013323 Forms and Traditions in Popular Education

Popular education refers to education and learning which serves the interests of ordinary people and are controlled by them. It embraces education and learning connected with social justice and social action. This subject examines contemporary manifestations of popular education and learning, as well as earlier traditions, especially those connected with the great emancipatory movements of the 19th and 20th centuries: the workers', women's, Indigenous people's, anti-colonial, environmental and peace movements. Popular education is an underdeveloped area of study. Consequently, this subject is explicitly theoretical and scholarly. One of its purposes is to provide preparation for research degrees in the field. This subject, together with three others – 013334 The Economics and Politics of Adult Learning, 013324 International Perspectives on Education and Development, and 013318 Culture, Difference and Curriculum – provide a concentrated course of study in popular education designed for both Australian and international students.