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A Case Study on the Civil Participatory Education Program Development
Journal of Lifelong Learning Society
Abbr :
JLLS
2018, 14(4), pp.79-110
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
2018, 14(4), pp.79-110
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
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This study aims to identify the characteristics and difficulties of the process of structuring civil education into education programs in the paradigm of participatory democracy. Participatory democracy means democracy that is constantly reconstructed through civic participation in the living world, as a concept overcome the limit of liberal democracy, which confines democracy to political institutions. The transition of the democratic paradigm calls for a shift in civil education philosophy and a new conceptual framework. This study captures civil education in participatory democracy as ‘civil participatory education’, separated from civil education in liberal democracy. This study investigated the development of an civil education program called <Citizen School>. In the early stages of program development, developers built up the philosophical foundation of the program and reorganized the concept of citizens. The views between developers on the purpose of the program were conflicting, but by focusing on the specific context of ‘region’, they reached an agreement. Based on the philosophical foundation of citizen participatory education, instructors designed education activities. The instructors created a space of trust that would lead learners to participate. Also, they attempted to combine civil participatory experience with educational activities. However, the citizen participatory education program development has difficulties in dilemma of needs assessment and collision between objective of program and learning goal. The study identified these difficulties and sought the possibility of overcoming them by proposing ‘social platform for civil participatory education.
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