Putting social values back into learning

Dr. Iain Mac Labhrainn, who heads up the Community Knowledge Initiative wrote an interesting article for yesterday’s Irish Times.  Focussing on the response of third-level insitutions to an over-emphasis on the ecomonmy in education with new community-based programmes, he wrote: “These are still early days, but the energy and enthusiasm of the staff, students and community organisations with whom we have worked show that there is clearly a hunger for this type of activity.  Moreover, there is an emerging recognition that universities and other institutions of higher education have a vital contribution to make to the debates on active citizenship and social justice.”