ABSTRACT

This book, originally published in 1992, contains a wealth of experience in the development of community education from and about Third World countries. The influence of Paulo Freire permeates the work, although each country and continent has had to seek its own path and its own methodology. With contributions from a wide variety of countries – from Nigeria and Tanzania, Thailand and Korea to Mexico, Central America and Costa Rica – the book offers a framework in which theory and practice are mutually supportive.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

part I|76 pages

Survival and Self-Realisation

chapter 1|12 pages

West Bank

Learning to survive

chapter 2|14 pages

Nigeria

Theatre for empowerment

chapter 3|9 pages

Brazil

Children of the streets

chapter 4|13 pages

Tanzania

Fighting the plague

chapter 5|19 pages

Colombia

Basic education for all

chapter 6|7 pages

Afro-Brazil

The black movement and community education

part II|64 pages

Changing the Economic Structures

chapter 7|15 pages

Thailand

Agro-industries and self-reliance

chapter 8|15 pages

Mexico

Empowering rural communities

chapter 9|12 pages

Uruguay

Experiments in productive education

chapter 10|13 pages

Berlin and the Third World

The tea campaign

chapter 11|7 pages

Central America

Popular economics and education

part III|79 pages

Framework for the Future

chapter 12|13 pages

The Philippines

Methodology and practice in community education

chapter 13|15 pages

Latin America

Popular education and the state

chapter 14|18 pages

Africa

Popular participation in development

chapter 15|9 pages

Korea

Community education and decolonisation

chapter 16|14 pages

Costa Rica

Solidarity and popular organisation

chapter 17|8 pages

South Pacific

The search for a new agenda

part IV|16 pages

Envoi

chapter 18|14 pages

Asia

Diary of a community educator