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Publication Date: 2013
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Developing a Discourse of the Postmodern Community Development Professional
McArdle, Karen; Mansfield, Sue
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v34 n1 p107-117 2013
This article seeks to promote the generation of a discourse of the postmodern community work professional. A shared discourse will lead, we propose to shared capital. We argue that there is a tension between the modern and postmodern for those of us engaged in the profession of community learning and development (CL&D). We need to value reflexivity which allows the community worker to make sense of multiple discourses and to make the transition from modernism to postmodernism. We need in the CL&D profession to recognise that Marxist principles that we espoused in the 1980s may be enhanced by a new theoretical base that still values change.
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Community Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Social Change, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities, Social Capital, Professional Identity, Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Politics of Education
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Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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