what is popular education

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School of somethingFACULTY OF OTHER

Popular Education: How to inspire

change through learning

The Trapese Collective




everyone teaches and everyone learns

What is popular education:

• Edcation for critical consciosness

• a collective effort

• everyone teaches and everyone learns

• actively !or"ing to!ards social change




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How is it different from state

education?

• &an"ing or 'mg and (g) model

• *ialogic model




Where does it come from?

•Highlander school+ Tennessee

•#aolo Freire, Latin America

•Canada+ -or"ers movement




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Role of the popular educator/facilitator

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