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Community Response to Change

Community Response to Change NEW PARADIGMS IN ADULT Community Response to Change hose who read the daily newspaper or of this article, is to identify three recent trends that listen to daily news broadcasts know are having an impact on communities and to suggest that significant changes are taking some ways that communities (members, adult educa- place in our society almost everyday. tors, and leaders) might react to these trends. These If you have also read what researchers say about three trends are business downsizing, reduction of changes in our society, you know that the rapidity of government funding, and shifting decision making. change seems to be increasing. Both change and the The ways in which communities choose to react to the rapidity of change can negatively impact community trends can suggest new roles or responsibilities for members as well as impact our understanding of the adult educators. meaning of community. Business Downslzlng An example of the altering in our understanding of community is the issue of proximity. Changes of The first trend is business downsizing. The health of eighty years ago as well as just five years ago have every community is affected by the availability of jobs. removed proximity as a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Community Response to Change

Adult Learning , Volume 8 (3): 3 – Jan 1, 1997

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SAGE
Copyright
© 1997 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
ISSN
1045-1595
eISSN
2162-4070
DOI
10.1177/104515959700800309
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Abstract

NEW PARADIGMS IN ADULT Community Response to Change hose who read the daily newspaper or of this article, is to identify three recent trends that listen to daily news broadcasts know are having an impact on communities and to suggest that significant changes are taking some ways that communities (members, adult educa- place in our society almost everyday. tors, and leaders) might react to these trends. These If you have also read what researchers say about three trends are business downsizing, reduction of changes in our society, you know that the rapidity of government funding, and shifting decision making. change seems to be increasing. Both change and the The ways in which communities choose to react to the rapidity of change can negatively impact community trends can suggest new roles or responsibilities for members as well as impact our understanding of the adult educators. meaning of community. Business Downslzlng An example of the altering in our understanding of community is the issue of proximity. Changes of The first trend is business downsizing. The health of eighty years ago as well as just five years ago have every community is affected by the availability of jobs. removed proximity as a

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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