In Britain Goetschius has recently described community development work in London housing estates, where groups were encouraged to tackle local problems in their own fashion. Although he is primarily concerned with community development as a form of social work, he identifies tasks which can also be performed in the context of adult education. While the groups he describes are entirely autonomous, they need to learn skills, to receive information and direction to sources of information, and to be given help and support. The role of the teacher is replaced by a combination of roles assumed by single individuals or by more than one in a team. There is that of consultant, or what is sometimes called 'resource-person', and of co-ordinator, and also the role of non-directive group worker helping people systematically to think through the nature of problems and needs and to consider alternative solutions. In this field, as in project work, but in a much more flexible and informal manner, adults learn through doing rather than being told. Many who might never attend formal classes can be approached on their own ground, dealing with matters of direct concern to them.
..Imaginative experiment is vital in any form of adult education which aims to engage students in ways other than waiting for them to come to classes. In a recent edition of Adult Education, Long describes an experiment that extends informality beyond working with fairly structured, autonomous groups. Noticing how crowds gathered around engineering and building contractors' operations, and how platforms and observation posts were often provided, Long aimed to provide continuous adult education facilities at an archaeological excavation. He set up an information and instruction centre at the site, hoping to add a new dimension to the common curiosity and interest he had observed. The teacher equipped himself, Through a rapid course of background reading and through the help of the excavation leader, to answer the different kinds of question that he anticipated would arise. Long comments in conclusion that 'one feels that adult educators are a little reluctant to step outside the classroom and make learning opportunities of unstructured situations'.
In Britain Goetschius has recently described community development work in London housing estates, where groups were encouraged to tackle local problems in their own fashion. Although he is primarily concerned with community development as a form of social work, he identifies tasks which can also be performed in the context of adult education. While the groups he describes are entirely autonomous, they need to learn skills, to receive information and direction to sources of information, and to be given help and support. The role of the teacher is replaced by a combination of roles assumed by single individuals or by more than one in a team. There is that of consultant, or what is sometimes called 'resource-person', and of co-ordinator, and also the role of non-directive group worker helping people systematically to think through the nature of problems and needs and to consider alternative solutions. In this field, as in project work, but in a much more flexible and informal manner, adults learn through doing rather than being told. Many who might never attend formal classes can be approached on their own ground, dealing with matters of direct concern to them...Imaginative experiment is vital in any form of adult education which aims to engage students in ways other than waiting for them to come to classes. In a recent edition of Adult Education, Long describes an experiment that extends informality beyond working with fairly structured, autonomous groups. Noticing how crowds gathered around engineering and building contractors' operations, and how platforms and observation posts were often provided, Long aimed to provide continuous adult education facilities at an archaeological excavation. He set up an information and instruction centre at the site, hoping to add a new dimension to the common curiosity and interest he had observed. The teacher equipped himself, Through a rapid course of background reading and through the help of the excavation leader, to answer the different kinds of question that he anticipated would arise. Long comments in conclusion that 'one feels that adult educators are a little reluctant to step outside the classroom and make learning opportunities of unstructured situations'.
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