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Mayo demonstrates how, through popular education and participatory action research, communities can develop their own understandings of their problems. Using case studies that illustrate popular education approaches in practice, she offers pedagogies of hope and shows how communities can engineer impactful and democratic forms of social change.

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"Marjorie Mayo is a legend in the field of community and popular education and in this book she draws on her wealth of experience to illustrate how urgent and necessary such work is in today’s populist age." Jim Crowther, University of Edinburgh

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Popular Education in a Populist Age 3. Popular Education and its Roots 4. Spaces and Places for Popular Education and Participatory Action Research 5. Principles and Practice 6. Sharing Understandings of Varying Histories and Cultures 7. Making Connections: Linking Issues and Struggles Across Space and Time 8. Power and Power Analysis 9. Community–University Partnerships 10. Taking Emotions into Account 11. Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards.

Communitybased Learning and Social Movements

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 6 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781447343271
      978-1447343271
      ISBN-10 1447343271
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      Social and political philosophy Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mayo demonstrates how, through popular education and participatory action research, communities can develop their own understandings of their problems. Using case studies that illustrate popular education approaches in practice, she offers pedagogies of hope and shows how communities can engineer impactful and democratic forms of social change.

      Trade Review
      "Marjorie Mayo is a legend in the field of community and popular education and in this book she draws on her wealth of experience to illustrate how urgent and necessary such work is in today’s populist age." Jim Crowther, University of Edinburgh

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. Popular Education in a Populist Age 3. Popular Education and its Roots 4. Spaces and Places for Popular Education and Participatory Action Research 5. Principles and Practice 6. Sharing Understandings of Varying Histories and Cultures 7. Making Connections: Linking Issues and Struggles Across Space and Time 8. Power and Power Analysis 9. Community–University Partnerships 10. Taking Emotions into Account 11. Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards.

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