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We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Written with a reflective posture, guided by concepts from the critical tradition of community development – Participatory Development Practice (PDP), and aligned with Freire’s Popular Education, the article offers insights into research undertaken with Australian community-based practitioners and citizens in neighbourhood centre and Landcare contexts. By engaging in workshops to develop knowledge and skills of mezzo-level circle work of community development, and by employing the Spiral Model of Community Education, the article points to the importance of transformative dialogue and learning. Our findings support the vision of community development groups, when given opportunities to have hegemonic ideas disrupted, can develop structural analyses that lead to collective action.

Source: Journal of Transformative Education

DOI: 10.1177/15413446241296078

Authors: Peter Westoby, Athena Lathouras

Institutions: Murdoch University, University of the Free State, University of the Sunshine Coast

Language: English

Topic: Community and Sustainable Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450