Understanding Participation in Community Education and Development
Keywords:
participation, typology of participation, community education and development
Abstract
The term "participation” is of relatively gaining popularity in many fields, even though the phenomenon it refers to has been highlighted decades ago. The concept provided a useful awareness on community education and development programs and empowerment. Community participation has become a focus of various agencies and organizations. Many are beginning to recognize community participation as a key to improve the social wellbeing and quality of life, especially to the underprivilege groups. This brief and general article presents introduction to community education and development, definitions of participation and the most referred typologies of participation.
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Armstrong, R. (1977). New Directions for Community Colleges. Community Development Journal, 12(2), 75–84.
Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A Ladder Of Citizen Participation. Journal Of The American Institute Of Planners, 35(4), 216–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944366908977225
Bracht, N., & Tsouros, A. (1990). Principles and strategies of effective participation. Health Promotion International, 5(3), 199–208. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/5.3.199
Buchy, M., Ross, H., & Proctor, W. (2000). Enhancing the information base on participatory approaches in Australian natural resource management. In Land and Water Australia (ed.) Natural Resources Management—People and Policy, Land and Water Australia (pp. 1–78). Canberra.
Cleaver, F. (1999). Paradoxes of participation: Questioning participatory approaches to development. Journal of International Development, 11(4), 597–612. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199906)11:4<597::AID-JID610>3.0.CO;2-Q
Cohen, J. M., & Uphoff, N. T. (1980). Participation’s place in rural development: Seeking clarity through specificity. World Development, 8(3), 213–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(80)90011-X
Collins, K., & Raymond, I. (2006). Dare We Jump off Arnstein’s Ladder? Social Learning as a New Policy Paradigm. In Proceedings of PATH (Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology), 4-7 June 2006 (p. 16). Edinburg: Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology Conference. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00907
Devi, S. (2015). Community Participation and Sustainable Livelihoods: A Study on Watershed Management in Odisha in Humanities & Social Sciences. National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha,India.
Freire, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Translated by Myra (30th ed.). New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc.
Hamdan, H., Othman, P., & Wan Hussin, W. S. (2012). Is Microfinance Program in Malaysia Really Effective in Helping the Poor? World Review of Business Research, 2(1), 79–97.
Hlela, Z. (2018). Learning through participation : towards defining adult learning in an African rural village context, (May), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsy028
Imms, C., Granlund, M., Wilson, P. H., Steenbergen, B., Rosenbaum, P. L., & Gordon, A. M. (2016). Participation , both a means and an end : a conceptual analysis of processes and outcomes in childhood disability. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 16–26(September), 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13237
Koneya, M. (1975). Toward An Essential Definition Of Community Development. Journal of the Community Development Society, 6(1), 4–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.1975.10878049
Lathouras, A. (2016). Our Strength is in Our Connectedness. Retrieved November 28, 2018, from http://www.iacdglobal.org/2017/07/06/the-debate-on-iacds-new-definition-of-community-development-continues/
Lave, J., & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (Vol. 136). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Matarrita-Cascante, D., & Brennan, M. A. (2012). Conceptualizing community development in the twenty-first century. Community Development, 43(3), 293–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2011.593267
Mechanic, D. (1991). Adolescents at risk: New directions. Journal of Adolescent Health, 12(8), 638–643. https://doi.org/10.1016/1054-139X(91)90012-M
Minzey, J. D., & LeTarte, C. (1972). Community Education: From Program to Process. (J. D. Minzey & C. LeTarte, Eds.). Michigan, U.S.A: Pendell Publishing Co. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED102313
Osman, S. (2018). Impak insentif ekonomi terhadap golongan berpendapatan rendah Program Perumahan Rakyat , Kuala Lumpur. GEOGRAFIA Online, Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 14(1), 55–71.
Oxford Advanced Learner ’ s Dictionary. (2000). Oxford Advanced Learner ’ s Dictionary ( International Student’s Edition ). Oxford University Press.
Pelling, M. (1998). Participation, Social Capital And Vulnerability To Urban Flooding In Guyana. Journal of International Development, 10, 469–486.
Phillips, R., & Pittman, R. H. (2009). A framework for community and economic development. In R. Phillips & R. H. Pittman (Eds.), An Introduction to Community Development (pp. 3–19). Routledge.
Pretty, J. N. (1994). Alternative Systems of Inquiry for a Sustainable Agriculture. Institute of Development Studies Bulletin, 25(2), 37–49. Retrieved from https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/9348/IDSB_25_2_10.1111-j.1759-5436.1994.mp25002004.x.pdf?sequence=1
Rahnema, M. (1992). Participation. In W. Sachs (Ed.), The development dictionary: A guide to knowledge as power, 2nd Edition (pp. 127–144). London: Zed Books.
Reed, M. S. (2008). Stakeholder participation for environmental management: A literature review. Biological Conservation, 141(10), 2417–2431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.014
Reed, M. S., Vella, S., Challies, E., de Vente, J., Frewer, L., Hohenwallner-Ries, D., … van Delden, H. (2018). A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work? Restoration Ecology, 26(August), S7–S17. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12541
Ronderos, K. (2011). Poverty reduction , political violence and women ’ s rights in Honduras. Community Development Journal, 46(3), 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsr038
Samah, A. A., & Aref, F. (2009). People’s Participation in Community Development: A Case Study in a Planned Village Settlement in Malaysia. Marsland Press World Rural Observations, 1(2), 45–54. Retrieved from http://www.sciencepub.net/rural
Seay, M. F. (1974). Community Education: A Developing Concept. Michigan, U.S.A: Pendell Publishing Company.
Seferiadis, A. A., Cummings, S., Maas, J., Bunders, J. F. G., & Zweekhorst, M. B. M. (2017). A dynamic framework for strengthening women’s social capital: strategies for community development in rural Bangladesh. Community Development Journal, 53(4), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsx011
Sharma, J. P., Singh, P., & Padaria, R. N. (2011). Social Processes and People’s Participation in Watershed Development. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 6(2), 168–173.
UNESCO. (1956). Unesco Working Paper for ACC Working Group on Community Development: The Definition of Community Development.
Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521663636
Wenger, E., Mcdermott, R., & Snyder, W. M. (2002). Cultivating Communities of Practice. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.03.426
White, S. C. (1996). Depoliticising development: The uses and abuses of participation. Development in Practice, 6(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961452961000157564
Zimmerman, M. A., & Rappaport, J. (1988). Citizen Participation , Perceived Control , and Psychological Empowerment 1. American Journal of Community Psychology, 16(5), 725–750.
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2019-07-01
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Megat Tajudin, P. N., Idris, K., Abd Rahim, N. and Arshad, M. M. (2019) “Understanding Participation in Community Education and Development”, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 4(3), pp. 164 - 172. doi: 10.47405/mjssh.v4i3.175.
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