"Political literacy" in South Africa.

Autor/inn/en	Thusi, Zamalotshwa; Harley, Anne
Titel	"Political literacy" in South Africa.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 11 (2020) 1, S. 77-90Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9148
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-188455
Schlagwörter	Demokratische Bildung; Unterrichtsbeobachtung; Informelle Bildung; Apartheid; Linke (Pol); Politische Bildung; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsenenbildner; Freire, Paulo; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	Research over the last few decades has supported the contention that 'there are different literacy practices in different domains of social life....[and] these change over time' (Hamilton, Tett, & Crowther, 2012, p.3). In this article, the authors use 'political literacy', as conceived by Paulo Freire, as a theoretical lens through which to consider non-formal education in the changing context of South Africa. After considering the influence of Freire's thinking in the black consciousness (BC) movement in South Africa during the 1970s, the authors consider a current BC-aligned non-formal education intervention in Freedom Park, a township outside Johannesburg, drawing on research conducted in 2018. This used snowball sampling and qualitative data collection methods, including observation of a 'political class' currently run in the community. They found that, in contrast to ways in which Freire was used in the BC movement in the anti-Apartheid struggle, the 'political class' leaned towards what Freire termed the authoritarian left. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/3