Transcript Values and principles of community learning

Context for Communities Values and Principles of
Community Learning
Friday, April 8, 2016
Values and Principles of
Community Learning
• Values and Principles of Community Learning
– The aims of this module are to introduce the
participant to ‘healthy community’ concepts as
outlined in values and principles of community
based learning.
• There are two PowerPoint presentations for
this module:
– Context for Communities: Social Inclusion
– Putting Policy into Practice
Section Objectives
• There are just two activities in this section:
– Exploring The Range of Community Learning
Projects.
– Putting Values and Principles Into Action
• Knowledge gained from completing the first
activity will inform your decisions in the
second activity
Exploring The Range of
Community Learning Projects
• PowerPoint presentations
• Group activity:
– Discussion: what types of learning are undertaken
for and by community groups?
– Websites: the tutor has a list of websites to help
this discussion
Websites - 1
• Childcare or crèche project:
www.childcare.castlemilk.co.uk
• Church or faith-based projects:
www.theredirectory.org.uk/orgs/shalom.html
• Social Inclusion Partnership:
www.highland.gov.uk/cx/policies/sip.htm
• Young people:
www.theaward.org
• Disabilities:
www.lead.org.uk
www.connections.gcal.ac.uk/info/InfAdvic.html
Websites - 2
• Black and minorities:
www.walsall.gov.uk/cultural_services/library/branches/ethnic.htm
• Community arts:
www.whalearts.co.uk
• Drug users:
www.dparry02.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
www.aberlour.org.uk/site.htm
• Cooperatives (food or credit union):
www.foodforum.org.uk
• Local history:
www1.ccis.org.uk/timeline
Websites - 3
• A community school:
www.infed.org/schooling/b-comsch.htm
• Literacy and numeracy:
www.communitylearning.org/training/tadlit.asp
• A healthy living centre:
www.doh.gov.uk/hlc.htm
• A local learning centre:
www.ayrcoll.ac.uk/about14.asp
• A community computer project:
www.crc.org
Values and Principles into
Action
• Examine the key area of practice, and relate
to the values and principles of community
learning, and to your practice
• No correct answers for this section
Workshop
• We will aim to complete:
– Exploring The Range of Community Learning
Projects
• Page 17 of the Tutors Notes
• Pages 2 – 4 of the Context for Communities
booklet