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Peer reviewedOliver, Leonard P. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1987
The author attempts to capture the flavor of the World Assembly of Adult Education held in Buenos Aires in November 1985. Emphasis is on the Work Group on Adult Civic Education and the concept of popular education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Conferences, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedPrajuli, Pramod – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1986
The author discusses emerging trends in popular education, including various grassroots experiments and projects. He describes popular education not as a component of modernization programs but as a movement that begins with the people. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Trends, Experiments
Peer reviewedCadena, Felix – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1984
Popular adult education differs from other educational practices in its goals: bringing about structural changes in society, empowering individuals, developing critical consciousness, improving capacity to transform reality, and strengthening class organization. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Individual Power, Participation, Popular Education
Peer reviewedBishop, Anne – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1988
In a Nova Scotia fish plant, a group primarily made up of women used cartoons and soap operas to educate plant workers on union issues, domestic violence, and health issues, demonstrating the effectiveness of using people's own culture as a vehicle for their education. (SK)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Females, Fisheries, Foreign Countries
