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Community Development: Democracy and Citizenship in Northern Ireland.
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Lovett, Tom; Gillespie, Norman – Convergence, 1997
During the past 25 years, when Northern Ireland has been a divided society in which structures and processes have broken down, the country has witnessed tremendous growth in community growth in both Catholic and Protestant communities. The Ulster People's College combats social deprivation and exclusion through community development and education.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Education, Democracy
Bridging the Sectarian Divide in Northern Ireland: The Ulster People's College.
Lovett, Tom – Adults Learning (England), 1994
The Ulster People's College continues the tradition of radical adult education by seeking to assist both Catholic and Protestant communities with social and economic problems and by attempting to bridge cultural and political divisions by fostering communication between communities. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Peace
Community Education and Community Development: The Northern Ireland Experience.
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Lovett, Tom – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1997
A rural development and regeneration project in Northern Ireland used community education as an important part of the community development process. Project workers' involvement with community groups necessitated skills of empathy, networking, and group facilitation above and beyond those needed in adult education. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Education, Foreign Countries
Adult Education and Community Development; A Network Approach.
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Lovett, Tom – 1972
A framework for the development of adult education within the community development process is presented, based on a three-year project in England that experimented with a number of approaches. The network system suggested involves: (1) an organizational model for adult education provision in a community development setting which may be adopted…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Control, Community Coordination
Adult Education and the Community School
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Lovett, Tom – Community Development Journal, 1971
Discusses the major breakthrough in the provision of adult education for working class communities which has taken place in the Liverpool (England) Educational Priority Area during the past two years. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development
Lifelong Learning and Community Development.
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Moreland, Rosemary; Lovett, Tom – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1997
A survey of adult learning opportunities in Belfast, Northern Ireland, found an emerging sector of community and voluntary organizations offering programs emphasizing issue-based, action-oriented learning in a democratic participative culture. They offer alternatives to traditional formal providers of liberal adult education. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries
The Challenge of Community Education in Social and Political Change.
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Lovett, Tom – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1978
The author discusses the growth of community action in Northern Ireland and the significance of adult education to further social change during a time of conflict. He describes two different approaches to community education: adult education as the "education arm" of the activist movement, and adult education as a general community…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Community Action, Community Development