Enhancing Education through Popular Facilitation Methods
Explore the innovative Popular Education and Facilitation Skills program at Boston University, focusing on the difference between conventional and popular education methods. Discover how participants can apply popular education principles for transformation and empowerment, including hands-on activities like Image Theater.
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Popular Education and Facilitation Skills Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Objectives At the end of the session, participants will be able to: Explain the difference between conventional and popular education Identify and apply popular education principles and methods
Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Conventional vs. Popular Education Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Conventional Education Popular Education Education as domestication by the dominant group Education for liberation and transformation Fit learners into what the system wants them to be Facilitator creates conditions for shared learning and leadership Participants create knowledge together Teacher as expert Uses hierarchical leadership to maintain power imbalance Everyone critically examines themselves and the world around them
Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Image Theater Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Image Theater is a method used within the Theater of the Oppressed, which uses theater as a tool for transformation. It was created by Brazilian Augusto Boal, a colleague of Paulo Freire. Image Theater uses the participants bodies as clay used to sculpt statues still images representing their experiences, feelings, ideas, oppressions, and/or dreams. - Marc Weinblatt, Mandala Center for Change, http://www.mandalaforchange.com/site/
Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Image Theater Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Let s practice!
Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Image Theater Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here Reflection on activity comparing conventional and popular education
Popular Education & Facilitation Skills Boston University Slideshow Title Goes Here
