SUBJECT>Popular Education and Sustainable Development POSTER>loomis mayfield EMAIL>loomis@uic.edu DATE>Wednesday, 25 November 1998, at 11:38 a.m. EMAILNOTICES>no IP_ADDRESS> REMOTE_HOST: 209.81.184.137; REMOTE_ADDR: 209.81.184.137 PREVIOUS> NEXT> IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

FYI, a course at the University of Illinois at Chicago which may be of intertest to community members:

All university students & personnel, and members of labor unions, community based organizations, public andprivate agencies and foundations are welcome to register.

The enrollment is open to 25 people from outside of the university and 25 people from UIC. For those who are from outside of the university and are interested in registering for the course must do the following:

1) CONTACT Renita J. Moore, Registrar, Student Affairs

School of Public Health (M/C 922)

Room 104 SPHW

phone: (312) 996-5357

fax: (312) 996-1374

email_to: RMoore@uic.edu

2) For those student outside of the university the

Cost for the course is: $15 + costs for books and materials

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorraine Lardizabal, Research Assistant

email: llardi1@uic.edu

UIC School of Public Health

Great Lakes Center for Environmental

and Occupational Safety and Health

2121 W. Taylor Street (M/C 922)

Chicago, IL 60612-7260

Phone: (312) 996-6904

Fax: (312) 413-7369

>>>> From: Judith Koruba

There was a glich in the registration system. If you have attempted to register for IPHS 494 (54426) and were advised by UIC Express the class was closed, we have cleared up the glich and students interested can register for the course. The course details follow:

The UIC School of Public Health will be offering a new course this Spring Semester 1999 entitled:

IPHS 494 "POPULAR EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT"

Wednesdays from 9am-noon beginning January 13, 1999

"University and community based participants will investigate the theory and practice of Popular Education for sustainable development. Class members will participate in demonstrations and exercises. Teams of students, community organizations and unions will work together to do research and develop projects."

Summary:

This course is an investigation into the practice and theory of popular education for social change and its links to experiential learning and asset identification. These concepts and the tools that make up their practice are essential elements to achieve sustainable development.

Sustainable development was defined in the 1992 United Nations Rio Declaration as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs..." In a sustainable community proactive planning and solutions to problems take into account the links among the economy, environment, and social indicators, including culture, education, abd health. Development is notunlimited growth of new things brought into a community from the outside, but rather the enhancement of what already exists. The foundation of sustainable community is the active, democratic participation in decision making by those who live and work there in the planning, implementation and evaluation of projects and programs.

The goal of this course is to build a common basis of knowledge and practice about popular education among partcipants; to initiate group work and relationships; and, to create a preliminary foundation of research upon which to build comprehensive projects and programs. Both educational and fieldwork experiences will be shared among people from various sectors of society through dialogue, listening, critical thinking, teambuilding, asset identification and the development of a collective vision through strategic action planning for increasing democratic decision making.

Concrete examples of how the ideas and tools of the course have been put into practice will be given from both the United States and internationally. With the United States one focus will be the work of the 65 year old Highlander Center for Education and Research and practitioners from that school who are active throughout the country.

Course participants will also learn about the activities of North American Association of Popular Educators.

Class time will include demonstrations, analysis and discussion of the theories and practice, including case studies, of popular education, experiential learning and asset based community development with diverse practitioners. Participants will work in groups of similar interest to do fieldwork with community based organizations and develop a collaborative project by the end of the semester course.

Course objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

*Practice the concepts and tools shared among participants in the furthering a democratic process of sustainable development

*Understand the similarities and differences among traditional concepts and methods of community assessment and organizing and those learned and practiced in the course

*Discuss the theoretical concepts underlying Popular Education, Experiential Learning and Asset Based Community Development and will be able to identify their relationship to sustainable development and will be able to identify their relationship to sustainable development,

*Integrate the principles of Popular Education, Asset Based Community Development and Experiential Learning into an overall process that includes community assessment and organizing, program development, implementation and evaluation.

*Adapt and facilitate participatory methods to specific community situations

*Recognize examples of and obstacles to effective cooperation between university and community members and methods and practical skills for facilitating activities to address these.

* Identify community based organizations, academic programs, regional national and international organizations that facilitate and practice popular education, experiential learning and asset based community development

--Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH

Facilitator of IPHS 494

All graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and administrators of the University of Illinois at Chicago, members of labor unions, community based organizations, public andprivate agencies and foundations are welcome to register.