community education

how the community should be education

1. S ubmitted by : Simmi Sarpal Research Scholar Panjab University Department of Education Community Education

2. M eaning “Education … is the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world” (Paolo Freire ) Community…Self-organized network of people with common agenda, cause, or interest, who collaborate by sharing ideas, information, and other resources Cluster of common interests that arise from association.

3. Community education , also known as  community -based education   or  community   learning & development, is an organization's programs to promote learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities  using a range of formal and informal methods. INTRODUCTION

4. Community education advocates and supports the creation of innovative programs and collaboration between all members of communities for the purposes of advancing community learning and sustainability.

5. CBE is an educational philosophy recognized as a means to achieve educational relevance to community needs. CBE is about the facilitation of learning in, with, for, and from the community, rendering relevant, meaningful and mutually agreed upon learning outcomes for health professionals and services to the populations in a community setting. C ontd ….

6. Community based education consists of learning activities that used the community extensively as a learning environment by involving students ,teachers, the community, different governmental & non‐governmental sectors. It aims at developing future professionals with problem identification and solving skills and positive attitudes to serve the society C ontd ….

7. CBE can be conducted wherever people live: rural, suburban or urban area and wherever it can be organized. Can be applied in all ages and for all kinds professionals’ training. CBE is a development approach, helps to improve the lives of the people. C ontd ….

8. Innovative and problem solving education is the government strategy. CBE is a paradigm shift to address quality of education – student centered, problem solving, community based and innovative. Quality of education is this time agenda. C ontd …..

9. The strength of community education is also its weakness . Community education’s strength is that it deals with many different and varied components of education within the community. It’s weakness is that this makes it very hard to describe what we do. The aim of community education is to equip communities with the skills they need to undertake the activities they wish to undertake ; it is essentially about educating communities or groups, not just individuals.

10. Community education is based on three principles: The determination of objectives and aims according to the interests, needs, and problems of people. Application of a wide range of community, human, physical and financial resources to the development of programmes and activities. Advancement and practice of democracy in all activities of the school and community. PRINCIPLES

11. Awareness against exploitation by agriculturists, industrialists etc. Liberation from the cluthes of ignorance, illeteracy , poverty, ill-health, superstitions, beliefs and custom etc. Awareness about rights and duties. Awareness about calamities, grave situations. Awareness about environmental sanitation, immunisation , diseases etc Awareness about family planning, population explosion. Need for community education

12. Teachers should not confine their role within the four walls of educational institutions. They have to feel the pulse of community and try to help them solve their problems. They are to be social engineers who can mould the destiny of the nation, in and outside the classrooms. Teachers can play a major role in imparting knowledge and skills to the emerging generations. Role of teachers

13. ‘since war begins in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be built’.. ~ written in unesco preamble This can effectively be done through education- formal, non-formal and informal methods. Absence of war does not ensure peace. Peace has to begin from the individual and pass on to the members of the family, locality, state, nation and the world at large. If peace consciousness is kindled in the minds of young children from beginning, atleast in future, ‘unity of mankind’ and ‘communal harmony’ can be established. Peace education for unity of mankind and communal harmony

14. There is a high demand to change theoretical knowledge to practice. Expose students to the real world under experienced guidance. Gives students a sense of social responsibility and accountability (Brain antidote). Makes students active learner than passive knowledge receiver. It equips students with practical skill to solve problems. To bring quality in education. A means to achieve equity in education and service Why community education?

15. – Community Based Training Program (CBTP) – Team Training Program (TTP) – Student Research Program (SRP) . Strategic programs

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