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Michael Bernhard; Christa Van Daele – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2023
This paper investigates a trajectory of forty years of evolving practices in grassroots community development in southwestern Ontario. We present it as a case study that yields fresh perspectives in socially transformative ways of knowing and discovering. In doing so, we aim to elucidate traditions in adult education and social transformation that…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Organizational Learning
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Sousa, José Wellington – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
The following content analysis aims to explore how community development has been conceived in Canadian adult education. The analysis is based on publications of the "Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education" (CJSAE) from 2009 to 2019. This article is motivated by the understanding that community development is an intrinsic part…
Descriptors: Community Development, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Feminism
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Gillard, Spring; VanWynsberghe, Rob – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
This research paper is based on a broader exploratory case study of a sustainability tour that the authors undertook. The larger study explored "the concept of learning application through the case of a sustainability tour" (Gillard, 2016, p. 226 ). The tour was part of a certificate program for sustainable community development offered…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Community Development, Environmental Education, Professional Continuing Education
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Brann-Barrett, M. Tanya; Timm-Bottos, Janis – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2017
Many academic educators who hope to contribute to socially just community building recognize that working in partnerships with people and organizations outside the academy is important. Working within publicly funded universities and engaging in community-based work, however, require juggling responsibilities to multiple stakeholders. In this…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Hall, Budd L.; Clover, Darlene E. – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
Does it matter where the academic home of the study of adult education is? In this paper we share our reflections on the implications of the institutional location of the discipline of adult education within universities in Canada and elsewhere. We speak of the historic tensions between the less structured and often transformational vision of…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Community Development
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Roy, Carole – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
Various authors have recently written about the importance of collective learning. Cultural events, like documentary film festivals, provide important sites for collective learning. Organizers of such events are necessary catalysts that play different roles, from programming to fundraising and audience development to promotion and volunteer…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Resistance to Change, Media Literacy, Documentaries