David - I think that Project Hope in Dorchester, MA takes a popular 
education approach in their program.

Esther
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Esther D. Leonelli


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Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 194] Re: GED programs with a popular 
education approach

   Hi Andrea,

Thanks.  I have emailed Lorna.

All the best,

David

On Jan 5, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Andrea Wilder wrote:


> David,

>

> Thank you for the list, it makes me feel very happy to have all these

> values in teaching spelled out. What a comprehensive list!  Lorna

> Rivera I believe used the term "popular education"  in her

> dissertation.  Perhaps you have already asked her about GED

> programs--she is at UMASS Boston. She is the best source I can

> think of

> right at the moment.

>

> Andrea

>

> On Jan 5, 2007, at 11:25 AM, David Rosen wrote:

>

>> Hi Andrea,

>>

>> Suppose we use the term "popular education" approach.  This suggests

>> to me:

>>

>> 1. a lack of hierarchy, that teachers treat students as their equals

>> in status and power although they have different roles, and the

>> program or school incorporates democratic decision-making practices.

>> Students and teachers, not just administrators and the board,  play a

>> central role in the decision-making process;

>> 2. a belief that the central purpose of education is to bring about

>> the conditions for social and economic justice and democracy;

>> 3. a commitment to raising the consciousness of students and

>> teachers, and helping them to become critically aware of how their

>> individual personal experiences are connected to larger social

>> problems;

>> 4. a commitment to social change, often at the community level;

>> 5. learning history and other social sciences from a variety of

>> perspectives, for example from the perspectives of: women, people of

>> color, immigrants, and workers;

>> 6. knowledge and skills learned in the context of issues which affect

>> students in their lives and in their communities; and

>> 7. an education process characterized by discussion and debate, not

>> just memorizing facts or learning skills.

>>

>> I doubt that this definition is complete, and some would say that

>> some elements are more important than others.  But when I use the

>> term, those are the ingredients I have in mind.

>>

>> I can think of a couple of community-based programs in Boston, an

>> ESOL program and an ABE/adult diploma program which -- currently or

>> in the past -- fit most of these criteria, but these are not GED

>> programs.  Anyone know of a GED program that has these ingredients?

>>

>> David J. Rosen

>> djrosen at comcast.net

>>

>>

>> On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Andrea Wilder wrote:

>>

>>> Hi David,

>>>

>>> I would be interested to know what a Freirian approach adult

>>> literacy

>>> program might look like.  In your opinion, what might be the

>>> ingredients?

>>> thanks.

>>>

>>> Andrea

>>>

>>> On Jan 5, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Ujwala Samant wrote:

>>>

>>>> Dear David,

>>>>

>>>> This is one question that I have been wondering about

>>>> for years. Aside from the 'glory days' in the 70s/80s

>>>> which colleagues of mine at NCSALL told me about and

>>>> one in NY, I could find no Freireian approaches to

>>>> adult literacy. I have studied the 70s-80s classics,

>>>> and I have been curious as to what happened since

>>>> then.

>>>>

>>>> Thanks for raising this question,

>>>> Warm regards,

>>>> Ujwala

>>>>

>>>> --- David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Colleagues,

>>>>>

>>>>> In a conversation yesterday I was asked if I know of

>>>>> good examples of

>>>>> GED preparation programs which use a popular

>>>>> education, or

>>>>> participatory (Freirean) approach.  I am only aware

>>>>> of one, a theme-

>>>>> based approach that the City University of New York

>>>>> adult literacy

>>>>> GED program has used for over a decade.  If you have

>>>>> others to

>>>>> suggest I would be pleased to hear about them.

>>>>> Thanks.

>>>>>

>>>>> David J. Rosen

>>>>> djrosen at comcast.net

>>>>>

>>>>>

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