What is Popular Education?
The idea of popular education (often described as "education for critical consciousness") as a teaching methodology came from a Brazilian educator and writer named Paulo Freire, who was writing in the context of literacy education for poor and politically disempowered people in his country. It's different from formal education (in schools, for example) and informal education (learning by living) in that it is a process which aims to empower people who feel marginalized socially and politically to take control of their own learning and to effect social change.
Popular Education is a learning process which:
· Is inclusive and accessible to people with a variety of education levels;
· Addresses the issues people face in their communities;
· Moves people toward a place of action;
· Develops new grassroots leadership.
· Is based on the lived experience of those participating in the learning;
· Incorporates non-traditional methods of learning – such as poetry, music or visual arts
· Addresses the issues people face in their communities;
· Moves people toward a place of action;
· Develops new grassroots leadership.
· Is based on the lived experience of those participating in the learning;
· Incorporates non-traditional methods of learning – such as poetry, music or visual arts
