Popular education

Here are entered works on a movement arising from the ideas of Paulo Freire and common especially in Latin and Central American countries, whose aims include socioeconomic transformation through the development of autonomy and self-determination for the population by means of educational programs grounded in the social and cultural context of the participants.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005791
- info:lc/authorities/sh91005791
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh91005791#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Broader Terms
- Critical theory
- Non-formal education
Related Terms
- Community education
- Critical pedagogy
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Chené, A. Popular education in Quebec, 1991.
- found: Intl. dict. educ.
- notfound: British educ. thes.;Encyc. mod. educ.;ERIC thes.;Good dict. educ.;Hennepin;Rowntree dict. educ.
LC Classification
- LC196-LC196.5
General Notes
- Here are entered works on a movement arising from the ideas of Paulo Freire and common especially in Latin and Central American countries, whose aims include socioeconomic transformation through the development of autonomy and self-determination for the population by means of educational programs grounded in the social and cultural context of the participants.
Change Notes
- 1991-11-18: new
- 1992-09-10: revised

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