Learning Democratically: Using Study Circles
ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Niace, ong>Studyong> circles are groups which manage their own learning, embody democrong>atong>ic practice, and employ procedures thong>atong> develop participants capacity to become confident as both learners and citizens, better able to act and take charge of their own destinies. This book shows how ong>studyong> circles offer an alternong>atong>ive to a narrow skills-based approach to learning and argues thong>atong> their potential should be recognised by both practitioners and policy-makers. It contains a wide-ranging set of case studies of how ong>studyong> circles are already developing in adult educong>atong>ion, voluntary organisong>atong>ions, self-help groups, faith communities and community development, with examples for comparison from Norway and Slovenia. This practical ong>guideong> to creong>atong>ing and managing ong>studyong> circles, exploring their contemporary resonance and drawing on both Nordic and English experience, will appeal to those involved in adult learning as advisers, organisers, tutors, ong>studyong> circle leaders and voluntary activists, and also to learners themselves.