Participatory Research, Educational Experience, and Empowerment of Adults

Abstract

The last three decades have seen an increasingly diverse range of models and theories of social change. The implementation of these models in developing countries like India have brought mixed results. While some improvements for example, in overall agricultural production has taken place, the situation of more than half the rural population has not improved, if not worsened. Starting from community development in the 50s as the basic pro-gramme for changing the situation in rural India, we now have people-centred models of development. These models emphasise the principle of people's participation in developing themselves.