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Abdi, Ali A.; Ellis, Lee – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2007
Zambia, a central African country of about 10 million people, is currently exposed to the nonsubjective forces of globalization, including institutional weaknesses such as high unemployment rated and chronic levels of poverty that ipso facto problematize its governance and social development priorities. The first part of the article focuses on an…
Descriptors: Democracy, Popular Education, Poverty, Females
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Floresca-Cawagas, Virginia – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1996
Draws on the pedagogical and organizational principles and practices of nongovernmental organizations and people's organizations in the Philippines to construct four themes: critical consciousness and dialog promoted by popular education; conscientization (critical reflection) leading to personal responsibility and to political, social, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Consciousness Raising, Educational Practices
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Arnove, Robert – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1996
Neoliberal and structural adjustment policies in Latin America have produced educational budget cuts that set higher education against primary/secondary education. Confronting this environment, a proposed project involving cooperation between Latin American and North American universities, popular education, community action, and alternative…
Descriptors: Community Action, Credit (Finance), Economic Development, Educational Policy