Abstract

The current global education climate is one where the boundaries between university-based and non-university-based learning are more fluid than ever before. Lifelong learning, and self-paced, self-directed, experiential learning that happens at the grassroots outside of formal education has a crucial role to play in supporting people and planet in the ongoing processes of surviving well. Within the Community Economies Research Network there are already a number of grassroots models of learning, for example, models of learning from nature, through Indigenous co-design, peer-to-peer exchange, action research and strength-based approaches. This session aims to marshal and discuss existing models of grassroots learning for community economies with a view to compiling a set of resources that can be adapted for use by CERN members in different teaching and learning contexts.

Inviting you to join this session if you would like to 1) present a grassroots model of learning for community economies for discussion (ideally, we will discuss 3 to 5 exemplars) or 2) if you would like to discuss and help document models of learning for use within the CERN network. Please contact ann.hill@canberra.edu.au if you are interested and/or further information ahead of the session.