We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning

Peter Westoby; Athena Lathouras

doi:10.1177/15413446241296078

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We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning

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We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning

Peter Westoby and Athena Lathouras

Journal of Transformative Education, Vol.23(4), pp.467-485

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/15413446241296078

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Abstract

participatory development practice

spiral model

dialogue

Written with a reflective posture, guided by concepts from the critical tradition of community development – Participatory Development Practice (PDP), and aligned with Freire's Popular Education, the article offers insights into research undertaken with Australian community-based practitioners and citizens in neighbourhood centre and Landcare contexts. By engaging in workshops to develop knowledge and skills of mezzo-level circle work of community development, and by employing the Spiral Model of Community Education, the article points to the importance of transformative dialogue and learning. Our findings support the vision of community development groups, when given opportunities to have hegemonic ideas disrupted, can develop structural analyses that lead to collective action.

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Title: We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning
Authors: Peter Westoby (Author) - Murdoch University
Athena Lathouras (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Publication details: Journal of Transformative Education, Vol.23(4), pp.467-485
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1177/15413446241296078
ISSN: 1552-7840
Copyright note: © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Grant note: This work was supported by the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Industry Collaboration Grant.
Organisation Unit: School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991067190802621
Output Type: Journal article

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