Education, democracy and social change: Venezuela's education missions in theory and practice

被引:3
作者
Duffy, Maura [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Humanitarian & Conflict Response Inst, Manchester, Lancs, England
关键词
education; democracy; social change; Venezuela; missions; LATIN-AMERICA; POLICY; RISE;
D O I
10.1080/02680939.2014.981868
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
The Bolivarian Revolution' in Venezuela is conceptualised as a pedagogical project that aims to develop twenty-first century Socialism' through state-grassroots collaboration in the reorganisation of political space in order to develop participatory, democratic institutions and processes. The cornerstones of this project to deepen and expand democracy in and through education are the adult Education Missions, set up in parallel to existing educational structures, and with an explicit focus on socio-political education and community projects aimed at promoting a new hegemony based on active grassroots citizenship. While the struggle to extend democracy in and through education is not unique to Venezuela, the conceptualisation of democracy as protagonist and participatory, and the explicit links made between education and democratic social change within the broader framework of twenty-first century socialism, makes Venezuela a dynamic site to revisit and reinvigorate classical debates as to the role of education in promoting democratic social change. Based on 15months of empirical research, this paper examines the extent to which adult education in Venezuela is contributing to the development of a counter-hegemonic movement to build socialism for the twenty-first century.
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页码:650 / 670
页数:21
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