[Health_Education_Promotion] Save the Date: Popular Education Workshop May 17th

[Alissa Leavitt (Green)]

Hello everyone,

I forgot to mention that 4 Category 1 contact hours are available for
CHES/MCHES.

~ Alissa



On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alissa Leavitt (Green)
<green.alissa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Introduction to Popular Education
>
> Hosted by the OPHA Health Promotion and Education Section
> Presented by the Community Capacitation Center
>
> Popular education is a highly effective strategy for building
> knowledge and skills, developing leadership, and organizing for social
> justice. Most closely associated with the adult literacy work of
> Brazilian Paulo Freire, popular education is used around the world in
> many fields. It is applicable to all areas of educational practice.
> Popular education is based on the idea that, no matter our occupation
> and level of formal education, we all know a great deal as a result of
> our life experience. Therefore educators should start with what people
> already know and build on it.
>
> In this workshop, you will become familiar with:
>
> • The underlying philosophy of popular education and key popular
> education methods, such as brainstorming, sociodramas (social skits),
> cooperative learning, role plays, and dinámicas (educational games)
> • How to move through the cycle of praxis (from action to reflection
> to action) in the course of a class
> • How participants can apply what they are learning to their day-to-day work
> • How this method can be used to teach any subject
> • The history of popular education and how it grew out of the lived
> experience of people working for social change.
>
> Registration: Space is limited and participants will be registered on
> a first-come, first served basis. Registration information will be
> available soon.
>
> Date: May 17th, 2012
> Time: 1:00-5:00 pm
> Location:
> Multnomah Building, Room 280
> 501 SE Hawthorne St.
> Portland 97214
>
> Cost: OPHA Members: No cost
> Others: $35
>
> For more information contact Alissa Leavitt at alissa.leavitt at pcc.edu
>
>
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> Alissa Gabrielle Leavitt, MPH, CHES
> green.alissa at gmail.com
> 503-358-2331



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Alissa Gabrielle Leavitt, MPH, CHES
green.alissa at gmail.com
503-358-2331