A place called home

The meaning(s) of popular education for newly arrived refugees

Bibliographic Data

ID21458711
AuthorsAndreas Fejes (0000-0002-9916-8705, Linköping University, corresponding author), Magnus Dahlstedt (0000-0003-0694-5753, Linköping University)
Year2022
Volume44
Issue1
Pages1-13
Publication date2022-01-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Continuing Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0158-037X • E-ISSN: 1470-126X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0158037x.2020.1767563
OpenAlexW3028925776
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

In this article, we direct our focus on some of the recent activities undertaken by popular education institutions in Sweden in relation to the refugee challenge in 2015. The aim is to analyse how these popular education activities are shaped as specific communities of practice, through the ways they are described by those who organised these, and what meaning newly arrived refugees create regarding their participation in these practices. Drawing on a socio-cultural understanding of participation and learning, we analyse interviews with newly arrived refugees, principals, managers, teachers and study circle leaders. Our analysis illustrates how popular education emerge as specific communities of practice different compared to the regular education system; how these practices are shaped as practices of stability and learning; and how newly arrived refugees construe these practices as important in their current engagement across a range of communities in the role as newcomers

Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Refugee · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Psychology

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