Research article

Development Education and Dialogical Learning in the 21st Century

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Abstract

This introductory paper on Development Education and dialogical learning attempts to briefly contextualise the emerging need of 'Development Education' (DE) as a new discipline of academic study and public action in the context of contemporary 'globalisation'. In the second part, I discuss in detail the specific aspects of a new learning relationship based on dialogical and communicative learning which, for a discussion in this paper, is based on a constructivist approach with comparative references drawn from a range of Asian and Western thinkers including Mahatma Gandhi and Paulo Freire.

Keywords: DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION, DIALOGICAL THEORIES OF LEARNING, COMPETENCE, EMPOWERMENT, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

How to Cite:

Kumar, A., (2008) “Development Education and Dialogical Learning in the 21st Century”, International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning 1(1), 37–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.18546/IJDEGL.01.1.04