Popular education enables people to articulate their own stories, ask their own questions, seek their own answers and define their own directions. Popular education advocates participatory learning processes. It fosters a sense of ownership in people for their learning and recognizes them as partners in learning. Popular education democratizes the creation of, access to, and the dissemination of information. Popular education strives to reach the greatest number of people and the different segments of society.
Popular education motivates people to action towards social change and is transformative.
Popular education locates itself within, not outside of, people s operative frameworks. The popular educator espouses openness and respect for plurality. The Context of Popular Education at the Turn of the Millennium Popular education is situated within a world suffering from grave equity, sustainability and dehumanizing problems. The onset of the new millennium marks a time of rapid growth in information and communication technology, when society is shaped by the rapid generation and transmission of information. However, certain fields of knowledge remain controlled by a few.