It begins by critically reflecting on, sharing and articulating with a group or community what we already know from lived experience.
Input follows and is assimilated by the group.
Re-articulation and future planning leads to practical steps to aid in transforming our surrounding reality. The tecniques used are always appropriate for the group, are participative and promote communal decision-making. Popular education, as understood in a Latin American context, goes beyond technical and methodological training in the traditional sense. Growing out of Marxist theory, it was initially developed in the 1960's and 70's by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and puts great emphasis upon processes of concientization and empowerment of people to be the subjects of their own development. Fundamental to popular education is a commitment to improving the conditions of the poor and oppressed.