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Popular Education in Times of Societal Transformation--A Swedish Perspective.

Petros Gougoulakis, Michael Christie

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The aim of this philosophical and historical position paper is to discuss the ways in which Popular Education—folkbildning— has contributed to the social transformation of Sweden through self-directed and collaborative educational practices. One of our premises is that individual transformative learning, fostered by folkbildning, has contributed to a collective transformation of Swedish society since the late 1890s and laid the ground for a modern and coherent society with a high level of trust among its citizens.

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Key concepts: Perspective (graphical), Sociology, Transformation (genetics), Project commissioning, Position (finance), Publishing, Social science, Media studies