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Networking in adult education in South Africa.Roup, Dee 26 March 2014 (has links)
In the fast changing world of a new, democratic South Africa (S.A.), the
political, economic and social arenas are rapidly moving in new directions. In
order to impact on important new policy developments as they are being
developed and to impact on the planned changes in their fields, many adult
education organisations saw the need to band together to form networks or
associations and the like, through which to present their viewpoints or ideas at
policy debates. In this way their views were backed by recognisable stakeholder
or constituency groupings.
One such networking organisation was established in 1989, well before the fastmoving,
radical changes were so extreme in South Africa, namely, the Forum for
the Advancement of Adult Education (FAAE). The aim of the FAAE was to
inform, support and professionalize the field of Adult Education and Training
via their networking activities. A t times it also acted as a structure to support:
policy development. These aims continue today, although the work of the FAAE
has broadened.
This study looks at the role of “Networking” in Adult Education in South Africa
to examine its process and its impact. The study explores the views and opinions
of practitioners in different parts of South Africa and examines the case study
of the FAAE as part of its data gathering, as it asks the questions: how, why,
when and where does or should networking occur. What are the potential gains
or problems involved in such an activity?
The research design, which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative
approaches, attempts to provide quantitative details which accurately portray
elements of the data gathered, as well as qualitative data which reflects the rich
detail of the data explored.
Although networking is being explored within a specific sector or community
(adult continuing education), it is hoped that this study will open up ideas and
possibilities to assist networking activities in other sectors or communities. It is
hoped th at this study will catalyse other studies to explore the concept of
“networking” and as a consequence, that more publications addressing this issue
might arise.
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The Saskatchewan adult attendance centre project (1979-84) : a case historyCollier, Dilys Mary 25 October 2010
The purpose of this case history was to view the development of the Saskatchewan Adult Attendance Centre Project through the perspective of currently accepted, but selected, adult education philosophy, principles, and techniques. The Project was a mandatory adult education component of Probation Services, a program for adult offenders operated by Saskatchewan Corrections. The story of the evolution from 1979 to 1984 of the two Adult Attendance Centres of the Project, based in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon, was presented in the context of an historical overview of the education of adults in the Corrections systems of Britain, the United States, and Canada. The Attendance Centres were not set up as adult education institutions. They were intended to be cost effective alternatives to incarceration. The study maintained that sentencing that included attendance at the Centres was more cost effective for the provincial government than incarceration or traditional probation. It argued that the kind of education presented to adult probationers in the Centre programs often strayed from currently accepted adult education philosophy, principles, and techniques. None the less, significant potential existed in the Centres for the creation of more meaningful adult education opportunities for persons on probation.
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The Saskatchewan adult attendance centre project (1979-84) : a case historyCollier, Dilys Mary 25 October 2010 (has links)
The purpose of this case history was to view the development of the Saskatchewan Adult Attendance Centre Project through the perspective of currently accepted, but selected, adult education philosophy, principles, and techniques. The Project was a mandatory adult education component of Probation Services, a program for adult offenders operated by Saskatchewan Corrections. The story of the evolution from 1979 to 1984 of the two Adult Attendance Centres of the Project, based in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon, was presented in the context of an historical overview of the education of adults in the Corrections systems of Britain, the United States, and Canada. The Attendance Centres were not set up as adult education institutions. They were intended to be cost effective alternatives to incarceration. The study maintained that sentencing that included attendance at the Centres was more cost effective for the provincial government than incarceration or traditional probation. It argued that the kind of education presented to adult probationers in the Centre programs often strayed from currently accepted adult education philosophy, principles, and techniques. None the less, significant potential existed in the Centres for the creation of more meaningful adult education opportunities for persons on probation.
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