‘These are Our Beans’: Learning by Doing, Innovation and Resilience in Old Havana&apos;s Escuela Taller

Gilblom, Elizabeth A.

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‘These are Our Beans’: Learning by Doing, Innovation and Resilience in Old Havana's Escuela Taller

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Author(s): Elizabeth A. Gilblom ¹

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2019

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Cuba, cultural heritage, vocational education, community-based learning, restoration, urban education

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This qualitative study explores the perceptions and experiences of 18 current students and graduates of Escuela Taller ‘Gaspar de Melchor de Jovellanos’, a two-year cultural heritage restoration programme located in Old Havana, Cuba. The researcher investigated the participants' perceptions and experiences of ‘Aprender Haciendo’, the pedagogical approach of Escuelas Taller that combines theory with practice. Additionally, students and graduates described the challenges they faced while learning how to restore cultural heritage and they provided the ways in which they overcome these barriers. Specifically, innovation and resilience are used to overcome the lack and cost of resources. Finally, Escuelas Taller as a formal community-based learning programme is discussed.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005551

Journal ID (jcode): intejcubastud

Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN: 1756-3461

ISSN: 1756-347X

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2019

Volume: 11

Issue: 2 ( doiID: 10.13169/intejcubastud.11.issue-2 )

Pages: 247-269

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Elizabeth A. Gilblom, PhD is an assistant professor in Education Doctoral Programmes at North Dakota State University. She received her PhD in urban education with a specialisation in adult, continuing, and higher education from Cleveland State University. Her research interests include privatisation in education, geographic information systems, community-based education and adult education.

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[1] ABC (2017) ‘Peridis, Personaje Público de Castilla y León que Mejor Comunica’, ABC, 26 January. Available at www.abc.es/espana/castilla-leon/abci-peridis-personaje-publico-castilla-y-leon-mejor-comunica-201701251232_noticia.html

[2] AECID (undated a) Programa de Escuelas Taller. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Available at www.aecid.es/ES/d%C3%B3nde-cooperamos/alc/programas-horizontales/programa-de-escuelas-taller (accessed 1 May 2017)

[3] AECID (undated b) La AECID. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Available at www.aecid.es/ES/la-aecid (accessed 1 January 2017)

[4] AECID (2007) Resumen Seminario Interno de Reflexion: Las Escuelas Taller en su Laberinto Nuevos Enfoques y Desafios. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Available at www.aecid.es/Centro-Documentacion/Documentos/Publicaciones%20coeditadas%20por%20AECID/las_eett_en_su_laberinto.pdf

[5] AECID (2015) Programas de Escuelas Taller de la Cooperación Española. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Available at http://intercoonecta.aecid.es/Documents/Escuelas%20Taller_Programa.pdf

[6] AECID (2016) Programa De Escuelas Taller – Aprender Haciendo. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Available at www.aecid.es/Centro-Documentacion/Documentos/Divulgación/ESCUELASTALLER ONLINE.pdf (accessed 9 May 2017)

[7] Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2013) Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

[8] Cellini, S. R. (2012) ‘For-Profit Higher Education: An Assessment of Costs and Benefits’, National Tax Journal 65(1): 153–80.

[9] Chung, A. S. (2012) ‘Choice of For-Profit College’, Economics of Education Review 31(6): 1084–1101.

[10] Creswell, J. W. (2013) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

[11] Deming, D. J., Goldin, C. and Katz, L. F. (2013) ‘For-Profit Colleges’, Future of Children 23(1): 137–63.

[12] Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y. S. (2011) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

[13] El Norte de Castilla (2011) ‘Peridis destaca el papel de las escuelas taller en la recuperación del patrimonio’, El Norte de Castilla, 14 July. Available at www.elnortedecastilla.es/20110714/local/palencia/peridis-destaca-papel-escuelas-201107141809.html.

[14] Eyler, J. (2002) ‘Reflection: Linking Service and Learning—Linking Students and Communities’, Journal of Social Issues 58(3): 517–34.

[15] Eyler, J. and Giles, D. E. Jr. (1999) Where's the Learning in Service-Learning? San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

[16] Galbraith, M. (1995) Community-Based Organization and the Delivery of Lifelong Learning Opportunities. Paper presented at the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, US Department of Education.

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[18] Hill, M. I. (2007) ‘Reimagining Old Havana: World Heritage and the Production of Scale in Late Socialist Cuba’. In Sassia Sassken (ed.), Deciphering the Global: Its Scales, Spaces, and Subjects. New York: Routledge, pp. 59–78

[19] Hill, M. I. (2012) ‘The Future of the Past: World Heritage, National Identity, and Urban Centrality in Late Socialist Cuba’. In Marina Peterson and Gary McDonogh (eds), Global Downtowns. Pennsylvania, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 186–205.

[20] Isabel, M. H. (2013) Políticas activas de empleo de la Junta de Castilla y León: programa de escuelas taller y talleres de empleo. Universidad de Valladolid, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Jurídicas y de la Comunicación. Available at http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/3081

[21] Kolb, D. (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

[22] Merriam, S. B. (2002) ‘Introduction to Qualitative Research’, Qualitative Research in Practice: Examples for Discussion and Analysis 1: 1–17.

[23] Merriam, S. B., Caffarella, R. S. and Baumgartner, L. M. (2012) Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

[24] Red de Escuelas Taller de America Latina (2015) Arquitectura de Restauracion: Escuelas Taller y su ambito de accion. Puebla: Red de Escuelas Taller de America Latina. Available at http://redescuelastaller.com/encuentros/encuentro/memorias

[25] Saldaña, J. (2013) The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

[26] United States Senate (2011) Drowning in Debt: Financial Outcomes of Students at For-Profit Colleges. Washington, DC: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate.

[27] Wood, J. L. and Urias M. C. (2012) ‘Community College v. Proprietary School Outcomes: Student Satisfaction among Minority Males’, Community College Enterprise 18(2): 83–100.