The 1st December 2019 marks five years since I first helped raise West Papua’s Morning Star flag outside the Scottish Parliament. Thanks to a friend and comrade… Read more “Free West Papua: Raising the Morning Star”
Author: Politics and Pedagogy
The Adult Learning Project in the Age of Austerity
Established in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1979, the Adult Learning Project (A.L.P.) is an ‘attempt to translate the philosophy and pedagogy of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire to the context of a Scottish inner city area’ (Galloway, 1999). Despite its success in promoting democratic adult education in this urban setting (Kirkwood and Kirkwood, 1989; 2011a; Galloway, 1999), cuts to core funding mean that A.L.P. currently faces, arguably, the greatest threat to its survival since its formation forty years ago. In an era when adult education bodies throughout Europe endure ever increasing government pressure to provide qualifications to participants in recognition of their learning experience and newly developed skills (see e.g. Forrester and Garratt, 2012; Finnegan, 2013, and O’Brien, 2018), A.L.P. remains a space where learners can explore themselves artistically and intellectually through groups including Art Space, Fayre for Women, Aye Write, and The Democracy Group. Part case study; part action research and biographical account, this paper provides an intimate and grounded reflection on the current state and the future of A.L.P.
View of Review: The Inner Level (2018) Glasgow Launch
View of Review: The Inner Level (2018) Glasgow Launch Luke Campbell PhD Social Work student, University of Edinburgh; Associate Lecturer in Community Education, University of the West… Read more “View of Review: The Inner Level (2018) Glasgow Launch”
Podcast Episode 1. Welcome to the Podcast
Welcome to episode one of the Politics & Pedagogy Podcast. In this episode I explain how the podcast will work going forward, as well as celebrating passing 500 unique viewers.
Near Future Teaching Vox Pop
On Tuesday 21st November, I was a participant in a fifteen minute interview for the Near Future Teaching Vox Pop event. During my session, the ‘Vox Pop’… Read more “Near Future Teaching Vox Pop”
(VI) What should education be for? (University Blog Post)
This post was originally produced as a 500 word assignment for the Philosophy of Education course on the MSc Education at the University of Edinburgh. It received… Read more “(VI) What should education be for? (University Blog Post)”
Supplemental (1)
I’m excited to announce that my blog post ‘(iv) Towards a New Radical Learning Network’ has been published over on Conter as a follow up to my… Read more “Supplemental (1)”
(v) Freire and Pedagogy of the Oppressed
This coming Thursday, a classmate and I will be presenting on Chapter Two of Paulo Freire’s 1968 publication ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ for my Philosophy of Education… Read more “(v) Freire and Pedagogy of the Oppressed”
(iv) Towards A New Radical Learning Network
On Thursday 9th November, I travelled through to the University of Glasgow for the ‘Shaping The Future – A New Radical Learning Network’ launch and networking event.… Read more “(iv) Towards A New Radical Learning Network”