Delta State University

SOC 423/523 COD 523
Fall Semester 2007

Education & Participatory Community Development

Discussion Leaders
 

Wk.

Date

Topic

Readings

Discussion Leader

3

 8/28 Participation and Facilitation in Community Development Cohen & Uphoff (1980)
Van Riezen (1996)
Ewert, Yaccino & Yaccino (1994)
Gaventa (2004) 		Carolyn Newsome
Jennifer Barnett

4

 9/4 Introduction to
Paulo Freire		 Blackburn (2000)
Ramdas (1997)
Schugurensky (1998) 		Eric Atchison
Chandra Brown

5

 9/11 Paulo Freire:
Critical Consciousness		 Freire (1973), pp. 1–58 Juanita Sims
Sharon Nguyen

6

 9/18 Robert Chambers:
Defining Rural Development		 Chambers (1983), Ch. 1–3,
pp. 1–74		 Chrystal Early
Lillie Price

7

 9/25 Robert Chambers:
Addressing Rural Development		 Chambers (1983), Ch. 4–6,
pp. 75–167		 Carolyn Newsome
Eric Atchison

8

 10/2 Robert Chambers:
Enacting Rural Development		 Chambers (1983), Ch. 7–8,
pp. 168–218		 Jennifer Barnett
Chrystal Early

9

 10/9 Paulo Freire:
Extension Education		 Freire (1973), pp. 93–164 Chandra Brown
Sharon Nguyen

10

 10/16 Robert Chambers:
The Professional Approach to Rural Development		 Chambers (1997), Ch. 1–4,
pp. 1–75		 Juanita Sims
Lillie Price

11

 10/23 Robert Chambers:
Incorporating a Local Vision into Rural Development		 Chambers (1997), Ch. 5–7,
pp. 76–161 		Carolyn Newsome
Chandra Brown

12

 10/30 Robert Chambers:
Empowerment and Rural Development		 Chambers (1997), Ch. 8–10,
pp. 162–240 		Eric Atchison
Chrystal Early

13

 11/6 Paulo Freire:
Democracy and Freedom		 Freire (2001), Ch. 1 & 2,
pp. 21–48		 Jennifer Barnett
Lillie Price

14

 11/13 Paulo Freire:
Teaching for Democracy		 Freire (2001), Ch. 3, pp. 49–84 Juanita Sims

15

 11/27 Paulo Friere:
Teaching for Humanity		 Freire (2001), Ch. 4, pp. 85–129 Sharon Nguyen