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INITIATING TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: TWO CASES FROM ASIA
Author(s) -
Ng Eddie C. W.,
Madyaningrum Monica E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21641
Subject(s) - transformative learning , competence (human resources) , political science , community education , intervention (counseling) , economic growth , public relations , sociology , development economics , psychology , medicine , pedagogy , social psychology , nursing , economics
Community education as an intervention strategy has been criticized because it mainly focuses on fixing the individuals without addressing the structural causes behind the problems. Nevertheless, addressing the structural cause of a problem may not be desirable or feasible in some cultural or sociopolitical contexts. Presenting 2 cases from Asia (Indonesia and Hong Kong), this article argues that the community education approach, which is commonly considered to be incapable of bringing systemic change, can also facilitate small wins and develop community capacity or competence ready for some larger scale change with longer term effects.