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QUARTERLY MAGAZINES
The journal Cooperative Approaches appears four times a year.
Each issue addresses a specific problem of social life in two main parts:
The 1st part analyzes and deciphers the problem with the help of researchers and specialized stakeholders;;
The 2nd part gives a voice to activists from the voluntary sector and the social and solidarity economy who have initiated original and cooperative solutions.
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Educational Approaches n°27 is devoted to Paulo Freire
Born on September 19, 1921 in Recife, Brazil - died on May 2, 1997 in São Paulo, Paulo Freire is a Brazilian pedagogue.
Freire marked pedagogy in the second half of the 20th century. He established education as a process of awareness and liberation. Literacy must be accompanied on the one hand by working methods and on the other hand by supports that promote learners' access to speech and political advocacy.
His flagship book is undoubtedly Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which sets out his ideas relating to literacy, adult education and the political aspect of education.
This issue of Cooperative Approaches gives the floor to Brazilian academics who accompanied Paulo Freire and shared his efforts to create a critical and cooperative pedagogy.
SPECIAL ISSUES
In addition to the quarterly journal, Approaches to Co-operatives publishes special issues on specific themes.
Examples:
Paradigma Fundacion.;
The management of associations.;
Young people in the development of the community.;
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A special issue on the convivance in partnership with the Siem foundation
APAC and the Rhode Foundation for the Cordoba Forum have joined forces to produce in partnership this special issue on convivance.
The 'Cordoba Forum, Global Community Forum', which was held in Cordoba in May 2019, is an initiative of the Fundación Pate Córdoba. This periodic event aims to celebrate the interreligious and intercultural spirit of the historic city of Cordoba to facilitate and improve the work of those who are determined to create a just and inclusive society.
Art of living together in harmony, convivance was practiced in the Middle Ages from the 10th to the 13th century, in the Umayyad Sultanate of Cordoba. Jews, Muslims and Christians were said to live in harmony and together have developed a magnificent civilization.
In 136 pages and thirty articles, this issue presents the concept of community, its history, the values that support it, the applications it allows in society and its place in art.
COOPERATIVES TOOLS - TRAINING
APAC produces training tools on different topics that can help activists from the voluntary sector and the social and solidarity economy to master cooperative methods in the form of a visual presentation.
Let’s mention among others:
Analyze relationships within a group;
Systems thinking Knowledge management;
Mental models in organizations;
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Appreciative exploration
This training tool helps you to discover and use a method of collective intelligence to imagine and implement, with the greatest chances of success, change projects, either at the level of individuals or at the level of organizations. Those who have done Scouting will easily find themselves there. They have a taste for exploration and take a positive look at the world.
Old Baden-Powell precoded what appreciative exploration is: "There are five per cent good, even in the most bad temper. The game consists of finding it, then developing it to a base of 80 or 90 percent.
The opposite approach consists of paying attention to defects, problems and shortcomings, and it leads to failure most of the time, both in the field of education and in the field of organizational management. It is not a matter of ignoring the problems, but of asking 'what are our strengths to be able to do better?'
Appreciative exploration makes us discover a truth that every leader should meditate on: OUR ABILITY TO CREATE POSITIVE IMAGES, ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE, IS A COGNITIVE SKILL WE MUST DEVELOP.
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