People's education - An Examination of the Concept

Title: People's education - An Examination of the Concept
Creator: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)
Subject: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)
Date: 1988
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168796
Identifier: vital:41648
Description: This research report sets out to examine the concept of People’s Education in South Africa from December 1985, when the call for People’s Education was first made, to September 19877“It is the result of a preliminary six month research project which set out to lay the basis for a long term study of international perspectives on People’s Education. The researcher experienced the difficulties associated with doing contemporary research in a charged political environment. Several of the potential interviewees were either in detention or ‘on the run’ because of their commitment to People’s Education. The contemporary nature of the research focus also meant that the sources of relevant printed materials were limited and dispersed. The study demonstrates that People’s Education is concerned with more than responding to ‘the education crisis'. In addition, it is attempting to address the problem of a future education system in a post-apartheid society. As adult educators we are excited by the challenges that People’s Education offers. It is one of the first times in South Africa that ‘lifelong education ’ is on the agenda where education in the school is seen as only one aspect of necessary education provision. Adult Education at the workplace, in voluntary associations, in political movements, in the home, is seen as integral to the educational process both in the period of social transformation and in a future, post-apartheid society. This study has confirmed that People’s Education cannot be ignored. People’s Education has achieved what many previous investigations into education have not achieved; it has involved a wide range of grassroots people in the debates around the future of South African education. It is an ongoing process. As Ken Hartshorne is quoted as saying : "Both the debate on and the process leading to post-apartheid education are well underway; they are loaded with complexities, uncertainties and risks, because they are taking place in an unstable and unresolved vortex which changes from day to day, from place to place." I would like to acknowledge the assistance of colleagues who played an important role in the process of the study : Professor Owen van den Berg who was very helpful in the setting up of the project, and Mr Brian O’Connell who assisted with the conceptualisation and ongoing discussion of the project. In addition, his critical reading of the draft of this report provided many invaluable suggestions. Thanks are also due to our colleagues at UWC and elsewhere who took time to read the draft paper and offered constructive criticisms.
Format: 60 pages, pdf
Publisher: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)
Language: English
Rights: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)
Rights: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher

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