Centres 'down under': Mapping australia's neighbourhood centres and learning

Rooney, D

Centres 'down under': Mapping australia's neighbourhood centres and learning

Rooney, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011, 51 (2), pp. 203 - 225
Issue Date:: 2011-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rooney, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7668-0936	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011, 51 (2), pp. 203 - 225	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1443-1394	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/31767
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17383
dc.description.abstract	The overarching aim of this paper is to 'talk up' learning in the Australian neighbourhood centre sector, realising this aim is premised on a need to understand neighbourhood centres themselves. Hence, the paper tentatively offers a mapping of the sector by first asking: 'What is a neighbourhood centre?'. Next, the paper provides an introductory scoping of learning in centres in an effort to invite further consideration. Two important conclusions are made. The first is that centres' capacity for continual re-shaping, while retaining some very particular values, marks them in ways that differ from organisations for which adult education is the primary purpose. The second is that the range of learning possibilities in centres is far-reaching, and makes significant and valuable contributions to individuals and communities, and ultimately to the Australian nation.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journal of Adult Learning	en_US
dc.title	Centres 'down under': Mapping australia's neighbourhood centres and learning	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	51	en_US
utslib.for	130101 Continuing and Community Education	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	en_US
utslib.for	1303 Specialist Studies in Education	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	51	en_US

Abstract:

The overarching aim of this paper is to 'talk up' learning in the Australian neighbourhood centre sector, realising this aim is premised on a need to understand neighbourhood centres themselves. Hence, the paper tentatively offers a mapping of the sector by first asking: 'What is a neighbourhood centre?'. Next, the paper provides an introductory scoping of learning in centres in an effort to invite further consideration. Two important conclusions are made. The first is that centres' capacity for continual re-shaping, while retaining some very particular values, marks them in ways that differ from organisations for which adult education is the primary purpose. The second is that the range of learning possibilities in centres is far-reaching, and makes significant and valuable contributions to individuals and communities, and ultimately to the Australian nation.

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