Navigating our way: a compass for popular educators

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2016

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Taylor and Francis

Abstract

This article addresses the tensions and contradictions of applying a popular education approach in the current context of South Africa. It draws upon data from an 18-month research project exploring the traditions of popular education. It presents an extended discussion on the meanings of popular education, and their varied implications for practice. It presents a heuristic device in the form of a ‘compass’, to assist popular educators locate themselves in their work at different historical moments.

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Popular educators, Tensions and contradictions of popular education, Traditions of popular education in South Africa, Apartheid education, Soweto uprising

Citation

von Kotze, A. et al. (2016). Navigating our way: A compass for popular educators. Studies in the education of adults, 48 (1): 96 - 114