Public Pedagogy & Social Change

Catalog description

An exploration of the concept of public pedagogy and education that takes place outside of traditional, compulsory schooling. Students will consider topics such as learner-specific and self-directed learning, empowered and critical pedagogy, traditions of education for control versus liberation, as well as the role and characteristics of education within social movements past and present. Special focus on the emergence of radical informal learning spaces as sites of empowerment and social transformation.