scholarly journals Too many evenings. Learning Democracy from a Participatory Budget Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-106
Author(s):  
Emilio Lucio-Villegas
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
The City

In this article, I reflect on experiences linking adult education to citizenship and participation. I consider citizenship to be connected to social justice and social inclusion. I suggest that a key element in citizenship is participating in public issues which concern life in communities in order to build an egalitarian relationship among people. In this article, I connect participation to a singular experience: the Participatory Budget Experiment in the city of Seville from 2003 to 2007. I explore specific experiences within adult education through participatory research and the elaboration of teaching materials addressed to this end. Finally, I reflect on the consequences of these experiences for an emancipatory adult education that aims to teach and learn democracy.

Enhancing racial equity in LIS research by increasing representation of BIPOC

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-256
Author(s):  
Charles R. Senteio ◽  
Kaitlin E. Montague ◽  
Bettina Campbell ◽  
Terrance R. Campbell ◽  
Samantha Seigerman
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Racial Equity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Racial Injustice

The escalation of discourse on racial injustice prompts novel ideas to address the persistent lack of racial equity in LIS research. The underrepresentation of BIPOC perspectives contributes to the inequity. Applying the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach meaningfully engages BIPOC to help guide LIS investigations that identify evolving needs and concerns, such as how systematic racism may contribute to social justice issues like environmental and health inequity. Engaging with BIPOC, using the CBPR approach, can help address racial equity in LIS because it will result in increased racial representation which enables incorporation of the perspectives and priorities of BIPOC. This shift to greater engagement is imperative to respond to escalating attention to social injustice and ensure that these central issues are adequately reflected in LIS research. The discipline is positioned to help detail the drivers and implications of inequity and develop ways to address them. We underscore the importance of working across research disciplines by describing our CBPR experience engaging with BIPOC in LIS research. We highlight the perspectives of community partners who have over two decades of experience with community-based LIS research. We offer lessons learned to LIS researchers by describing the factors that make these initiatives successful and those which contribute to setbacks.

scholarly journals Green(er) Cities and Their Citizens: Insights from the Participatory Budget of Lisbon

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8243
Author(s):  
Roberto Falanga ◽  
Jessica Verheij ◽  
Olivia Bina
Keyword(s):  
Public Funding ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
City Council ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
International Discourse ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
The City

There is rising scholarly and political interest in participatory budgets and their potential to advance urban sustainability. This article aims to contribute to this field of study through the specific lens of the city of Lisbon’s experience as an internationally acknowledged leader in participatory budgeting. To this end, the article critically examines the lessons and potential contribution of the Lisbon Participatory Budget through a multimethod approach. Emerging trends and variations of citizen proposals, projects, votes, and public funding are analysed in tandem with emerging key topics that show links and trade-offs between locally embedded participation and the international discourse on urban sustainability. Our analysis reveals three interconnected findings: first, the achievements of the Lisbon Participatory Budget show the potential to counteract the dominant engineered approach to urban sustainability; second, trends and variations of the achievements depend on both citizens’ voice and the significant influence of the city council through policymaking; and, third, the shift towards a thematic Green Participatory Budget in 2020 was not driven by consolidated social and political awareness on the achievements, suggesting that more could be achieved through the 2021 urban sustainability oriented Participatory Budget. We conclude recommending that this kind of analysis should be systematically carried out and disseminated within city council departments, promoting much needed internal awareness of PBs’ potential as drivers of urban sustainability. We also identify further research needed into the sustainability potential of green PBs.

scholarly journals Women in Adult Education Program for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Implications for Library and Information Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu ◽  
Ndidiamaka Lucy Nebolise
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
The Right

Abstract Objective – Education offers advances in human and social development. It provides knowledge and resources that hold the potential for economic empowerment, resulting in a better livelihood. Hence, women need access to education with library services, if they are to have a voice, participate in sustainable development, and take care of their own health, as well as that of their children and members of their households. This paper examines the challenges women encounter in Onitsha metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria. This study seeks to gain insight into the resources used to enhance learning, as well as the students’ perceptions and satisfaction with their learning experience. Methods – A descriptive survey research design was used. The study was carried out in five adult education centres in the city with a sample size of 120 women, randomly selected for collection of data. Questionnaire, interview, and observation methods were employed. The physical assessment of the centres was done for an evidence based report and to assess the real situations of the centres. Results – The findings show the challenges faced by Nigerian women in their pursuit of ongoing adult education included: time for the classes which are usually held in the evening, poor financial status, lack of encouragement from spouses and relations, poor learning environments, and stress. The data were analyzed using percentages and frequency counts. They are presented in tables and figures. Conclusions – It is recommended that education and library management should assess these centres for program improvements like providing more enabling environments and learning facilities. The implication of the study is that library and information services should be extended to these women to stimulate and support learning with the right attitude for active involvement in the educational activities and for enhancement of social inclusion.

scholarly journals Quezon's City: Corruption and contradiction in Manila's prewar suburbia, 1935–1941

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Pante
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Spatial Representation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Quezon City ◽  
The Future ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
The City

Quezon City was founded in 1939 as a planned city and envisioned as the future capital of the Philippines, which was anticipating its independence in a few years. Led by President Manuel Quezon, Philippine politicians conferred upon the city narratives of nationhood and social justice to make it the best spatial representation of a nation-in-waiting. However, underneath these state-centric ideologies was the authoritarianism of the Quezon regime, which used urban politics to centralise power. But far from being a symbol of the President's undisputed dominance, Quezon City's inherent contradictions became weak points in the city's official narrative.

scholarly journals UMA ANÁLISE DO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA EM MATERIAIS DIDÁTICOS DA EJA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Vinicius Renan Rigolin de Vicente ◽  
Jani Alves da Silva Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Historical Understanding ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Geography Teaching

AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY IN DIDACTIC MATERIALS OF EJAUN ANÁLISIS DE LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA GEOGRAFÍA EN MATERIALES DIDÁCTICOS DE LA EJATrata-se de uma análise crítica que prioriza uma compreensão histórica sobre a modalidade de Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA. Discute-se sobre o processo de institucionalização da EJA, ora presente e ora ausente nos documentos oficiais do Brasil. Por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa, apresentam-se uma compreensão e uma análise dos materiais didáticos para o ensino fundamental da EJA, disponibilizados por uma instituição pública no município de Maringá-PR. A análise examina de maneira crítica como os temas da disciplina de Geografia estão dispostos e como são  esenvolvidos. Interpretam-se as atividades propostas no material a fim de evidenciar quais são as dificuldades de compreensão do ensino de Geografia expostas pelos alunos adultos.Palavras-chave: Educação de Jovens e Adultos; Ensino Geográfico; Materiais Didáticos.ABSTRACTThis is a critical analysis that prioritizes a historical understanding about Youth and Adult Education (Brazilian Portuguese: Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA). It discusses about the process of institutionalization of AYE, sometimes present and sometimes absent in the official documents of Brazil. Next, we discussed about teaching materials for elementary schools, available to students and young adults in a public institution in Maringá-PR. The analysis examines how the topics covered by geography discipline are arranged and how they are developed and taught, and interprets the activities proposed in the material, pointing out the difficulties that EJA students have in understanding Geography.Keywords: Youth and Adult Education; Geography Teaching; Teaching Materials.RESUMENUn análisis crítico es el que prioriza un acuerdo histórico sobre el modalidad de la Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos – EJA. Es hablado de en el proceso de institucionalización de EJA, algunas épocas actuales y las otras épocas en que él / ella están ausentes en los documentos oficiales de Brasil. Pronto después, las observaciones son comprendidas en relación con los materiales didácticos para la enseñanza fundamental, hicieron disponible los estudiantes Juventud y adultos de una institución pública en el distrito municipal de Maringá-PR. El análisis examina en una manera crítica, cuando los temas de la disciplina de geografía son voluntarios y cuando son desarrollados. Es interpretado las actividades propusieron matrimonio en la tela en orden a pruebas de a pruebas, cuál son los apuros del conocimiento de la enseñanza de geografía presentado por los estudiantes.Palabras clave: Educación y Jóvenes y Adultos; Educación Geográfica; Materiales de Enseñanza.

scholarly journals Social Media for Social Justice in Adult Education: A Critical Theoretical Framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Careless
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Future Research Project ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Digital Engagement ◽  
Network Form

Social media as a communicative forum is relatively new, having been around for only ten years. However, this form of digital engagement has revolutionized the way many people interact, network, form relationships, learn, generate and share knowledge. As a noncentralized tool for communication, social media may provide space for critical discourse around issues of social justice, as discussion can be global in scope and is controlled by users themselves. This paper outlines a critical theoretical framework through which to explore the use of social media in adult education to foster such critical and social justice-themed discourse. Drawing upon five critical theorists and their work, this framework sets the stage for a future research project – one that is significant for this increasingly digital world in which we live.

scholarly journals O Papel da Recreação e do Lazer na Inclusão Social de Adolescentes

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Virgilio Abrahão Junior ◽  
Julia Alejandra Pezuk
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Program ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Resumo Atualmente no Brasil é possível observar uma parcela da população jovens, principalmente nas classes sociais mais baixas, sujeitos a situações que acarretam maior susceptibilidade para se envolver com drogas, prostituição, crimes, gravidez e doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Diversos fatores psicossociais são necessários para que os adolescentes passem pela adolescência sem a necessidade deste tipo de envolvimentos. A recreação e o lazer podem ser usados como instrumento para facilitar a inclusão social e ao mercado de trabalho de jovens marginalizados. O impacto emocional positivo do uso da recreação e do lazer favorece o bem-estar e auxilia na inclusão social de adolescentes, e possibilitam o uso dessas ferramentas para serem explorados em eventos e atividades recreativas. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo mostrar a importância do desenvolvimento de projetos sobre recreação e o lazer para a inclusão social de jovens. Para isso é relatada a experiência com o Programa Social realizado na cidade de Guarulhos/SP intitulado Programa Oportunidade ao Jovem, que busca a qualificação profissional dos jovens da cidade que se encontram em situação de risco e pobreza, e que estão em geral excluídos da sociedade. Mostramos aqui que a inclusão social por meio de programas sociais usando atividades recreativas facilita a inserção social de jovens marginalizados e devem ser consideradas nas políticas públicas. Pois ainda permitem que adolescentes em situação econômica precária tenham a possibilidade de exercer uma profissão na área de recreação ao término dos cursos dos programas, impactando significativamente na vida desses jovens.   Palavras-chave: Programa Social. Agente de Recreação. Políticas Públicas.   Abstract In Brazil it is possible to observe a portion of the young population, mainly in the lower social classes, who are subject to situations that cause greater susceptibility to get involved with drugs, prostitution, crimes, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Several psychosocial factors are necessary for adolescents to go through adolescence without the need for this type of involvement. Recreation can be used as an instrument to facilitate social inclusion and the labor market for marginalized youth. The positive emotional impact of recreation favors well-being and assists in the social inclusion of adolescents and enables the use of these tools to be explored in events and recreational activities. In this context, this paper aims to show the importance of developing projects on recreation for the social inclusion of young people. For this, the experience with the Social Program carried out in the city of Guarulhos / SP entitled Programa Oportunidade ao Jovem, which seeks the professional qualification of young people in the city who are at risk and poverty, and who are in general excluded from society, is reported. We show here that social inclusion through social programs using recreational activities facilitates the social insertion of marginalized youth and should be considered in public policies. Because they still allow adolescents in a precarious economic situation to have the possibility of exercising a profession in the area of recreation at the end of the program courses, significantly impacting the lives of these young people   Keywords: Social Program. Recreation Agent. Public Policy.

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