The Rise and Fall of Adult Community Education in Portugal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5933282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Fragoso (0000-0002-2212-7307, University of Algarve, corresponding author), António Fragoso, Sandra T Valada (0000-0002-0531-8064, University of Algarve) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 239 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci7110239 |
| OpenAlex | W2900487245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this article, we intend to reflect on community education in Portugal. We analyse the background of the emergence of community education in the aftermath of the revolution of 1974, examine the main reasons that contributed to its dissemination, and identify its characteristics. We present a case study that illustrates both the rise and the fall of community education. The original investigation was a multiple case study. To gather information, we used non-structured interviews, informal conversations, observation, and document analysis. To continue the original investigation, we used biographical research, which allowed us to obtain more data on some of the key individuals and, at the same time, to improve our knowledge of the communities. Our results show that the period between 1985 and 2005 (roughly) constituted a very important period for community education. National phenomena, European funding programmes, and a notion of adult education that was very close to popular education aided civil society organisations to work with communities with interesting results in terms of social change. After 2005, changes in European social policy, neoliberalism affecting the power of civil society, and a new version of adult education (influenced by lifelong learning) partially caused the fall of community education
Adult education · Civil society · Community education · Comparative education · Economic growth · Education policy · Fall of man · Higher education · Informal education · Lifelong learning · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pedagogy · Period (music · Political science · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Educational Practices and Policies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |