Environment (education) as a community project : deliberative democracy in action

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dc.contributor.authorReddy, C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLe Grange, L.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWaghid, Y.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T14:08:51Z
dc.date.available2013-01-23T14:08:51Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionCITATION: Reddy, C., Le Grange, L. & Waghid, Y. 2004. Environment (education) as a community project : deliberative democracy in action. South African Journal of Higher Education, 18(1).
dc.description.abstractOne way of enacting environment (education) as community in relation to higher education, is for a university, selected schools and the Cape Metropolitan Council (local government organisation) to engage critically in deliberative discourse with the aim of cultivating a sense of citizenship amongst participants. This article reports on a Schools Water Project (SWAP) implemented by a university in partnership with a local government organisation, specifically showing that environment (education) as a community project can engender willing and cooperative participation, rational discussion and debate, relations of trust and a sense of democratic citizenship within and among participants, particularly at schools 3 and 4 of the case studies. Moreover, the research findings suggest that willing participation through critical engagement and rational argumentation would not necessarily be outcomes of contrived deliberation as has happened at schools 1 and 2. Unlike at schools 3 and 4, learners lack the ability to work independently and to engage critically in SWAP activities, which make the achievement of defensible deliberative practices highly unlikely.
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent16 pages
dc.identifier.citationReddy, C., Le Grange, L. & Waghid, Y. 2004. Environment (education) as a community project : deliberative democracy in action. South African Journal of Higher Education, 18(1).
dc.identifier.issn1753-5913 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/78206
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental educationen_ZA
dc.titleEnvironment (education) as a community project : deliberative democracy in actionen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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