Foundations in Leadership and Adult Education
Reserve Readings
- Bean, W. (2000). Community development and adult education: Locating practice in its roots. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No.85, pp.67-76. (133K pdf) Book available, 374.001 En36a, Addressing the spiritual dimensions of adult learning.
- Longwe, S. H. (1998). Education for women's empowerment or schooling for women's subordination? Gender and Development, 6(2), 19-26. (234K pdf)
- Chambers, R. (2006). Transforming power: From zero-sum to win-win? IDS Bulletin, 37(6), pp. 99-110. (148K pdf)
Leadership
- CBC Radio podcast: Father Jean Pochat, who encouraged graduates of his residential school in the Northwest Territories to become Aboriginal leaders and activists.
- Afkhami, M., & Eisenberg, A. Leading to action: A political participation handbook for women. The library has one printed edition. Call number: 301.1550082 Af49. (1.73 Mb pdf)
- Andrews, M., McConnell, J., & Wescott, A. (2010). Development as leadership-led change. Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Research Working Paper RWP10-009. (400K pdf).
- Kirk, P. & Shutte, A.M. (2004). Community development leadership. Community Development Journal, 39(3), 234-251.
- Overseas Development Institute. (2011). Mapping progress: Evidence for a new development outlook. (5.09 Mb pdf)
Adult Education and Development Philosophy
Popular Education
- 1967 Arusha Declaration, a brief summary from the Modern History Sourcebook.
- Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed, by Aleks Sierz.
- Brief history of the Antigonish Movement, Nova Scotia
- Change Theories, summaries of theories of change and how change can be encouraged, list compiled by The Communication Initiative.
- Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion
- CIVICUS, network of civil society organizations.
- The Communication Initiative, profiles a number of theories of social change or transformation including Buddhist model of communication; theory of change at a personal level; personality and group awakening; theories of community change.
- Development Alternatives With Women for a New Era (DAWN), is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy.
- Ela Bhatt, of the Self Employed Women's Association trade union.
- ELDIS online resources on environment, gender and development and other issues
- Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V), Hamburg, Germany (1997).
- Gandhi, information on his life and publications.
- Gaura Devi and the Chipko Movement, The Nanda Devi Campaign.
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) offers a number of articles and free online books related to various development issues.
- Learning and Teaching for Transformation, a global dialogue exploring relationships between education, participation and social change. From participation.net, IDS.
- M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
- Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation.
Background on Julius Nyerere and the Arusha Declaration.
- NEPAD Document on-line.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa also has a number of on-line resources related to sustainable development, information technology, regional development, gender and development, policy analysis.
- Paulo Freire, Infed - The Encyclopaedia of Informal Education.
- Vandana Shiva, information on her life and works.
- Working with Indigenous Knowledge, by Louise Grenier, 1998.
Manuals and Training Tools