Transcript The Public Policy Education Model Module One: Community Choices:

Community Choices:
Public Policy Education Program
Exploring the Human Resources/Economic
Development Connection
Module One:
The Public Policy
Education Model
8 March 2000
The Southern Rural Development Center
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Objectives
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Determine the meaning of public policy
education.
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Know the criteria for assessing which
issues can be characterized as public
policy issues.
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Understand how to use the public policy
education model for addressing issues
of local importance.
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Foundation for the Public Policy
Education Program
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Give citizens a better understanding of
community policy issues.
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Stimulate citizens’ interest/involvement
in local policy decisions.
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Enhance community’s capacity to arrive
at key policy decisions.
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Help citizens participate in the
democratic process.
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Key Terms
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Policy—agreed upon course of action.
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Public Policy—a designated course of
action adopted by a governmental entity.
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Education—process of imparting
information and technical assistance to
people and communities.
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Public Policy Education—program that
applies the university’s knowledge base
to assist citizens in making informed
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Characteristics of
Public Policy Issues
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Involve problems that require group
decision.
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Solutions are based on value judgments.
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Issues are of broad interest and concern.
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Deal with controversial matters.
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Tend to be recognized by decisionmakers as problems/concerns.
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Values
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People’s views of what should be or
what the desirable situation should be.
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A person’s perceptions of what is good
and bad.
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Affect how people think about problems
and policy strategies.
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Conflicts arise when people discuss
public policy issues with different sets of
values.
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Figure 1. The Public Policy Education Model
Source: House and Hahn.
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Prepared by
Lionel J. Beaulieu
Southern Rural Development Center
March 2000
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