Product and Process Dialectic

Developing an Indigenous Approach to Community Development Training

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6077290
AutoresEleanor Wint (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Vishantie Sewpaul (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Año2000
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas57-70
Fecha de publicación2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v07n01_05
OpenAlexW2072641552
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas5

An appreciation of constructivist theory guides the authors' understanding of the circular nature of community development training and learning, particularly in a society in transition from division to unification. The writers examine the process of indigenisation of a community development curriculum, emphasizing the consequential empowerment of both self and community as the students become involved in creating an environment for social and economic change in the new South Africa. The teaching innovations examined include: Learning beyond the classroom and peer-mediated video learning. Students were from black, Indian, white and colored, middle-income African families and carried out their community development task in a selected low-income black community. The authors discuss the teaching/learning innovations in light of Gokarn's three competencies: development of self-awareness, knowledge about the learner, and the use of small group technology of education

Community development · Community organization · Economic growth · Empowerment · Indigenous · Learning community · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Transformative learning · Community and Sustainable Development · Community Health and Development · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement