Enhancing Community Development and Youth Work Practice through Sustainable Skills and Development Education

Email: Georgina.Lawlor@tudublin.ie

This project aims to enhance the student experience and promote the development of professional practice skills in the Community Development and Youth Work (CDYW) programme in TU Dublin.  

Both students and educators from the CDYW programme take part in a two-night residential trip to an outdoor education centre. This will allow students to engage in a range of activities that promote the development of professional practice skills with a focus on sustainable and developmental education. The addition of talks from community development workers and youth workers working in local projects will further enrich the experience by making practical connections between the activities and professional practice. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their learning and apply it to their fieldwork placements in preparatory fieldwork workshops.  

Overall, this project has the potential to enhance the knowledge and skills of the year 2 students and educators and to promote sustainable and reflective practices in the field of community development and youth work.