Relevance, Participation and Values

Contemporary Issues and Trends in Education

Population education only works when it fits the people it reaches. This chapter follows four demands that decide whether a program succeeds: staying relevant to real needs, involving learners in the decisions that shape it, preparing them for choices they will make years ahead, and holding an honest line between persuading learners and dictating their conclusions.

Relevance and Participation

Matching content to real needs, and giving learners a real voice in the program.

Program Planning

Why central plans struggle to fit local needs and to survive the classroom.

Future-Oriented Learning

Teaching the process of deciding for a future no one can predict.

Persuasion and Prescription

The ethical line between informing a learner’s choice and dictating it.