Description
Book SynopsisMayo 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 Contents1. 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.
