Community Education: The Making of an Empowering Profession.

Overview & Synopsis

The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Alexander); "Preface" (McConnell); "Editorial Introduction" (McConnell); "People Power" (Gibson); "Community Education within the Context of Reorganisation of Local Government" (Hughes); "The Challenge of Change" (Alexander Report); "Professional Education and Training for Community Education" (Carnegy Report); "Policy Review Group on Community Development Services in Strathclyde" (Strathclyde Regional Council); "Discussion Paper No. 1" (Scottish Community Education Council); "Signposts to Nowhere" (Ian Martin); "Towards Community Education" (Nisbet et al.); "Community Education in Scotland" (McConnell); "The Right to Learn--A Statement on Adult Education" (Scottish Institute of Adult Education); "A Study of Community Work in Glasgow: Change and Conflict" (Bryant, Holmes); "A Little Local Inequality" (Young); "Definitions, Methods, Paradigms in Community Education and Community Development" (McConnell); "Working with Young People" (Strathclyde Regional Council); "A Policy Document. Scottish Community Education Council" (Scottish Adult Basic Education Unit); "The Scottish Community Education Council" (Wilson); "Training for Change" (Scottish Community Education Council); "A Study of Policy, Organisation and Provision of Community Education and Leisure and Recreation in Three Scottish Regions" (Alexander, Leach, Steward); "Key Texts in Community Vulgar Eloquence" (Kirkwood); "Keeping a Low Profile" (Barr); "Living Adult Education" (Kirkwood, Kirkwood); "Community Education Service and Its Role in Developing Learning Opportunities for Adults" (Milburn); "Measuring the Benefits of Youth Work" (Hendry et al.); "Youth Work Curriculum" (Scottish Standing Conference on Voluntary Youth Organisations); "Community Development in the Community Education Service" (Principal Community Education Officers Group); "Guidelines for Qualifying Community Education Training" (Community Education Validation and Endorsement); "Performance Indicators for the Community Education Service" (Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools); "Educational Disadvantage in Scotland--A 1990s Perspective" (Nisbet, Watt); "Community Education and the New Councils" (Sinclair); "Community Education" (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities); "Guidance to New Authorities on Their Responsibilities for Community Education" (Scottish Office Education Department); and "Scotland as a Learning Society" (Scottish Community Education Council). (MN)