 78
Provocative problems 80
Using formal language 87
Telling stories 89
Public stories and mega-stories 94
An overview 97
Reviving community conversations 97
Part 3 Theory and Reality - Making Connections 105
Chapter 5
Using theory 106
Jurgen Habermas 108
Herbert Marcuse 119
Paulo Freire 129
Myles Horton and Highlander 136
Horton and Freire - the similarities 140
Antonio Gramsci 143
Some questions 151
Chapter 6
More useful ideas 154
Abert Camus 154
Rogers and Alinsky 156
Leaders and residents 157
Contested values 171
Local Educational and Economic Initiatives 181
Part 4 Acquiring Action Learning Skills 189
Chapter 7
A communal learning overview 190
Reflection tools 191
The GURU process 193
Espoused theory and theory in use 195
Phenomenological reflection 197
More action tools 200
Learning from experience 202
Listening skills 215
Chapter 8
Group development processes 220
Task and people elements 220
Being assertive 221
Some sports psychology strategies 222
A simulation exercise 228
Role playing 229
Some problem solving models 232
Managing conflict creatively 235
Dialogue, music, poetry and insight 239
Contrary conversations 248
Part 5 Talking About Power 257
Chapter 9
Different types of power 258
Some practical strategies 261
Luke's 3 dimensions 266
Foucault's ideas 267
A personal example 271
Some contrary views on power 274
Chapter 10
More conversations about power 280
Integrating near and distant concepts 281
Dr Massey's Value Programming 284
Uses of a sociological imagination 291
A messy outcome 294
A three-dimensional model 296
The midwife method 297
Chapter 11
Collective knowledge and action 299
Raising political awareness 304
Taking action - the majority view 308
Taking action - the minority view 310
A locally focussed regeneration strategy 317
Taking local action - an update 323
Remember the planet, too 324
Part 6 Evaluating the Programme 329
Chapter 12
Methodology 330
Student perspectives 331
New thinking or old thinking? 333
Viewing oneself 335
Tutor teaching methods 337
Tutor-student relationships 339
Part 7 Tutor's Overview 343
Chapter 13
The programme - the pedagogy 344
The programme - a wider view 346
Postscript 350
Acknowledgements 354
References 356
Index 372