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- What are the central assumptions of the needs-based approach to development?
- What are the consequences of adopting a needs-based approach as the only guide to development?
- Mathie and Cunningham present ABCD as “an approach, as a set of methods for community mobilisation, and as a strategy for community-based development” (p. 477). How does ABCD function as such?
- What are assets? How are they identified? How are they utilized?
- Which of the elements of ABCD (see Mathie and Cunningham, p. 478-483) resonates most strongly with your approach to your work at the CCE?
- What becomes of student learning outcomes if ABCD – as an approach/set of methods/strategy – guides the community-based work of the CCE? Do student learning outcomes take a back seat? Are they re-configured and integrated with community-identified outcomes? What do you think?
